"It's just... The military region system is good, but it is not omnipotent, right? ”

Michal was a little hesitant, and Constantine's gaze, though gentle, made him a little like a man.

"Your Excellency has something to say, you don't have to suppress yourself, Your Majesty's rule is to speak freely, speak up at the meeting, and there can be no objections when you implement it."

Prime Minister Calvo smiled, which made Michal relax a little.

"Uh... I'm not afraid of everyone's jokes, I'm a general who came over from the Ottoman court, but about the military district system, I have also learned about it these days, and I also have some of my own feelings,"

Receiving Constantine's encouraging gaze, Michal was even more at ease,

"In the Ottoman court, in order to obtain a source of soldiers, which we call the 'Sipahi' cavalry, we... No, it is the Ottomans who also feed the 'Sipahi' cavalry through the land, the land of the Ottomans is not hereditary, but belongs to the state, they only have the right to use, and must provide soldiers for the country, the local Timal Judge and Zaim, that is, the landlords, also have to arrange the knight's weapons and equipment, grain and horses, but also to ensure the survival of the peasants under their rule, the Ottomans manage this very strictly, once they find that there is a violation of the law, they are often executed, and the khadi, as assistants of the Ottoman court, supervise the local forces, Let them not dare to come nonsense,"

"But it is difficult to feed these ambitious lords by relying on these incomes from the land, and it seems to me that people generally do not live on the rent of the territory, but on the military booty, and the gold and silver treasures obtained from the front-line battlefields, and the captives and slaves are enough to decorate the castle of any Sipashi knight, and because the lords send the young and strong to go out to fight, disputes over race and religion are rare, because even an Orthodox Christian, facing a Sunni governor, as long as the other party can bring wealth to his family, People were willing to follow him out into battle, even if the sword was aimed at the Orthodox. ”

Hearing this, the three patriarchs present were silent and wanted to refute, but they didn't know what to say for a while, so they could only look at each other, but they were not very convinced in their hearts, and even faintly angry.

"You... I also know about our military military system, the army replaces the peasants for farming, gathers the people together, and can also relieve the tension on the central finances, in terms of national stability, the military district system is obviously better, because the military district system can be self-sufficient, but the Timal system is difficult to do, because a lord can only rely on land revenue, he can not provide the Sultan with the army that he should provide, and can only feed the war by war, people do not pay attention to the disputes between religion and race, because the lords need them to live and die for themselves, Soldiers don't get into infighting because death is likely to come very quickly, and people never think about it, and of course it's possible that we don't pay attention to this aspect. ”

"So, you don't believe in the existence of Christ God?"

The patriarch of Jerusalem resisted the urge to scold the other party, but his face was already extremely pale.

But Michal said nothing, fell silent, twisted his fingers, and his indifferent attitude made the Patriarch of Jerusalem angry, not only him, but also the Patriarch of the Ecumenical Patriarch and the Patriarch of Antioch.

"Your Majesty, I beg you to expel this man from the Imperial Council, how can we allow such an ungodly man to come to the Council on the fate of the Universal Empire?"

The Patriarch of Jerusalem attacked directly and bombarded Michal.

Before Constantine could speak, Calvo was keenly aware that something was not good, and immediately stood up to play a round.

"Okay, okay, let's get to know the situation today, let's talk about the specific things in the afternoon, I have a document here, I sorted it out, everyone take a copy back, and officially start discussing it in the afternoon, our topic is mainly foreign issues, don't rush into religion."

The Patriarch of Jerusalem was so angry that he flicked the sleeves of his robe, and immediately departed, and the Patriarch of the Ecumenical and Antioch also had cold faces, and did not look at Michal and Eprenos, who were close to him.

Watching Constantine leave, Everenos patted Michal on the shoulder and laughed,

"Yo Yo Yo, isn't this a Michal University scholar? A know-it-all-knowing, all-knowing, Michal university scholar? ”

"Go and go, see me being scolded, and I don't know if I came out to help me say a word, it's really not a brother."

Michal said angrily, but Everenos, who knew him well, understood that the other party was not angry at all.

"I have to say, today you really gave us old brothers a long face, and scolded the Patriarch of Jerusalem in front of His Majesty, you kid is not small,"

Although he said this, Everenos still had some doubts in his heart,

"By the way, why are you so active today? Although you were also reckless in the past, you wouldn't clash with the church in front of Your Majesty today, right? Don't forget, Your Majesty is also an Orthodox Christian, and a devout one! ”

Michal glanced at the other party, his tone was full of impatience, and said in a low voice,

"Nonsense, I don't know, but I have to know His Majesty's attitude, if His Majesty is not safe, then I have to think about my next move, if Your Majesty doesn't care very much, we old believers will have a way out."

"Then what is Your Majesty's expression?"

Hearing Michal's thoughts, Everenos seemed to have just met him, his eyes were full of disbelief, and he hurriedly asked. 33

"Hmph, you, just guess! Hahahahaha~"

"Eh, eh, don't be in a hurry to leave, I don't need you to give those silks, eh, I'll take some more to go in."

As Michal had expected, Constantine and Calvo did not leave, but talked about what had happened today in a small secret room,

"Your Excellency, what do you think of today's scene?"

Constantine's eyes were closed, and the old god was present in a wide chair covered with fur.

"Michal is tempting you, Your Majesty."

Calvo pointed out Michal's purpose directly, and Constantine was not surprised that he could see it, but he wanted to hear Calvo's opinion.

"Tell me what you think."

"Yes, although Michal is talking about the difference between the two systems, his eyes are always staring at His Majesty, as if he is afraid, and judging from his various activities in Asia Minor, Michal has always had a bad idea of his identity, afraid that the empire will cross the river and tear down the bridge, unload the mill and kill the donkey, don't look at the fierceness he is making noise in the 'Freedom Society', in fact, he is very insecure."

"yes, you're right,"

Constantine sighed helplessly, slowly opened his eyes, and lightly tapped his fingers on the armrest,

"Michal is in a high position and is so scared, not to mention the ordinary soldiers and petty nobles below, I'm afraid they are afraid every day that the big knife will cut them on their heads, what else is there to talk about?"

"The top priority is to stabilize their hearts, Your Majesty, Michal is afraid that this meeting is aimed at him, and to us, he is also a foreigner!"

Calvo whispered, but this drew a rebuke from Constantine,

"What foreigner, as long as he gets the status of a Roman citizen, he is a Roman, the same as us."

Seeing Calvo lowering his eyebrows, Constantine understood that Qi had no effect on Calvo, and slowly eased his face, and in the whole room, only the matches in the fireplace made a 'crackling' sound, and like this, half an hour passed,

"Okay, you go down first, I have my own arrangements for this matter."

Squinting as Calvo retreated, Constantine snuggled up in his chair.

In any case, we must first stabilize their hearts, no matter what policy the empire has, it is carried out for the purpose of promoting development, the turmoil of the empire is what Constantine does not want to see, in the territory of the empire, due to the absence of a strong government for a long time, a unique folk customs have been formed here, in the city and in the countryside are fundamentally two different scenes, no matter which ruler in the city is well managed, at least firmly in control, but in the countryside, the administrative system has long collapsed, There was almost no administration, and a long time ago, the government of Constantinople did not collect taxes from the countryside, which was almost an independent kingdom.

So what Constantine is doing now is not only to deal with the relationship between foreign races, but also to rebuild the administrative system in the countryside, which is a very difficult task, an ancient country, which means that many absurd things done by the previous emperors have been undertaken, some absurd treaties, conventions want to break, that is, the knife cuts the flesh, and easily changes the decrees issued by the previous emperor, which will inevitably lead to the opposition of a group of people. In today's Eastern Empire, there are many edicts that betray the interests of the country, and in such a situation, Constantine's reforms are very, very important, and require very, very great courage.

Not to mention anything else, since the reform of Constantine, the cabinet ministers who took the blame for Constantine have been assassinated repeatedly, including Prime Minister Calvo has been assassinated more than 50 times, followed by Chancellor of the Exchequer Chavez, who has been assassinated more than 30 times.

In fact, everyone also knows who the main messenger behind the scenes is, but Constantine's prestige is growing, and there are many guards around him, no one dares to assassinate Constantine directly, and the cabinet has always been the main messenger of various policies on the surface, assassinating Constantine means that he must bear notoriety, and everyone has a good sense of Constantine, which is why no one does anything to Constantine.

Some people died, but not completely......