"Abyss is an animal, our coach Wontus trusted him, allied with him, and helped him in his most critical moments, but what was the result? Abys, who was like an animal, turned his face and denied people after his achievements, and even sent someone to assassinate our general. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info The two descendants of the family of Gnieus died at the hands of this demon, **, General Wintus died too unjustly. ”

"Yes, it's hateful! Apis is an animal, what glory can we have for us to follow him? A beast that betrays his friends and betrays his oath. ”

In a tavern in Marseille, several veterans of Pompey gathered together, shaking their wine glasses and drinking booze, while discussing the recent event that had happened unpleasantly. In their mouths, Apis became a beast, a monster, and he was insulted by an animal on the left and an animal on the right, to ease the anger in their hearts. Unnoticed, however, by a pair of piercing eyes in a dark place in the corner of the tavern, it was Bunodius' men, on the orders of the new chief, who were watching the restless, undisciplined old party of Pompey.

"It's better to go to Octavian, at least Octavian won't be untrustworthy."

One of the sailors said of the grief, waving the bottle in his hand and shouting involuntarily, causing a stir in the anxiety of his companions who were still a little sober. Hurriedly pressed him to the seat.

"Are you crazy? This is not a basement, this is a tavern, we don't know if there are any people from Apis, we don't know, you are so conspicuous that you are yelling like this. ”

The veteran sailor, with the scar on his face, lowered his voice and reprimanded sternly.

But it is clear that there are still others who are too dissatisfied.

"Afraid of what? I'd rather die a glorious battle than spend the rest of my life like this! ”

The drunken veteran of Pompey roared. Then the table slammed.

It was raining outside, and that night, a group of heavily armed soldiers suddenly broke into the brothel of several veterans and arrested several Pompey veterans who were enjoying their entertainment. Then, in the astonished eyes of everyone, several veterans were taken away in unclothed clothes. No one noticed the undercover fleet that was hiding in the corner at this time, gloating and peeping.

The next day, the rising sun, washed white by the autumn rain, hung high in the sky, and several veterans of the "mutiny" were executed on the spot by Apis on the ground of the barracks with various strange incriminating evidence.

In the days that followed, mutinies occurred, but in most cases they were brutally suppressed. Externally, Apis became a hero, establishing a glorious image among the people, but internally, he became a butcher, and everyone knows how this co-optation was carried out and lasted until the end. In the end, more than 900 of Wintus's loyal men were put to death. The charges are varied. At this point, the pirate fleet of Euwintus was successfully reorganized into Appis's personal property, and the crew almost underwent a round of reshuffle.

However, Appis, who was "proud" in the work of recruiting the navy, encountered problems in internal politics. The reform of the new Agrarian Law gave surplus land to the poor people in Gaul, Germania, and Britain. And now, almost a year after the bill was introduced, the ideals are very full, but the reality is very cruel. Although some nobles divided the land and signed an agreement that they were not allowed to get back the right to dispose of the land within three years, when the peasants had worked hard to reclaim the land, and had just harvested a little, these nobles and rich people who forgot their interests tried their best to tear up the contract and get the land back. Because the ownership is actually still in their hands.

For this reason, the number of public documents in various places for litigation has increased dramatically, piling up in the office of the magistrate, and this is still a visible case, and how many civilians have no money to hire a lawyer, the problem is serious, beyond Appis's expectations. Appis was extremely angry about this, but he had no choice but to keep the province too large for one person to be busy. At this moment, the people around him, except for Maximus, who is still training the legion, are all engaged in the complicated and troublesome internal politics. Levius and Crassus Jr. were also busy all day. It was only then that Apis admired Octavian's talent in managing the country. The social structure and interest groups in Italy were more complex, but under Octavian's rule, there were few serious conflicts.

What angered Apis was that the new "Agrarian Law" was originally modeled after my grandfather Deng's household responsibility system, and it should be said that it was a very good system, which could not only give full play to the enthusiasm of the peasants, but also increase income generation, and allowed the barren Gaul and Germania to prosper quickly. Unfortunately, these Roman aristocrats, who held the land resources in their hands, did not even share a single benefit with others...... After several years of war, the number of slaves has surged, and these slaves are cheap laborers, who only need to be fed and sheltered, and even have to save clothing, while civilians have to take forty percent of the harvest, so there will be no contradictions in the short term, and in the long run, the problem will come. After all, Rome is still a slave society, and the modern set of policies may be a pit in this era......

Moreover, there is also the problem that although the policy is to encourage everyone to go to various places to reclaim farmland and wasteland. However, most of the civilians still chose to cultivate in Gaul, even around the capital Lugdunum, and almost no one was willing to go to Germany to cultivate grain fields...... Because it is more barren, the climate is colder, and there is almost no security...... Once you have a harvest, you may not have time to turn it in before it is plundered by the local barbarians. All kinds of affairs kept Apis a little busy. Alas, perhaps not everyone has a talent for management, Appis sighed from the bottom of his heart. Every reform seems easy, and if it is implemented, there will be a lot of problems, and even if there is no problem in the moment, there will be a lot of troubles in the later stage, but since the reform is halfway through, there is no possibility of withdrawing halfway, otherwise, in the future, who will still believe what you say.

Cabinet...... Yes, Apis thought of the absolute authority again, cultivate a group of trustworthy people to help him deal with these trivial chores, otherwise, because he is too busy with internal affairs now, in the future, there will be no way to withdraw to the front line to lead troops to fight. But now that time is pressing, there is no way to cultivate a group of such loyal subordinates in a short period of time, besides, even if they are cultivated, people's hearts are unpredictable, and no one can guarantee that after a long time, someone will betray. Not...... Praetorian Guard...... Apis thought of the term...... Perhaps, the emergence of some organizations is the inevitable development of history? Appis was enlightened.