Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

In 393 BC, on June 1st, after the Great Hellenistic War had completely subsided, countless Dionian people flocked to the center of their alliance, Turii, to witness Daphus formally in front of the Temple of Hades. Be crowned king.

At that moment, the whole city fell into a carnival.

At this point, the Dionysian city-state alliance was renamed the Kingdom of Dionia, and King Davos declared: Change the chaotic way of chronology in Greece, and make the year of enthronement as the first year of the Kingdom of Dionia. sequential chronology.

Time flies, and in a flash, it is the tenth year of Dionysus (that is, 383 BC).

The weather in August was very hot, but Galademos, the tax collector of Prosdemo, Naxos, was still running in the fields, in order to reconfirm the growth of the land owned by each family and the growth of crops, to make a rough estimate. How much land tax should be paid by each household within the jurisdiction after the autumn harvest.

The taxes paid by the citizens of Dionia can be in kind, such as wheat, olive oil, grapes, etc., or gold and silver coins. This requires tax officials not only to have strong calculation skills, but also to be familiar with the prices of market commodities. . Moreover, when collecting taxes, there must be sufficient manpower in order to avoid mistakes. Therefore, often in those days, not only will the Chief Democracy take out public officials to assist the tax collector in collecting taxes, but also recruit accountants who are registered in the jurisdiction. , Writer, under the command of the tax officer.

Galademus was able to serve as a tax collector, but he successfully completed the three levels of elementary, middle and high school in the most famous Tuliy School, and graduated with excellent mathematics results. He came out of Dionysian Academy of Mathematics. The scholar who is the teacher of the school hopes that he can enter the academy and continue his studies, but he insists on living independently as an adult as soon as possible, so he easily passes one of the two most difficult public service exams in the Kingdom of Dionia - tax. The judge selection test (another test is the judge selection test, which is known for requiring memorization of a large number of legal texts and careful logical thinking).

After two years of busy work as apprentice tax officer and assistant, he was again officially appointed with distinction as junior tax officer of Dionia, and was appointed to Naxos in Sicily by the Ministry of Finance of the Kingdom. This is his second year working here, and he is only 24 years old at this time, and it can be said that he has a great future.

The Prosdemo area has five villages. Although it is located in the middle reaches of the Alcantara River, near the foot of Mount Etna, the terrain is not flat, but the land is more fertile (because of volcanic ash), so the population is not very high. There are 452 households, 1822 people and 2680 mu of cultivated land in total.

After Galademus took office as Prosdemo's tax collector, he traveled from country to country, and it took half a year to thoroughly understand the conditions of the fields in his jurisdiction. Of course, Prosdemo's agricultural officer also has detailed records in this regard, and the tax officer only needs to refer to his records to successfully complete the work of collecting land taxes. But Galademus was a serious person, and he always had to confirm with his own eyes before it counted, so he didn't get along very well with the agricultural officer of Gedmo.

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Take a sip of water, it's too hot. ' said one of the tax collectors who followed him, picking up a water pouch and wiping away his sweat.

Over the years, Dionysian schools have been established in most cities in the kingdom. Many citizens who want to work in public office have greatly improved their literacy, writing, and arithmetic skills after studying at the school, and then participate in various departments. public service exam. Citizens who cannot pass the formal examination can also participate in the secondary examination and serve as minor officials. According to their service years and performance in the kingdom, they still have the opportunity to be promoted to official public posts.

The two tax collectors who followed Galademus were both local citizens. During the slack season, they worked as tax collectors to receive a certain salary. During the busy season, they had to go home to cultivate the farmland. In fact, they were working part-time. These part-time officials supported the most basic management work of the entire kingdom. Therefore, every official who officially took office in the kingdom was warned by the superiors during the probationary period: to respect the subordinates, otherwise the work will not be supported, and it will be difficult to complete the tasks assigned by the superiors!

Thank you, Gabrinus! Galademus thanked, took the skin, took a sip of water, and felt his dry throat moisturised.

What's there to thank for this, if I want to say thank you, I have to thank you for helping me solve some math problems during this time! Gabrinus is eager to take the tax officer exam next year, and he is studying hard during this time.

Galademus smiled and handed him the bag back.

Finally there is the last household left. We can go back to Meyaro after the investigation. Another tax collector, Cabanax, urged politely. He was ten years older than Galarinus and had experienced taxation when he was young. In the turbulent period when Kesos was destroyed, coupled with his old age, he did not have the same motivation as his colleagues. He only hoped that he could always farm and collect taxes like he did now, and live a full and peaceful life. Well, that means honor and more rewards. Such a situation, he only got it once last year, and he understands that it is all due to Galademus. And looking at the situation this year, the Prosdmore tax office they are in charge of is likely to be rewarded again, so although it will be tiring to follow the young tax officer, he is willing to listen.

The last one! Galademus looked ahead, feeling a little complicated.

Because the identity of the owner of the last household is not simple, it is Lao Dixian, the elder of the Senate of the Kingdom.

Laodyssian was originally a prestigious family of Naxos. During Dionysius' reign as tyrant of Syracuse, he went into exile to Ligium, and later landed in Sicily with the Dionysian 1st Legion, serving as Naxon. One of the leaders of the exiles of Xthos, who made great contributions to Dionia's final defeat of Syracuse and the acquisition of the plains of Catania. Later Naxos was merged into Dionysian, and Laodyssian became the senator of Dionysian due to his exploits and influence in Naxos, and he also married his daughter to the then No. 1 The commander of the First Legion, the powerful faction of the Dionysian Senate, and the confidant of King Davos-Antonios, can be said to have a deep background.

Laodyssian became a senator and moved to Turii, but he did not sell his home in Naxos, because there were five acres of land allocated to him by the Alliance, and he passed through Antonios. Land in Naxos purchased from Legionnaires and rewarded for their military exploits.

Allotments are not allowed to be bought and sold, but the land awarded later can be bought and sold, this is because of the distance, the owner cannot take care of it and has to sell it, such as the legionnaires living in Turii or Amendolara It takes nearly three days to get the land in Sicily, not to mention that if you want to take care of the land there, you have to send a confidant slave to work here all year round, which is laborious and troublesome, so you can only bring it Sold to a citizen who is also Dionia.

Of course, the great war ten years ago allowed Dionia to obtain enough free land in Greater Greece. Most of the land that the legionaries received was in Greater Greece. For some outstanding legionnaires, an additional reward was given in Sicily. Two acres of land. The price of these lands is not cheap, but Laodisian is rich, if not the Ministry of Agriculture officials who are in charge of land sales and supervise land transfers have discovered that he has raised the price of land too high, and the amount of land he has purchased Too much and euphemistically persuaded, the amount of land owned by Laodicien in Naxos is not limited to the current 78 acres.

Last year, after Galademus took office at Naxos, he had some conflicts with the family of Laodice, because he was serious about his work. Collection is less. Originally, most of his family's fields were halfway up the mountainside, and it was relatively difficult to get water to irrigate the fields, so when the tax amount was initially set, most of his family's fields were classified as middle and low-level farmland, so the land tax was lower.

However, Galademus found after investigation that: eight years ago, Naxos built a large waterwheel on the banks of the Alcantara River. From then on, the river water could easily irrigate all the fields of Laodician's family. The problem of water, the harvest of the farmland on the mountainside is even better than that of the farmland on the flat land. The land tax of his family can be levied according to the previous standard every year. It was built at public expense on the proposal of the Naxos Council to the city administrator.

Therefore, Galademus believes that not only should the amount of taxation be re-established for the fields of the Laodician family, but also the amount of tax owed in previous years should be repaid.

When Galademus informed the Laodician family of this decision, there was an uproar. Not only did the other party refuse to pay more taxes, but the remaining butler also acted in various ways, causing the parliament to put pressure on the chief executive to criticize the tax office for being careless. TOLL. Even the people in the village were incited to protest that the new tax officials were too harsh and oppressed the Sicilians (in fact, Galademos weighed the wheat and other crops turned over too seriously when he collected taxes, and it was not allowed. lack of a few pounds), which made the tax collection work of Galademus impossible to continue.

Moreover, Galademus' direct superior, the middle-level tax officer of Naxos City, was worried that he would show his incompetence and affect his future because Galademus suddenly lifted the cover, and he was worried that he would show his incompetence after discovering this mistake for many years. At the same time, friends who have met in Naxos over the past few years have also spoken well for the Laodice family, which made the tax official not only severely criticized Galademus many times, but also vetoed him to modify Laodice. The tax amount of the Xi'an family, and let them make up the arrears proposal.

The incumbent chief executive of Naxos is Stromboli, a tough but traditionally conservative Amendolara elder who would succumb to the pressure of local parliamentarians, let alone Galademus or Amendolara. people.