I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 305 Carve up the Wealth of the Temple of Amon

Destroy the temple, kill the temple priests who serve the gods—

These actions are usually considered blasphemy.

Even if the generals and soldiers selected by Roy have nothing to do with Thebes, and the god they believe in is not Amon, I am afraid they are not willing to commit the crime of blasphemy.

But Roy allowed them to share half of the spoils, and the situation was completely different.

For the most ordinary soldiers, they would lose their lives on the battlefield at any time. Even if they committed crimes against the gods, the gods could not make their lives worse than they are now.

If the fallen Amon cannot punish them, then the more spoils they grab from the Temple of Amon, the more benefits they will get.

For the generals, they can hand over the tasks of destroying the Temple of Amon and looting the loot to ordinary soldiers, and they only participate in dividing the loot.

As long as they didn't participate in destroying the temple, Amon naturally had no reason to punish them.

During the carnival of the generals and soldiers, a looting of the Temple of Amon began to be staged in Thebes and all surrounding villages.

These Amon temples and Amon statues that had accumulated wealth for thousands of years were all pushed to the ground, male priests and male servants were killed, and priestesses and maidservants, as well as property and food, were reduced to spoils of war.

At the beginning, only [-] troops participated in the carnival.

After Roy returned to Nafer, he let the remaining [-] troops and [-] recruits participate in the carnival to avoid arousing their dissatisfaction.

Letting all the 13 troops participate in this carnival can not only buy the morale of the army, but also make them all enemies of the Temple of Amon and staunch supporters of Nafir.

After they committed the crime of blaspheming Amon, they could escape Amon's punishment only if they supported Nafer and let Nafer suppress the temple of Amon with the power of the Pharaoh.

Outside the city of Thebes.

Nafell's barracks.

After the returning teams brought their trophies to the barracks, Loy generously asked them to leave only half of their belongings and food. They divide among themselves.

There were more and more property and food dedicated to Roy and Nafir, and when the warehouse of the barracks could no longer hold it, Roy immediately recruited people from Thebes City to move the innumerable property and food to the warehouse of Thebes City. Royal Warehouse.

Looking at the mountains of loot piled up in the barracks, Nafier said in disbelief.

"The wealth of the Temple of Amon is actually more than the wealth of our Pharaoh royal family?"

"This is the wealth accumulated by the Temple of Amon for thousands of years."

Roy joked with a smile.

"100 years ago, your ancestors transferred their capital from Itawi to Thebes. Up to now, your Pharaohs have only accumulated wealth in Thebes for 100 years. If the wealth of the Pharaohs can match the Temple of Amon In comparison, that’s not normal.”

Nafir looked at the mountain of loot with a solemn face and said.

"We have eliminated the Temple of Amon, what shall we do next?"

Although the temple of Amon was completely wiped out with the mopping up of 13 troops, Roy did not intend to implement the policy of the Kingdom of Athens in Thebes.

Because other city-states will definitely regard Loy and Nafer as their public enemies when they see the policies implemented by Thebes.

"Nafeel! Now we are going to send envoys to other city-states to let other city-states know that you destroyed the Temple of Amon because the Temple of Amon killed your brother Ahmose. Next, you will send Cyprus from Itawi City The goddess Hemet was worshiped as the god of protecting the country, and the priests of the goddess Sekhmet took over the temples of Amun in Thebes, and changed all the temples of Amun into temples of Sekhmet."

"Then when will we live in the palace?"

"You still want to live in the palace of Thebes?"

Nafel nodded without hesitation.

"As the queen of Egypt, of course I should live in the palace left by my ancestors."

Roy shook his head and said.

"Although no matter how powerful the Temple of Amon is, it is impossible to turn all the male servants and maids in the palace into pawns of the Temple of Amon, but the pawns of the Temple of Amon in the palace must not be completely cleared. So in order for you to avoid repeated We must not live in the Pharaoh’s palace in Thebes, as Ahmose made the mistake of. When things in Thebes are over, we will go to Itawi and live in the palace of Itawi. Tawi City, as long as there is no conflict between us and the Sekhmet Temple, your safety will be fine."

The Pharaohs ruled Thebes for only 100 years, and the Temple of Amon ruled Thebes for thousands of years.

The death of Ahmose is enough to prove that there are many male servants and female servants controlled by the Temple of Amun in the Pharaoh's palace.

Nafiel didn't want to risk her life either, so she only hesitated for a moment before agreeing to Roy's proposal.

Although the Temple of Amon cannot run, the temple priests and priests and nobles of the Temple of Amon are all human beings who can escape.

During the destruction of the Temple of Amun, some temple priests and priestly nobles managed to escape.

As time passed, rumors began to appear in Thebes and other city-states.

Originally, Nafer had sent envoys to tell other city-states that Nafer decided to destroy the Temple of Amon because the Temple of Amon was crazy enough to kill Pharaoh Ahmose.

In this rumor, Nafir sent someone to kill Pharaoh Ahmose.

In order to prevent Nafier's ambition to seize the throne, the Temple of Amon wanted to let the offspring of the Pharaoh's royal family inherit the throne, so Nafier frantically destroyed the Temple of Amon.

Although this rumor was very widespread, Lowy did not ask Nafier to make an excuse, because the excuse is usually regarded as a guilty conscience.

As long as Nafir does not affect the interests of other city-states, other city-states will not become enemies of the future female pharaoh because of rumors without evidence.

Five days passed in a blink of an eye.

Envoys from the fifteen major city-states of Southern Egypt and many small city-states and large tribes all came to Thebes.

When all the envoys arrived, Nafir personally received them in the barracks.

Nafer's barracks.

Roy and Nafir took Andromeda into the barracks. When the messengers saw Roy, a foreigner with a different skin color, standing with Nafier, they immediately began to whisper to each other.

When Nafier sat down on the throne, some envoys from the big city-states took the initiative to question Nafier.

"Princess Nafeel! We have heard rumors that you killed your brother Pharaoh Ahmose."

"The Temple of Amon wants to prevent you from seizing the throne, so you will be framed and eliminated by you—are these rumors true?"

"Even if the Temple of Amon is really the murderer, why not punish the high priest and high priest of the Temple of Amon, but completely destroy the Temple of Amon?"

After listening to the envoys' questioning, Nafier said with a displeased expression.

"I have sent an envoy to tell you the truth! Don't you believe me, but believe rumors without any evidence? If you are stupid enough to be used by others, then you must attack me who killed Brother Ahmose and wiped out Ahmose The murderer of the temple?"

(End of this chapter)