Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 34: Depressed Maximus

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Regarding the kingdom’s comments on his death, it is also proceeding nervously, especially after his will was announced "to donate most of his inheritance to the kingdom", the elders no longer have any objections: the statue is stationed in the sages At the same time, a statue of him was erected in front of the financial department and passed.

Even for his funeral, even the opening of the Greek Scholars Conference was postponed a few days later.

A few days later, the Senate announced another important news: Haka, the only governor of the Kingdom of Dionia, who has served for more than four years, resigns, and the elder Bagul takes over as the governor of southern Iberia. A post, and the Senate added a rotating chairman post, and Haka was transferred back to Turri to take over.

Important changes in the political arena of the Kingdom of Dionian cannot attract the attention of ordinary people. The hottest thing in the streets of the kingdom’s cities today is whether the citizens of Dionian should pay more taxes to increase the kingdom. Military expenditures to resolve border security issues.

From the fierce debate at the very beginning (most of the registered freedmen and prospective citizens support paying more taxes, while the vast majority of citizens oppose it), many citizens began to think that "as long as they can not be allowed to experience long-term The pain of paying more taxes is worth it.” Now the main topic of debate among the people has become the question of “how much more taxes should be paid”. This entire evolutionary process has only gone through more than a dozen days.

The ability to have such a rapid change, on the one hand, is the result of the full promotion of the intelligence department, and the other main reason is that the vast majority of citizens are the first-generation citizens of the Kingdom of Dionian. Participants and creators in the process of rising, they used sweat and spears to promote the growth of the Kingdom of Dionian, and at the same time, under the long-term influence of Dionian law and the Temple of Hades, they developed in their hearts A strong sense of ownership. When the kingdom does encounter difficulties and needs them to sacrifice a little self-interest and provide help, they can finally make a reasonable choice.

In the street pub, diners are still arguing fiercely: "I hope that the direct tax paid by citizens should be 15%. Since people like Athens, Corinth, Thebes... these traditional Greek city-states can all For the public interest of the city-states, paying such a high tax, even some tax rates are even higher than this. Dionian citizens, known as the "most patriotic", have a lot of land, and they should calmly accept this tax rate. ."

"15% is a bit high, and it was originally only 1%, but now I am suddenly receiving 15%. This change is too big. I guess many people can't stand it. Seven or eight percent should be more reasonable."

"I said that you guys are so happy to discuss the issue of tax payment. Have you ever considered that formal citizens will increase the tax, and we will increase the same tax!"

"I am single, no matter how much tax I pay, I can make do with my life. I don't have the trouble of starting a family for the time being, so I don't worry about it."

"Of course I have considered this issue. I think that the more taxes you pay, the richer the kingdom will be. It will be more beneficial to us free people and prepared citizens, because after the kingdom has paid military expenditures, it can use more We have to spend more money to build better public facilities, buy more food to stabilize food prices, subsidize hospitals to reduce medical expenses... and these benefits us more than formal citizens, after all, they are already rich enough. Don’t care too much."

"It is reasonable, so I decided to change my mind and support a 15% tax."

……

A group of people were chatting happily and suddenly heard the chef shout: "Maximus, you are here!"

"Ah..."

"Or a beer?"

"Yes."

The diners looked over immediately, and those who had something good asked immediately: "Maximus, how are you going to find a job today?"

"I said you are stupid, do you still have to ask, just by looking at him, you will know that there was no success."

Maxims squeezed out a bitter smile, and explained with all his might: "In fact, at the time of the interview, the person in charge of the library already had the intention to hire me as a writer, but the person next to him said a few more words. Sentence, after knowing that I was... Roman emancipated slaves, he hesitated and said to me, "If I come back in a few months, he will hire me when the incident subsides."

"I said Maximus, don’t blame the officials of Turri for not hiring you. The Romans’ conspiracy of rebellion is not over yet. They want to assassinate the great King Daves. What happened! The city hall of Tuliyi is so close to the Senate and the palace, in case... I mean, in case, they really hired you, and if something happens to you, they will all suffer. It’s very difficult, so in order to be safe, of course they dare not risk hiring you. That person said nicely, “in a few months”... Hehe, I think Turye City Hall may not dare to hire you again within a year or two. Romans!"

The words of this eater made Massimus's face a little ugly instantly.

"Don't talk nonsense." Another diner comforted: "Maximus, don't listen to him, the matter is not that serious. Everyone knows that His Majesty Daves treats all races in the kingdom equally. This kind of thing will not be allowed to happen, so this kind of thing is only temporary, and you don’t even have to wait a few months. Look at it, and it will get better soon, because Turiyi’s new chief executive is about to take office. Now, Manlilius Publius, he is a real Roman, how could he allow the city hall to discriminate against his compatriots so much!"

"You don't understand it!" The former diners retorted: "Pubulius's appointment as the chief executive of Turrii was originally controversial. In order to avoid suspicion and safety, on the contrary, he is very likely to be in the early days of governance. Strictly control the Romans in Turriy..."

Masimus listened and felt more nervous: Because the assassination of Daves also involved Publius’ eldest son, whether he knew it was him or not, past colleagues The sentiment must have been ruined. Not only can I not go to him for help, I am afraid I have to hide from him, so it seems that Turye’s town hall can’t go, and I don’t want to go back to the slave camp. Is it really necessary? Looking for something to do in the port of Turii? But in this way, if you want to shorten the period of becoming a full citizen as soon as possible, the chances of becoming a full-fledged citizen will be much less..."

Masimus was thinking painfully, and another diner sighed: "These **** Romans! Oh, Maximus, I’m not talking about you... They did such a big thing and caused The security protection of this year’s scholars’ conference is much stricter than in previous years. It is much more difficult to listen to the lectures of scholars if we want to freely enter and leave the academy."

"What's so nice about those speeches, we don't understand. Instead of just sitting there, it's better to use this time to earn more money and come here to buy more drinks!"

"Yes! Yes!"

"You don’t understand this. I don’t understand most of the scholars’ speeches. Elder Tikris... wait, of course, our great King Daves, many of you have never seen our king with your own eyes, but I can see it every year. If you are lucky, To be able to enter the venue where he is and listen to his speech at close range is really..."

The diners looked intoxicated, and others were a little itchy to see them. Someone eagerly asked: "Tell us, what did His Majesty the King say at the Scholars Conference?"

"Uh...this...His Majesty the King is a descendant of the **** Hades. He has received enlightenment. Some scholars in private call him the All-Knowing One. His speech is so profound. How could I remember it? Just remember that before the speech, he was very humble and thanked everyone for coming to listen to his speech..."

"Aren't all the speeches in our kingdom at the beginning of the speech, how can the great king be like them, I think you are just talking, in fact, you have never heard your majesty's speech at all!" The diners questioned. Others also booed. They were dissatisfied with this person's complacency before and took the opportunity to booze.

The diners were anxious: "Of course I have heard your Majesty's speech! I tell you...I...I tell you...this year's scholars conference also happened a very interesting thing! Not only did the King do Gave a speech, and Prince Apox also took the stage to give a speech——"

"Prince Apox? I remember that he is the second son of His Majesty Daves. He should be under 18 years old this year." A diner apparently expressed doubts.

"You don’t know anymore. Although Apox is still underage, he is a descendant of Hades. He is blessed by the gods. The various colleges of Onia Academy rushed to ask him to study in their own colleges, and for this they also fought a lot. As a result, Apox became an official student of both the School of Mathematics and the School of Letters. The past!” The diners said pretentiously: “He has been studying in the academy for several years, and now he can give lectures and express his opinions at the scholars conference. What’s so strange!”

"We are just a little curious...you are young after all..." the diners who had previously questioned said slyly.

Seeing that the other party had been subdued, the diners did not take advantage of the victory, but expressed understanding: "In fact, not only do you think so, but some scholars at the venue also think so. Several are from Tarantum Pythagoras. The Sectians also tried to make things difficult for Prince Apox. As a result, you don’t think that Prince Apox is young, but his eloquence is also very sharp. Soon the few Tarantums were speechless. Everyone cheered for him! You didn't see the frustrated look of the Tarantum, it was really disheartening!"