Chapter 10 The First Cry of the Monster (Part 2)
At this time, the performances of Caesar and Pompei had ended, but Caesar still attached a condition: "I will add an entry here, that is, soldiers and centurions who had followed General Pompei or General Lukulas for more than five years on the Eastern battlefield could also enjoy the blessings of the new land law. If they were less than five years old, there would be quite generous severance money."
Now it was the veteran's turn to cheer, and Pompey also grabbed Caesar's hand and said: "You don't need to worry about the funding of the implementation plan. Crassus has already begun to organize a committee of ten people specifically responsible for this matter and an independent foundation. I have also applied for the Senate to obtain the 20,000 Tarentereys from the Eastern Wars and take out half of the treasury to inject it into the foundation. If the money is sufficient but the land is not enough, I would like to ask the consul, His Excellency Caesar, to open two or three additional colonies in Gaul or Illyrea in Shannei to accommodate the placement of veterans."
All the elders who had previously opposed this new land law had no reason to disturb them. Since Crassus and Pompey were willing to pay for Caesar's decision, then we were completely out of the way.
But Caesar's cruel performance was not over yet. In order to tie Pompei to his chariot, he followed the plan of Libida and Ebro in advance, and then shouted to all the listeners: "Everyone, all great bills, when they are passed and implemented in the city of Rome, need a most respected person to supervise. So who do you think is more suitable for such a candidate than the great Pompei?!"
So, tens of thousands of people shouted in unison, "Great Pompei". Pompei was completely moved by this extremely warm atmosphere. Every moment in his life, he could not lack such enthusiasm and flattery. Just as a fish cannot do without water, he was suppressed by the Senate and spent the one or two years in the Alba Villa. It was even more uncomfortable than death. So he raised his hand with trembling hands and expressed his opinion to everyone, "I am the first to swear to obey this new law of guarding. If someone attempts to destroy it with a sword, I will transform into its hardest shield!"
"Great Pompei! Invincible Pompei! Legislative Pompei!" Li Bida's neck veins popped out, and he was the first to shout, and then the entire square cheered in waves. The vote below was just a trivial procedure.
When the scheduled results were issued, Claudi and Ebro (Li Bida wisely hid aside) walked to the elders, saying, "Since the people have sworn in obey the newly issued decree, please also choose your father and the civil guardians to obey in turn."
Finally, I understand. Li Bida can cut a knife secretly, but he will offend these elders on the surface. He will never do it, especially the disguised insults of the elders. So what are the reactions of the elders now? Cicero first compromised, and he said to the other elders, "Now Caesar, Crassus and Pompey are standing together, I have a premonition. But since the three people who originally hated each other are in harmony, it may not be a good thing for the state. Schizophrenia will bring turmoil." So he was the first to walk down the podium and read the oath to the wooden board on the memorial pillar engraved with the new land law.
Cicero brought a group of veterans, and then Catholic came down. He had no reason not to come down, because Caesar had achieved "immense damage" in all procedures through the new land law, and he could never find any reason to refute him. As the incarnation of the Republic, he must follow the concept of the Republic. Even if it is used by "bad people" like the dictator Caesar, the vanity of Pompey and the speculative Crassus, he would also express his loyalty to it.
Many people saw that Xiao Jiatu was crying when she took the oath.
But the second-CEO, a somewhat stupid but more stubborn man, made a final violent counterattack against the three-headed monsters that caught them off guard. He called all his stick entourage and the civil guards who supported him to stand firmly behind him, and then he shouted: "I will use the second-CEO's veto power to veto this proposal!"
Caesar on the podium sneered, "Dear Beabrus, I think you should be clear now, and you have not been confused by the feces just now? The second-in-Chief's veto power itself must be passed by the People's Congress. You have been knocked off the stage by the people in your speech just now. Do you know?"
Bibruce then opened his bloody eyes, pulled his robe open, revealing his neck of "chiluo", and shouted to Caesar on the stage, or to all the people: "I really can't see my friend Julius Caesar go further and further along the way. Today, I will ask Caesar to stab my short sword into my neck and let my blood wake him up. If I can't convince Caesar to let him act properly, then I would rather let him bear the charge of killing me in the world!"
However, Caesar scoffed at Bibruce's anger, and he just asked his entourage to take him away. "Our second-CEO has lost the ability to judge his behavior because of his anger."
Bibruce pushed away the entourage and was still roaring, but this time it was Pompei's veterans and the people who fought. They didn't say anything polite, and rushed forward, snatched Bibruce's stick and scepter, and beat him and his entourage. Under the emergency rescue of other veterans, Bibruce, who was covered in bruises, was able to save his life and leave the square of the assembly.
"This competition ended with all the opponents' exits." When Bibruce left, Li Bida clearly heard Caesar standing and said this sentence with great pride.
Sure enough, in the next eight months of that year, the second-in-Chief Bebruce kept locked himself at home and never came out again, neither proposal nor governance, he just lay in the restaurant or fountain at home without saying a word. When a friend asked him when he would come out to return to politics, Bebruce said a rather funny thing:
"After this year when Julius and Caesar were in power together."
Everyone knows that Julius and Caesar are obviously the same person, and Bibruce laughed at himself like this, or teased Caesar for monopolizing his power against the law, but Caesar didn't care at all. When Bibruce's famous saying spread quickly in the city of Rome, many citizens who like to say quips would write "XXXXXX (the content of the will) on their will documents, which was written in the year when Julius and Caesar were in power together."
The nursery rhyme also spread: "I remember something happened not long ago, and I remember it was in the year of Caesar's administration, not in the year of Bebruce. Because nothing happened in the year of Bebruce's administration."
Chapter completed!