Chapter 1946: Let's Be Soldiers
"If you go through the parliamentary procedure, Your Majesty will definitely know. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info" Giuseppe slowly explained why.
"It's against the law." Pabinian looked at Giuseppe and said calmly.
"We have supra-citizen treatment, for the sake of Rome!" Giuseppe said as he looked at Pabinian.
"If you do this, you won't have it in the future." Pabinian was silent for a long time.
"No, we're Roman citizens too." Giuseppe is clearly ready.
It's not that Pabinian doesn't know the current situation in the eastern provinces of Rome, and the destruction of the Thirteen Rose Legions is enough to show the strength of the other party, but breaking the law is breaking the law!
"You have a way, the safety of the eastern provinces is in your hands, and it is up to you to choose." Giuseppe looked at Pabinian indifferently.
Just as Pabinian was hesitating whether to break the law, his slave told him that Caracalla had come to see him, and Pabinian's eyes flashed with light.
"I can't help you, but someone can help you." Pabinian immediately spoke to Giuseppe, and then took Giuseppe out to pick up Caracalla.
"Your Excellency, I will hand over the statistics after the reform of the new law." Caracalla had a slight haughtiness in his eyes, but he was visibly respectful when he saw what Pabinian and Giuseppe were wearing.
"It just so happens that I also have something to inform you, this is the Giuseppe Protector of the Eastern Province, and he has something to inform." Pabinian's expression was slightly gloomy and he introduced Caracalla.
Giuseppe had little to hide, and recounted everything that had happened to Caracalla, and like Pabinian, he was equally shocked.
"Do you want me to send troops?" Caracalla spoke after a moment of silence after the questioning.
Pabinian didn't speak, as a justice, it was a little inappropriate from any point of view to let others do illegal things, but in this case, it was better to acquiesce.
After all, Caracalla is the eldest son of Severus, if other people may be dangerous to do this kind of thing, Caracalla is not only dangerous but also a huge opportunity, after all, Caracalla also knows that his father definitely wants his son to inherit his position, but whether he can do it depends on his son's merits.
The more complicated thing is that it is very important whether this is considered merit or illegality.
However, Caracalla did not hesitate for long, and still chose to agree to Pabinian's proposal, because he knew very well that he did not have the excellent war talent of his father, nor did he have a long-term strategic talent, since Pabinian could say such a thing, then the eastern provinces would be quite dangerous if there was no one to help him.
In addition, the Eastern Province is Ganassis's lair, and Ganassis is a die-hard supporter of Severus, even if Caracalla is stupid, he knows that as long as he really saves the Eastern Province by illegal means this time, then he will definitely get Ganassis's goodwill.
In this way, his advantage was much greater, so Caracalla chose to send troops even though he knew that it was illegal.
Although there are only 20 million orthodox Romans, and half of them have become waste because of eating lead, the remaining Romans have evolved and become stronger.
In addition, the first thing Severus did when he came up was to raise the salary of the soldiers, and the annual salary of the low-level non-commissioned officers was about 250 dinaries, how to say this level, it was actually quite low.
I have the impression that if the average price of grain at that time was used, one dinari was almost equivalent to 130 yuan, or almost 32,000 yuan per year.
However, the Romans are equipped with their own military service mode of armor and weapons, and there are not many people who live purely as soldiers, more of which is the kind of war, you bring weapons and equipment, and you can go back to play after the battle.
Therefore, the income of 250 dinari is not much, but it is not too little, but Severus came up and directly increased the salary of the soldiers to about 1500 dinari, which is equivalent to the current annual salary of 200,000.
In the official history, the number of Roman regular legions during the Severus period, that is, the Eagle Banner Legion, reached 33, with a standing strength of 300,000.
As for how to give money to so many people and ensure that the country is still maintained, in fact, Severus's method is very simple, beat, beat hard, no matter who he is, as long as it is an enemy, kill them all, and then rob them.
Needless to say, whether it is land, minerals, or other things, it can be converted into money, and then issued to the soldiers.
If you count the sacking of the resting capital, the most prosperous cities in rest are all looted to obtain income, although the salary of the thirty-three full-fledged Eagle Banner Legions is very large, but for Severus, who has won consecutive battles, there is nothing unacceptable about the thirty-three full-fledged Eagle Banner Legions, after all, only strong strength can make you crazy plundering and growing.
In short, before his death, Severus led the most powerful legions from the Roman monarchy, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire to kneel down all the enemies around him.
Before he died, Severus told his eldest son, Caracalla, that you and your brother should live in harmony, and that they should not suffer the soldiers, so that they can all get the reward they deserve, and give them glory and money, and the others should not care.
However, in the same year after Severus' death, Caracalla and his brother Geta succeeded to the throne at the same time, and Caracalla spent a year killing his brother, and then issued a decree that all the people of the country should be treated as Roman citizens, and then he was killed.
It is not surprising that he did not want to expand his territory and plunder the foreign world, but he actually attacked the idea of his supporters, and it was naturally not surprising that he was killed, and then came the dark third century of Rome, the most interesting era in history, twenty-six emperors died in fifty years, and only one of them died of illness.
In short, these are very distant things, and now thanks to Severus's policy, there are not many citizens in Rome who want to be professional soldiers, after all, Severus is not joking in the treatment of soldiers, saying that 1500 dinari is 1500 dinaries, and he will send it when he says it.
So now the requirements for recruitment in Rome are becoming more and more terrible, because everyone thinks that being a soldier is good, because it used to be an honor, but now it is not only an honor, but also a benefit.
After all, although Roman citizens are rich, it is good for an excellent craftsman to earn 1,000 denaries a year, so there are so many people who want to be soldiers now, so many that not only Roman citizens come to ask, but even some people such as Teutonic and Anglo come to want to become soldiers.
Because Severus didn't say that he had to be a citizen, the city of Rome was now full of good soldiers who wanted to be soldiers.