The Egyptian nobles' remarks about expelling Ye Ting were not approved by Nitocris.

On the contrary, perhaps out of some kind of rebellious psychology, or perhaps because she wanted to prove that no one could doubt Ye Ting's talent, Nitocris simply gave up the idea of ​​letting Ye Ting become the queen, and instead gave her an official position. He took Ye Ting to a high position.

In the past, Egypt's highest official was Victor. As Prime Minister, Victor was responsible for managing half of Egypt's territory. There was one Victor each in upper and lower Egypt.

And now, on top of Wei Hill, Nitocris has created the official position of the great sage who supervises the country. He is above the officials. He is only responsible to the Pharaoh and has the power to supervise the officials. His daily responsibility is to give ~Pharaoh advises.

In short, this is a 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 jointly made by herself and the "great sages who supervise the country" - regarding the establishment of official examinations, the establishment of official schools, and the promotion of relevant 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, most officials were chosen among them. No matter how talented the civilians were, they could only be clerks. But now, not only people born from civilians can compete with them. They were officials in the same dynasty, and they had to take exams to become officials.

Can this be tolerated?

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

However, they are unable to do so.

After the "Great Trial" and the Unification War, Egypt's central and local nobles were weakened in turn. Now their power has reached a historical low. On the contrary, because after the "Great Trial", officials from the civilian population were continuously weakened. They were appointed, and soldiers born from civilians also made military exploits in the Unification War, so the power of officials born from civilian factions in the court has become stronger.

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

With their support, the new resolution was passed on Pharaoh's orders.

Thinking with the officials, the Egyptian people naturally supported this resolution very much, so the aristocracy was even more speechless.

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

Moreover, as the books he and Nitocris jointly used to educate officials spread in Egypt, Thoth's name was praised by many officials, scholars and even businessmen.

Nitocris was also revered as the "Wise King"

Although knowledge about mathematics, agriculture, geography, organizational planning, etc. is widely circulated in Egypt, this is the first time that they have summarized and published it in the form of a book for people to learn from.

In the past, such 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 on knowledge was also one of the means by which nobles and priests maintained their status.

But now, these "dragon-slaying techniques" (definitely only for officials) have been spread, and countless people regard them as guidelines. The authors of these works will definitely be praised to the sky.

In the past, when the nobles were the dominant family in the court, any decree that weakened the power of the nobles and harmed their interests would be unanimously opposed by them. And when all the nobles opposed a decree, the decree would naturally not be implemented. During the reign of Pharaoh Pepi, the aristocratic officials took control of the government step by step and took advantage of the Pharaoh.

However, now Nitocris has supported another force besides the nobles. Coupled with the power of the army, under the checks and balances of the three parties, the nobles naturally cannot act arbitrarily.

As for the powerful and terrifying official position of "Great Sage to Supervise the Country", the officials of the civilian faction - in the future, perhaps including those civilians who obtained official positions due to examinations - are naturally happy to see this happen. In their eyes, Ye Ting is someone who stands on their side and speaks for their interests. Many of them even call him "mentor".

The aristocracy expressed concerns about this, believing that the "great sage who oversaw the country" was too powerful. If he deliberately suppressed them, the future of the aristocracy would be quite worrying.

However, it turned out that their worries were groundless. Although Ye Ting held great power, he was quite Buddhist. Although he actively participated in the construction of Nitocris's new policy, he never intervened in the actual work.

Asking for flowers......

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

At the same time, under Ye Ting's suggestion, the new Pharaoh's Guards were successfully formed with the heroes of the Unification War as the core, and the rest of the original Pharaoh's Guards were transferred to various parts of Egypt.

Act as an officer for the garrison in various places.

As for Egypt's officialdom, after confirming that the popular faction was established, the nobles no longer had the idea of ​​​​confronting them head-on. At the same time, the remaining local nobles and the influx of nobles from other places also reached an agreement after fierce power struggles. In order to compromise, several parties confronted each other in the officialdom, and the bureaucracy was completed.

0

By the way, in addition to civilian bureaucracy, aristocratic bureaucracy, the army and priests, a new force has recently emerged at the top of Egypt - the magician.

In the eyes of others, these magicians who have mastered supernatural powers are the ones who should not be messed with, while the other group of priests who have mastered supernatural powers are quite difficult to deal with.

The priests believe that the power of the magicians is blasphemous to the gods, while the magicians think that the priests are a bunch of old antiques who follow the rules.

However, in terms of power, although magicians are powerful, they are transcendent enough. Under Ye Ting's guidance, most of them gradually embarked on the same path as other magicians to pursue truth and wisdom.

They rarely interfere in government affairs, which naturally makes 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 is far more than The other factions "can be regarded as the ten powerful kings who maintain the rule of the pharaoh.

In short, the Egyptian court has now changed from the long-standing shortcomings of the past and has become a multi-party competition situation, which is also the most beneficial situation for the Pharaoh's rule.

Under Ye Ting's advice, Nitocris took advantage of the many contradictions to firmly grasp the power of Egypt. In addition, she reorganized the world and restored Egypt's prestige. In terms of power, at the moment she has probably reached the level of the pharaohs of all ages. The peak, and Nitocris also grasped this almost, and began to carry out drastic reforms in Egypt. .

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like