"Patrick, life is not worth living without scrutiny. These are the words of Socrates. The most important thing for us is not to simply think, but also to examine and reflect on history, what happened, especially what happened to us, and finally understand ourselves. You're too young and you need to go through it. That's all for today. ”

When Patrick left the study, Maximi sat up and walked to the window to look out. The crops in the garden have been replaced with flowers, and there is no purple and red in sight, only green. It's a bit unrealistic to expect the flowers and trees that were planted last year to be fragrant.

An unexamined life is not worth living, and His Excellency Tiberius is constantly examining his own life. Looking at life is not about proving that you are doing the right thing, but about looking at what you have done and what the results of those actions are. From the present point of view, Tiberius believed that a republic would produce a strong senator in the Senate, and in the current situation, Heila, whom Tiberius opposed, was the powerful senator. This miraculous result did disappoint His Excellency Tiberius, but it did not stop you. In conversation with His Excellency Tiberius on this matter, Maximi sensed that His Excellency had begun to study the question of 'what is a powerful senator'. The sense of loss has not stopped you from moving forward.

His Excellency Tiberius insisted that Maximi was still unsure of the direction in which he was going. In the research so far, it is too difficult to come up with a complete theory of the relationship between the emperor and the republic. The monarch's power is divinely granted, and the sovereignty lies in the monarch. In addition to the fact that the history of Eastern Rome for more than 1,000 years proves that the implementation of this set of theories is extremely problematic, and can even lead to the collapse of the Eastern Roman Empire, the logic of this set of arguments is very self-consistent, and it can answer all questions theoretically. Where is the most appropriate point of union between the monarchy and the republic of the people, Maximi pondered.

The Legion Cookbook went from monthly to semi-monthly, from three six-page to eight sixteen-page. In addition to recipes and future supply arrangements for the families of the legion, some critical content has also appeared on it. The latest Legion Cookbook advertises the harvest festival in Ankara in the east with passionate words, and then talks about the countries of the European Bass Department.

This article accurately describes the emergence of two Roman emperors in the division of Rome between East and West, the Roman emperor was God's spokesman on earth, and the church became the Roman branch and the Constantinople branch, serving the regions ruled by the two Roman emperors, respectively. After the fall of Western Rome, the clergy of the Roman branch betrayed the doctrine and colluded with the barbarians of the Eurobasi, who modified their doctrine to serve the barbarians wholeheartedly.

What made the office very concerned was the extension of the topic, and Zhao Guanjia personally launched such actions in the Great Song Dynasty, and he openly said: The Great Song Dynasty itself was weak and could not solve the northern barbarians, and as a result, there was an evil argument within the Great Song that the northern barbarians were stronger than the Han people. The wickedness of this evil argument lies in the complete disregard for the facts, the fact that in the past, Huaxia was able to kill the invading barbarians, and the barbarians had to flee to Europa in order to survive. Now the Great Song Dynasty also slaughtered the barbarians to the point of fleeing westward in order to avoid the blades of the Han army. The strength of the Han people has been and has been proven in the past. Therefore, the history of the Han people's sinking cannot be regarded as China being worse than the barbarians, and that history only proves that China made fatal mistakes. The fatal mistakes made by civilized nations cannot be used to justify the barbarians, which are two different things. This evil argument in the country should be exposed and fought against with the weapon of propagating this criticism to the people, and when necessary, it is also necessary to use the weapon of criticism to physically punish and even physically eliminate the evil thieves who have repeatedly taught them......

With the Great Song Dynasty as a contrast, the speech of the Eastern Roman Dynasty seemed very cordial to the staff of the office.

‘…… In addition to revising the doctrine, the barbarians knew that they were barbaric and backward representatives in front of the Romans, and the Holy See tried desperately to denigrate the civilized way of life of Rome, as long as it was a Roman tradition, it would be slandered as a mistake, bathing was wrong, bathing was wrong, the system was wrong, everything was wrong for the Romans. Through long-term propaganda, the goal of slandering Rome and laundering the barbarians of Eurobass into civilized people was achieved. In the years when Eastern Rome was invaded by the barbarians of the Eurobasi Department, because of the military oppression of the barbarians, the Eastern Rome felt that the barbarians' words seemed to make sense, if Rome was right, why was it conquered by the barbarians? ……’

The article in the Legion's Recipe concludes with a resolute rejection of the idea of a total rejection of Rome because of defeat, and proposes the slogan of distinguishing the problem, purifying the influence of the barbarians, and restoring the glory of Rome.

"They've finally come this far." Li naturally smiled: "It seems that the next step is to be retro." ”

"Why not progress?" Director Xin was a little surprised. The biggest difference between the article in the "Legion Cookbook" and the article of Zhao Guanjia is what Li naturally said, Zhao Guanjia really admitted that there was a problem in China, and put forward the concept of 'social progress' while pointing out the problem. It is because of progress that Huaxia can crush all the barbarians around it, and the Great Song Dynasty must inherit the tradition of continuous progress in Huaxia and make great strides forward.

Li naturally replied in a relaxed tone: "For Eastern Rome, being able to retro is progress. Let's let the Eastern Rome be retro, and leave the progress to our Great Song Dynasty. ”

"Hah!" Director Xin was amused. Laughing, he sighed: "You are right, where is it so easy to progress." I see the policy proposed by the prince to include the Eastern Mediterranean in the economic frontier of the Great Song Dynasty, but in recent years, I have not fully understood what is going on in this economic frontier. It is now found that effective law enforcement is within the borders. It's not hard to understand, it's just too hard to achieve. ”

Li naturally nodded but did not speak. In fact, he didn't understand what was going on on the economic frontier, and thought that it would be easy to force Eastern Rome to kneel, and it would be difficult for them to obey their words. It was not until a series of completely unpredictable events continued to drive the political situation in Eastern Rome that the Constantinople money bank had the power to define the value of the collateral. This power is not self-appointed, nor is it the result of force. It was the result of many Eastern Romans who wanted to make a better life through their own efforts, and the fact that the office was taking advantage of the situation. In order to obtain funds, in order to get services for production, the knowledgeable Eastern Roman nobles had to come up with something of value. In order to complete the definition of the transaction, the Constantinople banker had to undertake the task of defining the price of the collateral.

Li naturally didn't speak, and Director Xin continued to sigh: "The society said that the development of things and the results are often not pursued, but have to be compromised when the mountains and rivers are exhausted. It's not that I didn't believe it before, but I think that how can a person like an official who swallows thousands of miles like a tiger see things like this, and he repeatedly tells us this. This is looking down on us! After this incident, I knew that the official family really only told the truth! ”

Li naturally continued to nod. He used to think that wouldn't it be good to do everything to the best standards? As a result, everything has its own laws, and those who are part of it can only be carried forward by this torrent, and there is no way to decide everything. When the last step of the agnostic process is completed, the results are naturally revealed. As the officials say, the end result is often the same. The result is a lower limit to compromise, not an upper limit for the high-spirited pursuit of the millennium.

Feeling in his heart, Li naturally said as if he was telling himself: "In the future, we still have to sink down, and we must have the heart to pursue the best, but we can't use the upper limit as our lower limit." ”

This time it was Director Xin's turn to nod again and again, which felt wonderful. For example, the official's analysis of the Tao Te Ching, so there is often none, and if you want to see its wonder, you often have it, and you want to observe it. In other words, it is necessary to comprehend its origin and essence from the realm of non-existence, and if we want to be more thorough and incisive, we need to comprehend its boundless possible forms in its actual development in the realm of permanence.

The difficult status quo in Eastern Rome created room for a better life, which was 'nothing'. This pattern of improvement may be dictated by the will of the individual or by good intentions, and after all kinds of reluctant and even painful efforts, the people compromise on the basis of progress. The final compromise creates the result of 'being' in this space of 'nothing'.

After several years, I have seen all kinds of struggles, infighting, pulling back legs, fighting, and the process full of negative emotions has actually come to quite good results. Director Xin also naturally gave birth to the sigh of 'these two, the same name and different names, the same name of the mystery, the mystery and the mystery, the door of all wonders'.

With this momentum, Director Xin also resonated with Senior Li Nature's comment of 'retro or progressive'. He asked, "Do you think the Eastern Romans can be retro successful?" ”

Naturally, Lee liked this kind of high-profile talk, and he replied enthusiastically: "Everyone's retro is different, and most retros are about going back to the day when they are at their widest, and then trying to make that day never pass." Sheila received maximum support in the last round of the retro, at least in the east, where food prices are back to levels close to more than two years ago. This is a retro success. As for this vintage, I can't see through it. You see, the official family used the retro to purge Confucian influences. Now we have begun to talk about progress rather than retro. Discussions and criticisms have begun in China about Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's destruction of the system. ”

Director Xin nodded heavily and said loudly: "Just let the Eastern Rome go back to the past, and leave the progress to our Great Song Dynasty." ”

The two of them laughed, and their hearts felt very transparent and happy.

Those at the top of Eastern Roman society may have had the opportunity to rise to the top and briefly see the wider world from a condescending position. Those who make up the world see very differently. For example, the Eastern Roman aristocracy could only see the hope of making a profit from farming, and the Eastern Roman people saw the gradual decline in food prices and the relatively sufficient supply in the market, so that ordinary people at least believed that the current relatively stable life could continue.

Different ordinary people see different things, and the families of the legionnaires have recently been concerned about the progress of the new residential area in Eastern Rome, which was built with a large number of legionnaires. Baseles ordered the construction of more residential quarters, and every regimental family had the opportunity to acquire a new house.

Her Excellency Sheila put forward a new proposal to build a residential area in conjunction with a handicraft factory area, so that everyone does not have to travel far to work in the factory every day. When the news came out of this proposal, everyone did not understand, and after the proposal was submitted to the Lok Sabha for a vote, the citizens suddenly became clear. Needless to say, a trip from the new housing complex to the current handicraft factory will immediately make the legionnaires know what it's like to commute to and from work for two or three hours every day.

The proposal, which had been made in the Senate by more than 70 per cent, was unanimously approved by the Lok Sabha, and a Lok Sabha member named Heyerdis, who was seriously ill during the vote, had him carried to the venue on a stretcher to vote. The actions of Councillor Herdis were praised by the citizens of Constantinople after they were circulated.

The attitude of being so appreciative of the people naturally added countless problems to the court, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer specially invited Sheila to the office and complained, "Your Excellency, you will have to spend a lot of money on the court in doing so. ”

"Those factories also need to invest more to improve quality and output. You don't have to worry about this money, even if it is for the sake of the leather, the office is willing to invest. Sheila easily gave the minister a solution.

The vizier found this a good reason, and the Yuan resumed the coal and leather trade, and the province of Europa sent their leather to the artisanal factories in Constantinople to be processed. In addition to leather, the province was increasingly sourcing and complaining about the artisanal factories of Eastern Rome. Compared with the goods of the Great Song Dynasty, there is indeed a gap between the goods of the Eastern Roman handicraft factories. It was very uneconomical to transport many goods from the Great Song Dynasty to the Eastern Mediterranean, and the province also asked the Eastern Roman handicraft factories several times to produce goods of similar quality to the Great Song Dynasty.

With hope, the minister asked, "Is the office really willing to pay so much?" The investment in the construction of the factory is too large! ”

"If they don't want to vote, we'll let them endure it." Sheila is still at ease because she knows the office is eager to invest. What's even more interesting is that this is not necessarily good news for the Yuan Kingdom in the Quadripartite Alliance, because the Teutonic Knights and other countries are purchasing goods such as leather goods and halters for war horses, and it is clear that they are preparing for a large-scale battle with the Yuan Kingdom. The Eastern Roman artisanal factories produced very good leather goods for heavy cavalry. The biggest problem at the moment is that the quality of the artisanal factories in Eastern Rome is better than that of the countries of the European Brazilian region, but not so strong that it can completely overwhelm similar goods in the western countries. If it can be improved to a quality similar to that of the Great Song Dynasty, the province will be able to fully sell it in the western countries through the established trade channels.

Seeing Sheila say this, the Chancellor of the Exchequer couldn't say much. He sighed, depressed. The unanimous approval of Sheila's proposal by the Lok Sabha this time fully proves that the people are a bunch of ungrateful guys. They have only eaten a few days of full food thanks to the efforts of the imperial court! There have been many people who have begun to complain that the production environment of the handicraft factory is not good. In the past, when they were hungry, they had to walk for two or three hours a day to get to work, but they would spend four or five hours a day looking for a small amount to eat, and I didn't see them so excited at that time. When someone can speak for them, they kick their noses in the face.

Thinking of this, the Chancellor of the Exchequer remembered something important. He hurriedly asked Sheila, "Your Excellency, how did I hear that you are going to Constantinople or the western provinces to run for the senatorship?" ”

Everyone knows that the reason why Sheila ran in the Ankara region is not because she is strong in the local area, but because she has no chance in other regions. With Sheila's influence back then, she went out of Constantinople where she had more old neighbors, and few people knew her. Even the Chancellor of the Exchequer thought that Sheila would at most elect a city councillor at that time.

Now it is different, Sheila is sure to be re-elected in Ankara, and she is almost sure to be re-elected in other eastern provinces. There were too many people in Constantinople who wanted to get closer to Sheila by supporting Sheila's candidacy in Constantinople. The news that Sheila was going to marry the sole heir of the Balden family had spread throughout the upper echelons of Eastern Rome, and the citizens of the Duchess of Balden had said that she was happy to see the affair. Once Sheila marries into the Balden family, with the Balden's influence in the West, Sheila has no pressure to be elected.

Sheila's expression became serious, she thought for a moment and replied, "Your Excellency, I haven't decided where to run yet. ”

This is the truth, and all sides have extended an olive branch to Greece. Constantinople was the capital of Eastern Rome, and the councillors here felt a little better. The Barr family also suggested that Sheila run in the west, and if Sheila became the patriarch of the western provinces, she could increase the influence of the Barden family in the west. With a little over a year to go before the second Senate election, Sheila felt she had time to think about it.

Away from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sheila couldn't help but wonder what her future holds. She doesn't hate starting her own family, Patrick is a young scholar, and Sheila has seen so much of how to deal with academics when they're stupid. She wasn't worried that she wouldn't be able to submit this guy in the future. In such a situation, Sheila certainly hopes to be more comfortable. Where you run will undoubtedly have a big impact on this.

I couldn't figure it out, so Sheila simply ran to the office. Although Xie Song does not continue to work here, Senior Li Nature's insight is not under Xie Song in Sheila's opinion. Of course, Li naturally took the time to meet with Sheila, and after listening to Sheila's question, Li naturally replied decisively: "Don't be stupid, resolutely run for election in the Ankara region." Don't listen to what people from other regions say, continue to be the patriarch of the Ankara region. ”

Unexpectedly, Li naturally had such a fierce attitude, and Sheila asked puzzledly: "Why?" ”

"If the foundation is not strong, the earth will shake the mountains. Officials say that pigs can fly on the tuyere, and after the tide, you can see who was swimming barefoot not long ago. Sheila, your real collaborators are in the Ankara region, and after leaving Ankara you can only be dominated. I'll give you an example, when you say in Ankara that you want to run, everyone thinks it's normal, and it's strange that you don't run. In other regions, you have to say as much as you would not say in Ankara. More importantly, how much can others believe you after you say that? ”

Sheila no longer had the slightest smile on her face, and her heart was even more terrified. In a few simple words, Sheila's current situation is revealed, and her glory at this time is entirely due to the general trend, and Sheila happened to be in that position when someone needed to stand up. Sheila didn't think it was a good job to do a lot of things that others disdained or thought was thankless, and Sheila didn't think it was a good job when she was promoting potato and pumpkin cooking, and she wouldn't have been able to do it without a few years of experience in the office.

Thinking of this, Sheila was sweating profusely and couldn't help but scratch her forehead with her fingers. A lot of sweat was left on her fingers, and when she shook off the sweat, Sheila's mood was even lower.

Lee was naturally very satisfied with Sheila's reaction, and of course the young man would be fluttering when he came to this day, thinking that he would be able to manipulate such a huge force on his own. God is jealous of talents, since God helped those people to that position and lost God's favor, those who don't know the severity are all thrown down in their original form, and the higher they climb, the heavier they fall.

There were people in the Great Song Dynasty who could stand tall in any storm, and each of them relied on their own abilities and efforts to survive the storms of the past few decades. Many people think that the people of Zhao Guan's family have a smooth road, and all the forces in the inner world, including friends and enemies, are helping him. There is only one sentence within the society: 'The Zhao Guanjia has been serving the country with all their abilities since the age of thirteen, and it has been more than forty years now. If you think that a few years of hard work is enough to compare with forty years of hard work, you are underestimating the heroes of the world.

"I will definitely continue to run in the Ankara region and never want to go anywhere else." Sheila said with difficulty.

Li naturally nodded, "Don't worry, the office will definitely support you." "It's normal for young people to make mistakes, and they have to pull a hand, not to mention that Sheila is an excellent person in the first batch of compradors in the office, and she is considered to be most of her own people. Now there is no need to spend special effort on the office, many Eastern Roman nobles who were previously unable to contact have offered to cooperate with the office, and through the Constantinople bank, these collaborators have begun to petition or not petition to join the team to maintain the economic frontier of the Great Song Dynasty. Sheila has a lot of credit to the office.

"By the way, Director Xin wants to talk to you about investing in a handicraft factory, you go and see him." Li naturally said.

After dealing with Sheila's affairs, Li naturally began to read Hao Kang's latest information again. On the New Year's Day of the Great Song Dynasty, the province reached a cooperation intention with Damascus, and half a year has passed, and Hao Kang has implemented it very well. Damascus swords, Damascus laurel oil soap, Damascus rose perfume all began to be shipped in large quantities. If Hao Kang, a bastard boy, hadn't hooked up with a female diplomat in the Great Song Dynasty, Li naturally felt that he could give Hao Kang at least 120 points out of 100. Hook up, hook up, it's not uncommon to have a favor for a certain female classmate. The problem is that Hao Kang's affair was poked out by whom, and it was stabbed in the newspaper.

With the current attitude of the Great Song Dynasty towards barbarians, some people in China have begun to shout the slogan of 'no harmony'. For the time being, the matter did not affect the province of Europa, but the province of Europa also had to make some preparations. Alas! These bunnies! It's so unsettling! Senior Li Nature, who was older, only felt helpless. However, he found that he was a little envious of these 'rabbit cubs' in his heart. Hao Kang, Sheila, and the rabbit cubs who are in love have a happy look from the bottom of their hearts. Li Tiantian...... Not ever.