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This is the reason why he sincerely turned to Li Wei. This is unlimited judicial power. Even the dictator does not have such power. The Citizens' Assembly was controlled by Levy.

Now Li Wei is the uncrowned king of Capua, and even the consul has nothing to do with him.

Even he was annoyed, and he could kill whoever he wanted, and he killed legally, which is why those Capua elders bowed their heads to Li Wei one after another.

Of course, all of this is based on strong property. The wealth of Crassus, the richest man in Rome, in his heyday was only 170 million sesterces, which is more than 40 million dinars.

On the contrary, as long as all of Li Wei's white sugar can be sold, he can earn about 10 million dinars a year, which is many times stronger than Crassus' strength.

This is a miracle that others cannot replicate, and it is a huge profit obtained by relying on monopoly.

I'm relieved.

Julia said.

The reason why the Patriarch didn't fight back is because we haven't recruited enough people, but we didn't expect the enemy to be so fierce.

Serabio said.

Do you think I should sue them at the Citizens' Convention or at the Centurion meeting?

Levi asked.

Over the past hundred years, more and more death sentences have been decided by the Citizens' Assembly. On the contrary, there have been fewer and fewer Centuries' meetings. However, this time it involves duty crimes, and it is reasonable to use the Centuries' meeting. If they do not want to go into exile, they must Will insist on the centurion's verdict.

Serabio said.

Li Wei couldn't help frowning, he actually liked the citizens' assembly more.

The citizens' assembly is relatively more concerned with the number of people, while the centurion meeting is biased towards the rich and powerful.

There are a total of 193 Centuries in the Centuries Conference (there is also a saying that there are 373, which is controversial). The Centuries are an organization divided according to the amount of property, and this division standard is constantly changing.

After the third Punic War, Rome divided the people into six classes according to their property, namely 1 million, 300,000, 100,000, 50,000, and 6,400 ass (one dinar = 16 ass).

Among them, there are 18 centuries of cavalry and 80 centuries of the first rank.

20 centurions each for the second, third, and fourth ranks.

5th grade 30 centurions.

Blacksmiths, carpenters, trumpet players, trumpeters, and light soldiers are five centurions, of which blacksmiths and carpenters are classified as the first level.

There is also a centurion made up of the proletarian class. This class is the most tragic, generally does not need to go to the battlefield, and has the least rights.

Since the Centuria Congress votes in units of centurions, there are 120 centurions in the second level, that is, 300,000 or more.

These are rich people with the smallest number of people, but they account for more than half of the centurions. As long as they are consistent, they can decide everything about the Senduria Conference, so the Senduria Conference is completely owned by the rich. General Assembly.

Although Li Wei has a lot of people, but to put it bluntly, most of them are poor, and there are basically no knights or rich people.

Once the knights and rich people in the centurion meeting believe that Guta and Saiyanus are innocent, then no one else will have anything to do, and then they will go back to their homes and find their own mothers. You, Li Wei, have no more people use.

It was even more excessive when the Senduria Congress was first established. At the beginning, only the cavalry and the first rank were invited to discuss matters.

If everyone negotiates a result, then the matter will be settled like this.

There is nothing for you below the second level, no matter how many you are, it is useless.

Only when there is a dispute between the knights and the first level, will the second level be called to discuss.

If there is a result, the matter will be settled like this, and then there will be nothing for you below the third level, so what should you do?

So this meeting is a meeting of the rich, but the ancient Romans thought this kind of meeting was very reasonable.

Now we are still facing a problem. If the citizens' assembly is held, then Guta and Saiyanus will definitely choose to go into exile.

Serabio said.

Li Wei felt a headache, what to do.

Now that they have formed such a big enmity, is it possible to sit back and watch them go into exile?

He is not reconciled.

If there is a meeting of the Centuries, will they still go into exile?

Levi asked.

This one might stay.

Serapio said with a wry smile.

In order to allow them to stay and stand trial, Li Wei was willing to give up the absolute advantage of the citizens' assembly, which shows how much hatred he has for them.

Then sue them at the Centuria Congress.

Li Wei said coldly.

No problem, it's just that we don't have an advantage in the Centuries Conference.

Serabio said.

I will talk to those rich people one by one in the future, and they will agree.

Levi said.

So much the better.

Saiyanus said with a smile, Li Wei came to the door in person, he did not believe that those knights and elders dared to refute Li Wei's face.

You must know that the Citizens' Assembly is basically in the hands of Li Wei. What crime did they commit? If Li Wei asked them to die, they would die.

Unlimited jurisdiction is just too scary.

How many guards have we recruited so far?

Levi asked.

A little over 5000.

Getta said he felt like he wasn't doing his job well, that Levy needed the support of his guards so badly, and he couldn't recruit enough of them.

We must speed up the recruitment, this is our most important task next.

Levi said.

I see.

Gaita said.

Patriarch, today I found that Scipio and Nias didn't seem to help us with all their strength. I feel like they are perfunctory to us.

At this time, a middle-aged man said.

His name is Lucius Belieus, he is an excellent cavalry soldier, he once served as a cavalry centurion in the Alliance War, and has a stable personality, so he was appointed by Li Wei as his cavalry commander.

is that true?

Levi asked.

I'm not sure, I'm just guessing.

Belius said.

Maybe you are overthinking.

Li Wei thought for a while and said.

Maybe.

Belieus said with a smile, he really doesn't understand the thoughts of those big shots.

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While Li Wei was discussing with Serabio, Guta and Saiyanus were also racing against time to do remedial work.

I've written it, you come and sign it.

After Saiyanus wrote a letter, he signed his name and asked Guta to sign it too.

This is a letter to the Senate accusing Li Wei of colluding with Su Wei. Only by pouring dirty water on Li Wei desperately can they have a chance to escape.

Guta simply looked at it and signed his name.

In addition to this letter, they each wrote some letters, not only to the consuls Cina and Capo, but also to their friends in Rome.

They want to mobilize all their forces to bring Li Wei to the ground and make him never stand up again.