"Antony, Appis, how shall I reward two of the most illustrious generals of the Roman Republic? You have conquered Spain. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

At the home of Atia in Rome, Caesar entertained the two triumphant legion commanders at a family dinner. Of course, Antony's military position and power must have been much better than that of Apis, but in the Spanish campaign, Apis also had merit, so Caesar feasted with him. At the same time, Caesar seems to have preferred to hear about the Spanish battlefield, after all, the soldiers are all about the shipwreck of Apsis and then guided by Poseidon, the god of the sea, Caesar is always interested in new things. In this respect, he is more like a young man than a steady middle-aged man.

"It was my privilege to serve Caesar, the greatest general in the history of the Roman Republic."

Anthony, dressed in a white robe, replied naturally. At the same time, he and Caesar were almost unpolite, they were like brothers, they toasted and drank freely, and even polite words were much less, but Apis was different, after all, he didn't spend much time with Caesar, and his age and experience were not enough for Caesar to trust, although he did make many extraordinary achievements along the way, but some trust must be built on the basis of time.

"And what about you, Appis? You deserve to be rewarded, what you have done in Spain is obvious to all, and the Tenth Legion may even perish without your leadership. Say, what do you want as a reward? ”

Lying in the soft chair, Caesar turned back happily but calmly, and looked at Appis with a daunting calm. This may have been a test, or perhaps Caesar had no intention of doing so, and Apis didn't know it, but just in case, Apis still didn't ask for any reward.

"No, I don't know what reward to ask for. The soldiers fought with me, and I thought I had all the rewards they had, and I didn't know what else I needed. Oh, by the way, maybe I need a house, an apartment. I don't think I have a house of my own in Rome yet. ”

Appis looked into Caesar's unfathomable eyes and replied slowly.

A beast often needs to disguise itself in order to obtain its prey, and Appis thought that if Caesar was made aware of his ulterior motives now, he would soon be suspicious and displeased with Caesar. Caesar was silent on the surface at least about raising the salaries of the soldiers of the Tenth Legion, and what he thought in his heart, Apis did not know, so, after considering the pros and cons, Apis only made such a simple request. Because it is not possible to ask for anything at all, Caesar will think that you are pretentious, and that your demands are too high, which is against Caesar's temptation, and he will think that you are a greedy and ambitious person. So Appis only made a simple request for an apartment to live in, and this request was also ulterior, telling the nobles who wanted to convince themselves that they had accepted the house that Caesar had added, and that the villa they had given him would not be able to live in. Moreover, in this way, Caesar's suspicion of himself was also dispelled.

Apis speculated in his heart about Caesar's next move, and it was possible to be more suspicious, or it was possible to mention it and not mention it again.

It's just that Caesar doesn't seem to show much emotion, just seems absent-minded, and casually agrees to Appis's request. Then he laughed and said—

"Appis, you are always so easily satisfied. But this is not right, every Roman general should have the ambition to conquer the world. You have the ability, don't you? ”

Caesar's words were quickly understood by Appis, and it seemed that he was still quite dissatisfied with the fact that the Tenth Legion was rewarded with double the salary, which was a warning to himself.

"Caesar......

"Don't be detained like that, come, sit next to me, I have to hear your opinion on many things."

Appis wanted to explain something, but was called directly to Caesar's side.

The banquet was held at Atiya's house, and although the environment was simple, the food was very rich. It seems that Caesar still has the heart to prepare for this dinner.

"Antony, our defeated men, the Gauls, are now ready to move again, what do you think of the current situation? At least don't let my enemies think we have a chance. ”

At the beginning of the dinner, Caesar called out Anthony, his most trusted subordinate. Then, Anthony put down his wine glass and vole meat.

"Those filthy bugs, we can capture the rebels among them, take them to the legion, act as death squads, and let them rush to the front in the battle against Pompey, the price of blood will make them understand the fate of rebelling against you."

Anthony pondered for a moment, and came up with what he thought would be the most effective. But Caesar was clearly not satisfied, and he frowned and returned.

"But this does not solve the fundamental problem, if one rebellious Gaul is captured, more Gauls will rebel. We are now fighting against the rotten nobility of Pompey and the Senate, and there is no way to spare our hands to suppress another uprising of the Gallic tribes. ”

"Confiscate their weapons, and if necessary, take the elders of each tribe hostage."

Anthony then returned.

"You're only trying to solve the problem from a military point of view, which is feasible in times of war, but it doesn't help us in our current situation. Without confiscating their weapons and capturing their elders, they may not have rebelled against Rome in full, and if we do, these Gallic tribes will unite against us again, and we have withdrawn most of our legions from Rome, and in doing so, we will be pushing ourselves to their deaths, Antony. ”

Caesar's education left Anthony speechless.

"Apis, tell me about it, if you were me, how would I deal with the current predicament?"

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You know, it's all a routine...... Apis snorted in his heart, but there was nothing he could do, Caesar's purpose may not be as simple as asking his own opinion, he pushed himself to the forefront, and then let Antony compete with him, this may be his real purpose. After Rabienus is gone, there will always be someone who must maintain this close and distant relationship with Antony, both as an ally on the battlefield and as an object of covert contention. And Octavian, who was well covered by Caesar, hid it. If it weren't for the historical record that Octavian would become Augustus, the founder of the Roman Empire in the future, I am afraid that Appis would now see Octavian as just an ordinary handsome young man.

But even though he knew that this was the case, Apis had to say what Caesar had to do.

"Well, I mean...... If it were me, and the current rebellion against Gaul, I would have someone, preferably a representative of the legion, go to Gaul in person. Tell them that Rome is going to undergo a major change. Caesar, you will give them the power to be free, and they will no longer be just conquered tribes. When the Roman Civil War is over, they will have the opportunity to send their respected elders to Rome and become members of the Roman Senate. From then on, Gaul would no longer be a Roman province of foreign nations, and they would have the right to speak and complain on their own, rather than just conquered and unprotected foreigners. In this way, a simple promise can be exchanged for absolute heartfelt affection from the Gauls. In fact, they also admired Rome's advanced material and spiritual civilization. Of course, before we do that, we can increase the size of the Senate Council by another hundred to two hundred, and these people must be our people. In order to avoid the overrepresentation of the Gauls at that time, which would interfere with the agenda of some meetings. ”

"Are you crazy? Appis, you're going to let the trousers-wearing, uncivilized barbarians into the Roman Senate? The nobles and commoners of Rome will tear you apart! ”

Anthony shouted.

But Caesar seemed pleased with the answer.

"There are only a few of us here, no nobles. Anthony. ”

Caesar reminded.

"But he can't mess up the political situation in Rome like this, which would make the whole of Rome uneasy."

Anthony is aggressive. Caesar, however, smiled indifferently.

"Appis's statement is not impossible. We are in a situation where we really need the support of the Gauls, and we cannot conquer them again by force, so it is ingenious to exchange an empty and formalized promise for the absolute allegiance of the barbarians. Anthony, perhaps you should learn from your juniors, Apis is much younger than you. ”

Caesar said, smiling heartily.

"But Caesar, there is one thing that worries me that if such a promise is made to Gaul, then it will be fulfilled. I fear that the Senate will really cause a stir and even pose a threat to your personal safety. ”

Apis had a vague feeling that what he said today might shape the course of history. Perhaps Caesar was assassinated because of such seemingly unrealistic "absurd" practices...... (To be continued.) )