"Any of you still have opinions, you can put forward opinions, I am not an unreasonable person. Muria listened to the screams of begging for mercy that seemed to echo in the council chamber, and smiled gently. "As long as you ask a problem, I'll fix it. ”

Hearing Muria's words, cold sweat appeared on the back and forehead of the magnates in the council hall, is this to solve the problem raised, or to solve the person who raised the problem?

Judging by the gesture of the Grand Duke Regent, he must have solved the problem of the person who raised the question. That's it, let's listen to him, life matters, anyway, it is not them who lose the most interests, but those nobles with real power who live the most nourishingly.

"No more opinions?" Seeing the silence below, Muria nodded with satisfaction, "Then let's discuss the issue of redefining the tax law." ”

"I think that the tax law established by the Lockman Kingdom is extremely unreasonable, and it has reached a time when it needs to be reformed urgently, and instead of a fixed tax according to the number of people, it should be taxed in stages according to the income of individuals. ”

"Your Excellency, please elaborate. Hearing Muria's words, some nobles bowed and saluted, and some were interested in Muria's proposed new tax law.

"My idea is this, first calculate how much money a family of five needs in a month to maintain normal food and clothing, and then use this amount as a standard. A person's monthly income is reduced by this amount before the money can start to be taxed. ”

"What if it doesn't exceed?"

"Tax exempt. Muria's eyes were clear, and he said two words that the rulers of this world would never say. He just moved the concept of personal income tax from his previous life.

Poor people with incomes that are too low are not eligible to pay taxes, only high-income people are eligible to pay taxes. Well, the higher the income, the more taxes you pay.

The nobles and ministers had different ideas in their hearts after listening to the new tax law that Muria wanted to repromulgate.

"Grand Duke Muria, according to your idea, the richer the person, the more taxes they pay, and the too poor commoners do not have to pay taxes?"

"Well, that's right. Muria nodded, "I really don't understand what kind of exploitation there is in the mud legs that spend all day digging in the ground, and thinking of collecting taxes from those rich merchants is the right way." ”

"The Grand Duke is wise. "Immediately, a group of nobles sent the dragon fart in time.

"Your Excellency, your new tax law is good, but if the lords do not have the right to establish a tax law, what will they get from the income? ”

"Rubbish!" Muria muttered in a low voice, then looked up, "I cut them off the right to set up their own tax law, but I didn't deprive them of the right to collect taxes, they can collect taxes according to the provisions of the new tax law, half of the income tax will be paid to the royal family, and the remaining half will be owned by the nobles." ”

"Half? Isn't it too much. ”

"What's the matter with you, you're not a real noble, what do you care?"

"My daughter is going to marry a powerful nobleman, of course I have to care. ”

...... After figuring out Muria's thoughts, many nobles and magnates discussed it, and then another magnate asked Muria his question:

"Grand Duke Muria, if there is a lord whose territory is too barren, causing his people to be very poor, and the vast majority of his lords do not meet the tax collection standards of the new tax law, then this lord does not have much income. ”

"That's right!" Muria nodded.

"In view of this situation, should we set some special conditions and lower the tax collection standard?"

"No, if the people are too poor to collect taxes, then the nobleman should find a way to bring his people to the riches, rather than waiting for me to make some laws for special cases. ”

...... After nearly a day and a night of discussions, brainstorming and various data collected for him by Muria through the secret intelligence agency left by Belardion, the new tax law of the Rockman Kingdom was finally rewritten in a day and two nights.

The new tax law was then quickly printed in the royal palace, and was sent to all parts of the country through the well-established transmission system of the Rockman kingdom, along with a decree by Muria depriving the noble lords of the right to legislate and to make tax laws.

When the noble lords of the Rockman Kingdom received the summons from the royal capital, most of the nobles were confused, and then dissatisfied, and some nobles were resentful.

They are the ones who treat the commoners of their territory as adults, and the reform of the new tax law seriously infringes on their exploitation, because under their frenzied exploitation and oppression, almost none of the people under their rule meet the standards that can be taxed under the new tax law.

If the new tax law is really implemented, they will hardly be able to collect a single copper tax, this situation, how can these brutal noble lords endure, of course, they who have seen Muria's succession ceremony, of course, do not dare to resist openly.

They used a passive approach to sabotage, treating Muria's decree delivered with the teleportation array as air, as if they had never seen it, and simply ignored it, and continued to carry out the old decrees.

......

In the palace, Muria, who was already refreshed, once again summoned the leader of the hidden mechanism that Belradine had left to him, and gave his own order:

"Spread control the whole country, focus on the lords who have fiefs, see if they are complying with the decrees and new tax laws I have issued, and secondly, those officials, whether they are properly implementing my new tax laws.

Submit a list of all those who do not obey each of your departments, and I want to see who will take my orders as a deaf ear. ”

"Yes, Grand Duke Muria. "All the leaders of the secret agencies were ordered to step down, leaving only a personable middle-aged gentleman with black hair.

"How's the co-optation of the evil creatures in Scarlet?" asked Muria, taking care of the affairs of the government, without looking up.

"With the information and assistance provided by those colleagues, the evil creatures in the royal city have almost been absorbed, and the next step is to prepare to collect the evil creatures in the acropolis around the royal city. ”

"Well, what kind of creatures should be collected, what kind of creatures should be killed, you should have a count. ”

"Understood. ”

"Stand down. ”

While Muria waited for the reaction of the powerful nobles to the decree of reduction of power issued by him, and the reaction of the various parts of the Rockman Kingdom after the new tax law was enacted.

The Giant Scout Regiment that had gone to the western seas of the kingdom to explore the large cloud island had returned, and to Muria's slight surprise, not only did they not have any casualties, but they also had more than a hundred cloud giants, who were the local residents they had brought out of that large cloud island.