If Prime Minister Tamori can still maintain that leisurely attitude of watching from the sidelines, then the rest of the "loyal ministers of the empire" will naturally explode.

A priest in a gray robe arrived angrily.

"Do you know what you are doing, you blasphemer of holy mercy, stealing the wealth of Sardinia, this is an insult to the faith of all our believers......"

The leaders of the caravan blinked their eyes with some difficulty, and a round merchant smiled a little embarrassedly.

"We can give the royal family a gift, but we still want to be exempt from the 11th tax. Shang Rao's net worth is all on his body, if he pays the eleventh tax once he trades, we are afraid that we will not lose money. In addition, we also have losses and profits in business, and many times we have made a profit, but this money still has to wait for the next purchase, and over the years, we have given a lot of gifts to the church. ”

Shang Rao's words did not arouse widespread approval, but at least the monk was silenced, and the merchants stood up one after another, as if they were about to leave the palace.

On the throne, the empress's face was covered with a thin layer of yarn, which made people hazy and a little difficult to see, but the emperor's expression was cloudy and flickering.

Originally, he was naturally disgusted by this kind of council, but when he heard the Goethe priest talk about yesterday's conspiracy, his mind was a little moved, and the Goethe monk had drawn a large cake with him before, but he could not eat much, which was false for a young man who did not arouse interest.

But no matter how much can be divided, a "loyal minister" hat, Goethe is naturally not to talk about. Originally, Perris's eye sockets were naturally not so shallow, but since he ascended the throne, he realized what a big mess his father had left him.

Don't talk about everything, let's talk about finance first. According to common sense, during his father's reign, the empire did not fight a single battle, let alone lose any territory, encountered disasters and man-made disasters, and even developed very well, according to common sense, he should have a large amount of savings, but it was not until he opened the treasury with trembling hands that he really despaired.

The warehouse was empty, only a few mouse corpses were lying in it, according to the industrious guards who had just discovered it last night, they thought they had recruited thieves, but after discovering that it was only a few rats, they caught a few of them, waiting for His Majesty the Emperor to judge them, but they didn't want to wait for such a long time, and they were starved to death.

Perris could certainly hear a lot of discontent from the guards' words, and he roared and ordered the Imperial Clerks to keep an eye on the whereabouts of the money, but he soon despaired.

Judging from the ledger alone, there is not a single expenditure of the empire that has not been recorded, and the reason why the money cannot be saved is that the income of the empire has increased by less than half compared to the period of the kingdom, but the expenditure has increased by three or four times, especially the "expenditure on public affairs", which alone accounts for as much as one-fifth of the record.

If he wants to be a great emperor, then he can't just talk about money. And the treasury, which has been "balanced" all year round, naturally could not satisfy his ambitions, and it was in this situation that the proposal of the Gothic bishop made him pay more attention.

People want their emperor to have a great achievement, which is also the atmosphere of the Great Purus Empire, which is a well-ordered and hero-worshipping country. But they undoubtedly did not like a man who taxed them on their heads, and the contradiction was this, the people loved the emperor, so they built a magnificent palace mountain for their "heroes", and the wealth spent was innumerable, but if Perris decided to tax them even if it was more than a year, then no matter what great achievements he had in the future, history would have recorded that he was a tyrant.

It is for this reason that Perris is far more sensitive to money than the two emperors who came before him.

It is naturally much easier to have a person who carries the blame for himself to collect taxes, and wears a high hat like "faith", than it is to end up in person. As for the taxes they levied on the people, I'm sorry, they will be all the same, even if there is no such allusion to the Great Prus, but he knows that when it comes to soft-heartedness, he can't compare with his father in any way, so it's better not to work hard in this direction.

Listening to the chaotic discussion in the palace, Perris only felt a lot of chaos, he looked at the merchants for a while, and then at the priests, as if everyone was helping themselves, all of them were contributing to the royal family and the empire, but for some reason, every time they added a speech, Perris could clearly feel that the pile of gold coins in front of him was much less.

So, when the last monk said, "The property of the so-called gods shall not be moved," he finally did not hold back and made some slight movements on the stage.

"Ahem......"

Everyone in the audience was stunned, the emperor's slight cough could not cover up any noisy movements, he could only turn his eyes to his mother for help, but Her Majesty the Empress was still the honor of not being surprised, and did not intend to speak at all.

Standing on the side, Sword should have seen clearly, the emperor has no money in his hands, of course their knights are not less spent, therefore, finding a way to collect more wealth is also an important way for the development of the knights, in several encounters in the palace, Sword has already determined that the emperor is a real main battle faction in his bones, only because of his age, his mind is still deficient, and he has no self-confidence, so he will not be able to make up his mind as he is now, if someone can push him forward, he will definitely strengthen his current view, and vice versa。

Thinking of this, Sword finally no longer chose to wait and see, but cleared his throat and personally went down to argue with those councilors.

"I've heard Priest Andrew say that the existence of the Church precedes the needs of the Empire?"

Among the many Rao factions, the major political forces in the country have their own spokespersons, and most of these spokesmen are not just one, but there is only one faction, and that is the Imperial Knights.

Although there are less than 400 members of the Knights, before His Majesty the Emperor comes of age, the head of the Knights, as the guardian of the royal family, has the right to directly command the imperial army, therefore, the Imperial military can be called a weighty faction in the current Empire, but in this faction, the brothers of those knights are not qualified to attend the parliament for various reasons, and only the Grand Master can participate in the meeting as the emperor's attendants, so his speech at this time should be extremely weighty.

The scolded priest was embarrassed and annoyed by Ward's questioning, and was half-unable to answer. In fact, in his opinion, there is indeed a suspicion of this, but he tries to divert the attention of the public by avoiding the important and trivializing it, and argues from a theological point of view, so who dares to take the clergy.

But obviously, this court knight, who was recognized as not very well-cultivated, had caught the heart of him, and which was more important than the Empire or the Church? According to the theory of the supremacy of faith, the church must be very important, and even the throne of their Abbasquia family is found in the ancient books of Sardinia, which gave rise to the empire it has today.

But now on the top of the main hall, in addition to his brothers in the church who had a very ambiguous attitude, there were more nobles, merchants, and the emperor's guards, the first two of whom might choose to wait and see when he threw out this idea, and the last one might throw himself directly into prison for blasphemy, and he would never run a brothel again in his life.

Thinking that he could not save the girl from the world, the sweat on Andrew's face rolled down in large drops. Well, seeing that the eleventh tax is going to be collected, even if a large part of it is given to the emperor, the church will always save a lot, even if it is only the remaining part, it will be enough for him to do a lot of things.

Bishop Goethe scolded the fool in his heart, but once again a decent smile appeared on his face, and he patted the shoulder of the competitor in his church, and replied decently:

"Lord Knight, our church has no intention of competing with the Empire. This brother of our church was only worried about what His Majesty would be bewitched, so he said that kind of thing in a hurry. As we all know, all the riches of this world should belong to His Majesty the Great Emperor, and the share of the so-called Church, the share of the nobility, and even the share of their merchants are only a part of the share of the most benevolent Emperor Majesty. His Majesty the Emperor is the one who decides all this. ”

After a long game, the Gothic Friars decided to give the ball to Perris at the end, and if the treacherous Duke of Malta and the insatiable businessmen and bureaucrats who could only do some paper work were to be discussed, not only the opinion of His Majesty the Emperor would be damaged, but even the interests of the Church would be lost.

Among them, Goethe even avoided an ingenious question, before this, whether to collect the eleventh tax was still a problem, but the question he asked the emperor at this time had been changed to how to divide the eleventh tax after receiving it, which turned the stakes into an established fact.

No matter how annoyed others are, there is no way to directly grab money from His Majesty the Emperor on the surface.

"I think that the Duke of Malta's idea of Da Rao is very good, since it is to collect taxes from believers, it cannot be collected piecemeal, which will damage the majesty of the empire, but the church in order to collect this tax burden, naturally have to make no effort, leaving 30% is too little, leaving 40% of the income to the church, but in exchange, the prime minister will check the accounts in it......"

"Your Majesty, there is something wrong with the eleventh tax. ”

Just as everything was about to settle, behind the layers of curtains, a somewhat soft voice came out.

Although the sound is not loud, it is a wave of no. The people in the main hall all turned their eyes to the position of the woman who was a few points higher than the emperor, and they didn't know why she suddenly interjected now.

The former queen, the current queen mother is a gentle son who does not go out of the door, and she has always only been the shadow of His Majesty Nordin, if she hadn't given birth to the current Majesty, the magnates in these power centers may have to forget that there is such a person.

This woman is only thirty years old, and if her ambition for power suddenly rises, she is bound to become a political force that is not weak. At the risk of looking at the views of the nascent political factions, except for His Majesty the Emperor, all the ministers couldn't help but have a little curiosity in their eyes when they faced the Empress.

However, the young woman behind the curtain did not have the demeanor that she should have as the queen mother, and even the mysterious sense that hung high just now was thrown out, everyone thought that she would have any thoughts and demands, but she had no other ideas except for opposing the eleventh tax.

"My husband...... No, it was His Majesty Nording who always warned the people around him that the more high she is, the more she must regulate her words and deeds and restrain her desires...... "The Empress has never seen Ruci in battle, and there are so many men staring at her, which not only makes her a little shy, but even the voice of her words is intermittent.

There were many smart people present, and the Empress Dowager's opposition to the new tax was just a woman's plan to protect her husband's reputation, as long as the ministers of the court "moved with affection and understood with reason." "She's not going to be against it.

"Your Majesty the Queen Mother, you are actually thinking too much. After a slight bow, the Goethe bishop explained unhurriedly: "There is a battle in which the first emperor has made great efforts, and the four seas are peaceful, at least most of the people in the territory near Wang Que have a lot of savings. In this case, it would be difficult for them to feel at ease if they were not asked to contribute something to the empire. ”

"Although I disagree with every word of Goth, this passage can be called justified, Queen Mother. "In fact, we merchants are preparing a major fundraiser to build a statue of our immortal Majesty Nordin, right next to Felitz the Great," replied the round merchant. Considering that he is a figure immortal for souls, we are going to make a statue out of silver, which we thought would be a big task, but just in the port of Abbaschia, we received more than half of the fee. No matter what others think, the merchants of our empire will always love their country. ”

Tian Sen and the Duke of Malta did not speak, but they also cast acquiescence or approval glances. The Queen Mother keenly felt that there were some doubts in their words, but she didn't quarrel with a large group of men with wide shoulders and broad bodies, so she had to nod her head slightly and whisper softly

"Since yours is so reasonable, then it is up to Your Majesty to decide. ”

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