MTL - To Four Thousand Years Later-Chapter 23 seize theocracy
The work efficiency of the prophet Nathan, or the demon **** Floros is quite high
Three days after the "study trip team" left Jerusalem, Solomon suddenly received a system prompt.
[Main quest one day grants kingship, complete it]
[You got: Fame 3, Demon God Awakening Ceremony (once)]
【Checking the demon **** with the highest friendliness...】
【—Demon God Yastaru has awakened】
"Ok?"
Solomon was slightly taken aback, looking out at the sky.
He originally thought that the awakened Demon God would be himself...
After all, he confirmed it to the prophet Nathan. The day Solomon was born was the day the priests of Israel lost their magic. Therefore, both Nathan and David believed that Solomon was the demonization of their Lord Yahweh...
This is why they were so concerned about Solomon's safety, and even appointed Solomon as king.
But now it seems that it really is not.
As for the popularity... one point or two points is not interesting.
Any move that can produce positive historical changes has a chance to become a task. As long as you complete the task, you will get fame. Generally, the closer to the interstellar era, the more fame you can get with every move.
The current mark of the legendary gauge is 4/100. As long as this gauge is full, you can burn it all to achieve a great miracle and directly complete a designated task—for example, if it happens to prevent a certain war from happening, fade a certain global Quests such as sexual plague will be more cost-effective.
And as long as the reputation exceeds 10, you can also burn ten points of reputation at a time in exchange for an "Apocalypse", randomly get the inspiration of a researchable technology, or greatly promote its research and development progress.
...To be honest, Solomon felt that even if his fame could be fully accumulated, he didn't want to use it at this time. After all, ancient Israel really didn't have any particularly difficult technology to speed up.
The later the era, the greater the value of the apocalypse. Not to mention advanced technologies such as genetic engineering or artificial intelligence in the later stage, even if a fertilizer is rolled out in modern times, it will be more useful than technologies such as stirrups and quenching in the Israeli era.
After all, Solomon himself was not stupid. Knowing the principle and reality, it is no problem to reverse this simple technology.
He plans to save his reputation, at least until the prototype of the steam engine appears... If he is lucky, there is a good chance of launching the industrial revolution hundreds of years in advance.
After all, Solomon is not the only great man in this world. Although I have insight beyond the times and the blessing of the system, this cannot ignore the reasons for other people's efforts.
The world is not a man's world, and history is not the history of heroes. As long as Solomon can direct the energy of those great people to the right path and avoid meaningless internal friction as much as possible, the speed of human development will be absolutely a miracle
"Solomon, Yastaru is awake."
Behind Solomon, Baimon who stood behind him without saying a word suddenly said softly: "She should be in Jerusalem. Do you need me to find her?"
His voice was clear and clear, reminiscent of broken crystal.
"Well, please, Baimon."
Solomon said to him in a gentle voice: "Remember to tell me first when you find it."
Bai Meng nodded slightly to Solomon and walked out.
—Yes, he.
Solomon only found out a few days ago that Baimon's demon body was actually a male... In other words, Abishag was not a beautiful young girl but a young son.
…So Solomon suddenly knew the reason why David kept not touching Baimon, and just hugged him to sleep to keep warm.
As for now...
It's time for a reform.
Solomon secretly thought.
Thought reforms that are too complicated or advanced cannot last long.
After all, the change of thought comes from the change of material level. For the unenlightened Israelites, enslaving them with autocratic theocracy can effectively prevent the phenomenon that barbarism is better than civilization.
Therefore, the first thing Solomon needs is to take back the highest divine right from the high priest with the help of the final right of interpretation he obtained before... Simply put, it is the divine right of kings.
The trade route promised to Noam before should also be ready to open up.
Solomon needs a group of priests who are smart and able to calculate accounts, so that they can buy and sell all over the country in the name of Solomon. Therefore, it is the right choice to let the priest who is the easiest to control for Solomon and also has a fairly high civil status take over this job.
When the producers get used to this way of life and production, Solomon can slightly relax the control, transfer the business rights of some commodities to the public, and then prepare to open up foreign business routes.
If all goes well, this plan will take at least three years. When Israel becomes the commercial center of neighboring countries, cultural invasion and textual invasion can enter the scope of consideration.
In order to improve the control over the local area, the division of provinces is also a necessary part. Israel in David's time was a chaotic mess without any bureaucracy at all. There are only two chief priests, one marshal, one historian, one secretary, one prime minister, and one overseer who have power in the whole country.
…and then it’s gone.
So let alone supervising local politics and paying taxes... In Jerusalem, if you want to know the situation in the surrounding cities, you need to send spies to inquire about the situation. Come back and forth for at least a week, there is still a small probability of not coming back...
The implementation of the provincial system can effectively increase the speed of policy downward. This is also the basic guarantee for Solomon to pave business roads and implement other policies in the country.
And in order to seize the divine power, the construction of the Temple of Israel is also necessary—this is the only complex building that can be built across levels in Solomon's current level of architecture, including the main hall, the inner temple, the treasure room, the sanctuary, and the Holy of Holies. sub-building.
If there is no accident, after the construction of the temple is completed, the architecture should be able to be upgraded by at least one level. Solomon will then have access to the blueprints for the sewers and watchtowers...
Watchtowers come second. The sewer system plays an important role in improving the sanitation of cities and towns.
"Finally finished drawing..."
After Baimon left for two hours, Solomon sighed deeply and put down the pen and paper in his hand.
Beside his desk were half a dozen papyrus scrolls as tall as a man.
These are all available drawings found in his own architectural expertise. In his current level of architecture, the only things that can be built are temples, city walls and simple ditches... Although it sounds simple, in this age without drawing tools, this job is a stroke of a stroke for Solomon who has no knowledge of architecture. The difficulty of copying it slowly with a pen is not inferior to writing a PRD.
It took Solomon nearly ten days intermittently to make these few blueprints.
"Go and put these away and hide them in my bedroom. Don't let anyone see them."
Solomon pulled out two of the scrolls, and said to a palace guard hidden in the corner of the inner palace: "Also, go to the priest Zadok and order him to come to me."
After finishing speaking, Solomon issued another order to another inner guard of the king's city: "Go find some people and inform all the people of Jerusalem that tomorrow I will announce important things at the altar of the Rock of Zohile in the east of the city."
"yes."
"Yes, my king."
The inner guard was ordered to retreat outward.
"Solomon—"
At this moment, Baimon's voice sounded from Solomon's heart: "I have found Yastaru."
