Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1067

[Chapter 16 The Immigration Debate]

And, having these disaffected gentiles come together into armies, stationed on dangerous frontiers with no hope for a long time, may breed even greater trouble.

The reason why the previous Roman Empire was able to allow soldiers to serve for more than 20 years was because most of the soldiers they recruited were Roman citizens.

Perhaps at this stage, the age given by Cypros is more appropriate… Davers tapped the back of the chair with his fingers, thinking silently.

Unlike Davos’ composure, the ministers were a little surprised by Cyprous’ suggestion.

Raphias first asked: “Lord Cypros, do you mean to cancel the immigration law that we have implemented for 20 years and replace it with this new law that ‘must serve at the border to become a citizen of the kingdom’?!”

“Yes Yes, Lord Raphias.” Cypros replied calmly: “If the new immigration law is promulgated and the old immigration law is still implemented, then the vast majority of foreign freedmen will definitely choose the old law, and Unwilling to serve, after all, it is relatively easy and easy to achieve, then the promulgation of this new decree is meaningless.”

“But if the old decree is abolished and the new decree you mentioned is implemented, all freedmen who are willing to join the kingdom will be If you go to serve, then the labor force in the kingdom will definitely be greatly reduced… We all know that after the war with Carthage, the kingdom’s land has more than doubled, and now there is still a lot of land that has not been allocated, which is urgently needed. A large amount of labor, and the sudden change of the original law at this time will inevitably seriously affect the development of the kingdom!

What’s more, the recruits to join the army must be young and strong free people, so for those who are a little older and have some skills. Or what about the unmarried women, the bereaved children? Do they never hope to become Dionian citizens, no matter how hard they try? Are we going to give up the long struggles that have taken us all over Mediterranean Greece since the founding of the kingdom A belief that has gradually formed among the freedmen—” Burkes took a deep breath and said aloud: “Dionia is a kingdom of fairness and fraternity, and anyone, no matter what origin, race, male, female, or child, as long as he If you yearn for this country and work hard for it, you can become a citizen of this country!”

The last few words of Burkes were so powerful that even Davos was a little moved when he heard it, and of course it also caused a discussion among the ministers.

Cypros obviously hadn’t considered this issue, so he was lost in thought and failed to respond immediately.

At this time, Ataris said: “Lord Burkes, you said it very well just now. But I want to ask, is Athens only citizens of Athens?”

Burkes felt a little baffled by this irrelevant question, but still answered seriously : “Of course not. There are many foreigners in Athens, and the number even exceeds the number of citizens of Athens.”

“So are these free people in Athens for a long time to become citizens of Athens?” Antaoris immediately asked.

This time, Burkos somewhat understood what Antaoris meant, but he still answered the well-known fact frankly: “Of course not, Athens does not allow foreigners to become citizens. In fact, not only Athens, Thebes, Corinth, Athens Coss, Sparta… Almost all Greek city-states will not easily absorb outsiders to become city-state citizens, but this is also the reason why our Dionysus can attract a large number of Greek freedmen from the Eastern Mediterranean to come here every year.”

” But in Athens, in Corinth, in Argos, in Thebes, and even in Sparta, there are still a large number of free people. The reason why they stay in these city-states is to survive better, even if they do not have any political rights. , the safety of life is not absolutely guaranteed (the Greek city-state does not have any laws to protect free people), and

can only be engaged in various lowly jobs in the city-state, and even must be recruited in the event of war as auxiliary soldiers or sailors, The living environment is very bad!”

Antaoris sighed with a pretentious expression, then the volume rose, and he said confidently: “But what about the free people living in our kingdom? There are several decrees specifically formulated to protect some of their rights. , and has been revised many times! They can easily rent the public land of the kingdom, and the tax rate they pay is not very high. They can also serve as the lowest public officials in the kingdom, which is low in our opinion, but for ordinary people It still has a lot of influence on the people. Although we also recruited them in the war, we hardly let them directly participate in the battle, and in the event of an accidental death, the family will receive a lot of pensions…

Although, and Compared with the rights obtained by citizens, there is still a big gap, but compared with those freedmen in mainland Greece, their lives are already very good. What’s more, the kingdom of Dionia is strong and prosperous, and the territory is peaceful and tranquil. , unlike the greek city-states to the east because they were weak and often suffered wars and their homes were destroyed. So even if the old immigration laws were abolished, and many foreigners could not become citizens of Dioria, I think they would still come and settle here , because the Kingdom of Dionia is indeed the most suitable place for them to live!”

“Lord Antaoris is right!” The rotating chairman Hermon (in the third year after the end of the Western Mediterranean War, received by Cornerus Affected by the death of illness, Vespa, who was almost 70 years old, took the initiative to request Davers to resign as the rotating chairman, and begged to no longer participate in the senate meeting, and to take good care of him at home. Davers agreed to his request and proposed Let the Senate select Hermon to take his place) took over the conversation: “In the past, Dionia needed a large number of new people to quickly enrich the national strength and deal with the surrounding dangerous environment, so the treatment of foreign free people was very good, But as your Majesty just said, with the changes of time and situation, the old decrees should adapt to new needs and should also be changed accordingly.

Today, the kingdom is so powerful that no city-state or country dares to challenge us. Instead, they will take the initiative to seek an alliance with us. In such a relatively safe surrounding environment, do we really need to be so eager to convert these foreign freemen into kingdom citizens?! There are indeed many vacancies in the kingdom now. Land, in addition to considering those free people who want to become citizens of the kingdom, can’t we focus on our own people! Now the kingdom has a population of more than 3 million, how many citizens are adults every year?”

Hermon asked this question to the newly appointed Minister of Education, Montmento Tik Els, why did he ask him instead of Raphael, the Minister of Household Registration?

Because Hermon believes that 20 years after the founding of Dionysus, almost all the children of citizens have to go to schools in the cities, so the Chancellor who is in charge of all schools should have a more say in this.

However, Mentotik Els said: “I don’t know how many citizens of the kingdom come of age every year, because many students have graduated from school before they are minors. I can only tell you that the number of people who graduated last year was 23,571. People.”

Raphias interjected: “The number of adult citizens of the kingdom is about 20,000 each year, but the number has risen sharply in recent years. This is because after the last war, the kingdom was merged into several regions, with More people…”

Hermon expressed his gratitude to the two, and then asked the Minister of Household Registration: “Lord Raphias, as far as you know, how many families with more than two boys are there among all the citizens’ families in the kingdom? This

question was a bit stumbling for Raphias, he thought for a while before saying uncertainly: “I’m afraid it is at least 70%. Due to the blessing of Hades and the high level of medical skills in our kingdom, With the strong support of His Majesty, Lord Helps led the doctors to invest a lot of energy in fertility and child care, and made great progress, which greatly improved the success rate of pregnant women in childbirth. The mortality rate has also been greatly reduced, and now the vast majority of families have more than two children, and for old citizens, almost every family has children who have successfully grown up…” Raphias said here, and turned to Medical Minister Helpers nodded his thanks.

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“So, how many regular citizens will the kingdom receive from foreign freemen every year?” Hemon asked again.

“This number is uncertain. In the years before the last war, due to the small amount of land remaining, according to the requirements of His Majesty and the Senate, the Ministry of Agriculture and our Department of Household Registration deliberately controlled it, and the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean was stable, at least There are only more than 2,000 people in one year… and the kingdom has been in urgent need of labor in recent years, and the war in Greece has become more and more fierce, so at least 10,000 people per year…”

“Everyone, you have heard that the kingdom has about 20,000 adult citizens every year, which is almost the same as the number of citizens of a traditional Greek power. Although the Ministry of Household Registration has also allocated land to them in recent years, this is only a matter of fact. The temporary measure is to occupy the vacant land more quickly. In fact, the kingdom does not have a special decree that requires the allocation of land to adult citizens, because according to our customary thinking, they will inherit their father’s legacy in the future.

However, the current situation of the kingdom is that most of the citizens have several sons. According to the kingdom decree that the inheritance is freely distributed by the original owner according to their own wishes, most citizens will probably choose to divide their property equally among several sons

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children, the area of land owned by each child may even be lower than the original kingdom allotted to the citizens. These children who were born in the kingdom and grew up in the kingdom have been educated by the kingdom from a young age and obey the laws of the kingdom. Knowing everything about the kingdom, they love and are loyal to the kingdom, but what they get after they become citizens is not as much as the official citizens converted by these foreign freemen! Do you think this is fair?!”