Chapter Fifty-Seven: The Iron Mask Judge and the Sea Emperor

The republic is a country governed by the rule of law, which was forced to be implemented in 87 years of the republican calendar due to the people's uprising, before that there was only one religious law, that is, the holy religious code, even now the holy religious code is still above the "Basic Law", once the holy religious law and the "Basic Law" conflict, the religious law will generally be respected by the religious law, of course, the religious law has long been very different from the original, forced by the changes of the times, the religious law has been revised many times, but it just cannot be abolished. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 The Republic believes that the Shariah is the foundation of the country, and the status of the Basic Law is much lower. It is sufficient to amend the Basic Law with the consent of one-third of the members of the Parliament, but the amendment of the Shariah must be approved by the Legislators, by the Justices and the Priests, and finally by the vote of the 300 most powerful religious elders.

"No, I can't. Asteria was utterly disappointed, and she took one last look at the stubborn customs officer, with his short red Romanesque hair, knife-like facial lines, and the stiff bridge of his nose, and his dogmatic expression, a typical Goliath official.

All important business in Egypt had to be entrusted to the Goliath officials sent by the Republic. Astria, who was also dissatisfied with the Republic, was sympathetic to the Egyptians, but she had to admit that these Goliath officials were far more conscientious than those in Egypt itself.

She went back with mixed feelings, and saw the boy lying flat on the carriage with one leg crossed.

The boy saw her, as if he had expected her, and then, after Asteria had got into the carriage, drove the carriage to another place.

A tall, well-proportioned Egyptian official with thick eye shadow under his eyes, naked and upper-body, saw the boy with a flattering expression, especially when the boy gave him a gold Sebri coin.

"No problem, you can enter whenever you want. The officer said with a smile as he put the coin in his pocket.

In the car, Asteria couldn't help but ask, "Why is this happening, do you know him?" ”

Nishizawa, who was driving the carriage, replied without looking back: "You think too much, as long as a petty official like this with little income gives them a gold coin, you can even ask them to kneel for you, of course, provided that you are not a native." ”

Astria's heart grew so heavy that for the first time she began to feel confused about her choice. Maybe it would be better under the Goliaths, she couldn't help but think.

The Egyptian official and the Goliath official were both customs officials, but the results were completely different. The former insisted on his duty, the latter was bought with only one gold coin, and he was so responsible for the Goliaths who oppressed them, and they were extremely responsible for their own people, even more impersonal than the stubborn Goliath official, at least the official sent some disabled people to the public office.

She couldn't help but think that when she was in Boyue, all kinds of corruption in Boyue were actually Boyue's own officials, and the Goliath officials were actually very well governed, and the republic was very active in fighting corruption.

"Maybe it's really wrong. Asteria thought about it, and then felt a burst of amusement.

Nishizawa was not at all surprised by the Egyptian's behavior, and he was very understanding. In addition to his education, the important reason why the Goliath official was so responsible was that he did not need a bribe, and that the spirit of the rule of law in the republic was passed down from generation to generation, and that corruption of officials was expressly prohibited by both the Shariah and the Basic Law, and that once an official broke the law, he would be beheaded and burned at the stake, and the official would have only one life, and the rest of the burning at the stake would be carried out by his children. Under such heavy penalties, those officials did not dare to embezzle, even a tucker.

On this trip, Nishizawa Uyo was going to visit an old friend, and then they went to Abiwei together.

If the name of this man in the Republic is only widely circulated among some members of the legal profession, then in Egypt he is a real Daniel, and Daniel happens to mean Lord Chancellor in Egyptian.

A graduate of the Faculty of Law, Mardaniel was only a private lawyer in the Republic before being recommended by the Egyptian garrison to serve in Egypt. Most of the Egyptian officials, big and small, had no real power, and the real power to trade and tax and make laws was in the hands of the Pasha, who had to be a Goliath.

When he first arrived in Egypt, he fell in love with this mysterious place, he cracked down on smuggling in Egypt, so that the original rampant smuggling disappeared completely, he enacted strict laws to punish corrupt officials, he elected new officials, cut Egyptian officials on a large scale, recruited good officials from the republic, he abolished Egyptian slavery, divided Egyptian land among peasants, and then built colleges and hospitals, built ports and developed road networks, encouraged commerce and used Egypt's cultural advantages to develop tourism, and helped the Egyptian emperor create a new army。

He punished the inequality of the bells, and soon abolished the aristocracy of Egypt, and then expelled all the temple priests who had ruled Egypt for thousands of years. He said that without the support of the military, we must not carry out reforms that would anger the vested interests of the existing system.

Under Madaniel's rule, Egypt grew stronger, but the subsequent 'Egyptian Rebellion' completely destroyed the political future of the 'living Solomon'.

Heinrich, or the Emperor of the Sea. One of the new stars of the Republic, the two sharpest talons of the Republic's Double-headed Eagle, alongside the God of War.

This is an extremely handsome young Ural general, with the iconic red hair, resolute face and wild eyes, it seems that he should be a bold and generous sunny figure, but in fact the Sea Emperor is known for his insidious cruelty, and like Nishizawa Uyi, he is a young Zhuang who advocates militarism. But to the Republic of Obedience to the Declaration, the Declaration will not be against the Government.

As the commander of the Egyptian garrison, Heinrich knew very well that with the strength of the republic, it was impossible to annex Egypt, and the young officer, who became a general of the garrison at the age of 16, knew the history of the republic very well. As early as the time of the prophets, the republic conquered Rome and Boyue, but the rule was very loose and weak, the prophet's force could definitely overwhelm Rome and Boyue, but it was obviously impossible to really conquer them, their bodies succumbed, but the spirit did not succumb, sure enough, after the death of the prophet, his prophecy came true, and Rome and Boyue became independent again after a few decades. It took only a few years for the Wave Moon to be pacified, and the Roman Republic spent nearly 50 years on them, and it was only the Eastern Roman region, and the Western Roman Empire area to the west of the Apennine Peninsula was not regained, and only then did the Germanic invasion establish the barbarian state, that is, the later Western European states. The pace of the republic's external expansion was greatly slowed down by the wrong policies, and the subsequent republics were not so direct in formulating their policies, dividing the Boyue region into dozens of small states and establishing regional autonomous states in some of the main transportation routes. For Rome, on the one hand, it adopted a secret massacre, and on the other hand, it fully inherited some of the political system and culture of Rome to alleviate the conflict.

For a nation with a population of more than 30 million, and a very long history, extremely resistant to foreign forces, and brave and good at war, the republic does not dare to easily annex, Egypt is such a country, compared to Europa, which has an area of more than 10 million miles but a population of less than 40 million, Egypt, which is only more than 1.5 million miles, makes the elites of the republic feel troublesome, Egypt has hundreds of thousands of troops, thousands of warships, and a long and continuous cultural power, which cannot be taken lightly by force alone. But Egypt is located at the junction of the Asian continent, facing the eastern Mediterranean, guarding the route from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea to the East, not to mention its strategic position, and it is also a grain producer, and the elite of the republic will look at the map and ask: "When will we eat it?" ”

The Republic waged three Egyptian wars for this purpose, which gave Egypt's tariff autonomy and the right to appoint and dismiss officials, and the officials of the Republic enjoyed extraterritoriality and garrisoned troops in the ceded Cyprus, ready to attack the Egyptian capital Debit directly.

As a young Zhuang radical like Izawa Uyi, Heinrich, the commander of the garrison, did not want to annex the whole of Egypt, but on the one hand, he was afraid of the government, and on the other hand, he did not dare to underestimate the strength of Egypt. Although the Egyptians lost their autonomy over the country, they wanted to completely annex Egypt, and the republic estimated that its own strength was not enough, and it has always strictly ordered the garrison not to act without authorization.

Heinrich did not dare to directly oppose the decision of the republican government like Cizer Uyi, but he did not give up, and he recommended a person to the parliament, that is, the later Mardaniel, Heinrich was still an 'obedient' person in the eyes of the parliament at that time, so the parliament did not hesitate to hand over the position of controlling Egypt's foreign trade to a little-known Mardaniel.

With the assistance of Mardaniel, he continued to intensify his infiltration in Egypt, sending a large number of spies in all walks of life in Egypt, hospitals, schools, hotels, courts, taverns, textile houses, and even brothels. These personnel exercised control over the Egyptian economy while gathering intelligence on Egypt and downplaying Egyptian antipathy towards the Republic. Subsequently, he supported Madaniel's further infiltration of the Egyptian government.

He kept a close watch over the Egyptian emperor, and the young pharaoh, who was only 13 years old, seemed to be a waste who only knew how to indulge in food and women, but the cunning Heinrich had long since seen through the strength of the little pharaoh's heart. From some simple details, Heinrich concluded that the pharaoh would be the biggest obstacle to the Republic's conquest of Egypt, but he did not take drastic actions, but revealed some aspects of the powerful country like the pharaoh, intentionally or unintentionally, and the little pharaoh was indeed fooled.

Later, in Madaniel's reforms, the pharaoh firmly supported them, and not only carried out all aspects of economic reform such as land, but also comprehensive political reforms, strengthening centralized power, abolishing local temple institutions and aristocratic fiefdoms, reforming the army, and so on. While the little pharaoh was immersed in the strength of the country, he did not realize that because the reform was carried out by leaps and bounds under the pressure of foreign armies, and did not conform to the national conditions, everyone was dissatisfied, and the temple priests, the nobles everywhere, and even the commoners, the benefits of the land reform were used by the pharaoh to develop the army, and they became poorer, and the new merchant class was completely bought by the republic. Heinrich wanted to make the whole of Egypt collapse from the inside, and the purpose of his reform with the help of Mardaniel's hand was to make Egypt richer so that the republic could better plunder afterwards, and on the other hand, all the systems of Egypt would become more republican-like, and there would be a lot less conflict in the future, and there would be reform by the Egyptians themselves, so the negative impact of the reform would also be borne by the Egyptians themselves, if the republic did it, then it would not only cause great turmoil in Egypt, but also offend all the upper echelons who had important influence in Egypt, although they were not afraid, but it was always a trouble。 Not only did this save a lot of things, the pharaoh's own might was greatly reduced, and the class contradictions of the Egyptians now far exceeded the antipathy to the republic, and Heinrich's real aim was to completely destroy the national spirit of the Egyptians.

After all, Egypt has a history of 7,000 years, which can be said to be the oldest in human civilization. The power of culture cannot be seen or touched, but it does exist. Heinrich wanted to make the Egyptians feel strong, yes, the Egyptians now clearly see the strength of their country, which is why, although the pharaoh is less powerful, but can still carry out the decree, in addition to the military intervention of the Goliaths, the real reason is that they also desire to be strong, eager to turn Egypt into Egypt's own Egypt, Egypt has been invaded by foreign races for too long, so long that they are almost numb, invaders come in waves, although they have done a lot of resistance, but now they feel humiliated again, except for those merchants who know no borders, with a world-like mind, they only recognize money。

But the Egyptians did not realize the cunning and cunning of the Goliath statesman.

Let them feel that strength first, let the national pride rise in their blood and bones, and then defeat them completely in the most humiliating and cruel way when they are most proud, that feeling of going from heaven to hell will plunge the whole Egyptian nation into complete numbness, completely destroy everything they are most proud of, and destroy them culturally. The Pharaoh's cultural change was to make all of this a reality, step by step.

Tear down the pyramids, remove all the ancient culture of the Egyptians, destroy their written language, and raise their royal family to speak only Goliath, only to indulge in the personal world useless idiot, a puppet. Heinrich had already thought about the future of Egypt.

As for whether Egypt will really be strong, to quote Ma Daniel's original words, there is a proverb in the East: in the end, it will move a stone and smash its own religion. Heinrich replied that the reforms imposed by outsiders would eventually fail, and that their armies had not yet gone to war and had already been spiritually captured by us.

When Cizer was still cultivating himself in the desert, Heinrich began his actions, and under an incident that he induced, the Egyptian pharaoh angrily declared war, and then the Goliaths, who had been prepared, quickly attacked, and won a great victory in the battle of Jerusalem, 1 to 4, 50,000 to 200,000, followed by a naval battle with 100 warships to defeat the Egyptian navy with 1,000 warships.

In his letter to the republican government, Heinrich said: "The enemy is attacking, and our army is forced to counterattack in self-defense, and the enemy capital has already been captured, please instruct." "The Grand Council Commander almost fell ill in anger and acted without permission, and the army acted without authorization. After this incident, the parliament named Heinrich as one of the least desirable people, and Sullius declared that he regarded him as a lifelong enemy and vowed to destroy those with bad intentions. The right-wing factions within the republic were in a great frenzy and tumult, and some people began to take action, and similar events occurred in Asia Minor, and the control of the parliament over the army began to decline rapidly, and the army began to become independent of the government, and the military used this as a threat to the parliament to give the soldiers the opportunity to sit in on the decisions of the state, which they claimed was to better govern the country. The coup d'état, led by the navy, was suppressed, but it still terrified the parliament. At the same time, Heinrich's name was also well known to many soldiers, and he became the most popular figure among military personnel, along with Nishizawa Uze.

The story still has to start from three months ago, when Heinrich thought that the time was ripe, and began to form the Egyptian Eastern Army with the 30,000 retired military reserves of the garrison and the existing 20,000 people, and then launched a surprise attack on the day of Amun God in the year 7123 of the Egyptian solar calendar, under the pretext that the Egyptian army had bombed the embassy of the Republic by mistake, and used naval artillery to bombard the human-faced beast statue pyramid barracks where the Egyptian army was stationed, and then attacked the sleeping Egyptian army in a surprise attack.

The officers and men of the garrison and the navy resisted the order to stop the escalation of the situation on the grounds that the enemy attacks were continuing.

While a great change is brewing in the Republic, the military, which has been granted the right to sit in and advise, is still not satisfied with its current position, and plans to build a truly effective military administration that will enable the country to flourish.

Heinrich set a precedent that the military could act on its own without listening to the government. This gave hope to those who had long wanted to do a great job, and to give hope to those who were extremely dissatisfied with the Peace Law, Goliath had countless vagabonds, who were originally soldiers, but later the great disarmament made them lose their status and dignity, they longed for war, for killing and conquering. These people are the strength of the military, the real power in the hands of the military, because the republic has nearly ten million such vagabonds, and they are all the bravest and most well-trained samurai.

In just four months after the Amun Feast incident, the whole of Egypt was reduced to a puppet state of the republic, and the republic resolutely refused to recognize that a war with one of its own vassal states could be called a war, they considered the vassal state unworthy of being compared with the republic, and insisted that it was an incident, not a war.

The war ended so quickly, in fact, thanks to Heinrich's long-term operation, the whole of Egypt was unprepared for his aggression and ambitions, as he said, long before the war began, the Egyptians were defeated.

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