And as the military inspector, Zantiparis must have been in the way of the situation, and he did not play a supervisory role at all! This brings us to another headache for Davers: most of the senior officers of the Dionic army were mercenaries back then, and the years of combat friendship allowed them to maintain good personal relationships, thus forming a large network of complex relationships in the army, controlling the direction of the army, although it was easier for the former mercenary leader Davers to control the army, but it was also easy to breed corruption.

It seems that the time has come to think about breaking down the isolation of the army and improving the style of the army...... The doctor was lost in thought.

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At the next day's Senate meeting, when Davos attended again, he suddenly proposed that he had just received news that the governor of Naxos, Stromboli, could not return to Turriy on time to step down because of an important case in the local area, and asked the Senate to immediately elect Strombori's successor to Naxos to hand him over.

The senators were in an uproar, and Raodisien was flustered.

In the next election, the senators who were secretly instructed by Davers finally elected Miron's as the new administrator of Naxos, and Davers, after congratulating Milon, announced: Yesterday Antonios proposed to him to resign from the post of Minister of War because of poor health, and after careful consideration, he decided that Hilos would take over the post of Minister of War (although the main affairs of the army are decided by Davers, but the Minister of War is an important minister of the kingdom after all, and the appointment and dismissal of it, Davers was going to make a briefing to the Senate).

Shilos had been informed by Davers yesterday evening, and did not show surprise, but the other senators were in an uproar, and many politically minded senators were wondering: what happened to Antonios, who had been alone in crossing the sea, defeating the last counterattack of Syracuse, conquering the Catanian plain, and having made outstanding achievements, took the initiative to resign from the highest military position in the kingdom just because of "an illness".

Considering that Davers was eager to elect the chief executive of Naxos, some people keenly felt that it might be related to Naxos. While the senators were whispering, Davers announced again that the Ministry of War would establish a military tribunal, with the Supreme Court of the Kingdom serving as military judges on a regular rotation. At the same time, the military inspector is no longer held by military officers, but by the highest inspector of the kingdom, and the post is rotated regularly.

At this moment, the entire Senate exploded.

The former mercenary patriarchs, led by Kappus, objected to Davers, arguing that it was sufficient for the army to have the Dionian Military Law that regulated the conduct of officers and soldiers, and that it was enough for military judges to punish officers and soldiers who violated discipline according to military law! Now that the Dionian army is functioning normally, there is no need for additional military tribunals and the introduction of outsiders, who may disturb the peace and order of the army and even divulge secrets in the army.

The senators, led by Cornerus, who were engaged in local government, believed that this was a wise decision by His Majesty Davers to bring the army under the supervision of the Laws of Ionia, which made the whole kingdom more fair and just.

Davers was still being argued with by the senators without any explanation, but at his insistence his proposal was passed.

The whole Senate meeting ended in a clamour.

After the end, Laodisien went straight to Antonios' mansion, but the gates, which had previously been unobstructed to him, were now forbidden to anyone, on the grounds that "Antonios was unwell and did not see any outsiders for the time being".

Raodisien changed her mind and said, "I want to see my daughter", but the doorman refused.

Finally, considering that Raodisien was his father-in-law after all, Antonios sent out to warn him to stop running around about the affairs of Paphlegris, and to stop holding frequent banquets and attracting attention.

Antonios' words made Raodisien even more distraught......

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At this moment, in the chambers of the Dionian palace sat the new Governor of Naxos, Millon, and the highest judge, Trito Demos.

"I just asked the two of you to come over after the meeting because I had something important to tell you." Davos took out a letter with a solemn expression and handed it over: "This is the secret letter that Strompoli wrote to me yesterday, you should take a look at it first, but you have to swear to Hades that you will not divulge the contents of the letter to others!" ”

Milon and Trito Demose glanced at each other and did so.

Trito Demose took the letter and looked at it, and Milon leaned in.

The letter recounts in detail how the Naxos inspector found Paphgres murdering and the fact that Pavleghris sought a scapegating slave. At the end of the letter, there is also a story confided by the imprisoned slaves: Aconis, the leader of the Sichael tribe, had a close relationship with the family of Laodisian, and gave large sums of gold and silver on several occasions......

"Aconis ......" Milon muttered the name, feeling somewhat familiar, but he just couldn't remember where he had heard it.

"Aconis, son of Aguilas, former king of Sikaire, leader of the Taniyan tribe, who lives in Kefaro Idion in central Sicily." Davers gave a brief reminder.

Milon suddenly remembered: Oh, this is the Tanikan tribe! A few years earlier it had annexed another tribe of the Sikers, and its leader had fled to Naxos to ask us for help, and while we were in the midst of a campaign against Mesapi, we sent only a messenger to order the Tanikan chieftain Aconis to return the occupied lands and people, which he did, and wrote a letter of incrimination to the Senate...... I remember this very well. ”

"Did?! Originally, I thought so, but now it seems that it is not necessarily, you have to know who the envoy sent by the Senate was?! There was a hint of uncertainty on Davers's face, a kind of anger after being deceived.

"Laodisian!" Milon and Trito Demos exclaimed at the same time.

"Over the years, our energy has been mainly focused on dealing with the affairs of Greater Greece and Southern Italy, and we are more concerned with maintaining stability in Sicily, and we are not very familiar with the affairs of the Sicilians, so we rely more on the Sicilian senators to judge and deal with ......them," Davers tapped his fingers on the table, and said in a deep voice: "Yesterday, I specially checked the minutes of the Senate in previous years, and more than half of the issues involving the Siquel people involved the Taniğans or tribes that were close to the Tačians. The end result is also mostly in their favor. ”

"This is treason!" Mi solemnly slapped his chair heavily: "Your Majesty, Raodisian should be arrested and interrogated!" ”

"This is only the testimony of slaves, it has not been confirmed." Trito Demose said more calmly.

"Trito Demos is right, the Sikels are our allies, and normal friendships are not subject to the law, so we need proof! And I suspect that Raodisian is not the only one who has close contacts with the Tanitian tribe, otherwise the minutes of the meeting would not show that there were so many Sicilian senators speaking for Tanian, so-" The doctor said in a deep voice with a serious expression, "Milon, you hurry to Naxos as soon as possible, take over from Strombori, send inspectors, seal off Laodisian's mansion there, search for relevant evidence, and if you find evidence that other senators are involved in this matter, I allow you to expand the scope of the search!" ”

"What if one of the suspected senators is Sikuli and Katanai?!" Millon's eyes were blazing, and he asked a little excitedly.

Of course, Davers knew that Milon had always been more aggressive, and he turned his head to look at the other person: "Trito Demos, you should also rush to Naxos as soon as possible on the grounds of 'adjudicating the Naxos murder', and assist Milon in finding evidence and clarifying the case, and at the same time ensure that all actions are within the scope of legality, so as to avoid you being accused by other senators in the Senate in the future!" ”

Davers said this mainly to remind Milon that when he frowned, he knew that he had listened, and then said: "If it is found that there are still elders of Catana and Sikuli involved in this matter, Trito Demoth, you are responsible for contacting the administrators of these two cities, and I will also write to them to cooperate with you, and strive to collect all the evidence, so that no one can slip through the net!" ”

"Don't worry, Your Majesty!" Trito Dermos was quick to assure.

"Mi-chan, you just gave you a problem when you first took office, did you feel pressure?" Davers said to Milon jokingly in a soothing tone.

"Isn't that why Your Majesty asked me to be the administrator of Naxos!" Milon said bluntly.

Davers was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: this old politician, who had long been the chief general in Crotone, was by no means as rough as he seemed.

"Naxos is the Naxos of Dionia, it's time to put things in order!" Davers's words gave Milon an obvious hint, and he immediately nodded: "Understood, Your Majesty." ”

"What about Paphragris, the son of Laodisian?" Trito Dermos understood Davers, so he cautiously asked, "According to the laws of the kingdom, he should not be sentenced to a heavy sentence!" ”

Davos smiled coldly: "Mobilize the registered freeman to report the crime again, and he flouted the law, lied after swearing an oath to Hades, and made the slave guilty, and he must have been involved in collusion with the Sikails, how should he be sentenced for these crimes?!" ”

Trito Demose's eyes lit up.

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After seeing the two off, Davers welcomed the new Minister of War, Shilos.

"Your Majesty!" Shilos stood at his desk and saluted respectfully.

"Sit down, sit down." Davers's expression at this moment was much more cordial than when he faced Milon before.