The city of Tripolis has been shrouded in a heavy and depressing atmosphere these days. Due to the entry of the Latins, the dissatisfaction of the imperial people in the city with the nobles finally reached an unparalleled level.

These nobles themselves launched a rebellion and betrayed Justinian, who had won high prestige in saving Molia and won high prestige in the fire and fire, which has aroused the disgust of most civilians. Now the act of inviting Latins to send troops to the house completely ignited the anger of the lower classes. The priests took the lead in running and shouting, and the artists in the open-air theater also slandered and scolded them in their own operas, which won the audience's praise. The crowd was in a turbulent manner, so that some nobles standing on the side of Leosgros at the beginning could not help but feel a little scared. Perhaps they were all nobles who were above the superior nobles, but it does not mean that they could really ignore the common people, especially the people of the Roman Empire, which had never been ignored. For example, the emperor Andronica I, who usurped the throne, was torn to pieces by the citizens of Constantinople in anger for only twenty years.

However, under the almost high pressure of Leosgros, all this quickly disappeared. Assassination, arrest and bloody suppression, the entire Tripolis seemed to be in terror. Due to the huge power gap and the deterrence of the Latin power, the resistance of the Tripolis civilians quickly had to go to a low point, and sporadic opponents could only sneak into the dark and wait for the opportunity.

On the other hand, although Leosgros successfully suppressed the potential threat in time, the residents throughout the city were increasingly nostalgic for Justinian's short period of regaining governance here, and even more disgusted with the lords who ruled themselves.

Especially the news of another rumor in the south exacerbated this commotion - the new Molia army who rushed back from Coroni finally rushed to the vicinity of Tripolis under the leadership of Justinian.

This not only made many people in the city happy after experiencing the cruel suppression, but also made the nobles of Moria a little nervous. They clearly realized how unpopular what they were doing. However, they had been tied to a chariot by Leosgros. They could only choose one way to go to black, and continued to rule the high pressure to carry out martial law throughout the city, while on the other hand, they met the almost harsh demands of the Latins who came here as much as possible. In the end, the Latins agreed to the conditions of Leosgros, and recognized the rewards with the Moria aristocrats to deal with the Justinian army that was increasingly approaching Tripolis.

For a time, the Latins and the Morian nobles formally joined forces, which cast a shadow on the good news that Justinian was originally back. However, another incident happened even more heartbroken by the people of the lower class, that is, the rumors had been rumored that the despised Count Alexia finally announced her surrender to Leosgros in full view of the public. This undoubtedly made people feel more pessimistic about the current situation. After all, in the eyes of ordinary people, this means that the power to support Justinian is less. Two days later, the private army of Anastasius stationed in Andravida also arrived at the city of Tripolis and announced their allegiance to Leosgros, completely destroying the hope that the dissatisfied lower class in the city had rekindled because of Justinian's return.

But these were all expected by Leosgros. As the Duke of Corinth, he had been in Constantinople for a long time. He understood very well what the so-called civilians were thinking and what the so-called public opinion was. Yes, most of the time, people only wanted to believe what they were willing to believe, and this was precisely how the lower power was so easy to use, and a little careless ruler would be used by political enemies to use this sharp sword to cut off the head on their necks. However,

Osgros has a further understanding of this, that is, the so-called people's will is very unreliable. As long as they are good at using de-dividing to deterrence, they may scatter like a mob at any time. Just as the Gragu brothers in the Republican era used the "public opinion" of the Citizens' Congress to force the Senate to make reforms, but the Senate finally fell, and no civilian in the entire city of Rome extended a helping hand to the Gragu brothers who dared to speak for them, and sat down and watched them be cruelly killed.

"Look at these cowardly people, Grand Duke Anastasius! They are always counting on others to save them, but are discouraged from danger. The boy you like wants to rely on them to abandon the old nobles, but they don't know that he does this without his own basics. Do you really think that Justinian can do what Emperor Alexei I did successfully? (Aleexii I became the throne and ascended the throne, the first thing after he succeeded to the throne was to clean up the aristocratic bureaucracy that occupied the dominance of the Byzantine Empire at that time, and prompted the military nobles to occupy the political stage of the empire in the future.

It completely changed the political system of Byzantine, and even had a huge impact on society and economy.)” Looking at the old man on the hospital bed, Leosgros said calmly, with no ridicule in his eyes but a faint mercy. To be fair, he always held a little respect in his heart. However, Leosgros saved his life not because of this slight respect, but for his final ambition. He was satisfied with in this troubled time, not just a small Molia, but the supreme and noble throne in Constantinople - Moria was just the beginning for him.

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