Chapter XXXIII
The night of Meereen's chaos passed, with the attack of the Unsullied Legion and the rebellion of the slaves, adding a bit of depression to the bustling city of Meereen, and most of the great lords lost their resistance and were captured by the Unsullied.
However, at this time in the middle of the meereen square, it was particularly lively, crowded with a large number of ragged slaves, who were unshackled one by one with the help of the soldiers, and then obediently lined up in front of several temporary officials, who were appointed by Ma Shen to count their information, record the slaves' requests, and determine the slaves' future work after the summarization.
There was no trace of last night's bloody battle at all, and if I had to say, maybe there were only faint blood stains in some brick cracks and scorch marks left by the Dragon's Breath Technique.
This is mainly due to the blessing of the slaves, who gathered in the central square before dawn after receiving the order last night, and looked forward to a better life in the future with apprehension and anticipation.
After waiting for a while, before the temporary officials arrived, some slaves noticed the chaotic scene in the central square, and they felt that instead of waiting, it was better to clean up the blood stains and corpses in the central square, of course, but also to leave a good image for the new ruler of Meereen, so they began to do it, and then led more slaves, and some slaves were embarrassed to stand when they saw someone working, and also joined the clean-up team.
And just when the city is busy and waiting to be rebuilt, there will be some disharmony occasionally, which is of course inevitable.
For this reason, Ma Shen specially met several elders who had a certain prestige among slaves in the conference hall of the Great Pyramid.
There is no difference between the dress of these elders and the slaves, if there is any, it is that they all look quite old, especially the old man who is the leader, there are not many slaves who live to his age, they belong to the elders of the slaves, and they are widely trusted among the slaves.
Ma Shen was very familiar with this old man, because the image he left on himself last night was particularly profound, and he was the first slave to respond to Ma Shen's orders in the Great Pyramid, which made Ma Shen feel very good about him.
"O Honorable and Great Liberator. As soon as the elders came in, before they could speak, they wanted to kneel down and kowtow.
Seeing this, Ma Shen hurriedly stepped forward in a panic and helped the elders up one by one: "Hurry up, elders, there is a saying in my hometown, the elders kneel down to the juniors, and the juniors will lose their life span by several years. ”
His Highness smiled. At Ma Shen's beckoning, the elders sat down in their seats one by one, they had never sat in such a magnificent seat as slaves before, and their hearts were a little apprehensive.
Ma Shen was able to understand their feelings, and he no longer was polite, and after the elders sat down, he said straight to the point: "The great lord system has been overthrown by me, so I hope to establish a new system in Meereen, this time I convene the elders, the main thing is to hope that the elders can come to work, coordinate the relationship between the slaves, and let the Meereen slaves live a better life in the future." ”
With the new system, the elders looked at each other, didn't think too much, and replied respectfully in unison: "We are all happy to serve His Highness." ”
"I haven't even said what kind of system it is, you agreed so quickly, I'm not afraid I'll lie to you. Ma Shen was in a good mood and joked.
"How could Your Highness lie to us. ”
"Yes, yes, Your Highness is not one of those hateful lords. ”
Unlike the sycophants of those great lords, the words of the elders are full of sincerity.
"Hahaha" Ma Shen smiled and picked up some papers on the table, and asked the servants to put them in front of the elder one by one, "This is a draft I wrote, you can take a look." ”
After a while, it was estimated that it was almost over, Ma Shen glanced at these old men, and at this moment they all looked at the paper in front of them with serious faces, and their eyes did not blink: "What do you think?"
"This... The old man scratched his head with his rough head in embarrassment, "Your Highness, we are illiterate. ”
Ahem, ahem, Ma Shen couldn't help coughing a few times, almost forgetting that the slaves who could write were still a minority after all: "I'm sorry, then I'll read it to you." “
There are probably two current systems in the world of ice and fire, one is the lord sub-feudal system in Westeros, and the other is the conference system here in Slave Bay, there may be slight differences in other places, but they can't escape the outline of these two systems.
But in Slave Bay, Ma Shen will implement a third system that is different from these two systems, which refers to the cabinet system of modern countries and the county system in ancient China, and is mixed with a certain worldview of the world of ice and fire.
In the past, in Astapor, because there was only one city to manage, and there was no need to set up various institutions, now after the capture of Meereen, it is a little unsuitable.
For example, there are three large cities in Slave Bay: Meereen, Astapor, and Kaiyuan, and there are a large number of small cities in between.
At present, the main reason is that Slave Bay has not been unified, and after the reunification, some people will definitely make suggestions and ask for a partition.
Of course, probably because of the historical geography of Slave Bay, there won't be too many of these people.
But compared with the sub-feudal system of decentralized power, Ma Shen wanted to establish a unified state in Slave Bay, that is, in the literal sense, with a standing army, a unified system, and officials appointed by the royal family to unify power into the hands of the king.
Some people may say how many benefits the lord feudal system has, but Ma Shen said, it's my bird business, I just like to take power into my own hands.
If you can only manage your own direct territory, then what is the use of the territory that you have "worked so hard" to fight.
To this end, Ma Shen established these six functional units, referred to as the Nine Institutes, to administer the unified kingdom:
Officials: Mainly responsible for the appointment, dismissal, evaluation, promotion and transfer of Kingdom officials.
Law Office: Mainly responsible for the judgment and enforcement of laws in the Kingdom.
Diplomatic Office: Mainly responsible for the diplomatic exchanges between the kingdom and other powers, as well as various ceremonial festivals.
Household registration office: It is mainly responsible for the household registration and civil affairs of the people under its jurisdiction.
Agricultural Institute: Mainly responsible for agriculture, forestry and miners.
The National Tax Office: It is mainly responsible for the treasury, the salaries of officials, and various taxes.
Ombudsman: Mainly responsible for supervising officials and impeaching illegal matters.
Craftsman's Institute: Mainly responsible for the construction of military weapons, equipment research, and engineering construction.
Military Office: Mainly responsible for the overall management of the kingdom's army, including the army and navy.
Under the rule, it will be divided into city-states, towns, and villages, and the general city-state will include many towns, and the towns will contain many villages, and the lords of the city-states will be uniformly assigned by the royal family.