Luojing, East Continent.
A room somewhere in Nandou Academy.
The curtains on the round window were tightly closed, finally opening after nearly two weeks. Slender fingers pulled aside the light-colored curtains on either side and pushed open the window, letting the wind pour into the room, swirling and playing inside, bringing with it the crisp, early autumn air.
Loran Hill changed into a light white dress with blue embellishments on the collar and corners, and a slim corset at the waist, outlining her beautiful figure.
After wiping the water droplets off her cheeks with a towel, the silver-haired girl combed her hair in front of the bronze mirror, then tied it with a light blue headband. After turning it slightly left and right to look at it, she picked up the butterfly hairpin and fixed it on the hair behind her ear. This way, it didn't seem too monotonous.
After tidying up simply, Loran Hill opened the door and prepared to go out for a walk.
At this moment, the sound of flapping wings came from behind her, and then the girl felt her right shoulder sink slightly, and a fat bird with orange-red crown feathers landed beside her.
"Are you going out too?" Loran Hill touched the feathers of the crowned bird with his hand.
"Chirp~" (I want to eat something delicious)
It seems that it has been very hungry recently. Loran Hill turned around and looked at the blue raven that did not move in the house.
"What about you? You must be hungry lately too." The two little guys seemed to have been sleeping for a while with him. I don't know if they can still endure the hunger.
The dark-capped blue jay chirped, indicating that it didn't want to go out for the time being, but also expressed its hope that the girl would bring back some delicious food.
"Okay, I'll remember it." Loran Hill nodded slightly, then walked downstairs with Dai Ju beside him.
The buildings in the academy are similar to the shape of a Chinese character "回", with a courtyard in the middle, a pond and rockery, and seven-story pavilions around it. They are all rooms for students to live in, generally used to accommodate students from all over the dynasty.
Unlike the Western dynasties, the Eastern dynasties did not adopt the practice of enfeoffment of lords, but rather a highly centralized model. It is said that their administrative model was first learned from the Mercury Dynasty.
The Mercury Dynasty is quite special. It adopts a model of co-governance by multiple consuls. The highest-ranking consul even has the title of king. Relying on the tacit understanding gained from years of fighting together, these consuls have formed a mechanism similar to a parliament or cabinet to jointly negotiate and decide on major national affairs, and formulate unified laws and policies.
However, unlike the Western model that the girl remembered, these consuls were not elected, but ascended to this position purely based on strength or merit.
As for the criteria for judging strength and achievements, they are actually very rough and simple. That is, under your leadership, how many people can survive and how many enemies can be killed.
If the Mercury Dynasty were to be compared to an ancient creature, it would be a multi-headed giant. Each Archon maintained a complete system. Even if the Mercury Dynasty suffered a crushing defeat and an Archon died, multiple Archons remained within the dynasty, allowing for a resurgence. Furthermore, each Archon was the legitimate ruler of the dynasty; the death of just one wouldn't cause panic.
They used a highly unified combat manual and command system. Even if the upper-level officers and necromancers were defeated, other subsequent officers and necromancers could take over the defeated troops and reunite the army in a short period of time.
The succeeding consuls would quickly absorb the deceased consul's army and integrate it, and fight again, just like wildfire that could not be extinguished.
Although the Elf Kingdom and the Orcs defeated the Mercury Dynasty's army time and time again and killed one Archon after another, there would always be new Archons in the rear to take over the flag and power and continue to lead the battle.
During the most intense period of the Mercury Dynasty War, seven high-ranking archons simultaneously fought against the three major elven kingdoms, four high-ranking archons blocked the Orc Empire, and two high-ranking archons strangled the remnants of the Ogre Kingdom.
Most of these high-ranking Archons were Necromancers, or simply witches. Having lived through countless ages, fighting common enemies, they forged a profound friendship. Every few years, they would gather to discuss the dynasty's next steps and share the latest technological advances. As a result, despite years of constant war, the Mercury Dynasty also saw rapid advancements and iterations in both technology and institutions.
This went on year after year, until finally the entrenched orc and elven kingdoms were uprooted and driven out of the center of the continent, leaving them to linger in the corners.
However, such a magnificent and exciting era has eventually passed.
When the Mercury Dynasty no longer had any rivals, the internal disputes became increasingly fierce until it completely fell apart.
The Plantagenet dynasty was supported by Scarlet Phoenix, who had experienced the glorious era of the Mercury Dynasty with Dorothy, so when establishing the Plantagenet dynasty, he also absorbed and adopted many of the Mercury Dynasty's systems.
That is to establish various professional institutions to handle various issues. However, when it comes to selecting the top rulers, Chifeng adopts a more conservative approach based on bloodline inheritance rather than strength.
This is easy to understand: the person who is most skilled in killing or fighting isn't necessarily suited to rule. Furthermore, there are numerous legal issues. Does his superior strength mean that the entire world must obey him? If a martial arts tournament were held daily, would the ruler have to change daily?
Considering the unrepeatable circumstances and circumstances of the Mercury Dynasty, Chifeng ultimately adopted the ancient bloodline inheritance. This, at least during a period of peace and prosperity, would stabilize the entire social system and prevent major disruptions. However, within the various institutions that exercise power, a talent selection and assessment mechanism was activated, requiring extensive screening.
Of course, in order to ensure that the successor ruler would not be too bad, Chi Feng would sometimes teach him personally and observe his behavior and words.
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