Augustus Road

I uploaded the chapter last night, but I forgot to post it. I will repost it today. Three updates.

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The people gathered in the main square were excited. As long as they have three children, they will be rationed several hundred grams of state-owned land no matter what. This is a just policy that is considerate of the poor, but now the people know that in Xiehe There were always figures like Cato the Younger and Byblos in the temple, who tried every means to prevent them from benefiting from this policy. The people roared, raised Caesar high, and claimed that if there were any more senators who caused trouble, they would He petitioned the tribunes to submit Caesar's land law to the vote of the Tebris people, and reassured Caesar that all the people were on his side. Now they were waiting for Caesar's order and were ready to go beyond the vote. "Bridge", support him with practical actions.

But at this time, Cicero, who was chasing him and standing on the steps, shouted to Caesar with great energy: "Give up, Julius! You must know that just getting the support of this mob is of no practical use. Your land law must be submitted to the people's assembly with the help of a tribune, but we have already contacted each other, and there is no tribune in Rome willing to help you." Next, he saw Caesar looking back with confidence. He then laughed and said, "Are you hoping for Claudius' help? I can tell you that Byblos can kill him with just one sentence, because no civilian family is willing to adopt him now. In addition, even if he is adopted, according to the effective It’s too late.”

At this time, Lepidus, who had already had a premonition of this scene, slapped the door frame of the tavern again. Several dark-skinned Moorish slaves immediately took the writing board thrown by Lepidus and flew toward the ancient square on the back of the square. Running to the address of the Curia Congress, the black figure flashed across Cicero's eyes in an instant.

There were three popular deliberative bodies in Rome, namely the Assembly of the Curia, the Assembly of Centuries and the Assembly of Tebris. The Curia was the earliest civil assembly in Rome, but it was not worthy of its name at all, because all those who could participate in it were actually nobles. Later, the Roman Senate replaced its status, and it existed in name only and became simply the official venue for ceremonies. That is, after the consul or governor is elected, the so-called "power" is "granted" to these people through procedures, so now neither the nobles nor the people will go to Curia to gather, let alone vote on the election. , there are only thirty lowest-level officials of the Republic, the "Curia Attendants", plus three priests who preside over the ceremony. As for the Assembly of Hundreds, it is mainly a body that decides on official elections and citizenship cases. Originally, it It was also the place where laws were passed, but later through the struggles of the people (in Rome, the amount of property determined the number of centurions), the power to pass laws was transferred to the Assembly of Tebris, which was only responsible for electing consuls and governors. and the Censor, the powerful senior officials of the Republic, and decide to declare war and make peace, as well as handle matters involving extraordinary officials (such as the selection of the Special Council of Ten or the Commander of the Legion) or criminal justice cases; while the Teblis Civil Assembly It was the result of hundreds of years of victory among the common people in Rome. At first, the nobility was completely prohibited from participating. Later, when it gained the power to make legal decisions, the nobility also participated. Each people's assembly had a chairman-like figure, who could be a consul or a governor. , can also be a tribune or a tribune. The chairman proposes the prototype of the law, and then the people's assembly votes to pass it. Once the law is passed, all the nobles and people of Rome must swear to abide by it.

For Cicero, he only cared about the "normal legal issue" of a commoner adopting Claudius, but he never expected that the "Congress of Curia" that was almost forgotten by the Romans would have an emergency. The decision-making power means that with the consent of the consul, the issue of the adoption of an adopted son by a citizen can be decided, that is, the adrogatio.

Of course, Caesar fully agreed with Claudius's emergency adoption, and it was still his first month in power, so why not? Lepidus specially found a dying commoner who was dying on the hospital bed but had no heirs. Lepidus gave his wife 10,000 dinars and then asked the commoner who was still alive to make a will. , claiming that he would adopt Claudius as his adopted son so that someone could inherit his "family property full of clay pots and pickled fish." As for the writing board full of wills, it had already been prepared and was now in the hands of the Moorish slave who was running at lightning speed. , was delivered within a few minutes to the "ready" Curia Assembly, where thirty attendants and three priests were waiting anxiously. They had all received a lot of "gifts" in the past few days, especially The lowest-ranking attendants never expected that someone would give them an average of 9,999 sesterces per capita just for the adoption of a bad old man by a commoner. Because Caesar's new case law was just announced, there was no such thing. No one dares to cross the 10,000 red line.

The voting was very fast, only taking about half a day. Anyway, within one day, the words "in the year of the joint reign of Julius and Byblos" in the civilian's will were stamped with the words of the Curia Congress. With the seal, Claudius became the adopted son of the common people from that day on. His status as tribune continued to be effective and he could continue to run for the next year's term.

"I think Claudius will be very happy to know that his adoption procedure was completed in one day; and I also think that Claudius will be very angry if he knows that you are obstructing his election for the next term. "Caesar, who was put down by countless people, easily removed Zhang Acuta and said to Cicero, and then he shouted to all his supporters, "I will bring it to our tribunes immediately to bring the land law to justice. Submit it to the people's assembly, let us unite and fight to the end for our own interests!"

At this time, all the people sounded the battle cry, and some raised homemade flags, claiming to go to war with the specially chosen fathers, making the Temple of Concord tremble with their righteous shouts.

At this moment, it was Cicero who was trembling in the shouts. Yes, his legs were trembling, because Caesar was right. If a guy like Claudius knew that he was in trouble for the campaign, If so, this street gangster stallion will never let me off lightly!

"Listen, now that Claudius has been adopted, we can no longer stop Caesar from submitting this matter to the vote of the Tebris People. At this moment, we must do our best to win over Crassus and Pompey, all our efforts! Just at all costs The price is that even if Pompey has to be Dictator today, we can only agree to it." On the street returning home after the meeting, Cicero quickly followed Cato and kept reminding him.

"We will naturally take care of this matter, but the top priority is to let Byblos learn to speak and learn to speak in front of the people, otherwise he will be no match for Caesar." Little Cato turned around and said, he meant to make this quick matter Leave it to Cicero. (To be continued.)