Chapter 693

"Okay, okay," Ye Ting scratched the girl's chin, as if teasing a big pet, "You can do this if you want... I feel like it was a mistake to appear in front of you."

"Hey hey~" Not only did the girl not feel disgusted by Ye Ting's slap in the face, but she was happy with it and gave him a cute smile, "Who made you sneak up in such a private place back then? I am the only pharaoh in the world, and I am supposed to rule the world. No one can escape easily after taking advantage of me~"

Well, this sentence has a bit of pharaoh's majesty, but can you not lie on my lap like a puppy when you say this?

In short, with the help of Ye Ting, Egypt's system is constantly improving. It can be said that today's Egypt has gradually moved from a feudal slavery kingdom to a centralized empire.

If there is no obstacle from God's Domain, Ye Ting believes that if this momentum continues, during Nitocris' term of office, the territory of this empire might be able to expand several times.

However, even with the separation of the gods, if the Heliopolis gods do not intend to have a god war with their neighbors, Egypt's territory will expand a lot.

Woe to the neighboring nations and barbarians.

Yes, even if the domains of the gods are divided, there are also neighboring countries and barbarians near Egypt.

The so-called domain of the gods itself is the boundary between the powerful gods. Nowadays, near the Greek gods, there are only the Nordic gods, the Egyptian gods, and the Zoroastrian gods headed by Mithra, the god of light in Persia. It has the ability to divide the domain of gods with other gods.

The rest of the small indigenous gods are not in their eyes at all.

In short, after the chaos, Egypt finally got on the right track and showed a momentum of prosperity.

Chapter 0856 balance

The remarks of the Egyptian nobles about expelling Ye Ting were not approved by Nitocris in the end.

On the contrary, perhaps out of some kind of rebellious psychology, or maybe because Ye Ting wanted to prove that Ye Ting's talent was unquestionable, Nitocris simply gave up the idea of ​​making Ye Ting the queen, and instead gave her official position Ye Ting took the high position.

In the past, Vihir was the highest official in Egypt. As prime minister, Vihir was responsible for managing half of Egypt's territory, with one Vihir in each of Upper and Lower Egypt.

And now, on top of Vihir, Nitocris has created an official position of supervising the great sage, which ranks above all officials, is only responsible to Pharaoh, and has the right to supervise all officials. The usual responsibility is Advise Pharaoh.

In short, this is a beautiful job with a lot of power, but not a lot of responsibility, and you don't even need to deal with official duties.

Then, she announced a new resolution shared by herself and the "great sage who supervises the country" - a resolution on setting up official examinations, establishing official schools, and promoting related educational books.

This is how the Egyptian version of the imperial examination was born.

Most of the nobles were unwilling to agree to this resolution. After all, in the past, officials were mostly chosen among them. They were officials in the same dynasty, and they had to take exams to become officials.

Can this be tolerated?

So they want to make noise and mobilize everyone to oppose this new resolution.

However, they couldn't.

After the "Great Trial" and the War of Unification, the nobles of Egypt's central and local governments were weakened in turn, and now their power has reached the lowest point in history. Contrary to them, because after the "Great Trial" officials from civilians were continuously Appointment, and the civilian-born soldiers in the unification war also made military exploits, so the officials of the civilian-born faction in the court have become stronger.

At this time, these civilian-born officials have only held high positions for four or five years, and have not been corrupted and assimilated by the nobles because of their status. Naturally, they want to give more channels for civilians to improve their status.

With their support, the new resolution was passed under the pharaoh's decree.

According to the thoughts of the officials, the people of Egypt naturally supported this resolution extraordinarily, so the aristocratic faction became even more speechless.

Ye Ting's status was also established in this matter.

Moreover, as the works he and Nitocris shared to teach officials spread in Egypt, the name of Thoth was praised by many officials, scholars and even businessmen.

Nitocris is also revered as the "virtuous king".

Although knowledge about mathematics, agronomy, geography, organization and scheduling, etc. is widely spread in Egypt, it is the first time that they have summarized and published it in the form of a book for people to learn.

In the past, this kind of knowledge was either spread among the nobles or among the priests, and it was difficult for the common people to learn such knowledge.

The monopoly of knowledge is also one of the means for the nobles and priests to maintain their status.

But now, these "dragon slaying techniques" (of course only for officials) have been spread, and countless people regard them as the standard, and the authors of these works will inevitably be held in the sky.

In the past, when the nobles dominated the court, any decree that weakened the power of the nobles and harmed their interests would be unanimously opposed by them. When all the nobles opposed a decree, the decree would naturally not be implemented. During the reign of Pharaoh Pepi, noble officials took control of the government step by step in this way, and emptied the pharaoh.

However, now that Nitocris has fostered another force besides the nobles, coupled with the strength of the army, under the check and balance of the three parties, the nobles naturally cannot arbitrarily

presumptuous.

As for the powerful and terrifying official position of "Supervising the Great Sage", the officials of the populist faction—perhaps in the future, those civilians who have obtained official positions because of examinations—would be happy to see it succeed. In their eyes, Ye Ting was someone who stood on their side and spoke out for their interests. Many of them even called him a "mentor".

The aristocratic faction expressed concern about this, thinking that the "great sage who supervised the country" was too powerful, and if he deliberately suppressed them, the future of the aristocrats would be quite worrying.

However, the facts proved that their worries were groundless. Although Ye Ting held great power, he was quite Buddhist. Although he participated in the construction of the Nitocris New Deal, he never intervened in the actual practice.

All in all, that was it. When all the struggles and efforts were fruitless, Ye Ting "expressed" his "goodwill" to the nobles. The Egyptian nobles gradually calmed down their opposition to him.

At the same time, under Ye Ting's suggestion, the new Pharaoh's Forbidden Army was successfully formed with the heroes of the Unification War as the core, and the rest of the original Pharaoh's Forbidden Guard were transferred to various parts of Egypt to serve as officers of the defenders in various places.

As for the officialdom in Egypt, after confirming that the populist faction has become a major trend, the nobles no longer have the idea of ​​confronting them head-on. After a compromise was reached, several parties confronted each other in the official arena, and the bureaucratic system was considered to be established.

By the way, in addition to civilian bureaucrats, aristocratic bureaucrats, the army and priests, a new force has recently emerged in the Egyptian high-level—the magician.

In the eyes of others, these mages who have mastered supernatural power are the least to be provoked, while another priest who has mastered supernatural power is quite at odds with the mages. The priests think that the power of mages is blasphemy, and magic The masters think that the priests are a bunch of old-fashioned old-fashioned people.

However, in terms of power, although magicians are powerful, they are detached enough. Under Ye Ting's teaching, most of them gradually embarked on the same path as other magicians - the pursuit of truth and wisdom.

They seldom interfere in government affairs, which naturally makes the officials and the army very satisfied. However, they are also fanatical supporters of the pharaoh. Their loyalty to their teacher Ye Ting and the powerful magic queen Nitocris far exceeds Other factions can be regarded as a powerful force to maintain the pharaoh's rule.

In short, the courts in Egypt have changed from the past disadvantages and become a state of multi-party competition, which is also the most beneficial state of affairs for the pharaoh's rule.

Under Ye Ting's suggestion, Nitocris took advantage of various conflicts to firmly grasp the power of Egypt, and in addition to reorganizing the universe and revitalizing Egypt's prestige, in terms of power, she has probably reached the level of the pharaohs at this time. At the peak, Nitocris also seized this opportunity and began to carry out drastic reforms in Egypt.

Chapter 0857 codes and banks

The first step in Nitocris' reform is legislation.

In the past, Egyptian law was still customary law, and its interpretation was in the hands of judges. Most of the judges were born among the nobles, so they can use this right to seek benefits for the nobles.

Nitocris, on the other hand, changed the original rule and formulated a written code of laws, which not only has clear and standardized laws, but also needs to be announced to the world and known to everyone.

Although due to the reasons of the times, even in such a law, Nitocris had to maintain the superior status of the nobles to a certain extent, but with a written clockwork, the nobles would not be able to play with the law wantonly. Protecting the interests of the common people is a remarkable act of good governance.

This code, known as the "Code of Nitocris", was the first of its kind not only in Egypt, but also in the whole world. Later generations called it the first relatively complete written code in history.

After formulating the code, in order to promote it smoothly, Nitocris arranged it in the content of the bureaucratic examination. At the same time, she arranged for people to carve the code of law on stone pillars. Every city and larger village must have such a stone pillar. Soon, the code of law was popularized throughout Egypt.

As a result, Nitocris has the titles of "son of Anubis" and "incarnation of Maat" - Maat is the goddess of justice and truth in Egypt, and is often the criterion for the ancient Egyptians to restrain their behavior; And Anubis is the god of death in the underworld, responsible for the weighing work of the scale of judgment. On one side of the scale is the feather of Maat, and on the other side is the heart of the deceased. Anubis uses this to judge the good and evil of the deceased during his lifetime. trial.

Such a title shows that the Egyptians recognized the Pharaoh and the Nitocris Code.

Of course, besides the law, what Ye Ting attaches great importance to is Egypt's business, economy and finance.

Born in modern times, he understands that if he controls the country's economy, he controls the country.

As a result, Egypt's coinage was fully nationalized, and Egypt's first bank was established in the name of Nitocris and its private gold reserves.

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