[Ancient Rome] How to Divorce the Tyrant Nero

"Rat extermination? You mean that the plague in Rome is related to rats?" Vepasian, who was in charge of integrating supplies from various cities, looked at Octavia's envoy in disbelief, and repeatedly confirmed: "Do you have any actual evidence to prove this? ?”

"Little Claudia and Lord Titus have sent people to investigate the plague situation in various ports, and found that the more rats there are, the more people are sick." Elius wiped the sweat from his forehead, In the past few months, Octavia has turned it into a spinning top that can't tell the difference between east, west and north: "Lord Lukusta and Lord Asclepius who serve the Claudius family are conducting more experiments, and found that A very interesting phenomenon.”

Elius continued to throw out convincing examples for Vipasian: "So far, no patients have been found in the provinces of Egypt, and the province of Palestine is the place where the cases first appeared."

"But what does this mean?" Vepasian still couldn't understand what Ellis meant.

"In the Egyptian polytheism, cats are regarded as the incarnation of the goddess Bast, so the Egyptians regard cats as the guardians of the family, and almost every family has cats, so there has never been a rat problem in Egypt." Elius explained : "On the contrary, the Christians in Palestine believe that cats are messengers of the devil, so they don't welcome this kind of animal. As a result, rats often occur in large cities in this area."

"That is to say, rats are the source of this plague, but the phenomenon of human-to-human transmission cannot be denied, right?" Wei Paxiang said clearly: "I will discuss the city's rodent eradication with Mr. Galba, and I also hope that Xiao Ke Claudia's pharmacists were able to discover the cure for the plague sooner."

"Regarding this point, Your Excellency Lukusta and Your Excellency Asclepius have issued a final warning." Elius' expression darkened suddenly, and even his voice lowered a lot: "Even if all the scholars are gathered It is impossible to find the corresponding drug within a few years."

"Your Excellency Asclepius predicts that this plague will last for two to three years, so what we can do now is to eliminate the source of the plague as much as possible, and then wait for it to fade away."

This is still a euphemism used by Ellis. In short, it is to exterminate the rats, and then wait for the sick people to die or recover on their own.

Wei Paxiang pursed his lips, unable to express his opinion immediately.Because he understood that since Elius dared to say that, it meant that Octavia had acquiesced to this result.

If no effective cure can be found in Rome, where the intellectual power is most developed, then there is no need to talk about other places.

"I will tell Lord Galba about this matter." Vepasian thought hard about the future of Rome, and decided to temporarily hide the fact that the plague cannot be cured from the people, lest those desperate people would jump over the wall and pull him away. Others died together: "I also hope that little Claudia can think about the future of Rome."

Although Vepasian tried his best to control the stability of Rome and Pompeii, as the plague continued, Rome's plight was also seen by some provinces that were about to move, and then frantically tested Rome's bottom line of patience.

In this regard, both Vepasian and Octavia decided to give those dead provinces a little bit of color, so they ordered the legions stationed to forcibly suppress the rebels in those provinces, and sent several instigated The ruler's heir is summoned to Rome as a hostage.

Vepasian even stated in his disciplinary letter after the suppression that if there was another rebellion, what awaited the local ruler would no longer be to send his heirs to Rome, but to drive them out completely. throne.

For the local rulers, being kicked out of the throne is tantamount to a death sentence for the whole family.

Octavia knows that this method of suppression is likely to lead to the emergence of warlords in Rome at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the emptiness of the royal power, but at such a critical moment, she can't control so much, she can only delegate power to various places to deal with the rebellion situation, and then, after the plague was over, a policy of centralizing power and weakening military power everywhere.

"Have you still not found His Majesty the Emperor?" Under heavy pressure, Octavia tried her best to control the number of patients in various parts of Rome, and even used Galba's power to violently solve a group of uncooperative nobles. This also allowed her to bear the title of "tyrant" and "dictator" after a few months of being closed in Rome.

Some creative Romans even gave Octavia a nickname, called "Caligulana", which is the female body of Caligula. The tyrant who destroyed Rome, and then unabashedly expressed the hope that Rome needs a Cassius Caria who can assassinate Octavia in order to save Rome from fire and water.

In this regard, Octavia said that they can spread their ideas on the streets, and they can ignore the prohibition and allow themselves to be infected by the plague, but when they decide to do so, they will no longer enjoy the rights of citizens, nor will they Will get effective help after committing crimes.

In Galba's words, since these people obstruct social order for freedom, they don't have to let their noble freedom be polluted by the dirty money of dictators and imprisoners.

Of course, when Galba said this, he used a sarcastic tone.

And Octavia is also interested in being the Holy Mother who saves fools, so after those self-assertive people died, Rome, which was just a little popular, became quiet again.

Even those veteran nobles who accused Octavia of being too strict have followed suit a lot, for fear that they will be dragged out of Rome like rubbish if they get sick.

Needless to say, the civilians, after all, after all the shops in Rome were closed, they could only live on social relief.

Without the power and money of the nobles, it would be deadly to contradict Octavia.

Besides, Octavia didn't ignore them, at least ensuring that each family could maintain basic life.

The Imperial Guards who were in charge of finding Nero shook their heads again and again, with embarrassing expressions on their faces: "We still have no news from His Majesty the Emperor. This is really the greatest shame of the Imperial Guards."

Since Gesius Florus became Nero's confidant, the imperial guards who once directly belonged to the emperor were excluded from the center of power.

Gein's current Imperial Guards are all Claudius' old troops, so Octavia can still use them to a certain extent.

"It's not all your fault that you can't find the emperor. After all, not everyone can disobey Nero's orders." Octavia also needed the imperial guards to hunt down people who violated the orders for her, so she showed her respect at the right time. The tolerance of the Praetorian Guards—after all, this was her father's direct lineage, and considering the historical reasons of the Praetorian Guards, they can also act as a deterrent to the Senate to a certain extent.

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Cassius Caria: The captain of the Praetorian Guard who assassinated Caligula.

The Praetorian Guard was a terrible political force, which can be understood as the emperor's confidant and the bayonet against the nobles and the Senate.