ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 233 The Senate Meeting after the War ([-])

Everyone thought for a while and shook their heads.Athens may be the richest, but it cannot provide so many benefits to its citizens. As a city-state with a long history, there are too many vested interest groups, deep-rooted legal systems, and traditional ideas that it cannot do. The emerging city-state alliance Dio Nia did all this.Although, among the Greek city-states, it was already very considerate of the common people.

"Can Persia, the powerful country in the Mediterranean, do this?" Plessinus asked loudly.

Everyone shook their heads directly: Persia, it was a dictatorship where the nobles oppressed the common people, and the Persians oppressed other races.

"Then Dionia is the Elysee Paradise among Greek city-states! I believe that Greeks will flock to Dionia more actively after knowing the rights enjoyed by our citizens!" Plessinas affirmed said.

"Plessinas's guess should be correct. Before the war with Crotone, the number of freemen in the port of Thurii had been growing... and after the war, we fulfilled our promise and even allocated it to reserve citizens. If we lose the land, more immigrants will definitely flow into Dionia. We must be prepared to resettle them." Kunogolata took over and warned everyone in advance.

Everyone was happy and a little worried after hearing this.

"Now, please let me add another right to the citizens of Dionia." Daves continued: "I just noticed that everyone is hearing Cunogorata saying, 'There will be more immigrants coming to Dionia. Olia', they all seemed a little worried. What are you worried about? I think it is more worried that the Dionia Alliance will not be able to maintain a good urban order! Worried about so many immigrants entering, and most of them are civilians, uneducated, After they all become Dionian citizens, the overall quality of our citizens will decline! It will drop sharply!—”

"Lord Davers is right!" Maxisakus, the patriarch of Tuliyi, immediately stood up and loudly accused: "There are already signs of this in Tulii, especially in the port, with the new arrivals with various accents. Immigrants are rude and uneducated, often swearing, fighting, and brawling. I heard that the port patrol handles dozens of conflicts a day. Isn't that true, Kunogolata?"

Kunogorata shook his head and seriously corrected: "It's not that serious. If the freedmen want to become a citizen of the Union, they dare not violate the law and discipline. According to statistics, there are no more than five cases a day, and before the patrol arrives, most of them It all worked itself out.”

Masissachus asked for trouble and muttered: "There are three or four conflicts a day, which is not a lot..."

Polyxes looked at Masissachus with twinkling eyes.

Davos smiled and said: "Because of these problems, my next proposal is to establish a school in Tulii. After paying a small fee, all Dionian citizens can have their Children go to school to learn literacy, arithmetic, drawing, music, sports and athletics..."

School? !Everyone was pondering this new word.At this time, the Academy of Athens had not yet been established, and the way Greeks received education mainly relied on wealthy nobles and rich people to hire private teachers and purchase educated slaves to educate their children, or famous scholars to open private schools and charge high fees. It is still unheard of for the city-state to fund the construction of a school to collectively educate the children of citizens!But the elders were very interested, and most felt that this would indeed help solve the problem of low cultural quality of Dionia citizens, so they started asking questions one after another.

Davos was very familiar with the school. Combining his past life experience with the actual situation in this life, he answered their questions with ease.

For example, Amyntas asked: “What should citizens do if they also want to study in schools?”

Davos's answer was: "Establish a special class in school to educate adults. The curriculum and education methods are different from those of young children, so that illiteracy can be eliminated quickly."

For example, Kunogolata's question: "Children are of different ages and have different levels of education. How can we benefit and improve them in school?"

Daves' answer is: "Establish three levels of education: elementary, intermediate, and advanced. Children who have never learned anything enter the elementary class and begin to learn to recognize characters, count, and read articles... For those who are already literate and have a certain foundation in arithmetic The children in the middle class will learn how to use words to make sentences, write articles, and do complex calculations... The advanced class is mainly to master the rhetoric of words, speech, debate, and calculate a large amount of complicated data... This is to train lawyers, accountants, Mid-level officials and other senior alliance personnel are preparing..."

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The elders were satisfied with Davos' detailed answer, and even Kunogorata, who seldom praised others in public, couldn't help but marvel: "Master Consul, I really think that you have received the favor of the gods, otherwise it would be impossible So many great ideas with a complete implementation plan!”

Kunogorata's words were recognized by the senators.

Davos smiled and continued: "I propose that Ansitanos be the head of this school."

"Agree!" The elders agreed one after another.The most knowledgeable person in the Senate is undoubtedly Ansitanus, who was once a disciple of Herodotus. Of course, some people think that Davos, who is rumored to have been illiterate but was inspired by Hades and has always been mysterious, Knowledge is unpredictable.

"Ah? I..." Ansitanos, who was sitting in the back row and was in a state of confusion, was awakened and hurriedly shook his head and refused: "I can't, I don't have time! "History of the Peloponnesian War" by the Athenian Thucydides " has been completed and is said to have been well received by the Athenians, but my "History of Magna Graecia" has not been started yet?!"

After repeated requests from the elders, Davos even made a promise to everyone: all the elders will try their best to contribute information to his creation, and if he wants to interview someone, they will try their best to cooperate...

Ansitanos reluctantly accepted it, but he immediately began to complain: "My lords, it's not that I didn't want to manage the school just now. You must know that the Dionia Alliance only counts the city of Thurii, and the citizens of Dionia There are thousands of children! And Lord Archon, you just said that you want them to learn Greek writing, arithmetic, painting, music, etc. How many teachers are needed?! The Dionian Alliance simply cannot find such a More teachers to teach the children!”

After what he said, everyone immediately realized that this was indeed a problem.But Daves had obviously thought about it for a long time. He said calmly: "The Dionia Alliance doesn't have enough teachers, but other city-states have them. We are in urgent need of leaf pine grass, and we can significantly reduce tariffs specifically for it. To encourage Cyrenaica merchants to transport large quantities of it into the port of Thurii for sale. We are short of teachers, so of course we can also formulate a preferential bill for them to encourage outstanding foreign scholars to actively come to Dioni Ya...are you right?"

The senators were thoughtful, and Ansitanos asked urgently: "What kind of bill?"

"My proposal is... all foreigners, even slaves, who come to Dionia to engage in the teaching profession will immediately obtain Dionia citizenship! But the premise is that they must first pass the assessment of our Senate's specialized agency to determine that they Have the ability to be a teacher... Well... You, Ansitanos, can take the lead in this assessment. But once they have citizenship and become teachers in alliance schools, they must devote their lives to teaching children knowledge. If they change careers midway , then the citizenship rights will be immediately revoked and deported! In addition, the Union citizenship rights only apply to the teachers themselves, and their children cannot inherit unless they also engage in the profession of teachers..."

Everyone was moved by Davos' proposal.

Ansitanos, who had not cared about being a school administrator at first, said excitedly at the moment: "Since before, Masters Plessinas and Kunogorata thought that the Greeks envied the citizens of Dionia, they wanted to If you want to become a citizen of Dionia, then I think the shortage of teachers in Dionia will change soon!... I remember that there was a Union Act specially formulated for doctors, and now there is an Act of Union that is beneficial to teachers. Their proposal. My Lords, doctors and teachers are two sacred professions besides priests of gods. One heals the human body and the other improves the human mind. I thank the Archon for his foresight! I also hope to get your support! The Dionysian Senate has fully demonstrated its respect for knowledge! It will make our alliance not only prosperous in trade, militarily strong, but also culturally brilliant! The Dionysian Alliance will become a great City-state alliance!!"

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The meeting went on until dusk, and two people said they had proposals to say, so the elders had to ask the guards to light candles and continue.

The first person to get up and speak was Scombras. He first said apologetically: "I'm sorry for delaying everyone's time to go home for dinner. I just consulted Master Davos, Capps, and Hero in detail Nimus and the others, I learned that there is a large swamp north of Crimesa City. It floods with rain especially in spring. The swamp also expands outwards, affecting road traffic and encroaching on farmland... I was just thinking about us. Can you invest a lot of labor to fill up the swamp and build a dam for the Racoeli River? This will not only ensure the safety of the territory and prevent the occurrence of diseases, but also add a large area of ​​fertile land!..."

"You, old man, have just been elected as the chief executive of Crimesa. Before you took office, you have already started to implement your management of Crimesa!" Protesilaus joked with a smile.

"What? Do you have any objections?!" Scambras glared at Amendolara, the junior he had grown up with.

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