I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 492 I Want to Be the King of the Gods

No matter in any era, soldiers are the core force in defending the country.

In the far east of another world, because Zhao Song bullied the orphans and widows and usurped the world to gain the throne, Zhao Song created a situation where he shared the world with the scholar-bureaucrats and suppressed the warriors together.

The result was naturally that the hammer was hammered, Zhao Song became the most humiliating dynasty in history, and the royal family of Zhao Song also suffered from the disaster of Jingkang.

Later, the Ming Dynasty inherited Zhao Song's unhealthy trend of suppressing warriors, and the regular army of the empire could not even beat the rebellious refugees.

Of course Luo Yi knew that Zhao Song and Daming tried their best to suppress the warriors, not only because the civil servants and bureaucrats wanted to seize power, but also because the emperors of Zhao Song and Daming did not want the warriors to threaten the imperial power.

But Roy doesn't care about that.

As long as the Athenian Empire can continue to prosper, even if the throne of future generations is usurped by more capable people, Roy will only offer his blessings from the bottom of his heart.

"Brother Roy..."

Procne frowned suspiciously and said.

"Just now you said that children from citizen families can go to school for free-are you trying to popularize education?"

"That's right!"

Roy nodded and said.

"Universal education has two advantages. The first advantage is that officials can be selected at will. Those who come from aristocratic backgrounds claim to be born extraordinary. Only they have the ability to become officials or commanders. Their arrogance comes from the fact that they have received education. As long as we popularize education and let everyone have the ability to be an official, officials in power will not be arrogant. Because everyone has the ability to be an official. If you don’t want to be an official, some have the ability and want to be an official. The second advantage of universal education is that it allows soldiers to have their own ideas. In the past, the aristocratic generals who held military power could threaten the royal power because soldiers could only blindly obey orders. After universal education, all soldiers understand reason, If someone wants to rebel, he will kill himself, and my throne will be passed on forever."

Roy just said that even if the throne of the descendants is usurped by a more capable person, Roy will not care.

But Roy also has his own selfish motives.

Therefore, in order to eliminate the threat to the throne from civil servants and generals, Roy wanted to popularize education in the Athens Empire.

Everyone is educated, and those ambitious civil servants and generals naturally have no way to order others to usurp the throne from a high position.

"Procne! Philomela! In order to inherit the throne forever, I not only want to eliminate the threat of civil servants and military generals to the imperial power, but also eliminate the dissatisfaction of the bottom people against the royal family. In the future, the administration of the Athens Empire will be handed over to elected officials, the royal family It is only responsible for managing the army. In this way, even if there is a wrong policy in the Athenian Empire, the people cannot blame the royal family, but rely on the royal family to make things right."

Philomela's eyes lit up immediately, and she said happily.

"Brother Roy, when can we hand over the management of the city of Athens to elected officials? If we don't need to manage the city of Athens, my sister and I can always be by Brother Roy's side, lest you always have new girls around you. "

"Elected officials have to take their time. You will definitely have to work hard for a few more years."

After Philomela showed a disappointed expression, Procne asked Roy.

"Brother Luoy, since we want to register and manage the population of the Athens Empire, what should we do with the foreign population and slaves?"

"Whether it is a foreign population or a slave, they are not from the Athenian Empire, and must leave the Athenian Empire within a time limit."

"Can't they apply to join the Athenian Empire?"

"Women from foreign populations and slaves can marry Athenian men and become residents of Athens, and become free citizens of Athens after ten years."

"What about an Athenian woman marrying a non-Athenian man?"

"An Athenian woman who marries a man outside her own country will be expelled from her nationality, and she will leave within a time limit just like a foreigner."

Roy said with a serious face.

"The wealth and prosperity of the Athenian Empire were all created by the bloody battlefields of Athenian men. I don't want to see foreign men who don't make any contribution to the Athenian Empire. Just because they marry Athenian women, they can stay in the Athenian Empire with their children and grandchildren, enjoying The fruits of the men of Athens who sacrificed their lives."

Procne and Philomela nodded in agreement, and then Roy continued.

"Procne! Philomela! I saw that the Royal Opera House of Athens has been built, and then let the actors perform according to the [Legend of the King of Athens] I wrote! If the effect is good, put the [Legend of the King of Athens] 】Promote to every city, town and village in the Athens Empire for performances, so that everyone in the Athens Empire can understand my greatness. A further step is to build a temple for me in every city of the Athens Empire, so that my gods will be owned by the Athens Empire Human sacrifice."

"Brother Roy, you are a living person!"

Philomela couldn't help laughing.

"Only gods and dead hero-gods are accepted as offerings."

"I'm dying."

"Brother Roy—"

"I'm not kidding."

Roy looked at Procne and Philomela with a serious expression and said.

"In order to become a god after death, I have planned to end my life."

Procne said in disbelief.

"Brother Luoy, you must be joking, right? We are still so young, even if you really want to become a god after death, you can wait until decades later."

Roy shook his head and said.

"If possible, I also want to enjoy decades of life as a human being. But the world is not stagnant, and I have a reason to become a god after death now."

said Philomela, weeping.

"What's your reason? Is this reason more important than the dozen wives around you?"

"Not only do I want to become a god after death, but I also want to become the king of the gods of the Athens Empire."

Seeing Procne and Philomela's wide-eyed eyes in disbelief, Roy explained patiently.

"Now the Athens Empire has just been established, so none of the goddesses of the Athens Empire has the authority to fight against my emperor. Now that I become a god, I can compete with the goddesses of the Athens Empire for the throne of the king of the gods. If you wait decades Afterwards, all the goddesses of the Athenian Empire had stable authority, so I had no choice but to become a god of heroes after my death. Procne! Philomela! I was eager to become a god, not only for myself, but also For you. When I become the king of the gods of the Athens Empire, I will help you seal the gods and make you immortal goddesses."

"Brother Roy, you have now become the most powerful human king in the world, and you still want to become the king of gods—"

Procne couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"When will brother Roy's ambition be satisfied?"

"I keep growing the Athenian Empire just to make myself a god. Now that I am a human, I have become the most powerful human king in the world. After I become a god, of course I also want to become the most powerful king of the people. King of Gods. Procne! Philomela! You are my dearest sisters, don’t you want to support me?”

"Of course we support Brother Roy."

Procne said helplessly.

"As the wife of Roy's brother, we will support everything Roy's brother wants to do."

(End of this chapter)