Chapter 438: The king is replaceable, but the leader is indispensable
The gray statue is always peaceful and solemn.
Whenever she encounters a difficult problem or faces a crucial choice, Maocao will always come to the statue of Yao to pray.
Here, she can find hard-won peace and tranquility.
In the past, Maocao was always full of expectations, hoping that Yao God would look at him, just like a soldier guarding the border waiting for the king's review.
But she also knows.
That's almost impossible.
The gods wanted to illuminate so many worlds, and each world was so complex and changeable. God Yao was already very busy just taking care of these completely different worlds.
Even the gods closest to Yao, as well as those apostles who followed the gods early, rarely received the call and attention of the gods.
Not to mention an ordinary prophet like myself.
Mao Cao prayed in her heart.
Great God, please rest assured that I am still adhering to my mission and urging the civilization and kingdom here to advance.
Now, I'm going to correct a mistake.
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Outside the temple, the sun was shining brightly.
A whole team of skeleton knights are fighting bloody battles.
They rode skeleton horses, held swords and shields, and wore bone armor, and got into a meat-crushing battle with densely packed skeleton soldiers.
The leading hero Siddal carries a bone crossbow on his back and wears a wide-brimmed hat. He holds two broad-bladed bone swords and rushes left and right on the battlefield. The two swords chop into pieces the surrounding soldiers who dare to approach the temple.
The skeleton soldiers at the front are holding large shields and spears, stepping on the broken bones of their comrades to advance step by step, while the soldiers at the rear are holding longbows, ready to launch an overwhelming long-range offensive at any time.
When Mao Cao, wearing only a light robe, walked out of the temple gate, the two sides fighting outside couldn't help but froze.
She stepped forward alone. The skeleton knights wanted to defend her, but she waved their hands to stop them.
Wherever the cat grass reached, the skeleton soldiers couldn't help but retreat.
"soldiers."
Maocao looked around and said nothing for a while.
As if confirming something.
Then she continued: "Everyone should know that I am an outsider and come from a faraway land."
"But I want this country to be prosperous and powerful more than anyone else, not for power or wealth, but because of faith. Because of my devout and firm belief in Yao God, as well as my ever-deepening love and responsibility for this land.
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"This is my other hometown."
"I am here to see ignorant children grow into brave warriors. I see kingdoms and cities being opened up. I see hope and confidence rising in this country. I see you fighting in hundreds of battles.
Become indestructible.”
"Everything right now does not happen out of thin air. We fight together, work together, deal with various disasters and difficulties together, and grow rapidly under the pressure of the Twin Snake Empire. Now we can finally say no to them - whereas in the past, this
It’s a power that even a king doesn’t have.”
"This is what we can do together, make a weak and young country strong and make every citizen proud of it."
She looked around and said in an unquestionable tone: "The kingdom is ours and yours, but it will eventually be yours."
Mao Cao looked at the soldiers: "I know why you came, and I also know what orders you received... No matter what I have to face, please remember it."
"The only crime I have committed is to fearlessly protect this country!"
"Soldiers, who among you wants to kill your leader?"
"Then come."
She opened her arms with no fear in her eyes.
The skeleton soldiers looked at each other, and no one dared to act rashly.
Finally, an enemy skeleton knight suddenly raised his sword and said, "Protect the leader, protect the kingdom!"
This sound broke the uneasy silence. The officers and soldiers cheered loudly one by one. The aggressive besieging army instantly became the staunchest supporters of the people in the center.
Maocao was not surprised by this, as this situation had happened once before.
However, this time there were more troops attacking the temple than before.
She looked at the soldiers: "The kingdom needs a new leader, a better king who can shoulder responsibilities and lead everyone forward. Now, let us remove the king."
The soldiers shouted in unison: "Depose the king, depose the king!"
Maocao walked towards the palace under the escort of the skeleton knights. Wherever she went, soldiers turned to follow her. The mighty King Qin's army quickly surrounded the palace.
In the empty and lonely palace, the king wearing a golden crown sat on the throne.
His eyes flashed with unwilling and painful fire: "I am the king! I am the master of this kingdom! Why! Why! Soldier, soldier!"
The only thing that responded to him was his own echo in the palace.
"In the name of the Kingdom."
Mao Cao whispered: "King Chesak, you are deposed."
"I am the king! You have no right to depose me!"
Chesak roared angrily, waving the bone scepter in his hand: "The Kingdom's Temple Council has no right to depose the king of this country! In the name of the king, I convict you! Everyone in the entire Temple Council will be executed.
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"Soldier, soldier, catch her, catch her!"
"Soldier, soldier! Didn't you hear me? I'm your king! Didn't you hear me!"
Mao Cao doesn't speak.
The knights and soldiers behind him also said nothing.
"Chessack."
Maocao slowly walked up the steps and looked at the poor man sitting on the throne who was shouting hoarsely: "The citizens elected you as the king because you have made great contributions in the army. You have excellent commanding skills and can also cooperate with the soldiers.
Sharing the joys and sorrows together, he showed a convincing ability as a general stationed as mercenaries abroad..."
"But after you became king, you were greedy for pleasure, keen on power and war, and no longer cared about the plight of ordinary civilians. You are the worst king I have ever worked with."
"Your trial will begin immediately."
Mao Cao said to those behind him: "Go, knights, gather civilians from all walks of life to come to the temple to participate in the trial and discussion."
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After a long trial, the Thousand-member Tribunal of the Temple Society completed the trial.
The trial held that King Chesak had embezzled a huge amount of money, killed a large number of civilians and innocent people, and used extremely cruel methods in an attempt to subvert the kingdom's power. In order to fight against political opponents, he killed or indirectly killed many loyal and innocent soldiers... The final verdict was that King Chesak
The death penalty shall be executed immediately.
After his death, Chesak was buried in the Tomb of the Skeleton King. He was also the second king to be executed in the past hundred years.
A total of five kings came to power in the Resurrection Kingdom during this century.
The first king, Theodore, who abdicated voluntarily does not count. The third king launched a coup after repeated failed attempts to assassinate, poison and set fire to the temple and was executed by angry soldiers... The remaining three are all decent,
They all voluntarily abdicated.
In the Resurrection Kingdom, the king has great power, but also great pressure.
Above are the two apostles, Theodore and Appia, and higher up are the gods of this world.
Next, we must lead the kingdom to further develop and grow, expand city boundaries and labor capacity, increase population and occupations, and complete the transformation of the sleepless civilization from pursuing population quantity to quality.
There is also a temple supervisor next to it, so that the king can be careful about his words and deeds at all times.
These are all internal environmental pressures.
The external situation is even more complicated.
After the efforts of several generations of kings, the Resurrection Kingdom has gradually stabilized its foundation from a backward and weak small country in the past, and turned into a labor exporting country that exports mercenary groups and skilled workers.
This also brings into play the characteristics of the kingdom itself.
Although it is still despised by the Twin Snake Empire, the absolute core of the main civilization, the empire has also begun to hire skeleton soldiers and farmers, herdsmen and craftsmen from the Resurrection Kingdom.
As civilization continues to progress, the Resurrection Kingdom finally has real trade relations with the empire, and has obtained a large number of mature commodities, primary technologies, and some migrated professionals from the empire. The cultural integration and learning are also proceeding subtly.
The only thing that never changes is the kingdom's unique temple council supervision system.
Imperial merchants and officials often lamented this.
"The Temple Society can actually override the royal power. The Resurrection Kingdom is really a weird country."
"Your temple association actually still believes in another god... This is something that has never happened in other vassal civilizations. Don't you think it's ridiculous?"
"Is the secular ruler of the Resurrection Kingdom the king, or the leader of the Temple Council?"
To this, the citizens always replied proudly and without hesitation: "Of course it is the king who rules the kingdom, but our hero is the leader."
"The king is replaceable, but the leader is indispensable."
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Mao Cao came to the Kingdom Temple - this place is only across the street from the Temple of the Temple Society, but the two represent completely different realms of gods.
She presented the latest candidate for king to the two apostles.
"A farmer, a craftsman? With these two professional backgrounds, you may have a better understanding of the real situation of the kingdom." Appia said with interest: "Will the final king election be completed in the temple meeting tomorrow?"
"Yes."
"Which one do you think is better?"
Maocao said: "I am just a supervisor. No matter who the next king is, it is the people's choice."
"If you had listened to me and succeeded as king, you wouldn't have had to go to such trouble."
Theodore was still a little worried: "If it were you, the process of the kingdom would be more consistent and stable, and there wouldn't be so many twists and turns."
In this regard, Maocao just said: "The mission given to me by Lord Yao is to supervise and correct. It cannot be exceeded. The Resurrection Kingdom will not lack outstanding kings."
"By the way." Theodore touched his beard: "Your one-hundred-year term has also come to an end. Do you want to consider staying here?"
"I follow the oracle of Lord Yao."
"Actually... I'll tell you the truth. Appiya and I have asked the God of Martyrdom together, so that the God can ask the great messenger to allow you to stay here for a long time."
Theodore said: "This is also in line with the interests of the gods. Lord Yao needs to ensure the development of the civilization of the Sleepless Ones. The gods will feel more at ease when you are here, and you can also spread Lord Yao's faith."
"On our side, the kingdom and civilization can further and rapidly grow. Both Lord Martyr and Lord Messenger are happy to see this happen. Nothing else is important. Only the increase in population and the further growth of faith are the real things.
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Mao Cao knew it well.
These words are actually the attitude of martyrs and messengers of the gods. If the gods did not agree, the two apostles would not dare to speak like this.
Theodore and Appia have made many insinuations and made various promises and statements in the hope that Mao Cao can stay. Although it is not convenient for the martyrs behind them to contact Mao Cao directly, they have expressed their wishes through their apostles.
position.
Suddenly, Maocao felt a majestic force pouring into his body.
The power of Lord Yao!
She immediately knelt down and sat on the ground.
After listening to the oracle, Maocao looked stunned.
After a while.
Maocao looked to the side.
Theodore and Appia had dull faces, as if they had heard some extremely surprising news.
Of course.
It is an incredible thing for two extremely powerful gods to work together to create a new world.
Maocao received the recognition and gift from Lord Yao and officially became the twelfth apostle. From then on, she was finally able to directly receive the oracle from God Yao.
She will continue to sit in the Resurrection Kingdom and serve as the supervisor of the entire civilization for a long time.
The god Yao and the messenger formally reached an agreement to jointly march and develop a new world.
The Resurrection Kingdom will serve as the frontline and logistics side of this operation, providing manpower, materials and other support. The Twin Snakes Empire will also send various necessary supplies for this purpose.
The rules of the new world are strange. Only the entry of undead races such as the Bone Ancestors or Ghosts will prevent active attacks from the terrifying monsters inside.
Moreover, entrants cannot yet have faith in gods. To ensure the loyalty of entrants, they must rely on other methods besides the fire of faith—that is, the gestation and sense of identity of the civilization itself.
The real challenge is about to begin.
The Yao tribe also sent an assistant to assist her, who was already on the way.