Chapter 2: Fire and Sword on the Tip of the Tongue (Part II)
"Tell Spinzel to go to Parthia! Spinzel, get out of here, to Parthia! Tens of thousands of people shouted, so frightened that Spinzel hurriedly covered his face with his sleeve, sat down, and said no more.
"Your Excellency Si Pinzel is the Procurator, according to the legal system, the Procurator is not allowed to leave the city of Rome and go to a distant land, you are completely messing around!" Luga and Eulabella immediately stood up and said, "What we are opposed to now is Caesar's dictatorship, Caesar's arbitrary deprivation of the people's freedom, and Caesar's many overthrowing republican policies, if a law, even if its passengery is cloaked in legality, but the senate and the people believe that its creation endangers the freedom and rights of the people, then this law itself is illegal and should be completely abolished!" ”
Then, Eurabella also raised her arms and shouted, "Romans, the Romans who were born free will never be willing to be slaves, and they will not want to be slaves!" The supporters below all folded their arms and shouted, "The Romans do not want to be slaves."
"Okay, we can return to you the freedom to run for consul on behalf of the dead Julius, the freedom to run for consul, the freedom to run for jurisprudence, the freedom to run for military tribune, the right to command and the right to appoint, and let Rome return to the small kingdom of only thirty-five tribus, the people entrusted Pompey with great power to lead the army and fleet to exterminate the pirates, but have you ever thought about it? The reason why piracy is so rampant is the result of the conservative philosophy of the Republic, which has conquered many parts of the world while still confined to the seven hills. We got the riches of Asia, Syria, Africa. Gather them together in the city of Rome. But they were unwilling to take on the responsibility of governing and protecting these places, so the pirates rose in this vacuum, and in turn endangered the safety of the entire republic, and the previous lesson was laid before them, but the State Advisory Agency, which consisted of only a few hundred people, never realized this, and they were obviously incapable of controlling such a large territory, and obviously because of their inopportuneness, they led to so many disputes. Letting so many good and innocent people lose their lives, but they are clever and unashamed, and they shift all the blame to their personal ambitions, and continue to let the country go on in a mess, this group of people not only degenerate themselves morally, mediocre in ability, and fearful in behavior, but also persecute to death the strong who are truly morally capable and able to act, and also take possession of the real strong for free, and continue to limit all authority to a few clans. Playing the trick of throwing and catching the ball. Why, then, could Julius not extend the consulship to five years. Or even ten years? Doesn't it take time for policies to be implemented into behavior? Could it be that the war could have ended in a year? Shouldn't the people spend two or three more years assessing whether a consul, a dictator, or a bill is in the long-term interest of the country? Could it be that the beautiful tall buildings could not be abandoned with the passing of man, like the Pompeii and the Colosseum, and become the eternal glory of Rome? Is it just that the festival has to be temporarily erected before the opening of the festival, and after the end of the celebration, it will only leave a pile of messy garbage that will disappear with the wind? What could a one-year consul solve, maybe three hundred years ago he could have carved out a small colony for the country, but now he can't even solve such small problems as indiscriminate construction and graffiti on the streets! Lybida refuted aloud and point by point, but Eurabella and Luga clearly thought that he was nothing more than an angry statement, and that he had failed in theory, so they triumphantly walked to the middle square of the temple of the Mother Goddess, and paced back and forth in the rain with their hands raised, like a victorious sword slave, to win the cheers of the people, and all the slaves in charge of the record, the raindrops were falling down their hair, but they still held their posts, blocked the brackets with leather tents, and continued to copy with great effort.
At this time, Spinzer also stood up and declared, "Anyway, according to the results of the present debate, Caesar's dictatorship is illegitimate, even if he is dead, but he will still be prosecuted for the previous illegal war crimes, crimes against the fatherland and crimes against liberty, if the prosecution is done, then Brutus and Cassiio will naturally not be murderers, but heroes who recreate the republic, freedom and power will be returned to the people, and the senate and the people will be eternal!" ”
"Really?" He replied swiftly, and then he laid out a tablet, "According to your ideas, when Caesar was dictator during his lifetime, and when he was re-elected consul, he promulgated the names of all the ordinary governors, the jurassiers of the capital, and the envoys of the wartime provinces, all of whom served the same length as he did. Then, if we follow the results of today, I will read aloud in front of all the people, the two procurators of Pinzel and Banks, please take off your purple-rimmed robes, Brutus, Cassio, and Aetius, please take off your robes of the lawyers, and Dehemous, Eurabela, Luga, and Casca, please take off your white robes, for your offices are all appointed by Caesar, and they are all illegal, please take them off quickly. Then he put up the board with Caesar's seal, held it high, and showed it to all the onlookers, "If any friend doubts Caesar's appointment, allow me to post this order in the form of an akuta in the main square, in the sheepfold, and in the bazaars of all neighborhoods, so that all can see that this group of people now illegally occupies the office of the republic, and by the hand of Caesar, the only man, and now I ask them to take off their robes that signify their status!" ”
"Give liberty back to the people, you! The freedom to run for consul is returned to the people, the freedom to run for jurass, the freedom to run for military tribune is returned to the people, and the right to command and appoint is returned to the people, for it is better to die than to be free. Anthony scoffed. Mimicking Brutus and Eurabella's stern expressions and language.
Many people, even those who had previously been neutral, laughed out loud, and even though the rain was getting heavier, they were extremely happy to see this scene, and they all cried out with Anthony, "Take off your robes and give us back your freedom, give us back your freedom!" ”
At this time, Yurabella's face turned red, which could be seen clearly in the rain, and he stammered and defended, incoherently, from power to temporary assignment to other things that he did not know, and argued endlessly about the legitimacy of his robe.
"Fool kid." Cicero sighed on the steps, and then slowly walked away, he had already seen the end. (To be continued......)