The kingdom's posthumous deliberations were also intense, especially after his will was announced that he would "dedicate the majority of his estate to the kingdom", and the senators had no objections: the statue was stationed in the Panthéon, and a statue of him was erected in front of the finance department and approved.

Even the opening of the Congress of Greek Scholars was postponed for a few days for his funeral.

A few days later, the Senate again announced an important announcement: Haka, the only governor of the Dionian kingdom who had served for more than four years, stepped down, and the senator Bagul took over as governor of southern Iberia, and the Senate added a rotating chairmanship, which Haka took over after he was transferred back to Turiyi.

Important changes in the political arena of the Dionian kingdom have not attracted much attention from the common people, and the hottest question in the streets of the kingdom's cities today is whether the citizens of Dionya should pay more taxes in order to increase the kingdom's military spending and solve the security problems on the border.

From the beginning of the fierce debate (the majority of registered freemen and prospective citizens supported the need to pay more taxes, while the vast majority of citizens were against it), to the fact that many citizens began to think that "as long as they can avoid the pain of long-term border fighting, it is worth paying more taxes", and now the main topic of debate among the people has become the question of "how much more tax should be paid", the whole process of evolution has only gone through a dozen days.

On the one hand, the reason for such rapid changes is the result of the full promotion of the intelligence services, and the other main reason is that the vast majority of citizens are the first generation of citizens of the Kingdom of Dionia, and they are all participants and founders in the process of the establishment and rise of this kingdom. When they need to sacrifice a little self-interest and help, they are finally able to make a reasonable choice.

In the taverns on the streets, diners were still arguing: "I want citizens to pay 15% of the direct tax, since it is like Athens, Corinth, Thebes...... The citizens of these traditional Greek city-states could pay such a high tax for the public benefit of the city-state, and some of them even had a higher tax rate than this, and the Dionian citizens, who claimed to be the 'most patriotic', owned a large amount of land and should accept this tax rate calmly. ”

"15% is a bit high, and the original only 1%, now suddenly to receive 15%, this change is too big, I estimate that many people can't stand it, seven or eight percent should be more reasonable."

"I said that you are so happy to discuss the issue of paying taxes here, have you ever considered that if the official citizens want to increase it, we will also increase the same tax!"

"I'm single, no matter how much I pay taxes, I can make do with life, and I don't have the trouble of starting a family for the time being, so I don't worry."

"Of course I have thought about this, and I think that the more taxes are paid, the richer the kingdom will be, and the better it will be for us freedmen and reserve citizens, because the kingdom can use more money to build better public facilities, buy more food to stabilize food prices, and subsidize hospitals to reduce the cost of consultations...... And these benefits us are greater than those of regular citizens, who are rich enough to not care too much. ”

"That makes sense, so I decided to change my mind and support a 15 percent tax."

……

A group of people were chatting happily when they suddenly heard the cook shout, "Massimus, you're here!" ”

"Ah......h

"Or a beer?"

"Yes."

The diners immediately looked at it, and the good deeds immediately asked, "Massimus, how are you going to look for a job today?" ”

"I said are you stupid, do you still need to ask, just look at his appearance and know that it didn't work."

Massimus squeezed out a bitter smile and reluctantly explained: "Actually, during the interview, the head of the library was already willing to hire me as a scribe, but the person next to me said a few more words, knowing that I was ...... After the liberation of the slaves from Rome, he hesitated and said to me, 'If I come back in a few months, when that incident has subsided, he will definitely hire me.'"

"I say Massimus, don't blame the officials of Turiy for not hiring you, the Romans are not over in a rebellion, they want to assassinate the great King Davers, this is a great thing! The town hall of Turiyi is so close to the Senate and the royal palace, in case ...... I mean, if they do hire you, and you make a fuss, they're all going to suffer, so they don't dare to risk hiring you to be on the safe side. The man said nicely, 'a few months later'...... Hehe, I don't think the town hall of Turij will dare to hire Romans again in a year or two! ”

The diner's words made Massimus's face instantly turn a little ugly.

"Don't talk nonsense." Another diner comforted: "Massimus, don't listen to him, the matter is not so serious, everyone knows that His Majesty Davers has always treated all races in the kingdom equally, and will never allow such a thing to happen, so this kind of thing is only temporary, and there is no need to wait until a few months later, you look at it, it will soon get better, because the new administrator of Turiyi is about to take office, Manlilius. Publius, a true Roman, how could he allow the town hall to discriminate against his fellow citizens in such a way! ”

"You don't understand!" The former diner retorted: "Publius's appointment as governor of Turi'i was already very controversial, and for the sake of suspicion and security, it is very likely that he would have tightly controlled the Romans in the city of Turi's early reign......"

As Massimus listened, he felt more and more apprehensive in his heart: because the assassination of Davers also involved Publius's eldest son, whether he knew that he had reported it himself, his previous comradeship must have been ruined, not only could he not go to him for help, but he was afraid that he would have to avoid him, so it seemed that the town hall of Turriy could not go, and he did not want to go back to the slave camp, did he really have to go to the port of Turriy to find something to do? But as a result, there will be much fewer opportunities to shorten the period of becoming a full citizen as soon as possible......"

Massimus was pondering bitterly when another diner sighed, "These damned Romans! Oh, Massimus, I didn't mean you...... They made such a big deal.,As a result, the security of this year's scholars' conference is much stricter than in previous years.,If we want to enter and leave the school park freely as our identity,It's much more difficult to listen to the scholars' speeches.。 ”

"We don't understand what those speeches are good about, instead of sitting there blindly, we might as well use this time to earn more money and come here to buy a few more glasses of wine!"

"That's right! That's right! ”

"You don't understand, I don't understand most of the speeches of the scholars, but you can meet some celebrities at this conference that you don't usually see, such as Patriarch Ansitanos, Patriarch Matticles...... Wait, and of course our great King Davers, many of you probably haven't seen our king in person once, but I see it every year, and if you're lucky, you're able to get into his room and hear him up close, and that's ......."

The diner's intoxicated appearance made the others feel a little itchy when they saw it, and someone eagerly asked, "Tell us, what did His Majesty the King say at the conference of scholars?" ”

"Uh...... This one...... His Majesty is a descendant of the god Hades, and he has been inspired by God, and some scholars privately call him the All-Knowing, and his speech is so profound, how can I remember it, I just remember that before the speech, he humbly thanked everyone for coming to listen to his speech......"

"Isn't it like this at the beginning of all the speeches of our kingdom now, how can His Majesty the Great King be like them, I think you are just bragging, in fact, you have never heard Your Majesty's speeches at all!" One diner questioned, and others booed, having previously complained about the man's smugness and took the opportunity to heckle.

The diner was anxious: "Of course I have listened to His Majesty's speech!" I tell you...... I...... Let me tell you...... There was also a very interesting thing happening at this year's Scholars Conference! Not only did His Majesty the King give a speech, but Prince Apox also came up to the stage to give a speech—"

"Prince Apox? I remember that he was the second son of His Majesty Davers, and he must have been under 18 years old this year. One diner was clearly skeptical.

"You don't know, although Apox is still underage, but he is a descendant of Hades, favored by the gods, he has been very smart since he was a child, not only graduated from the Turiyi school ahead of schedule, it is said that the various colleges of the Dionya Academy are vying for him to come to his own academy, and he also fights for this, as a result, Apox has become a full-fledged student of the Mathematics Academy and the Faculty of Letters at the same time, which has never happened since the establishment of the Dionian Academy!" The diner said proudly, "He has been studying at the academy for several years, and now he is able to give speeches and express his opinions at the scholars' conference, what is so strange!" ”

"We're just curious...... After all, it's ...... young," said the skeptical diner.

Seeing that the other party had relented, the diner did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but expressed his understanding: "Actually, not only do you think so, but some scholars in the venue also think so, several people from the Pythagorean school of Tarantum also tried to make things difficult for Prince Apox, but you don't see that Prince Apox is young, but his eloquence is also very sharp, and he quickly refutes those Tarantum people speechless, and finally everyone in the audience cheers for him!" You don't see the dejected look of the Tarantums, it's really relieving! ”