Chapter 305 Dividing the Wealth of the Temple of Amon
Destroy the temple and kill the temple priests who serve the gods——
These actions are often considered blasphemous.
Even if the generals and soldiers selected by Roy have nothing to do with the city of Thebes, and the god they believe in is not Amon, I am afraid they are not willing to commit the crime of blaspheming the god.
But Roy allowed them to divide half of the spoils, and the situation was completely different.
For the most ordinary soldiers, they will lose their lives on the battlefield at any time. Even if they commit the crime of blaspheming the gods, the gods cannot make their lives worse than they are now.
If the fallen Amon cannot punish them, then the more loot they grab from the Amon Temple, the more benefits they will get.
For the generals, they can leave the task of destroying the Temple of Amun and collecting loot to ordinary soldiers, and they will only participate in dividing the loot.
As long as they did not participate in destroying the temple, Amon would naturally have no reason to punish them.
Amid the revelry of the generals and soldiers, a looting of the Temple of Amun began in Thebes and all surrounding villages.
In these temples of Amun, which had accumulated wealth for thousands of years, all the statues of Amun were pushed to the ground, the male priests and male servants were killed, and the female priests, maids, property and food were turned into spoils of war.
At the beginning, only 50,000 troops participated in the carnival.
After Roy returned to Nafir, he allowed the remaining 35,000 troops and 50,000 recruits to participate in the carnival to avoid causing their dissatisfaction.
Letting all the 135,000 troops participate in this carnival will not only win over the morale of the troops, but also make them all enemies of the Temple of Amon and staunch supporters of Nafir.
After they committed the crime of blasphemy against Amun, they could only escape Amun's punishment by supporting Naferel and letting Naferel use the power of the Pharaoh to suppress the temple of Amun.
Outside Thebes.
Nafir's military camp.
After the well-laden teams brought their loot to the military camp, Roy generously allowed them to leave only half of their belongings and food. The priestesses and maids of the Temple of Amon and the remaining half of their belongings and food were all provided by They divide it among themselves.
More and more property and food were dedicated to Roy and Nafir. When the warehouse of the military camp could no longer hold it, Roy immediately recruited people from Thebes to move the countless property and food to the city of Thebes. Royal warehouse.
Looking at the mountains of trophies piled up in the military camp, Nafir said in disbelief.
"The wealth of the Temple of Amun is actually greater than the wealth of our Pharaoh family?"
"This is the wealth accumulated by the Temple of Amon for thousands of years."
Roy teased with a smile.
"A hundred years ago, your ancestors moved the capital from Itaweh to Thebes. So far, your Pharaoh family has only accumulated wealth in Thebes for a hundred years. If the Pharaoh family's wealth can be as good as that of A It’s abnormal to be compared to the Temple of God.”
Nafir said with a solemn expression as he looked at the mountains of trophies.
"We have destroyed the Temple of Amon, what should we do next?"
Although he used the 135,000-strong army to sweep away the Temple of Amun completely, Roy did not intend to implement the policies of the Kingdom of Athens in the city of Thebes.
Because other city-states will definitely regard Loy and Nafir as their public enemies when they see the policies implemented by Thebes City.
"Nafer! Now we are going to send envoys to other city-states to let other city-states know that you destroyed the Temple of Amun because the Temple of Amun killed your brother Yahmose. Next, you will destroy the city of Itawui. The goddess Hemet was regarded as the protector of the country, and the priests of the goddess Sekhmet took over the temples of Amun in Thebes and changed all the temples of Amun into temples of Sekhmet.”
"Then when will we move into the palace?"
"Do you still want to live in the palace in Thebes?"
Nafir nodded without hesitation.
"As the Queen of Egypt, of course I should live in the palace left by my ancestors."
Roy shook his head and said.
"Although no matter how powerful the Temple of Amon is, it is impossible to turn all the male and female servants in the palace into chess pieces of the Temple of Amon, but the chess pieces of the Temple of Amon in the palace certainly cannot be completely removed. So in order to prevent you from repeating the mistake again We must not follow Ahemoth's mistake and live in the Pharaoh's palace in Thebes. When the matter in Thebes is over, we will go to Itaw and live in the palace in Itaw. Tawi City, as long as we don’t conflict with the Sekhmet Temple, there will be no problem with your safety.”
The Pharaohs ruled the city of Thebes for only a hundred years, while the Temple of Amun ruled the city of Thebes for thousands of years.
The death of Ahemoth is enough to prove that there were many male and female servants controlled by the Temple of Amun in the Pharaoh's palace.
Nafir didn't want to risk her life, so she only hesitated a little before agreeing to Roy's proposal.
Although the Temple of Amon cannot run away, the temple priests and priest nobles of the Temple of Amon are all humans who can escape.
During the destruction of the Temple of Amun, some temple priests and priestly nobles managed to escape.
As time passed, some rumors began to appear in Thebes and other city-states.
Originally, Nafir had sent envoys to tell other city-states that Nafir decided to destroy the Temple of Amun because the Temple of Amun was crazy enough to kill Pharaoh Ahmose.
In this rumor, it turns out that Nefer sent people to kill Pharaoh Ahmose.
In order to stop Nefer's ambition to seize the throne, Nefer wanted to let the Pharaoh's royal family inherit the throne, so Nefer was so desperate to destroy the Temple of Amun.
Although this rumor spread very widely, Roy did not let Nefer defend himself, because defense would usually be regarded as guilty.
As long as Nefer did not affect the interests of other city-states, other city-states would not be enemies with the future female pharaoh because of some unsubstantiated rumors.
Five days passed in a blink of an eye.
The envoys of the fifteen major city-states in southern Egypt and many small city-states and large tribes all came to Thebes.
When all these envoys arrived, Nefer personally met these envoys in the barracks.
Nefer's barracks.
Roy and Nefer walked into the barracks with Andromeda. When the envoys saw Roy, a foreigner with a different skin color, standing with Nefer, they immediately whispered to each other.
When Nafir sat down in the main seat, some envoys from the big city-states took the initiative to question Nafir.
"Princess Nafir! We heard rumors that you killed your brother Pharaoh Ahmose."
"The Temple of Amun wanted to stop you from seizing the throne, so you framed and destroyed it - are these rumors true?"
"Even if the Temple of Amun is really the murderer, why not punish the high priest and senior priests of the Temple of Amun, but completely destroy the Temple of Amun?"
After listening to the envoys' questions, Nafir said with an unhappy expression.
"I have sent envoys to tell you the truth of the matter! Don't you believe me, but believe the rumors without any evidence? If you are stupid enough to be used by others, then you want to fight me, the murderer who killed brother Ahmose and destroyed the Temple of Amun?"