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    The golden steps on the temples are swaying, and the hibiscus tent is warm.  />

    ** The hard day has risen, and the king has never been early.

    These lines of poetry are the most vivid way to describe the current Li Ke. After Irina arrived, the two of them stuck together almost every day, and even some major military and political affairs were delegated to others by Li Ke.

    In addition, after Li Ke learned about the situation in the Eastern Roman Empire through Irina, he always felt that the internal disputes in the Roman Empire would not end in a short time, and the two sides were still just talking, but Li Ke's intuition told him that Di  A more intense conflict was likely to break out between Odosi and Constans II.

    While Li Ke and Irina stayed together, the only city that had not been conquered by the revolting Romans was quickly captured by Wang Fangyi's army. All the Visigoths in the city were executed, and the entire Iberian Peninsula  The Visigothic forces were finally completely eliminated, and then they had to start planning for a more important thing, the founding of a nation.

    Now Li Ke finally couldn't escape, because the founding of the People's Republic of China was not just about holding a founding ceremony. There were countless things to prepare for, such as the establishment of administrative agencies at all levels and the garrison of troops in various places, all of which required him to personally  deal with.  At this time, Irina also showed the wisdom of a woman. Not only did she take the initiative to persuade Li Ke to put national affairs first, but she also began to appear frequently in Barcelona and made her identity public. Now all the original Romans were  ecstatic.

    Especially through some secret channels, the relationship between Li Ke and Irina slowly spread, which shocked the Romans and at the same time, they no longer had any prejudice against Li Ke's rule.  After all, the one who rules them now is the lover of the Queen of Eastern Rome. In the hearts of the Romans, Li Ke has been regarded as one of their own.

    There are also some infatuated girls.  But he secretly portrayed Li Ke as an infatuated prince who came to the Iberian Peninsula for the sake of his beloved Queen Irina, in order to see the queen again one day.  This infatuation touched the hearts of countless Roman girls, and also made Li Ke the dream lover of unmarried girls or married young women throughout the Iberian Peninsula.

    "It's a pity that politics is politics, and it can't be as romantic as girls imagine. There is indeed a true relationship between Li Ke and Irina, but Li Ke still values ????the location of the Iberian Peninsula and the future development prospects more.  As for whether Irina and I can stay together forever, this kind of thing cannot be forced.

    The area of ????the Iberian Peninsula is not small, even close to one-half the size of Tianzhu, and after the rule of Rome and the Visigoth Kingdom, the level of civilization here has been very high.  Half of the entire peninsula is plateau area.  The climate is also relatively cool and pleasant, suitable for growing crops such as grapes, olives, and wheat. In addition, handicrafts and commerce are relatively developed. However, due to the barbaric rule of the Goths, various industries on the island have shrunk to varying degrees.

    After bringing the entire peninsula under his own rule, Li Ke finally agreed to the founding of the country proposed by Cen Changqian and others. After all, he went overseas alone.  In urgent need of a righteous reputation, the civil and military officials who followed Li Ke also needed greater rewards, so the founding of the country was naturally urgent.

    After several months of busy work, Li Ke finally established a country on the Iberian Peninsula and proclaimed himself emperor.  The name of the country is Wu, and the capital is tentatively designated as Barcelona, ??but it has now been renamed Xijing by Li Ke, and the original Princess Wu Yang is the Queen of Wu.  It's just that Yang is in Taiwan with his children and is not with Li Ke.  Irina attended the founding ceremony as Roman empress.  But during the ceremony, she always stood next to Li Ke, where the queen should have been.

    In addition, at the founding ceremony of the Kingdom of Wu, the three great empires of Tang, Daqi, and Tianzhu all sent envoys to congratulate them. In addition, Rome, Persia, Dashi, and some other countries also sent envoys, except for a few envoys such as Persia.  In addition to sincere congratulations, the envoys from Rome, Dashi and other countries had very different expressions, which made people watch with endless aftertaste.

    After the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China was completed, the State of Wu imitated the administrative structure of Daqi and divided the entire Iberian Peninsula into several states, with counties under the states, townships under the counties, and villages in the countryside for management.  Moreover, all levels of officials were divided into administrative structures, and there was no boundary between officials and officials. The official selection system was also the same as that of Da Qi.

    In addition, the central official system was almost copied from the Daqi system, and the position of prime minister was also established. Although Cen Changqian was young, he was an administrative master, and with his flexible mind, his prestige was enough to convince the public, so he was appointed as the first prime minister by Li Ke.

    As can be seen from the above, Li Ke almost completely copied the Daqi system in terms of administration, and governments at all levels also tried their best to promote the development of local industry and commerce. At the same time, they introduced a large number of shipbuilding workers from Daqi and Datang to build ports along the peninsula's coast.  The shipyard seems to want to follow the same path as Daqi.

    But Li Ke and Cen Changqian are not onlyNot only do they copy, but they also make modifications to some policies according to the different internal situations of the two countries, such as the most important ethnic policy.  The 300,000 people recruited by Li Ke have been sent to the Iberian Peninsula by Li Min one after another. Among them, there are only 80,000 Han people. Including the Han people who came voluntarily later, the total number is only 120,000.  On the left and right, the rest are all grassland barbarians, Sanhan people, Japanese people, etc.

    In addition to the more than 300,000 people above, the remaining people are the original Romans, who have the largest population. They account for more than 60% of the total population of the peninsula, reaching more than 2 million people. The rest are all local ethnic groups on the peninsula, so  The total population of the peninsula is now close to four million, and the ethnic groups are extremely complex. The most important thing is that the number of Han people is less than one-thirtieth of the total population.

    Faced with this situation, if the four-level alien system of Daqi is directly implemented, it is likely to cause a backlash from the locals. After all, although Li Ke's military power is strong, he still needs help to govern the Iberian Peninsula.  The power of the local people, otherwise if he implements strong rule, and there will be an uprising here and a riot there, then he might as well go back and be his own Prince Anle.

    It is precisely because of this consideration that Li Ke did not implement a four-level alien system on the peninsula. Instead, he declared that all alien races in the country are equal in law, and the Han people are no exception, and they are collectively called Wu people.  However, the Wu people do not include the Visigoths. During the period when they ruled the Iberian Peninsula, this barbaric nation exercised high-pressure rule over various ethnic groups on the peninsula. It can be said that all ethnic groups hate the Goths, especially the Goths.  The original Romans, who accounted for the largest number of people, wanted to kill all the Goths.

    However, after all, the Goths have ruled the peninsula for hundreds of years, and their population is also very large. They are the second largest ethnic group on the peninsula after the Romans. In the previous battles, although a large number of Goths died, there were also many  The Goths all chose to surrender to Li Ke, so there are still 200,000 to 300,000 Goths remaining in the Kingdom of Wu.

    For the Goths, the local ethnic groups represented by the Romans were opposed to giving them equal status. In addition, Cen Changqian, who was next to Li Ke, was also humiliated by the Goths when he first arrived at the Strait of Gibraltar. This made him  He was petty and held a grudge, so he also proposed to Li Ke that the Goths must not be given equal status.

    So in this case, Li Ke finally decided to demote all the Goths into slaves and engage in hard labor such as mining, road construction, and city building. These were also the first batch of slaves in the Wu Kingdom.  Moreover, after tasting the benefits of slaves, Wu State also began to introduce slaves to Africa. This made the entire Wu State quickly develop like Daqi, and the slavery system developed rapidly. However, this also accelerated the development of various industries in Wu State.  develop.

    However, after the law of ethnic equality was established, Li Ke began to award a large number of rewards. Almost all Han families had at least one person who was knighted. Especially the European aristocratic plan he implemented not only targeted the Tang Dynasty and the  The immigrants who came from Qi Dynasty later also affected the Han people recruited before. Therefore, most of the Han people have titles, the lowest is a baron. This makes the Han people's actual status higher than other ethnic groups. However, because  Many other ethnic groups were knighted, so it did not arouse the resentment of these ethnic groups.

    However, this method of conferring a large number of titles also brought certain disadvantages, that is, the gold content of Li Ke's domestic titles later declined. For example, when they are also earls, the earls of Wu State will meet the earls of Tang Dynasty or Qi Dynasty.  It feels a little lower.

    As for the military aspect, there is nothing much to say. The original 50,000-strong army suffered very little loss when conquering the Visigothic Kingdom, and was quickly replenished. This all-firearms army served as the core of the Wu army and was  Li Ke gave the name to the Royal Guards. They were stationed in Xijing during peacetime and were transferred to the front line during wartime. They were an armed force mainly engaged in foreign campaigns.

    In addition, in previous campaigns, he had organized many Roman armies. Now based on these armies, after reorganization and expansion, he has temporarily organized an army of 200,000. However, these newly-built armies still need strict training.  There are not many veterans who have been on the battlefield, so their combat effectiveness is not strong. Now they are mainly stationed in various places to maintain local order.

    At the same time, Li Ke also established a military academy in Xijing and selected young and outstanding officers from the army to study in it. In addition to the professional courses of the military academy, the most important thing is to strengthen the education of loyalty and patriotism. After all, the army is the foundation of a country's existence.  If you want to control the army, you must control the thoughts of the officers. This has long been agreed upon by the senior officials of Daqi and Tang Dynasty.

    But just when Li Ke was carrying out a vigorous transformation of his newly established Wu State, a huge event happened in the Eastern Roman Empire, and the consequences of this event affected the entire Mediterranean.  , and even the pattern of the entire world.
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