I am the son of the traveler

Chapter 26 New Officials

On the second day after Antigonus officially entered the Vagina Palace, a court meeting on the internal affairs of the kingdom was held in the palace.

Because of the excommunication, the execution of the execution, the suicide of the former minister of foreign affairs, the chief of clerks, the military consul, the priest of the holy ceremonies, and the chief of the guard, the court officials suddenly only remained the philosopher Nicolides, The raiser Senonides and the imperial physician Hermoraus, these three people were not attracted by Euphemia because they had no real power, especially the first two people, who had always had a good relationship with Antigonus. Was directly regarded as a member of the king's faction by the former queen mother.

It is sad to say that after the coup d'état launched by Antigonus, there are only these people left in such a huge palace. He can only select a few suitable people from the Greek nobles in the city in a short time to fill them up. restore the normal functioning of the government.

Therefore, in addition to the three Nicolides and three people present at the palace council, there were dozens of recognized capable nobles. Some of these people were already 60 or 20 years old, and some were just [-] years old.

After taking over the kingdom, the system's constraints on the subjects have come into effect, and the residents of the entire Macedonian Kingdom counted in the population will remain loyal to Antigonus and will not do anything harmful to him (in everyone's heart there will be A minimum loyalty limit, even if they hate Antigonus, the loyalty will remain above the limit, there is no upper limit on this kind of loyalty).

That's why Antigonus was able to boldly clear up his suspicions against these nobles, and decided to use them instead of caring about their previous folly - but in fact, even if Antigonus wanted to care about it, it would weaken his own strength, because Greece The nobles can provide him with money and soldiers during the war. If he attacks the Greek nobles and reduces their support for him, it will be difficult to get their help when the war starts.

Speaking of support, we have to mention the new function that the system showed to Antigonus. The four classes in the kingdom will have a degree of support for Antigonus. The more help you get, on the contrary, the lower the support, the less help Antigonus can get.

Take the Greek nobles as an example. When their support is high, they will pay more taxes, and they will work harder during wars, providing more soldiers and better equipment.When the support is low, they will respond negatively, reduce the tax they pay, and feel disgusted with the war that broke out in the kingdom. If they can avoid joining the army, they will avoid joining the army.

Coincidentally, because of the high military pay, the Kingdom of Macedonia adopts the military law of the coexistence of the standing army system and the wartime compulsory service system, that is, the kingdom will maintain a fixed number of troops to deal with the Ogrell barbarians who come from time to time. After the expansion (or when it is necessary), a mobilization order will be issued to enlist the three classes of citizens to join the army. Because a generation of Macedonian kings did not trust the foreigners, the mobilization order actively excluded them, but although the foreigners avoided Join the army to fight, but have to pay extra war money to aid in the war.

Under such a system, the level of support from all walks of life is particularly important. The higher the level of support, the more soldiers can be mobilized, and the lower the level of support, the fewer soldiers can be mobilized.

Currently, Antigonus’ support is as follows:

Greek nobles: 75%
Citizens: 85%
Freedmen: 83%
Resident foreigners: 50%
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Because he didn't know how to improve his support, Antigon was not in a hurry to improve it, especially since the support of the three classes other than the expatriate foreigners seemed to be okay.Antigon guessed that the reason for the low level of support among expatriate foreigners was that he had no contact with people of this class, so they remained neutral, neither partial nor disgusted.

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After more than an hour of wrangling, the court meeting was finally over. The nobles first voted for more than a dozen highly prestigious and capable candidates, and then Antigonus selected his favorite candidate from among them and appointed him on the spot.And because of the particularity of the priest of the holy secret ceremony, Antigonus did not appoint the position immediately, but decided to wait for a while before making a decision.

In this way, the appointment of new court officials was successfully settled, the list of which is as follows:
Head of Diplomacy: Sieromos.He is the patriarch of the Elemiotid family and the son of the first foreign minister. He inherited his father's intelligence and is also a qualified diplomat.

Military Consul: Cronus.A qualified partner cavalry captain is also a qualified general, but in fact, the partner cavalrymen who grew up with Antigonus are basically well-educated nobles, and everyone will be a unique talent when they propose it.

Chief of Clerks: Hephaestion.The son of the philosopher Nicoleides, his childhood education made him very knowledgeable and qualified for the position of clerk.

Captain of the Guard: Agnes.Agnes has proved his loyalty and ability in his previous performance, so Antigonus can safely hand over the important position of Chief Guard, which is responsible for the safety of the monarch, to him.

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The list of new court officials was announced soon, and although those nobles who were not selected were regretful, they did not have any objections.

The appointed officials also entered their posts immediately, and the foreign minister, Hioloomos, was ordered by Antigonus to send envoys to several surrounding countries with trade relations to announce the news that Antigonus had regained power.

The military consul Cronus began to prepare the kingdom's army. Under the instruction of Antigonus, he transferred some of the troops stationed in Pella back to Thermopylae to station.As time goes by, the first of the two times of barbarian invasion in a year is coming. As the only civilized country on the Ogrell Peninsula, the Kingdom of Macedonia will welcome a lot of barbarian warriors to attack .

In the customs of the Ogrell barbarians, the fifth month of each year is called the "Bloodthirsty Moon". At the end of July, he returned to the tribe with a full load of spoils.

This is the first killing of the year, and the second killing is in late autumn. The barbarians will attack neighboring countries for supplies for the winter, and they will not stop until they get enough spoils to survive the winter. .

Cough, far away.

Then there is Hephaestion, the chief clerical officer. He received the documents left by the previous clerical chief and reviewed them. Because of the huge number of documents, he would spend a lot of time and be more tired than others.

As for the captain of the guard, Agnes, considering the particularity of his position, Antigonus decided to let him serve as the captain of the companion cavalry while serving as the captain of the guard.

(End of this chapter)