Simulating the Universe, Starting with Speedrunning Greece

——!!! Wait, Proni's eyes widened. They should have noticed it when that guy told the story of the 39 people just now!

How could a person tell a story so realistically if he had not personally experienced and seen everything?

In the story of the Ebro River, only two people are known to have survived!

No wonder, no wonder, no wonder—!

If it was that gentleman, it would make sense that he would choose to help Gracchus, considering his life-and-death friendship with Tiberius Gracchus.

Like Achilles in Greek mythology, an invulnerable hero, if he existed - perhaps the success rate would really be high.

Proni and the others who figured this out at once became extremely excited, their mouths almost grinning from ear to ear.

Chapter 87: Senate: Young people should exercise more. You can't control

Time, early morning -

The Senate, the highest decision-making body in Roman Pontus, held a meeting to discuss the follow-up suppression of the Spanish War and the review of the application of the newly promoted nobleman Lista Night Magnus, and to commend the last hero of Rome.

The rise of Lista Night Magnus is unstoppable, and everyone believes that he will be a rising star in the Roman upper class.

And several old aristocratic forces have already prepared to show their fangs at this meeting and snatch Lista Night Magnus into their own names.

Rome has begun to decline, and everyone with a discerning eye can see it.

They need new blood for the family...

Ye was obviously a very good investment target, except that it was a bit annoying that the other party had been ignoring their hints and explicit statements.

But geniuses are qualified to be proud, they believe that the other party will eventually choose a side within their family.

This is beyond Ye's personal opinion...

After all, if you want to be successful in Rome, it is impossible without someone supporting you from behind.

Even consuls like Gracchus who were born into commoner families relied on the power of the Scipio family.

Unless Ye wants to live in despair of never seeing any room for promotion until he dies, if Ye really does not choose any family, they will give this young man a good beating to make him understand what the prestige of the Senate is.

As long as they don't want to, Ye can only defeat the tribune when he is thirty years old, and then do it for the rest of his life.

As for the name Lista that Ye obtained, it was just a joke in the eyes of the old nobles. What can a noble family with only one person represent?

Without a lot of resources, human support, and the support of colleagues within the Senate, it is absolutely impossible for a newcomer to succeed on his own.

that's it--

Each of them is either confident or full of fighting spirit and is determined to take down the ruthless Night, and some of them are determined to destroy it if they can't get it.

The old nobles are all ready to fight—

This may lead to a major reshuffle of Rome's upper echelons.

And when the senators took their seats on the step-like seats in the huge inner hall.

“Today is a happy day.

I think everyone can't wait to meet our heroes.

Well, how about we get straight to the point? "When an elder with a powerful backing spoke first.

"Second." The other elders expressed their agreement.

"Then let's deal with the first issue first. Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus has submitted to our Senate a report about our great hero inheriting the title of the newly promoted noble...

The last male in this family voluntarily gave up the title of nobility. Gracchus mentioned in his review application that the two parties have become godfathers. I think there is no problem at all for Lista Ye to inherit the new title of nobility. "

"Seconded."

"Second." ...At once, all the nobles in the Senate agreed.

No one even cared about the unreasonableness of calling the last hero of Rome Lista Night, even though the name had not yet been established.

It was just the title of a declining minor noble family. It might be very valuable in the eyes of common people, but it was nothing in the eyes of these old nobles.

In order to fight for Ye's ownership, these old nobles now don't mind giving Ye some face.

After several powerful nobles spoke up, the remaining small nobles also followed suit. At this time, the Senate meeting was peaceful, but this was just an undercurrent.

"Then - the title of new noble for Lord Lista Ye was approved unanimously.

Next is the proposal of His Excellency Sempronius Gracchus (Gracchus the Great) to allow Tiberius to participate in the election of the tribune in advance..."

At this time, the senators below were like ants on a hot pan, talking about the matter.

This time they weren't so easy to talk to.

When the proposal about the Gracchus the Great was just put out.

There are some nobles in the Senate who cannot bear the consequences.

“I don’t agree—!

According to Roman law, one had to be at least thirty years old to run for tribune.

This is against the rules!!”

Some people have protested, which is normal.

Although the Gracchus family was at its peak at that time, since having the support of Scipio Africanus, Gracchus even made it all the way to the highest position of the Roman upper class, the Roman consul. It has not been long since Gracchus stepped down, and there are still many factions of the Gracchus family in the Senate.

But this does not mean that the Gracchi have no enemies in the Senate.

Every powerful family has one or more political rivals.

Even Scipio Africanus was impeached - let alone Gracchus.

At this time, some people did not want to see Tiberius, the young Gracchus, enter Roman politics so quickly.

The influence of the elder Gracchus was still there, and they did not need to see another Gracchus develop so quickly, even though the Gracchus brothers were among the younger generation of Roman aristocracy and were highly regarded by the Senate, and even had the potential to become new consuls in the future.

But at this moment, not to mention the political enemies of the Gracchus, even the allies of the Gracchus were reluctant to mention Bilius's rapid development.

If the Gracchus family were really allowed to be re-elected as Roman consuls for several consecutive terms, then the entire Roman upper senate would become a one-man show for them.

This is something that all nobles cannot tolerate.

therefore--

Soon more people started speaking.

"I don't agree either..."

"Same here, Tiberius is still too young... I also think it's not the right time yet."

Just as more and more people expressed denial.

The proposer, Gracchus the Great, a middle-aged man with a strong sense of dignity, looked calm and composed at this moment, not in a hurry at all.

Finally he spoke in a deep voice: “It is true that the election for the tribune requires the age of thirty, but Tiberius has achieved a great victory on the battlefield in Spain this time.

Rome urgently needed an outstanding tribune to calm the unstable people's hearts caused by the long-term war failures.

Tiberius and Lista Night are both good candidates.

They have already gained a good reputation among the people, and special treatment is given in special times. If you do not agree with Tiberius' participation in the election of the tribune...

Or you can let Lista Night run for election."

“No——!!!” This time many veteran nobles spoke up at the same time.

"Forget about Tiberius... Lista Ye is still too young, he needs more training." An old noble frowned and said.

We cannot allow that great hero of the new nobility to be elected tribune so soon.

Although they were prepared to support Ye, they also wanted to polish Ye's sharpness. Using the qualification for the tribune election to control Ye was a good condition.

Not to mention that Ye was younger than Tiberius, which was not in compliance with Roman law.

Chapter 88: Two-year exemption period! Let capable young people take over

"You absolutely cannot bring this up. Both Tiberius and Lista Ye are too young.

If they were allowed to run for tribune now, young people in Rome would have ideas about this in the future.

Without any experience, if they run for the tribune too early, their talents will be far from matching the position. "

“Special times call for special treatment…!

Or do you have someone in mind who is more suitable than the two I proposed?

Apart from Tiberius and Listavi, is there anyone else who can calm the people's anger after Rome's defeat in this special period?

Rome has no time to wait. If it continues, the Senate will lose credibility among the people.

The Senate will be branded as incompetent.

What’s more—” Gracchus responded sharply.

He suddenly changed the subject and said, "According to Roman law, nobles can shorten the waiting period by two years. Tiberius is now 29 years old. I think it is not an exception to allow him to be eligible for the election."

The dagger is revealed——

Gracchus the Great finally began to exert his strength.

At this time, many nobles in the Senate finally reacted. This old fox——

The name Ye was brought up before, probably just to confuse people. His fundamental purpose from the beginning to the end was to support his son to take the position.

But it is true - the credibility of the Senate in the eyes of the Roman people is also a very important thing.

After Gracchus's reminder, the voices of opposition suddenly decreased a lot.

If they really had to choose between the two, Tiberius, who was originally not very accepting, did not seem so unacceptable.

For a moment, the elders below started discussing the matter again.

At this time, the elder forces standing behind the Gracchus family also began to exert their strength and expressed their agreement.

For a time, the situation showed signs of leaning towards Gracchus.

at this time--

Outside, separated by a wall, Ye and Tiberius, the upstarts of Rome, were waiting outside the Senate meeting to be notified of the meeting results.

They are not currently qualified to participate in Senate meetings.

However, Ye's hearing was quite sensitive, and a wall could not block his ears at all. At this time, he heard what Gracchus was saying inside, and he even mentioned his own name.

Night: emmmmm

I didn't expect that I could eat my own head while eating melons.

A writer once said a joke, he said: "It is human nature to always like to compromise.

For example, you say: This room is too dark and we need to open a window here, but everyone has ordered that this is not allowed.

But if you say you want to take off the roof, they'll be willing to put in windows.'

And Ye wanted to say——

It seems that this theory is applicable not only to us, but also to all parts of the world.

This is human nature...

Back to the meeting, the senators were already arguing, and some people said that it would not be a bad idea to give Tiberius a chance.

Some people refute the elder Gracchus:

Nobles were exempt from the two-year deadline, usually when they became candidates for treasurer, but the law never stated that tribunes could be elected two years in advance.

Gracchus: If the quaestors can do it, why not the tribunes? Is there any law that stipulates that the two-year exemption for the nobility can only be used for quaestors?

In the past, this was a noble privilege secretly established by old nobles to provide special training for their young children, allowing nobles to request to enter politics two years in advance of their age.

Most young nobles would first start out as treasurers to gain experience, go to the battlefield, and gain popularity among the people, making it easier for them to run for tribune.

This policy does not only apply to the quaestors, but no one has ever dared to challenge the unspoken rule that one must be 30 years old to be a tribune.

Just as the debate continued on the field, the elders had equally different opinions and it was difficult to tell who was better.