Chapter 36: Nero's Choice
"As long as it is what my king thinks, the minister will always stand in front of my king, this is the declaration of the king's knight, as for what the Romans will think, the minister really does not know, but my king, please look in front of him, the minister gives my king a word, take responsibility for the things before his death, what to judge after the death." Lin Xiu's gaze looked firmly at Nero in front of him, and slowly, the somewhat hesitant eyes of the girl in front of her were gradually regaining firmness, no, it should be clearer and firmer than before.
"The king of Greece swears that as long as he is alive, he will obey the command of my king for one day, and all the people of Greece will obey the command of my king for one day, and in Greece the emperor Nero will always be my king." The emperor who had just been appointed was very firm in his tone, although he knelt on the ground, but his eyes revealed an extraordinary firmness, Greece was not so poor, nor was it suppressed much by Rome, but it was attached to a country, and independent a country, which was completely different in spirit, what they wanted was dignity, and Nero's decision was undoubtedly to give them dignity.
"Emperor Nero will always be the king of my heart, long live my king!" The jagged shouts began to converge into one, from the beginning of the inaudible, to the earth-shattering, the mountains roared and the tsunami, Nero stood above, looking down, like a domino that was pushed to, starting from the first row, the body was shortened, and then the second row, the third row, stretching, endless, all the way to the street, Nero could not see the tail, earth-shaking shouts, the name of my king Nero, while she gave Greece freedom, she got Greece's eternal loyalty, She illustrates it with her actions. The beauty of peace and war. She is an entertainer. It was an artist who painted a magical picture with her own brush, and there had never been an emperor who had received such an honor, who had received such a cry from the heart, and yet, she did it.
"My king, the subjects of Greece have given the best answer in their voices. The confusion in my king's heart should have vanished after the words of Nero, my king. Lin Xiu got up and stood behind Nero and said with a smile, this kind of scene, he also saw this kind of personality for the first time, this kind of personality charm, he is afraid that he will not want to do it in this life, some people always think like this, and feel that as long as they stand in that position. Will do better than others, always think. People in high positions are very relaxed, but this is not the case, and it has been proven that the psychological pressure on people in high positions can often lead to their collapse if they are placed on ordinary people.
The event ended in such a noisy and high atmosphere, and the next day, Nero and Lin Xiu were planning to return to Rome, but just before leaving, a bad news reached Greece, and in the year that Nero left Rome, the Senate finally took advantage of this opportunity to start making trouble, and after their propaganda and agitation, many civilians who were kept in the dark were also successfully incited, and they threatened to denounce Nero, and a piece of paper was sent to Greece by the heartfelt guards, after Nero read it, Lin Xiu was a little worried about whether she would be hit to the point of going crazy, but after Nero saw it, it was Ha Lu Ha Da Lu who laughed, and then transferred the denunciation order to Lin Xiu.
Lin Xiu looked at the piece of paper, and first came into view a few big words, Nero's ten felonies, but the beginning of this name already smelled blood, and continued to look down, just like history, all the basins that happened were all detained on Nero's head, and some events that came out of nothing were also added to it by people with intentions, but this is also inevitable, and if you want to rebel, you will naturally do everything.
"Nero usurped the imperial power, bloody slaughter, wanton killing, and disregarded the flesh and blood of his subjects" The beginning of the sprinkled beginning was about to write the length of a piece of paper, Lin Xiu directly turned over to look at the second page, the first felony that began was that Nero poisoned his own brother Brittany Ricus when he was drinking and feasting in the palace, and the words written on it were full of emotion, as if he had seen it with his own eyes, and even the people and officials who attended the banquet that day were impressively listed, who sat in which position, and some officers who signed on this piece of paper, proved the fact of this crime, and Nero's promise to Brittanycus was even more exploited, and they tampered with it as soon as the young Nero ascended the throne, he began to worry that his 14-year-old half-brother Britannicus would ask for his father's throne, and with the help of Locas, the drug expert who had helped his mother prepare poisonous mushrooms to kill Nelaudius, Nero obtained a strong poison. At a court banquet, he put drugs into Britannics' wine. During the feast, when the 14-year-old child was suffering from painful convulsions after drinking poisoned wine, Nero continued to eat with relish, explaining casually that it was nothing more than an epilepsy, leaving everyone in the audience stunned.
The second felony, Nero killed his wife and mother, Nero killed his brother and raped his sister Octavia, the princess who was once in the hearts of the Roman people, under the pressure of Nero, in order to save his brother's life, was forced to marry Nero, but in the end Brittanycus still died, and she was depressed all day long, and was finally disgusted by Nero, but Nero's blood and cruelty are well known, even so, he was still not satisfied, and finally slandered Octavia for adultery with a slave, She was put to death for this charge, and my God, how could a princess as noble as Octavia have committed adultery with a slave, and it can be seen that this is nothing more than a deliberate slander by Nero, because he was already in love with Popea, the wife of his favorite Otto? Sabina, in order to give her the title of empress, Nero made up a crime to kill Octavia, how cruel is this demon in human skin?
Agrippina was a femme fatale, and it was this woman who led to the successive tragedies of Rome, but in the end, she also suffered the consequences of her own murder, and was killed by her own son. As Nero grew up, he felt that his power as emperor was insufficient, and that he could not exercise supreme power as he pleased, because his mother, Agrippina, wanted to share his power and often presented herself as queen, much to Nero's chagrin. He hatched a brutal poison scheme. Once, he hosted a banquet on the seashore to entertain his mother, and then sent her home in a special boat. That night. The ship broke into pieces in the sea. But Agrippina swam to the shore. and sent a letter to Nero. While speaking to the messenger, Nero secretly placed a dagger on the ground, and then his face changed and he said that his mother had sent someone to assassinate him. This count, which cost his mother's life, was followed by a number of military officers and even some members of the Praetorian Guard, who said that they had personally executed Agrippina's execution. The scene is described extremely vividly, although Lin Xiu also knows that this is a slander, but obviously now that the Praetorian Guards have also abandoned Nero, could it be that Grelinus has changed his mind? Thinking of this, Lin Xiu shook his head again, impossible, if he just changed his mind, then it would be impossible for him to abandon Nero, but on the contrary, he wanted to die and live again. Soldiers are at risk.
The third felony Nero burns Rome, on the night of July 18, 64 A.D. There was a fire in the city of Rome, which burned for a whole week. Three of the city's 14 districts were burned and seven were badly damaged. Although Nero, who was living in Anzio at the time, rushed back to put out the fires, opened public buildings and private gardens to the homeless, and took measures to stop speculation, these were nothing more than the real murderer's acts, and some people even saw him standing on a tower in costume, facing the fire below, playing the lyre, and singing his ballad about the fall of Troy.
Speaking of which, it is necessary to say that Nero is going to set fire to something, in fact, he has only one purpose, he wants to build his own splendid palace, and the drawings are now stored in the Senate, and the materials and land required are all that Rome cannot complete, so what should I do? The criminal genius came up with such a cruel method, and after the fire, Nero built a splendid palace for himself. However, paper could not contain the fire, and eventually many people suspected him, and in the face of this accusation, Nero chose the Christians to take responsibility, first accusing them of arson and later accusing them of "hatred of humanity". Because most of these Christians were poor, slaves, and strangers, and persecuting them most easily, this brutal king brutally tortured them—crucified, skinned to death by vicious dogs, nailed them to pillars as candles, and demanded that the entire imperial capital attend the viewing, which shows how cold-blooded he was.
The fourth felony turned out to be a script written by Nero himself, and this article was also used, and the object of Nero's third marriage was Statia? Mesarina, as we all know, Statia? Messarina can't help but have a beautiful appearance, but also has a beautiful singing voice, and most importantly, she is a leftover girl sent by the Lord that Christians believe in, and Nero forced her husband Vestinus to commit suicide in order to get the already married Missarina, and it is also called a duel, a fair competition Statia? Mei Salina, even the stupidest of people knows, who can have a fair duel with the emperor? Is this Nero's greed for Statia at all? The beauty of Mesarina, the traps and traps deliberately set to this day, Statia? Messarina is still trapped in the hands of Nero, the demon, followed by a series of Christian signatures, and tearfully writes a lot about Nero's cruelty, and Statia? What a sacred woman Mei Salina is, Lin Xiu raised her eyes and looked at Nero, I don't know how Nero felt when she saw this paragraph.
Most of the latter ones are a bit outrageous, such as how Nero brutally killed his teacher Seneca, and the former favorite Otto, who had no emotions at all as a bloody executioner, but was afraid that these two long-time allies would betray him for his crimes, so he killed him quickly, and the assassination of the Senate meeting was also positively praised as an uprising against Nero's brutal rule.
It seemed that it had come to the last time, Lin Xiu wanted to ask Nero what he thought, and at this moment, the man who had just been appointed as the king of Greece had already walked in wearing a battle robe and a hunting style, and he was actually ready for war in a military uniform.
The revolt had a very tumultuous impact on the Roman Empire, starting with Lugdunu? Julius, the governor of Gaul? Windekkus, with the slogan "Save humanity", raised an uprising, and many cities in Gaul responded. The Upper Germanic Governor Lufus led the Germanic legions to Gaul to quell the rebellion. Luforth quickly defeated Windikes' main force in May '68, and Windikes committed suicide in defeat, and this Lufus was also an officer who had been promoted by Nero from a commoner, so he had already regarded Nero as the monarch he had pursued all his life, and would not believe the contents of the forged denunciations. The first went to the repression. It's just that in this era, information transmission is very scarce. He was controlled by the senators again, so he defeated Julius? The message of Windeke did not reach Nero.
Taking advantage of Nero's absence in Rome for a year, the Senate actively operated, redeciding to elect Galba emperor and declare Nero an "enemy of the people", allowing anyone to hunt down or kill him. After Windeke led his troops to revolt, as a Tarago? Garba, the governor of the Spanish province, also sent troops in response to the anti-Nero campaign in Spain. For a while, the momentum was huge, but at this time Nero didn't know that Garba was actually sitting on pins and needles, and learned of the failure of the Gallic uprising, Windeke was killed, and he even had the heart to die, but he knew that Nero was punishing the betrayer, but the senators behind him were still pouring honey on him every day, so that he had to wait and see for a while, but he had already made a decision in his heart. As soon as Nero returned to Rome, he successfully broke through the deployment of the senators. He immediately absconded.
When the Greek emperor walked in, Lin Xiu and Nero looked at him in military uniforms and were a little stunned, at this time Greece has been completely independent, and will not accept any orders from Nero, and that denunciation order has completely stinked Nero, at this moment, it can be said that except for Lin Xiu and some individual supporters, Nero has already betrayed his relatives.
"I have seen my king, and my ministers have heard rumors about Rome, and those rebels have formed a momentum, and many of Rome's subjects are still kept in it, and the majesty of my king, the fortitude of temperament, the ministers have the courage to request, and go to Rome with my king, crusade against rebellion, and swear to follow." The king of Greece knelt on one knee, regarded himself as a courtier, and his words were sonorous and powerful, and after gaining independence and freedom, he still obeyed Nero's orders, and was ready to fight on the battlefield before he arrived, which was impossible to happen in the original Greece, but because of Nero's maverick, in Greece, he also gained the support he deserved, and as the king's words fell, there was a loud sound outside the hall, crusading against rebellion, and swearing to follow the words stretched for miles, It was a buzzing sound that shook the hall.
"Haven't you seen this denunciation?" Nero gestured with his eyes to the denunciation order in Lin Xiu's hand, obviously referring to the ten felonies on it.
"The minister has seen it." The king, still refusing to get up, replied aloud, bluntly, and after reading it, he was clearly well prepared to answer so calmly.
"Then why follow Yu? Could it be that Feiqing is willing to be in the company of cruel and tyrannical people instead of righteous soldiers? Nero asked in a questioning tone, apparently feeling that this kind of blind worship was not what she really wanted.
"If you want to add to the crime, there is no excuse, the minister has never seen the crime of my king in Rome, but the minister has seen what my king has done in Greece in the past year, my king does not hesitate to rejoice with the people, nor despise life with dignity and humility, and treats any punishment with fairness, never bends the law for personal gain, the minister is dull, he has not been to Rome, so he has not seen the crime of my king, the foolish person only believes in what he has seen with his own eyes, and the king he has seen is a rare master in the world, so the minister only knows the wisdom of my king, But I don't know my king's crimes, I don't know, all the remarks are like waste paper, the ministers are busy, they dare not live up to the trust of our king, their qualifications are dull, and they can only make up for it with diligence and hard work, so for some, the ministers are usually directly filtered. ”
This half-self-deprecating and half-humorous explanation, listening to Nero's laughter, Lin Xiu even stood aside and began to applaud, this is a very smart emperor, but also a loyal person, sending charcoal in the snow can be regarded as true feelings, and Nero's strength at the most critical moment is actually from Greece, obviously, the emperor's peaceful war strategy has been most strongly proved through here, and the emperor's behavior also made Lin Xiu understand, why is it after Nero's death, Greece has always been singing the praises of Nero, no matter how much Rome stinks him, but in Greece, everything about him has not received any influence, and the people of Greece do not know what happened in Rome, so the true history of Nero is completely wiped out after the Senate decides to erase the memory, and what is passed on to future generations is made up by them, and many times, it is difficult for them to justify themselves.
"Yu was very pleased with Qingzhi's words, but Yu couldn't agree to Qingzhi's request." Nero laughed and politely rejected the new Greek emperor's request.
"Why? Does my king dislike me, and the Greek warriors are defeated by the Roman army? As long as there is my king in charge, I believe that the Greek people will not be in any way inferior to the Roman army, please think twice. The king still knelt on the ground and continued to plead, but Nero snorted coldly, and the king did not dare to disobey, and stood up with a dejected face, staring at Nero's figure expectantly, and at this moment, Nero sighed and walked down from above. (To be continued......)