Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 1: Tax Officer Galladmus

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In 393 BC, on June 1st after the Great Greek War was completely subsided, countless Dionian people flocked to the center of its alliance-Turii, and witnessed Daves' presence in Hades. Formally ascended the throne in front of the temple and became king.

At that moment, the whole city fell into a carnival.

At this point, the Dionian City-State Alliance was renamed the Kingdom of Dionian, and King Davos declared: change the way of chronology of the disorder in Greece, the year of enthronement and king is the first year of the Kingdom of Dionian, and from then on After that, the sequential chronology is carried out.

Time flies, and it's the tenth year of Dionian (that is, 383 BC) in a flash.

The weather in August is very hot, but the tax officer of Prosdemo, Naxos, still walks in the fields, in order to reconfirm the growth of the land and crops owned by each family. To roughly estimate how much land tax each household within the jurisdiction should pay after the autumn harvest.

The tax paid by Dionian citizens can be in kind, such as wheat, olive oil, grapes..., or gold and silver coins. This requires tax officials not only to have strong calculation skills, but also to be familiar with the market. The price of the product. Moreover, when collecting taxes, there must be sufficient manpower to avoid mistakes. So often in those few days, not only will the chiefs of the Demers not only remove public officials to assist the tax officials in collecting taxes, but they will also increase the number of registered accountants in the jurisdiction. , Writer, handed over to the command of the tax officer.

Galadmus can be a tax officer, but he successfully completed the three levels of junior, middle, and senior at the most famous Turriy School, and graduated with excellent mathematics. He graduated from Dionia Academy The scholar who came out of the School of Mathematics to serve as a school teacher hoped that he could enter the academy and continue his studies, but he insisted on living independently as an adult early, so he easily passed one of the two most difficult public examinations in the Kingdom of Dionia. -Tax official selection examination (the other examination is the judge selection examination, which is famous for requiring memorization of a large number of legal provisions and careful logical thinking).

After two years of busy work as a trainee tax officer and assistant, he once again officially became a junior tax officer of Dionia with outstanding performance and was assigned to Naxos, Sicily by the Ministry of Finance of the Kingdom. This is his second year working here, and he is only 24 years old at this time, which can be said to be promising.

Prosdemo region has five villages. Although it is located in the middle reaches of the Alcantara River, near the foot of Mount Etna, the terrain is not flat, but the land is more fertile (because of volcanic ash). The population is not large, with a total of 452 households, 1,822 people, and 2,680 mu of arable land.

After Galademos took office as the tax officer of Prosdemo, he traveled to the village, and it took half a year to thoroughly understand the conditions of the fields in his jurisdiction. Of course, the agricultural officer of Prosdemo also has detailed records in this regard. The tax officer only needs to refer to his records to successfully complete the work of collecting land taxes. But Galademos is a more serious person, and always counts only after confirming with his own eyes, so his relationship with the Caidmer Agricultural Officer is not very good.

"My lord, take a sip of water, it's too hot in this weather." A tax collector who followed him picked up a water-filled skin and said as he wiped his sweat.

In recent years, Dionia schools have been established in most cities in the kingdom. Many citizens who want to engage in public office have greatly improved their literacy, writing, and arithmetic skills after studying at the school. Take public examinations in various departments. Citizens who cannot pass the formal examinations can also participate in the secondary examinations and serve as small officials. According to their years of service and performance in the kingdom, they still have the opportunity to be promoted to official positions.

The two tax collectors who followed Galadmus are both local citizens. They work as tax collectors during the slack season and receive a certain salary. They also have to go home to farm the farmland during busy periods. They are actually part-time jobs, the Kingdom of Dionian. Relying on these part-time staff members to support various management tasks at the grassroots level in the entire kingdom. Therefore, every official who officially took office in the Kingdom was warned by the officials during the internship: to respect the subordinates, otherwise the work would not be supported and it would be difficult to complete the tasks assigned by the superiors!

"Thank you, Gabrinus!" Galademos thanked him, took the skin pouch, took a sip of water, and felt his dry throat moisturized.

"What's so good about this? If you want to say thank you, I have to thank you for helping me solve some math problems during this time!" Gabrinus is determined to take the tax officer exam next year, and he is working hard during this time Learning.

Galadmus smiled and handed him the bag back.

"Finally there is the last one left. After the investigation, we can return to Meyaro." Another tax collector, Cabanax, urged euphemistically. He was ten years older than Galarinus, when he was younger. Having gone through the turbulent period when Naxos was destroyed, coupled with his old age, he did not have the same kind of advancement as his colleagues. He only hopes that he can always farm and collect taxes as he does now, live a full and peaceful life, and have an excellent year-end assessment. "It's even better, it means honor and more rewards. He had only gotten this situation once in the last year, and he knew that it was all due to Galademus. Looking at this year's situation, the Prosdemo Taxation Office they are responsible for is likely to be rewarded again, so even though following this young tax official will be more tired, he is still willing to obey.

The last one! Galademos looked ahead with a mixed mood.

Because the identity of the owner of the last house is not simple, it is Laodicean, the elder of the Kingdom Senate.

Laodixian was originally a famous family of Naxos. During Dionysius’s tenure as the tyrant of Syracuse, he went into exile to Lijim and later landed in Sicily with the First Army of Dionysia. , Served as one of the leaders of the exiles of Naxos, and contributed to Dionia's final defeat of Syracuse and the acquisition of the Catania Plain. Later, Naxos was incorporated into Dionia, and Lao Dixian became the veteran of Dionia because of his achievements and influence in Naxos, and he also married his daughter to the first one at the time. The commander of the First Legion, the powerful faction of the Dionian Senate, and the confidant of King Davos-Antonios, can be described as having a deep background.

Laodixian became a veteran and moved to Turíy, but his home in Naxos was not sold because there was a five-acre "allotment" allocated to him by the Alliance, and he passed Antonius’ relationship bought the land in Naxos from Legionnaires who were rewarded for military service.

The land is not allowed to be bought and sold, but the land awarded later can be bought and sold. This is because the owner cannot take care of the distance and has to sell it, such as living in Turri or Amendorara. Legionnaires in Sicily are allocated land in Sicily. It takes nearly three days to take a boat alone. Not to mention that if you want to take care of the land there, you have to send a confidant domestic slave to work here all year round. It is laborious and laborious, so only It can be sold to citizens who are also Dionia.

Of course, the Great War ten years ago gave Dionia enough free land in Greater Greece. Most of the land awarded by the Legionnaires was in Greater Greece. Extra rewards were given to some outstanding Legionnaires. One or two acres of land in Sicily. The land is bought and sold, and the price is not cheap, but Laodixian is rich. If it weren’t for the official of the Ministry of Agriculture who was in charge of land sales and supervision of land transfers, he discovered that he had increased the price of the land too high and the amount of land he had purchased Too much and euphemistically persuade, the amount of land that Raodixian owns in Naxos is by no means limited to the current 78 acres.

Last year, Galademos had some conflicts with Laodixian’s family after he took office in Naxos, because he was serious about his work The land tax is levied less. Originally, most of his family's fields were halfway up the mountain, and it was relatively difficult to get water to irrigate the fields. Therefore, in the initial tax payment, most of his family's fields were set as middle-to-lower farmland, so the land tax was low.

However, after investigation by Galademus, it was discovered that Naxos built a large waterwheel along the Alcantara River eight years ago. From then on, the river water can easily irrigate all the fields of Laodixian’s family. , The water problem is solved. The harvest on mountainside farmland is even better than that on flat farmland. But the land tax on his family is levied every year according to the previous standard. The key is that the waterwheel was not built by the Laodicean family. It was a proposal made by the Naxos Council to the chief executive of the city and was built at public expense.

Therefore, Galademos believes that not only should the taxation amount of Laodixian's field be reset, but also the amount of tax owed in the past few years should be paid.

When Galladmus informed the Laodixian family of this decision, it caused an uproar. Not only did the other party refuse to pay more taxes, but the housekeepers who stayed behind also made various activities to force the Parliament to pressure the Chief Executive and criticize it. The tax office charges indiscriminately. Even the people in the village were instigated to protest that the new tax officials were too harsh and oppressed their Sicilians (in fact, Galademos weighed the wheat and other crops handed in too seriously when collecting taxes. Lack of catties less than two), which made Galademus’s tax collection work even impossible to proceed.

Furthermore, Galademus’s immediate boss, the Intermediate Tax Officer of Naxos City, was worried that he would appear incompetent if he discovered this many years of mistakes because Galademus suddenly opened this "lid." Influencing the future, and at the same time, the friends I have met in Naxos in recent years have also spoken good words for Laodixian’s family. This has made the tax official not only severely criticized Galadmus on many occasions, but also vetoed his “modification”. Raodixian’s tax amount and let him make up the debts" proposal.

The incumbent chief executive of Naxos is Stromboli. How can this tough but traditionally conservative Amendorara veteran succumb to the pressure of local parliamentarians, let alone Galademos or Amen Doraras.