The first day's course was all about combat training, but it was not too harsh for Li En. It was nothing compared to the time when Master Yun left him in the wilderness to survive in the deep mountains and old forests.
According to the previous arrangements for duty students, Elliot and Emma were in charge of the dinner for all members of Class 7 today. I heard that they planned to make omelette rice, which they are both good at. When they went to the street to prepare the evening ingredients,
Rean and others also wandered around the streets of Tolista.
He was not the only one who left the third student dormitory, there were other students wearing red school uniforms, and the petite silver-haired figure on the back, he could not mistake, it should be Altina who had lunch with him.
Somewhat curious about what books she would find to read, Rean stopped in Keynes' study at the entrance of the Military Academy.
"Jiao Shen? Or should I say..."
With Rean's eyesight, he glanced at the covers of the books selected by Altina.
"Guide to Ancient Archery", "Imperial Spearmanship Textbook", "The Ultimate Meaning of Court Swordsmanship"
Although his physical fitness is terrible, he is surprisingly interested in martial arts.
Seeing that she was very involved in choosing there, Li En didn't bother her. Now that they had entered the bookstore, he looked for books that interested him and started browsing.
Cairns Bookstore not only sells books, but also provides book rental business. With the signboard of Thors Military Academy as a guarantee, you don’t have to worry about encountering students who rent books but don’t return them.
Without stopping in the novel section, Rean went directly to the knowledge section. Finally, he selected a book and paid for the rent. Mira then followed Altina back to the third student dormitory.
"National Geographic of Errebonia...is a book I haven't read."
After having a dinner with everyone in Class 7 and eating delicious omelette rice, Rean started reading in his bedroom.
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Legend has it that the Anor royal family has ruled the Erebonian Empire for thousands of years, but the founding legend has long been unknown. The administrative model has also changed several times, and the current domestic system is basically the one created by the Lion-Hearted Emperor Drakei 250 years ago.
It took decades for the reform to be finalized after the country was reunified. Fourteen generations have passed since the seventy-third emperor Drekels, and the current emperor is called Jukent III.
The empire's products include grains, wheat, potatoes, fruits, furs on the ground, gold, silver, rock salt, iron in the ground, and various fish in the water. Because of the richness of the empire's products, it is second to none on the Samlian continent.
, so it has maintained an extremely strong national power since ancient times. For hundreds of years, there has been a gap between it and its eastern neighbor, the Kingdom of Kalvad. The two sides have interacted with each other and fought countless battles, but they are still indifferent.
When the system was first established more than two hundred years ago, the Erebonia Empire was divided into seventy states. A total of thirty states, including the imperial capital Heimdall, were directly governed by the emperor, while the remaining forty states were
It is held by the great nobles in various places. The lowest title of the lord of each state is earl, so each state is also called each earldom. But in fact, there are also marquis and duke as lords of a state.
Although the earl is a lord, he often does not personally intervene in all local government affairs. Therefore, each state has a governor and an acting lord to manage it. In the states directly under the emperor's jurisdiction, including the imperial capital Heimdall, the governors of each state are appointed by the emperor himself.
.In local areas, one person is often elected as the governor from among the deacons of the lord's family.
The lords of the fourteenth western state formed a noble alliance with the Duke of Cain's family in Ordis as the leader, and later unified it into the state of Lamar.
The lords of the eleven eastern states formed a noble alliance under the leadership of the Duke of Albarea of Baliyahat, and later unified it into the Kruchen state.
The lords of the eight southern states formed a noble alliance with the House of Marquis Haynes of Saint-Jacques as the leader, which was later unified into the state of Chasarante.
The lords of the six northern states formed a noble alliance under the leadership of the Marquis Nordia family of Luray, which was later unified into the Nordia State.
Thanks to some ingenious arrangements by Drekels, the borders of the four major noble groups were not connected to each other.
Although the four major aristocratic groups have a "meeting of neighbors" to discuss major issues, since each is geographically separated, they will not truly unite together. The royal family has always had overwhelming power that is better than the combination of any two parties.
, so it can maintain overall internal stability.
The leaders of the four aristocratic groups are also called the Four Famous Families by busybodies. As time has passed, this term has become an official name.
The four major powers have independent internal autonomy, taxation power, conscription power, judicial power, and legislative power in their respective territories. They are nominally subordinate to the Erebonian Empire, but in fact they are regarded as a country by the outside world.
In fact, the four major states all have their own armies, which are called the leading armies. Although they are all called the leading armies, they are actually four different armies. The general of the Lamar state leading army cannot command the Chasarante state.
neighboring armies, and vice versa.
Unlike the Empire's regular army, which draws its troops from all over the country, the Imperial Army's troops only accept locals.
The only exception among the forty earldoms is the earldom of Sandrot - the state of Regram located on the southeastern border of the empire. Because the Earl of Sandlot's family died out, Emperor Delekels authorized the appointment of the deputy commander of the cavalry, Yal.
The Viscount Seid family takes care of Regram. As a result, Viscount Yal Seed has been independent from the influence of the four famous families for two hundred years. As a neutral zone, Regram does not have neighboring armies. Instead, it is controlled by Yar.
The disciples of Saidryu worked together to maintain local security, and this has been the case for more than two hundred years.
As the imperial capital Heimdall continues to expand, its administrative area has continued to expand since Balfrem Palace. Twelve of the thirty imperial states have now been merged into the administrative circle of the imperial capital, led by the governor of the imperial capital Heimdall.
The name of the old state is rarely mentioned. The remaining eighteen outer states separate the imperial capital circle from the four major cities, and between the four major cities, becoming a buffer zone for political power.
The past, present and special situation of the Crossbell State among the eighteen imperial states (this chapter has been omitted due to censorship of the Imperial Publishing Law)
Since Gillias Osborne, known as the "Iron-Blooded Chancellor", came to power, the actual territorial area of the empire has been greatly expanded.
The Calabrian Hills, the Regulus Basin, and the Angenubi Basin in the northeast; the Oroks Gorge and the Denabra region in the southeast; the Tyrrhenian Platform and the Olbia Lowlands in the southwest; and the northwest
The Aragon Mountains, the Vila Gorge Belt, and the Chu Lai City State further north are all now imperial territory.
According to the ancient administrative district planning method, the expansion policy in the past ten years has added more land and people equivalent to the area of ten states, but the "Iron-Blooded Prime Minister" does not set up governors to govern them like other imperial states. Because it is a new merger
The situation in the region was still unstable, so he directly removed the central officials from the government and set up an agency to live outside. He used the method used in the empire's history to deal with the troubled Crossbell State - setting up a governor's palace.
For the newly merged areas, it will take many years for the people in those places to identify themselves as "Erebonian Empire people." After Erebonia conquered foreign countries, it did not trust to hand over power to the local areas, nor did it
Rest assured that power will be decentralized, so even local government affairs will ultimately be adjudicated by the central government.
The governor is directly subordinate to the emperor and has nothing to do with the two houses of the imperial parliament. The members of the parliament have democracy, but those new citizens who do not recognize the Erebonia Empire and do not regard themselves as imperial people are not allowed to have democracy. They belong to the imperial people
People in the land can self-govern, but self-government is not allowed in the newly merged areas. Therefore, there should be no local officials elected by the local people.
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Below the state level, there are two administrative levels: towns and villages. The actual feudal territory of each noble often includes a town and its surrounding villages.
Cities and towns are divided into several levels. Towns with less than 10,000 people are called towns, small cities with more than 10,000 people, medium cities with more than 50,000 people, and large cities with more than 200,000 people. Currently, the entire territory of Errebonia
There are 5 large cities - the imperial capital and the four major state capitals. 27 medium cities (including Chu Lai City with 150,000 people and the happy city of Rakville), 670 small cities (including Tolista and Liver
Including Sri Lanka), as well as tens of thousands of towns with a population of less than 10,000 (including the textile town of Palm and Ogua’s hometown of Alsta).
Within the territories of the four major cities, the lords of the big cities are the heads of the four famous families themselves.
The lords of the central city are the marquis and counts who participated in various noble alliances.
The lords of small cities and towns were viscounts and barons.
The village chiefs of lower-level villages can be elected from villagers recognized by the nobles.
The nobles themselves were not necessarily interested in government affairs. In most cases, the outstanding ones among their deacons served as governors to manage the administration.
Different from the situation in the aristocratic states, in the states directly under the imperial jurisdiction, the actual managers of the affairs of a city are officials appointed by the central government. The emperors of the past dynasties usually did not care about the personnel arrangements of each city in detail. An official
Appointments and promotions are often nominated by the executive minister and then voted by the two houses of parliament.
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Since Emperor Drekels, there have been few emperors in the Erebonian Empire who were energetic and did everything themselves.
In order to assist the imperial government, the Erebonian Empire had a tradition of appointing government representatives.
The government representative is also commonly known as the prime minister/prime minister. Under the government representative, there are nine ministers who are responsible for assisting in handling state affairs. They were formerly called nine ministers. This title is not rarely used in modern times. The powers of the nine ministers have not always remained unchanged. For example, in recent years
After the Crosby issue intensified, the title of Minister of Urban Development was changed to Minister of Crossbell Affairs.
Both the prime minister and the nine prime ministers are legally the retainers of the Arnall family. Just like the deacons who serve as local governors and governors in aristocratic states are actually retainers of the nobles.
It's just that the traditional concept is that the empire is the empire of the Anor family, so the retainers of the Anor family become ministers of the empire.
The office of Nine Pillars can be nominated by members of the royal family or government representatives, and then a bill must be submitted for voting in the parliament before taking office. Generally speaking, no matter what, the candidates nominated by the emperor himself will be given face by the noble members and will not object to their appointment. But if it is
This is not necessarily the case for candidates nominated by government representatives.
The upper three pillars are the Minister of Administration, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Minister of Defense. The three are respectively in charge of the general direction of internal affairs, foreign affairs, and military affairs.
The three pillars are the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Finance, and the Minister of Agriculture. The Minister of Justice is also the Chief Justice, the Minister of Finance is also the President of the Imperial Bank, and the Minister of Agriculture also supervises warehousing and manages the national material inventory.
The lower three columns are the Minister of Industry and Transport, the Minister of Crossbell Affairs, and the Minister of Independent Affairs.
The Minister of Administration is responsible for national internal affairs, and there are various ministers under his command. For example, the Ministry of Personnel is responsible for the appointment and dispatch of civil servants in various departments, the Ministry of Education is responsible for coordinating the teaching direction of various universities, and the Ministry of Culture is responsible for the review of published publications and books, etc.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs is not only responsible for managing the members of embassies of various countries and attending international meetings, but also responsible for negotiating with neighboring countries internally. He is the window between the nobility and the royal family. The so-called diplomacy is the "Erebonian Empire"
The diplomacy is also the diplomacy of the "Arnall family".
The Minister of Defense is in charge of the Imperial Regular Army, including the Guards Division, the Armored Division, the Imperial Military Intelligence Agency, the Military Police and the Imperial Navy. All action plans require the Minister of Defense's nod. However, they are actually restricted by the Emperor and the Prime Minister.
It cannot move as freely as the literal meaning.
The Minister of Justice is the leader of the Imperial Control Council and has the power to supervise various officials. The legislative power of the empire is in the hands of the two houses of parliament, the law enforcement power is in the hands of the Gendarmerie, and the supervisory power lies in the Imperial Control Council.
The Chancellor of Finance is in charge of taxation and is also responsible for preparing the imperial budget, which provides the economic foundation for the normal operation of the entire huge machine. While serving as the president of the Imperial Bank, he is also responsible for the management of royal industry income. The four famous families and the nobles under their command are not the same.
There are very few taxes paid to the royal family, and even if they are, they are only a little, so the scope of the finance minister's functions basically does not cover the nobles.
The Minister of Agriculture is not only responsible for the food issues of the people across the country, but is also the warehouse manager. Leaving aside the military grain inventory, he is also responsible for the allocation of cotton clothing reserves, ore reserves, etc.
The Minister of Industry and Transport is in charge of the manufacturing of war weapons and the expansion of the railway industry. He has the power to intervene in all matters related to railways.
The Minister of Crossbell Affairs is responsible for everything related to the Crossbell issue. And because he was originally the Minister of Urbanization and Development, and the Empire is a country that is in the middle process of urbanization, so whenever there is a plan for a new city in the Academy, in addition to submitting
In addition to the Minister of Administration, a copy should also be sent to him. He has veto power on all urban planning-related proposals.
Regardless of whether the minister is responsible for everything other than the above-mentioned content, such as sports competitions, festivals held in various places, unemployment surveys and other chores, although he is basically a chore boy, he can actually handle certain tasks.
These are special and important matters assigned by the emperor, especially those matters that other ministers do not come forward to handle. Twelve years ago when the current "Iron-Blooded Prime Minister" first entered the political arena, he acted as a minister for the royal family internally and externally.
After cleaning up the mess of the Hundred Days War, he was further promoted by the emperor to become a government representative.
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Although it is a geography, the main content is to introduce the customs and specialties of the eighty states, but in fact it also introduces many contents of the imperial system. It is said that geography and system are the two legs of human history, and Li En's understanding of history
Quite interested.
After reading through it, Li En also thought of things in his hometown, Snow Mountain Town Youmir.
Because he has been practicing with Master Yun since he was a child, Li En himself does not have much experience in staying in the territory to help his father manage the territory. In addition, Youmir is a small town with only a few hundred people, and there are few new things every day.
These were daily routines. He was not very impressed by what he had done before. If any family got sick, they would just reduce their family's share of labor.
"Because I can survive on my own, and I don't need to rely on the people. But, does the lord mean more than that..."
In fact, Rean had no intention of inheriting the family title from the beginning. Keeping distance from everyone was not just because he played wilderness survival too much, but more out of such considerations.
Although according to the Imperial Succession Law, as long as the eldest son is legally the eldest son, even an adopted son who is not related by blood can inherit the title, but he would feel that doing so would be like stealing from his sister Elyse.
"But even if you are not a noble, can you still use your own strength to do your part for Erebonia..."
Joining the army is a path, but this path is strongly opposed by his adoptive father Theo. If he cannot produce results during Thorz's study, it may not be so easy to convince his adoptive parents. In addition, there are
Other paths, such as becoming a historian according to your own interests and hobbies...
He shook his head to get this idea out of his mind. Interest is interest, and becoming a scholar is not the future arrangement that Li En has thought about before. What is best for himself and his family. He is still troubled by this to this day.
With.
With his head in a mess, Rean stood up from the desk and took down his beloved sword "Wind Kiri" hanging on the wall. Through the training of the sword that had long since become instinctive, he put all the stray thoughts out of his mind.