"What is Your Majesty going to do?"

Condos Defanos knew that he could no longer stop the Emperor's actions, and instead of waiting for Alexios to make a mistake, he should take the initiative to help. Ｘ

Right in the middle!

The Imperial Supreme Note addressed the Archon in the hope of gaining his support in his exchanges with the Empire's current highest-ranking administrator.

Alexios' unfamiliarity with the political situation in the court led to the emperor's inability to control the government, and the Imperial Supreme could only act after in-depth communication with the auxiliary minister.

"This year's Imperial Officer Recruitment Exam is scheduled for September, and my idea is to send these emerging officials to participate in the investigation after the exam is over."

"Huh?"

Alexios smiled: "The principle of the empire's management of villages and military districts is to send provincial tax officials to the countryside in May and September every year to check the land situation and the rated taxes. ”

"What does Your Majesty mean?"

Condos Defanos hid his inner surprise, and the sophisticated bureaucrats naturally understood what this meant, but it was especially precious to think of this at the emperor's age.

"If the corrupt military officers want to conceal the seizure of the peasants' land, they must be in cahoots with the tax administrators and the village circuit judges."

The Empire's Agrarian Law provided for the power of the local provinces to appoint itinerant judges and tax officials to adjudicate disputes arising in the daily lives of the rural population, the legal force of which could determine the ownership of land deeds.

"But Your Majesty, many peasants who cannot afford to cultivate and operate have to give up their land, or those commoners who have borrowed high interest because of poverty, their bankruptcy will naturally cause the land to pass into the hands of the rich."

"How do we define these people?"

Alexios replied: "It will be redeemed by the Empire, and everything that is properly run will be redeemed at the expense of the royal family and the Imperial government!" ”

"Shhh

"How much gold do we have to pay for this?"

The old ministers of the empire gasped, but it also made Condos Defanos breathe a sigh of relief, the emperor did not mean to target all the rich people in the empire, even if their wealth may not have come from the glory.

"Can the Imperial Treasurer afford such a huge expense?"

"Without five million gold, I'm afraid I'm ......"

The concerns of the Imperial Consuls were not unreasonable, and if it was merely to restrain and rectify the occupation of land by the officers of the old military districts, it would only be a waste of effort for the government to make the army more vigilant.

Then the salvation of the poor will probably leave the Imperial Treasury empty.

"My lord, we have time to take our time, do we?"

"And we must re-establish the prestige of the Imperial government, at least convince the people that the Empire has been working hard to help them out of their doom!"

"Whether we actually do it or not, we have to make a gesture!"

Condos de Phanos was persuaded, and the consul nodded in agreement, and gradually rescued the peasants and soldiers who had been exploited by the officers of the military district, and then made a gesture of effort, expressing the Empire's willingness to help the poor again, very mature.

"The Imperial Council will help Your Majesty in times of need!"

Secretary-General Betak, who was on the sidelines, took note of all the conversations and will keep them after the meeting.

The content of such a high-level conversation is confidential, and everyone involved must be vigilant at all times.

The Emperor would listen to the Sword of Damocles report on who would really keep the secrets of the Empire.

The council was dissolved, Alexios dismissed all the eunuchs who had served, and Bertak stepped forward to take off his robe for the emperor and hang it on a hanger aside.

"Your Majesty, the migration of Bulgaria is going well, we have moved 40,000 people in almost half a year, and now they are all settled in the Nicaea region of Anatolia."

"Good!"

"But I'd rather hear the advice of Honyadis myself, the governor of Nicaea."

"Also, send some judges, and I will make sure that the tax collectors of the empire do not become the most hated enemies of the Bulgarians."

"Your Majesty!"

"No one in Nicaea has dared to do this, they are all rebel soldiers who have retreated from the battlefield, and anyone who dares to provoke them will probably be torn to shreds."

Betak half-jokingly laughed at the low-level tax collectors who might do evil, who were always the most terrible enemies of the people, the devil who had taken everything from his house.

"No, they won't!"

"Anyone who dares to disobey the laws of the Empire, I will chop off their hands!"

"If the Bulgarians are dissatisfied, I will unceremoniously screw their heads."

"By the way, Your Majesty, the Bulgarian Military District, the Palestrom Military District (Palatonnaon Military District), the Selmium Military District, and the Dalmatian Military District are all starting to empty now, do you want to continue to migrate and emigrate?"

The four military districts referred to by Bertak were all subordinate to the Bulgarian region, where they were the highest administrative bodies of the empire.

At the same time, these places are also border areas with the Kingdom of Hungary, which can be said to be particularly crucial.

"The Empire introduced the Bulgarians in the first place to make them a barrier to the Eastern Empire."

"But what the previous imperial supreme probably never expected was that these unruly barbarians finally became bigger, once coerced the imperial capital, and almost ended the great Roman Empire!"

"My idea is to bring in the Slavs!"

"Grand Duke Vladimir Monomakh, a solo fighter who inherited the bloodline of Constantine IX, was the last hero who aspired to restore the unity of Kievan Rus', but unfortunately he failed in the end!"

"Now that the Rus countries are fighting each other, there must be a large number of captives and slaves in the hands of each Grand Duke, and the empire also has a precedent for introducing Rus, and the Varangian Guard can be expanded!"

"It's a good idea to weaken the influence of the Bulgarians in the north of the empire, and at the same time bring in the Rus' to counterbalance them, Your Majesty!"

However, Bertak frowned slightly, stopped talking, and thought for a while before continuing to ask.

"What if, instead of becoming what the empire expected, the Rus' merged with the Bulgarians?"

Alexios stared at Betak and said word by word: "Then provoke their relationship, let them fight each other, and take revenge on their blood relatives!" “

"Never underestimate the viciousness of people's hearts, as long as their disputes are together, there will be no chance to merge!"

"And what if a war breaks out between the two races?"

"Then let the Bulgarians leave!"

"The empire will allocate them better and more fertile land, and of course they must defend themselves against the invasion of the infidels on the frontier!"

Bertak was convinced, and it was indeed a good plan, and even the Bulgarians knew that they could not do anything about it.

Unless the imperial garrisons were expelled by military confrontation, they would only grow weaker and weaker in the north until they were all relocated to Anatolia.