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- Plato (one of the greatest philosophers and thinkers of Western culture)

At a time when the situation in North Africa was changing dramatically, the Augustus family was still busy with the relocation of the capital and the replenishment and adjustment of various legions; Vipsani and other Sardinian officials had already arrived in Sicily, Dionicios had officially left for Sardinia, and even the nobles of the ancient city-states of Far Syracia had moved to Upper and Lower Sicilya.

In order to better complete the comprehensive policy reform of the Augustan family, as well as to implement the centralized rule of the Augustan family and completely eliminate the possible hidden dangers of the satrapy system; Oscar once again gave a break to the bureaucratic system of the House of Augustus.

In addition to Dionysios, who had already been appointed governor of Sardinia, and Marcus, who was also governor of Betica; The Balearic Islands and Sicily, where the House of Augustus were, would formally abolish the viceroy and no longer establish the office of governor.

That is, the three provinces of the Balearic Islands and Sicily will not have the office of governor; In the four provinces, the affairs of the subordinate counties and districts are handled by officials at all levels, and the affairs of the upper levels are handled by five newly appointed officials.

The so-called five officials here are the five officials that Oscar borrowed from the checks and balances of power in another world, and then combined with the actual situation of this world; They are the administrative officer, the financial officer, the ombudsman, the judicial officer, and the military officer.

The four provinces in which the House of Augustus did not have governors were to have five officials to manage the affairs of the provinces; Among them, the administrative officer is responsible for the administrative affairs of the province, the financial officer is responsible for the financial affairs of the province, the supervision officer is responsible for the supervision of the provincial officials, the judicial officer is responsible for the implementation of the laws of the province, and the military officer is responsible for the command of all the guards in the province.

These five officials, whose powers are independent of each other, but are interconnected and check each other, are the new system created by Oscar to govern the province of the Augustan family; Even in the two provinces where governors were established, these five officials were still established, but they lived under the governors.

As for the administrative ranks of these five officials, Oscar also placed them below the governors above the county officials; In general, it is basically equivalent to the chief captain in the legion, with great power, but also limited.

In this way, although it cannot completely put an end to the enrichment of personal pockets and corruption among officials; However, it also put an end to the situation of the dominance of the provincial governor's family, and the advantages still outweighed the disadvantages for the rule of the Augustan family.

Of course, there is more to the Augustus family than has been created in recent times; In order to better integrate the newly occupied provinces into the military merit system of the House of Augustus, Oscar also expanded the scope of conscription to each province.

In the decisive battle with Hannibal's Zama, the Augustus family paid a lot of casualties; The shortage of nearly 20,000 troops was not something that could be replenished by a single province in Sardinia, and it was obviously not conducive to the integration and development of the Augustan family as a whole.

Therefore, Oscar decisively relaxed the scope of conscription from the people of Sardinia to the entire Augustan family; That is, all the six provinces of the Augustan family, including Sardinia.

Moreover, in order to have enough members of the army in the other provinces, and to take into account the specific circumstances of each province; Oscar gave only 3,000 conscripts to Sardinia, and only 2,000 to the sparsely populated Balearic Islands.

Of the remaining fifteen thousand conscription posts, five thousand were allocated to each province of Upper and Lower Sicilia and Great Sicily; In the province of Betica, not a single soldier was recruited.

This is not to say that Oscar or the Augustus family are prejudiced against the province of Betica, but the special status of the province of Betica makes it difficult for Oscar and the Augustus family to easily recruit new soldiers from among the people under their rule.

The province of Betica was originally one of the inherent territories of the Kingdom of Spain, and its population was naturally Spanish; Later, the Hannibals ruled the province of Betica, and again moved a large Carthaginian population and employed a large number of Gauls.

As a result, the demographic composition of the province as a whole is quite complex; In particular, there are quite sharp contradictions between these three peoples, which makes the rule of the House of Augustus very difficult.

If it weren't for the large garrison that the Augustus family maintained in the province of Betica, coupled with Marcus's outstanding political skills, the stability of the province of Betica was ensured; Otherwise, how could the province of Betica be so calm as it is now?

Even so, the province of Betica, under the rule of the House of Augustus, broke out several small riots; Although the cause of this is ethnic disputes and conflicts of interest within the province of Betica, it is indispensable to the shadow of interference by external forces.

In such a situation, Oscar's greatest hope for the province of Betica is stability; For other things, Oscar doesn't have any extravagant hopes for the province of Betica.

According to the speculations of Oscar, Mary, Vepsani and others, as well as Marcus's actual report, it would be good for the Augustus family to be able to completely integrate the province of Betica into the Augustan family within five years, so how could it be possible to recruit troops at this time?

Of course, after the Augustan family completely took Sicily, the huge population base on Sicily could already provide enough troops for the Augustan family; This is also the key reason why Oscar is not in a hurry to recruit troops in the province of Betica.

However, in order to make those conscripted soldiers full of recognition of the Augustus, and also to make them willingly fight for the Augustus; Oscar embarked on an unprecedented and massive reward, which was also the most favorable conscription of the House of Augustus.

Oscar's conditions for the recruits were as follows: all recruited soldiers were to be awarded the title of Lord of the Third Class each, and all the rewards belonging to the Lord of the Third Class were to be given to them at once; This has also become the key for countless people to rush to apply.

If it is only a reward for these people, it is naturally not unprecedented; The real highlight is yet to come! After announcing this favorable conscription condition, Oscar went on to announce the reward for the original army of the House of Augustus.

Oscar first conferred the rank of First Class Lord on all the active soldiers of the Augustan family's army, all the Centurions the rank of Barons of the Third Class, all the Centurions the rank of Barons of the First Class, all the Grand Captains the rank of Viscount of the Third Class, all the lieutenants of the Legion the rank of Counts of the Third Class, and all the Legion Commanders the rank of First Count!

This is just an ordinary legion, for the Guards Infantry Legion, the Guards Cavalry Legion, the Samonai Legion, the First Legion, the Second Legion, and the Seventh Legion that participated in the decisive battle of Zama; The Oscars rewarded them with the fact that all the soldiers had a higher title than the other legions!

That is to say, the officers and men of these six legions, their ordinary soldiers, will be awarded the title of baron of the third class; And their captain was already a third-class earl, and the lieutenant general of the legion was a second-class earl, but its legion commander was a first-class earl and did not continue to be promoted.

After all, the title of marquis is still too high and powerful for the current Augustan family; In the absence of a major meritorious establishment, it is still not appropriate to confer it.

Although it is said that the title system of the Augustan family is not integrated with the system of the rank of the soldiers; However, Oscar's move was still successful, and the status of the six legions, including the Guards Infantry Corps, was more than a notch, which made the legions that did not participate in the war envious.

This, naturally, is the result of Oscar's deliberate arrangement; Between legions and legions, Oscar still believes that it is necessary to maintain a good competitive relationship to ensure the combat effectiveness of the legions.

The reason why Oscar made the six legions participating in the decisive battle of Zama special was not only to recognize their performance in the decisive battle of Zama, but also to inspire those legions who did not participate in the battle to actively join the battle!

Why did Oscar create the military merit hierarchy of the Qin State in the Augustan family, wasn't it to provide the combat effectiveness of the Augustan family's army, and wanted to train the Augustan family's army into a brave and warlike army that was happy to hear the war?

The military hierarchy is not an end in itself, but a tool for Oscar to achieve his end; Therefore, Oscar is to provide the fighting enthusiasm of the Augustan army at all costs, so that they can become aggressive and warlike!

Of course, this large-scale knighthood is not just a military consideration; Otherwise, it would be impossible for the government officials of the House of Augustus to easily agree to Oscar's knighthood plan.

You must know that the number of Augustus families who have been knighted this time is nearly 100,000 troops, which means that the Augustus family needs to grant these soldiers an astronomical amount of land; For such a big thing, Oscar can't just say it!

In fact, the entire knighthood plan was not proposed by Oscar from the beginning, but by the amazing plan proposed by the god of commerce when Oscar and Vipsani, Nath and others discussed how to rapidly develop the Augustan family.

Nat's purpose was also very simple, that is, to use this large-scale knighthood program to divide all the three provinces of Sicily and the Balearic Islands newly conquered by the Augustan family to the Augustan soldiers.

According to Nat's original plan, the lands of the province of Betica were also to be distributed to the soldiers of the House of Augustus in this knighthood plan; However, after careful consideration, Oscar rejected the plan to include the province of Betica.

In fact, Oscar is very supportive and understanding of Nat's plan; However, after all, the province of Betica is a relatively unstable province, and the ethnic problems and conflicts of interests there are relatively fierce, so Oscar really does not want the Augustus family's Iberian Peninsula strategy to be disrupted before the implementation of the original order of the province of Betica.

There was something going on at Chaser Chasing the Wind this morning, so I delayed the noon chapter; Now that I'm chasing the wind, I'm going to make up for it, and I hope you'll forgive me! Sorry, sorry! (To be continued.) )