The dinner party at the residence every night was full of topics, and the Duchess of Bardon talked about how several lords of the western countries had somehow entered the women's arena today. The vast majority of Olympiad events are separated from men and women, with separate age groups, and male spectators are not accepted in women's competitions. These lords were not obedient when the personnel persuaded them to leave, and they didn't wait for the staff to call the guards to expel them, and the female ladies who watched the game scolded the lords together. The lord was angry, and was thrown by the woman with a glass of water in his hand, and fled in the wilderness.

Everyone laughed and talked about what they had seen. When everyone's eyes fell on Maximi, Maximi said: "I have something to do here, I have to go back to Constantinople first." ”

Everyone who wanted to hear the anecdote from Maximi showed disappointed expressions, and Maximi's wife said with some disgust: "Why are you in such a hurry? ”

"You can go back to Constantinople with Lord Balden." After saying goodbye to his wife, Maximi looked at Duchess Barden: "Your Excellency, can I ask you?" ”

"Of course." The duchess said cheerfully: "The children will be married in July, and we will buy things for them to marry in Athens." It's a little too late. ”

Maximi didn't know much about the fact that it was too late, he himself was not interested in that kind of grand wedding, and it would be nice to read more books if he had the spirit. But Maximi did not object, the two mothers were fully involved in the matter, and it was no longer Maximi's turn to intervene.

On the way back from the steamer, Maximi took the time to revise the description of the architectural design given to him by the province, and the Latin level of the provincial personnel was too poor to match the subtlety of the content. Just revising one paragraph, Maximi would spend twenty or even forty times as much time translating on top of all kinds of imaginations, much to his own surprise.

Flying through the fog of the world and flying to a higher place to look down on the world is a wonderful and arduous experience for scholars who let go of themselves in the spiritual world. Solving a puzzle often leads to three, five, or even ten new puzzles, and getting guidance and insights from the sages is the best way for scholars to break through these puzzles. However, what is in front of you is clearly not from the Greek sages, and perhaps not even from the Chinese sages. Seeing that his contemporaries had flown above the clouds and pointed out the way to the clouds, Maximi was no longer jealous, he only felt amazement and admiration.

Back in Constantinople, Maximi disembarked and went straight to Tiberius' house. When Your Excellency saw Maximi come in, he wanted to say some greetings. But when the words came to his lips, Tiberius's expression became serious, and he asked, "Maximius, what happened?" ”

Pulling out what had not yet been translated, Maximi handed it to Tiberius. Tiberius had only read two pages before he had read it completely, not even noticing that he was still standing there. After a while, Tiberius was a little overwhelmed, and simply leaned against the wall behind him to watch. Maximiah hurriedly pulled up a chair, and Tiberius remembered that he could actually sit down.

The scholar looked at the manuscript silently, and Maximi suddenly remembered what His Excellency Tiberius had just said, and he was a little surprised at what kind of expression he had shown, so that His Excellency Tiberius could see through his thoughts at a glance. If his expression was the same as Tiberius's current expression, he should be able to see through it immediately.

You read slowly page by page, and Maximi also took out the manuscript and stationery box and began to continue translating. After translating a few more paragraphs, I heard Tiberius ask, "Maximius, what is the matter with this manuscript?" How many people wrote it? ”

When he looked up, he saw Tiberius frowning, and his face was full of dissatisfaction and unhappiness. Maximiah informed Tiberius of the awkward translation of the province. His Excellency did not criticize or ridicule the Latin proficiency of the province, but he breathed a sigh of relief and said reassuringly, "I see. It turns out that someone is not writing nonsense, which is great. Then he buried his head and continued to watch. Maximi also continued his work.

After a long time, the servant came in with a candle. The two of them noticed that it was already dark, and Tiberius commanded, "Light two more candles." "It didn't take long for the room to be much brighter. When Maximius finally felt too tired to do anything, he looked up and saw Tiberius also sitting in a chair, with his arms folded, looking at the open manuscript from a distance. Maximi asked, "Your Excellency, would you like to eat something?" ”

"Hmm." Tiberius replied casually.

Maximiah opened a few packets of food from Athens and placed them on the empty seat on the other side of the large table, smelling the aroma, and His Excellency Tiberius suddenly came to his senses. Seeing that he was already hungry, he pulled his chair over and began to eat, and even blew the wine on the bottle.

After a call to the Houthi, Tiberius said, "Maximius, do you think these are like Socrates or like Plato?" ”

This was said to Maximime's heart. He also thought about this along the way, and Socrates' scholarship was more like a series of subtle prose stories, each revealing an astonishing spirituality and insight. Plato, on the other hand, tried to construct a grand and completely self-consistent system, in which the first parts of the argument hit the nail on the head, but in the end it always felt like he was not up to the task. For example, the book "Imaginary Country" simply mentions such a thing as divinity at the end, which is obviously a forced creation of a vocabulary that can solve all problems.

The design of the structure provided by Da Song combines the complete structure that Plato tried to achieve, and fully reflects the sharp, pungent but intelligent agility of Socrates in each link. Maximi uttered the assessment he had barely come up with, "Your Excellency, I feel that after reading it, I am back in the world. ”

"Huh?" His Excellency Tiberius was stunned for a moment, and then laughed out loud, "Haha, that's a good point! Hahahaha......"

Seeing that his views were shared by His Excellency Tiberius, Maximi was relieved, but still a little uneasy. He took out his summary of the ten questions and ten answers, and handed them to Tiberius. Your Excellency looked less solemn when you looked at it this time, and in addition to nodding casually, Your Excellency also asked your own questions from time to time.

The two chatted and talked, and changed candles several times in between. When the bell of the defecated vehicle rang outside the window, Maximi realized that the night had passed. When Maximime took his leave, Tiberius told him to come early the next day. Maximi went home and fell asleep, woke up hungry once, and went back to sleep after eating. The next morning he arrived as promised, because he woke up at three o'clock in the morning, and Maximi was well prepared.

When he arrived at Tiberius' house, he saw six scholars who were fluent in Latin and Greek waiting in the hall. His Excellency Tiberius said in a loud voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, you have to put things in order these days. ”

Half a month later, exhausted again, Maximi picked up the final draft and flipped through it, experts are experts, Maximi's translation was based on the bad Latin of the Great Song Dynasty, and it was still full of all kinds of difficulties after revision. The expertly rewritten manuscript is written in perfect accordance with Latin and Greek grammar, with elegant and precise sentence choice. From the text, the two parts are completely different. After reading it, Maximi asked, "Your Excellency, what about those logical relationships?" ”

Tiberius took out a dozen pages and handed them to Maximi, on which was Tiberius's handsome handwriting, and added the questions and answers written by Maximius, and arranged them according to the page number. Two neat folders, Latin and Greek, contain all the expectations and goals of Maximius and Tiberius for the constitutional government of the Eastern Romans.

"Is there anything else you would like to change?" Maximi asked. I would like to hear the views of His Excellency Tiberius before sending these two items to the Constitutional Commission for discussion. What the Great Song Dynasty proposed was a structural design and logical relationship, which was filled in according to the current situation of Eastern Rome by Tiberius and Maximius. Maximi still can't be completely confident in this thing.

Tiberius was more tired than Maximius, but the firmness in his voice was much greater than that of Maximius. "What do you think it is?" Tiberius asked.

"Is this a constitutional plan?"

"No, it's Rome, it's Greece, it's Socrates, it's the best thing in our history." Tiberius's voice was filled with great enthusiasm, "Every logic in this points to the path through the darkness, Maximius, this is our morality!" ”

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The content of the decision of Tiberius and Maximi does not represent the meaning of the entire committee, Maximi first let his daughter Sheila see it, and after reading it, Sheila first expressed her sincere admiration, and then reminded Maximi not to look at anyone other than this leaked high-ranking minister.

"Father, this plan is very good, so there must be someone who wants to add something of their own. All I see in the Senate are such guys. Sheila emphasized.

The daughter's advice came from the heart, and Maximi took it to heart. Communicate with the committee members first, and then with important court officials. With no objection from him, Maximi quickly sent it to Basellus.

Basellus did not give a direct answer, but asked Maximi to wait a few days. During this time, Maximi was able to prepare for his daughter's wedding, and in fact there was nothing to prepare, Sheila herself was very rich and did not need to use her parents' money to get married. The wealth of the Bardon family is even more unquestionable. In the jubilant atmosphere, only the article on the Legion's Cookbook that I don't know who wrote a sentence that was difficult to distinguish the intention, 'Since the time of the king's reign, we have actually met the first senator to marry!' ’