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Gaius, the younger brother, followed in his brother's footsteps, learned from his mistakes, and worked hard on the Provincial Law.

This point was also brought up by Ye in advance.

The new Provincial Law stipulated that Rome should allocate a portion of the provincial revenue directly to cover the costs of reforms.

Then there's Article 8—which amended the Electoral Law.

In the past, Roman elections were usually conducted with the nobles voting first, followed by the commoners.

The new electoral law was to allow nobles and commoners to vote together, changing the form first and reflecting the equal status of nobles and commoners, and then gradually changing the cannibalistic nature of Roman society.

No change happens overnight, but we can start with the simplest surface. If we can't even do the surface work, let alone the fundamentals.

At this point, all eight applications for the revised laws have been submitted and approved.

Most of them are abridged versions with details perfected by the Gracchi brothers and suggestions and general guidelines established by the Night.

There are strategies that bring this era forward, and there are also parts that have been cut.

One of the deleted clauses caused a bloodbath in the original history and can be said to be the most ruthless of Gaius Gracchi's reforms among the Gracchi brothers—the "Citizenship Reform Law".

Night indicated that they were already being very restrained.

If the Citizenship Reform Act had been implemented and so many stimulating measures had been issued at once, the Senate would no longer be in a desperate rush to assassinate Tiberius, but would be ready to launch a massive military offensive and fight the Gracchus family to the death.

The original Citizenship Reform Act was entirely designed to serve the Agricultural Land Act.

Speaking of modern Rome—on the Italian peninsula, besides the Roman citizens themselves, there are also many Roman citizens (Latin citizens) who do not have the right to vote, that is, free people.

Finally, there were the allies and friends of Rome's allies—such as the Italians.

The reason why so many classes were divided in the vast Roman Empire, even though they all actually lived in the same land, and even the allied states were roughly the same size as Rome's larger provinces, was mainly because early Rome was relatively weak. In order to expand its territory and power, it basically issued green cards indiscriminately.

Later, as Rome grew stronger and had more people under its control, citizenship became harder to obtain, and the government became reluctant to issue it.

After all, citizens are entitled to enjoy the rights of being citizens.

Although this right is practically just the addition of the right to vote. It was something that free citizens of the past couldn't have, and the Allied powers didn't envy.

On the Italian peninsula, Italians from allied nations, due to their status, were not even bound by Roman law.

However, the Romans also lived among these allies.

This leads to problems when the law is enforced.

For example, if an Italian beats a Roman and does so severely, he would be sentenced to death in Rome.

As a result, because of the Italians' status as allies, they could not be judged using Roman law, which would have resulted in an international dispute in the future.

This is a complicated issue, and the Citizenship Reform Act proposes to elevate the status of everyone by one level.

If everyone were to become a Roman citizen, then there would be no obstacle of social status in enforcing the Agricultural Law.

Ke Ye was well aware that this law was somewhat wishful thinking—it was entirely Gaius Gracchus's wishful thinking.

When this policy was first introduced, it was opposed by almost all forces.

Firstly, the nobles of the allied nations were unhappy. If the commoners of their countries became Roman citizens, wouldn't the allied nations be rendered meaningless?

Everyone knows that the Allied Powers are Rome's little brothers, practically inseparable, and outsiders can't tell the difference. But on the surface, they are still countries that are completely different from Rome. But if this is really done, the Allied Powers will be completely destroyed, which is no different from the situation.

Secondly, the citizens of Rome were also unhappy.

This is related to the reform laws mentioned earlier.

Before the law was changed, Roman citizens had to bring their own equipment and rations to fight. As the main force of the army, Romans had to do all the dirty, hard, and dangerous work themselves.

When it came time to divide the spoils, the Romans treated the soldiers of their allies the same.

If things were still like they were in the past, the allies wouldn't envy the Romans. Being a citizen of Rome would be a huge loss, and who in their right mind would give up being a human being and go to Rome to be a dog for the nobles?

But things are different now. As a hegemonic power, Rome no longer needs to make its soldiers bear their own rations and equipment under the new legal reforms, and all the spoils of war belong to Rome.

New Roman citizens were exempt from taxes and had so much land to distribute that they were wealthy enough.

The social status is higher and more prestigious, and there are profits to be made. Becoming a Roman can instantly make you a person of high status.

Who wouldn't love this coveted prize? And this was precisely why the Roman citizens objected; they felt that the privileges and benefits that rightfully belonged to them were being shared by more people.

The more people share, the less benefit there is.

With so many allied huskies entering the country and stealing your interests, are you happy about that?

Thirdly, unsurprisingly, the Senate was also unhappy.

For both public and private reasons, they cannot stand by and watch these laws be misused.

If this were to actually happen, regardless of whether the land reform issue could truly be resolved, national security would certainly be at risk!

The crisis and conflict among the allies could erupt at any time because of this one decree.

Therefore, from commoners to nobles, from domestic to foreign countries, almost no one supported this final bill.

Even if it does help promote farmland laws, the drawbacks are too obvious.

When Gaius Gracchus brought up this idea, Night immediately nipped it in the bud, forbidding him from mentioning it again.

Only after the night's reminder did Gaius Gracchus realize the immense resistance behind this, and that it was truly feasible—

Even their greatest shield, the people, had to turn against them.

This made the Gracchu brothers feel a sense of unease, realizing that they had become arrogant. They immediately curbed the arrogance that had arisen in their hearts during this period because all the reforms had gone smoothly.

Returning to the podium, what was finally produced were the eight laws that Tiberius is now referring to.

Having discarded the superfluous and excessively flawed Ninth Law, the remaining laws were sufficient to shake the foundations of Rome, requiring only some military support.

These eight laws, encompassing economic, military, political, and diplomatic aspects (the last one can be crossed out), brought Rome to a complete purge and overhaul.

If the nobles in the Senate were present after this bombshell was played, they would probably be so terrified and furious that they would have lost their minds.

Chapter 109 The Shifting Offensive Forces Between Enemy and Our Sides

Whether the Senate would blow them up or not, the people didn't know. But at this time, Tiberius explained to the people, in a simple and easy-to-understand way, what kind of welfare benefits the Romans would receive after the successful implementation of these eight laws.

What amazing changes will occur in Rome next!

The crowd erupted in enthusiastic cheers.

The sounds emanating from this town could be heard even from the distant Tiber River.

This outfit is incredibly cool.

The calls for Tiberius grew louder, and some even regarded him as a new god.

The Roman nobles, who were lurking in the crowd and sensed that things were not going well, knew that they could not wait any longer. They had to kill Tiberius, who had a devilish mind, before things escalated further.

What terrible things would happen if these ideas got out?!

The thought sent chills down the spines of the young nobles.

At this moment, all I could think about was how much of an impact those decrees would have on the interests of the Senate and the nobles if they succeeded.

They never imagined how difficult and flawed these decrees would be to implement.

With those incompetent ally in the Senate, Tiberius's reforms would be no easier than Wang Anshi's in the next movie.

It's hard to cause trouble, but isn't it easy to cause destruction?

However, the young nobles, now panicked and disoriented, could no longer sit still and immediately ordered their troops to take action without further pretense.

"Kill him!!! Kill Tiberius!"

"Tiberius is trying to restore his dictatorship on Roman soil..."

He is using the power of the people as a weapon to speak out for his own interests.

"They have weapons in their hands, which is a sign that Tiberius Gracchus wants to lead a rebellion!" As one young nobleman shouted, another young nobleman echoed him, and at the same time, they led a large number of men, all looking at Tiberius on the high platform with murderous intent.

They weren't completely stupid; the two of them knew to use some pretext or excuse before taking action.

After defining Tiberius and those around him as reactionary forces.

Regardless of whether anyone had reacted or was still in a daze, the crowd that had been cheering just a moment ago...

The army quickly removed their camouflage, drew their weapons, and charged toward the high platform.

Any civilians who stood in their way were immediately cut down.

When blood was seen at the scene, terrified screams erupted from the crowd.

On the high platform, the 'assassination' that Ye had predicted appeared. No, this was an open killing.

Tiberius's face immediately turned ugly.

Especially after seeing civilian casualties!

How dare they?

The Senate is serious!

No reform can avoid bloodshed and sacrifice. Even if one is mentally prepared, it is still painful to see the Senate turn its sword against innocent civilians.

Tiberius: "Damn it! Let's get started. Don't worry about my safety, go and deal with those armed assassins."

As Tiberius finished speaking, the retired soldiers who were disguised as civilians protecting him stopped pretending.

They roared and charged at the nobles' private soldiers.

Although their weapons were just wooden sticks due to limited resources, no one here was afraid.

Not to mention they are all battle-hardened, true warriors who have come from the battlefield...

Would a true warrior back down because of inferior weapons?

What's more, they outnumbered the enemy! As countless retired soldiers surged forward from the crowd, they quickly surrounded the nobles' private army with almost ten times their numbers.

A group of burly men, ten times their number, charged towards them, their faces grim and expressionless as they approached. The sight was incredibly oppressive.

then--

The noblemen's private soldiers, who hadn't gone far, suddenly turned back.

It is several times faster than it was before.

The young nobles' gazes instantly shifted from bloodthirsty and hostile to bewildered and horrified.

What...what the hell?!