I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 532 First Stop Arzawa Region

As the first emperor of the Athens Empire, Roy always wanted to set an example for the later emperors of Athens—the internal affairs were handed over to the civil servants, and the emperor only needed to firmly grasp the military power.

After all, a person's energy is limited. It is actually impossible for the emperor to manage the Athens Empire with an area of ​​tens of millions of square kilometers alone.

1598 BC.

February.

Lowy held the first official recruitment assessment in Athens, which was supervised by the Citizens' Assembly and gave the Citizens' Assembly the power to remove officials.

Power is only responsible to its source—

This sentence can be described as a wise saying.

If those who hold power are appointed and dismissed by the people at the bottom, these people must satisfy the people at the bottom.

If the power does not come from the people at the bottom, these people certainly do not need to be responsible to the people at the bottom. Their first task is to maintain the rule for the ruling group. As long as this is done well, how to exploit and squeeze the people at the bottom can be forgiven.

In the history of the Far East, the feudal rule of turning a deer into a horse has remained unchanged for more than 2000 years, because the power to appoint and remove officials has never been controlled by the people at the bottom, so those who hold power are only responsible to the court to which they belong.

Roy hated this kind of situation deeply, so the Athenian Empire must make the people at the bottom become the source of power from the root, and make power only responsible to the people at the bottom.

Although the emperor was the supreme ruler of the Athenian Empire, he did not seek his own government when he was not in his position.

If the internal affairs are not managed by the emperor, and there are problems in the internal affairs, of course the emperor is not to blame.

Roy's arrangement can also prevent the subsequent emperor from becoming a faint king or even being overthrown.

It's May.

The city of Athens was the first batch to assess the ability of officials, and the citizens' assembly gave a satisfactory evaluation.

So Lowy expanded the scope and began to implement the Athens model throughout Greece.

Handing over the internal affairs to professional assessment officials and supervised by the Citizens' Assembly also reduced the work of Procne and Philomela and allowed them to spend more time with Roy.

Wait until the Athenian model is extended to the entire Athenian empire——

Not only Procne and Philomela, but the queens of all regions of the Athens Empire can spend a lot of time living with Roy.

June.

The Athenian Empire once again ushered in a bumper harvest of grain.

With sufficient food as logistics, Roy once again started the war machine of the Athenian Empire.

Roy's first goal was the Arzava region, Troy region, Hurit region, and Parkley region of the Asia Minor peninsula.

Roy doesn't like war.

Although Roy spends most of his time either in war or on his way to the battlefield, Roy really doesn't like war.

In order to peacefully turn the entire Asia Minor peninsula into the territory of the Athens Empire, Roy did not directly launch a war, but visited these areas in person to negotiate.

Apasa, the capital of the Kingdom of Arzava in the southwestern part of the Asia Minor peninsula, became the first place Roy visited.

In mid-June, Roy arrived at the port of Apasa City with a large fleet of [-] warships.

Facing the menacing Athens fleet, Arzava King Iobates personally came to the port to meet Roy.

Because with the development of time, these neighbors of the Athenian Empire already know that the Athenian Empire is an incredibly powerful Mediterranean overlord.

The emperor of the Athens Empire was a conqueror with endless ambitions, so they must not let Roy have a reason to conquer them.

Under the warm hospitality of Iobates, Roy and Iobates shared a carriage to the palace of Apasa.

Banquet hall.

To celebrate Roy's arrival, the royal family and nobles of Arzawa Kingdom gathered together and held a grand banquet.

Although Roy's practice of eliminating nobles in the Athens Empire made the royal families and nobles of the surrounding city-states very dissatisfied, but on occasions where they could contact Roy, the royal families and nobles of the Kingdom of Arzava approached Roy with enthusiasm and even flattery.

Because Roy wants to conquer the Kingdom of Arzawa, the Kingdom of Arzawa has no strength to resist.

Being able to have a good relationship with Roy now will definitely be of great benefit to them living under Roy's rule.

Enjoying the warm and flattering hospitality of the royal family and nobles of the Kingdom of Arzawa, Roy was even a little embarrassed to reveal his intentions.

After all, Roy's approach will exploit the power and interests that these royal families and nobles now have.

In the middle of the banquet, Roy finally walked to the steps where the throne was, looked down at everyone in the hall and said.

"Everyone in Arzava, you must be very interested in knowing the purpose of my coming to Apasa. Now I want to tell you that my purpose in coming to the Arzava region is to make the Arzava region the territory of the Athens Empire."

Hearing what Roy said, the Arzawas in the hall were not surprised.

After all, by now, the Athenian Emperor's endless ambitions were well known.

King Iobates of Arzava walked up to Roy with a embarrassed face and said.

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor, we Arzavas do not want to fight against the Athenian Empire, or even go to war with the Athenian Empire. We are willing to make the Arzava region the territory of the Athenian Empire. In exchange, I hope you will allow us Arzavas to self-govern."

"no!"

Luo Yi refused without hesitation.

"Under my rule, the Athenian Empire will not engage in any stupid policy of autonomy for special ethnic groups, because it is unfair to all Athenians. And allowing you to be autonomous means that you are only joining the Athenian Empire in name, and you have not changed anything in reality."

In another world's history, Alexander was known as the conqueror.

So how did Alexander's road to conquest proceed——

When conquering the Asia Minor peninsula, Alexander's policy was to exempt from tribute and allow self-government.

Not only did Alexander not eliminate the local ruler, but he would not even collect tribute as a symbol of submission——

Because of this policy, Alexander fought only two wars in the two cities of Miletus and Halicarnassus, and became the ruler of the peninsula of Asia Minor.

The huge empire established by Alexander's conquest was not won by war, but was established through mutual compromise with the local rulers.

The so-called Alexander Empire belonged to Alexander in name, but actually belonged to the local rulers.

This is why after Alexander's death, Alexander's empire fell apart.

With the lessons learned from Alexander, Roy will certainly not compromise with the local rulers, who must accept all the policies of the Athenian Empire.

"King Irebaris! In order to protect the interests of your Alzawa, your daughter Princess Phonono can marry me. I will make Feronoh the queen who rules the Alzawa region for me. Even if you do not believe in me, you should believe that Phonoto will definitely protect your Alzawa people. If you refuse me, we will inevitably explore War. Once you become the losers of war, you will not only lose the power and wealth you have now, but also be degraded with your family to be degraded into a lifelong slave. "

(End of this chapter)