Desperately trying to avoid fault, we are often more susceptible to absurdity.

- Horace (founder and founder of Roman classicism)

However, Lucis is not the only one who can make a well-founded opinion like Luquis; Quintus, who was born at the height of the Scipio family, naturally did not lose to Luquis in this regard. In addition, Quintus has completely decided to follow Oscar, and at the same time he is also the core of the alien faction within the Augustan family; He had to stand up and say something at a time like this.

Quintus spoke immediately after Luquis had finished speaking: "Your Excellency, Commanders, Generals; General Luquis's opinion and three reasons are really convincing! However, there are also some different opinions and corresponding reasons, and I hope you can give some advice.

First of all, I am personally very much in favor of the family sending a fleet to support the Maxentius family; There are three reasons for this! First, the Maxentius family is one of the four great families of Rome that have been inherited for hundreds of years; It's just that this kind of inheritance not only has a good side, but also has too many sides that ordinary people can't see.

As we all know, the Scipio family is also one of the four families alongside the Maxentius family, and I am also a core member of the Scipio family; Because of this, I was able to see countless things that were difficult for outsiders to see. With the deep-rooted roots of the four great families of Rome, it is impossible to completely eliminate the influence of one family in a while; But it's not all bad.

The entrenched Maxentius family also has countless problems that are difficult to solve, such as the many other families attached to the Maxentius family, and these families and forces also have their own contradictions; For us. The immediate value of its existence is to deplete the strength of the Maxentius family through infighting between them.

Besides. A huge family that has been inherited for hundreds of years will always hide some unsolvable and great obstacles to the development of the family in all aspects; If it weren't for the constraints of these factors. With the cunning of Decius and the excellence of Sevio and Marcus, why did the Maxentius family fall to this?!

Therefore, helping the family of Maxentius to continue to exist in Rome is the best way for us to maintain the expansion of the family of Augustus in the city of Rome; Because a family with many fetters and problems ruled the city of Rome and the Latin provinces, we were given more room to develop, and once the Maxentius family failed, we would not have such a chance.

second, and Marlius himself; It is precisely because Marius himself did not have the political and merchant base of the city of Rome. Once Marius had defeated the Maxentius, he would not trust the nobles and business forces that had been loyal to the Maxentius. He was bound to take new measures to consolidate his rule in Rome.

The range of options for this new measure was not very large, and after the nobility and merchant classes were excluded, the city of Rome was left with the largest number of burghers; If Marius had succeeded in keeping the entire Latin province of citizenship firmly in his hands, and had excluded the nobles and wealthy merchants from his ruling class, it would not have been long before Marius became stronger.

As we all know, the Latin province has only one name; But it was the most elite part of the entire Roman Republic and the most prosperous region in the Mediterranean. Once Marius has become strong with the Latin provinces, it is possible for him to grow into a powerful party no less than any family or power; This is one of the potential threats to us in the House of Augustus!

From this point of view, it was absolutely necessary to help the Maxentius family maintain their rule in the Latin provinces; For this is the only way to ensure that the ruler of the treasure of the Latin province does not become one of the strongest contenders of our House of Augustus.

I think these two reasons are enough for us to support the Maxentius family against Marius. As for my third reason, it is only another analysis of the third reason put forward by His Excellency Luquis. In fact. In my opinion; Even if we do not participate in the struggle within the city of Rome, we are in danger of being isolated by all the powers of Rome itself.

Although our family of Augustus has grown by leaps and bounds in the last two years, and has become the top family of Rome after the family of Julius; But at the root, we have nothing but the Maxentius family. There were not enough connections with the other three major families and the other powers of Rome.

This means that the many large and small powers in Rome do not have a very high sense of identity with us; Coupled with the fact that all the territories of our family of Augustus were not the traditional sphere of influence of the Roman Republic, the Roman people also did not have a high sense of identity with us.

Based on this premise, it is simply impossible for us of the House of Augustus to maintain a close connection with Rome proper; Whether the rulers of Rome were the Maxentius family or Marius's new powers, they did not form too close ties with us. Isn't the isolation of the Maxentius family from us evident enough after the emergence of a new pattern?

The present Roman Republic is no longer the Roman Republic of the past, and there is no relationship between two families that can be established close enough, and there is no relationship between any family that can not be moved by interests; We don't have to worry too much about the isolation of the native Roman powers, as long as we are willing to give enough benefits, there will always be families willing to cooperate with us. ”

Quintus's exuberant analysis is more specific than Luquis's words, and much more; Coupled with his special status as a member of Scipio's family, many things he said that outsiders could not know also shocked the hearts of the generals. No one ever wondered why the mighty four Roman families had become fragile after hundreds of years.

The reasons for this change are certainly multifaceted, but the main one is definitely what Quintus describes; It's all because each family is entangled in various problems and can't extricate itself. The reason why Flavis separated Calabes's army from the army system of the Julius family, and the reason why the Brutus family was defeated in one battle; Inevitably, it's all because of this!

After the two core leaders of the descendant faction and the foreign faction spoke, the generals of their respective factions naturally wanted to wave their flags and shout; The descendants of Cassilo and Narsi, and the alien Cocklis, respectively, also stood up to support the opinion of their faction boss, and each also elaborated some new views of their own to support the opinion of their respective leaders.

The atmosphere in the conference room was also enlivened by the generals' respective arguments; Truth be told, Oscar originally planned to send a fleet to support the Maxentius family. But after some analysis by Luquis, such a thought inevitably gave rise to a little wavering; After Quintus's eloquent talk, such an idea came out again.

Such a dilemma makes Oscar not know how to choose! Time passed little by little, and Oscar still couldn't decide whether to support or not. Mary, who had been sitting quietly next to Oscar not far away, sighed helplessly in her heart when she saw Oscar's brows tightly knit and it was difficult to decide, and then said to everyone present:

"Generals, the key to everyone's contention is nothing more than whether it is profitable for the Augustus family to support the Maxentius family; In my opinion, it will certainly be profitable to support the Maxentius family! Moreover, there is another crucial message that you have all been ignoring, and that is that our assistance is to send fleets, not armies!

Why did we have to send a fleet to the Latin port under the pretext of supporting the Maxentius family? We can send a fleet back to the Latin port in the name of buying food and military supplies! Although the entire Roman Republic has been divided, on the surface, everyone is still affiliated with the five major families of the Roman Republic; Isn't it reasonable for us to send our fleet back home to buy supplies?

By the time our fleet arrived in the Latin port, the outcome of Rome's victory had been largely decided; If the results are not yet available, we can wait a little longer. After all, we sent out a fleet, not an army, and no one could get our crews ashore to fight, and we didn't need to do that at all.

If the Maxentius family wins the final victory, then we are the fleet that has come to support the Maxentius family; If Marius wins the final victory, then we are a genuine Sardinian fleet that buys supplies. Such a choice is based on the sheer victory of one side and the complete defeat of the other, with no one escaping.

If the Maxentius family had failed, and the main members had broken through; Then our choice should be to support the Maxentius family immediately. In this way, the Maxentius family, which was once one of the four great families of Rome, would become vassals of our family; And Marius would not dare to declare war on us because of the urgent need to stabilize the situation in Rome.

Don't always think that the defeated Maxentius family is useless, their influence in every aspect of the city of Rome is deep-rooted; The centuries-old reign of the Senate, which they represented, was of extraordinary significance to the Latin provinces and indeed to the Roman Republic as a whole. Once we accept their allegiance, we will receive their centuries-old heritage and connections in their entirety; We're officially the true top Roman family, with countless allegiances, both explicit and implicit, in Rome itself! ”

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