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Of course, if it had been in the past, the Orthodox Church in the capital would have criticized this decision, but now that the synagogues of the New Church have replaced them, this group of priests has participated in secular services with a much more active attitude, and has shown great respect for the two emperors. The decision was made without any rebuttal.

In order to cover up the bad reputation of hosting pagan events, Gawain also sanctioned the renovation of the synagogue and "appointed" patron saints for each of the six events: for example, the traditional athletic event of horse racing, the patron is Saint Nicholas; The patron of Seris Cuju is St. Stephen, because when he was martyred, he was hit with a ball-shaped lump by a stone and died of his injuries... "Kick away the ball that brought pain and suffering to the saint." became. The slogan of the event.

Ceremonial security for the event was contracted to the Blue Party, while food supply and sanitation were contracted to the Red Party.

Gawain did brutally suppress the Athletic Party rebels in the capital, but then he used all kinds of pagan grand activities to bribe and stabilize them - "People's restless hearts are difficult to be calmed by doctrines, let alone A good solution is to let them find an outlet for their addiction."

In this way, not only the Grand Hippodrome and the Grand Polo Ground were repaired and preserved, but arenas for other events began to be built on several open spaces near the Grand Palace.

The Pope of Tuscany reacted very quickly. He severely rebuked Gawain for his "confused apostasy" and said that he wanted to "restore the terrible Olympic Games and restore the dirty and chaotic era of idol worship in ancient times". Sooner or later he would "call him His wife wore immoral clothes and sat ostentatiously in the royal box, watching naked men competing and running in the arena."

Protests are protests, but the people of Constantinople don't think so. They can finally vent their excess hormones by watching such exciting events. As for the accusations from the Pope of Tuscany or the Pope of Rome, it's like The humming of mosquitoes and flies in summer is boring and powerless.

However, there were still people fighting, drinking and making trouble outside the new Cuju venue because they were resentful of the results of the competition. Seventeen of the first offenders were arrested by the Imperial Palace soldiers patrolling the streets. They were locked in a pig pen, whipped severely, and sentenced to five days of hard labor.

Afterwards, in response to this incident, a new order was formulated: in the imperial capital near the Golden Horn Acropolis, a formal prison was built to hold prisoners of all kinds.

Because there was originally no formal prison in Constantinople, the prisoners would be sentenced immediately, either by imprisonment, whipping, fines or even death. However, there was no such thing as detention. Even the emperor just blinded his political opponents and exiled them to the island. or in a monastery, or lock them up in the dungeons of Brachna Palace.

However, His Majesty the Emperor was obviously not satisfied with the establishment of an open prison. On May 28, he and Basilisa's chariot came to the Grand Senate in Constantine Square again, convening high-ranking officials and nobles to discuss an important matter. thing.

"I will soon take ten brigades to conquer the rebellion of Constantine, Bertin, Isaac, and John. The war may last for a long time, so what will happen to Basilisa who stays here? Who will protect the safety? What should we do if the previous riots happen again?"

When the emperor finished expressing his doubts, most of the participants in the circular seats of the Senate lowered their heads.

In fact, they all know that the emperor is just saying something. There are currently three Imperial Guards inside and outside the capital, the Grand Palace Imperial Guard, the Royal Tomb Imperial Guard and the Guard Cavalry, as well as a large number of sword-bearing attendants in the inner palace. Even if Gawain goes on an expedition and takes away one of his reserve teams, there are still two teams guarding and controlling the inside and outside of the imperial capital. Anna's safety is basically a certainty - she might as well listen to the emperor's opinion now.

"Yes, yes, yes." Most of the people in the Imperial Curia Assembly shouted this slogan in unison.

Gawain was obviously very satisfied with this reaction. He held the golden eagle scepter and stood in the center of the auditorium. Anna sat next to him. Emperor Basileus demanded: "Before, I had no choice but to use the imperial army to suppress the imperial capital. The turmoil has brought censure and humiliation to me, Basilisa, and the soldiers of the Imperial Kingdom. Order, in the future the regular army cannot directly participate in the affairs of public security, arrests, arrests and riot control. Only when civil strife turns into war can the army be ordered to be mobilized. Therefore, I plan to establish a postal service and a competition in the imperial capital. A team formed by Dang Jimo and his attendants came to correct the atmosphere in the imperial capital."

His Majesty the Emperor's intention is very clear: from now on, the special secret investigation agency of the Post Office will be integrated into the inner palace system to serve as the emperor's eyes and ears (secret police); while the blue party Jimo will select people to form a police force to patrol the streets of the imperial capital ( Self-Defense Guards), the Red Party Jimos formed the fire brigade; finally, some of the Inner Palace Aides were selected to take turns guarding the palace, treasury and palace wall towers (Internal Affairs Troops).

Only in this way could the emperor "leave Kinmen to conquer the north with peace of mind." He wanted to please the people's ears and eyes, and of course he also wanted to control the people's ears and eyes.

"Yes, yes, yes." Many officials below Burrill responded in unison.

Andodat resigned from his military duties and was appointed as the new post minister. Together with Roland, Gottschalk, Maglendius, etc., he became an intimate figure around the emperor who planned major strategies.

At the same time, Gawain sent a new order to Wright, the governor of Great Sith County, asking him to cooperate with Wen Ruomingna, the imperial ink officer who stayed at the court of Tarsus, to actively carry out diplomatic and goodwill activities with the eastern countries, so as to ensure that Gawain's future Conquer the west and north without worries.

Inside the court of Tarsus, Wen Ruomingna stayed at the writing table, working hard to deal with documents from all parties, and feeling sad: the palace here has become much quieter. Apart from the necessary maids, gardeners and servants, there are no people. Although the new port of St. Paul continues to maintain great prosperity, she is the only one who is actually in charge of the court...

Soon, the Isfahan court reaffirmed the good and harmonious relationship with the New Roman Empire, because it had a more urgent situation to deal with: the threat from the mysterious power in the East.

Bohemond of Antioch accepted Gawain's "assistance" of 150,000 gold coins and stopped talking. He urgently needed to heal the war wounds of his territory.

As for Baldwin, he received the assistance of the border residents of the Tripoli region of the empire and successfully captured the city of Acre. He cleared the state of worry and crossed Mount Carmel to return to the holy city with satisfaction. After that, the king announced that he would send troops to conquer Egypt next year!

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Shirvan, Hadadi, Greater Armenia, Aleppo, and South Georgia responded enthusiastically to the call, assembled 5,000 vassal troops, and sent corresponding money and food to the imperial capital.

Even the more distant northern Russian states and Cumans expressed their commitment to defend the border and never harass or cause trouble.

Only a group of Greek lords took advantage of the collapse of Trebizond to establish a separatist regime in "Kherson" (now Crimea). Because of the long ocean, their attitude was ambiguous and they turned a deaf ear to Gawain's letter asking them to submit to the empire as soon as possible.