532: Chapter 532 Details of the Mauryan Dynasty

Zhao Fusu was able to obtain industry-related items through the system's check-in panel.

He had already formed a habit of checking in punctually every day.

Through these check-ins, he had acquired a vast amount of industry-related items; if he were to bring them all out, they could fill an entire large parade ground!

He did not bring out all the industry-related machinery, however.

Even if he were to bring all these things out, Great Qin would still have no way to develop the technology possessed by modern society.

The accumulation of technology cannot be achieved overnight; it requires taking it one step at a time and developing slowly.

Although he had not directly obtained literature or books from the Mauryan Empire, the books he had acquired regarding the industry of the White Elephant Kingdom contained records of information about the Mauryan Empire.

Therefore, if one were to ask who in the entire world understood the Mauryan Empire the best, it was undoubtedly him.

Before formally dividing the troops, Zhao Fusu called Fan Zeng and Xiang Liang to a meeting and introduced them to the detailed information regarding the Mauryan Empire.

The Mauryan Empire was a famous slave-owning dynasty of the White Elephant Kingdom, named after the fact that its founder came from a family that raised peacocks.

During his reign, the Seleucid Empire invaded via the Khyber Pass, following a route through Aria, Taxila, Indraprastha, Hastinapura, Varanasi, and Ayodhya, before attacking Pataliputra, only to be repelled by them.

This was also the route Zhao Fusu decided to take for his advance.

This route followed rivers almost the entire way, making it convenient for both men and warhorses to resupply.

The Mauryan Empire was not weak.

Ashoka was the third emperor of the Mauryan Empire; he had originally served as a governor in the northwestern region and returned to the capital, Pataliputra, when his father fell gravely ill.

According to Buddhist legends, after his father died, he killed 99 of his brothers before he could sit securely on the throne.

Early in his reign, Ashoka suppressed an uprising in the northwestern region.

According to Buddhist legends, he was originally a vicious tyrant who had specially selected the most ruthless people to establish a "living hell" to persecute the people.

Eight years after officially ascending the throne, Ashoka conquered Kalinga.

According to the inscriptions he himself had carved, during this war, 150,000 people (and livestock) from Kalinga were taken captive, 100,000 were killed in the war, and several times that number died subsequently.

From Chandragupta to Ashoka, after three generations of management, the Mauryan Empire had reached its peak.

The Mauryan Empire was an autocratic empire.

The king held supreme power in all aspects.

The king decided all the most important policies and appointed the most important officials, holding supreme administrative power; the edicts and decrees issued by the king became law, holding supreme legislative power; the king was the decision-maker and supreme commander of the nation's military operations, holding supreme military power; the king also tried major cases, holding supreme judicial power; the king dispatched secret agents to all parts of the country to investigate the actions of officials and the people, holding supreme supervisory power.

The king had a group of advisors and officials under him to assist him.

Officials were divided into three categories: The first category consisted of officials in charge of local affairs, who were responsible for digging and repairing canals, measuring land, and supervising the fair distribution of irrigation water; managing hunters and rewarding or punishing them as appropriate; collecting taxes and supervising land-related industries such as logging and mining; and maintaining roads.

The second category consisted of officials in charge of cities, who were divided into 6 groups of 5 people each; each group was responsible for handicrafts, foreigners, birth and death registration, market transactions and weights and measures, product inspection, and the collection of tithes, among other things.

The third category consisted of officials in charge of military affairs, who were also divided into 6 groups of 5 people each; each group was responsible for the navy, logistics and supplies, infantry, cavalry, chariotry, and elephant corps.