Chapter 61 Conditions for Negotiation

"But we only accept partial dissolution and repatriation."

Bekele smiled slightly after speaking, compared with the different beneficiaries of the previous three conditions, this condition is the most important thing for the core plan to obtain benefits.

"What do you mean by part?"

Farfan's brows jumped slightly, he could still see what the purpose of the previous conditions was, and this was a little unclear. Didn't Bekele know what it meant to keep the army? This is to challenge the limits of the nobility, especially after this defeat.

"This means that some of the people who do not want to continue to be soldiers will be disbanded and repatriated. Those who are willing to continue to serve need to be dispersed to various parts of the kingdom as garrisons, and the kingdom needs to pay them full salaries. ”

"It can't be!"

"What's the difference between this and not being disbanded and repatriated?"

"You're taking us for fools!"

"We can't promise that!"

"For these four conditions, you can find a place to consider and discuss. Well, in an hour it will be here, and we can negotiate again. ”

Bekele was completely unconcerned about the fierce reaction of the aristocracy. He knows very well what the current situation is, as the so-called people are under the roof, and they have to bow their heads. What's more, he doesn't expect to be able to obtain these conditions as they are, as long as the core purpose is achieved.

"Then we will continue the negotiations in an hour, and it just so happens that we need to discuss the conditions just now."

Farfan should directly suspend the negotiations, which is what all the noble ministers want. Moreover, although he was present as a temporary king, he did not receive much negotiating authority from all the ministers.

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"Let's discuss the four conditions given by the rebel leader just now. First of all, state not to talk nonsense, we need pertinent advice! ”

After finding a safe place, Farfan looked around at all the ministers, and then, of course, spoke to everyone first.

"The first article requires the kingdom to abolish unreasonable taxes, and undertakes not to apply them and other taxes that are increased by unwarranted reasons, as is written on the first paper."

The contents of the two sheets of paper have already been read by all the ministers.

"After reading it, I think I can agree, those taxes are indeed a bit inexplicable. In particular, the former king Leiden Bernoulli's favorite hunting dog died, so it was necessary to collect taxes from the commoners to bury it. Is this trying to laugh at me? ”

Although Farfan didn't say anything after reading the paper before, he felt ridiculous in his heart! No wonder so many civilians joined the rebels, and no wonder the kingdom was so difficult to resist, because the country was rotten to the roots.

"Most of the taxes can be abolished, and some other taxes can be eliminated, but there is one that can't! The heavenly gold of the world government cannot be canceled, that amount is too large to be paid without the support of the people! ”

This condition was mainly related to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but unfortunately he had fallen under the butcher's knife of Count Naby. Therefore, it can only be spoken by the originally depressed financial minister.

"Is it gold in the sky?"

Farfan frowned, Heavenly Gold is not an easy thing to solve. The strength of the world government is too strong, and even a navy is not something that the Kingdom of Leiden can provoke.

"It is not realistic to refuse directly, and it is not possible to directly cancel the tax on collecting heavenly gold from the common people, so we can only negotiate how much to reduce the tax."

The Minister of Ceremonies directly decided on the details of this article that needed to be discussed with the rebels.

"Article 2 requires that the kingdom must compensate the rebels for their losses. These include reparations for lost wars, bereavement reparations for the fallen in battle, and reparations for oppressed and mutilated civilians. The compensation for the common people can be offset by the reduction of normal taxes and the construction of the kingdom's popular infrastructure. War and bereavement compensation must be in cash Bailey, not jewelry and antiques. ”

"This article should be the best to reach the intention, the only problem is that he did not say how much compensation will be paid. Since that's all that, I wonder where all the money of the state is? How many are there? ”

Farfan didn't care much about the conditions of war reparations. Since the war is defeated and you don't want to be wiped out directly, shouldn't you pay reparations?

"As long as the rebels do not open their mouths, compensation for the war and bereavement can be promised. As for the compensation to the common people, it is not impossible to agree, and it should be planned and built for the kingdom, but in this case, it will cost a lot of money. ”

The Treasurer only said his opinion on the conditions, how much money the kingdom still had, and where it was, and he didn't mention it at all.

"I don't know where the state money is, and how to negotiate how much it is? Is it all up to the other party to say the amount, and then you decide for yourself whether you can or can't? ”

Seeing that the finance minister did not answer his question, Farfan's face changed directly, and he asked in a gloomy and serious tone.

"This ......"

The financial minister is also bitter and can't speak.

"The money of the kingdom is generally stored in four places: the underground treasury of the Ministry of Finance, the treasury of the kingdom, the outer treasury of the royal palace, and the inner treasury of the royal palace. I know where the treasury of the finance department is, and how much money it has. There are three places where I know the treasury and the outer treasury of the palace, and I don't know exactly how much money there is. ”

Seeing that there was no way to bypass this hurdle, the financial deputy minister had no choice but to pour bitter water. Although he is the financial vice-minister of the kingdom, some of the core information of the finance department is not open to him at all, which shows how aggrieved this financial vice-minister is.

“…… Is that so? There's really no way around that. ”

After listening to the bitterness of the financial minister, Farfan was suddenly a little embarrassed, and the emotional financial minister himself was not clear......

"The outer vault has been ransacked by pirates, and there is hardly much left. I may know where, I'm not sure. There is no time to determine the amount now, so we can only see if the Finance Department has left any information after the end. As for the negotiations that will wait for the meeting, we just need to press the amount. ”

This old fellow actually knows where the palace treasury is? Farfan looked at the Minister of Ceremonies meaningfully. You must know that the inner treasury of the royal palace, also known as the private treasury of the royal family, is the private treasury of the royal family. And looking at the decay of this country, Leiden Bernoulli is afraid that he has made an astronomical amount of money into the inner treasury.

"Article 3 requires that some officials and nobles who have committed the most heinous crimes must be dealt with openly and give an account to the people. That is, the person who writes on the second piece of paper. The rebels also wrote on it some of the sins they had committed. ”

Falfan didn't know how to discuss this, because there seemed to be nobles writing on paper at the scene. No nobleman wanted to be dealt with publicly, which would not only be punished or even punished, but also very humiliating.

"It's impossible! Judging the nobility for the sake of those untouchables? It's ridiculous! ”

"Fake! These are all false culpables, they are absolutely made up! I would never agree with it! ”

Naturally, the two nobles who spoke were famous on paper.