Baghdad

In places where no one is paying attention, the Inquisition, the new institution of the Empire, has settled in the city of Baghdad, an ancient pagan city that today welcomes its new Christian master and awaits a verdict from Constantinople.

As a historical city, Baghdad was even called the pearl of YSL religion for a certain period of time, and it had a high prestige in the entire valley of the two rivers, that is, the region called Mesopotamia by the Romans.

Another notable cultural achievement of Baghdad was the creation of the "Pavilion of Wisdom", which for a long time allowed the YSL civilization to exist as the light of Western civilization, and for a long time, the Arab civilization relied on it to be called a beacon of civilization.

"Salipho, the sun is about to be obscured by an eagle with its wings outstretched, and you still refuse to flee with me?"

"Things are not serious enough to be that serious, Shahrir, don't you think that Allah will protect us and our civilization in secret?"

In public, in the bazaar of Baghdad, two "big hats" are conspiring loudly.

"Shahrir is right, Sariford, although you have a lot of land in your family, it is not a big deal to change places and start a new property."

An Arab walking beside him with a luggage package echoed that there had been a wave of refugees in the city, but everyone had fled outside the city, and the city of Baghdad had withered a lot.

"That's not the case, the Roman emperor didn't necessarily want to start with such a meager inheritance, but the new challenges brought by the new place were enough to break my family, and this is what I feared, even if the Roman emperor was diligent, he needed some people to help him stabilize the place."

Sulliford argued, to put it bluntly, he just didn't want to go.

"Come on, Hercules didn't raze the whole city to the ground when he entered Orcomonos, the Greeks... I mean, the Romans are such a people that they will attack all the stumbling blocks in their way and force them to submit by force, but I want to say that they do not want to bring us to our knees, because Allah protects everything..."

These words caused the whole house to applaud, everyone agreed, and there were bursts of shouts at the scene, which made the person who said this very proud.

Salifo shook his head helplessly, sighing, since the Romans entered the plains of Mesopotamia, there were rumors that the Romans were going to impose a forced increase in taxes on the pagans, which caused panic among many people, so as soon as the Romans left Baghdad to attack Ctesiphon, most of them chose to flee north, preparing to leave this disturbing place.

However, some people will want to stay, for people like Sulifo, although he does not have the name of a nobleman, but because of his wealth and estate, in the city of Baghdad, he is second to none rich, the standard of living is not bad at all, he does not want to leave Baghdad at all, after all, the fertile land outside Baghdad is almost untouched, and he can't do it if he wants to, if he leaves his estate, he will immediately become a middle and lower class, which is a complete disaster for him.

"Get out of here, get out of here, we will all help each other, and under the witness of Allah Allah, you will regain your wealth and status."

Shahrir kept persuading, but just listen to this, if Salifo really dares to abandon everything, then he must be prepared to be bullied, and if he has no money, no one will really fear him.

"Thank you, Shahrir, my old friend, but I will not give up my hard work, and I will live and die with my family." 33

Sally Foo seems helpless, in fact, he only has such a choice, which he is willing to do, in this era, it is better to die without money.

Just when the two expressed their regret to each other and were about to break up, the sound of horses' hooves made everyone close their mouths very wisely,

"Tap~"

The sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and after a while they came to the bazaar, and the people present did not dare to run, because they could not run far, and some of the clever ones had already hid in the shops on both sides, and the chickens and dogs jumped in the bazaar for a while, so it was not lively.

After a while, a large group of people appeared in front of everyone, the leader of the group was dressed in a sheepskin coat, covered with fur on his shoulders, and stepped on high-top leather boots, with gold thread sewn on the edge of his cloak, and an olive crown on his head, which clearly indicated the identity of the person who came.

It's a Roman!

Salifo stood by the side of the road and watched coldly, and the arrival of the Romans made him, and of course not only him, a little frightened, and he had no time to dodge, and he stood by the roadside, clasping his hands together, neither saluting nor evading, but just looking coldly at the other party, just like the others.

"Hey, that heathen, do you understand Greek?"

The leader did not speak, but the officer-like man next to him spoke first, and muttered a call, and although Sally Ford understood, he did not speak.

"Don't understand? And what about Latin? ”

The first half was Greek, the second half was Latin, and Salifo understood them all, but he never spoke.

Everyone is wary.

There is no way to do this, in the face of foreign conquerors, it is normal for the locals to be vigilant, otherwise in such a world, if they do not have such a basic vigilant attitude, they may not be able to live.

"Alright, Malins, I'll do it."

The leader smiled and stopped the officer who was about to go berserk, and he knew what they were worried about in the eyes of the street, and the fluent Arabic came out of his mouth,

"Hello everyone, I am an envoy sent by the Roman Emperor, the Lord of Human Rights of Constantinople, and this time I am here to deal with the relationship between you and the Empire, to clarify your obligations, to confirm your mission, and to give you the corresponding powers.

Everyone began to look at each other, and the first time they met the monarch to ask for advice from the infidels, even if it was a monarch of the same religion, it was rare to hear that the emperor listened to the opinions of the small people, and the sudden change made everyone at a loss.

Ignoring everyone's actions, the human rights justice took out a letter of parchment from his bosom, and rolled it together in a thick pile, in today's case, most of the paper comes from the Celestial Empire, and the role of parchment is more to represent the solemn nature of the document, and the parchment used in the Middle Ages is basically not used much now,

"In accordance with the 'great' meaning of the universal empire and universal monarch, Constantine de la Ghacés Valleolog, the subjects of Baghdad are instructed to bow and respectfully obey the will of the universal monarch..."

"The ordinary and high citizens, the nobles, the clergy, the Christians and the pagans, who made up the Roman Empire, believing that ignorance, neglect and contempt for human rights are the only factors and determining causes of calamities and calamities, present before all citizens and high citizens, nobles, clergy, Christians and pagans, with the will of the universal monarch and God, the natural, inalienable and divine rights of mankind, in order to remind you of their rights and duties, so that it is better to serve the universal monarch, and thus lead to the happiness of the whole people,"

"First, all human beings are born free and equal, and that only acquired behavior is the cause of the disparity in status, rights and duties..."

"Article 2, all citizens, with the approval of the Universal Sovereign and the Senate, may hold any position in the government department, regardless of their religious beliefs, regardless of their ethnic sex..."

"Article 3, the rights and duties of citizens are commensurate, and the rights due to them do not exceed the obligations due to them, and vice versa..."

Article 4 ,...

The 15-article Declaration of Rights, which was personally supervised by Constantine, co-compiled by the High Court of Justice and supplemented by the Cabinet, was originally registered and sealed in the Hagia Sophia, and must be carved on all the legal buildings to be built in the center of the city.

As the judge's tone fluctuated, one declaration after another was spoken by the justice, not only Salifoe, but also a pair of eyes in the dark began to brighten, people began to gather around the justice, and figures appeared from the darkness, and quite a few people's faces began to move, and even tears rippled,

They are not all free people, many of them were tenant farmers, hired farmers, servants, guards, the lowest people before today, before today, they have no hope of climbing upwards in their lives, not that there is no chance, but that they are naturally excluded from the ascending channel, just like the basic code at the bottom of a program, which seems to be an iron law,

But now that someone has broken this iron law, how can this not be exciting?

Not to mention the relationship between liberty and equality, between rights and duties, which is very gratifying, and it is a groundbreaking event, unprecedented and unprecedented, so that the hearts and minds of the people of Mesopotamia are just around the corner.

For Constantine, these things mentioned in the declaration, whether they can be done in fact or not, as long as later generations are willing to pursue them, what Constantine does today is also a 'precedent', but Constantine is very confident, because the desire to pursue good things in people's hearts will not expire at any time, maybe at that time, everyone will still have to read Constantine's good!

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