"Besides you, is there anyone else helping them?" Guo Kang felt that these people might also be able to provide help: "We can organize these people to provide support for our attempts."
"Actually, there aren't many." Mrs. Elena shook her head and said, "These people are basically farmers and citizens who have some money. And most of the Greeks who are still in the upper class are old people from the previous dynasty. The relationship between these two parties is actually ……not so good."
"Their interests are inconsistent, right?" Guo Kang felt that he had roughly guessed it.
"Not very good, that's a mild way of saying it." Theodora told him bluntly: "In fact, these people who advocate the revival of the Greek spirit have always regarded the traditional aristocrats as moths, and believe that it is because of their misbehavior that the the loss of the Greek spirit and the decline of the Roman Empire."
"Marsalis spoke tactfully when talking to us, but I know their true thoughts." She shrugged: "In their hearts, these people not only disrespect, but also despise the traditional nobles, and even their The theoretical basis is based on attacking the traditional aristocrats. Those people are not stupid, and of course they don’t like them."
"Then these people can get along." Tuohuan nodded: "I also think those upper-class Greeks are the biggest sinners. Think about it, if they hadn't attacked each other without any bottom line every day for the sake of power, both internally and externally. How can the reputation of the Greeks be ruined like this without any integrity?"
"Of course, these ordinary Greeks are also responsible. I suspect that many of them are still stuck in the era of city-states standing side by side two thousand years ago. When thinking about problems, they only focus on their own region and have no long-term vision at all. That's because They always think that the local nobles can represent their own interests, and they condone or even support these people to cause rebellion, which is why they finally lose all their wealth."
"The thoughts of ordinary people are determined by the cultural influence and education they receive. Therefore, his conclusion also makes some sense."
"I think so too." Mrs. Elena nodded: "Persopoulos has also done some research in this area. He and Persopoulos collected a lot of books, and finally thought that Siris's response plan was the best. the best."
"What did he think about it?" Guo Kang asked.
"I also talked to him specifically." Theodora said: "Marsalis believes that Rome has been in a vicious division for a long time because ordinary Greeks lack a sense of unity. And this kind of awareness should originally come from the grassroots, Those who are literate educate the people.”
"But the church - neither the Roman Catholic Church nor our Orthodox Church does a good job in this regard. The best place in the world is in the East."
"Persopoulos was a businessman before and often had contact with various people. He made many comparisons and finally believed that the core of the Seris system was that their Confucian and Taoist system had cultivated a large number of people with preliminary cultural levels."
"These people read the same kind of books and believe in the same political philosophy, which actually functions as a religion. In other words, this is actually a half-monotheistic religion that excludes the church."
"Then where is the excluded part?" Tuo Huan asked smoothly.
"In the imperial court." Theodora glanced at him, as if she was surprised that he didn't know this: "The basic composition of power in each country is similar, but each force has divided up different parts. We, The Roman Catholic countries and Seris are three different divisions.”
"In Seris, these Confucian and Taoist people also go deep into the grassroots to carry out education and propaganda in various places. They are the common grassroots priests here. But because the combination of political power and religious power in Seris is very stable, these Confucian and Taoist Many priests have official or semi-official status. Their role is still similar to that of priests here, but they are obviously more efficient than priests."
"Then these Confucian and Taoist priests will not ask for complete religious rights from the government?" Tuo Huan asked.
"Taoist priests not only ask for religious rights, but when they ask for it, they become 'Huang Tiandang Li'." Guo Kang complained: "They have always been very political and religious..."
"As for Confucian scholars, of course they will. For example, the influence of 'Qingliu celebrities' on public opinion and intervention in education is similar to the effect of the church. This is the classical teaching authority." He continued to explain: "In this regard, you can ask Zhu Ask boldly. Our old Zhu family knows a lot about this."
"Is that so..." Tuo Huan scratched his head, probably understanding.
"However, it is also possible to learn from Seris." Guo Kang thought for a while: "Although there are various problems there, compared to Greece before, it is still somewhat better."
"They think so too." Theodora said: "Persopoulos believes that our Roman Church is an organizational method between Seris and traditional Orthodoxy. If it continues to develop, there should be hope Reaching the level of Siris. With a concept that everyone agrees on and a solid organization, it can be achieved by spreading a unified consciousness."
"I think this idea may have captured the original intention of Patriarch Zhang, so I have been paying attention to their subsequent research. These people are still somewhat wise."
"This is normal. Smart people will always think of similar things." Guo Kang nodded.
Although in his time, some people always believed that unification was not conducive to development. But in this era, demanding unification and preventing the division of local nobles was the unanimous pursuit of all European countries.
Since the late Middle Ages, far-sighted people from all over the world have been working hard, and as conditions gradually matured, the central courts of each country have basically begun to control local areas more and more powerfully. The monarchs consciously weakened the power of the nobility, attacked local separatists, and strengthened centralization. And these have indeed enhanced the strength of each country and laid the foundation for their subsequent development.
The remote UK is one of the countries doing the best at this time. Not only was the king's authority not limited by later myths such as the "Magna Carta", but it was increasingly strengthened. And then, after the civil war, the Tudor dynasty was further strengthened.
It was Henry VIII and Elizabeth, not the anti-unification local aristocrats, who built up the wealth for Britain to become a 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 streets in Europe are full of poop these days, but that doesn’t mean going to the toilet is a wrong habit. Forcing all citizens to go to the streets to defecate would obviously not allow Rome to dominate Europe instantly. This kind of thing has nothing to do with it...
As an alternative idea, these Greek considerations are indeed worth trying.
(End of chapter)
