"Yu's name is Ramses Meliamon."

Ramses said calmly.

"Still. Thou shalt be more familiar with another name. ”

After a pause, he continued.

"Ramses. Ii. ”

The moment he heard this, the pupils of Mycroft and Rob below contracted slightly.

Rob almost thought he had misheard, and asked tentatively.

"The name. Isn't that the name of your founding emperor? ”

Ramses' eyelids tucked into a playful smile.

"What, isn't Yu like it?"

Although there was a smile on his face, the aura of a superior person that involuntarily exuded from his body made Rob a little afraid to look into his eyes for a while.

"That Mr. Tesla next to you has come to Egypt in his airboat in the past, and he has met Yu before." Ramses said slowly, "Yu didn't tell him Yu's name, but I think he should have guessed it." ”

He looked at Tesla, "Yu is right, Mr. Tesla?" ”

Tesla bowed politely to Ramses, "I've seen Ramses the Great." ”

"So, for hundreds of years, you have been ruling the Egyptian Empire behind your back?" Mycroft asked directly.

"If you already have the answer in your heart, why do you ask?"

Ramses II said quietly.

Mycroft didn't answer, just stared at him, and so did Rob on one side.

Ramses looked at Rob and said with interest, "Your eyes are telling me that I am a power-hungry autocratic dictator in your eyes. ”

Rob panicked and quickly shifted his gaze.

Mycroft raised his eyebrows, "You misunderstood, Britannia respects the sovereignty and independence of every country, and what kind of political power a country should have is the free choice of the local people. ”

"You Britannia have exported revolutions to the outside world in the past." Ramses quipped.

After a pause, he continued, "There is no advanced political system, only the question of suitability. The origins of democracy can be traced back to the city-state of Athens in ancient Greece. At that time, the people decided public affairs by rallying and voting, and elected leaders. The core idea of this system is that power comes from and is accountable to the people.

The parliamentary democracy practiced in the Roman Republic was also partially influenced by this, and the Roman Republic was a "democratic parliamentary" regime of nobles + citizens, unlike the city-state system of Athens, Rome practiced a federal parliamentary system.

In the Roman Republic, nobles and commoners could sit together in parliament to decide on state affairs. Although the nobility had more power and wealth, commoners were also able to participate in decision-making through their own representatives. In addition, the government institutions of the Roman Republic also included institutions such as the Senate and the Citizens' Assembly, which all had certain decision-making and oversight powers.

But later, why did the Roman Empire turn into a monarchy? ”

He smiled, "You might say it's because of Augustus' ambitions. But actually, I'm going to tell you, that's because democracy is no longer suitable for the very large country of that time.

At that time, the means of communication and transportation were limited, and it could take months or even half a year to transmit information from the West to the East.

If democracy were to be exercised in that era, it would take years or even decades just to collect votes, and the enforcement of government decrees would be extremely inefficient.

In ancient times, when productivity was low and a natural disaster could produce a famine, this inefficiency was almost fatal.

Therefore, only the efficient form of government such as centralization was most suitable for that era.

You can go out and look around you, and in this barren land, it is very difficult to create wealth with your own hands.

"But you have the resources." Rob said.

Ramses smiled, "So, tell me, ordinary people, do you have the opportunity or ability to extract oil?" ”

Rob fell silent.

"Resource-based countries are very prone to capital concentration. The extraction and processing of resources often requires a large capital investment, a game that only the rich can play. It will only exacerbate the gap between rich and poor and social inequality.

Therefore, I chose to concentrate these resources in my own hands and redistribute them by me.

I wouldn't say that's the best option, but I would say it's the best option for the country. ”

Ramses spoke calmly, not even angry at all by Rob's questioning, which is completely different from the monarch that many people have in mind.

"The disadvantage of the monarchy is that the quality of the successor is not guaranteed, and there is no guarantee that every successor will be absolutely fair." Mycroft spoke slowly.

He looked up at Ramses, an unknown glint in his eyes, "Unless, this fair monarch can live forever and remain fair until the end." ”

"Yu is not immortal." Ramses II looked into the distance, "It's just that the people of this country still need a remnant of existence for the time being."

"You could have been hiding forever." McCroft continued, "Why did you appear in front of us? ”

After a pause, he whispered, "It's because of the 'anomalies' that have happened in the world in recent years, right?" ”

Ramses looked at Mycroft with some appreciation, "You're really sharp." ”

He half-jokingly said, "How much does Britannia pay you?" Come here to Yu, Yu can give you double, and even give you a prince, everything you want, Yu can give you. ”

Rob couldn't help but look at Mycroft on one side.

"If I wanted wealth and power, I could get more in Britannia." McCroft said.

"That's right." Ramses nodded, "People who are truly intelligent are usually dismissive of these things. ”

He slowly got up, walked to the throne, and came to the front of Mycroft and the others.

He is very tall, even if Mycroft is more than 1.8 meters tall, he is not as strong as the young man in front of him, especially his eyes like the sun, which give people a great sense of oppression.

"Come with Yu, Yu will take you and the others to a place." He looked at Tesla and smiled mysteriously, "This is a place you haven't even been to last time." ”

Tesla raised an eyebrow.

Ramses then led them to the back of the throne, where there was a relief of Olysses on the wall.

He slowly raised his hand, and the lines on Olysses' body lit up with a faint azure glow. Eventually, Olysses began to crack in the middle and moved to the sides—it turned out to be a door.

Behind the door is a cylindrical space, and there is a pattern on the ground that looks like a magic array, and many words are carved on it.

Ramses walked into the space, and then looked at McCroftrob and the others, who were still standing in the doorway hesitantly.

"Are you scared?" He quipped.

McCroft walked in first, followed by Rob, followed by Tesla.

Then, the lines on the magic array on their ground were lit up little by little, and the entire disc slowly slid down—it turned out to be an elevator.

The disc carried them slowly downward. At first, the dimly lit space was merely illuminated by the magical glow of the disc.

But as they gradually descended into a larger space, everything in front of them caused everyone's pupils to shrink slightly. (End of chapter)