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Chapter 649: Recovering the British Isles and Encircling Monotheism
After unifying the empire, Richard rested for a year and then sent Cruise to lead his army to the British Isles.

Not long ago, the Roman survivors in Britain sent envoys to ask for help after learning that the Roman Empire had been reunified.

If he had not sent a large army, the British Isles would have been occupied by Anglo-Saxon pirates in a few decades or even hundreds of years.

By then, the Anglo-Saxon pirates who occupied the British Isles would most likely use this place as a base to harass the empire.

So Richard decided to send a Roman legion to the British Isles to help them resist the Anglo-Saxon pirates. At this time, monotheism had already appeared in Britain, so it was just right to send a large army to eliminate the influence of monotheism.

The British Isles also have other faiths.

This belief is the fairy in the lake of Avalon. This belief also belongs to the Celtic pantheon. When the Celts were defeated by the Roman Empire, some of them migrated to the British Isles.

However, with the invasion of Anglo-Saxon pirates and barbarians from northern Britain, the Celtic beliefs gradually declined.

Now with the spread of monotheism, these fairies in the lake have to find ways to keep their faith going.

In the past history, the fairies of the lake in Avalon finally chose King Arthur together with Merlin. And the fairies of the lake also forged a sword of oath and victory and gave it to King Arthur.

King Arthur led his Knights of the Round Table to twelve victories and defeated the Anglo-Saxon pirates. But this victory did not last long. Soon, the Knights of the Round Table betrayed King Arthur, King Arthur died, and the Anglo-Saxon pirates made a comeback.

In the end, the Celts could not hold out, and the Anglo-Saxons became the masters of the British Isles.

Now with the Roman legions sent by Richard, it would be almost impossible for the Anglo-Saxons to occupy this place again.

The strength of the Celtic army could not be compared with that of the Roman Empire, and the King Arthur and the so-called twelve epic victories predicted by Merlin were nothing compared to the Roman Empire.

Now the total number of regular troops in the entire British Isles may be no more than 10,000. Richard sent two Roman legions.

A total of 10,000 Roman troops, along with thousands of civilians and a fleet, headed for the British Isles.

Richard appointed Cruise as Governor of Britain to lead the army.

Cruise has followed Richard in battles over the years and made great contributions. He is one of the few famous generals under his command.

Richard gave him the task of this military expedition.

With an army of this size, it should not be a problem to resolve the war in the British Isles. One of the reasons why the Empire withdrew its troops from the British Isles in the past was that it was too costly.

Britain's tax revenue was not high, but because of the rebellions and the northern barbarians' raids, the empire needed to spend a large amount of money every year to maintain its rule.

After the Empire ran into financial difficulties, it had no choice but to close down this place and withdraw its army. Now, after experiencing the miserable life without the protection of the Empire, the Celts in Britain basically would not resist the rule of the Empire anymore.

The empire's rule was to collect taxes at most, and life was a little harder, but it was still bearable. But without the empire's protection, what did those Ansa pirates do?

Not only did they rob and plunder, but they also massacred and captured a large number of women and built towns. These Ansas killed Celtic men to reduce the number of Celts, and at the same time, they took possession of women and made them bear offspring for them. At the same time, they continued to move south from Norway and other northern regions to increase their population.

After decades of development, these Ansa people had established a kingdom on the British Isles.

Compared with the empire, these Ansa pirates not only wanted to rob his property, but also wanted to kill them, rob them of everything, and eventually replace them as the masters of the British Isles.

This was totally unacceptable to the Celts. Rather than being robbed and killed by these Ansa, they preferred to submit to the empire.

This time when the empire returns to the British Isles, it will inevitably receive the support of the Celts. With the support of the Celts, the imperial army will no longer be in trouble, and it will not be difficult to defeat the Anglo-Saxon pirates.

What's more, the equipment of the Roman Legion has been comprehensively upgraded, while the equipment of those Anglo-Saxon pirates is not even as good as that of the Germanic barbarians.

With the advantage in equipment, high morale, and local support, any one of his bloodline knights could sweep through this favorable situation.

After everything was prepared, the army quickly set out for the British Isles. Along with the army went a number of druid priests. These druid priests would then deal with the fairies of the lake in Avalon and eventually incorporate the beliefs of Avalon into polytheism.

Richard has begun to make arrangements in various places, constantly squeezing the living space of monotheism, and ultimately suppressing the influence of monotheism.

When the polytheistic faith reaches an overwhelming advantage, he will start a war of gods and directly attack the monotheistic kingdom.

At that time, we will first sever the faith connection between the monotheism and its kingdom of God, and then launch an attack on its kingdom of God.

Three years after the unification of the Eastern and Western Roman Empires, Richard issued an edict announcing the holding of the first examination, and all scholars in the Roman Academy were eligible to participate.

As long as you pass the assessment, you can serve as an official of the empire. At the same time, in order to prevent talented people from all over the country from being unable to participate, Richard also specially issued a recruitment order. As long as you think you have talent, you can go to Rome to participate in the assessment.

After passing the assessment, you can also serve as an imperial official.

Richard was not afraid of selecting a large number of officials and having no place to put them. In fact, after his reforms, the empire was now short of officials in all parts of the country. In many areas, because there were too few officials, the implementation of various policies was very slow.

If a large number of officials can be selected this time, they can fill the vacancies in various places. At the same time, it will also give those nobles a little sweetness and fulfill Richard's original promise.

The difficulty of this assessment will not be too high, and most of it is aimed at recruiting grassroots officials.

Richard reformed education, opened up channels to the upper class, and broke the aristocracy's monopoly on officials. This made talented people from all over the country very excited, and they rushed to Rome to participate in the assessment.

At the same time, Richard also made a regulation that all cabinet prime ministers at the core of the imperial court must have experience working at the grassroots level. If they do not have grassroots work experience, they will not be allowed to enter the cabinet.

This regulation is intended to prevent the cabinet ministers from not understanding the grassroots of the empire and being out of touch with the grassroots when dealing with various affairs.

(End of this chapter)