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Chapter 18 Claudia's Prophecy (Part 2)

The bill was proposed by Claudi in the morning of the same day and passed overwhelmingly at the Tebris meeting that afternoon. This was Claudi's new battle horn.

There is no doubt that a stone caused a thousand waves. This time Claudi's edge was directed at Xiaocatu. The rebound he suffered was particularly strong when he presided over the "Wheat Law" that he presided over. Xiaocatu no longer hindered the matter like Caesar. He asked his colleagues, including the priests of Rome, to claim severe punishment to people like Claudi. He was shaking the foundation of the republic. In short, it was just a change of name to the copywriting that Caesar had written before.

It was Caesar's turn to "conventional hinder". Within a whole day when Xiao Katu proposed the plan, Caesar instructed Barcelona to constantly express long remarks on the topic of how the governor had the power to choose a province, and did not give Xiao Katu a chance at all. Gatu was so angry that Gatu was trembling all over, while Cicero seemed to have become ten years old in an instant (although he was not young before), sitting in the corner lamenting the current situation of the Republic and the future.

When Cicero was chatting there, Caesar's eyes swept over him like an eagle, and then he asked Cicero to speak on the related topics. Cicero panickedly said that I was just speaking in private just now, and I had no constructive opinions on both topics.

Then Cicero saw Caesar, Pompeii, and Crasso looking at him gently, which made a cool air come out from his feet and rushed straight to his hair. I wonder what kind of murderous intent was hidden behind this gentle gaze?

However, less than half a day after the dispute over the bill, Claudi took the power of the "monthly wheat relief plan" and directly bypassed the Senate. He revised a brand new law at the People's Congress, which Cicero should feel very familiar with. The rebuttal proposed by Caesar when he advocated the death sentence of Catilin in the Senate. According to the rebuttal of the Roman bronze statute, "In the Roman state, one citizen has no right to kill another citizen."

Now Claudi not only adhered to this entry, but also asked the People's Association to attach it. It was this one that made the soul of Cicero on the Paladin Mountain fly into the world, that is, "If a citizen arbitrarily kills another citizen, the civil guardian will have the right to judge and punish him, and may even push him down from the Tarpeyagao Rock!"

That's right, the situation that Cicero was most worried about happened, and soon his friend Etius sent a quick letter saying that Claudi had previously revised the wheat law to earn a lot of popularity and people's hearts, so this time when he proposed the entire law amendment, the people passed it in full "not even considering it". Moreover, when Claudi hung the wooden board of the amendment in the venue, he still cried in front of all the people, and he said openly, "Maybe some friends are not in the same era as me. But I am always in the battle of inheriting their will and fighting with all the people."

Those "friends" who were "not in the same era" as Claudi refer to the Gragu brothers on the surface, but everyone in the inner world understands that they refer to Katilin, Lian Turus, Sidigus, etc.

Soon, disasters followed one after another. First, Katilin's party members openly wandered in the racing stadium at the foot of Paladin Mountain, delivered a memorial speech, and asked the civilian protection officer to retrieve the case of Katilin. Then, when Cicero wrote a letter to Curio, asking for his help, and with his idea of ​​helping Curio so much before, even if he had offended him before, or had a grudge against his "couple with the same couple" Anthony, how could Curio have helped this time, right?

But Curio just replied coldly, persuading Cicero not to worry about this matter, and he would invite Pompei to speak about this situation at the right time.

So Cicero placed his hope on Pompei again. However, as the noise and intimidation of him in the Roman streets became more and more, Pompei was like a hermit without any reaction. In the end, Cicero could no longer bear it. He decided to risk his own risk to see Pompei. At this time, his friend Etius came to the door and persuaded Cicero not to go, because Pompei is now stuck with Caesar's daughter all day long, becoming the laughing stock of his former staff and generals. "We never knew before that the great Pompei would be so obsessed with the young ** of his peers. Next time he triumphantly reign, we have to persuade the citizens of Rome to lock their daughters at home to avoid Pompei's gaze." So, Pompei cannot help you now, the streets are full of mobs under Claudi. As long as you walk on the street, even if you are not torn to pieces by them, you will be insulted like never before.

Cicero's tears flowed down, and he complained to his friends that when he pacified the Katilin conspiracy five years ago, wasn't it the same group of people who cheered for themselves, respectfully called themselves "the father of the nation" and thanked him for saving the Republic from the dangerous abyss. But today they want to push the founder down from the rock of Talpeya, and there is something even more crazy than this. "If I die tomorrow, it will be the greatest disaster of the Republic, because everyone will chase the sob of blood." This was the conclusion made by Cicero in sobs, but after the pretext, he still asked Etius how to avoid this disaster.

"The plan for the present is nothing more than two roads. One is to meet Caesar and express your agreement with his proposal. Do you still don't understand that all this is his command behind the scenes? The other is to leave Rome and go to a villa in the countryside to take refuge. The authority of the civil guard cannot surpass the city of Rome. As long as you leave, Claudi cannot do anything to you." This is Etius's proposal.

As a result, Cicero hesitated again. He continued to ask his friends hesitantly, would he choose the first path? He even wanted to be Caesar's "left-behind" in Rome because he knew that Caesar's father-in-law Bisso lacked experience in politics.

At this time, Li Bida knocked on the door of the villa of Cicero at a time. This was unknown how many times he had dealt with Cicero. However, this time he came to negotiate terms with Cicero on behalf of Caesar. Even though Renchat sat beside him, there was no humility in his words:

"Your Excellency the Consul, please give me a weight. Please support Caesar in the Barcelonatus proposal. The subsequent reward is - you can enter Caesar's legion and even serve as the chief vice general. Three years later, Caesar and Pompey jointly promised to help you and Barcelonatus be elected as the consul, and you can score twice. In addition, as long as I hear the message, Claudi can reconcile with you immediately."

"Don't believe the nonsense of this broker." Renshat shouted angrily.
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