Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 237: The new high-level of Syracuse

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"In this way, I am already weak in Syracuse, and it is very likely that these rioters led by Herolis will be ousted! For me, this is a terrible thing. ! And for Sparta, this is not good news either! Phoebe Das, I need your help now!" Dionysius showed a begging expression with a rare look.

"Go ahead, what do I need to do?" Phoebe Das's dumb face couldn't see the emotional fluctuations.

Dionysius has become accustomed, and he sincerely pleads: "I hope you can meet the leaders of these rebels, such as Herolis, like the last time, and convince them not to be in Syracuse. Infighting with me when in crisis will only allow the Dionians to take advantage of it and threaten the survival of the people of Syracuse! We should unite and overcome this difficulty together! For this, as long as they can re-emerge Accept me as their all-powerful general, and I am willing to share power with them to satisfy their demands..."

"Well, I'll try it." Phoebe Das agreed very simply, and said: "Do you need to tell them that you are back?"

"No! I will show up in due course." Dionysius immediately refused.

Seeing Phoebe Das leaving, Dionysius felt a little suspicious again: This time, why did Phoebe Das promise so quickly?

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At the Syracuse City Hall, the Wartime General Executive Committee formed by Herolis, who was elected as the interim chief general, and several other generals elected by the people during this riot, is in a meeting.

Ferrosanus, as a poet, was originally well-known among the people, and because he repeatedly confronted Dionysius in front of his face and was imprisoned in a stone prison, the people trusted him and elected him General. At this moment, he unceremoniously questioned Tessitis, the representative of the port sailors and the poor: "Tessitis, why haven't you seen you block Ortigia Island with warships?! This was negotiated yesterday!"

"Yesterday... Yesterday we also took on the task of clearing the soldiers of Massias. Now there are thousands of sailors looking for them in the mountains. Where can we get the manpower to block Ottigui? Yadao!" Tecitis said with a sorrowful expression.

"Tesitis, don’t quibble. You have enough manpower in your port area to clear out the mercenaries and block the island of Ortigia. This is an order issued by the committee after a joint discussion, and you also accept it. Now it hasn’t been implemented yet. Do you think that the people’s election as this general is just for you to come here for fun!” Another noble from the city, a friend of Herolis, and the newly elected general Cuzias Criticize loudly.

Although Tecitis is a novice in politics, he has been on the sea for decades and has a rich life experience. At this moment, he is not annoyed in the face of rebuke. Instead, he spread his hands and said helplessly: "You have few people in the city. We still can’t unite to do things. If we build a city wall for a few days, we don’t have enough people to gather. We still need us to provide manpower. What's more, our port area has a large population and complex sources, so how can we completely obey me! If you have opinions about me, I can take my position away. In order to be a general, I have broken my tongue every day, and I have to be misunderstood by the people of the port. Wherever I am at ease when I am a sailor, I have long wanted to quit!"

Tesitis threatened to resign, and several generals immediately did not stop criticizing, because they understood that Tesitis was already a good talker among the port poor, and if they were replaced by others, they would never be so easy to cooperate. Now that the Great Greek War drew away a large number of urban citizens, they desperately needed the power of the poor in the port area.

"Master Taisitis!" Herolis broke the silence in the house. He was now a lot more haggard than before the riot, and his voice became hoarse, but his eyes became sharper and sharper: "What are you encountering now? Difficulties, let’s discuss and solve them together."

Tesitis respected Herolis, and no longer verbose, said directly: "The people of the port hope to participate in the citizens' assembly, discuss various proposals decided by the council, and you have previously agreed to distribute The land given to the people in the port hasn’t been heard so far. They suspect that the General Executive Committee is deceiving them. In addition, they have already undertaken a lot of tasks before, and they feel unfair compared to the people in the city, so now they don’t want to do it anymore. Follow my orders..."

"How unfair! The poor people of the port were originally—" Another general, Stacycos, heard this and couldn't help but want to argue. Herolis interrupted him, thought about it, seriously Said: "Master Tesitis, we will overthrow the tyrant rule of Dionysius, and we will implement a democratic system, but Syracuse is not Athens. Not all citizens can participate in the citizens' assembly, but... in simple terms Well, only citizens who can afford at least a set of heavy infantry equipment and can perform military service at any time are eligible to participate in the citizens' assembly. This is the political tradition of Syracuse for a long time, and we will not change it easily! Not only your port area The same goes for the poor in the city, and many citizens are also unable to participate in the citizens’ assembly."

"But last time—" Tessitis still wanted to argue.

Herolis waved his hand to stop him, and said seriously: "Listen to me first! I promised you to allocate land before, why didn't you implement it immediately? Because we don’t know about Syracuse fighting in Great Greece. How many people can come back alive, so we are not yet sure how much land can be vacated, and we also need people to re-measure the land before we can fairly and fairly distribute the land to the port and the citizens who have no land in the city.

But now that'land' has become the most concerned issue of the port people, and it has also affected our unity. Knowing that we did not occupy Ortigia Island, Dionysius and his mercenaries may come back at any time and put the freedom we exchanged for blood on again! "

Herolis said that at the end, his voice became sharp. He was reminding Tessitis, and also reminding several other generals including Ferrosanus: "So I suggest that Massias lead The land owned by the 5,000 mercenaries and the 1,000 mercenaries garrisoned in the city was first allocated to the people in the port (the mercenaries are actually citizens of Syracuse, but Herolis who succeeded in the riots thought they were Die The faithful running dogs of Onisius refused to recognize their Syracuse citizenship)!"

"The land occupied by those mercenaries is a huge piece of land!" Ferosanus reminded loudly.

"For Herolis's proposal, I think it is acceptable." Stacykos agreed. Unlike Ferosanus, who has a straightforward character but doesn't know much about politics, as soon as Herolis's proposal was exported, Stacykos realized what the chief general's intention was: the village built by these 6,000 mercenaries was actually The above is not within the traditional territory of Syracuse, but the territory expanded by Dionysius after conquering southeastern Sicily, which of course includes the land of neighboring city-states forcibly occupied. The village of 6,000 mercenaries is southwest of Syracuse, adjacent to the small state of Syracuse, a subsidiary of Ackley, where the city-state army on the south coast must pass through to reach Syracuse. Herolis arranged the port poor there, so that these greedy and fearful people could continue to fight the mercenaries who fled into the mountains for the land, and it could also prevent the city-states on the south coast against the new Syracuse. The hostility of the Zha regime, and that piece of land is far away from Syracuse, the distribution will not allow the urban residents to protest their injustice, and it can also eliminate the dissatisfaction of the port civilians and make them feel the sincerity of the general executive committee.

Therefore, not only was Stasikos aware of the benefits of Herolis’ proposal, several other generals also agreed.

Herolis continued without being surprised: "But Dionysius gave them too good conditions in order to win over the mercenaries. The ten acres of land for each mercenary is too much. . I hope that the people in the port will be temporarily allocated five acres of land, and they must be the poor who actively participated in this anti-tyranny action to be eligible. Master Taisitis, you will provide the list, which has been verified by the city hall staff. After the error is correct, immediately start the distribution, what do you think?"

Tacitis did not consider that much. The committee was able to agree to immediately allocate the land so that he would not be questioned and blamed by the people every time he returned to the port. This has made him overjoyed, so he said with relief: "I agree! "

Herolis took the opportunity to say: "The port people who own the land can accumulate wealth, buy weapons and equipment, take on the role of heavy infantry, and participate in the citizen assembly is a matter of time. As long as the land is allocated, it’s not a problem at all for the “port people’s request to participate in the citizens’ assembly”. Are you right?"

"Yes! Yes! You are right!" Tecitis repeatedly agreed.

"Since the problems have been solved." Herolis' expression became serious: "I hope you will immediately let the warships that are berthing in the big port, which are about to decay, sail out of the port, and take the entire Otigy Ya Island is completely sealed off. Do not allow any ships to enter or leave the island! Although we are temporarily unable to attack Ortigia Island, as far as I know, the grain stored on the island can also make up to two thousand mercenaries. And the residents will eat for three or four months, and then they will have to surrender."

"Master Herolis, you can rest assured that with the promise of allocating land, the people of the port will enthusiastically participate!" Tecitis immediately agreed and welcomed the eyes of several generals: the port poor indeed It's a group of snobs!