The Great Arcanist Who Traveled Through the World of American Variety Shows.

Chapter 613 Coup
The city of Rome is particularly busy today. The main roads in the city were carefully cleaned two days ago, as His Majesty the Emperor will review the troops from here today.

In order to make this grand military parade more lively, the nobles prepared some free food to distribute.

Therefore, many poor people also gathered here to receive food.

A large number of soldiers were soon guarding both sides of the street. At about ten o'clock in the morning, a team of knights riding tall war horses, escorting a gorgeous carriage, slowly passed through the street.

The carriage was extremely luxurious, but the people around were not interested in it. They wanted to get some free food. However, for the sake of the food, the people still cheered.

Valentinian III rode in a carriage to the military camp.

The cheers of the people along the way made him feel that he was deeply loved by the people. At this moment, he felt that his decision to kill Aetius was absolutely correct.

Valentinian enjoyed the cheers of the people and quickly arrived at the military camp under the protection of the Guards.

Then the emperor appeared in front of the army for the first time. In his opinion, his arrival would immediately make the soldiers cheer for him and pledge allegiance to him.

He had even thought about how he would accept the soldiers' worship later.

Under such circumstances, Valentinian III entered the military camp, where a large number of soldiers were already lined up on the parade ground waiting for inspection.

The Roman emperor changed into a chariot and began to march in front of the army.

Looking at the army in front of him, Valentinian III felt a surge of pride in his heart and was very excited.

The chariots passed in front of the army, and Valentinian III also looked at the soldiers. At this moment, there was a sudden noise in the army, and then some chaos appeared in the army next to it.

This made the great Valentinian of Rome, who was fantasizing about commanding a large army and sweeping across the world, very unhappy.

"What happened?" Valentinian said unhappily.

"Your Majesty, someone is too excited to see you," the eunuch next to him said quickly.

Hearing this, Valentinian's original unhappiness disappeared immediately, and he said happily: "In this case, then give him a chance and let him come to see me!"

"Yes!" the eunuch gave the order quickly.

Soon, two soldiers were brought out and stood before Valentinian.

Seeing the two burly soldiers, Valentinian wanted to show his magnanimity, so he asked the guards to let the two men come forward.

"You want to see me."

But before he could finish his words, he saw two soldiers draw their daggers at their waists and rush towards Valentinian.

The sudden assassination did not give Valentinian any time to react. The guards around him were even further away and did not expect that someone would assassinate him.

As Valentinian III looked horrified, two soldiers instantly jumped onto the chariot and stabbed Valentinian III.

As an emperor, Valentinian III had never received any military training. How could he possibly be a match for two battle-hardened soldiers? In just a moment, he was caught by the two soldiers and stabbed more than a dozen times.

Screams rang out. At this time, his guards woke up from their dreams, drew their weapons and wanted to go to the rescue, but before the surrounding soldiers could take action, they rushed forward and killed the guards who wanted to take action.

Valentinian III was stabbed dozens of times before he was stabbed in the vitals and died with a scream.

The blood flowed down through the gaps in the chariot and soon formed a puddle of blood on the ground.

After seeing the killing of Valentinian III, the soldiers who were waiting for inspection in the barracks were shocked, but no soldier wanted to avenge him.

Even some soldiers cheered!

"Kill him and avenge the Protector of the Country!"

"Revenge for the Protector of the Country!"

Soon the soldiers on the parade ground shouted in unison, and the guards and eunuchs who had followed Valentinian III turned pale and trembled with fear.

At this moment, the generals who had already discussed with Petronius shouted: "Valentinian is dead, and Mr. Petroni has secured military pay for us. We must support Mr. Petronius as the emperor of the empire!"

As the voices of "Support His Excellency Petronius as Emperor" rang out, the surrounding soldiers also shouted loudly.

At this time, Petronius was pulled into the chariot by everyone, while Valentinian was kicked off.

The soldiers around shouted, "Long live His Majesty!"

'Long live His Majesty!'

A general next to him took off Valentinian III's scepter and crown and placed them on Petronius' head.

Then he knelt on one knee with everyone else and said, "Long live His Majesty!"

On the parade ground, all the soldiers knelt down and shouted, "Long live His Majesty!" Seeing this, Petronius' face was filled with smiles, but he said, "I am just an imperial noble. How can I be the emperor of the empire?"

"Please don't harm me!"

"Ever since the Duke of Protector was killed, only Lord Petronius has been fighting for military pay for us. We only trust Lord Petronius and only obey his orders!"

"Yes, we only follow the orders of Master Petronius!"

"Only Monsignor Petronius can be the Emperor of the Empire!"

"Anyone who disagrees with His Excellency Petronius becoming the emperor of the empire is against us!"

"Kill anyone who disagrees!"

A group of soldiers shouted one after another, and the whole scene was very hot.

Even the other nobles and members of the Senate did not dare to say anything after seeing this situation.

At this time, the soldiers will not care whether you are the chairman of the Senate or the executive of the empire.

Seeing many soldiers shouting, Petronius said reluctantly: "You are causing me great trouble!"

"In that case, I will temporarily be the emperor of the empire. If there is a more suitable candidate, I will abdicate and let him take over!"

As Petronius finished speaking, the entire parade ground cheered.

After agreeing to become emperor, Petronius did not hesitate and directly ordered the army to enter the city and head towards the palace.

Soon the huge army entered the city, and the soldiers immediately controlled the city gates and streets, and then escorted Petronius to the gate of the palace.

When the guards in the palace saw the army coming, they turned pale with fright and did not dare to stop them. When they saw the army supporting Petronius into the palace, these guards turned against them one after another.

In the Roman Empire, the loyalty of the Praetorian Guard was very mysterious. When the army arrived, they immediately slid to their knees.

Under the leadership of these guards, Petronius quickly took control of the entire palace, and then convened an imperial meeting, to which all the nobles in Rome were "invited".

Next, under the witness of these nobles, Petronius officially ascended the throne and became the emperor of the Roman Empire.

The whole process took only half a day.

After becoming emperor, the first thing Petronius did was to dismiss all the original members of the Senate and then appoint his own confidants as members of the Senate.

As for the previous members of the Senate, he would not allow them to cause trouble for him again.

Having served as a member of the Senate and consul, he knew the methods of the Senate too well. As long as these people were still members of the Senate, they would continue to cause trouble for him.

Petronius knew very well that he had taken advantage of a mutiny to gain power. Those people did not say anything now, but they were the army under his control. Once given the opportunity, they would definitely learn from him.

So Petronius had no intention of letting these people go.

What's more, he was very clear about the empire's financial problems. There was simply not enough money in the current Roman Empire to feed these large armies. But once he reduced the army's pay and supplies, he had no doubt that these soldiers and generals would take direct action and replace another emperor.

So Petronius had made up his mind to get rid of these senators. These senators controlled a lot of Rome's wealth, and as long as they were killed, they could use their wealth to solve the empire's financial crisis.

With this money, he would be able to control the army and his throne would be secure.

So after he ascended the throne, Petronius immediately announced that he would overturn the verdict on Aetius and severely punish those who framed Aetius.

At the same time, he also abolished the title of emperor of Valentinian III on the grounds that Valentinian III had conspired to murder Aetius, and restored the title of Protector of the Realm to Aetius.

By doing so, he immediately gained the favor of many of Aetius' former subordinates. Although Aetius was dead, his forces were not completely destroyed.

After gaining the support of these people, Petronius began to arrest those nobles on the charge of framing Aetius.

The former members of the Senate were arrested one after another, and the army directly rushed into the villas and manors of those nobles and arrested them.

Then Petronius put these people on trial, and he directly asked the eunuchs he bribed and the guards of Valentinian III to identify these nobles.

In this way, these people were judged to be the masterminds of the conspiracy to kill Aetius. Of course, in fact, it was these people who did it.

After all, Petronius was also involved in this matter. It can be said that there was no injustice.

After confirming the crimes of these people, Petronius directly sentenced them to death. A large number of Roman nobles who had conflicts with Petronius were killed.

After killing these nobles, Petronius directly announced that all troops would be rewarded with three months' military pay, and their future pay would be restored to its original level.

(End of this chapter)