Augustus Road

"No power can be exercised except through organization." - Galbraith

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The reason for everyone's silence is very simple. Cornelia's father, Metra Scipio, is a great figure. He is the "combination" of two military families, the Metra family and the Scipio family ( Born in the latter, he inherited the former as the adopted son of General Metra Seiler), so Crassus relied on his countless wealth to form a family with his children, hoping that his family could gain support from the army. But this Scipio himself is indeed a standard useless person, really unworthy of his glorious clan and family name. He is corrupt and his performance on the battlefield is very mediocre. He often calls prostitutes to his house to perform erotic dances, and he is alone. Appreciate it, and ** while watching it.

According to legend, his daughter Cornelia was a quiet and chaste woman, but having such a father as father-in-law would be an extremely embarrassing thing for everyone. Lepidus spread his hands and encouraged the two people opposite, especially Claudius: "There are rumors from the outside. Cornelia was ugly, but she was definitely not like this. I went to visit her when the inheritance was being distributed. She had not yet given birth to a child. She was slender and looked young and fair. Those legends were just fabricated by the political opponents of Crassus or Scipio. "What's more important is that she still has a divided inheritance on hand, a total of four hundred talents. Think about this huge sum of money." Lepidus said this because he compared Claudius and Claudius in detail. Both Curio thought that although Claudius was an extremely bad person and had committed rape, murder, and animal persecution, he still had nothing to say to his friends; while Curio's position and thoughts were wavering. Lepidus was very uneasy about his subtlety.

But Claudius used tree branches to sway on the dining table to drive away the flies at the turn of spring and summer. Then he declined lazily. "I am now a tribune, and my affairs are very complicated, and my energy is no longer what it used to be. My current trajectory is to stay at home with Fulivia and go out to find Caesar's ex-wife Peppa. Of course, I mainly have my sister by my side, so I won't It would be very troublesome to abandon the current Fulivia for a dowry of several hundred talents. Besides, the Fulivia family’s assets are also very rich.”

In desperation, Lepidus turned his attention to Curio. Although this was the outcome he least expected, for now, it had to be this way. After all, Curio had a strong relationship with Anthony and could make Anthony "wear through." "dressing as women" and dating someone (this is all what Cicero said, I don't know whether it is true or not), so remarrying Cornelia to him is not a bad choice.

Although Curio sighed. He leaned on the armrest and pretended to be as indifferent as possible. But Lepidus had already seen through his heart, and the other party asked leisurely: "Your debt has accumulated to one thousand talents now."

Yes, Curio always claimed in the Roman social circle that he was even more outrageous than Caesar when he was younger. When Caesar was thirty years old, he was already burdened with debts of eight hundred talents, and Curio vowed to surpass him. When he accumulated the same amount of debt, he deliberately went a step further and borrowed another two hundred talents to hold a great gladiatorial competition for all the citizens with the participation of three hundred lions.

So now in the city of Rome, Curio is an extremely "sparkling" figure, and people and creditors want to follow his meteor-like trajectory and keep up with him.

"Half of my debts are handled by your current people. You can think of ways to reduce my debts. With your current strength, it is easy to do it." Curio said in a roundabout way, and Lepidus ignored it. He tempted him and said with a smile, "I have an agreement with Caesar. After I take office as governor, I have to provide him with thousands of talents of military support within three years. You have to understand that this time Pompey won the passage of the bill." The probability is relatively high, so in the future it will be even more difficult for Caesar to support his privately-raised auxiliary legions, reward regular legions, and obtain funds from the treasury. He has to rely on me, so Funds are extremely tight. So isn't this a good method? At least half of your debts can be resolved, and I can talk about the remaining half. In addition, you will inherit Crassus's family. There is nothing wrong with that, my friend. "

Finally Curio laughed and said he would try to see if he could win the beauty's heart.

In the following days, it is unknown whether Curio went to Cornelia's mansion to seek pleasure, but it is true that he flattered Pompey and Cato the Younger more and more, even those who had fallen out with Pompey before. Maximus also spoke publicly at the people's meeting, "Caesar is now the enemy of all Rome. We urgently need a person with authority and qualifications to lead the country to lead the Roman people through this crisis!"

The current situation is just like the prophecy announced by Li Xilia in the Senate, "The territory of an empire is so large that it cannot accommodate two people who are diametrically opposed to each other." However, Pompeo still spoke cautiously on the surface, and his giant theater When the work was finally completed, the great general took the opportunity to come out of Alba's farm. He walked humbly into the Senate and made a speech, claiming that the current situation made him extremely worried, but asked the people to come to the special meeting with him. There is no need to worry about choosing fathers, because he has already figured out a good way to solve the problem, "I will use the completion of the Coliseum as an opportunity to ask the city of Rome to hold a seven-day thanksgiving ceremony, and by the way, let my sworn brother Caesar The three legions stationed outside the gate of Printina will hold a small triumphal ceremony to unite the two. After the ceremony, I will write to Caesar, leaving three regular legions to continue to garrison the province of Gaul. In addition, let him join the Tenth Legion at the Rubicon River after the triumphal ceremony. Then the Tenth Legion can be transferred to Syria, and the auxiliary legions he recruited in the remaining Illyria and mountainous Gaul will all be restored after paying severance pay. Disband north of the Rubicon, and I may hand over to Caesar the sum of one thousand talents which shall be paid to me in the first year from the treasury after the passing of the act, for the disbandment of his army.”

Pompey's generosity and generosity, as well as his distinction between public and private affairs, soon won the applause of the group headed by Cato the Younger and gave him a standing ovation. But then Spinzer and Bisot, the elders of Caesar's party, immediately protested, "It is extremely dangerous to disband the Gaul army at will now. Those auxiliary legions are all foreigners who come to gain glory and wealth. If we disband them rashly, The lack of financial support will trigger a terrible rebellion. In addition, Crassus's relative, Metra Scipio, although he had always been insignificant before, now also rushed out to speak, saying, "The republic treats a general outside like this. With a sinecure included, is this fair? And unfairness is often the source of disaster. "Such a straightforward and reckless statement made Pompey furious, and he immediately accused Scipio of accepting bribes from Gaul." Now you can watch the blond new slave girl masturbate!" Scipio also broke out immediately, and a fierce quarrel and fight broke out in the Senate. Cicero, who came out to persuade, was beaten to a bloody head.

As a result, Caesar's secret message came into the hands of Lepidus that night. (To be continued...)