Simulating the Universe, Starting with Speedrunning Greece

When Tiberius roared: “I tell you, in the end—they will find ways to turn free people into slaves, so that they can have endless wealth!

Maybe someone would say that as long as everyone keeps their heads down, everything will be fine.

However, at the cost of hunger, how long can a person last?

Relying on your husbands, brothers, and fathers, the only pillars of your family, fighting on the front lines, conquering lands and capturing a large number of captives for Rome.

Among them may be Carthaginians, Spaniards, Gauls, Macedonians, Greeks, and people from Asia Minor, thousands of captives who were sold as slaves.

Even if you can hold on for a while, the nobles will never lack cheap labor!

Eventually this persistence will be defeated and become meaningless, absurd and ridiculous.

It will degenerate into hysterical despair and tears.

It was you who gave up your loved ones and the happiness that was within your reach. This stupidity is the second sin!

Let me tell you——!

During the slave rebellion in Sicily, not only slaves but also many small farmers consisting of free people were burning down the villas of large landowners in various places.

Why do you think the free men helped the slaves in rebellion?

Is it unnecessary pity? "

At this time, the entire central square below the stage was completely silent.

Strabo was even more trembling when he heard this, and his eyes turned to Tiberius with horror.

How dare he say that?!

In Rome, there are some problems that the upper class is not unaware of, but that they simply cannot solve.

In other words, once they take control, it will affect the interests of all the nobles themselves.

It would also offend other nobles——!

But Tiberius actually spoke the truest Rome at this moment.

At this time, the Rome described by Tiberius was no longer glamorous, flourishing, or prosperous.

Instead, it is filled with filth, darkness and barbarity, oppression and persecution.

Countless Roman citizens suddenly woke up! They were immersed in the dark blueprint drawn by Tiberius, and when they came to their senses, their backs were already soaked with sweat.

It was as if he had really seen the day when they were forced from being free citizens to becoming slaves.

this--

Is this the truth?

But what have they done over the years?

People were shocked, angry, panicked and terrified.

terrible--

Many things even happened around them.

For example, if the male members of the family are unable to return from the battlefield for a long time, the family will be overburdened and unable to make ends meet...

There are mothers who died of exhaustion from working several jobs.

Some people couldn't bear it anymore and sold their extra children, brothers and sisters.

But are there any redundant family members in this world? !

Looking back now, the cruel reality at that time, all the darkness that made them despair, was actually caused by their own hands?!

Collapsed——!! If stupidity is a sin, then they are unforgivable at this moment.

If this were true, they would be ashamed as Tiberius said.

Are you kidding me?

Our loved ones shed blood and sold their lives for the motherland, but their families were forced into slavery, and some even could not survive, and their families were broken up.

Is there such a truth in this world? ! !

Chapter 100: Even wild beasts have a place to live in Italy, what about you?

Crazy! An extremely repressive madness was spreading in the hearts of the crowd.

At this time, no one was angry about Tiberius' words, but instead was extremely angry about the many truths described in his words.

Once people know the truth, they can no longer live in vain!

At this time, when the bloody truth is revealed before them, how should they choose?

In the central square, Ye stood in the crowd, watching the expressions on each face.

The reason why Tiberius could have such accurate intelligence and cruel and realistic descriptions was naturally not because Tiberius had really seen so much with his own eyes. Many of them were Ye's masterpieces.

And when these truths were first presented to Tiberius that night, weren't the Gracchi brothers as shocked, unbelievable, and angry as everyone else is now?

After coming into contact with a deeper darkness, the two brothers chose to move forward with a heavy burden.

Even after learning more about how many enemies and obstacles he would have to face in order to change Rome, he still did not give up.

Now Ye wanted to know how many of these thousands of civilians had the courage to do so.

'Here it comes - the red storm.

It will soon rise from the wilderness.'

He looked deeply at the distant hall where the Senate meeting was being held.

Roman nobles, I have made my move. Are you ready to be baptized by the storm?

The new Rome born from the storm will be completely new.

All corruption and depravity will be eliminated.

When countless voices cry out at the same time, will the God who is high above also tremble and feel fear?

Whether the true God would be afraid, Ye did not know——

But he knew that some people would definitely become restless.

Tiberius was the one who exposed the reality, showing the true face of the nobles to the world: "When everyone wanted to climb up and worked hard to become a governor, it was just to grab more land from the common people.

When they leave office and return to Rome, they will never be the simple Roman commoners they once were.

They enjoy the land irrigated with blood, but forget that the same thing happened in ancient Greece and Italy. There are more and more large estates, and all small farms are forced to perish.

As a result, powerful Greece disappeared from the stage of history, but our people did not remember the lessons of history, but instead repeated the same mistakes and went down the old path.

I feel sad for Rome right now.

It was already sick, so sick that it could die at any time. Fortunately, we were lucky enough to discover the problem in time and have the opportunity to change everything.

On the Adriatic coast, the price of an ordinary laborer is 10 auris (about 300 US dollars), the price of a craftsman or educated person is slightly higher, and a young girl who can talk about the harp can be sold for at least 30 auris (about 1000 US dollars).

Human freedom can be despised to such an extent.

More and more people, unable to make a living, fell from being citizens and free men to selling themselves into slavery.

But the slave owners would not be kind enough to feed these people.

They can beat, scold, humiliate and insult their slaves at will, and can even kill them directly if they are unhappy.

With the continued victory in the war, huge wealth was gained, but the rich became richer and the poor became poorer. The gap between the two classes became deeper and deeper. Now the Romans had completely lost their common life pursuits and ideals.

When the soldiers returned to their hometowns, they found that the homes that were once full of childhood memories were no longer there.

I found that the large manor in front of me was exactly the same as the large manors I had seen around the city of Carthage in the past.

They found that their neighbors were missing, their farms were taken away by the rich, and even their families were nowhere to be found.

All you see are sunny villas occupied by the rich people who have made your farm their property."

Tiberius became more and more excited as he spoke, and finally he spoke passionately the words that he had said in history:

"In Italy, even wild animals have caves to live in. They build their nests there. However, you have fought for Italy and earned wealth for others. You are the masters of this world, but you don't even have a piece of land to call your own."

"Such a thing, such a thing——~~!! Can you accept it?" When Tiberius let out his final roar.

Countless angry roars were heard from below - "No!! No!!! No!!!!!!"

No way. The land and interests that belong to them will never be given to those nobles who only know how to sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labor!

Compared with the former Rome, it is rich and powerful, full of glory and joy, brutal impact and bloody excitement, which have made countless people drunk and dream, making people think that they are living in a beautiful world.

But one day, someone tells you that this is not the case.

The so-called beauty is all embellished.

When the data were placed in front of them, many people suddenly realized why they always felt that there was something weird in their happiness.

Why did they suffer unfair treatment from time to time in the powerful Rome? They thought it was just their own misfortune, but they never thought that this misfortune was a shackle imposed on themselves.

Tiberius looked at the crowd that had been completely mobilized and was roaring like the sound of mountains and seas, and he felt a shock and excitement in his soul.

Did I succeed?

No, it should be us who succeeded——Night!! (Gaius Gracchus: What about me, brother? Just thank Night, right? Then I’ll leave?)

He should be grateful for the final intensive training that Ye gave him last night.

Originally, even when Tiberius was presented with naked data and the darkness that could eat people at night, he was still a little bit unconvinced at first, but after a little investigation, he found that the data were all correct.

But even if they knew that all this was true, they would not dare to make it public. This would cut off the roots of the Senate nobles! ! It would start a war with the wealthy class in Rome!

There is absolutely no turning back...

Tiberius once asked Ye anxiously, he was not afraid of being hated and remembered by countless people after the incident, even if he died in the middle of the reform, he would not regret it...

But Tiberius had a worry in his heart.

He is worried that even if the data is released, people will still choose to sit back and wait for death instead of supporting him...

He was worried that no one was willing to stand up and speak for themselves.

I am afraid that the civilians will not realize the seriousness and harm of the problem. If they cannot awaken their minds and take the initiative to think about the pros and cons...

They will forever live in the dream cage created for them by the nobles and landlords.

The most terrifying thing in the world is to be in hell and not know it, but the luckiest thing is also this: to be fearless. Because you are fearless, you don’t have to worry about anything and can live in peace.

But this does not mean that danger will not approach, so people must stand up and save themselves!

Just as the night had led them across the Ebro, what they wanted to awaken was the breath of freedom in the human soul.

Then, it was in this situation that Ye told Tiberius - a truth.

Chapter 101: Once you choose the right path, you will never be lost

——If you want to help those ignorant and restless civilians grasp the power of Rome and fight for their own happiness.

The first thing is to let them have a clear understanding of their position.

There are too many injustices in this world, because the position is too vague, making people not understand their own goals...

I don’t know what the goal is, what goals I should strive for, and what goals I should regard as enemies.

If you can't even figure these out, it will be easy for those truly smart people to use you as a tool and manipulate you.

First of all, there is the division of class levels.

Just like the Roman nobles would live on the Seven Hills and never interact with the common people, nor would they join the people in the city to relax. In this way, you cannot expect these nobles to see the crying (pain) of the common people, nor can you expect them to understand things they have never experienced.

The so-called class refers to the different groups into which people are divided due to different status and means of production in certain social production relations.

There is a saying that goes, all human history is the history of class struggle.

When it comes to this kind of thing, we have to say that wherever there is class differentiation, there will inevitably be exploitation and oppression!

The rich people in Rome could build large villas on the hills and live a wealthy life.

The people at the bottom of society, however, live a precarious life. Even though the men in their families are winning battles outside, they cannot make ends meet at home and have to sell the land they depend on for their livelihood...so here comes the problem.

Ordinary people live such a hard life, so where does the rich get their money from?