coobybook Chapter 549 Confused Roman Consul
Chapter 549 Confused Roman Consul
The adjutant was very angry.
As an adjutant to the consul, his duties are similar to those of a secretary in modern society, and he and Scipio get along almost every day and are inseparable.
Therefore, how busy Scipio's government affairs are, this adjutant knows best.
Scipio not only has to deal with at least a thousand political affairs every day, and give appropriate instructions and opinions, but sometimes he has to go to the scene to observe the progress and results in person, or to supervise the efficiency of some offices.
After a day filled with various things, Scipio was almost in a hurry to go to the toilet.
Even eating had to be eaten while holding various reports to give instructions, let alone go to lead the battle between the Roman army and Carthage in person, which was basically impossible.
Although Scipio was indeed talented in politics and military affairs, he was still a human being after all, and it was impossible for him to be able to do everything well.
If ordinary people heard that the nobles of Carthage had given Hannibal a retreat order, they would have believed in Hannibal's retreat for a long time.
And Scipio was able to rely on his own knowledge of Hannibal, still maintain a skeptical attitude towards this, and asked the Roman garrison to be cautious, and he had done everything he could.
The adjutant never felt that it was Scipio's fault, but admired him even more.
"Having said that, I am the supreme consul of Rome after all, and the highest command of the Roman army is also here. Now the frontline garrison is completely annihilated, and all the fortresses have been captured by Carthage. All the advantages established, all come to naught."
"Although under the implementation of the New Deal, the recent situation in Rome has changed a lot, and people's lives have been improved, but under my neglect, Rome's efforts to resist Carthage for several years have been destroyed. Is it useful to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall like this?"
Scipio sighed a few times, the expression on his face had become extremely confused.
In the past, Scipio thought that the reason why Rome was so backward and chaotic was that he, the supreme consul, had no right to speak, and he dared not implement many laws and measures that were beneficial to the country, and there was a group of people who had the real power of the country. Nobles, too selfish and greedy.
But since marrying Da Qin, his status in Rome has been much higher, and he has decision-making power that other nobles can't compare to. He basically has the final say on many things in Rome, and the whole of Rome has almost become His eloquence.
The laws and codes he wanted to implement before are now being vigorously promoted in Rome without hindrance. Under the deterrent of the great Qin Dynasty, those greedy and selfish nobles can no longer stop him.
Scipio felt that he had even seen the prosperity and prosperity of Rome in the future!
But the result seems to be different from what he imagined.
Under the implementation of various new codes, on the surface, although the people of Rome say that their lives have indeed improved, pregnant women and children have nutritional subsidies, and births and childbirth are also rewarded and subsidized by the state. In praise of the new code of good.
But correspondingly, their financial pressure on Rome has also greatly increased. If it weren't for the huge taxes paid by the previous group of nobles, their Roman finances would have collapsed long ago.
And this is only temporary, because Scipio has discovered that since the aristocrats' tax-free rights were abolished, their assets in the commercial part that need to pay a lot of taxes have shrunk a lot, which directly led to the taxation that the nobles paid. The payment is getting less and less, and even within a few days, the tax payment has dropped to less than half of the original!
This is undoubtedly an extremely dangerous signal.
According to this trend, I am afraid that it will not be long before the tax that the country can collect will break the original state of balance between revenue and expenditure.
If there is no external assistance, such as the Roman nobles extending a helping hand, Rome's finances will completely collapse because of these policies that benefit the country and the people launched by Scipio!
But Xibei knew in his heart that the Roman nobles hated him for a long time because of his abolition of tax exemption.
If he heard the news that Rome's finances were about to collapse, it would have been good not to blame him, let alone provide any assistance.
Therefore, at that time, Scipio's New Deal could only be terminated early due to the embarrassment of lack of funds.
As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality. After the people have experienced the benefits of the New Deal, how could they be willing to let them go through the original hard life?
Once the New Deal is forced to stop, it will inevitably cause large-scale chaos at the public level, and even various protests against the country.
And this is undoubtedly a huge blow to the people's sense of trust in the country, and to Scipio's prestige in Rome.
Now, because Scipio was busy with Rome's internal affairs all day long and neglected to manage the military outposts, the Roman frontline garrison was completely wiped out under carelessness.
All the border fortresses were occupied by Carthage, and the entire southern region of Rome was directly threatened by the Carthage army, and the people were in danger.
The occurrence of these events made Scipio feel unprecedented pressure and confusion.
Scipio imitated the various laws and policies of Great Qin, thinking that Rome could gradually revive like Great Qin, and rise from the nations of the world to rebuild the glory of the Roman Empire.
But who knows, since the release of his new policy, the situation of internal and external troubles in Rome has not changed in the slightest, and even intensified the contradiction between the people and the country.
It made him wonder, does Rome really have a future?
Maybe it's just that his own ability is too poor. After all, compared with His Majesty the First Emperor of Qin Dynasty, he is as small as the afterglow of a candle under the bright moon. Especially after the implementation of the New Deal in Rome, Scipio realized this more and more hair deep.
With the same policy code, the Great Qin Empire can rise rapidly and achieve a win-win situation in economy and people's livelihood.
Various agricultural technologies are also booming, making Daqin the world's most powerful country, and it is almost a level higher than other countries, enough to make people feel suffocating and unsurpassable!
However, under his leadership, Rome is not a cat like a tiger, and there is no sign of economic recovery. On the contrary, their own country's finances collapsed first, and the Roman army also appeared under the condition of lax supervision. A big problem, let Hannibal find an opportunity to defeat it in one fell swoop.
This made Scipio fall into deep doubts about himself, and even completely lost his way.