"Is there anyone else helping them besides you?" Guo Kang feels that these people may also be an option that can help: "We can organize all these people to support our attempts." ”

"Not much, actually." Mrs. Elena shook her head and said, "These people are basically farmers and citizens with a little money. Most of the Greeks who are still in the upper echelons are old men from the previous dynasties. On both sides, the relationship is actually ...... Not so good. ”

"Their interests are not aligned, are they?" Guo Kang felt that he had guessed probably.

"It's not very good, it's already a mild statement." Theodora said bluntly to him: "In fact, these advocates of the revival of the Greek spirit have always regarded the traditional aristocracy as moths, believing that it was because of their misdeeds that led to the loss of the Greek spirit and the decline of the Roman Empire." ”

"When Masaris talked to us, he was more tactful, but I know what they really think." She shrugged: "In the hearts of these people, not only do they disrespect, but they also despise the traditional aristocracy, and even their theoretical basis is based on attacking the traditional aristocracy. Those people aren't stupid either, and certainly don't like them. ”

"Then these people can handle it." Tuhuan nodded: "I also think that those upper-class Greeks are the biggest sinners." Think about it, if it weren't for the fact that they attacked each other every day for the sake of power, and had no integrity at home and abroad, would they have ruined the reputation of the Greeks like this? ”

Of course, these ordinary Greeks are also responsible. I suspect that many of them are still stuck in the era of 2,000 years ago, when city-states stood side by side. When I think about problems, I only care about my own region, and I don't have a long-term vision at all. It was because they always thought that the local aristocracy could represent their own interests, connived at and even supported these people to rebel, that they finally lost their family foundations. ”

These ideas of ordinary people are determined by their cultural influence and education. Therefore, there is some truth in his conclusion. ”

"I think so, too." Lady Elena nodded: "Persopoulos has also done some research in this area. He and Persopoulos collected a lot of books, and finally decided that Seris's solution was the best. ”

"What did he think?" Guo Kang asked.

"I talked to him specifically." Theodora said: "Masarys believed that Rome had been in a vicious division for a long time because of the lack of unity among ordinary Greeks. And this kind of consciousness should have been educated to the people by the grassroots, those who are educated. ”

"But the Church, neither the Roman Catholic Church nor our Orthodox Church, has done a good job in this regard. The best place in the world to do it is in the East. ”

"Persopoulos was a businessman and was in constant contact with all kinds of people. He made a lot of comparisons, and finally believed that the core of the Ceris system was that their Confucianism and Taoism system cultivated a large number of people with a preliminary level of education. ”

"These people read the same kind of books and follow the same political philosophy, and in fact play a religious role. In other words, it is a monotheistic religion that excludes the church. ”

"Where is the excluded part?" Tuohuan asked casually.

"At the imperial court." Theodora glanced at him, as if he wondered if he didn't know it: "The basic composition of power in all countries is almost the same, but each power is divided into different parts. We, the Roman Catholic nations, and Seris, are three different divisions. ”

"In Seris, these Confucian and Taoist people also go to the grassroots level to carry out education and propaganda in various places, and they are the common grassroots priests on our side. It's just that because the combination of political power and clerical power in Seris is very stable, many of these Confucians and Taoists have both official or semi-official status. Their role is still similar to that of the clergy we have here, but they are obviously more efficient than the clergy. ”

"Then these Confucians and Taoists won't ask for complete religious rights from the government?" Tuohuan asked.

"Taoist priests don't just ask for religious rights, when they ask for it, they will 'stand in the yellow sky'." Guo Kang complained: "People have always been very ...... of theocracy"

"As for Confucianism, of course it will. For example, the influence of the 'Qingliu celebrities' on public opinion and the intervention in education are similar to the effect of the church. This is the canonical clergy. He continued to explain: "You can ask Zhu Dajia about this. They are old Zhu and have a deep understanding of this aspect. ”

"That's it......" Tuohuan scratched his head, probably understood.

"However, it's also possible to learn from Seris." Guo Kang thought about it again: "Although there are various problems over there, it is still somewhat better than the previous Greece." ”

"That's what they think, too." Theodora said: "Persopoulos believed that our Roman Church was a way of organizing between Seris and the traditional Orthodox Church. If it continues to develop, there should be hope that it will reach the level of Seris. With a common concept and a solid organization, it is possible to spread a sense of unity. ”

"I think this idea may be right in line with Patriarch Zhang's original intention, so I have been paying attention to their follow-up research. These people still have some wisdom. ”

"It's normal, and wise people think of similar things." Guo Kang nodded.

Although in his time, there was always a perception that unity was not conducive to development. But in this era, the demand for unification and the prevention of the division of the local aristocracy was the unanimous pursuit of all European countries.

From the late Middle Ages onwards, people of insight in various countries were making efforts, and as the conditions gradually matured, the central courts of various countries began to control the localities more and more powerfully. The monarchs consciously weakened the power of the aristocracy, fought against local separatists, and strengthened the centralization of power. And these have indeed strengthened the power of countries and laid the foundation for their future development.

The remote United Kingdom, on the contrary, is one of the best countries to do at this time. Far from being limited by later myths such as the Magna Carta, the king's authority grew stronger. After that, the Tudor dynasty after the end of the civil war was further strengthened.

It was Henry VIII and Elizabeth, not the local nobility that opposed the unification, that saved the money for England to become the top power.

Although Seris has always had a stronger tradition of unification and a higher degree of centralization, this does not mean that the idea of unification is wrong.

In the same way, the fact that the streets of Europe are full of stool these days does not mean that going to the toilet is a wrong habit. Forcing all citizens to go to the toilet on the streets obviously did not allow Rome to dominate Europe in an instant. This kind of thing doesn't matter in the first place......

As an alternative idea, the direction in which these Greeks considered was indeed worth trying.

(End of chapter)