I was a priest in the city-state era

As the first emperor of the Athenian Empire, Roy always wanted to set an example for the subsequent Athenian emperors - the internal affairs were handled by the civil servants, and the emperor only needed to firmly grasp the military power.

After all, a person's energy is limited. It is actually impossible for the emperor to manage the Athenian Empire with a territory of tens of millions of square kilometers.

In 1598 BC.

February.

Roy held the first official recruitment and assessment in Athens, which was supervised by the Citizens' Assembly and gave the Citizens' Assembly the power to dismiss officials.

Power is only responsible for its source -

This sentence can be said to be a wise saying.

If the people who hold power are appointed and dismissed by the grassroots people, these people must satisfy the grassroots people.

If power does not come from the grassroots people, these people certainly do not need to be responsible for the grassroots people. Their first task is to maintain the rule for the ruling group. As long as this is done well, how to exploit and oppress the grassroots people can be forgiven.

In the history of the distant East, the feudal rule of calling a deer a horse has remained consistent for more than two thousand years and has never changed. This is because the power to appoint and dismiss officials has never been held by the grassroots people, so those who hold power only need to be responsible for the court to which they belong.

Roy hated this situation, so the Athenian Empire had to make the lower class the source of power from the root, and let the power be responsible only to the lower class.

Although the emperor was the supreme ruler of the Athenian Empire, he should not interfere in politics.

If the internal affairs were not managed by the emperor, and there were problems in the internal affairs, it was certainly not the emperor's fault.

Roy's arrangement could also prevent the emperor from becoming a tyrant or even being overthrown.

It was May.

The Citizens' Assembly gave a satisfactory evaluation of the ability of the first batch of officials in Athens.

So Roy expanded the scope and began to promote the Athens model throughout Greece.

Handing over internal affairs to professional assessment officials and being supervised by the Citizens' Assembly also reduced the work of Procne and Philomela, giving them more time to be with Roy.

When the Athens model was promoted to the entire Athenian Empire-

Not only Procne and Philomela, but also the queens in various regions of the Athenian Empire could spend a lot of time living with Roy.

June.

The Athenian Empire once again ushered in a bumper harvest of grain.

With sufficient food as logistics, Roy once again started the war machine of the Athenian Empire.

Roy's first target was the Arzava region, Troy region, Hurrit region and Pacle region in the Anatolian Peninsula.

Roy did not like war.

Although Roy spent most of his time either fighting or on the way to the battlefield, he really did not like war.

In order to peacefully turn the entire Anatolian Peninsula into the territory of the Athenian Empire, Roy did not directly start a war, but personally visited these regions for negotiations.

Apsa, the capital of the Arzava Kingdom in the southwest of the Anatolian Peninsula, became the first place Roy visited.

In mid-June, Roy arrived at the port of Apsa with a large fleet of 200 warships.

Facing the aggressive Athenian fleet, King Iobates of Arzava personally came to the port to greet Roy.

Because as time went on, these neighbors of the Athenian Empire already knew that the Athenian Empire was an incredibly powerful overlord of the Mediterranean.

The emperor of the Athenian Empire was a conqueror with endless ambitions, so they could never let Roy have a reason to conquer them.

Under the warm hospitality of Iobates, Roy and Iobates took a carriage to the palace of Apasa City.

Banquet Hall.

In order to celebrate Roy's arrival, the royal family and nobles of the Kingdom of Arzava gathered together and held a grand banquet.

Although Roy's practice of eliminating the nobles in the Athenian Empire made the royal family and nobles of the surrounding city-states very dissatisfied, when they could contact Roy, the royal family and nobles of the Kingdom of Arzava all approached Roy with enthusiasm and even flattery.

Because Roy wanted to conquer the Kingdom of Arzava, the Kingdom of Arzava had no strength to resist.

Now that they can have a good relationship with Roy, it will definitely be of great benefit to them living under Roy's rule.

Enjoying the warm and flattering hospitality of the royal family and nobles of the Kingdom of Arzava, Roy was even a little embarrassed to say what he came for.

After all, Roy's approach will exploit the power and interests that these royal families and nobles now have.

Halfway through the banquet, Roy finally walked to the steps where the throne was, looked down at everyone in the hall and said.

"Dear Arzavans, you must want to know the purpose of my coming to Apsa City. Now I want to tell you that the purpose of my coming to the Arzavan region is to make the Arzavan region a part of the Athenian Empire."

Hearing Roy's words, the Arzavans in the hall were not surprised.

After all, it is well known that the Athenian emperor has endless ambitions.

The King of Arzavan, Iobates, walked up to Roy with an embarrassed look on his face and said.

"Your Majesty, the great emperor, we Arzavans do not want to confront the Athenian Empire, or even go to war with the Athenian Empire. We are willing to make the Arzavan region a part of the Athenian Empire. In exchange, I hope you can let us Arzavans govern ourselves."

"No!"

Roy refused without hesitation.

"Under my rule, the Athenian Empire will not implement any foolish policy of special ethnic autonomy, because it is unfair to all Athenians. And allowing you to be autonomous means that you will only join the Athenian Empire in name, and you will not actually change at all."

In the history of another world, Alexander is called the King of Conquerors.

So how did Alexander's conquest proceed?

When conquering the Asia Minor Peninsula, Alexander's policy was to exempt tribute and allow autonomy.

Not only did Alexander not eliminate the local rulers, but he would not even collect tribute as a symbol of submission.

Because of this policy, Alexander only fought two wars in the two cities of Miletus and Halicarnassus, and became the ruler of the Asia Minor Peninsula.

The huge empire that Alexander conquered and established was not conquered by war, but was established by compromise with local rulers.

The so-called Alexander Empire belonged to Alexander in name, but actually to local rulers.

This is why the Alexander Empire fell apart after Alexander's death.

With Alexander's previous experience, Roy certainly would not compromise with local rulers, and local rulers had to accept all the policies of the Athenian Empire.

"King Iobates! In order to protect the interests of you Arzavas, your daughter Princess Philonoë can marry me. I will let Philonoë become the queen who rules the Arzavas in my place. Even if you Arzavas don't believe me, you should believe that Philonoë will definitely protect the interests of you Arzavas. If you refuse my request, then war will inevitably break out between us. Once you become the loser of the war, you will not only lose your current power and wealth, but you and your family will also be reduced to lifelong slaves."