Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 20: Temple distress incident

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"Please tell me, Lord Pollux." Of course, the rotating chairman Cornelus could not put on such an expression, he could only nod his head to signal the other party to speak.

"When the Lucania and Bruti tribes joined our Dionian city-state alliance, we had a formal agreement with them, "We will not interfere in the internal affairs of the tribes and ensure the independence and integrity of the tribes." 'However—"

Polyxis waved his arm and said loudly: "Yet years have passed. The independence of the tribes has been severely affected, and even many small tribes have ceased to exist. What is the reason? Because the tribes have young men. Asking to leave the tribe and live alone, which led to a sharp decline in the tribe’s population. There was not enough labor to make a living, and it had to be disbanded... The agreements we signed with the Lucania and Bruti tribes were under the watchful eyes of Hades. Finished, now the survival of the inner league has been seriously threatened. This has not only severely affected our Dionian reputation, but also caused hesitation and suspicion among other races in Great Greece who want to move closer to us. Regarding the support and trust that the tribes have always placed in us, I propose that the Senate should legislate,'Prohibit tribal people from leaving the tribe in order to maintain the integrity of the tribe.'"

Some of the elders looked at each other, wondering in their hearts: What is going on? Pollux, who has always been indifferent to non-Greek affairs, and even somewhat indifferent, actually began to care about tribal affairs.

Wesbah, Hermon, Bajilippi and others have weird looks, while Sedorum, Bogam, Petaru, Kadurke and others are thoughtful.

At this time, Plesinas stood up: "I don't agree with this proposal! The adult men of Lucania and Bruti are now basically Dionian citizens or preliminary citizens. As citizens of the alliance, they Of course enjoy the freedom of choice, and the Senate has no right to make such a regulation! Do you think it’s Terry Todd Moss?"

The current Senior Judge Terry De Moss nodded and said: "The first rule of the Dionian Law is to'protect the rights of citizens and freedom of choice.' Any new bill must not violate this. Bottom line! I think whether it is a tribe or a member of the tribe, it is hoped that everyone can live a stable and prosperous life. From the current situation, each of them has gained in the Alliance of Dionia. A good development, I think there is no need to change."

Davers listened quietly to their argument, tapping the wooden chair with his finger...

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Cardias came to the Temple of Hades in Turri, and asked Plessinas, the priest in charge, to explain his wishes to him.

Plessinas readily agreed to his request, so the young man from Siritin entered the Temple of Hades as a believer to study.

Every morning and dusk, Cardias must learn the doctrine of the Temple of Hades (the main theme of the doctrine of Hades was proposed by Daves, mainly to promote: do good and punish evil, love the country, family, and abide by the law. People who are eager to help others will ascend to Elysée Paradise when they die, while people who behave the opposite will be punished in hell... He is still on the basis of the original Greek gods, the formation of the heavens and the earth, the disputes between the gods , Elysee Paradise and Hell are elaborated, of course, it is biased towards Hades, and established it as a kind **** like the Eastern Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva who is willing to bear for human beings, and then passes through Plesinus and his subordinates. The several priests further interpreted and compiled, and now there are several large books covering Hades and his temple alone, which does not include the deeds of his wife Parsephone). During the day, Cardias followed the priests to deal with temple affairs.

Early every morning, there is an endless stream of people from Turiya who come to the Temple of Hades.

Farmers who are going to farm, fishermen who are going to sea, businessmen who are going to do business...As long as it is convenient, they will first come to the temple to pray before leaving with confidence. At the same time, the people who wish and return the wish will throw a few coins into the donation box, light a small oil lamp and place it in front of the idol to show their wishes. After the people begging for oracles have drawn the wooden sticks, they ask the priests to answer their questions (the wooden sticks are engraved with mysterious and mysterious sentences, and the answers are good and bad depends on the priest's level). Of course, some people who have been helped by the priests of the Hades Temple brought some gifts to thank the temple...

Today, Cardias’ job is to welcome the people who come to give gifts. From morning till now, he has hardly stopped, although tired, he feels fulfilled.

At this moment, he had just sent a gray-haired old man down the hillside, and suddenly heard someone shouting: "Help! Help!..."

He heard the sound and saw that a man covered in blood ran towards this side in a panic, and two people were chasing after him.

Although he only stayed in the Hades Temple for a few days, he already had the consciousness of a Hades priest to help the distressed, and he immediately greeted him, wanted to lift the man up, and asked: What happened?

The man felt more anxious when he saw that someone was blocking the way ahead. His words echoed in his heart: Only by running to the Temple of Hades and asking for help from Hades, can you get rid of your current predicament and become the real Dionia citizen!

He stretched out his hand and pulled out Cardias forcefully, and continued to run towards the temple of Hades on the hillside.

Cardias staggered a few steps and nearly fell.

As soon as he stood up, the two behind that happened to be in front of him, he immediately asked loudly, "Who are you?! What happened?!"

The two burly men looked at Cardias in the white robe of the priest of the Hades Temple, with some hesitation.

Just when they hesitated, the man had already rushed to the temple. The people coming and going and the priests who greeted him made them hesitate, and finally left in angrily.

The man broke into the temple, "plopped" and knelt down in front of the Hades idol, kowtowing his head and begged: "Good Hades! Please help me! Help me..."

The people inside and outside the temple heard him screaming miserably, and they didn't know what had happened, so they came over to see what was going on.

At this time, the priests in the temple also hurried over...

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Polyxis’s proposal only won the support of Petaru, Kadulke, Bogam and others, but it was not passed.

However, after a while, he brought up the old thing again and asked for a citizens' assembly.

The veterans voted again, and the number of supporters was actually close to 15 people, including: En'anilus, Euricpus, Pleards, these veterans who served in the army. , As well as the former leaders of the Bruti tribe such as Burgam, Petalu, and Kadulke...Although it is still less than half, but with the abstaining elders, Pollux’s supporters actually accounted for the majority of the voters. 1/3.

For Pollux, this is definitely a huge victory. It’s no wonder that after the end of the voting, he slightly declared: “The results of this election show that more and more elders are aware of the importance of the citizens’ assembly. If Dionia wants to achieve the same glory as Athens, he must make more Only by participating in the decision-making of the alliance can citizens of all ethnic groups in Dionian achieve equality and freedom! Over time, I believe other veterans who oppose this will also realize this, because you are The leader of Dionia is the wisest among the people! I look forward to the day when the citizens' assembly is held!" Pollux’s speech was sonorous and powerful.

The faces of the elders changed slightly, and they all looked at Daves sitting upright in the front row.

Bachilippi has already figured out the purpose of the previous proposal by Polyxis: Polyxis knew that the proposal would not be passed, but he wanted these tribal elders to see, as long as Daves’s If power is not restricted, then the plight of the tribe will not be changed, but he can make this problem turn for the better. At present, the Bruti and Lucanian tribes, which are relatively independent administrative organizations, have been greatly impacted in the Dionian League. Several years of subtle influence have made young people in the tribes yearn for a life of civil liberty in the alliance. Unwilling to be constrained by clan rules anymore, they left the tribe one after another...

Bajilippi knew about this situation, and his tribe was in the city of Besilia, right next to Turriy. The year before last, Daves put Bisignia directly under Turrii’s jurisdiction in order to facilitate management, making it more closely related to Turrii both politically and economically, and the impact was naturally greater. His The tribe has almost existed in name only.

But Bajilippi was very open-minded. He understood that this was the general trend, not to mention that it was not a bad thing for the Bruti people. His confidence came from the young man in front of him. At this moment, the authority of the young consul was being challenged, and he was a little worried about him.

Daves said calmly at this time: "Every elder, Pollux mentioned the citizen assembly just now, and said, "Only by holding a citizen assembly can the equality and freedom of the people be realized." If you, Pollux, If your memory is good, you should remember how Turri’s rapid decline a few years ago? How was it burned? What role did Turri’s citizens’ assembly and your so-called “equality and freedom” play? Can you tell me?"

Hearing this, Kunogolata, Ansitanos, Burcos and others all looked sad.

Polyxis did not expect Daves to mention this. He was taken aback for a moment, and then liedly argued: "Turiy was burned, but it was just a momentary negligence. Neonsis was too careless. The Crotone’s sneak attack was successful. The rapid decline of Turri’s strength was due to the disastrous defeat to the Lucanians. This was the incompetence of Ahirodox and Feiris, none of which had anything to do with the Citizens’ Assembly. Relationship!"