(Girls' Literature) Since the beginning of the revision of the Roman Code, the Roman Senate and the Imperial Council have begun to enter a state of busyness, if the previous period can be regarded as a period of adaptation, then from now on, these people will begin to learn how to govern an empire with a population of millions and a territory of tens of thousands of square kilometers, rather than a territory about the size of a province, which is also a big test for them. Watermark Ad Test: Watermark Ad Test

In order to compile the legal code, Theodore summoned many Roman senators and scholars, former imperial scholars from the south, and also issued local conscription orders—in the mountains and forests of the north, there were many mountain monasteries built by hermitage scholars, such as the current Roman senator Adile, who had studied in a scholastic academy for several years.

Now the Marions senator had stripped off his saber and put on a white toga robe, and he even went out of his way to study Roman rhetoric and etiquette at the Caesarea Academy, as if he really wanted to be a good senator, and this style was also favored by many Roman senators—although Adil was still a foreigner (in their eyes), it seemed much more comfortable to be able to do this.

In order to compile this code, Theodore took great pains to publicize it, not only to make it known to everyone, but also to recruit scholars throughout the empire to participate in the compilation, and even many students of Caesarea Academy were entrusted with the responsibility of taking to the streets to promote this code to merchants and bards from foreign provinces and provinces, hoping to use their footsteps to bring the code to the whole empire's rural towns and towns.

For a country, the importance of a written law is self-evident, it sets rules and restrictions for all classes in the country, and at the same time it is a directional tilt, and rewards and punishments will become the customs and traditions of the country in the distant future. Theodore, on the one hand, vigorously promoted the Roman tradition. On the one hand, it deliberately downplayed the scope of the Romans, expanding the term "Romans" to the entire empire.

In response to the coming war, the Senate issued another conscription decree. All the peasants in Rome were required to take turns in military service, and from the time of adulthood they had to serve the empire for 2,000 years before ending their obligation. Farmers who had served in the military were exempt from certain taxes and grain as compensation, which Theodore had intended to be exempt from. But after seeing the increasingly dark face of his Chancellor of the Exchequer, Antonio. and his miserable ledger, he still had no choice but to reduce it by half.

And for towns. Theodore, in particular, the inhabitants of large towns were taxed to subsidize their absence, and the idea of preventing peasants from entering the towns in order to evade military service, while the townspeople of Rome were recruited to become the main force of the second reserve army and the source of the local guard. However, neither Theodore nor the Senate counted on them, as far as Theodore had learned, soldiers from the towns were far less good than those from the countryside, able to endure hardships, simple-minded and easier to obey orders.

There is only one exception to this city, Caesarea still retains its original quota of 8,000 reserve levies, and they are still the best soldiers in the entire empire, and they are Theodore's biggest hole card. In fact, these registered military families have now begun to complain to the Senate. Why are the first few times the legions replenished their manpower by provincial peasants, and not by their "pure-blooded Romans"?

In response to these complaints, Theodore made some concessions - the number of knights in the Imperial Guard's guard had not increased to this day, and there were several battles in which the number of men was reduced. It was just because of this opportunity that the number of men was expanded to three hundred, including the same amount of attendants, and they were recruited from the Caesarea reserves, which calmed down the grievances a little.

In addition to military service, in response to the newly established provincial system and the introduction of the Roman legal code, Theodore ordered the establishment of courts in the provinces from among Roman scholars and senators who had some administrative experience but no voting rights, and no doubt the provincial judges owed allegiance only to Domitius and their Caesar.

In the eyes of the Roman nobles, this was Caesar's compensation for the previous co-optation of senators, and the provincial nobles held a similar view, as long as the judges did not interfere with their local privileges.

And this is exactly the effect that Theodore wanted, or rather his first step in completely centralizing the empire - he wanted to make the people of the entire empire feel the real existence of Rome, and from now on, it was no longer the lords who decided whether they were guilty or meritorious, but the emperor of Rome, their human majesty!

And the judges sent out by Caesarea became Theodore's best surveillance—all this was just beginning, but the framework of the Holy Roman Empire had already been established.

—————————————————————————————————————

"What do you say, the chaos of law and order?" Theodore looked at the foreign minister who reported to him with a little puzzlement, because Rome was now seriously short of skilled politicians, and even Virgil had to take over the post of administrator: "Isn't the celebration almost over?"

On the other hand, Theodore had significantly less time to return to the castle to rest, and lunch had to be hastily settled in the reception room of the Senate. A smoked chicken, a gravy roasted onion and water spinach, bread and mead...... Inheriting the habit of eating and talking while eating in his previous life, Theodore often met with the senators and ministers who came to report while eating.

Especially when you hear the sound of the other party swallowing saliva, Theodore's inner revenge** can be greatly satisfied - whoever makes them keep themselves regularly regardless of time, then stand there and watch me eat!

"That's right, Caesar, it's almost over. But in fact, the problem is getting worse, especially because of the previous series of ...... Cover-up for the sake of face. Virgil replied absent-mindedly, his mind still stuck on the previous week's meeting with Ludwig.

But that's not really the reason. He once swore to Her Majesty Queen Helena that he would never hurt his friends and never aim his sword at the people around him. ”

Virgil had to admit that he really underestimated this "under the dawn" knight chief, although he had treated the other party as a strong enemy, but still did not pay enough attention to it. Now he began to be annoyed that he had borrowed Ludwig's news from Marions, and that such an important link should be done himself.

"What's wrong?" Diodore couldn't help but shake his head when he noticed that the foreign minister was in a bit of a trance, maybe it was a wrong decision to make Virgil the administrator, he was better suited to do his job.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Caesar. Virgil hurriedly whispered: "Maybe you can't believe it, but Caesarea is not the Caesarea of a few years ago, especially after the reopening of trade routes and the opening of routes to the north, and the increasing number of refugees from the south, Caesarea has become very ...... Diversify. ”

"So, how did we deal with these problems before?" asked Theodore in a deep voice, taking a piece of smoked chicken to his mouth, "I think the problem must be very serious before you came." ”

"I don't think you have forgotten our Shelgoi knight chief, who played a very important role in the stability of Caesarea before that," Virgil said with a graceful smile, "He recruited most of the mercenaries and wandering knights in the vicinity of Caesarea for you, and asked them to assist the Roman auxiliary wing in maintaining law and order in the streets, greatly reducing incidents such as tavern brawls." ”

"And now, Lord Shelgoyi and the Knight Chief of the El have gone south, taking their soldiers and knights with them. Because of your military reforms, Sarion, Mithmer, Laria...... The armies are returning, and the Roman legions have returned to their barracks at the end of the celebration, as you ordered. Virgil paused, then continued: "We have fewer and fewer soldiers to keep the law and order, and the merchants and wandering knights who are stranded in Caesarea have not decreased. ”

"Then what do you say should be done?" said Theodore in a deep voice, "Do you want the Legion to come out again to keep the law and order, that would cause unnecessary panic, and I will not be able to let my soldiers do it." ”

"Of course, the Roman legions shouldn't get involved in the policing of the town, that would be too dangerous. Virgil nodded in agreement: "We should make Caesarea's auxiliary team really responsible." ”

"Although I don't want to slander others, the auxiliary captain of Caesarea is too 'good'. Virgil used his words carefully, not wanting to make any more bad impressions on Theodore: "You need a real 'ruthless' to lead this auxiliary wing to deter all sorts of people who come to Caesarea from far and wide - after all, fists are often more effective against troublemakers who don't understand the law." ”

"Any good candidates?"

"Uh...... Speaking of which, my Caesar. Virgil suddenly lowered his voice, looked at Theodore and said, "Do you remember a prisoner you captured when you first captured Caesarea?"

"You have promised Rome a good birth and a decent position if you serve him, and I think that may be fulfilled. Virgil said: "He's been working as a slave manager for the last few years, and he must be ruthless. ”

"A subordinate of the thief Colster, his name is Dio. Virgil humbly said, "I'm sure he'll be grateful to you for this job!"

Provide glory flag without pop-up window high-quality full-text chapters to read online, high-speed first release of the latest chapters, higher text quality, if you think it is good, please help us promote and recommend this site, thank you for your support!