Chapter 169: Templar Empire
Lelouch has been entangled in all kinds of trivial matters since he entered the White City, even if the administrative system of the Horn Fort is helping, but he is still busy, after temporarily delaying the solution of the problem of centaurs and barbarians, Lelouch has also absorbed five thousand brother knights, and the current Lelouch can be said to have completely controlled the White City, although the intelligence at the bottom mainly relies on the priests of the church, but under the joint anger of Lelouch and Al, almost the middle and lower levels of the church really think that Lelouch is the reincarnation of the Son of God.
The embodiment of this belief allowed Lelouch to control almost the entire church, and after temporarily solving these worries, Lelouch finally began to hold the enthronement ceremony.
No matter which civilization or which country, they will have an enthronement ceremony, and only after experiencing the enthronement ceremony can they have complete legitimacy, and this ceremony is also a formal declaration that they have all the ruling authority, and Lelouch also needs such an enthronement ceremony to see how many nobles are willing to become their vassals in the land of heaven.
After all, the nobles who are willing to leave their sphere of influence and go to Baicheng must be sincerely on the side of Leluxiu, although the invitations have already been sent, but in fact, the nobles who are willing to come are already clear at a glance, needless to say in Baicheng, the real power of the nobles in the outside world is only a quarter of the southern border, all of the northern border, and the grand duke has only two comes, and the grand duke of the eastern and western realms has only sent his own envoys.
This situation naturally reflects Lelouch's control, the northern border is because of Richard's unconditional help, and the southern border is the nobles who are loyal to Decres after they wooed De Cres, and as for the rest, they can't come if they can, everyone seems to have become accustomed to life without the jurisdiction of the White City, and they don't seem to want to return to the era when the human emperor was strong.
The number of nobles who came to participate in the enthronement ceremony is the best proof of this, less than one-fifth of the nobles in the entire heaven-given land.
But for this point Lu Xiu did not take to heart, he didn't care about those nobles at all, to be honest, if they really cooperated with him, Lu Lu Xiu felt that he didn't know how to face them in the future, because the reforms that Lu Lu Xiu was going to implement, every point, was to dig the wall from the vested interest system of the aristocracy, and the policy of Lu Lu Xiu promulgating the policy of buying land for all the peasants in the heaven-given land next year, although it was bought with money, it still hurt the core nerve of the nobles.
Money will be available sooner or later, but land is the absolute basis for his family's prosperity, which is why Lelouch ascended the throne this time. There will be only so few people coming for the reason.
But even so, on the day of Lelouch's enthronement ceremony, the White City was still crowded, and Lelouch had not completely torn his face with the nobles, so it was impossible for the nobles to tear his face with Lelouch, they themselves did not come, but it did not prevent them from sending their own representatives, and when flowers and cool breezes permeated the top of the entire White Tower, it was completely overcrowded.
Wang Zifeng, as the main person in charge, warmly received every representative and nobleman who came, this attitude made the nobles slightly relieved, at least Lelouch did not feel estranged from the nobles because there were not many people coming, well, at least on the surface.
The time of his accession to the throne was scheduled for half past nine in the morning, and Lelouch's ingenious ideas embellished the whole ceremony, the brother knights wore new armor and held new weapons, dutifully holding their positions, and the number of brother knights also rose from five thousand to one thousand, Lelouch added the thousand knights of the guards he brought from the Horn Fort, and Lelouch can be said to have used an army of six thousand knights in an instant.
To tell the truth, the new weapons and equipment used by these knights are particularly eye-catching, and many nobles who see them feel endless envy, because of the adequate nutritional supplement, the human physique, at least the area under the control of Lelouch, has exceeded the average human physique in other parts of the Heavenly Land, don't feel perverted, a person who eats meat every day and exercises at high intensity can deal with about three ordinary people without pressure, and this is still the case on Earth, let alone in Middle-earth.
And the developed physique also ushered in heavier equipment for them, and at this time, Lelouch had a trace of the Terran soldiers in his eyes that he really longed for, maybe the equipment of ordinary soldiers would be slightly simplified, but it would not be too far behind.
The white-purple armor, with a white cloak behind them, their heads are completely encased in gorgeous winged helmets, only a helmet with a T-shaped gap, making them look like a handsome steel robot, and their weapons have also been replaced from the original iron-clad shield, the war spear has been replaced by a stainless steel shield and a war halberd, the shield is painted white, which looks sacred, and the war halberd is reasonably designed, which can be used as a one-handed weapon, and can be used to dance with both hands.
What's more, each weapon is embellished with patterns that don't affect production efficiency, which makes them look like they have finally escaped from the mortal world and have a hint of a real divine weapon.
No one will be able to remain calm when they see this kind of soldier, especially the most powerful knight in their own territory is only able to have a piece of steel plate armor, which is still something that the nobles within the earl can have, in fact, the vast majority of noble knights are maintained at the level of chain mail, not to mention ordinary soldiers, a garrison soldier can not defeat five peasant soldiers.
When such a handsome armor is worn on their bodies, the brothers and knights instantly have a different sense of mission, which comes from the unity and glory of clothing, why must soldiers wear military uniforms? Because this dress will bring everyone a change of mentality, and this change has directly led to a complete change in their world view.
The crowd began to walk towards the shrine of Ogulis, and the two rows along the way were mighty brother knights, who stood on either side, like holy warriors, and the sun shone on their white armor and clothes, and indeed emitted a faint reflection (this is the law of nature, everyone is interested in trying which pure white clothes shine in the sun, you will find that anything white can reflect a certain faint amount of sunlight!), which makes them clothed in another layer of holy light.
Lelouch only now knew why religion was particularly fond of white, especially the more powerful theocratic civilization, because in addition to giving people a sense of tranquility, white also has its own reflective effects, how could anyone who saw this scene not feel shocked and awe?
"The ceremony begins !!"
With the loud announcement of one of the attendants, the palace of Augulis fell silent, and the choir of the church, which had been created according to Lelousio's proposal, began to sing hymns in the quiet hall, and the melodious sound of the holy voice continued to echo in the Augulis, making people think that they had come to heaven, and as the gates opened, the mighty knights carried a banner every three people, and the others carried shields and halberds.
They lined up on both sides, walking towards the middle of the palace of Augustus, today's ceremony is different from the past, in the past, the emperor waited for the pope to send the crown and put it on himself, and today, the crown is waiting for the emperor to pick it up on the throne, the knights' pace is steady and slow, they keep moving forward, the footsteps are perfectly stepped on the rhythm of the chant, giving people a very visual impact of the sacred.
Lelouch perfectly explained, the former human emperor is just a human emperor, and the current human emperor will still be the god son who comes to the divine realm, and will start from here, Al walks on the left side of Lelouch as the pope, and De Cres, as the new palace minister, walks on the right, one represents the divine power, the other represents the imperial power, and the two at this time are surrounded by Lelouxiu.
Lelouch walked towards the throne in the middle step by step, he felt that his whole body and mind were changing under this stroll, he was more confident, and more powerful, the blood force in his body continued to increase, and the blood of the human emperor finally returned here after leaving the White Tower for a hundred years.
The whole hall is quiet, only the chant hovers in the hall, the white main color permeates every corner of the hall, even Leluxiu's imperial clothes are half white and purple, Lelouch walks by every person, that person will willingly kneel on the ground, where Lelouch walks, there will be a piece of bowing, in such a scene, no one will question Lelouxiu's ruling authority, Lelouch will be a well-deserved newcomer emperor.
At last, Lelouch felt as if he had come to the throne after a long time, and the crown was waiting quietly for his master to come and pick it up, and the attendants behind him stopped here, and they watched Lelouch go up alone, and then took the crown, faced the people, and took it.
Finally, sit on the throne!
Decres and El are the two ministers of the government, they will be the most powerful people besides Lelouch under Lelouch's administrative system, Lelouch brought Al and De Creus here today, he has already shown his attitude, he will unswervingly use the bureaucracy to replace the aristocracy.
"Human Emperor, return to the throne!"
As Lelouch finally sat down on his throne with a golden crown that radiated light on his head, the chant slowly ended, and Decres and Al walked up at this time, standing behind Lelouch, they represented the structure of the future Lelouch government, the crowd, stood up, they faced Lelouch, and once again knelt on one knee, this time, no longer to meet the Emperor, but:
"Your Majesty!"
Today, five years after coming to Middle-earth, Lelouch has sat on the throne of the Emperor of Man and has become the nominal supreme leader of all human beings in the Heaven-Sent Land.
The ritual was not over here, and Lelouch still needed to reward those who followed him, and he brought a ceremonial sword from the attendant next to him, which used to be a scepter, but Lelouch was determined to reform, and he exchanged the scepter for a long sword, and he said in a loud voice:
"Declan up!"
Lelouch placed his sword on Decrees' right shoulder.
"I have appointed you to be the right minister of the empire, responsible for all the worldly worldliness!"
Lelouch raised his sword and patted Decrees on the top of his head, and Decres humbly bowed his head:
"Lord's Order!"
Lelouch continued:
"El up!"
"I have appointed you to be the left minister of the empire, responsible for all the sacredness in the world!"
Al also bowed his head:
"Lord's Order!"
Lelouch stood up and proclaimed in a loud voice:
"From today onwards, the empire will be divided into three armies: the garrison, the religious guard, and the Praetorian Guard, the garrison guards the people, the religious guards protect the sacred, and the Praetorian guards protect the emperor. ”
When Lelouch said this, he suddenly shouted:
"Libert step forward!"
Lelouch took out a sword from the side, and he said solemnly:
"From this day forward, you are the Marshal of the Imperial Garrison and the Head of the Imperial Knights!"
"Qin Chuan stepped forward!"
"From this day forward, you are the Marshal of the Imperial Guardian Army and the Head of the Holy Knights!"
"Frank step forward!"
"From today onwards, you are the Marshal of the Imperial Praetorian Guard, and at the same time the head of the Holy Guard Knights!"
Lelouch contacted the three and said:
"From now on, the Knights of the Garrison will be classified as Imperial Knights, the Church Knights will be classified as Holy Knights, and the Brother Knights will be classified as Holy Guard Knights!"
After Lelouch finished speaking, he did not wait, but continued to run out of a greater shock, he waited a little, looked at the three commanders below who were dressed differently, and he continued:
"At the same time, I appointed Nevsky as the marshal of the 'Snow Mountain Barbarian Army' and at the same time the commander of the 'God of War Legion'!"
Lelouch's words made some waves in the crowd, Lelouch's immediate meaning was to recover Nevsky's barbarians? Nevsky's battle was obvious to all, if Lelouch still had the snow-capped mountain barbarians, then it would be another terrifying combat force, and the crowd didn't even know how to face the five thousand terrifying bear riders.
And Nevsky walked up, glanced at Lelouch, got down on one knee, this time, they were no longer friends or allies, but kings, Lelouch took the initiative to step forward, he put his sword on Nevsky's shoulder:
"At the same time, I will also order Nevsky to be the first prince of the empire, and his domain is the Sheltered Mountains!"
Nevsky returned solemnly:
"Barbarians, they will defend the empire forever!"
In the main hall, there was an uproar!
But Lelouch didn't pay attention to them, but suddenly became extremely serious, he raised his sword and put it in front of him, looking at the scenery outside the gate, countless nobles inside the gate, very solemnly stood towards a large banner behind him that suddenly opened, it was a shield, inside the shield was a sharp sword with white wings, Lelouch said:
"From this day, the Empire of Mankind has officially changed its name, and at the same time it has been used as the imperial flag, and the new empire is called:"
"Templar!"
"Templar Empire !!"