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One needs to be gentle and not overly angry, because anger often produces great calamities for the irritable person.

- Aesop (Greek fabler, Phrygian)

After the Emperor Flavis of the Julius Empire declared Caesar as the heir to the Emperor, the entire Julius Empire quickly became a battlefield in the battle for the Emperor's heir; Compared with the one-sided support for Caesar by the military of the Ulius Empire, the political and business circles of the Ulius Empire favored the justifiable Quintus.

If it is said that it is on the front line of war, or in the case of internal and external difficulties, then the support of the army is particularly important and plays a decisive role; But the Empire of Julius clearly does not belong to either of these two, and the role that the army can play in this battle for the heir to the throne is actually very limited.

Because of the twenty-five legions in the Ulius Empire, only the twelve legions stationed in the Germanic lands supported Caesar, and the ten legions subordinate to Calabes stationed in the Gaul land remained neutral, and the three legions in the Ulius Empire were also more inclined to support Quintus.

In fact, even if all the armies of these twenty-five legions supported Caesar, the role they could play would be quite limited; Who let the logistics and supplies of these armies and the food and grass and salaries all be controlled by the government system of the Ulius Empire, and the government system of the Ulius Empire was firmly controlled by Quintus, how could they possibly help Caesar stabilize the situation?

The reality is that even if Caesar had the support of all the forces of the Julius Empire; As long as Quintus gave the order, the logistical supply of these armies supporting Caesar could be cut off at once; Without logistical supplies and food and salaries, how long can the troops loyal to Caesar hold out?

Therefore, in the final analysis, the battle for the throne of the Julius Empire is still fought by political strength, not by military strength; In addition, Flavies' official announcement only gave Caesar a general advantage, and did not stabilize Caesar's status as the heir to the throne, and even Caesar's biological father did not necessarily support Caesar.

It's not that Vibius doesn't want his son to be better, it's just that every family with a long history and a thousand years of history will have some rules that cannot be changed; It is these rules that have allowed these families to continue to prosper in the long course of history, and it is only natural that there will be some defenders within each family who attach great importance to these rules, and Vibius is such a person.

Vibius has always insisted that his second brother Quintus is the rightful heir to the Julius family, and after the Julius family became the Ulius Empire, Quintus was naturally the rightful heir to the emperor; There were many vindicators with such ideas as Vibius within the Ulius Empire.

These people are all unwavering supporters of Quintus, and they are also people who support Quintus without any interests, and their power should not be underestimated, at least their existence can affect the development and overall strength of the Ulius Empire; In addition to these people, there was another group of people in the Ulius Empire who also did their best to support Quintus, namely the speculative nobles and wealthy merchants.

These people were staunch supporters of Lucius before Lucius, the heir to the family leader of the Julius family, died in battle; Later, after Lucius died in battle, their support became Quintus.

According to the law of succession of family leaders of the four major families of Rome for thousands of years, the eldest son of the family leader is the most legitimate family heir of the family; If the heir dies before he becomes the head of the family, then the heir to the family becomes his own brother instead of his child, which is also a rule to prevent the child from becoming the head of the family.

For more than a thousand years, the great and small families of the Roman Republic have determined their heirs according to such an unwritten rule; In many cases, such a law of succession will result in the person who inherits the head of the family not being a qualified family heir, but such a rule can ensure stability and unity within the family.

A proper family leader is still secondary to stability and unity within the family; This is why all the families of the Roman Republic would acquiesce to this law of succession, and why Flavies was reluctant to identify Caesar as the heir to the family.

Now Flavis is already the emperor of the Julius Empire, plus Caesar has established great feats in the war between the Julius Empire and the Germanic barbarians; Flavies then made up his mind to publicly announce Caesar's status as the heir to the throne, but unfortunately Flavis still underestimated the power of opponents within Julius's empire.

These resolute opponents of Caesar's succession to the throne of the Ulius Empire immediately united closely after Flavis officially announced Caesar's succession, and began to do their best to win over the powerful faction within the Ulius Empire and the governors of various provinces, wanting to wave the flag for Quintus to obtain the right to inherit the throne.

The scheming Flavies was naturally well aware of the turbulent waters within Julius' empire, but he was completely powerless against it; Because it was impossible for him to purge all those who opposed Caesar's succession to the throne, and if Flavis did this, then the empire of Julius would fall apart.

Behind Quintus, there is not only the support of almost all the governors of the Ulius Empire, but also the support of most of the nobles and almost all the big merchants of the Ulius Empire; All of these people put their family's future on Quintus, and if Quintus could not sit on the throne, then their investment would be all in vain.

If Flavis wiped out these people who almost controlled more than 90% of the strength of the Ulius Empire, the entire Ulius Empire's government system and commerce would quickly collapse; Even the powerful governors of those places would be alienated from the center of the empire, a consequence that Flavis could not afford, and the empire of Julius could not afford.

In fact, Flavis originally thought that with the establishment of the empire, the conservative forces within the empire would not be as stubborn as before in the matter of the heir to the throne; Unexpectedly, the establishment of the empire made these conservative forces more stubborn about this matter.

Even if Flavis is the emperor of the Julius Empire, it is impossible for him to fight with all the nobles and wealthy merchants in the entire empire, isn't this self-depleting the strength of the Julius Empire? In desperation, Flavies had no choice but to send Caesar to the Germanic lands again a month after he was declared the heir to the throne.

Although Flavies did not make any significant compromises on the matter of the heir to the throne, Caesar's departure again restored peace within Julius's empire; However, the calm on the surface cannot hide the turbulence in the dark.

Perhaps, the next time Caesar returns to Arethion, will be when the Empire of Julius has a final result on the question of succession; In Flavies's heart, he will do his best to pave the way for Caesar to the emperor's throne!

The day after Caesar left Arretien for Germania, Flavies secretly sent a henchman to Calabes, who was in Alesia; The purpose of this Flavis's henchman looking for Calabis was to hope that Calabes would clearly support Caesar on the issue of the succession to the throne, so Fravis also asked his henchmen to bring Calabes a new appointment.

Calabes has always been in charge of all the affairs of the whole land of Gaul, and even the military and government affairs of the land of Gaul are also in charge of the affairs of Calabes; However, the Ulius Empire never gave Calabes an official appointment in this regard.

This time, the new appointment brought by Flavis's henchmen was the appointment of the Julius Empire to officially hand over the administration of the entire land of Gaul to Calabes; With such an appointment, Calabis could rightfully rule the land of Gaul, and the price he had to pay for this was to support Caesar as emperor of Julius with all his might.

Of course, Flavis was not willing to make such a naked deal with Carabes, and he also wanted to know what Carabis really thought; Therefore, Flavies' henchmen would first ask Calabes what he thought of Caesar becoming the heir to the imperial throne.

If Calabes had explicitly supported Caesar's succession to the throne of Julius' Empire, then Flavis' henchmen would have given Calabes this appointment later; Otherwise, the appointment would be secretly destroyed, and Flavis would slowly strip Karabeth of his military power over the next few years.

Flavies has always believed in one thing, and that is that the ownership of the army can really determine who can sit in the supreme ruler's position; Even if Caesar could not get the support of the nobles and wealthy merchants within the Julius Empire, he could brazenly start a civil war to solve all these problems, and any language was fragile in the face of absolute strength.

If Carabis is unwilling to support Caesar willingly, then even if Caesar really starts a civil war, it will be a protracted war that will exhaust the strength of the Ulius Empire; This was the result that Flavies could not accept, and he could not allow the Empire of Julius to be in any danger of overturning.

In this way, the position of Calabess is particularly important; Flavis's idea is also very clear, if Carabis supports Caesar, then reuse him, if Carabis does not support Caesar, then let him become history, this is Flavis! (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.