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Such a huge income did make Edward very happy, compared with the million-pound income of France, it was naturally relatively small, but compared with the income of the royal family in previous years, it was a big step.

In addition, this is a normal income, and it will continue to be maintained in the following years, and even increase if there are no accidents.

More importantly, the royal family has thrown off the big burden of government.

In other words, if there was a war or the suppression of riots in the future, the king would no longer need to borrow money.

Of course, the benefits will be reduced, but the king leads the government and the army, although the benefits are less, but at least they are shared equally with the government!

"But, my majesty!" Sir John frowned, and said dryly:

"Last year, the Guards spent close to fifty thousand pounds on increasing the number of horses and on daily training, as well as on the usual expenses!"

"The daily expenses of the palace guards and maids, as well as the palace affairs department, and the royal family, have reached eighty thousand pounds!"

The cost of the court amounted to 80,000 pounds, which was not surprising to Edward.

Not to mention anything else, the regular clothes he wears every day cost more than 100 pounds, and the dresses for banquets and ceremonies are even more than 1,000 pounds.

And compare his father Henry VIII, the annual court expenditure reached more than 100,000 pounds, and at that time the whole of England only had an income of about 200,000 pounds, half of the income was spent by the court, how could the rest support the war?

Therefore, after the Reformation, the church's religious property was sold off on a large scale, and the land displaced during the Reformation originally occupied one-third of England's religious property, and finally when Edward ascended the throne, it was less than one-tenth, plus the original royal land, and the Tudor royal family could only control one-tenth of the land of England.

Some of these exiles went to the aristocracy, but most of them went to the commoners, and a new class was born in England, the gentry and gentry group.

That is, the small and medium-sized landlord class, and the big landlords are the aristocratic knights, who are the elite of the country and the mainstay of society.

Although one tenth may not seem like much, it is still a huge number, that is, England has a population of 4 million, and one royal family is equivalent to 400,000.

But if we look at the United Kingdom, the Crown occupies one-fifth of the entire United Kingdom.

Scottish ecclesiastical property and royal territory, almost half of Wales is royal land, Ireland naturally needless to say, colonial land, the royal family automatically occupies one-third.

Edward could proudly proclaim that the Tudor royal family was the most landlied royal family in all of Europe.

Of course, the richest are the Spanish royal family.

Thinking of this, Edward couldn't help but feel proud.

"As for the navy, it will support 30,000 pounds a year to build new ships and recruit sailors!"

"And, as is customary, the salaries of the Cabinet and the Supreme Court of Justice, as well as the Command Council of the Navy and Army, are paid for by the royal family, so that the annual expenditure reaches ten thousand pounds!"

Edward felt that the salaries of the cabinet, the Supreme Court, and the navy and army should still be paid by the royal family, so that nominally, these people were still royal employees, increasing their loyalty to the royal family.

"The two agencies of the Dark Blade and the Palace Intelligence Service, as well as the Star Chamber Tribunal, together cost a total of 80,000 pounds a year to maintain operations!"

Hearing this, Edward was also inexplicably surprised, the two sets of intelligence agencies, as well as the highest violent judicial dogleg star chamber court combined, swallowed 80,000 pounds a year, which is almost half a year's tax revenue for the central government.

But this is the institution that maintains the rule, the eyes and ears of the royal family, and the right thugs, and it can't help but run, and the huge cost can only be swallowed by breaking teeth in the stomach.

"The judiciary, including the local courts and the central Supreme Court, in addition to returning the £50,000 they paid in earnings, the royal family has given an additional £70,000 in subsidies!"

When Edward heard this, he naturally regretted it in his heart, but he had to do it.

The judiciary was independent of the government and controlled by the Crown, and was one of the necessary means for Edward to control the United Kingdom as a whole.

Relying on the military alone, as well as financial institutions, it is still not very stable.

"By the way, my sir, how is the state of the judiciary at the moment?" Edward looked at Sir John with some embarrassment, and asked softly.

When the Supreme Court first reported to him, he didn't listen carefully, and now he is a little embarrassed to ask questions.

But he is a king, what are you afraid of!

"Your Majesty, at present, the whole of England has been covered with large and small courts, and the number has reached more than five hundred, and the specific number is still unknown!"

Sir John glanced curiously

"But, I estimate, the number will still increase!"

"Also, my majesty, at present there are more than three thousand six hundred employees of the court, and the fines they impose on themselves are completely insufficient to pay their salaries, and the royal family's allowance in a few years, I think, will increase a lot!"

As soon as he said this, Sir John poured out bitter water.

"Your Majesty, do you want the courts to cut some, or ask them to stop increasing the number of courts!"

As he spoke, Sir John leaned over with a shy face and came up with a bad idea.

"No, the number of courts cannot be reduced, and the judicial power must be completely taken from the hands of those nobles and squires!"

Edward rejected the idea without even thinking about it.

"Go on! Mr. Jazz! Edward interrupted Sir John's attempt to continue pestering.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Sir John grimaced and continued to pay the bills.

"The Moscow company was founded, the royal family contributed 20,000 pounds, the orphan camp spent 30,000 pounds last year, and the other expenses were 20,000 pounds!"

"Last year, the royal family had a total income of £740,000, an expenditure of £370,000, and an actual income of £370,000!"

Finally, as soon as the numbers came out, Edward's heart began to relax, is that the point?

The surplus of £370,000, equivalent to two years of income from the United Kingdom Central, is indeed a large amount.

However, if you keep the money in your hands and don't spend it, you are a bastard.

"An additional £20,000 a year for the Navy and £20,000 for the Army to improve food!"

As soon as he had money, Edward was happy, and he was uncomfortable without spending Dior, so Sir John could only carry a pen and record it with a sad face.

"Also, next year, we will donate £10,000 each to the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, and we will increase our support for Ireland next year, how much?"

Then His Majesty waved his hand and said, "Fifty thousand pounds!" ”

"Also, if the coalition government borrows money, half of it will be eaten."

"Huh? Halfway! "That's right, it's half, I want the coalition government to owe me money!"