This group of people not only came from Pinukem, Etrunia, Umbria, and other areas adjacent to the city of Rome, but also from as far away as Lucania, Sicily, and southern Gaul, and the total number of people was tens of thousands, and the cheers shook the earth, and they were all beneficiaries of Lypida's proposal, that is, the local figures who wholeheartedly supported the "Emilius Act", and it was this bill that granted them the same number of votes as the city of Rome, so that they could really raise their eyebrows in the republic and exert their influence on national policy.

"Now that the war in Africa is over, I will then set up two ombudsmen to count the number of citizens in Rome and in the whole of Italy, and soon the Aemilius Act will be implemented." Li Bida rode on his horse and waved to the people.

He then took 2,000 prisoners of war and tens of thousands of craftsmen recruited from Italy into the gates of Rome, and his first steps consisted of five projects: the construction of a new temple of Venus in the main square, and the other four projects were to add decorations, seats, and temporary colonnades to the main square, the Jupiter Temple on Capitol Hill, the Juilliard Hall, and the Tybris Assembly House, so that in the future the triumphal ceremony could provide a place for the citizens to rest, eat, and drink, and to display a variety of gifts and trophies. Soon, the city of Rome rose to prominence everywhere, a hustle and bustle of joy and vitality, and idlers from all neighborhoods gathered around the site to comment on Caesar's work.

However, in front of the Juilliard Hall, the senators began to move the implementation of the Emilius Bill, and several tribunes agreed that the bill should be put on hold for the time being. Because the republic is not capable of carrying it out now.

"Why?" Li Bida stood in the speaking area of the auditorium. Asked.

There was a loud noise. Some of the senators said that Pompey's remnants had not yet been exterminated, and Li Bida replied that as long as the triumphal ceremony was over, Rabinus and the little Pompey brothers could be pacified.

Some of the senators said that now that after the civil war, the casualties of the people and the legions were very heavy, and the law could only be implemented after the Ombudsman had counted the number of citizens. The two began to speculate on how long it would take, saying that they might not be able to complete it after their five-year term was over, because it was a huge and cumbersome undertaking.

Li Bida secretly scoffed: However, the number of two or three hundred thousand citizens, together with the new citizens of Italy and other regions, will not exceed one million, and this statement is simply nonsense.

But he remained silent and continued to listen to the performances of the veterans, some said that they would wait until the end of the grand triumphal ceremony to put it on the agenda, and others talked about more than doubling the number of voters. It was necessary to expand the Tebris assembly house, which could not be completed in a short time.

Li Bida sneered. Slowly sitting down in the circle chair, Matthias beside him, together with the clerk, recorded the reproaches of the senators one after another, "Dear fathers, your opinions are extremely valuable and pertinent, and when Your Excellency Caesar returns, I will report them all." ”

Later, before the senator had finished his ramblings, he arose and said that he could not stay until the end of the meeting, and then he departed with his guards and servants, and followed the streets of the Evandini Hill to the port of Ostia, where the "Provincial Administration in Wartime," a huge storehouse, stood on the other side, and all the bureaucrats, knights, and high slaves stood in procession at the steps, welcoming the chief with trepidation.

"You don't have to, I'm not here to visit, I'm not here to inspect, I'm here to lead everyone to do things." Li Bida didn't even say hello, he walked through the welcome procession, walked into the Executive Yuan and sat down, and then everyone surrounded him with a public seal and a seal.

"I must accomplish what I must do in the year before the end of my term, which is related to the long-term peace and stability of the Republic and Caesar's cause." Li Bida took a glass of mead and drank it all, then cleared his throat and arranged them one by one, saying:

"Immediately allocate a special fund of 100 to 200 Talents from the treasury of the Executive Yuan to immediately expand the Terblis Assembly House. Yes, with canopies and parasols, with cornices and colonnades, and with stone bricks, so that every citizen who votes, old or new, can enjoy it. ”

"The four municipal magistrates and the municipal councillors, together with their subordinate highway officials, are to be ordered to dredge the main roads in and around Rome with immediate effect, to supervise the prices of food in the fish and cattle markets, to crack down on speculation, and to give three hundred cesaries to each of the citizens of Rome and one hundred and fifty cesdes to each of the Italian citizens, in the name of Caesar himself, from the spoils of war, as a special allowance for their participation in the triumphal celebrations."

"The Triumph and the Feast of the Goddess of the Hunt (August 13) were immediately combined, and the final spoils of sacrifice were divided into one-thirds to go to Diana's altar; In addition, a river channel was dug in the Colosseum to hold gladiator naval battles; fences were erected on the grounds of the God of War University and tents were set up to accommodate people from other places to watch the ceremony; Extend the street around the Grand Circuit to prevent crowds from stampeding. ”

"Immediately organize six hundred slaves who can count and write, and one hundred low-ranking state officials, and divide Rome and all Italy into various districts according to their proximity, and go in detachment to count the number of citizens, and since the two procurators are in difficulty with this, we in the Executive Yuan will help them—in short, before the Feast of the Wolves in the coming year, the whole Emilius Act must be carried out on time, and the people's assembly, in which all the old and new citizens participate in a collective manner, must be convened on time and successfully."

After arranging everything in one go, Li Bida announced that all the officials and slaves of the Executive Yuan would have additional allowances and grain subsidies during this period, so everything must be diligent and not slack, and my guards and servants were all watching, and after saying that, the chief officer saluted everyone and left.

In the following days, Li Bida did not return to Prima or Apilon, but continued to stay in the apartment on Jucora Street, carefully supervising the development of various tasks.

All the patriarchs were dumbfounded, they finally understood that when a brand new institution could take their place in the functions of the state, everything would run unhindered and at high speed, and these people instinctively felt a great threat, "Could it be that the meritocracy of the republic, which has spread for hundreds of years, will end in the next year and enter the cemetery of history?" ”

"No, it's not clear who entered the cemetery!" Many people are thinking about it with hatred in their hearts.

In the dockyard on the Balearic Islands, the two brothers, Rouse and Séctus, after receiving the bad news from their father and Scipio, all knelt on the makeshift family altar and vowed not to compromise with Caesar until the death, and that they would be willing to see the heads of him and Cassiio in this life.

At this moment, a secret letter from Aetius, the court counsel of the Roman city, arrived. (To be continued......)