To Four Thousand Years Later
v3 Chapter 147: sword and peace
"My days are numbered, and it is my last wish to give an account of the life, speech, and daily deeds of our great and wise King and Benefactor. And our magnanimous Emperor Solomon I grants this request , and sent the wise old supervisor, Mr. Tuping, to explain to me some things that I have not seen with my own eyes.
"Of course, I know that there are many learned and enthusiastic scholars in our empire. They must also think that it is a noble mission to write about the great deeds of the great Charlemagne in books and pass them on to the world." In fact, Even if I don't write anything, someone will do the same after I die. But even so, I still firmly believe that only I, Aleister, is the historian of our great emperor who knows best in this world.
After they surrendered and under the premise that there was no war, they successively presented the kingdom and the leaders under their rule to the emperor.
During these five years the emperor sublimely enlarged the Frankish state, dividing it into eight provinces and one special province. He popularized the new type of machinery he invented called the steam engine to the whole country, and the rich black smoke billowed, coal and ore were shipped out by dozens of trucks every day, and the soldiers who lost their jobs after the peace could also survive.
From his own treasury, the generous emperor hired intellectuals for all his subjects. The children of civilians who can't afford to hire supervisors, their children are gathered together, and are given knowledge and wisdom and evil fairly.
He loves the hot springs of Yeshen City so much that Zhili, the most generous in the world, decided to let all the citizens enjoy his joy. He hired workers with fair remuneration, dug wide waterways in various places, and built large and cheap public baths and public toilets on the ground. The glory of Rome in the past finally reappeared on the ground—"Okay, okay, don't read it anymore. Charles stopped Baimen's expressionless recitation with some embarrassment.
There are too many words of praise in the biography written by Rosencrowz... If you discard this part, you can still listen to it. But after all, this was Rosenklotz's wish, and Charles let him do it. Since the beginning of this year, Rosenklotz's body has begun to deteriorate. According to his own prediction, he had about one year left to live and died earlier than his father Horkun. Moreover, Rosenklotz's academic level is indeed quite good. As a scholar who can doubt Solomon's records and do field archeology, entrusting him to write his personal biography really reassures Charles a lot.
Only. Pity...he didn't survive Charles.
"Life, life is snowing heavily outside, and the wheels creak on the thick snow.
It has been almost five years since he became king of the Franks.
Except in his first year on the throne. He conquered the Gothic and Persian kingdoms one after another with thunderous force. In the next four years, he didn't have much movement, but calmly and diligently digested what he had won. And his miraculous feat of connecting the two countries within a year was quickly sorted into information and sent to other countries. Monarch table.
They generally believe. This should be the political layout that Charles had already made when he was still a prince. The events including the assassination of Saint King Kawad VI and Stone King Benito I should also be arranged by Charles. If you look back, look at Charles' father and brother who were assassinated, and Adrian I, the former pope of the Solomon Church... All those who blocked Charles' road were assassinated by different people for various inexplicable reasons, and The timing was right before Charles intended to target them.
It can indeed be said that Charles is lucky if he takes it out alone. But if it happens so many times and it is regarded as an accident, it is undoubtedly a dull, stupid, unworthy guy who is afraid of the "unknown assassin" raised by Charles. Charles declared war.
There is no doubt that this was the few years when Charlemagne had the lowest academic control over the country. The country that has just been ruled has no loyalty to him, the place is in chaos, and various items such as taxation, military service, and health are governed by people.
The land controlled by "Wisdom and Wise Solomon I" is really too vast, almost beyond the imagination of other kings, even surpassing the largest territory of the St. Augustus Federation in history.
It is already the limit to control these lands and ensure that they do not split and rebel. Not to mention the implementation of laws and policies.
Can a monarch who started with conspiracy and strategy have the ability to control such a large territory? Can he keep those who submit to him from rebellion? Can he guarantee that every one of his laws will be enforced and that every one of his people will worship him as the real King Solomon?
The difficulties facing Charles also made other monarchs gloat. They are almost sure that this huge empire will eventually split up one day. And not too far away. But they couldn't laugh if they smiled.
Because Charles really can.
Following the political system of the St. Augustus Federation in history, he divided his land into eight provinces and a special province, created a new title of "Duke", and appointed him to quickly write new code. Among them, there are thirteen supreme laws, thirty-three upper laws, thirty-three civil laws, and thirty-three proposed laws, a total of one hundred and twelve articles. Among them, the last thirty-three laws were handed over to the local dukes to adapt to local conditions.
He created a new talent selection mechanism and the prototype of the school. He paid the church with silver coins and asked them to go to various places to teach children to read and count for free. Every child should get at least three years, but the premise is that the church needs to pay for it and build schools in various places. Charles will pay them an annual education fee according to the number of schools, and give them a certain subsidy for construction in the first three years.
And besides that. Charles in turn brought all the workers under his power. So the church asked the workers to build the school, which meant that the money flowed back to Charles after paying the wages of the workers.
Although in the process. Part of these wealth was inevitably lost, but Charles didn't care.
Money has value only when it flows; only money that flows can create value. There is a limit to the number of schools, and after the church has money, it will eventually have to invite a future emperor to renovate and repair it. He thought that education funds were too extravagant and cut off. Schools that have already been built cannot be shelved. The biggest possibility is that this kind of compulsory education has become a fee-paying education, but in the end, it can be regarded as laying down the foundation.
Some of the children graduating from missionary schools will continue their studies and become supervisors or scholars; the other part will enter various local departments to take charge of clerical work and enter the first path of political promotion. Scholars, on the other hand, entered the large libraries of the major provinces for research, study and discussion. The outstanding ones will be transferred to the library of Yashen University. Transfer to the first promotion path.
In this way. Children of civilian origin can have at least two paths for promotion to the middle and high levels. After class mobility becomes greater. The society will gradually be full of vitality, and the economy and culture will also become prosperous. Thus, in the third year, Eastern Egypt submitted an alliance agreement to Charles. The following year, in the second month after Charles expanded his army, Wales and Carthage surrendered to Charles one after another. Two months ago, Northern Egypt finally formed an alliance with Charles, and only half a month later, people from Southern Egypt also came. After Fang became extremely powerful, the long-awaited peace that people have longed for has finally arrived.