New times, new times.

In the newspapers, the word has appeared again and again in recent years, but what exactly is the [new] era for the people of the Empire?

Energy replacement, a leap in productivity?

The start of the expedition?

The separation of the Holy See from the Temple of Light?

The closing of the gates of hell?

Aftermath of celebration or excitement?

People are not very clear, because these are enough to change the existing life and give infinite possibilities for the future.

And among the many possibilities, none of them could have imagined that one day a pope could become emperor of the empire.

For centuries, the Holy See, as the agent of the Light on earth, has been worshiped by all believers, and in the minds of almost all people, the government is the necessary product to maintain the normal functioning of human society, and the Holy See is the foundation of the survival of the human race.

At the same time, because of the different division of labor, the two forces are constantly restraining each other, and the people are ignorant, which even the people themselves know, after all, money, life, work, trivial things between neighbors, and children who cry all day long are enough to exhaust all their energy.

So there are a lot of things that people can't understand.

Long before the opening of the holy calendar, when the world was still divided into countries, many people in countries without faith could not understand the strange rules and regulations of religious governance in Western countries, and religious groups could not understand what beliefs people relied on to survive in a country without faith.

In the same way, the people of the empire could not imagine what the world would be like if a pope became emperor.

For all the time in the past, it was impossible for people to accept this happening, because it had never been like this, as if before the opening of the Holy Calendar, a member of parliament in an Eastern country was also the president of a Western country, so what the fuck is going on?

People can't accept unknown changes. If such a thing happens, both the credibility of the government and the faith in the Holy See will be devastated.

But over the years, there have been too many unknown changes that the Imperials have forcibly accepted, just like the sudden disintegration of the Holy See and the Temple of Light at the end of the previous year, and after the gates of hell were closed, the credibility of the government has swelled to the extreme, many things that people in previous centuries could not have imagined, anyway, everything is like what the newspapers and radio say, this is a gap between the old and the new, everything is new.

So, in this inexplicable, bizarre, confused, but excited, joyful, full of endless expectations for the future.

The new succession ceremony has begun.

However, the final result of this ceremony is not the sole responsibility of the Imperial Elders, those stubborn old men only have 40% of the right to speak, and the remaining 60% is in the hands of the people.

This system was implemented after the imperial parade a year ago, Emperor Franklin personally ordered the implementation, in fact, for a long time after that, people did not understand what this system meant, until this transposition ceremony began, people were surprised to find that in the victory square of each administrative district, there really appeared a huge ballot box, and government officials really continued to call on the people to vote, can be named, can be anonymous, and even for their own support of the candidates, Banners can be painted to praise his achievements and win votes.

This model is simply unimaginable for the people of the empire, not only government officials, merchants, nobles, commoners, and even the tavern girls at the bottom of the society have equal rights, no one can say whether this system is good or bad, but for the first time, they feel that they still seem to be of some use for the future of this empire.

Because of the reform of the form of the succession ceremony, there were 7 candidates, and because of Franklin's voluntary abdication, the competition for votes was particularly fierce, but fortunately, the whole process was at least within the reach of the people at this stage, and the whole process adhered to absolute fairness.

The vigorous succession ceremony votes lasted for 4 months, and in the end. Under the unification of the popular vote, the result was:

Moriarty was successfully elected as the new Emperor.

This matter is so absurd at first, but during the 4-month ballot period, people were given full psychological buffer, coupled with the various contributions that the Pope had made to the empire, and he was dressed in the glory of a human hero, Dante has shown his favor in the public eye more than once, and the most important thing is that this is the final candidate obtained by the general public through voting.

Whether it is [expected by all] or [blind submission], in short, when the succession ceremony, in front of the crowds of people in the ancient Roman city of law, on the ancient stone platform, Mr. Franklin, who was getting more and more serious, stepped back from his yellow robe, stood up from the throne, and put the crown on his head on the head of the young pope who was a head shorter than himself, the entire city erupted in unprecedented cheers.

There are no sunflowers, only flocks of white doves flying through the sky, and the ceremonial guards on either side of the high platform play magnificent music, interspersed with precise drum beats, and the uniform sound of gunfire.

Since the reason for the opening of the holy calendar is the opening of the gates of hell, humanity is facing a time of crisis. And now, the gates of hell are closed, and a new era has arrived.

Therefore, as early as the beginning of the election of the new emperor, government officials proposed that when the new king succeeded to the throne, whether to directly change the year record to the first year of the ——— [new calendar].

This commemorates the destruction of demons and the beginning of a new era.

However, this proposal was directly rejected after Moriarty succeeded to the throne. Government officials don't quite understand that this is the best time to change the year, and the painful war period has passed, so why continue to carry this year mark full of dark memories?

What is even more puzzling is that after Moriarty succeeded to the throne, he did not seem to reduce his spending on military spending at all, but paid more attention to the size of the army and the production of weapons, and the conscription order has always maintained the intensity of the Great Expedition.

But now that the demons are gone, why do you spend so much money to raise an army?

It's as if the demons are going to come back in the near future.

I'm going to go out tomorrow, and the update may not be timely, so I'll knock one for everyone.

(End of chapter)