Augustus Road

Next, they began to discuss the ownership of Pansa. Pansa was previously a civil servant and did not have a legion to support him, so Antony proposed to give him the designations of the forty-second and forty-third legions, and promised that he would serve until the next year. Later, he was transferred to the position of chief executive of the Executive Yuan, and then, when the time was right, he was transferred to the position of censor. ,

Finally, it was Lepidus' turn, but he always just smiled and said nothing, or simply said that his current official position had made him very satisfied. Next, he would do something in line with his responsibility, that is, support the Caesar party to conquer the murderer. , let everyone get the punishment they deserve.

"However, if we want to complete this project, we must suppress the Senate and prevent people from coming out of this hall to hinder us, or even want to assassinate us like Julius Caesar." Based on these words of Lepidus , Anthony gently placed the three signs on the small table surrounded by the middle, and then arranged them one by one with his hands. Everyone focused their attention on it, but saw that the three signs were engraved on There are three Latin inscriptions on it: "Preservation", "Confidence" and "Deprivation", "Each of the four of us owns these three nameplates. This will be the basis of our power and can be completely transcended outside the Senate. As long as there are these plates, Four people can also influence the entire political situation - we can use this sign internally for voting. 'Preservation' means permission to pardon this person, 'Jiji' means permission to confiscate this person's property and free slaves, and 'deprivation' means permission The deprivation of this person’s official position.”

Pansa was stunned and stretched out his hand tremblingly. Anthony smiled meaningfully at him and indicated that he could touch it. Pansa touched the nameplate. No. It is a token that can determine the life and death of all the senators and knights of the Republic. Unexpectedly, the Republic has developed for hundreds of years. The original establishment of "citizens' property and right to life is sacred and inalienable" and "three hundred or six hundred senators conduct state affairs." The series of benchmarks of "voting" and "the Senate and the People's Assembly compete with each other" will be replaced by the random killings of a small group of four.

"I'd like to add that four people can also vote. If it's three to one, it means it's passed and implemented; if it's one to three, it means the proposal has been rejected; and if it's two to two, it's free to start a face-to-face discussion. Debate and convince, conduct two more rounds of negotiations, and then if the two-to-two situation continues, we will shelve the proposal for a month, then calm down and vote again. If we are too far apart, we will send Kuai Ma token officers to each other. Vote." After Li Bida finished speaking, he slowly pushed out another nameplate. It was pushed straight to the center of the small table, and everyone looked at it kindly. This is a new nameplate, which also means that Lepidus has added a new gameplay to this "game system". It has the word "capital punishment" engraved on it in Latin.

Everyone else fell silent. Everyone knew what "capital punishment" meant. It took a long time for Octavian to speak, "Who will carry out the capital punishment?" It seemed that everyone agreed to this new game method, but it was not. I'm just willing to get my hands stained with blood.

"His Excellency Caesar owned about 10,000 personal slaves during his lifetime, and you and I each owned thousands of slaves. But now we make a reasonable distribution between Caesar's slaves and free people, because they can both give "You and I bring wealth and can handle many things," Lepidus said, "Antony and I each get two thousand slaves, and Caesar is the biggest, who can get six thousand. After all, you are the first heir to the will, Pan." Sa can allocate five hundred slaves. Then we should imitate Cornelius Sulla and give these slaves unified names and let them do specific dirty work-the legions can participate, but only for hunting and blockade. Otherwise, it will easily arouse the resentment of the soldiers."

"In this way, will too many people die? You must know that even the murderers who killed Caesar were only sixty at most. On the previous list, only sixteen or seventeen people directly took action." Panza's forehead and the tip of his nose Sweat dripped down his face and he asked anxiously.

"Dear Pansa, if we only need to follow the diagram, then there is no need to create this nameplate. What we have to do now is not only to punish the murderer, but also to destroy the abyss that shelters the murderer. Otherwise, the trouble will be endless. It's boring." Antony explained with a smile, and then he took down the two signs "Conflict" and "Deprived" in front of everyone, "Since Lepidus gave that sign, then these two signs The block is meaningless, and now there are only two types of treatment - innocence and capital punishment."

At the same time, Octavian also said, "I heard that the friendship between alliances is not maintained by money and friendship. The best way to maintain the alliance is to kill people together. In this way, everyone here must bear the unshirkable responsibility. No one can be clean from the blood debt, we can only hold each other together." Agrippa next to him turned pale and breathed rapidly when he heard these words.

"The sixteen, or sixty, people who directly participated in the assassination will definitely not be able to escape. After they were sentenced to death, all their properties were confiscated. We distributed them uniformly and used them as rewards for the soldiers; but out of compassion , each of us can protect one of them, this is the mobile power of you and me, but remember that it is very precious and can only be used once by each person." Lepidus and Anthony took out the sixty "must-die lists." , showed it to Octavian and Pansa. The reason why Lepidus specifically added the "object of pardon" was because he had not forgotten his promise to Portia, and this was also for Poti.

"How to deal with the next people, and how can we have a standard?" Octavian asked.

"There is only one criterion. Friends of enemies, enemies of friends, or nothing at all. It's up to you. Maybe you can kill him if you like his garden and mansion." Anthony laughed.

"Are the Caesars no exception?" Panza asked.

Hearing this, Lepidus flipped the nameplate loudly, and his eyes expressed a certain affirmative answer. Seeing Pansa's incredible expression, he then explained coldly, "The core of the Caesar Party only needs the four of us. That's enough. Do you think those senators promoted by Julius to the Temple of Concord during his lifetime would be grateful? No, I think only despair and terror can make people truly grateful. Otherwise, how can we explain the gratitude of many of them after Caesar's death? He has no position. How can he set a standard and example for future generations without going through a round of killing and execution? Only through blood can people learn to respect and know the beauty of life. "

"The guardian's words are very reasonable, but before implementing these, can we consider Decimus of Mutina City?" Octavian pointed out the window, "We should first use him to sacrifice the flag."

"Of course, I have already planned it. Now we have twelve legions on hand. It is time to end this guy, so as to serve as the first witness of the alliance." (To be continued...)