[Ancient Rome] How to Divorce the Tyrant Nero

"Pro-government? Just because that little bastard Nero wants to be pro-government?" Facing Octavia who came to persuade him, Marcus Barbatus laughed and coughed on the recliner: "Whether it's the Senate or It is impossible for the citizens' assembly to return to the emperor so quickly. When a person is used to the republic, it is undoubtedly a dream for you to let them accept the rule of an emperor."

As Marcus Barbatus said, he did not forget to moisten his throat with wine and smooth the air trapped in his chest, and even his voice became weak: "This matter is very difficult. The Senate or the Citizens' Assembly returned power to the emperor, and they wished that Nero would spend a few more years of wandering, so that they could continue to be the masters of the country."

"But they are not the masters of the house, but the emperor." Octavia looked at Marcus Barbatus's face, and asked tentatively: "Have you not had a good rest recently?"

"It's not about rest, it's about getting older, so people are a little tired." Marcus Barbatus lay on his side, as if trying to prevent himself from being crushed: "Can't you persuade Nero more? ? Asking him to hold gladiatorial competitions, let him fiddle with those things that are not doing his job properly, isn't it better than messing around on the throne?"

"If I can persuade Nero, will I still come to trouble you?" Octavia half-truthfully said: "There are such parents as there are sons, and Nero is little Agrippina. How could his descendants be willing to be an emperor who was emptied?"

"Hmph! Except for your looks, you don't look like Claudius or Messerina at all." If Octavia hadn't been born under Little Dominia's nose, Marcus Barba Tus never believed that Messalina could give birth to a smart daughter: "Okay, don't put on airs with me, just tell me what you want from me!"

Marcus Barbatus never believed that Octavia would fight unprepared. Anyway, at the moment when his physical condition is getting worse and worse, it would be better if Nero was in charge earlier, at least Octavia's Power will also expand: "Let me remind you first, unless you don't want to die, never fight hard with the Senate."

After all, Marcus Barbatus twisted off the signet ring on his hand and handed it to Octavia: "You should know how to balance each other, make good use of the conflict between the military and the Senate, and occasionally you can Give the rank-and-file members of the Citizens' Assembly a favor in exchange for their temporary support."

"Also, give birth to a son with Nero as soon as possible. If something happens to your husband, the German Legion and the Praetorian Guard will also protect you."

"Well! I will keep your advice in mind." Octavia took away the signet ring of the Valerius family and said without hesitation: "Please also propose to return power to the Emperor, and proposes a penal bill for counterfeiting."

"Octavia, did you really listen to what I said?" Marcus Barbatus asked suspiciously, "How do you think those counterfeit currencies were made? How could ordinary people make fake money?" Currency workshops? They can't even find craftsmen in this area."

"I know that many people in the Senate are the protectors of counterfeit currency manufacturers." Octavia had long been prepared: "They use counterfeit currency in exchange for real gold and silver in the hands of civilians, and even deliberately let the military The few giants in the world can't get the loyalty of their subordinates."

"The military salary is not in place, and it will not help if you are the reincarnation of the military god."

"I see. You want to join forces with the military." Marcus Barbatus really wanted to roll his eyes at Octavia.

The ordinary white lotus is just putting on a show in front of the target to be captured, while the broad-minded white lotus is acting in front of the whole people.

"But in this way, what benefits can the military get?" Marcus Barbatus knew very well how much the military salary was shorted, and he knew that the money was definitely not something that Octavia could afford, even In addition, the emperor's private treasury was not enough to fill the hole in the army's salary.

"If this bill is fully implemented, who will be the first to be liquidated?" Octavia is very clear about how those people seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. If the generals headed by Galba follow Augustus' example, Directly marching the army into the city of Rome, the Senate will definitely launch those speculators who make counterfeit currency to act as scapegoats: "At that time, it will not be a question of who will fill the hole, but they will scramble to erase those bad debts."

Marcus Barbatus took a deep look at Octavia, finally nodded slowly, and sighed: "Octavia, occasionally you have to share some of your political thoughts with Nero."

"As your male elder, I can only warn you a little bit."

"Nero will not always be your puppet, he will grow up to the point where you can't easily coax him."

Octavia, who left her grandfather's house, had been thinking about this sentence all the time, and decided to have a good chat with Nero another day.

………………… I am the dividing line…………………

"Who is this?" Octavia returned to the palace and found that Nero's new secretary had brought a "girl" with a good face. With her head down, she looked like Galatea under the sword of Pygmalion, with a kind of cold perfection.

Octavia gently lifted the "girl"'s chin, as if she had sensed something from it: "It's obviously a boy, why do you dress up like this?"

After all, Octavia's fingers slid across the other's throat and found that he had no secondary sexual characteristics.

"Your Highness, he is an eunuch, not a man in the traditional sense." Nero's secretary said in a rather smug tone: "His Majesty the Emperor thinks that eunuchs are easier to be loyal to one person than ordinary slaves, so let me bring him some kindness." Come and have a look.”

Speaking of this, Nero's secretary looked at Octavia with a strange look, and his tone became eccentric: "If I remember correctly, you also bought a Chinese from Lord Narcissus. The eunuch secretary for years, right?"

"Of course." Octavia put down her hand, and said to Nero's secretary with a half-smile, "It's better to let your own people handle many private affairs. Nero was used to being watched by little Agrippina's people when he was young So, I pay more and more attention to my body, and I don't want some nails to stick around me."

Nero's secretary suddenly remembered what happened to his predecessors, and felt his scalp tingle for a moment, so he changed the subject very abruptly and said, "Your Majesty is in a hurry, so I will take him away first."

"Wait." Octavia stopped the young eunuch who was about to leave, and asked casually, "What's your name?"

"Sporus." The eunuch boy's voice was not as hoarse and deep as it was during the voice-changing period, it was as clear as a stream in the forest.Complementing his green eyes: "I have volunteered to serve His Majesty the Emperor."

Under the secretary's satisfied gaze, Sporus added another sentence: "It was the oiran in the red-light district who castrated|castrated me."

"Your Highness, you may not know me, an unknown person, but I know you very well."

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Pygmalion: The ancient Greek king who fell in love with statues.

Galatea: Statue girl made by Pygmalion who became human with the help of Venus.