"So only we are the pioneers of civil rights, and the advantage we have is truly unparalleled." - Cicero boasted of the Law of the Twelve Tables, but he never mentioned it, and the Roman law drew heavily on the reality of the Greek sages

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"But." Li Bida quickly changed his face, "Your Excellency Honorable Inspector, now that the Republic has urgently set up a committee of ten people, it is not to promote some kind of gradual trend of taking medicines, but to carry out a surgical operation like craniotomy and bloodletting for the country, the government and the entire social order, and the effect is so tragic that I believe Your Excellency Inspector Cicero should be mentally prepared." ”

Cicero was silent, what objection could he have now? He was quick to state his position, first recognizing the power of the Committee of Ten to arrest, punish and requisition any perpetrator involved in the assassination of the Holy Dictator.

After that, Li Bida and Young Caesar did not say anything about this matter, because it itself was like a ripe apple in the palm of the hand, and there was no need to say anything more to it. Idiots don't think so, so these people think further, and they openly take out the sand table that covers the entire Italian territory and geography in front of Pisso and Cicero, and lay it in the middle of the surrounding people, and then Li Bida demands:

"The Senate must grant me the powers of the Governor for a period of five years, and the number of corresponding legions, as well as the same amount of Panza, Antony, and Caesar the Young, but it is a matter of urgency. Or to honor the boon to all the legions. So we are going to levy the treasury of the Saturnalia. as a cash reward for soldiers; In addition, twenty-four cities in Italy were to be allocated to the soldiers as resettlement fields, and the settlements of the more distant regions of Unity, Sardinia, Spain, and Gaul were to be left vacant for the time being, and the Senate was not allowed to intervene, because they were to be used as future settlements for the new legions. ”

Then, in front of Cicero, Li Bida and Young Caesar pulled out their daggers and began to point on the sand table. Just as two generals went to conquer distant barbarian territories and then distributed the spoils, "these are the regions, Lichim, Pasini, Alimilon, Fesulay, Viai, Venusia, Beniwinton, Taranto"

It was clear that the Council of Ten had full rights to the communal farms, arable land, waters, and gardens in these areas, but what about the knights and senators who had contracted these estates? Cicero and Pisso couldn't help but ask.

Regarding this question, Li Bida spread his hands and smiled without answering, but Young Caesar said coldly, "This question." It is entirely possible to resolve the matter in coordination within the committee and the legion, if there is any objection. We will do our best to 'reply' in earnest." ”

Then, the young Caesar waved his hand to Cicero like a superior to a subordinate, signaling that the elder could leave, although Cicero felt a great humiliation in his heart, but he finally grasped the life-saving straw of the "Committee of Ten", and the trip finally had gains and losses, and then he didn't even dare to go back to the synagogue of the Senate, and went directly to his own house in Palatine Hill to hide.

When the trumpet sounded, except for the three legions who had gone to Rome to enforce martial law, the centurions of the rest of the legions consciously gathered in the center of the arena and looked at Li Bida, Caesar the Younger, and Panza standing in the high stands, because the other party was about to announce the "results of the consultation" with the Senate just now.

"Soldiers, the following political events have nothing to do with you, you have followed His Excellency Caesar and His Excellency Young Caesar for so many years, and have made so many incredible feats and glories, and then you only need to care about what kind of return the country will give, we have fully collected the money in the treasury, and we will distribute it all to you, leaving only thirty percent of the money as the state budget for the coming year, and I can proudly say that each centurion can receive two thousand five hundred dinars of silver, Each soldier will receive five hundred dinars of silver, and the list of cities I will read out will be yours at once. After Li Bida said this, he motioned to the young Caesar to stand up and read out a long list of city names, and each time he read one, the centurions and soldiers below would let out an excited and long shout, because these cities were famous for their wealth and beauty, and finally Li Bida took the list of young Caesars, "Soldiers, you can now cheer, you can reconcile, you can hug each other, even if you have killed each other under the city of Mutina under the provocation of some people with ulterior motives, and the tragedy has passed!" ”

Then, at the high priest's request, thousands of people embraced each other in groups and threes, all of whom thought that Caesar's party now ruled the whole country, and that was their greatest ecstasy.

At this time, Li Bida and Young Caesar left Panza, and the two of them walked alone to the secluded aisle of the arena, "Dear guardian, I think that now that the situation in Rome and Italy has been decided, it is time to consider conquest of the enemy who has an army. ”

"Do you mean Brutus, Cassillo, and the young Pompey brothers in Spain?"

"That's right."

Li Bida groaned, as if thinking about the future situation of the war, and then he said to Young Caesar, "Now these enemies are scattered on both sides of the country, and they are all threatening Italy at all times, and then, according to your opinion, who is easier to deal with?" ”

"Naturally, it is Brutus and Cassiyo, and Brutus does not dare to advance to the province of Macedonia now, because there is the army of his adoptive father who remained there during his lifetime, and there are also your men guarding Fort Libida, and he can only remain in the region of Thessalya and recruit troops for Athens; Cassiio had recruited a legion on Crete, but it was said to have consisted of only three thousand men, all veterans of Pompey's remains, and that Eulaberatze had rebelled against one of Caria's legions, which was occupying the city of Ephesus, a group of enemies who lacked unity of command and whose total strength did not exceed four legions. Young Caesar replied eagerly.

"I think so, and besides, this group of men has a small army, but the crime is great, and it is only right to conquer them, so I entrust you with the right to conquer, and in my capacity as governor of Illyria, after the success of Crete and Epirus will also be yours - the forty-second and forty-third legions will be given to you, and the seventeenth and eighteenth legions left by Dehemoth, and then you will have three new legions to recruit - I believe that with seven legions you should be able to destroy each enemy who does not depend on each other."

Young Caesar suppressed the excitement in his heart, saying that he would definitely live up to the trust of his guardian, in fact, he was even more happy that after defeating Brutus and others, his appetite was far more than the two regions of Epirus and Crete, and he wanted to cut off the flesh of the richest Greece, nay, even Asia Minor, to feed his army, as long as he could occupy the East, he would be enough to expand his power to the point that Cheng Dù, who did not dare to despise in front of him. (To be continued......)