Chapter 27 The New Naxos Administrator
And Zantiparis, who is the military inspector, must be out of love, so he didn't play the role of supervision at all! This involves another headache for Davos: most of the senior generals of the Dionysian army were mercenaries of the year, and years of fighting friendship allowed them to maintain a good personal relationship, so that they can be in the army. A complex network is formed in China, which controls the direction of the army. Although it makes it easier for the former mercenary leader Davos to control the army, it is also easy to breed corruption.
It seems that it is time to consider breaking the military's isolation and improving the military's style... The doctor fell into deep thought.
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At the meeting of the Senate the next day, Davos attended the meeting again, and he suddenly proposed: he had just received news that Stromboli, the administrator of Naxos, could not return to Turii on time because of an important case in the local area. Resign, and asked the Senate to immediately elect Stromboli's successor to Naxos to hand over to him.
The elders were in an uproar, and there was a lot of discussion, while Laodicien was flustered.
In the next election, the elders who were secretly instructed by Davos finally elected Miron as the new administrator of Naxos, and after congratulating Miron, Davos announced: Due to his poor health, he proposed to him to resign from the post of Minister of Military Affairs. After much consideration, he decided that Hiros would take over the post of Minister of Military Affairs (although the main affairs of the army were decided by Davos, the Minister of Military Affairs was an important minister of the kingdom after all. For its appointment and removal, Davos is to make a briefing to the Senate).
Hiros had been informed by Davos yesterday evening, and he did not show surprise, but the other elders were in an uproar. Many politically minded elders were wondering: the one who once crossed the sea alone on an expedition and defeated Syracuse in the end was in an uproar. Antonios, who fought back, conquered the plains of Catania, and made outstanding military exploits, voluntarily resigned from the highest military post in the kingdom just because of a "sickness". What happened?
Considering Davers' eager request to elect the Naxos chief executive, some people have a keen sense that it may be related to Naxos. Just as the elders were whispering, Davos announced again: the Ministry of Military Affairs will set up a military court, and the Supreme Court of the Kingdom will send personnel to serve as military judges and rotate on a regular basis. At the same time, the military inspectors are no longer served by officers, but instead are assigned by the highest inspector of the kingdom, and are regularly rotated.
At this time, the entire Senate has exploded.
The former mercenary veterans headed by Capps objected to Davos. They believed that: there is the "Dionysian Military Code" in the army to regulate the behavior of officers and soldiers, and there are military judges to punish officers and soldiers who violate discipline according to the military law. Will suffice! Now that the Dionysian army is functioning normally, there is no need to add military courts and introduce foreign personnel, who may disturb the peace and order of the army, or even leak the secrets in the army.
And the elders who are engaged in local government affairs headed by Cornerus think: This is the wise decision of His Majesty Davos,
The army is also under the supervision of the "Dionian Law", which makes the whole kingdom more fair and just.
Davos was still debated among the elders without explanation, but at his insistence his proposal was passed.
The entire Senate meeting ended in a row.
After the show, Laodician went straight to Antonios' mansion, but the gate that had been unobstructed to him in the past now prohibited anyone from entering, on the grounds that "Antonios is unwell and has no outsiders for the time being."
Laodicien changed his words and said, "I want to see my daughter," but was also rejected by the guard.
Finally, considering that Laodicien was his father-in-law after all, Antonios sent someone out to warn him that he should stop running around about Paphogres, and stop holding frequent banquets and attracting attention.
The words of Antonios made Laodyssian even more distraught...
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At this moment, in the office of the Palace of Dionia sits the newly appointed Naxos administrator Miron and the highest judge Terry Todemus.
"Just after the meeting, I asked you two to come here because there is something important to tell you two." Davos took out a letter with a solemn expression and handed it over: "This is the letter I received yesterday. Look at the secret letter that Lumbori wrote to me, but you must swear to Hades not to reveal the contents of the letter to others!"
Miron and Terry Todmos looked at each other and did so immediately.
Terry Todmos took the letter and opened it to watch, and Miron also leaned over.
The letter described in detail the process of the Naxos Inspectorate's discovery of Paphogres' murder, as well as the fact that Paphogris found slaves as scapegoats. At the end of the letter, there is also one thing that the imprisoned slave confided: Arconis, the leader of the Sikel tribe, had close contacts with the Laodician family, and gave away a large amount of gold and silver many times...
"Arconis..." Miron muttered the name, feeling a little familiar, but he just couldn't remember where he heard it.
"Aconis, the son of Aguilas, the former king of Sikel, the leader of the Tanikian tribe, who lives in Kepharoydion in central Sicily." Davos reminded briefly.
Miron suddenly remembered: Oh, this is the Tanikian tribe! A few years ago it annexed another Sikelian tribe, whose leader fled to Naxos to ask us for help, when we were fighting the Messapi, and only sent messengers to order the Tarnician chief Arkonis to return the occupied lands And the people, he finally did the same, and also wrote a letter of incrimination to the Senate... I remember this very clearly. "
"Do it?! I thought so at first, but now it doesn't seem to be the case. Do you need to know who the envoy sent by the Senate was?!" Davos's face was a little worried, it was a kind of deception anger after.
"Laodisian!" Miron and Terry Todmus exclaimed at the same time.
"In recent years, our energy has been mainly focused on dealing with the affairs of Greater Greece and Southern Italy, and more about maintaining stability in Sicily. We are not very familiar with the affairs of the Sikelians, so we rely more on the elders of Sicily. Come to judge and deal with..." Davos tapped his finger on the table and said in a deep voice: "Yesterday, I deliberately checked the meeting minutes of the Senate in previous years, and more than half of the issues involving the Sikel people involved To Tanikan or tribes close to Tanikan, the end result is mostly in their favor as well."
"This is treason!" Miron slapped the chair heavily: "Your Majesty, Laodisian should be arrested and interrogated!"
"This is just the testimony of the slaves, it has not been confirmed." Terry Todmos said calmly.
"Terry Todmus is right, the Sikelians are our allies, and normal friendships are not governed by law, so we need evidence! And I suspect that it's not just Raja who has close contact with the Tanikian tribe. Odyssian alone, otherwise the minutes of the meeting would not show that there were so many Sicilian elders speaking for Tanician, so—" The doctor said in a serious and solemn voice: "Miron, hurry to Naxos as soon as possible, Take over from Stromboli, dispatch inspectors, block Laodice's mansion there, and search for relevant evidence. If you find evidence that other elders are involved in this matter, I allow you to expand the scope of the search!"
"What if the elders who are found to be suspected include the elders of Sikuli and Catanai?!" Miron asked with bright eyes and a little excited.
Davers of course knew that Miron had always been more aggressive, and he turned his head to look at the other person: "Terry Todmos, you are rushing to Naxos as soon as possible on the grounds of 'judging the murder of Naxos'. , assist Miron to find evidence, investigate the case, and at the same time ensure that all actions are within the legal scope, so as to avoid you being accused by other elders in the Senate!"
Davos said this mainly to remind Miron. Seeing him frowning, he knew that he had listened, and then he said: "If you find that Catane and Elder Sikuli are also involved in this matter, Trito Demos, you are responsible for contacting the chief executives of these two cities, and I will also write letters to ask them to cooperate with you, strive to collect all the evidence, and don’t let anyone slip through the net!”
"Don't worry, Your Majesty!" Terry Todd Moss immediately assured.
"Lord Miron, you have given you a problem when you first took office. Do you feel any pressure?" Davos said in a soothing tone to Miron jokingly.
"Isn't that why your Majesty made me the chief executive of Naxos!" Miron said bluntly.
Davos was stunned for a moment, then laughed: This old politician who had been chief general in Crotone for a long time was never as arrogant as he appeared on the surface.
"Naxos is Dionia's Naxos, it's time to rectify it!" Davos's words gave Miron a clear hint, and he immediately nodded: "Understood, His Majesty."
"What about Paphograss, the son of Laodisian?" Terry Todemus knew Davos, so he asked cautiously: "According to the laws of the kingdom, he should not be sentenced to a heavy sentence!"
Davers sneered: "Mobilize the registered freeman to report the case again, and he flouted the law, lied after sworn to Hades, and made slaves guilty, and he must have also been involved in collusion with the Sikelians. In this matter, how should he be sentenced for these crimes?!"
Terry Todmos' eyes lit up.
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After sending the two away, Davos welcomed the new Minister of Military Affairs, Hiros.
"Your Majesty!" Hiros stood at the desk and saluted respectfully.
"Sit quickly, sit quickly." Davos' expression at this moment was much more cordial than before Miron and the others.