The plaintiff and the defendant set the front of Tri Toddmos. According to the law, given that the plaintiffs did not necessarily understand the widely entries of the Diorian Code and their eloquence were not necessarily good, they could hire lawyers to conduct court prosecution. However, Polyxis, who was first tried in this case, decided to defend himself. Since the crimes he committed far exceeded the scope of the original plaintiff (i.e., the liberated slaves), the prosecutor appointed by the court brought the lawsuit. The prosecutor was Aristocrates, the former clerk of Davers.

After Aristocrates was appointed as a preparatory citizen of Dionia, Davers suggested that he go to the court to work, and he also passed the assessment smoothly. Starting from the original court recorder, he worked hard while studying Dionia's laws. When he became a formal citizen of Dionia, he served as a low-level judge in the circuit court. For more than a year, he became a new star among judges of Dionia with the dazzling results of "more than 200 cases and disputes". In this trial, Davers personally asked him to be the prosecutor and had high hopes for him.

Because Davers transformed the trial system of later generations to Dionia, it looked unique from the beginning.

You should know that the most highly regarded Athenian courts in this era did not have special judges. Only the order officials maintained the court procedures. The power of the trial was in the hands of the jury, but the jury did not have a fixed number of people. Instead, the number of people was determined based on the size of the case. The highest number of jury members could reach more than 2,000, and the result of the trial was determined by the majority vote. Therefore, the jury must participate regardless of the size of the case. About three or four thousand citizens ran back and forth in the city and the port every day. It was also joked by other city-states that "Athenites were Greeks who loved litigation."

But in Dionia, except for important cases such as murders, treasons, etc., there can be a jury to make the verdict, other civil disputes are generally finalized by the judge. Even if the defendant requests a jury, it is highly likely to be rejected. The reason is that the citizens of the Dionia Alliance are busy, including military training, field work, market trade, public facilities construction... There is not so much free time to sit in the court and listen to the plaintiff and defendant telling things that have nothing to do with him.

Because Athens is extremely rich, it is worthy of compensation for being a juror, and some citizens even make a living by making a living, so citizens are happy to go there.

In short, with Dionia's existing strength and financial resources, it cannot afford this time-consuming and cost-effective Athenian trial, and it is not prepared to be implemented in this way. The Dionians are worried about illegal activities, and they are affected in joining the legion, holding public office, and receiving city-state rewards. Really large crimes are rare. Therefore, such large-scale trial scenes with juries are rarely seen by the public. Many people can be said to be the first time that they witnessed the operation of the Dionia trial.

Victory Square was soon filled with people, and people kept coming outside the venue...

When the liquid level of the water clock fell to the eight o'clock scale, Terry Toddmoth rang the bell for the opening of the court.

Since the plaintiff and the defendant were on the court, the prosecutor made a statement at the beginning. Aristocrates sued the temple of liberating slaves, and the patrol team searched according to the rules and found evidence... After brief explanations, the jury was immediately displayed to the jury and accused Polyxis of illegally occupying land and restricting the freedom of others.

The people below began to have a commotion.

Terry Toddmos had to ring the bell to remind the people present to keep quiet. He then signaled that the defendant Polyxis could defend himself.

As a veteran of politics for a long time, Polyxis still held his head high and kept his spirits high, because he knew that if he showed decadence, the people would think that he was guilty of his heart. At that time, although he did not participate in the formulation of the legal trial system, he listened to the entire process of Davers persuading the veterans. Therefore, he knew that the key to being released from acquittal in the large-scale trial in Dionia was the jury, so he said in a passionate voice: "Dear members of the jury, I remembered it now.

My father, my grandfather... As one of the earliest founders of Turiyi City, they sprinkled all their energy and blood on this once wilderness land, which led to the prosperous city today. Influenced by my father, I have been making my own efforts for this city since I was an adult. Like you, I have been farming in the fields, working as soldiers, participating in battles, and serving as a low-level public official. Later, I was elected General Turiyi many times by the people, and I tried my best to do my best for this city-"

At this time, Aristocrates stood up and interrupted him: "Polyxis, as one of the former generals of Turiyi, you should take responsibility for the burning of Turiyi! And when the last city was broken, as a general, you did not lead the people to face the enemy, but disappeared, and you dared to say that you had given everything for the city-state! This is not a fact at all!" Obviously, Aristocrates carefully investigated Polyxis' life in advance.

As soon as he finished speaking, someone in the audience responded: "He was right! I was in the team facing the Crotones, and many people died in battle, including Neonsis, but I never saw Polyxis, you figure from beginning to end!"

"coward!"

"coward!"

...

Someone from the audience started to curse.

"Quiet! Quiet!" Terry Toddmoth had to ring the bell again, reminding the public to keep quiet, and warned: "Don't talk about topics that have nothing to do with this defense, come back to the alleged issues."

It should be said that since there are not many large-scale trial cases in the various courts of Dionia, young judges like Aristocrates lack experience, otherwise they could protest when Polyxis spoke.

But their initial confrontation attracted the attention of the people. The courts were like battlefields, verbal battles, life and death, and the risks and intensity were far greater than watching a drama. The people of Dionian began to open their eyes, looking forward to their more exciting debates.

Polyxis was quite embarrassed. He was selfish and really forgot that he had been a deserter. He originally wanted to continue to promote his hard work and contributions in the Senate, but now there was no chance. He looked at his opponent deeply and began to say: "As a senator in the Senate, I have always regarded the consul Davers as an example and responded to Hades' revelation. Therefore, despite his own losses, he gave the slaves in his family a lot of freedom. So far, 57 slaves have been released, and 6 have become official citizens. I think besides Lord Davers, there is no citizen in Dionyya who treats slaves as kind as me! No!" Polyxis looked around with a stern expression.

"The liberated slaves, out of gratitude and repaid, have to give me some money and goods every year. I refuse their kindness and barely accept it. Because with more money, I can buy more slaves and give more slaves freedom!... Alas, but I never expected that they would be mistaken for corruption! This... This is a huge blow to my enthusiasm for learning from Lord Davers! This is a misunderstanding!..." He looked aggrieved at the jury.

Aristocrates said coldly: "Whether Polyxis is corrupt, please allow me to ask the witnesses."

Terry Toddmoth nodded in agreement.

Aristocrates called a total of ten witnesses, all of whom were liberation slaves of Polyxis, some who had just been released, some who had become preparatory citizens, and some who were already formal citizens. These witnesses with citizenship did not want to appear in court, but were enforced by the court because this was the obligation of the Union citizens.

After they swore to God Hades that they would not lie, Aristocrates asked him questions one by one, one sharper than the other. During this period, Polyxis tried to interrupt several times, but was scolded by Judge Terry Toddmos.

Seeing that Polyxis was in a bad situation, the witnesses were afraid of being charged with lying again, so they were sentenced to "blasphemy", so they revealed everything.

Now the people near Mutai have understood: First of all, the location of the land owned by these witnesses is enviable, all of which are fertile land on the Xubari Plain. You should know that when the alliance was first established, there were many people and land. In order not to waste the land, there were many lands for the free people and liberated slaves to rent. Later, the rent of Xubari land began to be tense, and it was not enough to distribute it to the reserve citizens. How could the free people rent the free people? The slaves who had just been released by Polyxis could still rent the good land. This is a very big problem;

Secondly, after these witnesses paid the alliance's tax, they had to pay another 40% of the land income of Polyxis;

Again, witnesses who become formal citizens actually have to give Poluxis 5% of his own land income every year. Why do formal citizens take the initiative to give him money? Because Poluxis bribed some people from the Ministry of Agriculture and used "shares" to measure the land, and they tampered with one and a half acres when measuring the land. Because their "shares" are often in remote places and are not easy to be discovered. Therefore, these citizens from the Poluxis family benefited, and were afraid that the Ministry of Agriculture would be taken back every year when the land was randomly inspected by the Ministry of Agriculture, so they took the initiative to give Poluxis benefits.
Chapter completed!