Emerald Capital, College of Saint-Trajan.

The Emerald Empire's architectural capabilities are simply miraculous, and even an ordinary classroom is built with extraordinary grandeur.

At the end of the huge lecture hall, a scholar with white hair was teaching a lecture in a low voice.

"Two thousand years ago, our great empire was only a city-state, with only the city of Emerald City and the surrounding land of no more than a hundred miles. ”

"The citizens of the Emerald City elect a citizens' council, usually held by respected citizens, usually the senators of the army and retired magistrates, so we call the council the Senate. ”

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"Nineteen hundred years ago, in the history of jadeite, the first great conqueror was born - Gnaeus Pompey. ”

He was the first person in the history of the city-state to be awarded the titles of Grand Consul, Grand Military Officer, and Chief Senator at the same time, and in the course of his forty years of rule, he unified the entire lower part of the Armenian River, which is now the Armenian province of the Empire. ”

"In these arduous wars, Pang trained the Pompey Legion, now the first legion of the Empire. This is the precious legacy left to us by this great historical figure. ”

"After owning all of Armenia, Pompey was keenly aware that the city-state system was no longer suitable for the development of jadeite. He launched a top-down reform. It's called 'Pompey's Reformation in the history books!'"

"A large part of the reason why we have ranked Pompey as one of the greatest archons in history is due to this successful reform. ”

"The exact process is unknown for various reasons, but after this time, the Emerald Republic has successfully replaced the existence of the city-state. ”

"The new Emerald Republic is full of vitality, and the state is made up of the Senate, the Archons, the Military Officers, and the Law Enforcers. ”

"The Senate was elected by the citizens, and then gradually ossified, and some families were hereditarily replaced, forming the so-called noble families. ”

This remark caused some commotion, after all, most of the students here are so-called famous families.

"The Grand Consuls and Grand Military Officers are still elected by the Senate and exercise the highest executive power and the highest military power. Since the consul and the military officer are usually the same person, all are usually referred to as consuls. ”

"The magistrate can only be an ordinary citizen, who is responsible for supervising the Senate and preventing them from enacting certain policies that harm ordinary citizens. ”

"The Senate elects two archcons to take charge of domestic affairs and command the army in battle. The term is five years, and it cannot be re-elected, and the two archons have equal powers, regardless of whether they are high or low. In the event of war, the Archon, who excels in military affairs, is appointed as a dictator and is solely responsible for all affairs of the Republic for the duration of the war, but not more than ten years, and the appointment is automatically revoked at the end of the war. ”

"In the era of the Republic, the Senate was the real institution of power. As a result of the lifelong tenure of the senators, the aristocracy was inevitably born. ”

"The emergence of nobility is inevitable in every kingdom. ”

"The 300 senators for life became a solid bastion of the nobility, and they really controlled everything in the republic, even impeaching the archons more than once. But we judge fairly, the aristocracy should exist. ”

"Unlike those decaying hereditary imperial nobles, the nobles of the republic have used their own blood to gain their noble status in the expansion of their territory, and this noble status cannot be maintained forever, his descendants still need to fulfill their obligations, and rights and obligations have always been engraved in the hearts of all Emerald citizens. ”

"Julius Caesar once said: The reason why nobles are noble is not because of blood, but because of spirit and will!"

"I hope you, the future nobles, can keep this sentence firmly in mind. ”

"In the history of the republic, there was a great reform. It's called 'Forest Cultivation Reform'. ”

"This reform was presided over by the commoner-born archon Xiulin, and the biggest measure in this reform was the emergence of the post of tribune. ”

"The tribune does not have any administrative, judicial, military, or other rights, but is a position born purely for the rights and interests of the common people. The tribune has the power to veto any acts, decrees, etc., which are not conducive to the interests of the common people, and even the Senate cannot deprive him of the right of veto. The sanctity and inviolability of the Tribune and his veto power were further expanded in the years that followed. ”

"The republic lasted for about nine hundred years, and during the course of nine hundred years, the armies of the republic continued to conquer the surrounding lands and tribes, and basically occupied the entire vast plain between the Armenian and Medania rivers and a fertile land north of the Armenian River. ”

"By this time the republic already had roughly eight provinces and more than 1.3 million square kilometers of land. ”

"The Republic is developing extremely rapidly, more nations and countries have been incorporated into the Republic, and the situation in the country has changed dramatically. ”

"The form of government of the republic was established on the basis of the city-state. Although the citizens of Emerald are divided into nobles and commoners, there is no difference in law, and all of them are citizens of Emerald. The land of the republic is all in the hands of citizens. ”

"But the war brought a large number of slaves, and the land was handed over to slaves to cultivate, and ordinary civilians lost their jobs to cultivate the land and went bankrupt. ”

"Moreover, the original Senate was only elected by the citizens of the Emerald City, representing the interests of the citizens of the Emerald City. But after a series of wars of conquest, Emerald has grown from a small country to a hegemon that rules the entire valley of the two rivers. It turned out that the Senate controlled by a very small number of senators and nobles was no longer enough to represent the interests of the entire country's magnates. The magnates in other regions demanded the abolition of the manipulation of power by a handful of senatorial aristocrats. ”

"The conservative nature of the citizenship of the city-states of the Republic is no longer conducive to the Emerald's rule over the entire valley of the two rivers. Within the vast empire, the granting of citizenship was very conservative, which was not conducive to expanding the ruling base and the Emerald rule over the vast territory of the empire as a whole. Therefore, the empire based on military rule was an inevitable trend in the development of history at that time. ”

"Julius Caesar, the last archconon of the republic and the first emperor of the empire, was granted the title of 'Augustus' by the Senate, which means 'holy, supreme', and since then, the monarchy has finally replaced the republican system. ”

"Emerald has finally entered its true heyday, and a great empire has been established in the Eastern Continent!"

"An empire is completely different from a republic. ”

"We have the Great Emperor. The power of the Jade Emperor is the greatest, and he holds the positions of supreme consul, supreme military officer, chief senator, tribune, magistrate, etc., in short, all rights should belong to the emperor. ”

"Within the empire, only the Jade Law and the Emperor stand side by side. ”

"In the history of the empire, there are two histories that deserve to be written about. ”

"The first period of history is the first 150 years after the establishment of the empire, known as the 'Age of the Three Great Emperors', these three emperors are Caesar, Urals, and Julius, and the three emperors spent 150 years basically determining the current territory of the empire. ”

"The second period of history begins two hundred years after the 'Age of the Three Great Emperors', known as the 'Age of the Five Sages', a period of more than three hundred years, which is extremely rare in the history of the empire in peace, during which the empire achieved extremely rapid development and consolidated the rule of the major provinces. ”

"The next three hundred years were a time of chaos, and many emperors had quirks and died unexpectedly, until now. ”

"This is the general history of the empire, and here is it for this lesson, and in the next lesson we will go into detail about the measures of the city-state era. ”

As the professor finished class, the students packed up their things and walked outside.

Saga sat at the back of the window, motionless, quietly looking out the window.