Chapter 25: Female Officers
Under the Arc de Triomphe of Sebastian, a crowd of all colors happily stretched out their hands among the feasts and musical instruments to welcome their Caesar Anna on the terrace of the tower. In Ducasse's condescending and inspiring speech, Anna clearly revived the style of the emperors of the ancient pagan era: to be good at giving simple and robust speeches to his subjects and troops, and of course he must also be a military commander when necessary, to lead the army in person, and to live up to the name of "Imperato", Gawain is now responsible for this task, so that the ruler of this kingdom is in fact a combination of her and Gawain's role. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Ladies and gentlemen, I know that you come from all corners of the world, from Romans, Persians, Turks, Slavs, Saracens, Bolgars, Magyars, Cumans, Lombards, Alemannis, Isuritans, etc., speaking different languages, having different customs, and even different beliefs. But I can now proudly say to you that henceforth the language, the written language, the law, and the bureaucracy of this country will be unified, and henceforth you will all be Romans, and this country will live up to your name, and you will not fail this country! ”
Under the lanterns and bonfires in the square below, many citizens, merchants, craftsmen, and soldiers raised their arms and shouted in unison for Caesar's promise. In a dimly lit corner, several naturalized Turkic Crescentists wept quietly, visibly saddened by the total annihilation of the army of Mujahideen of the same religion on the plateau.
As a result, a guard of the People's Army armed with a halberd happened to see this scene, angrily grabbed the neck of the leader of it, and pulled him to the public, "What are you crying about, you are also a citizen of the great country of St. Paul!" ”
This caused an uproar and anger, and Anna from the tower waved her hand in a gesture of forgiveness, and when the Folk Army guard saw it, he respectfully saluted Caesar and the six officials, and stood aside. Anna continued to the grief-stricken man with her face covered, "You have the sign of a merchant with some foreign who has just joined the Great Trading Post of Iconium, how can your religion fool you to such a degree?" Now there are so brave cavalry, sergeants, and sailors in this country that protect your money from multiplying in your cupboards, and from the ships carrying your goods to the seas, that you can sell your goods to any country imaginable, as long as you pay a reasonable tax on merchant ships and a tax on your warehouses. The High Patron and I have abolished the checkpoints and paved wide roads so that you do not have to bear the cost of the goods that will be added to the schedule, and I and the High Patron have allowed your temples to exist and even allow you to go to your holy places for Hajj freely after inspection. And you have given up your power and interests here because of your ridiculous bigotry, and I do not want you to earn money to help your sect to deal with us more fiercely, killing our people and soldiers, and children, I forgive you for your insult to Caesar's throne and your ridiculous thoughts, but take your assets from Tarsus and Iconium and dedicate yourself to Allah. ”
Upon hearing Caesar's punishment, the Turkic naturalized merchant was immediately stupid: he had just spent a lot of money to get a share of the honey trade dividend certificate in the great trade store of Iconium, and if he lost it now, the problem was not the cost of joining the union itself, but that he would never find an opportunity to make a lot of money like here in the future.
"Please forgive me, please think again!" The merchant wailed, and was carried away by several militia soldiers amid rebuke and ridicule, awaiting his eternal deportation.
"What you can't get with a sword on the battlefield, how can you get it by a filthy cowardly lament and hatred?" This was Caesar's reply, and she took her daughter from Madame Chiser's hand, coaxed the child lovingly, and then said to all the people in the square under the tower, "I and the Lord Patron swore to protect the whole kingdom and the children of the Romans, your children, my children, for which I would be as loving as the Virgin Mary and as St. Michael would fight." From then on, you will be free to plow, trade, learn, and manufacture in this land, and women will enjoy more and more equal rights with men, and the state will not be allowed to do such things as plantations, digging canals, and going down mines. So now, all the Romans, with the reverence of the king and the joy of victory, raise your glasses, play all your instruments, and dance to your heart's content! ”
At this time, the soldiers of the People's Army on both sides of the square raised their handcuffs, and the sound of tremors came and went.
From the other side of the Arc de Triomphe, many of them were imams among the Mujahideen, tied to the back of a donkey, with a "crown" made of internal organs on their heads, and behind them were the captive Bactrian dromedary, which was loaded with a lot of booty. This is the culmination of the whole "Sebastian Day celebration".
Then Caesar turned, took his daughter in his arms, and surrounded by the maids, eunuchs, and forbidden soldiers, left behind the joy of the battlements, and passed through the corridor, and returned to the study outside the dormitory, where the sleeping officer Wen Ruomina was waiting, and beside her were several noble women with good manners.
Anna graciously accepted their tributes and compliments one by one, and the group of women included some from the old Genat family, some from the Armenian aristocracy of the lower family, and of course the newly married little Austrian princess Adelaideanna, who gave her the romanized name "Fuss". They came here for only one purpose, Anna wanted to organize everyone into a "system of female court officials", who would be responsible for internal and external clerical affairs and general affairs.
"What I have just said is by no means nonsense, women have their peculiar strengths, which are conscientiousness, carefulness and diligence, they are seldom drunk, and they are seldom rude and ambitious like men, and they are especially suited to the confidential affairs of the court. In addition, you have come into this system, and you can set an example for the whole country, that is, the status of women is not as low as simply picking up some bark, reeds, and rags and sending them to the paper mill for money. Caesar smiled and sat down in his seat, his burqa and tassels leaning on one side, his hand on the handle, "Now Hetomia is the 'First Countess of the Imperial Court', and Wen Ruomina is the 'Wardrobe Sleeping Officer', and the two of them will be your commanders and masters, do a good job of handling the letters of the Reladuck people for me first, they are the most servile in the face of money, and they are also the most obedient city-states, and they have secretly expressed their desire to join our great trading post and iron mine investment on many occasions. ”
"Yes, Caesar." Hetomia, Winjomina, Adelaide and other female officials lined up and saluted Anna in the seat. (To be continued.) )