"We are not going to discuss theological issues for now, the plundering behavior of the Slavs is just around the corner, and even God cannot make them abandon their behavior, and we urgently need to solve this problem now."

At the beginning of the afternoon meeting, Constantine asked the question with a serious face, and the three patriarchs who wanted to talk more obediently shut up.

"Michal, you can elaborate on your opinion, about the restoration of the military district system, or the implementation of another military system, you, as a fighter who has fought for many years, must have your unique opinion."

At this time, Michal was not as frivolous as before, on the contrary, he looked very humble.

"Of course, Your Majesty, I can't refuse your request,"

"In my opinion, the general implementation of the military district system is no longer appropriate, and there are many reasons, and here, I will not hide it from everyone, but simply be open and honest,"

"First, the power of the generals under the military region system is too great, and the system of integration of military and government does not conform to our current actual situation, and second, a general's energy is limited and cannot take into account all aspects of the military region, and the military region is prone to blame each other before, and it is not that there are no strong forces around us, although the Mongols north of the Kersun Military Region in the north are temporarily weakened, but the Uzong Hassan and Abu Said in the east are rare heroes, and the strength of the Mamluk dynasty in Egypt in the south cannot be underestimated. We must twist our strength together in order to preserve the great cause of the Roman Empire in the present situation,"

"Second, the military region system represents too much power of the old aristocracy, and the restoration of the military district system will only enhance the strength of the local lords, not to mention whether their previous privileges should be restored, whether the previous land should be returned, and if they are not returned, what should the nobles do if they make trouble? If we treat them differently, will it cause even more commotion, which will not be conducive to the current situation of the empire..."

Before Michal could finish his words, the Patriarch of Jerusalem snorted coldly,

"Hmph, you don't think you can get any benefit, do you?"

"Quiet !!"

Calvo shouted, then motioned for Michal to continue.

“... That's all I have to say, and with my wisdom, I can only see so much, and then I can't see it. ”

Michal only shrugged his shoulders to indicate that he had finished speaking, and after saluting Constantine, he sat down on his own.

"Uh... Since His Excellency Michal has finished speaking, then I will also say a few words,"

In order not to be cold, but also to express his opinion, Calvo stood up,

"On the question of foreign races, His Excellency Michal is not off topic, the status of foreign legions in the history of our empire is not low, for foreign problems, we must fight with one hand and touch with the other, both to appease and suppress, to introduce laws to protect the interests of the people of all ethnic groups, and to maintain the army to protect the people of all ethnic groups from external or internal forces."

"But there's a very serious problem here, Your Majesty, no offense,"

Cecipe stood up and hesitated for a moment,

"Regarding the composition of the Imperial Army, do we still need to rely on their existence for foreign legions, and if we don't rely on them, where will our troop source problem be solved? The number of Greeks in the empire has been reduced to a very dangerous point, the point is that most of them are unwilling to serve in the army, for so long we have relied on the presence of foreign legions to protect the interests of the empire, and now that they are hastily removed, we need a new source of troops to replace the existence of foreign legions. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's not overcomplicate the problem, this is not an unsolvable problem,"

Regarding Cecipe's reply, Chavez clearly had a different opinion,

"Among the foreign races, there are very few educated people, and some educated people in the upper class also learn from our culture and religion, these people are naturally close to us, as long as they pay the price, they can be wooed, and the uneducated lower class people, we can let them establish an identity."

"Identity? What do you mean? ”

Calvo was intrigued.

"It's very simple, I don't know if you know the origin of the city of Rome, the legend of Romulo, the son of the wolf, is not mentioned for the time being, even at the beginning of the founding of the city of Rome, there were not only Romans in the city, but also some other city-states and people in the region were included in the category of the Romans, and even in the ancient Roman period, some of the captured slaves also had the opportunity to become citizens, I mean, sometimes, the inheritance of blood is not important, as long as he thinks he is a Roman, then he is a Roman."

As soon as Chavez's words came out, the audience suddenly fell into an eerie silence, and everyone turned their eyes to Constantine's direction, either explicitly or covertly, to see how Constantine reacted to this.

Chávez's words were not simple, in some ways, his words broke the legal principle of hereditary imperial power, because the emperor believed that the emperor's status was brought about by blood, and not for other reasons, even in the frequent regime changes in the Roman Empire, everyone almost scoffed at this set, but there were very few people who dared to say it in such a serious political situation, after all, everyone did not know how receptive Constantine was to this set of theories.

Constantine, who received everyone's attention, did not show a furious expression, but seriously thought about Chavez's suggestion,

"Tell me more, Chavez, what do you think?"

The atmosphere suddenly relaxed, and Chavez busily answered Constantine's questions.

"In my vision, the spending on education should be greatly increased, and to put it mildly, I think that the expenditure on education should occupy the largest expenditure of the government, and it should be above the military expenditure!"

This remark was like a shock, causing everyone to discuss, and the scene was extremely chaotic for a while.

"His Excellency Minister Chavez is really high-minded, and he deserves to be the 'Minister of Education',"

This sounds like a compliment, but judging from Husseppe's face, it is not polite at all,

"Your Excellency Michal's words, everyone has listened carefully, the attitudes of Uzun Hassan and Abu Said in the east, the Mamluks in the south, and the Latins in the west may change at any time, and we occupy a piece of treasure land, this is not news, in such a place, there is no great strength, that is, the lamb to the slaughter, and education, I am afraid that it will not be the Roman Empire that is educating his people at that time!"

"It's just, I don't know what to say, whimsical, nonsense..."

Cesipe chimed in, and two of the five cabinet ministers had already made it clear that they were firmly opposed to Chávez's radical policies, which made some people who wanted to support Chávez hesitate.

"The agitation of the opposition to His Excellency Chavez gives the impression that a torrent is crashing against the hull of this fragile galleon of the Roman Empire, and that we are in danger of capsizing."

The Patriarch of Jerusalem, who had just been appointed by Constantine not long ago, had not yet had time to take office due to the special presence of Jerusalem, but his name was praised by the people of Constantinople.

"A good education makes a nation friendly, and what is wrong with the words of His Excellency Chavez? Shouldn't we educate the people according to God's command? Where could such a suggestion be wrong? ”

"It's different, Lord Dionas,"

Although Husseppe's face is ugly, he is patient, and the reputation of the real Dionas among the people is very high, and he does not want to offend him.

"It's not theology, it's politics, we can't do it both military and educational, and besides, we don't have the conditions for large-scale education right now, which is unrealistic."

Dionas listened carefully to Husseppe's words and slowly stood up,

"If Your Majesty and the government have difficulties, the Church is willing to educate the people on behalf of Your Majesty, and this has always been our mission."

In the Roman Empire, from the era of the ancient Roman Republic, to the era of the Roman Empire, and then to the era of the Byzantine Empire, education was very supportive, among them, the church played an important role and played a major role, from the beginning, during the period of Constantine the Great, the task of the church was simply to educate the people, but later it was slowly involved in politics by the church, which was different from the original intention of the church.

However, while leaving the Church to bear this responsibility would have eased the burden on the treasury, it would have been intolerable for Sunnis who had just joined the Eastern Empire to interpret it as a harbinger of forced conversion by the Emperor.

"The barbarian people are so brave and ruthless, they can't be restrained without strong means, it's better to let the leaders of different tribes and camps change guards with each other and exchange positions with each other, in an unfamiliar environment, some people can be at a loss, and then we slowly divide, we can rely on time to solve this problem."

"No, no, no, you can only tempt with interests, you can't use force to bring the other party to your knees, the stability of the country is the most important, you can't put all people into the status of robbers because of some people's looting, this will only make the situation more and more turbulent, which is not conducive to the stability of the government, which will only increase our expenditures, and will only make our economy more stretched."

Everyone tacitly deviated from the topic and did not respond to Dionas's self-recommendation, but soon, everyone was divided into two factions on the issue of barbarians, which made Constantine, who was a cold bystander, a little big.

Shaking his head secretly, Constantine looked around a little boredly, not really wanting to listen to their arguments anymore,

In fact, what both sides said makes sense, if it is an emerging country, whether it is force or inducement, why do you say that emerging countries must be better than old countries, it is because the interest groups in emerging countries are still very simple, there are so few, you can always think of ways to target them, but old countries are different, how to distinguish a country from an emerging country or an old country, the difference is that the object of exploitation of high-level forces such as aristocrats is domestic or foreign, The economic benefits imported from abroad can be a good way to ease domestic contradictions, which is why there is a passage in the "Chinese" that when there is a problem at home, war will be waged abroad.

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