Chapter 2 Fire and Sword on the Tongue (Part 2)

"Tell Spinzer to go to Parthia! Spinzer, go to Parthia!" Tens of thousands of people shouted, and Spinzer was so scared that he quickly covered his face with his sleeves, sat down, and said nothing more. +≡,

"Mr. Spinzel is the censor. According to the law, the censor cannot leave Rome and go to distant places. You are just making trouble!" Luca and Ulabella immediately stood up and said, "What we are opposing now is Caesar's dictatorship. Caesar deprived people of their freedom at will, and Caesar's many policies that overthrew the republic. If a law, even if it is passed under the guise of legality, is considered by the Senate and the people to have endangered people's freedom and rights, then the law itself is illegal and should be completely abolished!"

Then, Ulabella also raised his arms and shouted, "Romans, Romans who are born free will never be willing to be slaves, and will never be slaves until death!" The supporters below all raised their arms and shouted, "Romans will never be slaves until death."

"Okay, we can return your freedom on behalf of the dead Julius, return your freedom to run for consul, return your freedom to run for jurist, return your freedom to run for military tribune, return your command and commission, and let Rome return to a small country with only thirty-five tribus. Back then, the people entrusted Pompey with great power and let him lead the country's troops and fleet to eliminate pirates, but has anyone ever thought about why pirates are so rampant? It is caused by the conservative ideas of the Republic. We have conquered many parts of the world, but we still limit our sights to the seven hills. We have obtained the wealth of Asia, Syria, and Africa. Concentrate them in the city of Rome. But they are unwilling to take the responsibility of governing and protecting these places, so pirates have risen in this vacuum, which in turn endangers the safety of the entire republic. The previous lessons are in front of us - but the state advisory body, which consists of only a few hundred people, has never realized this. They obviously do not have the ability to control such a large territory, and it is obviously because of their inappropriateness that so many conflicts have occurred. So many good and innocent people have lost their lives, but they are eloquent and have no guilt. They put all the responsibilities on their personal ambitions and continue to let the country go on in confusion. This group of people are not only morally corrupt, mediocre in ability, and timid in behavior, but they also persecute and kill strong people who are truly moral, capable, and able to take action. They also want to occupy everything that the truly strong have fought for for free, and continue to limit all authority to a few clans. Playing the trick of throwing and catching the ball. So, why couldn't Julius extend the consulship to five years. Or even ten years? Doesn't it take time for policies to be implemented? Can the war be ended within a year? Shouldn't the people spend two or three more years to evaluate whether a consul, a dictator or a bill is of long-term benefit to the country? Can't the magnificent tall buildings be like the Pompeii Theater and the Neruda Colosseum, which will not be abandoned when people die, and become the eternal glory of Rome? Is it just that some scaffolding must be temporarily erected before the opening of the celebration, and after it is over? All that can be left is a pile of messy garbage, blown away by the wind? What can a consul with a one-year term solve? Maybe three hundred years ago he could open up a small colony for the country, but now he can't even solve such small problems as random construction and graffiti on the streets! "Lepidar loudly refuted each point, but Ulabella and Luca obviously thought that these were nothing more than angry words. In theory, he had failed, so they walked triumphantly to the central square of the Mother Goddess Temple, raised their hands and paced back and forth in the rain, like a victorious sword-fighting slave, to win the cheers of the people, and all the slaves in charge of recording had raindrops falling down their hair, but they still stood firm at their posts, used leather tents to block the brackets, and continued to copy hard.

At this time, Spinzel also stood up and announced, "Anyway, according to the results of the current debate, Caesar's dictatorship is illegal. Even though he is dead, he still needs to be prosecuted for previous illegal war crimes, crimes of attacking the motherland, and crimes against freedom. If the prosecution is passed, then Brutus and Cassius will naturally not be murderers, but heroes who rebuild the republic. Freedom and power will be returned to the people, and the Senate and the people will be eternal!"

"Really?" Lepidus replied quickly, and then he put out a writing board, "According to your concept, when Caesar became dictator and re-elected consul during his lifetime, he promulgated all ordinary provincial administrative regulations. The list of chiefs, city attorneys, and provincial envoys during wartime, all have the same term of office as him. If today's results are followed, I will read them in front of everyone, Spinzel and Banks. The two censors, please take off your purple-edged robes. Brutus, Cassius, and Aetius, please take off your praetorian robes. Dehymus, Eurabella, and Luca "Casca, please take off your white robes, because your positions are all appointed by Caesar and are illegal. Please take them off quickly." Then, Lepidus raised the board with Caesar's seal. He stood up, erected it high, and displayed it in a circle to all the people who were watching, "If any friends have any doubts about Caesar's appointment, please allow me to post this order in the form of an akuta in the main square. , sheepfolds, and markets in all neighborhoods, for all to see, this group of people has now illegally occupied the office of the Republic, through the hands of the one-husband Caesar, and now I ask them to take off the robes that mark their identity! "

"Give back freedom to the people, you! Give back to the people the freedom to stand for consulship, the freedom to stand for praetorian, the freedom to stand for tribune, give back to the people the power of command and commission. People, give me freedom or die,” Anthony taunted loudly. Imitating the righteous expressions and language of Brutus and Eurabella.

Many people, even those who had previously been neutral, laughed loudly. Even though the rain was getting heavier, they felt extremely happy when they saw this scene. They all shouted with Anthony, "Take off your robes and you will be free." Give us back, give us our freedom!”

At this time, Eurabella's face turned red, which could be clearly seen in the misty rain. He stammered and defended, incoherently, chattering from rights to temporary delegation to other incomprehensible things. Demonstrating the legality of the robe he is wearing.

"Foolish boy." Cicero sighed on the steps, then slowly left with his sleeves rolled up. He had already seen the ending. (To be continued...)

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