Chapter 1231 Grand Vizier of Holy Spring City
July 3rd, Holy Spring City.
The architectural layout of Holy Spring City is like a gorgeous wedding cake or a champagne tower - there is a moat outside the city, and there are three identical "clones" inside the city.
Waterfalls and moats divide the Holy Spring City into four concentric circles, with the center gradually becoming taller. It's said that this construction was modeled after the elven theocracy, though some claim the elves copied it.
The third circle was the original Parthian royal city. Even in the entire ancient Parthian Empire, it was considered the most magnificent, prosperous, and peaceful place.
——As for the fourth circle, it was a new residence built almost a few hundred years ago.
It was located even higher than the original royal palace - that was where the Grand Vizier of Rest, the Good Lord of the Holy Spring, lived.
Vizier means "assistant" or "helper" in Parthian, which is equivalent to the chancellor or chief minister of Avalon or Iris.
In the history of the ancient Parthian Empire, there have been several "Grand Viziers" - that is, they hold the highest seal of the monarch, can summon other ministers to meet with the Vizier, and make decisions on all matters on behalf of the Parthian king... It can be said that they are prime ministers who completely rule on behalf of the king.
Although nominally holding agency power, this agency power can only be revoked by the resting monarch himself, so it can also be regarded as a permanent authorization or regent.
When the last Parthian monarch disappeared, the Grand Vizier he appointed was Aymar Nur, the Good Lord of the Holy Spring, who was essentially the mayor of the capital. Because there was no monarch to depose him, the Grand Vizier of that generation held all powers—including the power to appoint the next Grand Vizier.
From that time on, Parthia had no monarch.
At the same time, every generation of "Aymar Nur" is the Grand Vizier - the nominal prime minister of the country and the actual monarch.
However, the benevolent rulers of other city-states gradually chose independence.
——They do not obey the jurisdiction of the Grand Vizier.
Being good Lords, they both knew each other’s divine mission.
Therefore, the Grand Vizier of that generation chose to acquiesce.
Everyone still nominally obeys the rule of the monarch, even if the monarch has disappeared... As for the Grand Vizier, he is nominally the Grand Vizier of Rest, but no one will be very loyal to him.
At first, they would send letters and decrees, but later they stopped doing so altogether. The major city-states tore up the Parthian Code and began their own madness... It was from that time that Parthia degenerated from an ancient empire into the slave-owning city-state it is today.
About three hundred years ago, many years after the Silver Crown Dragon came to power... the Grand Vizier of that generation, influenced by the consciousness of authority, chose to build the "Fourth Ring".
He built a tower of silver with the utmost extravagance, using lead, gold, and various jewels almost entirely. The cheapest material used in the tower was pure silver.
——That was his own residence.
The good lord of Holy Spring City of that generation finally declared his authority - his position was higher than that of the Parthian monarch!
In the past, perhaps some scholars, ministers, or even benevolent rulers from other city-states would have stood up to oppose it. However, by then, the Parthian Empire had been divided for a long time, and people simply didn't bother to pay attention to him, or they didn't dare to speak out.
Or to put it another way... people wish the good master could move far away from them.
Not to mention living on everyone's head, even if you live on the moon there will be no problem!
It was precisely because the Good Lord moved out of the royal city that the former royal city, the "third circle" of the Holy Spring City, instantly became prosperous.
The richest, most learned, most powerful, most gracious, most cultured, and most noble people in the ancient Parthian Empire gathered here. Within the Third Circle alone were sixteen libraries, three amphitheaters, three ancient academies, twenty-six research institutes, countless opera houses, baths, and shops, as well as countless temples, statues, and sacrificial sites.
Even the tiles on the streets were protected by a permanent preservation technique, preventing even a speck of dust from settling. Every person who came and went, dressed in elaborate and ornate robes, was either a benefactor from another city-state, a noble from another country, or an internationally renowned scholar.
He even achieved the goal that every residence on any street was either a store with fun and delicious food, or a person of extremely high status, and not even a single residence was wasted.
Here, hunger and thirst were completely nonexistent. Everything they ate, drank, and enjoyed was reserved for the wealthiest people in the world. If a band or theater troupe were fortunate enough to be invited to perform in the Third Ring of Holy Spring City for a week, the earnings from that week alone would be enough to support them in a life of plenty for the rest of their lives.
A toilet made of gold was no joke here. Even a toilet like this wouldn't be considered among the top 100 most valuable buildings in the Third Circle—the towers built by the Winged Ones, the libraries inscribed with the Winged Ones' writings, the palaces built by the Scaled Ones, these antiques older than humanity, were displayed so openly in the middle of the bustling city.
This is the last legacy of an ancient empire that existed before the birth of mankind.
Countless people of the Parthian Circle yearn for life in the third circle...and it's not just the people of the Parthian Circle.
But even if you have fun here for a whole day, it will cost a free man half his life savings; and the more realistic situation is that most people simply do not have the qualifications to enter the third ring - even if they are ordinary rich or powerful.
This is only possible if you are rich or powerful enough to achieve a qualitative change.
How much qualitative change?
You know, even the most ordinary guards, dancers, and scholars here are all strong people above the fourth energy level.
It's a definite status symbol.
Not all of the ritualists serving the Benevolent Lord of Holy Spring City could live here. Perhaps less than one-tenth of them were qualified to enter the outer ring of the third circle. The nobility of the middle and inner rings was still beyond the reach of these dogs; that was a place only the true nobility had the right to set foot on.
In the inner ring alone, there are dozens of dragons residing there. The largest bank vault is guarded by three ancient dragons. There's even a "Papal Residence" here—a pure gold palace specially built by the Parthian King approximately 1,800 years ago for the Pope to inspect and study.
Since then, no Eternal Pope has visited the Parthian Empire. However, the palace is still maintained and in operation today.
Just outside the third ring, a man in an elegant robe, holding a black cane, walked slowly down the street.
He had slightly tanned skin and a build that was more muscular than overweight. His back was straight, his neck held high. His small, dark, focused eyes, with little visible white, looked particularly sharp.
His name is Aziz bin Abdul, and he is the left master of ceremonies in the Holy Spring City.
(End of this chapter)
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