ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 356
Burkos was unmoved and said with a sad expression: "This time it was found that so many people were illegally occupying land... To be honest, I was surprised!... I feel even more painful about my dereliction of duty! I can't let anyone do it unless I resign. The Senate tells the citizens... I also hope that the Senate will investigate me to confirm my innocence!"

Davos listened to his words, but his thoughts were swirling in his mind: He had known about the corruption problem of Polluxes and others a few years ago, but he had been holding back and allowed the problem to expand and involve more people because On the one hand, if Polluxes and others want to achieve their goals, they must buy more slaves and free more slaves. This is exactly what Davos wants to see.On the other hand, most of the people who can do these things are the nobles and rich people in the original cities. Only they have the ability and connections to achieve this goal. Davos can just take this opportunity to secretly resist the laws he promulgated. Those who favored the Civilian Act were all caught in one fell swoop.Therefore, it is not that no one has discovered the problem in the past few years, but several important public officials under Burcos have been bribed to cover up this. At the same time, Davos also secretly suppressed this, and the lid was not lifted until today.Deep down, he felt guilty for Burkos.

"Dad! Dad!..." At this moment, the ajar door was suddenly pushed open, and Crotokatax, who was more than four years old, ran in: "Come and play with me!"

As he spoke, he rushed up to Davos's chair.

Davos hurriedly hugged her and said pleasantly: "My little Clo, I am talking to my uncle about something. I don't have time now. You can go and play with brother Adoris, okay?"

"My brother is reciting poems and has no time to play with me. He said that if he doesn't recite it well, he will be punished by the teacher tomorrow... My sister is helping my mother plant flowers, and no one is paying attention to me!..." Little Crowe hugged Davos's Neck, he said aggrievedly: "Dad, come and play with me, okay?"

Burkos was surprised and sighed when he saw that the consul, who was usually in awe of everyone, looked helpless with the child. He stood up and said: "Lord Davos, you don't need to persuade me anymore. I have made up my mind. I will leave first." ”

"Okay." Davos held his son in one hand and stood up: "I agree with you resigning as agricultural officer, but I don't allow you to be lazy because of this! There are many things in the alliance now, and I can't handle it alone. You You must continue to come and help me!”

Burkes was silent for a while, and said, "Let me think about it..."

"Don't think about it, you are the elder of Dionia, this is your responsibility! When this matter is over, you will serve on the Alliance Public Servants Management Committee!" Daves said with a strong attitude that he could not refuse. said.

Burchus neither agreed nor refused. He walked to the door and asked hesitantly: "What will the Senate do to Polluxes?"

The question was asked by the Senate. In fact, it was not Davos who made the decision. Davos answered vaguely: "How Polluxis and the others should be punished will be decided after the court trial..."

Burkos heard that Davos had no intention of letting Polluxes and others go, and sighed secretly, because he also heard the news about Polluxes colluding with Syracuse.

"Little Cloo! Little Cloo!..." At this time, a beautiful figure of a woman appeared in front of Burkos.

"Madam!" Burkos recognized Davos's second wife Agnes and hurriedly saluted and said hello.

Agnes was not like Christoya who knew all the senators in the Senate. She didn't recognize most of them and just responded politely.

"Mother Agnes! Mother Agnes! Why did you just come back!..." Little Chloe cheered up, danced and opened his father's arms, and ran over excitedly.

Davos finally got relief, and he accompanied Burkos to the door of the mansion.

"Master Burkes." Davos looked out at the street that had been shrouded in darkness, and said in a deep voice: "I still remember the first time I saw you, you were running around to save Turui, doing your best Try your best to do what you think is right, and you are not even afraid of being criticized by the Thurii Council. Now Dionia seems to be powerful, but it also faces many difficulties, and even more powerful enemies covet it. At this time, we cannot shrink back, we must Only by uniting together and facing difficulties can we overcome this dangerous hurdle!"

Burkos stood at the door of the house... After a moment, he looked directly into Davos's expectant eyes: "I understand."

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The results of the Senate's internal interrogation the next day shocked the senators: Polluxes and others illegally occupied land and colluded with government and businessmen. Is the situation serious or secondary? The most important thing is that Polluxes did have contact with Syracuse, and He was not the only one, Orifes, Masissachus, Euricpus, etc. also received gifts from Syracuse.

The elders found the problem difficult.

The opinion of the moderates such as Cunogorata and Cornelus was to conduct a secret trial of Polyxes and others, and then send envoys to Syracuse to protest, so that Dionysius could restrain his anger. Ambition...

Radicals such as Antonios and Amyntas demanded that the trial must be open to let the people know the crimes committed by Polyxes and others, let them know the ambitions of Syracuse, and send envoys Syracuse, let Syracuse apologize and make compensation.

Davos finally proposed to hear the case publicly in Victory Square. His reason was: Now the case of Polluxes and others has not only caused uproar in the city, but also the entire alliance has been alarmed. Rumors spread in various cities, people are panicked, and even Dionis Asia's allied city-states are also paying attention.It is necessary for the Senate to return the truth to the people, and at the same time remind the people of Dionia that the Dionia Alliance is still in a bad situation, so that everyone cannot slack off!
The Senate agreed.

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At dusk that day, Antaoulis, the administrator of Pycosis, received an urgent letter from Davos.

In the letter, Davos explained to him in detail the reasons for the arrest of Euricpus, Pleiades, and some people in Crimesa.At the same time, he also stated that he would give them a fair and fair trial.In addition, he also praised in the letter that "Antaoris has been in power for two years in Picosia, not only stabilizing the Lucanian ethnic group in the city, making it successfully naturalized in Dionia, but also developing Picosia. The port of Sri Lanka promoted the prosperity of commerce, and the Senate expressed its gratitude for its achievements in the Lucanian region!..."

Antaoris stood on the roof of the mansion, and after reading the letter, he felt emotional in his heart: He had a vague understanding of the affairs of Euricopus and Pleiades.These two colleagues of Krimisa are keen to join the Dionian army and lead the legions in battle.But it is a pity that when they entered the Dionian army, Dionia's foreign wars had stopped, and they had no chance to accumulate military exploits, and at the same time they had to reacquaint themselves with new combat methods.Training with the recruits is enough to make them uncomfortable, but the positions of the five legion commanders are already full, and there are still many people queuing up behind them, the two of them, who are far from enough in terms of military exploits and combat experience, are almost There was no hope of becoming the leader of the legion, but to be able to achieve the position of company captain was because Davos was extra merciful because the two of them were veterans.But they felt that it was a shame to be the same elders as Antonios, Felicius, Capps and others, but only held such a low position, so they went to Davos many times, hoping to transfer their When mentioning the position in the military, it was rejected by Davos with the sentence "everything in the army is carried out in accordance with the "Dionian Military Law"", and he has been quite critical of Davos since then.

They had come to Antaolis several times, hoping that as the leader of Crimesa, he could come out and join forces with Polyxes to propose a citizens' assembly, but he refused.He was not without some resistance to the situation where Davos controlled the Senate, but Davos did not restrict him from doing things, but instead gave him a broader space to display his talents...

Looking at the busy port in the distance and listening to the harsh Greek accents of the people on the nearby streets... this is where he has been sweating for the past few years!
Under the afterglow of the setting sun, a sense of accomplishment arose in his heart...

After returning home, he immediately wrote a reply to Davos, thanking him for his recognition of his work, and firmly supporting the Senate's decision to trial Polyxes and others.

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Early the next morning, a large wooden platform was set up in Thurii Victory Square.Turui's patrol team and a temporary brigade of the First Army were responsible for maintaining order in the entire square.

People from Deolia who came from all over the world entered the square one after another.Most of them are ordinary citizens of Dionia. There are free people who have just become preliminary citizens and have not yet been allocated land. There are large foreign businessmen who have denationalized from other city-states and transferred to Dionia. The family members of the defendants arrested for the first time...

On the large wooden platform, sitting in the middle is the senior judge Terry Todemus. Logically speaking, Davos, who is the governor of Dionia and also serves as the chief judge, should be above him in such an important trial, but For reasons known to all (Polyxes had always been at odds with him) and on the principle of avoidance, he did not attend, and neither did the other senators.

To the front left of Terry Todemus is the jury.There are 50 jury members, including businessmen, public officials, farmers, herdsmen, sailors, craftsmen... citizens from all walks of life, as well as Lucanian citizens and Bruti citizens.The court will make random selections from the citizen household registration register based on the ratio of rich and poor class, race, industry, etc. in the jury stipulated in the "Dionysian Law" to try to be as fair as possible. .

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