Chapter 29 Doubt (2)
As a result, in the camp of Caesar, there was a fierce debate on the topic of "Whether to return to Rome and participate in the election".
As for Young Caesar himself, he was absolutely full of ambitions and replaced his position as governor of Illyria with the Roman consul. Even if he was a second seat, it was a crucial step. For this reason, Young Caesar planned: he was preparing to marry Corinna when he returned to the city, and then became the second seat. Then, in this name, he continued to come to the Greek war zone after the start of the month of rule next year, and then came to the Greek war zone to command the army with enhanced status and funds, defeat Brutu, avenge his previous shame, and establish achievements.
Mesenas fully agreed with Young Caesar's idea and took the initiative to ask Young Caesar to come and supervise the winter camp by himself after crossing the sea to Italy.
However, Agripa firmly disagrees, "I cannot provide any reasonable and powerful evidence for this, but in the dark, or in other words, there is a god telling me that Tulinus, your trip is full of danger!"
"Are you saying that my guardian and Leo will harm me?"
"It's hard to say, because my intelligence officers said that Li Bida had criticized you when he was in Spain, and when you asked Leo for money, Leo also flatly refused. This was not enough. He also appealed to the entire provincial meeting to the full provincial meeting." Agripa made a fuss.
"I think I can explain this." Mesenas, who was standing on the table in the camp, said in a very earnest tone, "First of all, the source of criticizing Young Caesar does not originate from the high priest. In addition, when such remarks have become rampant, the high priest can only agree on the surface and find ways to protect you. Inviting you to return to run for election this time is a proof of this - as long as you can have a secondary consul, command a war zone, and ask for supplies from the treasury or the Executive Yuan, it is even more legitimate. In addition, you can also use the winter camp and the election period to dilute the previous doubts of the entire country." Then, Mesenas also took out a letter and handed it to Young Caesar, which was written by Leo. Sure enough, what he said is exactly the same as what he said just now. In short, "After the election is successful, you will have troops and food."
Young Caesar put down the board, thought under the candlelight, and tapped the table. Then he looked at it neatly placed aside, and Corinna communicated with his letters, "Yes, if you do nothing, then it's not Young Caesar, nor the heir to the Julius family."
"But you are not a lonely candidate at all now. You are a person who shoulders the command duties of seven legions and the fate of the entire family. Now you are no longer the situation where Julius is the dominant family when your adoptive father was alive. The Emilius family is enough to compete with you, but you are so careless and put your hopes in the elections in the city." Agripa was also anxious.
"Then what do you think I should do!" Young Caesar also got angry. "We can't eat the four legions of Brutu in front of us, and Casio has calmly conquered Peloponnese and led the fleet to cooperate with Urabella to siege Rhodes. Do you still think I am embarrassed to fail enough? What I need now is not just a winter camp, but also the support of the guardian family, and to revive the momentum in the coming year."
"That's good, Tulinus, you can follow what your adoptive father once did, register as a candidate for absenteeism, and continue to supervise the seven legions here. You must know that the army is now your base, and your status can be true or false." Agripa's suggestion made Young Caesar hesitate again - it was obvious that if this was the best choice.
As a result, the next day, Agripa's elder brother Lucius Vipsanius suddenly came to the camp. It seemed that he was also carrying the mission of the high priest. There was only one core topic - inviting Young Caesar to leave as soon as possible and return to the city to participate in the election of the second-level consul. "Now, the High priest and Leo have just arrived in the city, and went to visit the left-behind Lord Panza as soon as possible."
"What is the purpose of the visit?" Young Caesar asked urgently.
"It is to convince Your Excellency Pansa to give up the consul's election next year, because so far there are four other candidates, namely Pansa, Helsious, Paulus and former Caesar's deputy general Gobale. The last one doesn't need to be considered at all. The first three are under the control of the high priest, so they are also doing things - the high priest has paved your way." Lucius's answer made Young Caesar feel relieved and excited. Then he spread his hands and made a sign to Agripa, "How about it, your brother must believe it."
"In addition, the high priest also asked me to stay in the city of Apollonia, on the one hand, assisted my brother in supervising the army, and on the other hand, he was responsible for allocating reinforcements and supplies from Italy."
"Oh, reinforcements and supplies finally arrived?" Young Caesar was already excited at this time, and then he gave direct instructions, "Agripa, you and the Lucius brothers supervise the winter camp together, and Mesenas, you follow me back to Rome to participate in the second-CEO election. That's it, no longer suspicious and indecisive."
In the next few days, Caesar acted very quickly. He took the guards, mules and horses, and the necessary funds for the campaign to take a boat with Mesenas. He first arrived at Port Brindisi, and then followed the street northward, preparing to arrive in Rome as soon as possible.
On this trip, Young Caesar was very touched by the towns in southern Italy: now all towns in southern Italy have been freed from the whirlpool of the civil war. The order of the high priest abolished many checkpoints and posts, claiming to revive the severely damaged economy. Now it has begun to show results. This is the second time that Young Caesar has come here. Sure enough, the changes have been huge. Business travel and farmland are reviving, and traveling cars and horses are endless. Whether the rich or poor, they are now starting to continue their travels on the tree-shaded valleys and picturesque coasts without fear. Just like in the peace era in the Republic, tomb robbers and horse bandits have gradually disappeared, and public security is quickly recovering - even if there is still war in Greece and Xiaoya, people firmly believe that this will not last long, and the eternal golden age will soon come.
Chapter completed!