Before his former Roman emperor died, he told Caracala that only by letting the imperial guards eat enough can his emperor's throne be firmly seated.

If the Imperial Guards are not full, they will die.

Therefore, it is most important to let the Imperial Guards eat enough. It is not a big problem for others to eat enough, and some are enough to eat.

He did what his father said, so that the Imperial Guards were full and were fully supported by the Imperial Guards.

It is precisely because of this that he can kill his younger brother and become the only dictator.

Without the support of the Imperial Guards, he could not take the initiative in the city of Rome, nor could he talk about dictatorship.

That's why he was shocked. He was shocked that the emperor of the Wei Empire actually defeated the veterinary class in the empire and enjoyed the taxes of the empire alone.

Can you do something, how terrifying should this country and this emperor be?

How did he do it?

Wang Wei's emotions were more complicated when it came to Emperor Karakara's surprise.

On the one hand, this is the pride of being a citizen of the Wei Empire.

On the other hand, the emperor's policies were an indiscriminate blow to those who owned a large amount of land, so he was unfortunately hit.

Emotionally complicated.

The country is indeed strong and glorious, but its own interests are damaged.

Wang Wei didn't know how to evaluate objectively.

But of course, the first attitude should be followed.

"Yes, His Majesty the Emperor of Our Country is very brave. This country was established by him, so when a large-scale rebellion occurred, His Majesty the Emperor was not worried. He defeated them tactfully and obtained all their land and wealth. Now all citizens of the Wei Kingdom have to pay taxes, everyone."

The translation relays Wang Wei's words again.

After hearing this, Emperor Caracala looked at the manors spread across the territory of the Roman Empire outside the car, and those beautiful and rich lands that did not belong to him, thinking about it.

How can we do all this and become the same person as that emperor?

Can I do what the emperor can do?

I will take everything in this country into my possession, and I will control it all, and I will control it all.

If you can do this, it will definitely be very pleasant and very happy.

He is the lord of a country, and I am also the lord of a country. We are all the lords of a country. Why can't I do what he can do? But I have to be constrained everywhere?

Emperor Caracala's father, Sevelu, was a powerful emperor and was also the head of the local army. He led his own army into the city of Rome and became the emperor, killing all the imperial guards left by the previous emperor and replacing them with his own people.

As a result, after he died, his own people followed suit and became a traditional imperial guard. Only Sevelu had the prestige to control the imperial guards. It was Karakara and his younger brother's turn, so they couldn't do it, so they asked for money.

If you want to obtain all the land and taxes in the country, you must first be able to absolutely control the elite troops of the Imperial Guards. This is an important reliance for him to become the emperor. If you cannot even directly control the Imperial Guards, you will not need to discuss what happened next.

What methods should be used to better control the Imperial Guards?

Emperor Karakara began to think.

Wang Wei didn't know what Emperor Karakara was thinking.

Perhaps his words gave Emperor Karakara some inspiration.

However, the Roman Empire and the Wei Empire were too different, and the same thing was destined to be difficult to happen to the overlords of these two worlds.

But the facts described by Wang Wei made Emperor Karakala firm his thoughts.

First, we must issue decrees to grant the identity of citizens of the Roman Empire to all free people in the country, so that tax officials can scatter out, so as to force them to pay taxes to themselves, thereby expanding the central government's financial resources.

Only with money can you do more.

What Wang Wei could do was limited, and the Roman powerful people also knew that Wang Wei's advance envoy was the identity of the advance envoy, but they knew more that this advance envoy would have a great influence on the official envoys later.

In front of formal envoys with the right to decide, what the envoy said must have great significance and may even determine the trade policy of Wei against the Roman Empire.

Therefore, they did not hide their goals and tried very hard to win over Wang Wei, trying to let Wang Wei understand the power of them and the alliance of family forces behind them in the Roman Empire, thus obtaining the special authorization of Wei in commodity traders.

They each have their own traditional spheres of influence.

The land conquered by the Roman army was often subject to military control rather than the civil servants' political control that was commonly used by the Wei Empire.

The county system implemented by the Wei Empire effectively maintained centralized rule and the power of the emperor, but this was not reflected in Rome.

Military generals, local tyrants and the emperor himself are often intertwined, and here, the emperor himself is often the smallest.

The governors of various provinces hold great power, and there are often complete governors who have obtained military, political and financial power, thus not defeating the central emperor at all.

In addition, the emperor is always killed by the Imperial Guards, and a new one is replaced every now and then, it cannot establish a sense of deterrence and belonging to the local area. It is natural for the local area to be more loyal to the governor.

The emperor obviously cannot make arbitrary decisions.

Local forces and military generals also have great voices on issues concerning major interests, and the emperor himself cannot limit anything.

Especially when Caracala has not yet gained military prestige.

All forces also have their own interests spokespersons in Rome to seize the initiative in time in major interests. They often have certain decision-making power, and such power will bring them great convenience.

So when Wang Wei heard that these people were introducing him to how powerful the power groups they belonged to were in various places, Wang Wei realized that these people were seeking benefits from him.

At the banquet, when these people were chatting with Wang Wei, Wang Wei noticed that Emperor Karakara's expression was not good.

His Majesty the Roman Emperor was obviously aware that these local forces were trying to gain benefits for the group of forces behind them.

Originally, these interests should belong to the emperor.

Now, due to various circumstances, Emperor Karakala cannot obtain these benefits, but instead wants to share this attractive piece of fat with these local forces.

So for a period of time later, Emperor Caracala often summoned Wang Wei to get along with him, and intentionally or unintentionally revealed that the place where they landed, Egypt, was the private property of the Roman emperor and completely belonged to the Roman emperor.

According to Emperor Caracala himself, starting from the founder of the Roman Empire, a great emperor, he conquered Egypt and regarded Egypt as the emperor's private property, and did not allow any powerful person to enter Egypt and touch his interests.

Later emperors inherited this huge fertile soil as the foundation of the emperor's existence. The Roman city and Egypt on the Apennine Peninsula became the basic foundation of the Roman emperor.

Wang Wei didn't know all this. Through the translation and retelling, he realized that the place they landed was the private territory of the Roman emperor and did not belong to any powerful faction.

If Wang Wei could start a distribution trade in goods in Egypt, he would give the best tax policy for goods from the Wei Empire.

Wang Wei realized that Emperor Karakara tried to control all the goods of the Wei Empire in Egypt, make himself the only second-trafficking dealer, swallow this piece of fat, and gain huge benefits.

And use this as political capital to threaten, control local forces, and enhance their own power.

As long as he can control all this, he will definitely gain an advantage and gain the initiative in trade. If local forces want to gain benefits, they must give up some autonomy to the emperor.

Emperor Karakara will get what he dreams of.

There is no doubt that if Wang Wei had not had the knowledge and understanding of these days, if he was a formal envoy, he would have agreed to this request.

The Wei Congress conducted the only trade with His Majesty the Roman Emperor, making him the only second-hand dealer and making huge profits from the trade.

However, based on the experiences and knowledge of these Heavenly King Wei in the city of Rome, he had a preliminary understanding of the political situation in Rome. He felt that Emperor Caracala should not be the only trading partner of the Wei Empire.

Local forces obviously realized what Emperor Karakara would say to Wang Wei, so when they invited or visited Wang Wei privately, they would tell Wang Wei some black information about Emperor Karakara.

For example, he killed his younger brother Gaita, became the only emperor with despicable means, and carried out a cruel purge of political enemies, and his status was not stable.

Especially since this position is not stable, it is very fatal.

The Imperial Guards support him and must obtain huge benefits. If they cannot obtain huge benefits, the Imperial Guards are likely to launch a coup again and kill him.

It is no longer a rare thing for the Roman emperor to be killed and then supported by the Imperial Guards.

Inside and outside of the words, these people tried to make Wang Wei realize that Emperor Karakara's position was not stable, not a single centralized and powerful emperor, and even his personal safety could not be guaranteed.

Because of this news, Wang Wei questioned the conditions of Emperor Karakara.

Of course, he is not a formal envoy. He has no final decision, but has a huge influence on the final decision.

In the fourth month after Wang Wei arrived in the city of Rome, he had become familiar with the Roman upper forces in all aspects and had a considerable understanding of the political situation of the Roman Empire and the past history.

During this period, Wang Wei heard and witnessed the confrontation between the emperor and local forces on commercial interests, whether in front of him or not.

It seems that the emperor and local forces still fail to reach a unified understanding of how to distribute these commercial interests.

The emperor wanted to take it alone, but the local forces were unwilling to put pressure on the emperor and expressed their opposition.

The two sides were in a deadlock, and no one was willing to take a step back and let the other party get benefits for no reason.

At this time, news came from Egypt again, saying that a larger fleet from Wei had arrived in Egypt.

The people who came down from above were dressed rigorously. They claimed to be the official envoy of the Emperor of Wei, one was called Zhang Liao and the other was called Xinpi.

They came to discuss the trade treaty between the two countries with His Majesty the Emperor of Wei on the order of His Majesty the Emperor of the Roman Empire.

When the news came, Emperor Karakara was excited and immediately found Wang Wei to verify with him. Wang Wei was shocked when he learned that the people were Zhang Liao and Xinpi.

It seems that Guo Peng attaches great importance to this exchange with the Roman Empire.

So he introduced the two messengers to Emperor Karakara.

Zhang Liao was a very famous general of the Wei State. He made many contributions in the war era and once destroyed a country.

Xinpi was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Wei State, the highest official who was responsible for diplomatic work, and he was at a high level among the official ranks.

When Caracala heard about it, she was very excited and immediately spread the news to let all Roman citizens know that the higher-level messenger of the Wei Kingdom was here.

They are coming to formally negotiate the trade rules.

Local forces also learned about the news and asked Wang Wei for confirmation, and Wang Wei agreed.

During this period, spokespersons of local forces also communicated with the interest groups behind them.

Wang Wei was not sure what agreement they reached, but judging from the current situation, Emperor Karakara became unprecedentedly isolated because he insisted on taking advantage of Egypt.
Chapter completed!