[Ancient Rome] How to Divorce the Tyrant Nero

"I have no objection to you pulling those scumbags who pretend to be gods and ghosts from the altar. It's just that after the high priest falls, who will take his place." Vitas the virgin is Marcus Barbatus's cousin and Wife and sister, so he naturally turned to his own family.

"It's a bit difficult." Although Octavia has raised a group of low-born spies, it is difficult to control the selection of priests: "Do you have any reliable candidates?"

"It's hard to talk about candidates, but the priesthood is not as solid as a rock. The chief priest has been in power for a long time, so he has aroused a lot of dissatisfaction." Speaking of this, Marcus Barbatus lowered his voice: "If You need someone to report on the high priest, so no one is more suitable than a priest."

"How do you know that I'm only targeting the chief priest, not the entire group of priests?" Octavia's calm voice was like a poisonous snake that could kill Cleopatra instantly, making Marcus Barbatus Feel that familiar fear again.

"What I want is to clean up the entire group of priests." Facing the dim sunset light, Octavia squinted her eyes, looking at the temple blurred into a small white dot in the distance, revealing that the plot was about to succeed Smile: "The broken earthen jars will be buried on the porcelain mountain, and the rusty verdigris will be scraped off by sharp knives."

"Those corrupt priests are to Rome what tumors are to a sound human being."

"I have no intention of presiding over a gradual reform, so I can only cut up the rotten meat." When Octavia bid farewell to Marcus Barbatus, she was beside the statue of Augustus in front of the chamber the sedan chair.

Marcus Barbatus looked at his granddaughter's back against the light, and finally understood where the familiar sense of fear came from.

It turned out to be you, the first emperor of the Roman Empire.

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After little Agrippina was sent away, Messalina searched all of little Agrippina's property, discounted most of it and sent it to Beliana, and then gave away the remaining little Agrippina. Part of it was reserved for Octavia, as a compliment to her daughter.

As a result, Octavia changed hands and gave this part of the property to Nero. While Nero was moved to tears, it also made Messalina so angry that she ignored her daughter for several days.

But no matter how angry Messalina is, Octavia is still her darling.

As a mother, she can't just watch her daughter commit suicide!

"I'm afraid she's really infatuated with the little brat of the Domitius family."

Messalina, who was getting more and more wrong, complained to her mother: "Help me find a way, I can't just watch Octavia sink in like this!"

"What are you worried about Octavia? Compared to this, you should worry about yourself and Brittanicus!" Little Dominia asked the slave to pour her a glass of wine, calmly comforting her Messalina: "Octavia is much more reliable than you and Brittanicus combined. That child always knows what she wants, and it is estimated that her favor to little Domitius is just To appease the supporters of Germanicus."

"Supporters of Germanicus?" Messalina rolled her eyes and said in confusion, "I have already sold and killed little Agrippina's people, and it is impossible to leave any survivors. "

Not only Narcissus, but also Messalina's most trusted Valerius Antieas was going to do this.With the latter's cruel temperament, it is absolutely impossible to let little Agrippina's people have a chance to breathe.

"I'm afraid you have forgotten Bruce, the leader of the Praetorian Guards. He is the most upright soldier in Rome, and he is full of admiration for Germanicus." Little Dominia's political literacy is no worse than that of her husband. After the death of Antonia the Great, Antonia Jr. had raised the three children of her sister, which gave Dominia the opportunity to see how an uncrowned Augusta exerted his political influence behind the scenes:” The foundation of Claudius before he ascended the throne was too poor, apart from the three famous surnames of Claudius, Lepidus, and Valerius, he still needs to attract all the forces that can be attracted."

"No matter how much he hates Germanicus, he has to admit that it is precisely because he is Germanicus' younger brother that he is loyal to the Imperial Guard."

"And now, the only two remaining daughters of Germanicus, one will be exiled and the other will be executed. Even though Octavia has given unquestionable evidence, it is inevitable that Germanicus will not be allowed to I feel chills in the old department of Adams." Little Dominia

Squinting his eyes, he seemed confident and said: "Just wait! In a few days, your father will propose that Claudius adopt Nero under the name of Germanicus as a guard against him." Army and the appeasement of the Germanic Legion."

"But in this way, Nero's status is much higher than before." Messalina bit her fingernails irritably, her eyes burning with rage: "Germanicus was Tiberius's Successor, if Nero inherits his surname, will Claudius adopt Nero? So that Nero can inherit the throne."

"Do you think a normal man would leave his own son behind and let a grand-nephew inherit the throne?" Little Dominia sneered, "If such a good thing really happened, Augustus wouldn't be in Tibi Lue adopted three children before. You are completely over-worrying."

Little Dominia thought of Octavia and Marcus Barbatus' plans, and couldn't help but marvel at her granddaughter's brain: "Besides, Nero inherited the name of Germanicus, so Octavia can borrow Based on Claudius' disgust and sense of crisis towards Germanicus, he persuaded Claudius to stay away from Nero, and at the same time fought for a more noble middle name for Brittanicus."

"One represents the emperor and blood."

"It also represents the name of the country."

"Augustus."

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On the third day of Agrippina's exile, Narcissus handed over the task of digging the canal to Marcus Barbatus according to Claudius' instructions, which made the latter feel What a headache.

"You also know the financial situation of His Majesty the Emperor. Even if you copied Pallas's property, you shouldn't spend it like this." To put it bluntly, Claudius at this time is Marcus Barbatus The rich man in his eyes is afraid that he will not become a beggar in a few days.

Octavia carefully looked at Claudius's canal plan, and was silent for a long time facing a map, which made Marcus Barbatus feel a little strange: "Do you have an idea?"

"I have an idea to make money." Octavia pointed to a piece of land by Fussen Lake, and talked eloquently: "Since a canal is going to be dug, after drainage, the usable area of ​​this land will increase, and it will definitely increase." Become a fertile field in the eyes of businessmen."

"Since His Majesty is in a hurry to spend money, how about auctioning this piece of land? Maybe when the canal is completed, this area will also be built as a resort. By then, His Majesty's tax revenue will be greatly increased. Octavia tapped her finger lightly on the map, and then her voice changed: "It's just that I want to make a special request at the auction."

"Those who intend to purchase must use dinar gold coins as a settlement." Octavia thought of her long-term plan, and felt that it was necessary to win this public auction opportunity in front of Claudius.

The author has something to say:

Sanitary conditions in ancient Rome were really not that good, so there will be changes here.

Dinars were also gold coins during the Empire.

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