"This ...... It's Athens......" Maximi looked up at the exotic city, his tone full of hesitation.

When her in-laws, Duchess Barden, asked Maximi if she wanted to come to Athens to watch the Olympics, Maximi immediately agreed. When he arrived in Athens, he felt that it was different from the city he had imagined. The city that should have been full of Greek style was now full of Great Song Dynasty style, quite like a multi-magnified office of Europa Province in Constantinople.

In addition to the exotic Song Dynasty style, there are many other customs on the street. Northern Europe, Franks, England, the Holy Roman Empire, Spain, Mongolia, people dressed in various characteristic costumes walk around the streets. While watching, suddenly a few tall men dressed in Nordic characteristics, that is to say, dressed in animal skins and linen, with a kind of yar-cap that held their heads tightly, were running down the wide street.

Behind them, uniformed Da Song officers chased after them with short sticks. The Provincial Office in Eastern Rome has such officers in charge of order and security, who receive all kinds of training on a daily basis and are very skilled. Catching up with the Norsemen at breakneck speed, these guards picked up their sticks and struck. When the Norsemen saw that they could not escape, they turned around and fought against the gang.

Within a few turns, more guards rushed up. The men, all with long guys in their hands, knocked the Norsemen to the ground after a few moments, and several steel forks held it down. After a few moments, the Norsemen were taken away by rope ties. The streets disrupted by this brief chase had now returned to calm, the locals looked disdainful, and the outsiders all watched the show. The guards pressed the Norsemen past the outsiders, and the outsiders instinctively backed back a few steps.

"Your Excellency Maximime, please come with us." The receptionist next to him said.

The group followed the receptionist and walked through several streets to a beautiful building. The receptionist invited everyone in, and Maximi looked at the long corridor, with empty rooms on both sides of the corridor, and asked curiously, "What is this place?" ”

The receptionist replied, "This is the school." Because of the Olympics, the school closed early and vacated the room for outsiders. ”

"School?!" Maximi was stunned. Private education flourished in Eastern Rome, and Maximi himself had been a teacher for a long time, and if it hadn't changed dramatically, he would probably continue to do so now. The classrooms in front of me are very spacious, and dozens of students can sit in each room. After a rough look, there are hundreds of students in the school. There were also schools for legionnaire children in Constantinople, and the buildings of those schools were not comparable to the schools in front of them.

"How many people are coming to this Olympics?" Duchess Bardon asked the receptionist.

"It seems that tens of thousands of people came." The receptionist replied: "Not all of them are athletes participating in the competition, many of them are nobles from all over the world and people who come to do business. ”

Duchess Balden was more interested, and she continued, "Where do they all live?" ”

"Stayed where we arranged. You're all from Eastern Rome and know how to use toilets. We dare to arrange for you to come to the school. If those barbarians who unbuckle their pants and defecate in the open, we don't dare let them live here anyway. For those people, they brought their own tents and gave them some open space. ”

There was some laughter in the crowd. You don't need to say much to understand how you are being treated. The next settlement is as everyone expected, the school has a dormitory, one room with four bunk beds, and can accommodate eight people. The dormitory building has everything it should have, even showers. These Eastern Roman nobles could also cook in the school cafeteria. The provincial reception staff sent several police officers to liaise, and the guards of the noble group were organized into a team and divided into four groups for campus security.

Seeing the orderly disposition of the province of Europa, Maximi admired in his heart, and the Eastern Roman nobles couldn't help but publicly admire, "It's amazing that so many of us have settled down in a blink of an eye." ”

These people were all coming to Athens under the control of the province of Europa for the first time, and in the past, there was always a nobleman who knew the name of the nobleman to take refuge in a foreign country, and asked the other party to provide various settlements. To go to Europa Province is to apply to the authorities, but it is so well arranged. The school has a fence and its own guards in four classes, and everyone feels very safe.

Maximi soon received an invitation from Li Nature, which was what Maximi was looking forward to the most. He had a lot of questions to ask Li Tiantian. After the meeting, Li naturally told Maximi that he was very busy now and asked a young man named Yang Sixian to receive Maximi.

Knowing that Yang Sixian was actually the nephew of the previous provincial festival envoy Yang Congrong, Maximi immediately felt at ease. The upper echelons of the Eastern Roman Empire knew that Yang Congrong himself was the cousin of the previous emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and according to the concept of the Eastern Roman Empire, Yang Congrong was a nobleman. A nobleman served as the governor of a province with real power, which proved Yang Congrong's identity. Being received by the nephew of such a provincial governor is proof of the great importance that Maximi is highly regarded.

Yang Sixian didn't understand this kind of thinking of Eastern Rome too much, the last little emperor was Chan Rang, and his uncle Yang Congrong's identity was not helpful at all in the Great Song Dynasty. That is, a broad-minded person like Zhao Guanjia will give a chance. It's not a good opportunity to run thousands of miles away, so you have to fight for your life.

Regardless of his personal opinion of Maximi, an important figure in Eastern Rome at the moment, Yang Sixian still concentrates on his errand. He took out the document translated into Latin and handed it to Maximi, which was too difficult because of the language.

Maximi was already fully immersed in it before he knew it, and as a connoisseur of Latin and Greek, the stiff and poor translation did not bother him. As long as you read it a few more times, Maximi will probably understand what it is about. This is the design of a republican form of government, the head of state is the Eastern Roman Emperor, and the design does not seek to change the model of government. In the doctrine of the Orthodox Church, the emperor himself is the spokesman of God in the world, and the Orthodox Church is the state religion of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Although it is a divine right of the monarchy, in this structural design, the constitution is designed above the emperor. Since God loved the world, the Eastern Roman Emperor signed a contract with the Eastern Roman people based on this concept, and the contract was embodied in the form of a constitution. At the heart of the contract are the first five articles of the Constitution.

First, the Eastern Roman Empire is a state established by the emperor as a symbol of the Eastern Roman Empire in order to protect the Eastern Roman people, the emperor, and to pursue the happy life of the Eastern Roman people.

Second, the Senate of the Eastern Roman Empire was elected by the citizens of the Eastern Roman Empire and was responsible for the formulation of various laws and budgets of the Empire, and the submission of proposals for current practical problems.

Article 3: The House of the People of the Eastern Roman Empire was elected by the citizens of the Eastern Roman Empire, and various bills needed to be passed by the House of the People before they could be implemented.

Fourth, the Eastern Roman court was headed by the emperor and operated the affairs of the Eastern Roman government in accordance with legal and administrative regulations. The Emperor has the Emperor's special executive power in case of emergency.

Article 5: In order to ensure judicial fairness, the Eastern Roman legal system was not under the direct leadership of the imperial court and the Senate, and the judicial system tried various cases in accordance with the laws enacted by the Senate and the administrative regulations formulated by the Eastern Roman court, and the first official of the Supreme Court was responsible for interpreting the Constitution.

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In the eyes of many people, these things are simply inexplicable. But in Maximi's eyes, this set of things explains the various practical problems that Maximi has faced in the past two years. The best part is that there is a logical explanation for this thing. Every decision is not a decision made by someone patting the head, but a response to a very acute real problem.

Yang Sixian thought that Maximi would quickly ask all kinds of questions, but he didn't expect that as soon as he sat down in his seat, he began to pay attention to it, completely forgetting Yang Sixian's existence. After waiting for half an hour, Yang Sixian couldn't bear it anymore, and Yang Sixian gave up decisively after forty minutes. He went out and asked the waiter to prepare tea and snacks for Maximi, which he needed to replenish after an intense mental activity. After completing the arrangement, Yang Sixian ran to meet Li Tiantian and told Li Tiantian that Maximi was so unconsciously immersed in it.

"I'll leave this matter to you, so you don't have to report it to me again." Li naturally said.

"Senior, why did the imperial court come up with such a set of things for Eastern Rome? Is it good or malicious? Yang Sixian hurriedly asked the questions he was concerned about.

"As the proverb goes: Long sleeves are good at dancing, and more money is good. This is a lot of money, easy to work. Therefore, it is easy to plan for the strong, but it is difficult to plan for the weak and chaotic. Therefore, it is used for Qin, ten changes and seek loss; For swallows, a change and a plan to de. Those who are not used for Qin must be wise, those who are used for Yan must be foolish, and the resources for governing chaos are different. Li naturally used the words of the five beetles to answer Yang Sixian's question.

Yang Sixian understands that this means that different countries have different strengths and capabilities, and the results of the same policies are also different. He had to say what he thought, "Is the official family trying to let Eastern Rome go on the road?" ”

Li naturally felt that he understood a little bit why Yang Sixian had similar qualifications to Sima Kao, but it was Sima Kao who stood out. This idea is a variety of 'whimsical ideas' that young people in the growth period will have, and judging from Li Nature's level of understanding, this is obviously missing the point and is too wishful thinking.

However, Li naturally didn't want to hit Yang Sixian, and he even sympathized with this young man a little. Yang is so shrewd and capable, full of pioneering spirit, his nephew is really much worse than him. So Li naturally replied: "Everything must be seen in hindsight, and if you are interested in this, then pay more attention to the changes in Eastern Rome." If you have the energy in the future, you may wish to write a research report on this. ”

Yang Sixian was a little surprised by these words, he was thinking about the result, he had really been paying attention to the affairs of Eastern Rome, and Yang Sixian would rather read other people's reports. The topic is over, and Yang Sixian retired. For the next two days, Yang Sixian did not wait for Maximi, and Maximi did not come back after returning to his residence with this set of things. On the third day, Maximi finally arrived. Sitting steadily opposite Yang Sixian, Maximi took out a small notebook and asked: "Your Excellency, I am still a little unclear about the core concept of this architectural design, the purpose of the Eastern Roman Empire itself is to achieve the happiness of the Eastern Roman people, or the purpose of the Eastern Roman Empire itself is to solve the problems encountered by the Eastern Roman people, so as to achieve progress." ”

The first question surprised Yang Sixian, and the surprise was not that Maximi's question was beyond his preparation, in fact, the first explanation given above was an explanation of this problem. Maximi certainly didn't see the explanatory text sent by the Song court, but he asked such a question. The explanation is probably that only Maximi's level of knowledge of this has reached the level of the Great Song court's knowledge of this matter.

"The two are actually inside each other." Yang Sixian cheered up and replied: "The pursuit of happiness is the essence, and solving problems is the means. If you can't solve the problem, you won't be able to pursue happiness. But if the problem is solved, will the people of the Eastern Romans feel happy? Not necessarily. So the two are not opposites, they are not exclusive, but they can't just talk about part of the ......"

Maximi brought a total of ten questions, and the Great Song court prepared twelve answers. Exhausted and sent away Maximi with a serious expression, Yang Sixian sat back in his seat and picked up the manuscript, if it weren't for the habit he had developed according to the training of the imperial court, and made a record of each answer, Yang Sixian couldn't remember what he had answered now. Slowly comparing them, it was determined that the two questions that Maximi did not ask were ownership issues.

When the Zhao official family carried out reforms in the Great Song Dynasty, it was natural that they should comprehensively put forward new ideas to replace the old ones. In addition to replacing Confucian idealism with simple materialist ideas such as Xunzi, Zhao Guanjia himself also put forward quite systematic ideas. What is about ownership is not difficult to understand when summed up.

The system of the Great Song Dynasty did not object to the people acquiring social products through labor and appropriating these social products. What the Great Song Dynasty opposed was the exploitation of the people by using the monopoly of social products. For example, the Great Song Dynasty never objected to the people obtaining agricultural land to cultivate, as long as they have the ability to cultivate, why should they prohibit those who can work more? However, the Great Song Dynasty opposed the exploitation of tenant farmers through the possession of cultivated land, and appropriated the fruits of their labor for themselves.

As the largest landlord and capital owner of the Great Song Dynasty, the Zhao Guanjia took out their own things and classified them as state-owned, thus building the foundation for a counter-offensive against Mongolia and the recovery of China. This was said by Zhao Guan's family, it was really sonorous and powerful, Yang Sixian himself respected Zhao Guan's family infinitely, although in many places Yang Sixian did not like Zhao Guan's family.

Maximi, the chairman of the Constitutional Committee of the Eastern Roman Empire, was very concerned about the 'magic and magic' of the Great Song Dynasty, but he ignored the 'body' of the Great Song Dynasty, even in a state of exhaustion, Yang Sixian also felt quite concerned. After thinking about it for a while, Yang Sixian became interested. Perhaps he should really have taken a good look at the Eastern Rome and made a topic and a paper on this development.

If the system of the Great Song Dynasty is not learned to take the essence but to learn the magic, what will be the result. That's really interesting.