readytorunbook Chapter 587 The Decaying Roman Nobility
Chapter 587 The Decaying Roman Nobility
"Ask these guys to take action? Do you think I haven't tried it?"
"They really didn't dare to refuse directly, but all the answers they gave were that their private army had been disbanded, and some even didn't reply to any letter at all, pretending to confiscate my letter of request for help."
"If you want to rely on the troops of these nobles to support the front line, I'm afraid it will never be possible to wait."
Scipio's face clearly showed anger towards these Roman nobles.
Of course he knew that letting the Roman army and the private army of the nobles join forces to fight against the enemy was the most ideal solution at the moment.
Therefore, when he learned that Hannibal's Carthaginian army was beginning to gather and was about to attack their Roman city, no matter how reluctant he was, Scipio immediately handed over the letter requesting support to those nobles.
But in the end, the result was nothing but humiliation for himself.
"Rome is now at the point of life and death. Fighting the enemy together should be something that every Roman subject should do. I thought that even if those nobles are usually selfish, they will put the country first at this moment. , send troops to support."
"Unexpectedly, these nobles and adults still have an attitude of nothing to do with themselves, and they only want to preserve their own strength. They are simply outrageous!"
"Don't those aristocrats know that the reason why they can live a comfortable and extravagant life is entirely based on the country of Rome?"
"Even their noble status as nobles was bestowed by Rome. It can be said that without Rome, they are nothing at all!"
"If there is no skin, there will be no hair. Such a simple truth, I am afraid that you can ask any three-year-old child on the streets of Rome to know it. Why don't these noble adults understand?"
After hearing Scipio's reply, the adjutant was both angry at the behavior of the nobles and felt incomprehensible.
"Since they have the ability to win so many interests and rights for themselves, it is naturally impossible for them not to know this truth. It's just that the invasion of Carthage has not yet touched their bottom line."
"Based on the selfishness of the group of nobles, unless Hannibal leads the Carthaginian army to attack our Roman capital and threaten their territory, they will never take the risk of losing their military power to fight against Carthage. Taiki is fighting head-on."
"Moreover, most of the cities that the Carthaginian army is attacking now are mediocre, with little commercial development value, and no money to fish for. It can be said that the only function is to guard the front of the Roman capital and block the capital from foreign enemies. invasion."
"For these cities, even if you lose ten or eight of them, those nobles will not feel sorry for them at all."
"Coupled with the reason for the implementation of the New Deal, I offended all these nobles in Rome."
"Not to mention anything else, just the abolition of the tax exemption law for nobles, almost made all the nobles in Rome hate me to the bone!"
"If it weren't for the relationship between me and Daqin, I'm afraid I would have been pulled down from the position of supreme consul long ago, and even my life might be lost!"
"Under such circumstances, it's not bad for those nobles not to throw me into trouble, not to mention asking them to send their own private army that they spent a lot of money to go to the front line to fight against the Carthaginian army."
Scipio snorted coldly and said in a mocking tone.
Since the Carthaginian army began to invade Rome, all the nobles in Rome were basically waiting to see Scipio's jokes, and even wished that Hannibal's Carthaginian army would completely wipe out the Roman government army!
Because of this development, even with the great backer of Daqin, Scipio had to abdicate due to the pressure of the Roman people.
At that time, these nobles will be able to regain power.
Therefore, Scipio, who was well aware of all this, basically never expected the nobles to contribute.
Although I said that I had submitted a letter of assistance to them before, it was just with the mentality of giving it a try.
He didn't place too much hope on this, and still put all his expectations of stopping the Carthage army on the reinforcements of the Great Qin.
"I heard that in Daqin, under the vigorous reform of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the nobles of Daqin have no privileges at all except that they have an advantage over ordinary people in terms of status."
"Although they have their own fief, they don't have complete autonomy. Many things have to be controlled by the central court."
"Let's not talk about cultivating our own private army like our Roman nobles. Even the number of servants and servants in their fiefs will be strictly limited. Once violated, the title will be cut, and the head will be killed!"
"Besides, under the implementation of the Tweet Order, those princes and nobles can't keep their fiefs at all. With the continuous birth of their children and grandchildren, the fiefs will be gradually split and become smaller and smaller."
"Therefore, in the Great Qin Dynasty, there will never be a situation where nobles and the state seize military resources, or even cultivate a private army that is stronger than the government army."
"Moreover, the nobles of Great Qin will never stand idly by when the country is in trouble. In this regard, there is no comparison between our Rome and Great Qin. This may be the biggest gap between my Rome and Great Qin!"
The adjutant couldn't help sighing.
These few words caused Scipioton to be silent for a while.
How could Scipio not know about these things the adjutant said.
If Rome can centralize power in such a drastic way as Great Qin did, and implement the Grace Order on those powerful nobles in the country, it will definitely have infinite benefits for Rome.
But the reality is that Scipio does not have the earth-shattering talent like Ying Yu, and he does not have the prestige of sweeping Liuhe to unify the country like Ying Zheng.
In order to implement the New Deal before, he had offended the Roman nobles to death.
The reason why they can barely maintain the situation is entirely by taking advantage of Daqin's momentum. If they follow Daqin's example and forcefully implement the grace order, not only will it not be effective, but it will arouse the nobles' resistance, and even force them to do so. Maybe they rebelled.
Therefore, facing such chaos in his own country, Scipio can only have more than enough heart but not enough power.