Chapter 416: Knicks Kingdom

In the summer of that year, a major event happened in the Nix tribe.

After the annual summer harvest festival, the leader Maximus claimed to have received the oracle of the goddess Darudanu and officially became the king...

A sacred coronation ceremony was held in Yelipoli, the center of the Nix tribe.

In order to avoid stimulating the surrounding forces and making them have bad associations, no friendly tribe was invited to send envoys to watch the ceremony, but the scene on the day of the ceremony was very grand, and the people of all towns were also caught up in celebration.

After Maximus put on the crown, he first announced that August 25 would be designated as the National Day of Nix, allowing the people of all towns to hold celebrations and have fun on this day, and then issued some new decrees and adjustments to the political system to adapt to the establishment of the kingdom, and at the same time vigorously promoted the positions of officials...

Since then, the Nix tribe, which owns the Kupa River, Sava River, the middle and lower reaches of the Drau River and the western great plain of the middle reaches of the Danube River, covers an area of ​​nearly 90,000 square kilometers, and has a population of more than one million, has officially entered the kingdom era.

After the autumn harvest, King Maximus announced the convening of a high-level meeting of the kingdom.

Nix originally had two important traditional meetings: one was the Political Affairs Hall meeting, attended by the chief and the heads of the nine departments; the other was the tribal assembly, which was originally attended by the chief and officials of each department and held once a month. However, with the expansion of the territory and the increase in the number of officials, it eventually became a meeting attended by officials above level four in the tribal center.

The tribal high-level meeting only appeared a few years ago. In addition to the chief and the heads of the nine departments, the participants also included tribesmen with the title of third-class viscount or above. This made this meeting not only attended by officials of the kingdom, but also outstanding talents from all walks of life who made great contributions to the kingdom, thus highlighting the superiority of the twenty-title system.

The meeting was held in the Political Affairs Hall of the Royal Palace, which was one of the places where King Maximus handled government affairs and was also a fixed place for the Political Affairs Hall meeting. Although the main dining hall was smaller than the palace hall, it was more than enough to accommodate forty or fifty people.

The most prominent symbol in the hall is the huge three-dimensional sand table map of the Mediterranean Sea in the center, which was sculpted by Maximus himself with clay and paint. The undulating mountains, winding rivers, dense forests, and tranquil oceans... are like a living geographical picture scroll, which amazed the officials and tribesmen of the Nyx who saw it for the first time, and increased their awe of King Maximus (they believed that this was divinely granted by the goddess Danu).

Time flies, and most of the nine chiefs of the Nyx tribe when it was first established have been replaced: Minister of Agriculture Cersonnes, Minister of Works Wallace, Minister of Finance Magus, Minister of Personnel Cassius, Minister of Law Laclede, Minister of Commerce Mainas, Minister of Military Affairs Phesalus, Minister of Staff Pecot, Minister of Armaments Carminus... Only Minister of Etiquette Kephisophon and Minister of Medicine Horace are still in their original positions, but they are both gray-haired.

Compared with the original nine heads of departments who were all middle-aged and elderly, half of the heads now are only in their thirties and in their prime. They were repeatedly tested by Maximus in wars and turmoil during the rapid development of the Nix in the past twenty years, and finally stood out and were entrusted with important tasks.

However, most of the former heads of departments are also in this hall.

Quintus died long before the Nix tribe crossed the Drao River to attack the Boii.

Cornelius was not in good health before joining the rebels and died the year before last.

Volerus, Capito, Sidonius, Frontinus, and Leberus, the former heads of departments, were all older when they joined the rebels, and they had all been slaves and suffered, and had more or less some diseases in their bodies. As time went by and the official duties were heavy, they became more and more unable to cope with it, so they all resigned in the past few years.

Although Pigris was younger, his situation was worse.

His lame foot was caused by repeated beatings by the steward when he was a slave, which left a big hidden injury. Since he was still relatively young at the time and was carefully cared for by medical staff later, it did not show too much problem. However, as he got older and his energy and physical strength gradually declined, he still worked tirelessly to run back and forth as usual. Suddenly one day, his foot cramped and he fell to the ground. After rescue, he was already paralyzed and had to stay in bed for a long time.

It was this incident that alerted Volenus and others, and the department heads resigned and rested one after another.

Another relatively young department head, Carina, no longer served as the Minister of Personnel because she made a mistake.

A few years ago, the Intelligence Department of the Secretariat submitted a secret memorial to Maximus, which pointed out that there might be favoritism and fraud in the Ministry of Personnel. Maximus decisively ordered a thorough investigation, and the results were shocking: many officials in the Ministry of Personnel used their power to accept bribes, give credit to their relatives, friends or acquaintances, and exaggerate their performance, so that they received undeserved promotions and rewards.

Maximus was furious and immediately ordered the arrest of the offenders. Although Karina was not involved, she was the head of the department and failed to supervise and lead well, so she eventually resigned.

After this incident, Maximus took the opportunity to set up an inspection department, which was affiliated with the secretariat and was responsible for supervising illegal activities in the Nix officialdom. He quickly launched a large-scale investigation and found some staff members in various departments who violated the law, which made the official atmosphere of the entire Nix tribe serious.

The reason why Volenus and his team were able to appear at today's high-level meeting was not because of their former department heads, but because they all had the title of third-class earl.

After Maximus was crowned king and founded the country, he declared: Nix was able to develop into a kingdom in just 20 years. The original nine department heads and the original legion commanders made great efforts in it, so the kingdom should give them due rewards!

The reward he gave to Volenus and his team was the title of third-class earl. Even though Quintus and Cornelius had passed away, they were posthumously awarded.

The highest title in the Kingdom of Nix was the first-class viscount. No one had obvious objections to this. On the one hand, the tribesmen recognized their achievements. On the other hand, for them who had completely retired, the third-class earl was the top, and others still had the opportunity to continue to make meritorious contributions and advance and surpass them.

The initial legion commanders were similar to the original department chiefs: Phesalus was the youngest among the original legion commanders. After twenty years, he was still less than fifty years old. However, due to the retirement of Frontinus and the vacancy of the position of Minister of War, Maximus thought that Phesalus was the most suitable. After the appointment was issued, Phesalus, who was not obsessed with charging into battle, took the position happily.

The situation of Pequot was just the opposite. He liked to lead the army and defeat strong enemies in person, but Quintus strongly recommended him to be the chief of the staff on his deathbed. At that time, the tribe was at a critical moment of conquering the Boii. Under the persuasion of Maximus, Pequot had to agree. After that, the tribe successively conquered the Boii and the Tauricians and defeated the Germans. He played a significant role in the planning.

Carminus was in his thirties when he joined the rebels. Now he is less than sixty years old and in good health. It is no problem for him to continue to lead the troops. However, Maximus considered that he was serious, thoughtful, and able to take the overall situation into consideration, so he asked him to replace Lebinus and serve as the Minister of Armaments. He did not refuse.

Aulus and Rufus were both Roman veterans, and now they are both old and frail. It is natural for them to resign from their military leadership positions. Of course, they also came to the hall today.

As for Tolergo, he had been a gladiator for many years and had some hidden injuries. He was seriously injured when he first joined the rebels. However, unlike Maximus, he did not know how to take care of his body. He always liked to charge into battle and over-consume his body. As a result, in a battle to conquer the Boii, he was over 60 years old and extremely tired. He was caught in a heavy rain and fell into a coma that night. The medical battalion tried its best to rescue him, but in the end, he could not open his eyes again...

In addition to the former and current department heads and the old legion commanders, there are several special people in the Political Affairs Hall.

Spukara, the most outstanding engineer in the Kingdom of Nix, has made many contributions to many applied sciences such as engineering design, equipment manufacturing, mining and smelting, and he is still learning and practicing at an old age, trying to turn some of the inspiration and "fantasy" given by Maximus into reality.

For example, the water-driven blower he invented a few years ago greatly improved the combustion efficiency and temperature control accuracy of the smelting furnace. Another device he improved and perfected, the parallel multi-row hydraulic hammer forging machine, can not only adjust the force of the hammer, but also form a flow-type operation, which can not only greatly save labor and improve efficiency, but also improve the steel production rate of iron smelting, and improve the weapons and equipment of the Kingdom of Nix.

Because of these contributions, he is now a first-class viscount.

Mingjunus, a medical expert in the Kingdom of Nix.

Under the suggestion of Maximus, he began to dissect corpses and study the mysteries of the human body ten years ago. In the following years, he successively wrote "Human Skeleton Diagram", "Preliminary Interpretation of the Human Body", "Inference of Human Blood Circulation"...

At the same time, with the support of Maximus, he also began to try to use surgery to solve some diseases that cannot be solved by drugs, from the initial use of splints to promote the healthy recovery of fracture patients, to stitching large areas of wounds with needles and threads, to cutting open the abdomen and trying to remove internal organs. He even performed a caesarean section for a pregnant woman with dystocia...