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Any tribune of the populace can veto any resolution of the consul and senate indefinitely (except during war), no matter whether the order is reasonable or not.

In addition, the tribunes of the populace also possessed a sanctity.

Anyone who harmed the tribunes of the populace for whatever reason was sentenced to death, and there was no such thing as exile at this time.

Tribunes of the people often use sanctity to do some jaw-dropping things, such as blocking voting channels and preventing people from voting.

Or block the door of your house and forbid you in disguise.

At the beginning, if Li Wei had a civilian tribune, he would not be so passive at all. Whether it was the Senate or the consul, a one-vote veto would do.

"Just wait, I guarantee you will regret it."

Lepida left here in despair after uttering a harsh word.

Appius let out a long breath. He knew that the matter was serious and he had to report it to Li Wei immediately.

So I bid farewell to the tribunes of the people and came to Li Wei's villa. Appius looked at the villa with envy. When will he have a villa on this mountain? This is the dream of every Roman. .

After the briefing, he was soon brought to a hall.

Serapio was lying on a couch and eating fruit in a very unimpressive manner, and a young man stood respectfully in front of Levi and reported something.

Appius listened carefully, isn't this exactly what happened at the newspaper office just now?

Who is he, and why did he report this to Li Wei.

"Come on, sit down, don't be too restrained here."

Serapio patted the couch next to him and said.

Appius smiled wryly, and you are the only one talking about this, how dare I sit casually in front of the big boss.

"No."

Appius said quickly.

"I see, you go down first, pay close attention to this matter, and report immediately if there is any new situation."

Levi said.

"Understood, Patriarch."

The young man said, and left here after speaking.

Appius looked at the young man carefully. Isn't this Marcian, a famous moneylender in Rome?

It is said that many elders have a close relationship with him and are his good friends.

"I already know what you want to say, you sit down first, let's talk about it."

Levi said.

Appius sat down immediately as he said, and Serabio couldn't help but rolled his eyes. If you dare to let me let you sit, you won't sit down. As soon as Li Wei asked you to sit down, you sit down immediately.

"How do you think Lepidus dealt with us?"

Levi asked.

"I feel that there are two methods that are most likely, one is to sue us, and the other is to hold a citizens' meeting."

Appius said that he was of noble origin, and he still knew the operating mechanism of Rome very well.

"He's right, it's useless to bring the matter to the Senate, we have tribunes of the populace,

The motion of the Senate can be vetoed at any time. Therefore, he can only sue first. If the prosecution fails, he may appeal to the Citizens' Assembly and demand that the newspaper be shut down. "

Serabio said.

The most important function of the consul is to lead troops to fight. In addition, he also presides over various meetings, divination, etc. Disputes between Roman citizens and citizens are all decided by the justices.

The number of justices in Rome is constantly increasing. There were only six justices in the past. After Sulla took down Rome, he increased the number of justices to eight.

Among them, one judge specialized in disputes between Roman citizens and Roman citizens, another judge ruled disputes between Roman citizens and pagans, and the others mainly ruled on disputes between provincial people.

To put it bluntly, the Senate is just an advisory body, and it has no law enforcement capabilities. Only when it is combined with the sanctity of the civilian tribunes, the Senate will have great power.

And Li Wei has a civilian tribune in his hands, who can veto the resolution of the Senate. This is a terrifying power. The civil tribune vetoed.

The helpless Roman Senate could only disband Caesar's military power after the term of the civilian tribune expired.

The consequence was that Caesar crossed the Rubicon River and marched into Rome, setting off a Roman civil war.

"Do you think he can succeed?"

Levi asked.

"It's hard to say, after all, there has never been such a thing as a newspaper before. But as long as we can handle the jury, we will be invincible."

Serabio said.

Li Wei nodded. Since Sulla became the dictator for life, he has reformed the jury system. Only the elders of the Roman Senate can be members of the jury.

In order to balance the power of nobles and knights, he stuffed a large number of knights into the Roman Senate, so that only nobles and knights could be members of the jury.

"It seems that I have to ask Su La for help. You are also doing activities in the Senate, and help me convince those elders who may become the jury."

Levi said.

Presumably Sura is willing to help this favor, and it is definitely not him who hates Lepidus the most, but Sura.

"no problem."

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Not to Li Wei's surprise, after Lepida returned, he immediately filed a lawsuit with the court.

Out of the intuition of a politician, Lepidus keenly felt that the newspaper would cause him great harm, so he had to sue Levi as soon as possible.

Seeing the subpoena personally sent by Lebiris, Li Wei couldn't help touching his nose, he didn't expect it to be so fast.

Although Lebiris was also a judge, he was in charge of disputes between Roman citizens and foreigners, not the presiding judge.

"The presiding judge this time is Cassius Longinus. This person is from Sulla, so we don't need to worry. The main thing is the jury. The jury has the final say on this matter."

Liberias said.

"This requires the hard work of Serabio and you, and Sura also said that he will help."

Levi said.

"No problem, just leave it to us."

Serapio laughed.

"Also we can't just watch, we need to act."

Li Wei said with a playful face, a mere Lepida dared to fight him, he really didn't know what to do.

Now his influence is deep-rooted, and he is no longer comparable to the little knight in Capua.

Inside Pompey's villa, Demetrius walked in with a newspaper.

"Here's today's paper."

Pompeo nodded and sat down.

Newspapers are the most popular in Rome recently. After Pompey knew that it was run by Li Wei, he bought some to find out.

After discovering that the first editions were "Juguda Wars" and "The New Conqueror of Africa and Numidia—Levi", Pompey couldn't help being surprised.

Because these two articles are respectively about Su La and Li Wei's war records, recording their days of fighting in Africa.

Pompey finished reading these with relish. As a general, he was very interested in these.

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