Chapter 153 1 Letter
If they said what they said at the beginning, it could make the civilians vigilant, but the subsequent slander of Marcus touched the sensitive nerves of the civilians: "I know you, you are the lackey of the Cominelius clan, You were the one who framed Lord Marcus at the Citizens Assembly!"
"Gleus, you were among the nobles who captured Lord Marcus, yet you dare to appear in front of us!"
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Just when the crowd was excited, a voice shouted: "Kill them to death and avenge Lord Marcus!" Soon, the quarrel turned into a fight, the venue became chaotic, and screams and cries became louder. one slice. m.
"Your Majesty!" Seeing this situation on stage, Thormed, afraid of trouble, hurriedly asked Davos for instructions: "Do you want to stop it?"
Davers shook his head: "Wait a minute."
After a while, the bugle blew, the soldiers on the sidelines roared again, and sent a detachment to squeeze into the crowd, only to see the dozen or so nobles and diners who were beaten to the death, and the soldiers dragged them out. Left on the sidelines, doctors were sent to treat other injured civilians.
At this time, Davos continued to speak loudly to the calm crowd on the high platform: "I'm afraid you still don't know that Marcus quietly wrote a letter to his family after learning that he had been falsely accused. , shows his determination to die, do you want to know what he said in the letter?!"
The Roman people listened to the translator's translation, and their curiosity and guilt prompted them to shout without hesitation: "Think!!!..."
"Then let Publius Manlius read this letter to you." After Davos's words, the Roman people were surprised: Publius Manlius is a The elder of the Roman Senate, the current patriarch of the Manlius clan, actually took refuge with the Dionysians? !
The people who were skeptical about this widened their eyes in amazement when they saw the man walking on the high platform: that was indeed Publius Manlius.
Facing the gazes of the Roman people, the current patriarch of Manlius bowed his head in shame. At this moment, Davos's voice sounded in his ear: "Let's start, Lord Publius!"
He shuddered even more, and in his mind came the idea that the fierce Dionian soldiers cut off the heads of more than a dozen Roman nobles he was familiar with in front of him last night. The blood and the heads shattered his fragile heart. For the survival of the family, he chose to submit, just like when Marcus was executed by the Senate, he quickly made a decision to "submit to the elders and no longer use the family name of Capitolinus". .
Under Davos' smiling gaze,
With his hands trembling slightly, he took out the letter written by himself imitating Marcus under the dictation of Davos: "... Publius, my brother, you No need to persuade me again, I am very aware of the despicable tricks of the Senate, slandering me to restore the king's government, this is to kill me!
I have fought bravely all my life, and I have never surrendered to anyone, so I will never kneel down and beg for mercy, even if they slander my reputation with monstrous crimes, usurp my honor, and let them follow me in disputes The commoners doubt me, and I have nothing to fear!
The only thing I regret is that I made a promise to help the people who believed in me, followed me, and fought against the Senate together, to relieve their heavy debts, to let them all own their own land, Let their cattle and sheep also graze on the common land of Rome! In fact, I still have a promise in my heart that I haven't told them, and that is to give them the opportunity to run for high-level office in Rome, become a senator, and serve as a consul... Unfortunately, all of this can no longer be realized.
I finally understand now that it is almost impossible to win power for the commoners through words! If the gods will give me another chance, I will certainly arm the people, and with sharp spears and anger in my heart overthrow the terrible and greedy rule of the Roman aristocracy, and establish an elephant as I have often told you. A beautiful government like the kingdom of Dioria south of Rome, regardless of nobles and commoners, every citizen enjoys equal rights! When reading this, Pubrius Manlius raised his head and glanced at Davos not far away. The real writer of the letter was listening carefully, as if the letter really existed. similar.
When his eyes turned to the bottom of the high platform, he saw that many people were already sobbing, he was stunned for a moment, subconsciously increased the volume, and continued to read: "Pubius, my brother, in the future, the family's It's up to you to work hard. If possible, try to help a group of poor civilians... I am very unwilling to be named as a dictatorship and die! The gods are above, there will be punishment for my injustice. , those who benefited from my death, don't be too happy! Signature: Marcus Manlius Capitolinus"
After Publius read the letter, there was already crying in the square. Most of the people did not doubt the authenticity of the letter. They were moved by Marcus's persistence in fighting for their rights before he died. , they were ashamed that they had not been determined to save such a great and noble leader.
In the cry, someone shouted excitedly: "Marcus!"
Received a loud response from countless people: "Marcus!!! Marcus!!! Marcus!!!..."
The people in the square shouted his name in unison.
The shouts echoed over the city of Rome, causing the elders and nobles on Capitoline Hill to stare at the square. They saw the crowd gathered in the square and thought that these Roman people were fighting against the Dionysians. Little did they know that these Roman commoners were excitedly mourning one of the aristocratic traitors they hated the most.
The excitement of the Roman people lasted for a while before gradually calming down.
At this time, Davos said loudly: "A year after Marcus was killed, a plague broke out in Rome. This is by no means the warning of the gods to Marcus who is trying to dictatorship, as the priests said, but the God's punishment for those who framed a great Roman hero! And today, we Dionians came to Rome, also in response to the curse of Marcus, to overthrow those Roman nobles who were high above and cruelly oppressed you, Build with you a new Rome as Marcus said in his letter!"
While Davos was giving a passionate speech, Publius Manlius kept nodding beside him.
Although the Roman people were still full of vigilance and suspicion, they looked at Davos with less anger.
Someone dared to ask loudly, "How are you going to build a new Rome with us?!"
"Good question!" Davos responded immediately: "Then my newly appointed Roman administrative adjutant will answer your question and issue my order!"
Then, the Roman people saw a gorgeous Bolton man dressed in black piping and white stripes walking onto the high platform with his head held high. After he bowed respectfully to King Davos, he turned to face the people below the stage.
Among the people who stood at the front and lived in the slums of Rome, some people suddenly widened their eyes in surprise: Isn't this Valques? !
Others couldn't help shouting: "Valkes, is that you?!"
Valkers raised his head and said proudly: "I am now the Roman administrative adjutant appointed by His Majesty the King, a higher position than the municipal officials you know well. Please show me respect when you speak again!"
As soon as his words fell, there was an uproar in the audience. Everyone was chatting, and soon news spread throughout the audience: a Roman commoner who was like them, who was once a slave, is now the kingdom of Dionia. Senior officials, stand on the high platform and lecture them.
Davos calmly watched the commotion off the stage, and was very satisfied with the huge impact that Valques' example had on the Roman civilians. Citizens break away from the original city-state for some reason and enter another city-state, maybe even an enemy state, but they are basically not reused, and they will not enter the inner circle of the city-state, but often become civilians, which is also important for Roman civilians. One of the sources (of course there are also some clans from other countries who brought their families and hundreds of people to join Rome, and were accepted by the Roman clan commune and shared power, but then they became nobles). It is very rare in the entire Mediterranean countries to be able to open up its mind like Persia, accept and reuse foreign fugitives, even enemies, and this has also resulted in the fact that although the Greeks and Persia are mortal enemies, once the The state was expelled, and often they all went to Persia.
And now what will the Roman commoners do when they suddenly see the huge change in Valques' social status? Davers waits and sees.
The neat roar of the Dionian soldiers restored calm in the square again.
Valks cleared his throat, took a few breaths, recalled what he tried to memorize yesterday, and said loudly: "Well, His Majesty King Davos announced to all the Roman people, 'Since Dionysus owns the city of Rome , all the debts owed by the Roman commoners to the nobility were abolished, and all the slaves of the Roman nobility and the public servants of the former Roman city became freemen'”
As soon as Valks finished saying this, the slaves at the back of the square cheered.
In comparison, the Roman civilians seemed a little calmer. Rome was occupied by aliens. Most of the elders and nobles went to the Capitoline Hill. Of course, it was impossible to ask them to repay their debts, but they also stretched their brows. , I know in my heart: as long as the nobles cannot repel the Dionians, their debts may be written off forever!