Therefore, when Hilde said this, even the civilians were a little troubled. The nobles were surprised at first, but then they thought that Hilde would bring this up. Any city-state is very cautious with slaves. If slaves cause trouble and kill or injure civilians, it will be a big deal. Therefore, slaves are absolutely not allowed to have any weapons. Moreover, these slaves are actually the private property of the nobles in the city. They just lent them to Hilde because she needed them. As a result, Hilde treated it as his own. If you say give freedom, then give freedom. So, at this moment, a noble suddenly stood up. "Everyone, listen to this. This is such an absurd statement. You are actually going to give freedom to slaves who are our personal property. I cannot accept such a thing that tramples on our precious property rights." At this time, the man jumped directly onto the podium and came to Hilde's side. It was obvious that he was ready and not afraid at all. He even had everything he wanted to say ready. He spoke loudly and passionately, "You have led Byzantium to victory. All of us citizens of Byzantium express our sincere gratitude to you. Now that Byzantium has lifted the threat, let everything go back to the way it was in the past." "Restore the Republic!" "Restore the Republic!" The nobles in the audience also began to shout. Hundreds of nobles present shouted in unison, leaving the common people unable to react.
However, facing such a situation, Hilde was calm and composed, without showing any surprise, as if everything in this matter was under his control. When the noble finished speaking, the atmosphere on the field also cooled down a little. Hilde then turned around with a smile and asked the noble: "Dear sir, what is your name?" "My name is Picos." Pixar had a sour face and didn't look happy at all. "So that's how it is. What you said makes sense. Logically, I should indeed hand over my rights to the Council of Nobles. But there is one thing I want to confirm first. This matter has extraordinary significance for the citizens present. That is the issue of land distribution that I promised the commoners. If I hand over my rights, will you fully fulfill it? Or will you ruthlessly occupy these lands and use them for your own cultivation? After all, although many of these lands have no owners, aren't they actually owned by you nobles?" "You don't need to worry about this, Lord Hilde. Our Council of Nobles has ruled this city-state for nearly a hundred years, so we naturally know how to handle this matter. Our glorious republican tradition will allow every citizen of Byzantium to enjoy the rights they deserve, so the problem you are worried about will not occur." "So this is ah." Hilde continued with a smile. "But the civilians here? Do you believe it?" Faced with Hilde's question, the civilians off the court became a little hesitant. They couldn't help but recall what life was like in Byzantium, which was ruled by the aristocratic parliament in the early years. In that era, as a civilian in Byzantium, although there would not be any particularly big risks, the rights to land and mines were indeed in the hands of the nobles. They could only earn capital to survive through their hard work, and some civilians were unfortunately in debt when dealing with the nobles, and finally had to sell themselves into slavery. Some slaves in Byzantium were not prisoners of war from other places, but local bankrupt civilians. "We don't believe it!" At this time, some civilians raised their hands. “They’re going to take our land!” "Yes, they are insidious and cunning! They will make us bear debts! In the end, we will have to become their slaves!" "They are just a bunch of greedy villains!!!" When Hilde put the conflict between the commoners and the nobles on the stage, this citizens' assembly formed a confrontation between the nobles and the commoners. The nobles thought that this way they could make Hilde hand over power smoothly, but they didn't expect that Hilde would also use this incident to incite the commoners' resentment towards the nobles. The nobles looked at the shouting commoners around them in surprise, as if these commoners would take up weapons and cut the nobles into pieces. "The aristocratic republic has always been the tradition of my city-state, from the Miletus period to the Byzantine city. This is our tradition, so this tradition must never be changed." Picos was still trying to argue. But such an explanation is sheer nonsense to Hilde and the civilians.
The first section of the sixth tune questions your contempt for God The so-called traditions can actually be broken. When people can't even get enough food to eat, when even survival becomes the most basic problem, all traditions must give way to having enough food to eat and living a good life. This is something everyone has experienced firsthand. The reason why the nobles can't understand this is because they have no worries about food and clothing, so they will pay attention to issues related to tradition. At this time, Hilde seized the loophole in the other party's words and fought back. "Tradition? That's your tradition, but is handing over all power to the previous dictator Patrofilos also your tradition? Your tradition almost caused the city of Byzantium to be completely destroyed, and you all had to be buried with it. Is this a tradition you don't pursue? If your noble council is really as wise as you say, then how could what happened before happen?" Hilde's words left Picos unable to refute for a moment. "If the aristocratic republic is really excellent, then why does a tyrant appear?" At this time, the advantage on the court was on Hield's side. When the nobles were unable to give an accurate answer to this question, Hilde stepped forward and continued, "Since the original system cannot guarantee that our city-state will not be invaded by foreign enemies, cannot guarantee that the citizens of the city-state will live a good life, and cannot guarantee that evil will never triumph over justice, then this is not a suitable system. The original system has been enough to prove that the original rulers were corrupt and incompetent enough. If you still want to restore the old system now, you are simply playing with the future of the city-state. Gods above, Picos, please ask yourself, are you going to restore the old system out of respect for tradition or the pursuit of your own selfish interests?" “Of course it’s tradition!” Picos also refused to give in. "You are not from our Byzantine Empire, so you cannot continue to be the Archon." "What pathetic words! I am the oracle of Lady Athena. Lady Athena sent me here to save Byzantium. But after I completed this mission, you nobles treated me like a used piece of trash and wanted to abandon me. Do you still have God in your hearts? I now have sufficient reason to suspect that you are guilty of contempt for God. I am afraid that your hearts have long been corrupted by money and interests, and you no longer have God in the sky." "You are such a slanderer!!!" Picos turned pale when he heard such accusations. In ancient Greece, if someone was accused of despising the gods, it was a very serious crime, especially since the gods had a high status in the hearts of the common people. Many city-states needed to sacrifice to the gods in exchange for blessings when they went to war, and if a person despised the gods or even spoke rudely to the gods, he would most likely be exiled or even sentenced to death. As the oracle of Athena, Hilde suddenly said such a thing, which was an extremely serious accusation for Picos. Obviously, Picos was now in a state of confusion, because the angry eyes of the common people had been focused on him. If he did not solve this matter in time, he might be charged with blasphemy and would never be cleared of it. Picos turned his attention to other nobles for help, but when Hilde had already said this, these nobles chose not to help. They all left his sight and pretended that this matter had nothing to do with them. As the first one to speak out, Picos was suddenly in a passive situation. At this time, Hilde's face was no longer smiling. He successfully shifted the topic to blasphemy, making Picos, like Patrofilos before, fall into everyone's accusations. "No, that's not the case!" Picos looked at the citizens in the audience. "I definitely don't mean to blaspheme Lady Athena!!!" "Picos you are such a bastard!" "Lady Hilde won us victory and allowed us to live a good life again, but you are questioning Lady Hilde's intentions and Lady Athena's gift!" The civilians in the audience began to accuse him, and when Picos heard these words, he was sweating profusely and fell into a state of extreme tension. For a moment, he didn't know what to do. This situation was exactly what Hilde needed. She knew that Picos had become the scapegoat and the noble group he represented had completely abandoned him. In this case, it would be better to just go with the flow and let Picos become an important chess piece for Hilde to suppress the noble class. At this time, Amyntas led the army into the meeting place of the citizens' assembly. When these fully armed soldiers appeared in the meeting place, all the citizens fell into panic, especially the nobles. They began to worry whether Hilde would use the army to launch a coup. But at this time, Amyntas took off the bronze helmet on his head, raised his head and looked at Hilde and said, "We respected soldiers are also qualified to attend this citizens' assembly." Section 2 of the Sixth Adjustment: Reformulated Policy “They do have the qualifications.” Hilde nodded. Seeing the soldiers coming, the last hope in the nobles' hearts disappeared. The nobles had originally planned that as soldiers they would not be able to attend the Citizens' Assembly for the time being, which would provide the nobles with ample opportunities. After all, most of the soldiers who could become soldiers had the citizenship to participate in politics, but most of them were born as civilians or fallen nobles, so their position would definitely be on Hilde's side. If they were unable to attend the Citizens' Assembly, the nobles' plan to force Hilde to step down would be smoother, but now Amyntas had brought them here, which meant that the nobles' plan had failed. At this time, Picos standing on the stage was like a clown, and his expression was very interesting.
He was full of confidence and had prepared to make an impassioned speech on stage and then let Hilde walk off the stage in disgrace. But he did not expect that he would become the one who was disgraceful. He was sold out by other nobles and became the scapegoat for the failure of this operation. He might face a very terrible result. At this time, Hilde turned around and aimed his eyes at Picos. "Picos! If you repent now, there is still a chance!" Faced with Hilde's warning, Picos' knees began to weaken. He fell to his knees and said to Hilde. "I absolutely have no intention of insulting Lady Athena, nor do I mean to overstep my authority. I know my words and actions are problematic, so I am willing to be punished. I hope Lady Hilde can be magnanimous." Pix's body began to tremble, because without Hilde's forgiveness, the angry civilians might tear him to pieces. "Since you sincerely admit your mistakes, I can give you a chance." "Thank you, Master Hilde." "Then I will deprive you of your noble status, confiscate all your property, and reduce you to a slave." Hearing this, Picos looked up in surprise. "How can this be possible?" "You can actually be exiled from the city for the crime of contempt for God. However, I will give you one chance. After becoming a slave, you can also go to the battlefield to kill enemies. Kill three enemies and you will be free again. Just like I said before, after you regain your freedom, everything I confiscated will be returned to you as the price you need to pay for contempt for God." Before Picos could refute Hilde, he spoke to the civilians in the audience. "Do you agree?" "agree!!!" "Such a bitch should be made a slave." No matter it was the common people or the nobles who should have been on the same side with Picos, now they were so angry that they had pushed Picos onto a very dangerous cliff. For Picos, his good days were over today. He began to deeply regret why he had to be the first to stand out. He just wanted to show off in front of everyone, just wanted to take this opportunity to make himself famous, just wanted to become the leader of the nobles, but he paid such a price. At this time, several soldiers who received the order came to the stage, pressed Picos to the ground, and then took him away. No matter how Picos cried, it was useless. Through this method, Hilde not only disintegrated the plans and unity of the nobles, but also implemented the slavery issue. After the citizens in the city agreed to a series of policies that allowed Pix to be demoted to a slave, it meant that the order about slaves that Hilde had just issued was allowed. Because Pix could gain freedom by killing three enemies, then other slaves could also gain freedom through this method. "Everyone, please be quiet." The court was completely boiling over, but Hield still asked everyone to calm down first. "Since Picos has just raised this issue, we must solve it. The aristocratic republic system of Byzantium has lost its due mission. Obviously, the aristocratic republic system cannot make our city-state stronger, nor can it help our city-state stay away from sin. Therefore, we need a more enlightened system, a more superior system, to help our city-state out of trouble. Since all the citizens in the city have arrived here, let's take this opportunity to work together to determine what the city-state's next political system should be like." This is Hilde's purpose today. The city-state needs to re-establish its political system. And Hilde's real goal is to obtain stable rights. The original aristocratic republic system did not meet Hilde's requirements at all, because the aristocratic republic often protected the interests of the aristocratic slave owners. Sometimes, for the sake of the slave owners' own interests, the interests of the city-state would even be abandoned, which is why tyrants like Patrofilus were born. Therefore, the aristocratic republic that had long been abandoned by many city-states needed a new system to replace it. In fact, Hilde had already thought of the new system a long time ago, but he was unable to propose it. “I hope everyone can put forward their own suggestions!” Hilde gave the right to determine the system to the citizens below.
At this time, a noble stood up with full confidence on his face, and said with a smile. "Lord Hilde comes from the great Athens, and it is this land of Athens that has nurtured such an outstanding talent as Lord Hilde. This shows that the democratic system from Athens is an advanced system. If we learn from Athens, we can form a citizen assembly for all citizens, allowing all citizens of the city-state to participate in and manage the affairs of the city-state and become the masters of Byzantium. I suggest that our Byzantium city can learn from Athens to establish two levels of administrative institutions, the Council and the Citizen Assembly, and elect nine archons to govern and rule our city-state." Chapter 3 of the sixth chapter: The dispute between the two great archons The nobleman raised his hands passionately when he reached this point. "Here, I petition all citizens to nominate our Lord Hilde as the Archon of the City of Byzantium." In the democratic political system of Athens, the archon is the head of the nine archons and the supreme ruler of Athens. The reason why it is called the archon is that the era is determined by the name of the archon. For example, the current archon of Athens is Pericles, so Athens is now in the Pericles era. If this system is implemented smoothly, then for the city of Byzantium, the era it is now experiencing will be called the Shild Age. Therefore, for an individual, this is an extremely honorable title. He at least meant that this person's name would be remembered forever in history and become a part of the history of this city-state. Therefore, when the noble said this, both the nobles and the common people in the audience smiled with satisfaction, because this system might be the best in their imagination. However, when Hilde heard this, she just smiled and looked at the noble who had just spoken. She did not express her attitude, but continued to ask, "Does anyone have other opinions?" Obviously, this answer was not what Hilde wanted. It was a very strange thing that a man from Athens should dislike the political system of Athens. However, Amintas, who was standing in the audience, understood exactly what Sheld wanted. However, this was not the time for Amintas to step out and proactively state the result Sheld wanted. The most important thing now was to continue waiting until the audience realized something before they could proactively step out and end the discussion. And at this moment, a knowledgeable civilian stood up. "I have a suggestion." In fact, it is quite difficult for a commoner to understand the differences in the political systems among various city-states. After all, it is not so common to have access to education in that era. But this commoner knew more about the political system. After listening to what the nobles had said about Athens' democratic political system, he also wanted to express his own opinion: "Everyone, I think Lady Hilde is not limited to this position. If we want to establish a democratic system, we must elect Lady Hilde as the lifelong consul. Otherwise, how can we be worthy of her contribution to the city-state?" "Consul for life?" Hearing this, some nobles couldn't help but show surprised expressions. "Just because you expelled the Thracians, you have become a lifetime consul. This seems to be a bit too much of an exaggeration for Lord Hilde's achievements. In all city-states, those who can become lifetime consuls must have made great contributions. I personally think that Lord Hilde's contributions have not yet reached the requirements of lifetime consuls." The noble who had just proposed the implementation of a democratic system stood up and opposed the commoner. "I think the title of lifetime consul is very suitable for Lord Hilde." "If she becomes the Archon of the Year, it means that Mistress Hill can stay in this position for at least 20 years. If Mistress Hilde is really an excellent person and can lead Byzantium to glory, then she can stay in this position for a very long time. This does not mean that Mistress Hilde cannot stay in power for life and cannot make her own contributions to Byzantium all her life." "Yeah, I think so too." There are many different opinions, and everyone has their own ideas about Hilde's next position. But whether it is a nominal consul or a lifelong consul. These are actually what Hilde doesn't want. Only Amintas off the court knew what Hield really wanted. Is democracy really good in this era? I'm afraid we need to question it. The reason is that the democracy of this era is a very narrow democracy. Foreigners, women, and young people in the city-state have no chance to participate in political life, nor do they have democratic rights. Democracy is a simple and crude direct democracy, which will lead to the tyranny of the majority. In order to gain power, the rulers need to use their sweet words to deceive citizens, which will corrupt people's conscience. Hilde knew the example of Pericles very well.
Although he was an excellent consul. However, he needs to convince the Citizens' Assembly for all his policies. The Citizens' Assembly trusted Pericles deeply. In short, the democratic system of Athens had made Pericles the de facto king. Although the Athenians may have always believed that their system was the best, they did not realize this. Although the Athenian system gave everyone the power to participate in politics, in reality, the rulers and decision-makers of the country were still the archons and generals.