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Chapter 138 Su Ye's Insights

"We're very interested," Kelton said.

Su Ye thought for a while and said, "First of all, the current class distribution in Athens is very uneven. It can be said that there are only two levels, aristocrats and civilians. As for slaves, I also want to say a lot, but apart from debt slaves, the slaves of the Gentiles are not within the scope of discussion. In other words, only the nobles hold power. This leads to the magicians and warriors who have been growing up with their own efforts, even if they reach the golden level, they do not have much power or power."

"With the frequent occurrence of wars, these middle and lower-level magicians and warriors became the main forces that influenced Athens, and these people accumulated enough wealth through war, plunder, hunting, exploration, etc. However, we found that the contribution of the nobles to the war and the contribution to the city-state became lower and lower. As one goes up and down, the middle and lower-level people must have accumulated considerable resentment and a very strong demand. If the needs of these people cannot be met, Athens will inevitably be in chaos. Even if they are as strong as a noble, they will inevitably compromise. They cannot kill all the civilians and leave a world of pure aristocrats."

Everyone nodded slightly.

"Secondly, the city-state form is different from the state form. Athens is very big, but after all, it is a city-state form. They are all people who live in a city. Persia is different. Persia is an empire. Their city is like wheat grains sprinkled on the ground, endless. The destruction of any city will not affect the overall situation, so the upper class will not care about the lower class people. Athens is different. Even if a block is destroyed, it will shock every Athenian."

"This city-state form is not a slave, and is destined to make Athenian citizens think that the gap between people is not particularly large, and they will not worship the Persian king as a god like Persia. The city-state form and the state form have various differences, such as population, such as disaster resistance, etc., which force the upper class to not ignore the interests of the civilians."

Fast appreciated: "This angle is very unique and insightful!"

Kelton and Nedel and repeatedly nodded.

"The third point is to involve culture and living conditions. Even the demigod family does not have a permanent dominance..."

Su Ye said five points one after another, and also hid some radical views.

"It was their mistake that the mysterious organization did not invite you." Fast sighed.

"So, how do you think Solon will reform." Nedel.

Su Ye was very cautious. Although Blue Star’s Solon’s reform was very famous, Solon here could not use the same reform method.

Blue Star Solon reformed the ancient Greek gentry, restored the once-appeared civic conventions, and then created a 400-person parliament, a civic jury court, changed the law, and established a new class.

Before Solon, ancient Greece divided classes according to its bloodline. After the reform, it divided classes according to possession of property, and according to annual income, it was divided into five hundred buckets of wheat, knight, ox yoke and Japanese tutor.

Obviously, Athens in this world pays more attention to strength than wealth.

Su Ye said: "Absolutely, Solon will break the secondary class of the nobles and the civilians and add a new class, one or two. For example, between the civilians and the nobles, create a 'knight class' so that these people have power similar to the nobles. Or, restore the once-common congress, so that some Athenian citizens are qualified to participate in Athenian government affairs. I feel that in order to win support, Solon will abolish debt slaves. After all, it is too cruel to be forced to become slaves because of owing money. However, Solon probably has no energy to care about those Gentile slaves."

"Your thoughts are a bit amazing," Kelton said.

"It's hard to say." Nedel said.

Fast sighed and said, "I really want to grab you directly into the army and use the strength of the army to cultivate you. Unfortunately, I can't delay you. Plato Academy is your best place to grow."

"General, do you completely believe Su Ye's nonsense?" Kelton said in surprise.

Fast said seriously: "Don't underestimate this young man. Because, not long ago, General Mithayad also said that Athens needed a new middle class, and Athens might resume the civic assembly, and even said that debt slaves should be abolished. I only thought he was inspired at the time, but today I realized what he should have seen and expressed his opinion. The two almost coincided."

"Sorry, General, I made a mistake." Kelton did not dare to talk back to Fast because Fast hated the most that he was wrong and he was rude.

Fast's expression became more pleasant, and he patted Su Ye on the shoulder and said, "I will definitely tell General Mitayard what happened today. He will definitely like you very much. Unfortunately, your rank is too low. Grow up quickly, Athens needs you!"

Kelton suddenly realized that the salad for dinner seemed to have too much lemon juice, and it smelled sour from his stomach to his mouth.

He had never seen General Fast praise a man like this, and he was so young.

"General, you have been too rewarded. But there is one thing you are right. I am still too young and need to continue to accumulate strength." Su Ye said.

When we arrived near the mountain gate, the carriage entered the street next to us, found a place to stop, several people got out and walked to the municipal square.

At this time, the municipal square was already crowded with tens of thousands of Athenian citizens coming here, and the number of people increased.

On the municipal square and nearby roads, there are many magicians constantly releasing their floating light, making it like daytime.

Su Ye even saw that many civilians ran towards here in tears.

As the crowd continued to move forward, Su Ye and others finally arrived at the Municipal Plaza.

In the deepest part of the Municipal Square, an old man in a white robe stood there on a temporary wooden platform.

The old man only had a golden collar on his neck and did not have a magic beard megaphone, but every word he said could spread throughout the city.

Su Ye looked at the man from afar, recalling the information about Solon on the road before, and found that Solon was only in his forties or fifties, but he looked nearly sixty years old.

Perhaps Solon's appearance is very vicissitudes, and when he said those words, it makes people more convinced.

Solon was thinner than he thought, his eye sockets were slightly inward, his yellowish-brown skin was a little loose, not tall and mighty, but his voice was full of power and his eyes were full of passion.

Solon's eyes seemed to reflect the light of all Greece.

Perhaps it was his eyes that illuminated the whole of Greece.

At this time, Solon began to announce some of his political propositions.

"I think the greatest injustice, the greatest sin, and the greatest darkness of Athens is to deny efforts! A person who spends his whole life to become a golden magician or a golden warrior, but may still be treated like a dog by a nobleman! How ridiculous is this!"

"These warriors and magicians fought against the Persians and the monsters. Their corpses were all over Greece, and what about the nobles? Sitting at home to enjoy the service of slaves, and those slaves were likely to have the families of the fallen heroes! How unfair is this!"

"I think Athens needs a new class, a class that recognizes hard work, a class that is fair, a new class that no one can trample on at will!"
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