Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 1085

[Chapter 34 Depressed Maximus]

The commentary on the kingdom’s posthumous comments was also underway, especially after his will was announced “to donate most of the estate to the kingdom”, and the elders had no more objections: the statue was stationed in the Pantheon, and at the same time A statue of him in front of the finance department was also approved.

Even the opening of the Congress of Greek Scholars was delayed a few days later for his funeral.

A few days later, the Senate once again released an important news: Haka, the only governor of the Dionysian Kingdom who had a term of more than four years, resigned, and the elder Bagule took over as the governor of southern Iberia. The Senate added a rotating chairman position, who was transferred back to Turiyi by Hakkar to take over.

The important changes in the political arena of the Kingdom of Dionia have not attracted much attention from ordinary people. Now the hottest thing in the streets and streets of the kingdom is whether the citizens of Dionia should pay more taxes to increase the kingdom’s military expenditure. , to address security issues at the border.

From the very beginning of a heated debate (most of the registered freedmen and probationary citizens support paying more taxes, while the vast majority of citizens are against it), many citizens began to think that “as long as they can prevent them from experiencing the pain of being a long-term border guard, It’s worth paying more taxes.” Now the main topic of public debate has become the question of “how much more taxes should be paid”. This entire evolution has only gone through a dozen days.

The fact that there can be such a rapid change is, on the one hand, the result of the full push of the intelligence services, and the other main reason is that the vast majority of citizens are the first generation citizens of the Kingdom of Dionia, and they are all in the process of the establishment and rise of this kingdom. The participants and founders of the Dionysian Kingdom who promoted the growth of the kingdom of Dionysus with their sweat and spears, at the same time, under the long-term influence of the Dionysian Law and the Temple of Hades, created a strong feeling in their hearts They have a sense of ownership, and when the kingdom does encounter difficulties that require them to sacrifice a little bit of self-interest to help, they can finally make reasonable choices.

In the street tavern, diners are still arguing fiercely: “I hope that the direct tax paid by citizens should be 15%, since Athens, Corinth, Thebes… these traditional Greek city-states can all contribute to the city-state’s welfare. Public interest, pay such a high tax, and some even have a higher tax rate than this. The citizen of Dionia, who is known as the ‘most patriotic’, has a lot of land and should accept this tax rate calmly.

” 15% is a bit high, and it used to be only 1%, but now I suddenly have to receive 15%. This change is too big. I guess many people can’t stand it. Seven or eight percent should be more reasonable.”

“I said you guys . I am

so happy to discuss the tax payment issue here, have you considered that the official citizens will increase the tax, and we will increase the same tax!”

“I am single, and no matter how much tax I pay, I can make do with it, for the time being. I don’t have to worry about starting a family, so I don’t worry.”

“Of course I have considered this issue, and

I think the more taxes you pay, the richer the kingdom will be, and it will be better for us freemen and prospective citizens, because the kingdom is paying military expenses. After that, we can use more surplus money to build better public facilities, buy more food to stabilize food prices, and subsidize hospitals to reduce medical fees… and these benefits us greater than that of regular citizens. After all, they are already rich enough to not care much.”

“That makes sense, so I decided to change my mind and support a 15% tax.”

…

A group of people were chatting happily when the cook suddenly shouted: “Marcy James, you’re here!”

“Ah…”

“Or a beer?”

“Yes.” The

diners looked over immediately, and someone who had a good thing immediately asked: “Maxims, you’re looking for a job today, what’s the situation? What’s up?”

“I said you’re stupid, don’t you need to ask, just look at him and know that he didn’t succeed.”

Maxims squeezed out a bitter smile and explained, “Actually, during the interview, the person in charge of the library was already willing to hire me as a writer, but the people next to me said a few more words. Knowing that I was… After Rome emancipated the slaves, he hesitated and said to me, ‘If I come back in a few months, when that event subsides, he will definitely hire me'”

“I said Maximus, you too Don’t blame the officials of Turii for not hiring you. The conspiracy of the Romans is not over yet. They want to assassinate the great King Davos. The palace is so close, in case… I mean in case, they really hired you, and if something happened to you, they would all be implicated, so for the sake of safety, of course they wouldn’t dare to take the risk of hiring you . That person said it nicely, ‘in a few months’… Hehe, I don’t think Turii City Hall will dare to hire Romans again in a year or two!”

The diner’s words made Maximus His face instantly turned ugly.

“Don’t talk nonsense.” Another diner comforted: “Maxims, don’t listen to him, the matter is not that serious, everyone knows that His Majesty Davos has always treated all races in the kingdom equally and will never allow it. This kind of thing happens, so this kind of thing is only temporary, it doesn’t even have to wait a few months at all, you see, it will get better soon, because the new chief executive of Turiyi will take office soon, Mann Lilius Pubrius, he is a real Roman, how could he allow the city hall to discriminate against his compatriots like this!”

“You don’t understand!” The former diner retorted: ” The appointment of Publius as the chief executive of Turii was already very controversial, in order to avoid suspicion and safety, on the contrary, he was very likely to strictly control the Romans in the city of Turii in the early days of his administration…”

Maximus felt more and more uneasy in his heart: because the assassination of Davos also involved Publius’ eldest son, whether he knew it was reported by himself or not, his colleagues in the past are sure It was ruined, not only could I not go to him for help, I am afraid I had to avoid him, so it seems that Turii City Hall can’t go, and I don’t want to go back to the slave camp, do I really want to go to Turi Looking for something to do in the port of Iraq?

But in this way, the chances of shortening the period of becoming a full citizen as soon as possible will be much less…”

Maximus was thinking painfully, another diner sighed: “These damn Romans!

Oh, Maximus, I’m not talking about you… They have made such a big thing, and the security protection of this year’s scholar conference is much stricter than in previous years. As us, we want to freely enter and leave the academy and listen to the speeches of the scholars. much more difficult.

”

What’s so good about those speeches, but we don’t understand them. Instead of sitting there, we might as well use this time to earn more money and come here to buy a few more glasses of wine!”

”

“That’s right!

That’s right!

”

You don’t understand. I don’t understand most of the speeches of the scholars, but you can meet some famous people you rarely see at this conference, such as Elder Ancitanos, Mattik. Elder Rees… Wait, and of course, our great Majesty King Davos, many of you have probably never seen our king in person, but I see it every year, and if you’re lucky, you can enter The venue where he is, listening to his speech up close, that is really…”

The diner looked intoxicated, which made others feel a little itchy when they saw it, and someone asked eagerly: “Tell us about it, King What did His Majesty say at the scholar conference?

”

Uh… this… His Majesty the King is a descendant of the god Hades. He has received divine enlightenment. In private, some scholars call him the omniscient one. His speech is so profound, how can I remember it? I just remember it.” Before the speech, he was very humble to thank everyone who came to listen to his speech…”

“Don’t all speeches in our kingdom begin like this? How could the great king be like them? I think you are just bluffing. In fact, you have never heard your majesty’s speech at all!” a diner questioned. , the others also booed, who had previously been unhappy with the man’s smugness and took the opportunity to boo.

The diner was anxious: “Of course I have heard His Majesty’s speech! I tell you…I…I tell you…a very interesting thing happened at this year’s Scholars Conference! Not only did His Majesty give a speech, And Prince Apox also came to the stage to give a speech–”

“Prince Apox? I remember that he is the second son of His Majesty Davos. He should be under 18 years old this year.” Celebrity diners were clearly skeptical.

“You don’t know that. Although Apox is still underage, he is a descendant of Hades and has been favored by gods. He has been very smart since he was a child. The various colleges of the academy competed for him to study at their own college, and they fought hard for this. As a result, Apox became a full-fledged student of the School of Mathematics and the School of Letters at the same time. This is something that has never happened since the establishment of Dionysian College. !” The diner said arrogantly: “He has been studying in the academy for several years, and now he can give speeches and express his opinions at the scholars conference, what’s so strange!”

“We are just a little curious… After all, you are young…” The diners who had questioned before said embarrassingly.

Seeing that the other party has softened, the diner did not pursue the victory, but expressed understanding: “Actually, it is not only you who think so, there are some scholars at the meeting who also think so, some from the Tarantum Pythagoras school. People also tried to make things difficult for Prince Apox, but in the end, despite his young age, Prince Apox is also very eloquent. He quickly refuted those Tarantum people speechless, and finally everyone in the audience was speechless. Cheers to him! You didn’t see the dejected look of the Tarantum people, that’s so frustrating!”

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