In addition to those who cannot arrive for important matters, such as Alexis who commanded the army to fight in Doni, most of the veterans even served as chief executives in other places rushed to the mourning hall in Kunogolata for worship, and many middle and low-level officials from the kingdom also came to mourn.

More people were Turiyi. Kunogolata worked hard for the city that was burned and lost its homeland, and provided great help. In more than half of the following decade, Kunogolata was the chief executive of the city. Kunogolata made a lot of efforts to achieve today's prosperity, Kunogolata did a lot of effort, so how could the people not miss his kindness! Therefore, on this day, the Turiyi people did not talk about rugby games happily, nor did they go to restaurants to drink, but worshipers outside the mourning hall were always in constant stream.

However, although everyone looked sad and solemn, there were almost no scenes of crying loudly, and it was quieter. This was different from other Greek city-states. In the mourning halls of other city-states, family members even hired professional mourners to add a sad atmosphere to the entire funeral process. According to the "Hades Divine Code", the souls of the deceased in Dionys can enter the Elysees according to their performance during their lifetime, which is a beautiful paradise. Entering there is happiness rather than suffering, so relatives and worshipers do not have to be too sad, otherwise they are cursing the deceased to enter purgatory.

The ceremony of memorializing the body lasted for one day, and the funeral of Kunogorata began early the next morning.

The relatives placed Kunogorata's body in a wooden coffin, which contained some sacrifices for him to use on his last journey to the underworld and Elysee. The wooden coffin was placed on a carriage, which was led by four black horses. The relatives were wearing black veils and protected by the carriage, and slowly moved forward.

Behind the carriage were royal members led by Davers, the kingdom's senior officials, veterans and their families. They were all wearing black veils and looked solemn. The people who rushed to the back were consciously lined up behind and gradually formed a long dragon without seeing the tail, forcing Turiyi's inspection station to send more people to maintain order.

The funeral procession was specially equipped with more than a dozen fluteers and trumpeters. They played solemn and slightly melancholy elegies, giving the entire funeral procession a solemn and mysterious atmosphere.

In front of the carriage, Presinas led a dozen black-robed priests to sing Hades's hymn, sprinkled the streets with clear water, and led the funeral procession to the hills of Pluto.

Eight court guards in military uniforms lifted the wooden coffin and walked steady steps to a small temple next to the Temple of Hades. This was the temple of Hades' god, the god of death, Tanatos, built after the Southern Italian War.

There is an incineration pool in front of the temple. The guards put the wooden coffin into the pool. The priests began to inject olive oil into the pipelines around the incineration pool.

The relatives of Kunogorata, such as Sostatus, Dika Okrat, appeared sad, and the others lowered their heads and prayed silently. Only Davers, wearing white robe, walked to the incineration pool, opened his arms, and shouted to the sky: "Great Hades, Diony's citizen Kunogorata, today I am your devout people, and I beg you to give him the welfare he deserves after his death based on what he did in his lifetime!"

After saying that, he took the torch from Presinas and threw it into the pool.

While the raging fire was on, dozens of saints chanted in unison, and the singing sounded across the hills, washing the sadness in the hearts of the people.

The wooden coffin turned into ashes in the singing, but the funeral was not over. Kunogolata's relatives took out the remaining bones from the incinerated ashes, wrapped them in newly made linens, and put them in jars.

Davers also spoke loudly to the people who came to attend the funeral about Kunogorata's great contribution to the Kingdom of Dionia during his lifetime, and announced that the bronze statue of Kunogorata's half-bore will be located in the Pantheon of Hades Temple and will be with the Kingdom of Dionia! His urn will be placed in the Temple of Death and will be blessed by the underworld!

With the completion of these two things, the funeral ended.

When the many veterans and officials said goodbye to their relatives, they no longer comforted them, but congratulated them.

Before, the elders also attended the funeral of Scomblas and Baguilipi, but not only did the funeral of Kunogorata participate the most, but the honor he enjoyed after his death also reached its peak.

The ashes must be loyal to the kingdom, diligent throughout his life, and have made enough meritorious citizens to enjoy it. It is even more difficult to enter the Pantheon. It must be a great contribution to Dionys and even affect the development of the entire kingdom. This possibility is to be available. After entering the temple, he must also erect a monument for it, which is famous for his generations, which can be said to be the supreme glory. Since the founding of Dionys, only Heraclid has been the only one in more than ten years. Now there is Kunogorata. For many veterans and officials, Kunogorata's funeral has become the goal they envy and strive for, which is exactly what Davers hopes.

For ordinary people, they do not have such a big goal. Their greatest hope is to be cremated in the main temple of Hades after death, because the cremation of corpses is usually carried out in the ordinary temple of Hades. Only citizens who have made meritorious contributions can obtain the qualification to cremated in the main temple of Hades through application.

The person who approved the application was not the Senate, but was decided by the priests of the Temple of Hades. The final decision was in the hands of Davers, because he was not only the king, but also the high priest of the kingdom, and was the descendant of Hades in the minds of the people. However, under normal circumstances, he would let the priests headed by Presinas decide. Finally, he could take a look. Only when an important figure in the kingdom passed away would he have to decide whether he was qualified to enter the Temple of Heroes, the Temple of the Pantheon, the Temple of Death, and the Prison of the Wicked.

After Kunogorata's funeral, the rugby finals continued and everything seemed to be back in the past.

Only the elders felt the slight changes. The candidate for the rotating president of the Senate increased Anta Oris, and his seat moved forward to the central area in the front row of the venue.

When Dionia was first established, the position of rotating chairman of the Senate was taken turns for the elders, but it only played a role in maintaining order in the venue and had no real power. After the Southern Italian War, Davers became the king. He no longer allowed the elders to serve as rotating chairman on the grounds that "there are too many new senators and are not familiar with the operation of the Dionian political system." Instead, he appointed several elders to take turns to hold this position, usually changing every ten days.

At the same time, he also asked the Senate to give more responsibilities to the rotating chairmen, so that they could be responsible for organizing each Senate meeting. The main topics of each meeting were discussed and decided by King Davers and the rotating chairmen on duty. When Davers attended the meeting, he would upload and send it to ensure that the meeting was carried out according to the king's wishes. When Davers was absent from the meeting, he had the right to ensure the meeting was carried out smoothly, and could even command the guards to drive out the elders who interfered with the meeting, and just report the results of the meeting to Davers after the meeting was over.

It is precisely because of the increased power of the rotating chairman that this position has become an important indicator to measure a senator's status in the Senate.

Previously, the rotating presidents of the Dionia Senate were Kunogorata, Cornerus, Sedorum, Vesba and Lucias. Now, Kunogorata has passed away and Anta Oris has filled the vacancy.

In addition, there is another change. As the Sicilian senators such as Raodisian committed malfeasance, Naxos, Sikuli and Katanai were also involved in this matter and were investigated. They were all recommended by these senators to take office, so Davers took this opportunity to get angry in the Senate. He believed that the reason why the Kingdom Officials Management Committee failed to keep a good job in the election of middle and low-level officials was because they were influenced by too many other senators in the Senate and could not have been the appointment of officials fairly, and the appointment of middle and low-level officials should not have been intervened by the Senate...

At the beginning of the establishment of the alliance, the official management committee's duty was to formulate the candidates for public officials in various cities of the alliance, and finally Davers could only be implemented. However, each time the candidates on the list would be read out in the Senate to let the senate know. Sometimes they would object to some of them. The committee would make some adjustments based on their opinions. Davers would not make too many obstacles, because Davers controlled the Senate, so everything was under his control. In recent years, as the territory expanded and the number of officials increased, Davers had half of his time dealing with political affairs in the palace, and his control over the committee could not be as strict as before.

This time, Davers asked the office of the Kingdom Officials Management Committee to move to the palace and no longer discuss the appointment of officials in the Senate. Of course, some veterans objected, but he kept threatening: He was considering whether to ask Sesta to investigate officials in other cities of the Kingdom to avoid a series of malfeasance cases like Sicily.

Eventually, Davers' proposal was passed and the committee moved to the second floor of the palace.

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The day after Kunogolata's funeral, Kerithops was received by Davers.

Davers and the Senate agreed to Sparta's request to "renew the original expiration of the covenant for another ten years."

After all, the focus of the Kingdom of Dionia is Italy, followed by Sicily. Neither Davers nor the elders are interested in getting involved in the disputed Greek land. The previous calm decade gave Dionia plenty of time to absorb refugees, expand the population, develop agriculture, trade, and expand land... Of course, they also want to continue to have such a peaceful surrounding political environment.
Chapter completed!