Entering March, Constantine was full of excitement. Squadron Leader Su Lun of the Royal Forest Army took the whole family into the new house drawn by lottery. Red brick, second floor, four bedrooms and one living room. There was a faint smell of lime in the air, the smell of the newly painted white walls.

Su Lun didn't care about the smell that wasn't unpleasant, and his family didn't care. The younger brothers were already scurrying around the rooms, and the parents were slowly looking through each room by their two daughters. After reading it, the old couple asked Squadron Leader Su Lun worriedly: "Did the imperial court really give us this house?" ”

"It's for us." Suren explained. The imperial court did not give unconditional preferential treatment to soldiers, and if the family had a house, they had to exchange the old house for a new one. If you don't have a house at home, you can pay in installments at very low interest through a mortgage loan between the imperial court and the Constantinople bank.

The old couple looked uneasy, and they couldn't say anything when they came to their mouths. Su Lun heard from the other brothers of the Imperial Forest Army about the family, and he persuaded: "Dad, mother, let's use that house for such a new house, I think we will admit it." ”

Hearing his son say this, the old couple didn't feel that they could say anything. They don't want to give up their old house, but the new house is much better than the old house from every point of view. In addition, they did not have the courage to confront the imperial court, so they were supported by their daughters and continued to look carefully at each room.

"Big brother, there are two toilets in this house?" The younger brothers rushed over and asked in surprise.

Suren's wife was also shocked when she heard this, holding her son. Su Lun laughed, "Of course, if there is only one toilet at home, how can so many people use it." ”

Squadron Leader Sulun's wife hurriedly hugged the baby and went over to see, as the two younger brothers said, there were two bathrooms in the house. It's really a super thoughtful design. Four rooms, two toilets, a not small kitchen. Each room has a large window, and the wooden frame of the window is actually squared. Squadron Leader Suren asked strangely, "What is this for?" Why not make a wooden hinge? Such a large window would let in rain, and it would be too cold in winter. ”

Su Lun just smiled and didn't answer. He wanted to surprise his family, and when they moved in, the legion would put glass on everyone's windows. Transparent glass will make the room extra bright.

After seeing the new house, the family went back to the old house. Suren finally came back from leave, and now everyone in the Imperial Forest Army and Legion in Constantinople has to take leave to move. In order to maintain combat readiness, the order was given from above to let the legionnaires move first. It's not easy to take a half-day off.

Just as he was about to leave, his father and mother stopped Su Lun and asked, "You really can't keep our house?" ”

Su Lun shook his head, this time the matter was decided by the Senate what kind of 'old city renovation' plan, move everyone from the old city to the new city, and then completely demolish the old old city. It has been said within the legion that if someone resists, the legion will send someone to forcibly demolish it, and don't blame the legion for not showing mercy to its own people when the time comes.

The old couple knew that Su Lun would not give their own consideration to themselves, and seeing that their son was firm, the old couple no longer mentioned this matter.

When I returned to the Imperial Guards, I received a notice of a meeting, and the captain and squadron leader were called together, and the General of the Imperial Guards said: "Baseles will leave for Athens in mid-June to participate in the Olympic Games, and we must all be ready for work. ”

When they heard that they were going abroad, the officers of the Imperial Forest Army were surprised. In the past, the Legion Recipe introduced the Olympics, and the Legion only selected players to participate in the competition. I didn't expect Baseles to be ready to attend in person, which was really lively.

"This time in the field, everyone will calculate it according to the army's combat allowance." The general continued. Although the Imperial Guards are well paid, they don't have to expect any field allowances, which are unique to the field army. When they heard that there was a field allowance this time, everyone smiled. But seeing that the general's face darkened, he said loudly: "When you go out on field, don't have an accident, if something happens, you will be severely punished." ”

When the general said this, everyone put away their smiles. The punishment of the Royal Guards is also extremely strict, and it is a matter of Barcelus's safety, and he will not be let go of the slightest slack.

The Eastern Roman Emperor would participate in the Olympics in the future, and the province attached great importance to this. Boyan's Western Rome, a country that had just been listed on the backdoor, could not be compared with the Eastern Roman Empire, and Yeluhon, who was about to return to China, stressed to Sima Hong, the next provincial envoy of Europa, "As long as Eastern Rome does not go against the grain, we still have to try to preserve this country." I have already told the officials about this, and the officials agree with it. ”

"Isn't perverse perversity a great culpability?" Sima Hong asked Yeluhong.

"This is not to let the Eastern Romans think about the benefits of the Eastern Romans all day long, but between the life and death of the Eastern Romans, let's sentence them to life as much as possible. A nation of nearly 2,000 years should not perish lightly. ”

After listening to Yeluhong's explanation, Sima Hong continued to ask, "Can I write this down?" ”

Rolling his eyes, he wanted to scold him, but Yeluhong still didn't say it. At least Sima Hong's positioning is very accurate and grasps the crux of the problem. With the iron-clad battalion and flowing soldiers, and the rotation of officials in three years, the highest governor of Europa Province is not a feudal town in the Tang Dynasty even if he bears the name of Jiedu Envoy. Even if Sima Hong does a good job, it is only two terms. Six years later, this guy and other provincial officials who had completed their term of office had to roll up and cover back to the Great Song Dynasty.

It was not only Jeluhon who acted, but Li naturally met with Maximi again, and told Maximi at the beginning that he was going back to Athens. Maximi was surprised and quickly asked what was going on. Li naturally told Maximi that he was already a senior of the Provincial Society, and naturally he wanted to return to Athens to take up a post.

Maximi sighed, "Congratulations, Your Excellency. Alas, the Song system is really enviable. ”

Li naturally knew what Maximi meant, Eastern Rome was an ancient civilization, but it had never been able to establish the imperial examination system, and naturally there was no way to establish such a detailed civil service system in China. Just as he didn't know what to say, he heard Maximi ask: "Your Excellency, aren't you people angry when you are transferred?" ”

"Haha, why are you angry?" Li naturally smiled. He was promoted, why should he be angry. But in an instant, I understood what Maximi meant, one of the proudest places of Chinese civilization is that China has the mind of the world for the public, and officials cannot take it on the table for their own money, and it is politically correct to serve the country and the public. After arriving overseas, Li naturally finally understood that Huaxia's 'public heart' was the foundation that made Huaxia higher than other few civilized countries.

Maximi couldn't understand Li Nature's smile, and he asked, "Your Excellency, you are now promoted to the Europa Provincial Society, don't you want to go back when your term of office expires?" "The officials of the Great Song Dynasty were often changed in their offices in Constantinople, and in Roman history they must have been the result of political struggles. On the side of the Great Song Dynasty, it is a normal transfer, why those officials are so happy to accept the transfer, at least they are not painful because of the transfer, is really what Maximi wants to understand the most.

"At the end of my term in Europa Province, I can return to the Great Song Dynasty to take up my post." Li replied naturally.

"When you return to Da Song, you will continue to be promoted?" If it was all the way up, Maximi could still understand Lee's natural reaction.

"It may not be possible to be promoted, I will have a new position at the same level."

"And then?" Maximi asked.

"Then when I get to retirement age, I retire."

"Retirement ......" Maximi remembered that the Great Song Dynasty did have such a system, although there was also an introduction, but Maximi did not particularly understand, "Your Excellency, can you tell me what the retirement system is." ”

Li naturally told Maximi about the latest retirement system of the Great Song Dynasty. The more Maximi listened, the more surprised he became, it turned out that the officials of the Great Song Dynasty relied on the retirement system to guarantee the bottom. Rome did not retire, only the term system. Of course, everyone in the tenure system must be like a wolf to get a handful for themselves, and if they cannot be re-elected after the end of the term, they can only eat themselves. Listening to this retirement system, it turned out that the retirement system of the Great Song Dynasty was not simply to determine the term of office of officials, but also a system used to ensure that officials could feel at ease. If you obey the state during your tenure, you don't have to worry about having nothing to rely on after retirement.

Looking at Maximi's expression, Li naturally couldn't help but persuade Maximi, "Your Excellency, the retirement system involves a wide range of issues, and the pension alone has a lot of requirements for the country's finances. It's not just a retirement system that will solve the problem. ”

Maximi nodded again and again, and sighed loudly: "It makes Your Excellency laugh, there are no decent monarchies around us, but Rome was weakened and invaded by various countries back then. Although we people look down on the systems of those barbaric countries, we cannot stand up to the voice of the people. If the Roman system is really good, why can't it beat those countries? Now when I see the system of the Great Song Dynasty, I know that the real monarchy is not foolish. ”

"Huh." Naturally, Li could only laugh dryly. The Great Song Dynasty actually had such a problem, believing that the northern barbarians were inherently more capable of fighting than the Han Chinese. That is, after the rise of the Zhao official family, he led the Great Song Dynasty to kill the surrounding barbarians like a mountain of blood, and the barbarians had to flee thousands of miles away in order to escape. The Great Song Dynasty was not only able to drive away the barbarians, but also to the entire earth that the barbarians could not reach through the original voyage of the fleet, at this time Zhao Guanjia said that the Han people were inferior to the barbarians because the Han people themselves did not have the speed of progress of the previous generations, and the barbarians continued to obtain technology through technological diffusion and made great progress. One has limited progress, the other has made rapid progress, and the gap between the two sides has narrowed rapidly, so that the barbarians seem to be very powerful.

When the Great Song Dynasty re-established itself on the top of the world, self-reflection and criticism were easily accepted by the people of the Great Song Dynasty. There is also acceptance of the idea that incompetence is the original sin. In the previous Confucian environment, this view would not have been accepted in any way. The Zhao family not only made everyone admit this fact, but also destroyed the Confucian domination of the Great Song Dynasty. Hearing Maximi's words, Li naturally felt extraordinarily. Then he heard Maximi sigh: "I don't know what the Emperor of Song will propose for the reform of Rome." ”