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Chapter 608 The new administrator of Naxos
As an army inspector, Zantiparis must have been out of favor and did not play a supervisory role at all!This involves another problem that gives Davos a headache: Most of the senior generals of the Dionysian army were mercenaries back then. Their years of fighting friendship have allowed them to maintain good personal relationships, thus establishing a strong relationship with the army. A complex network of relationships is formed to control the direction of the army. Although it makes it easier for the former mercenary leader Davos to control the army, it also easily breeds corruption.

It seems that it is time to consider breaking the isolation of the army and improving its style... The doctor was lost in thought.

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At the Senate meeting the next day, Davos attended again. He suddenly said: He had just received news that Stromboli, the administrator of Naxos, could not return to Thurii on time because of an important case that occurred locally. After resigning, he asked the Senate to immediately select Stromboli's successor and go to Naxos to hand over to him.

The elders were in an uproar and talking a lot, while Laodisian was flustered.

In the next election, the elders who received the secret instructions from Davers finally elected Myron as the new Naxos chief executive, and after Davers congratulated Myron, he announced: Yesterday, Antonios He was in poor health and proposed to him to resign as the Minister of Military Affairs. After careful consideration, he decided to let Hilos take over the position of Minister of Military Affairs (although the main affairs of the army are decided by Davos, the Minister of Military Affairs is after all an important minister of the kingdom. Regarding his appointment and dismissal, Davos will make a notification to the Senate).

Hilos had been notified by Davos yesterday evening and did not show any surprise. However, other elders were in an uproar. Many politically minded elders were wondering: who once crossed the sea alone and defeated Syracuse. Antonios, who counterattacked, conquered the plains of Catania, and had outstanding military exploits, voluntarily resigned from the highest military position in the kingdom just because of "an illness." What happened?

Considering that Davos had urgently asked for the election of the administrator of Naxos, someone had a keen sense that it might be related to Naxos.While the elders were whispering, Davos once again announced that the Ministry of Military Affairs would establish a military court, with personnel stationed from the Kingdom's Supreme Court serving as military judges and rotating regularly.At the same time, the military inspector is no longer a military officer, but is replaced by personnel assigned by the kingdom's highest inspector and rotated regularly.

At this time, the entire Senate exploded.

Former mercenary veterans headed by Capps raised objections to Davos. They believed that the army has the "Dionysian Military Law" to regulate the behavior of officers and soldiers, and there are military judges who punish disciplinary officers and soldiers in accordance with military law. Will suffice!Now that the Dionian army is operating normally, there is no need to add military courts and introduce outsiders. They may disrupt the peace and order of the army, or even leak the secrets of the army.

The senators engaged in local government affairs headed by Cornelus believed that this was a wise decision by His Majesty Davos. The army was also placed under the supervision of the "Dionian Law", making the entire kingdom more secure. fair and just.

Davos still argued with each other among the senators without any explanation, but at his insistence, his proposal was passed.

The entire senate meeting ended in a row.

After the show, Laodissian went straight to Antonios' mansion. However, the door that had been open to him in the past prohibited anyone from entering. The reason was that "Antonios was unwell and would not see outsiders for the time being."

Laodicean changed his story and said "he wanted to see his daughter", but was also rejected by the guard.

Finally, considering that Laodissian was his father-in-law after all, Antonios sent someone out to warn him, telling him not to run around anymore about Paphogris, and not to hold frequent banquets and attract attention.

Antonios' words made Laodicean even more confused...

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At this moment, the newly appointed administrator of Naxos, Milon, and the most senior judge Tritodemus were sitting in the office of the Dionia Palace.

"I just finished the meeting, and I asked you two to come here because I have something important to tell you." Davos took out a letter with a solemn expression and handed it over: "This is the letter I received yesterday from Ste. Take a look at the secret letter that Longpoli wrote to me first, but you must swear to Hades not to leak the contents of the letter to anyone else!"

Myron and Terry Todemus looked at each other and immediately did as they were told.

Terry Todemus took the letter and opened it to read, and Myron also leaned over.

The letter described in detail how the Naxos patrol discovered that Paphogris had killed someone, and the fact that Paphogris found a slave as a scapegoat.At the end of the letter, there is also something confided by the imprisoned slave: Arconis, the leader of the West Kel tribe, has close contacts with the Laodicean family, and has given away large amounts of gold and silver many times...

"Arkonis..." Milon muttered the name, feeling somewhat familiar, but he just couldn't remember where he had heard it.

"Arkonis, the son of Aguilas, the former king of Sikel, the leader of the Tanikian tribe, lives in Kefaloi Dion in central Sicily." Daves reminded simply.

Milon suddenly remembered: Oh, this is the Tanikian tribe!A few years ago it annexed another tribe of Sikelians, and its leader fled to Naxos to seek help from us. At that time, we were conquering Messape, and only sent an envoy to order the Tanikian leader Akonis to return the occupied land. and the people, and finally he did so and wrote a letter of apology to the Senate... I remember this very clearly. "

"I did it?! I thought so too at first, but now it doesn't seem to be necessarily the case. You need to know who the envoy was sent by the Senate at the time?!" Davos's face was a bit uneasy, which was a kind of being deceived. The anger afterwards.

"Laodissian!" Myron and Tritodemus exclaimed at the same time.

"In recent years, our energy has been mainly focused on dealing with matters in Magna Graecia and Southern Italy, and more on maintaining stability in Sicily. We are not familiar with the affairs of the Sikelians, so we rely more on the elders of Sicily. To judge and deal with..." Davos tapped his fingers on the table and said in a deep voice: "Yesterday, I checked the minutes of the Senate's previous meetings. Among the issues involving the West Kells, more than half were involved. If you go to Tanik'an or tribes that are closely related to Tanik'an, the final results will mostly be in their favor."

"This is treason!" Milon slammed the chair: "Your Majesty, Laodicean should be arrested and interrogated!"

"This is just the slave's testimony and has not been confirmed." Tritodemus said calmly.

"Tritodemos is right. The Sikel people are our allies. Normal friendships are not restricted by the law, so we need evidence! And I suspect that the people who have close contacts with the Tanikian tribe are not just La La. Odyssian alone, otherwise the minutes of the meeting would not show that so many Sicilian senators spoke for Tanikian, so-" The doctor said in a serious voice: "Myron, rush to Naxos as soon as possible, Replace Stromboli, dispatch inspectors, seal off Laodicean's mansion there, and search for relevant evidence. If you find evidence that other senators are involved in this matter, I allow you to expand the scope of the search!"

"What if the elders from Sikuli and Catanai are among the elders who are found to be suspected?!" Milon asked slightly excitedly with bright eyes.

Of course, Davos knew that Myron's methods were always more radical. He turned to look at the other person: "Terry Todemos, you rushed to Naxos as soon as possible on the grounds of 'adjudicating the murder of Naxos'." , assist Milon in finding evidence and investigating the case, and at the same time ensure that all actions are within the legal scope to avoid you being criticized by other senators in the Senate in the future!"

Davos said this mainly to remind Milon. Seeing his frown, he knew that he had listened, and then said: "If it is found that Senators Katanai and Sikuli are involved in this matter, Trito Demos, you are responsible for contacting the chief executives of these two cities, and I will also write to ask them to cooperate with you and strive to collect all the evidence, so that no one slips through the net!"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty!" Tritodemus immediately assured.

"Master Milon, I was given a difficult problem when you first took office. Do you feel any pressure?" Davos said to Milon jokingly in a soothing tone.

"Isn't this why Your Majesty asked me to be the administrator of Naxos!" Milon said straightforwardly.

Davos was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: This old politician who had been the chief general in Crotone for a long time was by no means as crude as he seemed on the surface.

"Naxos is the Naxos of Dionia, and it's time to put things in order!" What Davos said gave Milon an obvious reminder, and he nodded immediately: "Understood. His Majesty."

"What to do with Laodicean's son Paphogris?" Tritodemus knew Davos, so he asked cautiously: "According to the laws of the kingdom, he should not be sentenced to a heavy sentence!"

Davos smiled coldly: "Mobilize the registered freeman to re-report the crime, and he flouted the law, lied after swearing to Hades, and asked the slaves to take the blame. In addition, he must have been involved in colluding with the West Kells. In this matter, if he is punished for several crimes at the same time, how should he be sentenced?!"

Terry Todemus's eyes lit up.

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After sending the two people away, Davos welcomed the new Minister of Military Affairs, Hilos.

"Your Majesty!" Hilos stood in front of the desk and saluted respectfully.

"Sit down, sit down." Davos's expression at this moment was much more cordial than before when he faced Milon and the others.

(End of this chapter)