My XX deal with Sister Nero

"According to imperial law, arrest these people first!" Tony ordered.

Logically speaking, Tony is not an official and has no right to issue any orders, but he is a member of the Claudius family and the younger brother of the future emperor. Who dares to refute his words?

"Come here, arrest them!" Now Orovi had no choice but to fight back. It was better to offend the Galba family than to offend the emperor's brother, right?

Knowing that they were in trouble this time, these young men had no choice but to hang their heads and let several soldiers in charge of maintaining law and order in the city escort them towards the police station.

"Your Highness, what should I do if they come to me to ask for someone? You may not know that the Galba family is very powerful. I am just a small sheriff and can't afford to offend them at all." Orowi said with a sad face.

"I am not an unreasonable person. If someone from the Galba family comes, just tell him to come find me. Also, don't treat him specially in the prison. Eat and live like ordinary mortals. Do you understand?"

Although the prince in front of him looked only twelve or thirteen years old, the mature tone in his voice forced Orowi to pay attention and listen carefully. He did not dare to disobey the prince's orders.

After seeing Orowi nod, Tony waved at him and said, "Go ahead and do your job well."

After Orovi left, Tony clapped his hands at the citizens of the empire who were watching and said, "Alright, alright, I'm really sorry for letting everyone see such a farce. Regarding the nobles molesting the commoners, I will urge the relevant departments and these noble families to correct it."

"Oh! Long live His Highness!" Although there were a few people who knew a little bit about the nobility and knew that this was probably just a blank check from Tony, after all, the power of the nobility was intertwined and it was not something Tony could change just because he wanted to, but how could these citizens care about this? Even if it was a blank check, the imperial government had never issued such a blank check to make everyone happy!

Answer a few questions in unison.

As for the name of my other book, ah... can I not tell you? After all, the outline was cut off once and the writing was messed up afterwards. It was all a mess, and it's not on Shuke. That book was just bought out, and it's almost becoming a black history...

The second question is whether I am studying in Northeast China... No, I am starting a business in Northeast China, and it is currently in the initial stage. Generally speaking, starting a business is very busy, but the recent period is a rare period of slacking off, so I can write like crazy. Of course, my business here can be considered a half-failure... It is in a dying state, poor, without money, and sad.

Chapter 53: You fucking look at me! Ah!

"So, you arrested all the people from the Galba family?" Nero asked while smiling and wiping the crumbs from the corners of Tony's mouth as he watched Tony eating the freshly baked cake.

"Yeah!" Tony has been playing the role of a child for so long that he has already become very good at it. As long as he lets go of his moral integrity, is there anything Tony dare not do?

"Although I don't know why you would help the King of Iceni, but now that you have done so, just do as you wish and let the sheriff whip him." Nero said with a smile.

"Yeah! Sister is so nice!" Tony quickly stuffed the cake into his mouth and said incoherently.

"Yeah, of course!" Nero raised his head slightly with some pride and said, "Okay, you've finished your cake, let's continue talking about what we discussed before."

"Okay, let's continue discussing it." Tony clapped his hands, brushed off the cake crumbs in his hands, and continued to discuss the previous matters with Nero.

Tony basically spent the remaining few days in Nero's bedroom. Don't get the wrong idea, the brother and sister were talking about serious matters, not doing anything weird.

Soon, it was three days later, which was the time of the coronation ceremony.

The accession of the Roman emperor to the throne was a cause for national celebration. Many monarchs of vassal states and allied countries either attended the event or sent important envoys to offer their congratulations. Even former vassal states that had betrayed their overlords, such as the Kingdom of Thrace, ceased hostilities for a day and sent a letter of congratulations to the nearby Roman army camp.

Although this was a cause for national celebration, it was extremely boring to Tony.

Tony offered sacrifices to the heavens, the earth, the gods, Apollo and Augustus. After all, he felt like he was going to collapse. After all, he was the prince of the empire and the future prince, so he had to go to the sacrifice!

After the worship, His Majesty the Emperor gave a speech.

Standing on the wall of the palace gate, Nero has successfully put himself into the role of the emperor and delivered a passionate speech. Tony, who was standing beside him, was forcing himself not to fall asleep.

There’s no way around it, speeches are really hypnotic!

After waiting for a while, the final highlight is naturally the banquet.

As a foodie, Tony could accept this. Although there were fewer dishes compared to the future two thousand years later, it was enough to fill him up.

According to Tony's understanding of the original history, the banquets in the Roman Empire were actually quite interesting, or it could be said that the banquets in the Roman Empire were a reflection of the fact that the people in the city really knew how to have fun. For the Romans, dinner was the most important meal. They could eat from three or four o'clock in the afternoon until dark. Some modern people, when studying the history of banquets in the Roman Empire, even found that many Romans would vomit after eating too much and then continue eating.

Moreover, they don't sit down to eat like the people in the Eastern empire. Instead, they move a recliner over and lie down to eat. They are even more Ge Da Ye than Ge Da Ye.

Fortunately, the Roman Empire in this world is slightly different. Banquets on occasions like this are already similar to European banquets in the Middle Ages. There are several tables with food arranged in different categories on the tables, and guests can get whatever they want to eat or drink. It has a bit of the flavor of buffets in modern society.

Tony was a foodie and had no interest in chatting with these nobles, so he simply took an empty plate, filled it with various meats, then got himself a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice, ran to a corner and started eating and drinking.

"Your Highness has a really good appetite." Just as Tony was eating steak with big mouthfuls, a charming and seductive voice suddenly came from beside him.

Huh? Hearing someone talking, Tony quickly chewed the meat in his mouth twice and swallowed it. He took a big sip of orange juice before looking up in the direction of the voice.

I saw a beautiful woman in her twenties standing there, with dazzling blonde hair that almost blinded my eyes like a light bulb.

"Ah? Who are you?" Tony naturally put on a dead fish eye and looked at the young woman.

Seeing Tony's indifferent expression, the woman's heart tightened.

Was it because he was not pretty enough? Or was it because the little prince was too young to understand the charm of women? But that was not right. His brother knew a lot when he was twelve or thirteen years old. How could the prince not understand?

Although she was thinking about these strange things, the beautiful woman did not have any strange expression on her face. She just smiled and said, "Nice to meet you, Your Highness. My name is Betty, the wife of Knight Quintus."

"Ah... Hello, Ms. Betty, what can I do for you?" Tony asked after taking another sip of orange juice.

Betty glanced at the juice in Tony's glass, then at the wine in her own glass, then sat down next to Tony with a smile on her face, and said, "I heard that your Highness has been out there and has done some adventures. I really admire you for that. After all, you are so brave even at such a young age."

Tony glanced at the steak on his plate, then looked at Betty, and said impatiently, "Well, if you're just here to show your admiration, can we talk about it later? I'm hungry."

...Hungry you! I'm tempting you, can you look at me! Look at my breasts!

Although Betty had already started to roar in her heart, she still smiled and said, "Oh my, Your Highness is so cute. After all, Your Highness is still growing, and it's a good thing that he can eat."

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Tony sighed and said, "Okay, okay, I'm cute, okay? Although it's still summer, I suggest you wear more clothes. Look at you, your upper body is exposed so much, aren't you cold?"

...Betty suddenly felt so tired. She knew that her temptation must have failed, but she didn't know why she was so unwilling to accept it!

Looking at Tony eating the delicious steak, Betty suddenly felt that she was not even as good as a piece of steak.

After sitting there awkwardly for a while, a man came over and invited her to dance. Using this as an excuse, Betty stood up and said goodbye to Tony.

"What happened just now?" At this moment, Nero, the most dazzling lily in the center of the stage, came to Tony after dancing several dances and asked.

"Nothing, just someone trying to use their body to seduce me and disturb me while I'm eating steak." Tony said without even looking up.

"Look at you, your mouth is full of grease. Come and dance with your sister!" Nero said as he took out a handkerchief and wiped Tony's mouth.

"Dancing? I can't do it!" Tony raised his head and waited until Nero wiped his mouth before speaking.

"It's okay, sister can teach you. Let's dance. After you leave, I don't know when we will meet again." Nilu still said with a smile.

Looking at Nero's smiling face, Tony had an urge to express his willingness to stay on the spot, but if he really stayed, he would probably have to stay in Rome for the rest of his life.

In order to prevent what happened in 68 AD from happening again, Tony knew that he had to form an armed force that was absolutely loyal to him. Political power comes from the barrel of a gun. Only in this way could he protect his sister Nero!

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Chapter 54: Trial

To Tony, a dance is nothing.

The dance that Nero performed was essentially a ballroom dance, but it was slightly different from modern ballroom dance.

Tony remembered that when he was in high school in his previous life, he didn't know what the principal was thinking, but he immediately thought that he had to teach the children how to dance, otherwise how could they pick up girls in the future? So Tony followed the physical education teacher to learn for a while, but then the principal thought that it was too early for them to learn these things since they were still high school students, and they should learn them after they went to college, so he quickly stopped the course.

Anyway, Tony had learned some basic ballroom dancing at that time, and although he had almost returned it all to the teacher, now under the guidance of Nero, who is a master of dancing, Tony has successfully kept up with Nero's pace.

After the song ended, Nero pulled Tony to sit in a corner and said, "Not bad, brother has a talent for dancing. He has never learned to dance and yet he hasn't stepped on my feet."

Looking at the glittering golden boots on Nero's feet, Tony felt that if he stepped on him, he would be the one who would be hurt, right?

Tony smiled but said nothing.

After eating and drinking, Tony said goodbye to Nero and left the banquet hall.

Nero also knew that his younger brother had disappeared from the palace at the age of five and had been wandering outside. Although it could be seen that he was trying his best to adapt to the upper society, he had not completely integrated into this circle after all. Therefore, Nero could often feel Tony's loneliness and solitude.

But what can she do? Nero is now the emperor and has many things to deal with. She also wants to play and take her brother out to play. After all, Nero is not even sixteen years old!

In Tony’s previous life, he was still a freshman in high school at the age of sixteen!

Tony couldn't get along with this group of upper-class people. Most of those who came to talk to him had ulterior motives. Tony didn't want to offend or pay attention to these pillars of the country, so the best way was to just leave.

Anyway, I have eaten and drunk enough. Sister Nero guessed that she would have to stay to deal with these people and could not be with me. Besides, there are several big news happening tomorrow. It is better to go back to bed early so that I can get up and watch the show.

Speaking of which, the biggest advantage of this era is that there is no electricity and no electronic devices to use. Tony doesn't have to play games all night long like before. After all, early to bed and early to rise is good for the body!

After returning to his bedroom and taking a quick shower, Tony went to bed early.

At dawn the next day, Tony was awakened by his maid as usual. After breakfast, Tony and two guards went straight to Augustus Square.

The Forum of Augustus is located not far from the Colosseum. It is the largest square in Rome and was built by "Augustus" Octavian. Initially, Octavian built this square and the Temple of Mars inside it for the purpose of worshipping the men of the Giulia-Claudian family and the Eastern Han Dynasty. This square is actually the ancestral temple of an emperor.

But today, this will be a trial place for Agrippina the Younger, the wife of Claudius, who murdered her husband and the emperor of the empire.

The trial was held in person by the current Emperor Nero, supervised by Senator Vanore of the Senate, and attended by many local governors and monarchs or representatives of other countries.

It can be said that this was the largest trial in recorded history of the Roman Empire.

"Agrippina, you admit your guilt for poisoning your husband and the emperor of the empire?" Not long after the trial began, Nero, standing on the stage in a mythological ceremonial dress, looked down at little Agrippina kneeling in the square and questioned.

Agrippina, looking pale, raised her head and looked at her daughter and son on the stage. She said, "I killed them. There is no mistake."

"Why did you kill people?" Nero continued to question.

Agrippina looked at Nero, smiled bitterly, and said, "Why? Who of you knows how Claudius treated me? In your eyes, Claudius's rise to power is just a stopgap measure because he is cowardly and easy to control! But he is also a man. You pushed him too hard, and he also needs to vent, so I became his venting target."

Huh? Hearing this, Tony sat up straight subconsciously.

According to Tacitus's records, Claudius was actually a very cowardly emperor in history. Although citizens in other parts of the Roman Empire appreciated his policies, he was a laughing stock in Rome because of his appearance and his failed marriage. Even Caligula would laugh at him for no reason.

It was precisely because of his cowardice that the Senate agreed to let him be the emperor.

The Senate and the Praetorian Guard compromised with each other, so Claudius came to power. As an emperor and as a man, did he really like to be bullied?

Of course not. He tried every means to win over the Praetorian Guards little by little to suppress the Senate. However, in order to prevent the Praetorian Guards from becoming too powerful, he had to compromise with the Senate and allow the Senate to suppress the Praetorian Guards. In such a complicated environment, Claudius' only way to vent his anger was to beat his wife behind closed doors.

And then nothing happened.

The Senate wanted to kill Claudius, who had been suppressing them, and establish a new king, while Agrippina also wanted to kill her husband to vent her anger. The two sides hit it off, and after Agrippina killed Claudius, she was sold out by the Senate as a scapegoat. Before Nero came back, he had used various means to forcibly sever his ties with Agrippina the Younger.

But Nero and Tony are not fools. They can naturally guess that the Senate is involved in this, but there is no direct evidence to prove it now.

"Is it true, mother? But why didn't I notice what father did to you when I was in the palace?" Nero was a little surprised.

Little Agrippina smiled and shook her head, saying, "Of course he wouldn't do this in front of you. Okay, kid, stop asking questions and give me a quick answer!"

Looking at Agrippina the Younger's expression, Tony knew that she had given up hope on life and didn't want to say anything. He wouldn't get any information out of her by asking her any more, so he quietly pulled Nero's sleeve, signaling Nero that he could proceed to the next step.

Nero sighed and said, "The Empress Dowager Agrippina murdered the late emperor. According to the imperial law, she should be sentenced to death by hanging. However, I consider that she is the biological mother of the current emperor and has made contributions to the empire. I will pardon her crime and exile her to the frontier instead!"

"Your Majesty! This is not allowed! Agrippina murdered the late emperor and should be punished according to imperial law. It cannot be changed at will!" Vanore quickly stood up and said.

"Let me ask you, who is the emperor? If your mother were on this stage, would you dare to sentence her to death?" Nero asked with a cold face.

Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor was already angry, Vanore had no choice but to shut up.

After Agrippina the Younger was helped down by the guards, Nero glanced around and said, "Everyone, I intend to reform the aristocracy. From now on, I will establish a position of prince, below the emperor and above you. This title will be held by members of the royal family and can be inherited. Do you have any objections?"

PS1: In history, Agrippina the Younger was a scheming woman. The fundamental reason why she poisoned Claudius was that she hoped her son Nero could ascend to the throne. However, she did not expect that her son was not very obedient. Later, the mother and son broke up. In order to secure his throne, Nero designed to kill Agrippina the Younger. Considering that Agrippina the Younger herself intended to split the Roman Empire and cause civil war in the empire, the Senate acquiesced to this incident. Even the Roman citizens at that time thought that Nero was right.

PS2: From this chapter on, Nero has completely sat on the throne. In a short period of time, Nero will switch back and forth between "I", "I", and "I". This is because Nero has not yet fully into the role of the emperor. It is not because the author is confused. I would like to explain this in advance.

Chapter 55: The Unromanized British Provinces

Just as one must eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time, the reforms to the empire must also be done bit by bit.

According to the situation, if the emperor wanted to reform the titles, even if it meant giving more benefits to the original nobles, they would express their opposition and see if they could gain more benefits.

But now, although Nero was nominally reforming the titles, in fact the establishment of the title of prince merely clarified the status of other members of the Claudius family that had not been made clear before. Originally, the members of the Claudius family lived an aristocratic life without name, but now they were given a corresponding title. Therefore, neither the Senate nor the knight class raised much objection to this declaration. The only protest from the Senate was that some people felt that the emperor ignored the Senate and did not inform the Senate of the news in advance.

Since no one had any objection to the class of princes, Nero began to declare the powers that the class of princes should have.

The first power that the prince has is judicial immunity. If the prince commits a crime, the sentence can be reduced at the discretion of the court. For example, for the crime of murder, the law stipulates a direct sentence of death by hanging. However, if the prince commits a crime, then the punishment can be considered based on the actual situation, such as a fine or imprisonment.

Everyone present didn't care about this privilege. After all, nobles had more or less privileges in the judicial field. If a prince didn't even have this little power, they might pay attention to it.

The second privilege is territory.

A prince will have his own territory. Within the territory, the subjects must not only abide by the laws of the empire, but also the laws set by the lord. At the same time, the lord can collect taxes according to his own ideas in the territory and can also form his own army. At the same time, he only needs to hand over two-thirds of the financial taxes that should have been submitted to the central government, and the lord can keep the remaining one-third for himself.

Afterwards, without waiting for the Senate to object, Nero gave the town of Odni to Tony.

The town of Oddney is located in the frontier area of ​​the British province, close to the Iceni Kingdom. The town is not big, with only about fifty or sixty households, and only about two hundred people. There are no minerals around, only endless trees. Fortunately, there is a lack of game in the forest, so there are many hunters in this town.

Originally everyone thought that Nero would give his brother a governorship, or as she said just now, he might grant him a wealthy province, but now it seems to be just a small frontier town. Later, some curious people investigated this town and found out that the annual income of the town was only thirty gold coins.

Although it was unclear why Nero divided up such a remote and impoverished town, it was harmless anyway, so the Senate and the knight class just went through the motions and protested.

After the trial, Tony began his busy life.

The first thing is to take inventory of your possessions.