Game of Thrones: Battle Royale Game

After last night's efforts, the fire in Meereen City was finally completely extinguished before dawn. Because the raiders' offensive was all concentrated in the Holy Lord's pyramid area, most of the civilian areas in the city were not affected. Too much damage.

Order in the city was largely restored as the Unsullied and Iron Legion slaves re-entered the city, taking control of the streets and pyramids.

After dawn, the hungry people saw groups of patrolling soldiers on the streets. They were worried that they would be punished for robbing the New Army's grain transport convoy two days ago, so they hid at home and did not dare to go.

It wasn't until a red-robed monk knocked on the door and told them to go out to collect food that they cautiously took to the streets again.

Soon, the hungry people discovered that the turmoil in the city had ended, and every corner was dotted with food relief points hosted by red-robed monks. Those who had gone out earlier than them had lined up in front of the relief stalls in an orderly manner, while the red-robed monks around the relief points were preaching in high spirits.

Most people have little interest in the words of those pagan monks. After all, those such as 'Ian Darry is the prophesied son of the Holy Flame, the reincarnation of Azor Ahai, the warrior of light, and he will lead us to defeat the Long Night', 'Light They couldn't understand the words "The King is the Only True God", and because it was contrary to their traditional beliefs, most people also had hidden resentment in their hearts.

The only thing that kept them insisting on listening to the sermon was the bread distributed by the red-robed monks. They originally thought that the relief they would receive at this time would only be a bowl of wheat porridge with almost only water, but unexpectedly everyone in line received it. a piece of bread.

The generosity of the red-robed monks made the hungry people unbelievable. In addition, they had no idea what the current situation was in Meereen. They didn’t know when Meereen would run out of food again. Therefore, most of the hungry people went home after getting the bread. Cut it into small pieces and add water to make porridge. I thought that a piece of bread like this could last for two or three days.

What they didn't expect was that early the next morning, the relief stalls of the red-robed monks would be filled with food again.

The food was still distributed free to everyone, but two criteria emerged. One is provided to ordinary civilians, still the same piece of bread as yesterday, and the other is provided to the believers of the Red God, a large piece of bread, a small amount of salt, a small amount of vegetables and a small amount of wine.

Seeing those people who had converted to the Red God who didn’t know when they received food that was far better than their own, many hungry people cast envious glances at them, but they immediately wavered in their faith and hurried to the Great Red Temple of Meereen (original Holy Grace) The temple changed its brand) but very few people converted.

Most of the hungry people were waiting in line to receive food while being forced to listen to the preaching of the red-robed monks outside the relief stalls.

Soon, they discovered that what the red-robed monks preached today was not as obscure as yesterday.

Those people no longer spoke words such as 'the only true god', 'long night' and 'bringer of light' that no one could understand, but instead talked more about 'victory, brilliant coins, bread and salt'.

I don’t know who revised the preaching copy for the red-robed monks overnight. Today, the content of the red-robed monks’ preaching has changed to this style:

"The sins of Meereen have been purified in the holy fire. The Lord of Light has returned the Emperor of Gith as promised thousands of years ago. From now on, the people of Meereen will no longer suffer. They will receive bread, salt, milk and Honey."

"Horse King Drogo has been slain by Emperor Gith. The Dothraki have surrendered to the empire. A large number of roaring warriors have camped outside the city, ready to fight for their emperor at any time."

"Now go to the Red Temple to convert to the Red God, and you will get a chance to pray for grace, and you can get a reward of up to 10,000 gold coins. The more pious you are, the greater your chance of getting high rewards. And as long as you convert to the Red God , and you will receive food rations according to the standards of Red God believers every day."

Under the preaching of the red-robed monks, many people's beliefs were shaken and they began to go to the Dahong Temple to convert to the new god.

After arriving at the Red Temple, some merchants who had been to Volantis or other free city-states discovered that the system of followers of the Red God in Meereen was different from that in other city-states.

Here, all converts to the Red God are divided into multiple classes according to nobles, commoners and slaves.

The hierarchy of slaves is the same as the fifth-class slavery previously implemented by His Majesty the Emperor. The newly converted slave believers are divided into fourth-class slaves, third-class slaves, second-class slaves, first-class slaves and royal slaves.

Civilians are divided into three levels: freemen, citizens and honorary citizens.

Freemen are the default level for all converted civilians, and there is no difference from before except that they will receive food rations. Citizens need to be acquired through military merit or asset donation. Their status is equivalent to that of nobles such as the former Meereen Moe, and they have the power to hold public office. Honorary citizens require higher military merit or larger asset donations to obtain, and their status will be equivalent to that of the former Meereen minor nobles.

The nobility is also divided into three levels: the lowest nobility that the Gith people used to have is removed, the lower nobility and high nobility are retained, and a new level is added - the decorated noble. The knighthood system was introduced into the Westeros title system and was refined into the third rank of male, prince, and uncle (not all called 'lord' like in Westeros).

All the lower-level nobles of Meereen who convert to the Red God will be directly promoted to lower-level nobles, and the lower-level nobles will be promoted to high-level nobles. All high-level nobles will be awarded honors (because almost all the nobles who opposed Ian in Meereen were also involved in this turmoil. After being purged, most of the nobles in Meereen are now royalists, and a direct promotion of status is a reward given to them by Ian).

At the same time, there is also a certain degree of interoperability between the three different classes.

In the slave hierarchy, first-class slaves are at the same level as freedmen and are treated better than ordinary freedmen. First-class slaves can choose to leave slavery and become free citizens at any time, and have the opportunity to continue their advancement through civilian channels.

Royal slaves are at the same level as lesser nobles, but their treatment is much better than that of ordinary lesser nobles. If royal slaves give up their slave status, they can directly become lesser nobles and have the opportunity to continue to rise through noble channels.

In the civilian hierarchy, the level of honorary citizens is between the lower nobles and the higher nobles. If honorary citizens give up their power, they can choose to become the lower nobles and get the opportunity to continue to rise through the noble channels.

This cross-class promotion method was a temporary remedy that Ian came up with after defeating the Horse King - the promises he and Fermor made to the slave army before the war were so big that they would suddenly appear after the war. In case first-class slaves and tens of thousands of second-class slaves come.

Considering that it will take a long time to completely conquer Lazar and turn the millions of Lazarins who did not surrender before the war into new slaves, Ian will not be able to fulfill his promise to treat these people as first-class slaves in a short time. Therefore, I thought of this method to deceive them from the slave promotion route and start to continue their struggle towards the 'citizen' class.

The good news is that after Ian announced this decree to the army, more than 80% of the first-class slaves chose to change their status to freemen. After all, for these slave Iron Legion soldiers, their promotion from third-class slaves to first-class slaves came too quickly.

Most of them have only experienced one battle, the Battle of Kaiser Pass, and because Ian deployed the Unsullied and the New Gith at the most critical position, the most intense combat missions and the heaviest losses They were all tolerated by those elites.

When these Iron Legion slaves officially came into contact with the enemy, the battle had turned into a one-sided massacre. They had harvested a lot of heads, but the losses they suffered were not heavy. Their smooth promotion path made them inevitably feel that they had become 'honorary citizens'. 'Even the future of the 'high nobles' is full of expectations.

What's more, he may have had the dream of conferring a fiefdom under the deception of the officers sent by Ian.

Yes, the honored nobles under this system will obtain corresponding fiefdoms within the empire's territory.

Although Ian was originally reluctant to carry out enfeoffment, if he wanted to forcibly implement the county system, the people's cognition of this world, the intricate power structure and complex terrain in the empire's unprecedented expansion territory would cause him huge difficulties. test.

To digest a new Valyrian empire with a county system, Ian needs to spend too much time on talent selection, building the corresponding bureaucracy, and gathering local forces.

Even with the talents of Qin Shihuang and Li Si, they could not really understand the system of prefectures and counties for a lifetime. Ian does not believe that he has the ability to implement counties in this land whose terrain and culture are far more complex than those of the Great Celestial Empire. In addition, with winter approaching, he is even less willing to spend energy on it.

In contrast, Ian preferred to adapt Liu Bang's system of prefectures and states, dividing the prefectures and counties on one side and enfeoffing them on the other.

In Slaver's Bay, Ian only plans to set up counties in three cities: Meereen, Astapor, and New Gis. These cities themselves have a bureaucratic system and an established order, so it is relatively easy to transform them.

Ian in the Lazar Region only plans to set up a county in Hexi, although Herxi is not the largest city in the Lazar Region, nor is it the most populous city. But fortunately, the royal family and local clans in Hexi have all sworn allegiance to Ian early. Most of the nearby Lazarin people will obtain the status of free citizens, and other cities and tribes will all be enslaved after being conquered. As the capital city established by Ian in the Raza region, it would be better for the main population to be mainly freedmen.

Moreover, after Ian defeated the Horse Queen, in order to avoid the spread of the plague, he evacuated the army in batches. Nearly half of them went to Hersey, completely bringing it under control. The establishment of a county in that city greatly saved Ian's resources. time and effort.

As for Hexi's original royal family and nobles, Ian planned to enfeoff other Lazarin cities and tribes to them as compensation.

Also receiving compensation here will be the Gith nobles of Slaver's Bay. Except for the Lazarin cities/tribes other than Hessey and the towns south of the Dothraki Sea, Ian plans to seal them off and let the newly promoted 'lords' build castles and open up wasteland on their own.

Ian only needs them to pay taxes and provide soldiers.

Moreover, sending these royalist nobles to fiefdoms will also help eliminate their influence in these counties and cities, making it easier for Ian to rule.

Ian also plans to apply the same plan to other Free Trade Cities and Westeros. Ian will only retain direct control over the larger cities, and the others will be given to loyal nobles.

Of course, the people of Meereen who were queuing in front of the Red Temple were not aware of these plans of Ian. Most of them came only for the food rations and the rewards in the wish pool.

I don’t know if the King of Light saw their piety, but on the second day after the wishing pool opened, a Meereen civilian who had just converted actually won a big prize from the wishing pool.

The Supreme Shepherd Celia of the Great Red Temple handed him a box containing ten thousand gold coins in front of everyone, and publicly blessed him. The ruling councilor Grazdan Zo Eraz, who attended the event with Celia, granted the man citizenship on the spot on behalf of the emperor. In order to prevent anyone from being jealous or even robbing the man, he also gave him a house and four houses. A slave guard.

With the emergence of role models and the fact that food prices in Meereen have not recovered, everyone can only survive on the food distributed by the red-robed monks. More and more people walked into the Great Red Temple and began to change themselves. faith.

In the next few days, Meereen was still in such a state. Agents under the army and the Chief Intelligence Officer traveled between the pyramids and ports, counting prisoners and loot, and helping to count the losses of the royalist nobles. There are more and more red-robed monks on the streets. They are preaching together with the people who have converted to the red god, accelerating the spread of the new state religion.

The red-robed monks on the streets completely monopolized the city's public opinion, and the people gradually learned some important 'facts' from the monks' increasingly popular preaching.

For example: Under the will of the only true god, the Lord of Light, the great Gith Emperor Ian Darry successfully conquered the Dothraki and Lazarin, and the new empire territory included Slaver's Bay, Lazar, and Valery Asia Peninsula and the entire Dothraki Sea.

The emperor's coronation ceremony will be held in two months. Representatives from all over the empire are rushing to Meereen, when Emperor Ian will personally canonize the first batch of nobles of the empire.

Another example: The turmoil in the past few days was a farce caused by Meereen's 'Holy Lord' Hizdahr and the 'Green Saint' who colluded with the sea raiders in order to usurp His Majesty's power. Those great masters of the Holy Lord sent people to attack the food road from Astapor to Meereen, which caused Meereen to run out of food. The city guards who attacked the rich areas of Meereen also acted under their instructions.

However, at that time, there was internal strife between the great masters of the Holy Lords and the sea raiders. Their three pyramids were captured by the raiders. Those people originally wanted to loot the entire Meereen. Fortunately, the emperor led his troops back to Meereen in time and eliminated them. The invaders were captured and the surviving traitors were captured. These people will be publicly tried soon.