Chapter 32 Candidates (Part 1)
“Any power can only be implemented through an organization.”—Galbraith
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The reason for everyone's silence is very simple. Gonelia's father, Metra Scipio, is a big and top-notch figure. He is a two-military family. The "combination" between the Metra family and the Scipio family (from the latter, who inherited the former as the adopted son of General Metra Sailer). Therefore, Crassus relied on his wealth to form a family of children and relatives, hoping that his family could obtain the support of the army. But Scipio himself was indeed a standard useless person, and he was not worthy of his glorious clan and family name. He was corrupt and performed very mediocre on the battlefield. He often called prostitutes to his house to perform erotic dances, admire them alone, and watch them while watching.
According to legend, his daughter, Gaunalia, is a quiet and chaste woman, but with such a father as a father-in-law, I believe it is an extremely embarrassing thing for anyone. Li Bida spread his hands and encouraged the two opposite him, especially Claudi: "It is rumored that Gaunalia is ugly, but it is definitely not like this. I went to see her when I distributed the inheritance. She has not given birth to a child yet. She is slim and looks very young and fair. Those legends are just fabricated by political enemies of Crassus or Scipio.
What was out is more important is that she had a divided legacy on hand, a total of 400 Tarants. Think about this huge sum." Li Bida said this because he had compared Claudi and Curio in detail, and believed that although Claudi was extremely bad, murder, and persecuted animals, he still had no choice but to say to his friends; while Curio's position and ideas were shaky. Li Bida was very worried about his subtlety.
But Claudi swung the branches on the dining table to drive away the flies at the turn of spring and summer. Then he refused lazily. "I am now a civil servant, and my affairs are very complicated, and my energy is no longer as good as before. Now my trajectory is to accompany Frevia at home, go out to find Caesar's ex-wife Pepeya. Of course, my sister is mainly with me, and it is not difficult to abandon Frevia now for hundreds of Tarent's dowry. Besides, the assets of the Frevia family are also very rich."
In desperation, Li Bida turned his attention to Curio. Although this was the result he least wanted, for now, it was only so. Curio had a strong relationship with Anthony after all, and was a person who could make Anthony "wear women's clothing" and date together (this was all Cicero said, I don't know whether it is true or false), so remarrying Gornalia to him is also a relatively not bad choice.
Although Curio sighed and leaned on the back of the handrail, pretending to be as indifferent as possible. However, Li Bida had already seen through his heart, and the other party asked leisurely: "Your debt has accumulated to one thousand Tarants now."
Yes, Curio in the social circle of Rome has always claimed that he was even more extraordinary than when Caesar was younger. When Caesar was thirty, he had already borne 800 Tarante's debts. Curio vowed to surpass him. When he accumulated to the same debt scale, he deliberately went further and borrowed 200 Tarante and held a large competitive gladiator competition with 300 lions participating for all citizens.
So now in Rome, Curio is an extremely "shining" character. The people and creditors want to follow his meteor-like trajectory and keep up with his pace.
"Half of my debts are handled by your current people. You can find a way to reduce them for me. With your current strength, it is easy to do it." Curio said in a roundabout way. Li Bida ignored his temptation and said with a smile, "I have an agreement with Caesar. After I take office as a vassal, I have to provide him with thousands of military funds within three years. You have to understand that Pompey's chance of winning the bill this time is relatively high. So in the future, Caesar will support several auxiliary troops of his private equity and take out rewards to the regular army. If you want to get money from the treasury, it will be extremely difficult. They all have to rely on me, so the funds are extremely tight. So this method is not very good now? At least half of your debt can be resolved, and I will be able to speak for the remaining half. In addition, you are equivalent to inheriting the Crasso's family. There is nothing wrong with it, my friend."
Finally Curio laughed and said he was willing to try it to see if he could win the hearts of the beauty.
In the following days, it is unknown whether Curio went to Gonelia's mansion to have fun, but it is true that his praise for Pompei and Katu is getting stronger and stronger. Even Maximus, who had fallen out with Pompei, spoke publicly at the People's Congress, "Caesar is now the enemy of all Rome. We urgently need a prestigious and qualified person who commands the whole country to lead the Roman people through this crisis!"
The current situation is just like the prophecy announced by Li Xilia in the Senate, "The territory of an empire is so large that it cannot accommodate two tit-for-tat people." However, Pompei was still cautious on the surface, and his giant theater was finally completed. The great general took the opportunity to come out of Alba's farm and first stepped into the Senate with a respectful voice. He made a statement, claiming that the current situation made him extremely worried, but he asked the people and the elected fathers not to worry, because he had already come up with a good way to solve the problem. "I will take the grand theater as an opportunity to request the city of Rome to hold a seven-day Thank God Festival,
By the way, let my righteous brother Caesar's soldiers stationed in the three legions outside the gate of Principina, hold a small triumphal ceremony and implement the unity of the two. After the festival, I will write to Caesar, except for leaving three regular legions to continue to garrison the province of Gaul, and let him join the ten legions that ended the triumphal ceremony on the Rubicon River. Next, the ten legions can be transferred to Syria, and the auxiliary legions he recruited in the remaining Illyria and Shannan Gaul, all of which were disbanded north of the Rubicon River after paying the severance payment. I can hand over the 1,000 Talent funds paid to me in the first year after the bill passed to Caesar, as his use of the dismissal."
Pompei's generosity and generosity, as well as distinctive public and private, soon won the applause of the faction led by Katto and stood up to cheer. But then, Sipinger and Piso, the elders of the Caesar party, immediately argued that "it is extremely dangerous to disband the Gaul army at will now, and those auxiliary troops are all foreigners who come to gain wealth and prosperity. If they are not financially supported, they will inspire a terrible rebellion." In addition, Metra Scipio, Crasso's in-laws, had always been insignificant before.
Heavy, but now he rushed out to speak, saying, "Is it fair for the Republic to treat a general outside and a vacancier person like this? And unfairness is often the origin of disaster." Such a straightforward and reckless speech made Pompei furious. He immediately accused Scipio of accepting bribes from Gaul. "Now you can masturbate when you look at the blonde new female slave!" Scipio broke out immediately, and the Senate soon had a fierce argument and fight. Cicero, who came out to persuade, was beaten to death.
Chapter completed!