Chronicles of Ryan the Wizard Chapter 122: Countermeasure (1)

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On the afternoon when the Leis team defeated the Thunder Squad, the young Fernando XIII held a royal meeting in his study. At this meeting, he denounced all the injustices in the empire and determined To completely change this situation.

For this reason, the young Fernando XIII made a large-scale adjustment to the existing officials of the empire, abolishing many officials who usually do nothing and shirk each other in case of trouble, and arranged a large number of young people he had secretly cultivated to replace them.

The scope and magnitude of this official replacement are very large. It can be said that it is the only one in the empire in two hundred years. However, although this action had a great impact, with the full support of Orlando, the highest military commander of the empire and the head of the Royal Knights, no one dared to have any objections to the appointment of Fernando XIII.

What's more, even the imperial finance minister Luke and the imperial state minister Chad, who have undergone great changes even their subordinates, did not say anything. Even some dissatisfied people just vent their grievances behind their backs. .

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On the night when the young Fernando XIII made such a huge change in personnel, in the study of the Imperial Finance Minister Luke, Luke and Victor sat facing each other. Their topic was Fernando Ten this afternoon. The move of the III.

Luke, with his face full of vicissitudes, drank a sip of the best Bordeaux, the wine entered his throat, and the expression on his face slowly eased. Luke closed his eyes as if he was reminiscing the taste of the best Bordeaux. Suddenly, Luke opened his eyes and said to Victor: "What do you think?"

Victor took a sip of water from the glass in front of him. As a magician, he must keep his head clear at all times. Victor thought for a while and said, "Actually, if you think about it carefully, your Majesty the Emperor should almost do something. Don’t forget that you and Chad have been in charge of the government for the past ten years or so since he was crowned. In many cases, he is just a symbol of a country, which is not a good thing for the ambitious Crew Fernando who wants to make a career."

Luke heard that his old friend called Fernando XIII directly. He shook his head and said, "Victor, for so many years, I have always regarded you as my good friend and think tank, and you too It really took a lot of effort for me," Luke changed his tone at this point, and continued: "I am not upset because my power has been weakened. After all, the emperor of this empire is Fernando, not Redia. But I think your Majesty is too impatient. His large-scale exchange of blood will not only cause problems in the operation of the empire, but also easily lead to suspicion of lords everywhere."

Speaking of this, Luke’s voice suddenly rose: "If the people he has inserted have rich experience, then that’s all, but you see, it’s just a few months of studying at the Royal Academy. , Even arranged for them to be tax officials. This is so funny, these little guys are afraid that they have not even touched a few gold coins, and they brazenly want to collect taxes from those old foxes?"

Luke took out a piece of information from the desk. He turned to the third page and said to Victor: "The empire’s tax revenue for the whole year last year was 69 million gold coins, and the odds are not counted. One of the imperial capitals. The city’s tax revenue is 9 million, the actual control of the Empire’s Sunrise City is 8 million, and the Sea Breeze City is 18 million. Excluding these, the independent commercial capital of Yegnas City has the largest amount of 22 million. The lords of all regions have turned in gold coins. About 12 million."

"12 million! Anyway, with so many lords in the empire, their territories accounted for more than 90% of the empire's entire territory, and their total tax revenue is actually a city than God! Why?"

Victor picked up the jug in front of him, filling Luke's glass with the best Bordeaux, and Luke took the glass and drank it. Victor said: "Say slowly, old friend, I'm listening."

Luke drank the wine and stabilized his emotions. He slowed down and said to Victor: "When Bird Fernando established the Holy Alliance Empire, mankind was faced with internal and external troubles, in order to stabilize the empire as soon as possible. To rule, Fernando I enacted two laws. The first is: each lord pays a tax to the empire every year. In addition, all the city lord’s own territories are determined by themselves, but each lord levies it on its own. The number of taxes cannot exceed the number of taxes paid to the empire. The second article is: each lord can own an army and bear the military expenses, but must not have a cavalry. Once verified, they will be dealt with as treason immediately!"

"As long as they strictly abide by these two laws, it is impossible for local lords to have cavalry units that can fight the Royal Knights. After all, cavalry requires several years of training to form an army, and the procurement, transportation, training, etc. of horses There is no way to hide it. Once exposed, you will get a fatal blow from the Empire. This risk is too great; if you want to fight the Knights, you can only use a large number of infantry and rely on the advantage of the number. A lot of taxation, because the more you collect, the more you pay to the empire. Excessive taxation can only collapse the economy in your own territory. Without gold coins, what else can you talk about building a large army?"

"Therefore, in the past two hundred years, people have only seen that the Royal Knights are so sharp and sweeping across the entire continent. I don’t know how many rebellions have been put down. Let’s not talk about the distant ones, such as the recent rebellion of Senat. The Knights’ ability to extinguish them quickly, of course, is their superior strength, but this is also the reason why Senat has no cavalry units. In the plains, there has been no successful battle with infantry against cavalry for thousands of years."

"No matter how strict the law is, there will be loopholes found by interested people. After so many years, the lords everywhere have gradually developed countermeasures. Isn’t it not allowed to have cavalry? Then I will form a heavy infantry, Senat The heavily armored infantry, wearing heavy armor, holding a long spear and a thick shield, is the best way for infantry to fight cavalry. It costs no less than forming a cavalry. If it is not for Orlando's superb command, the Royal Knights may not be It's so easy to win."

"Where do the gold coins for forming this kind of army come from? Naturally, it comes from taxes. Although there are empire laws, those cunning lords will do everything possible to perfuse you. For example, some lords monopolize all kinds of life in the territory. Necessities, you can sell as much as you want, no matter how much you can sell, how do you collect it? He just collects a little symbolically. After a year, he can collect millions of dollars. You really collect taxes, maybe Then a dozen poor gold coins."

"The tax officials that I arrange to collect everywhere every year may be greedy and embezzled a little bit secretly, but he can collect more gold coins than others, so I just shut one eye. Now your Majesty has dismissed them all and replaced them with his confidant, but can these little white rabbits who have never seen the world really deal with the old foxes? Seeing that this year's tax should be levied again, if it cannot be effectively restricted The finances of these lords, the next time the Royal Knights will face it, it may be a cavalry army!"

After speaking, Luke let out a long sigh.