[Ancient Rome] How to Divorce the Tyrant Nero

At this stage of the trial, the result is already obvious.

When Nero came to the stage to answer questions, Octavia asked Elius from the dark to listen to her: "Go and talk to my mother's secretary, and ask him to go with you to check on little Agrippina's property. question."

"Is it appropriate for us to take over this job?" Elius obviously hesitated, "I'm afraid His Majesty the Emperor doesn't like your involvement in this matter."

"That's why I asked my mother to come forward." Octavia took off a signet ring from her hand and handed it to Ellius: "I have obtained a letter of proxy from Cripvia through Beliana, and the other party requested Her Majesty the Queen will act as an agent for them to investigate the family property."

"This is a good opportunity to show your ability in front of the Romans, and I don't want Seneca's people to take over Agrippina's property inventory, and then let that bitch bring someone who shouldn't be brought. Octavia's eyes fell on little Agrippina, and she said meaningfully: "What happened to those German soldiers who were detained by the Imperial Guard?"

"Narcissus put them into a low-level prison in Rome, and His Majesty the Emperor has ordered them to be executed."

Don't look at Germanicus as Claudius' elder brother, but the latter has always hated each other extremely, even surpassing his hatred of Tiberius.

Compared with the ugly duckling-like Claudius, Germanicus, who seems to be the reincarnation of Hercules, has always been an unattainable existence.

He is handsome, strong, smart, and has the ability to fight for the honor of the family.Not only the pride of the parents, but also the appreciation of Augustus.

Just like Julius Caesar defied all opinions and established Augustus, who was still Octavian at the time, as his heir.

Germanicus was born as the nephew of Augustus, the eldest son of his favorite niece, and he was naturally the heir to the emperor in the eyes of Augustus and even the Romans.

And what about Claudius?

Little Antonia called him an "unfinished monster," finding him ugly, dull, and polio.Not only did he never give him much attention during his lifetime, but he also didn't leave him much after his death.

Why?

Why did Germanicus, who had never been an emperor, be able to leave a deified figure in the hearts of the Romans, but as a human emperor, he was subject to suspicion and abuse.

Whenever Claudius thought of this, he felt a poisonous snake coiled around his heart, which kept him awake at night.

Especially after the old department of Germanicus "provoked" the incident, the dark emotions suppressed by Claudius seemed to have found a breakthrough, directly awakening the tyrant gene in the Claudius family.

"Execute?" Octavia counted the days silently in her heart, and continued to order Elius: "Talk to my grandfather to see if he can drag the execution of those soldiers to the Dionysus After the festival."

"Yes." Although Elius was perplexed by Octavia's actions, he did not casually question his master's judgment, which was what Octavia liked most about him.

After the trial, Marcus Barbatus asked Narcissus to accompany Claudius to meet an engineer and technician, so that he could have a chance to have a private conversation with his granddaughter.

Although the current Roman emperor could not go to the battlefield, after he ascended the throne, he ended a joke made by Caligula - the conquest of Britain.

Messalina took the opportunity to promote to the public that Claudius is better than Caligula, and has more qualities of a ruler, and admired the vision of the Praetorian Guards. At the same time, under the instruction of Octavia, the Roman Empire The satirical comedies with Caligula and Claudius as the protagonists were staged in various theaters, which indirectly hit the bloodline advantage of the great Agrippina lineage, and made the Roman citizens begin to suspect that the men of this lineage Heir, whether he has the ability to manage the country.

In order to make this trend more enthusiastic, Octavia, in addition to suing the young Agrippina, also referred to Shakespeare's "Richard III", and wrote a few simple and easy-to-understand satirical comedies in her busy schedule, making the number of Added puppet trolleys run soft publicity in various streets of Rome.

"Low-level public opinion warfare will only question the level of political opponents by attacking their private lives. I prefer a fatal blow." When Octavia discussed this with Marcus Barbacus, she seemed a little ironic: " Half the great people in history are politically incompetent scum, if the idiots think about it."

Especially in the most golden late period of the Republic, half of the big men who could become consuls and senior councilors were lifelong members of the Wives Fear Club, and there were even a few who were so afraid of their wives that they dared not even go home.

But this can't be blamed on them. After all, in the political arena at that time, whoever has money and military achievements can become a future star.

And among those rich and powerful nobles, the premature death rate of male heirs has reached a certain level, which also leads to rich Matronas everywhere, and those military leaders, Many of them were so waved that there was only one stove girl left at home.

In this case, how do you let the careerists of the commoner class and the down-and-out knight class choose?Um?How to choose?

If the current publicists are allowed to engage in public opinion wars in the late Republic, it is estimated that they will be able to reach the throne of Augustus from the young Caesar, without making a name for themselves.

After all, they are all henpecked, who is more noble than whom?

"In terms of controlling public opinion, you have done a good job, and obviously I don't need to worry about it." Marcus Barbatus agreed with Octavia's words very much, and said with some hesitation: "Your father intends to drain Lake Füssen, Build a canal."

"Stupid." Octavia sneered: "Father is too eager to make contributions. Building an artificial canal is not like building a magnificent Colosseum. Even if the latter fails, it can be transformed into something else, but the canal ..."

Octavia narrowed her eyes: "He can't learn from Caligula, throwing living Roman citizens into the sea in order to resist the gods, or in other words, he wants to be deified before he is alive and tell everyone that he More control over everything in nature than the gods?"

"I'm more inclined to say that a bird with a nimble voice said something that shouldn't be said to your father for the sake of the golden dinar." Marcus Barbatus patted Octavia lightly. shoulder, lightly wrote: "This matter is left to you. Find that noisy bird, and then sew her mouth."

"I'll arrange for others to do it, but why don't you do it yourself?" Octavia puzzled, "Your strength is much stronger than mine. Killing a noisy bird is always worth it." It's not difficult."

"It's not difficult for me to kill her, but sometimes, women's solutions are less likely to cause disturbance." Marcus Barbatus glanced at Octavia, looking at her gradually growing facial features, Feeling a familiar fear: "Don't let Messalina alone in the future, you have to plan for yourself."

"What do you mean?"

"Since you can't execute little Agrippina, you have to find a way to get back the money. You let Messalina speak in the court, let her take over the commission from Cripvia, and let her preside over the Roman Theater It’s a satirical comedy. In fact, to put it bluntly, I want to enhance Messalina’s appeal among Matrona. It’s just that I know better than you what kind of virtue my daughter is. Instead of wasting resources on her, it’s better to help you Intend."

"But I can't be arrogant enough to put myself above my mother." Octavia retorted: "Do you think the citizens of Rome would welcome a showy daughter? Little Antonia was nothing when the little Via was alive." As."

"...Then let's talk about it after you get married!" Marcus Barbatus mused, "It's just why you asked me to stop His Majesty the Emperor from executing those German soldiers now? You have never been a soft-hearted person, and that A few Germanic soldiers are nothing special."

"There's really nothing special about them, it's just that executions are a big show, and their deaths can make a little more sense."

"tell me the story."

"The soldiers who went to Britain will come back before the Dionysus Festival. Wouldn't it be better for the old German army to watch their former comrades-in-arms be sentenced to death with their own eyes?"

"For a soldier, dying of a conspiracy is the greatest disgrace, and he is still sentenced to death in the city of Rome." Octavia lowered her eyes, and there was no trace of sadness in her voice: "It must have happened after this, little darling. Gripina's people will re-examine the ability of those they follow to keep them alive."

"Killing chickens to scare monkeys?" Marcus Barbatus thought: "This is a feasible way, but you have to do it properly, and don't let the hatred of the German Legion transfer to you."

"I'll take that into consideration, there's just one more thing I need your help with."

"help?"

"It's time for the high priests to clean up." Octavia said in a low voice, "We must give Vitas an explanation."