Chapter 4 New Deal (Part 2)
Caesar stood up uneasyly. This plan is indeed very good. It can definitely solve the "close thirst". As long as Li Bida said, if four or five inferior provinces are allocated to the "wartime provinces" and all the financial resources there are in his own hands, there is no need to worry about military expenditure within three years, and he can also repay a considerable amount of national debt.
"After the establishment of a wartime province, the military service in these areas can be temporarily exempted from the military service, and the military service will be converted into taxes to replace it. In addition, it is useless to draw lots to set up a governor, whether it is the Governor of the Senate or the appointed by you. This will also reduce the exploitation process and allow more money to flow directly in!" Li Bida continued to strike while the iron was hot.
"What will the soldiers do? It will inevitably be reduced! I am also planning to recruit new soldiers in Italy and Gaul. Because the veterans betray me, I have no intention of using them anymore." Caesar found that if the war provinces were drawn out, the source of troops would inevitably be reduced, and the burden of military service in the remaining provinces would also increase.
However, the deputy cavalry commander told him that the source of troops was not a problem. When you went to Gaul, the Senate gave the organization of four regular corpses. Then you recruited soldiers in the traditional civic city circle. However, as the Transgal region obtained citizenship, the Skylark Legion also came into being. What we need to do now is not only to expand the scope of recruitment, but also to have the depth of recruitment.
"That is, assimilate all Latin cities and allow them to enjoy the right to vote equal to Rome." Li Bida said, "In this way, there will be countless new recruits in Italy who are of age for you, my Excellency."
It turned out that after the bloody "Alliance War" (Masi War) more than thirty years ago, although the Roman Senate made concessions and recognized that all Latin alliance cities had citizenship and voting rights, they still secretly played a big trick, that is, the Romans had thirty-five terbres of the terbres commune, and other Italian alliance cities combined only had ten terbres of the commune. Usually, when encountering major votes, the results were finalized before the alliance cities could vote, because Rome had most of the votes.
By the Sula period, in order to alleviate the repulsion caused by the alliance cities, the Latin cities in Italy were distributed evenly into thirty-five Tebres vote boxes, but the problem was still not completely solved because the voting was in the "sheep pen" in the city of Rome, because of the route. The alliance cities were still at a disadvantage in front of the Roman indigenous people.
"Extend Latin cities, including Tebris, to twenty-five." This is Li Bida's suggestion.
Twenty-five, plus the original thirty-five in Rome, there are 60, and no one has the absolute advantage. Instead, when encountering key proposals, the attitude of the Latin city can influence the entire situation. Once such reciprocity is obtained, the whole Italy will actively provide Caesar with a large number of soldiers, and the empire beyond the barriers of Rome can truly form and rise. It no longer belongs to a certain city-state, but is universal.
As long as it can win support from all over Italy, a mere Senate is not afraid of it.
But when Caesar then promulgated the first measure in the Julia Hall, the entire Senate was still shocked, and many people were as if they were lost. Caesar announced that the five provinces of Sicily, Sardinia, Shannan Gaul, Shanwei Gaul and Illyrea were temporarily included in the wartime provincial system. Afterwards, through auctions, the knights could directly obtain the provincial tax rights for ten years. However, a large deposit was required. The money did not enter the Parthenon, but belonged to the Holy Library. The key was in the hands of Caesar himself, and only he had the power to activate it. In addition, Caesar also announced that the owners who fled from the city of Rome and joined the Pompeii camp, their industries were accepted by the dictator, and were also confiscated into the wartime assets and auctioned together.
But this was just Caesar's first sword. When he continued to read down expressionlessly, many veterans collapsed on the floor, "Expanding the Tebris Commune of the Latin city of Italy to twenty-five, and preparing to set up new colonial cities in Yunonia, Transgaul and other places to establish new Tebris. Rome should not be just this small piece of land marked by Romulus with plows, it should expand the territory of rights and civilization to the whole world. In addition, the Senate will also increase its members to nine hundred."
Many elders stretched out their arms and questioned how to solve the voting distance. Caesar gave a clear answer: In the Ostia area of Rome, representatives of Latin cities and colonial cities were built. Every year, when the ocean is suitable for navigation, representatives solicit proposals at their locations. Then, during the six months when the unsuitable navigation, they will be unified in the city of Rome and submit to the Tybris Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks Monks
Caesar's centurions stood at the door of the synagogue. The swords in their hands replaced the function of the entourage. As long as the group of people slapped the scabbard, the elders in the synagogue would not dare to squeak. Cicero sat in the same place, trembling with anger, but he still did not dare to speak more.
Then after Caesar read out the new policy plan, he ordered the number of veterans to be expanded first, and asked the inspector Pinzeel to sort out the new list of 300 veterans as soon as possible, because this matter is under his jurisdiction, but don't forget to end up with him for approval.
In fact, the new three hundred people are easy to find, most of which are promoted from the promotion of Caesar's subordinates and the knights who are willing to buy for his policies.
Then, even more shocking actions appeared. Caesar directly renovated the huge old warehouse in the Ostia River Harbor area, adding steps, colonnades, gables and related facilities, named the "Wartime Provincial Executive Yuan", which was directly entered by Caesar's confidant knights and slaves, and managed all the affairs of the five provinces.
Curio overnight, the title of Governor of Sicily became "Acting Chief Executive of Sicily", but what shocked him even more was still behind him - the city of Rome sent an envoy to gather all the teams in the old camp of Gornois and listen to the new policy of the dictator.
The new policy was a notice on the addition of the number of the Latin city of Tebres. As a result, when the seventeenth and eighteenth legions heard this, they cheered and sang, because the soldiers and officers were all Masi, and the atmosphere was fanatical. They fought for so many years and shed so much blood. Some were aborted for the Romans, and some were aborted with the Romans, and finally waited for this day.
"Long live Julius, long live Imperato!" After the carnival, they rushed to Curio's camp and asked to go out to fight the enemy to the death. (To be continued) r655
Chapter completed!