Chapter 148: The New Deal

"......," Mark gasped.

He finally understood what this wonderful feeling was that had just arisen in his heart.

Because, the girl's posture overlapped with someone in his memory.

Isn't this insatiable gesture, this unscrupulous look, this absurd and nonsensical attachment exactly what King Uther, who died a few months ago, looked like when he was young?

Mark couldn't help but reach into his pocket and clenched the letter from an old friend not long ago.

In the letter, the old friend asked him to help determine whether his daughter was eligible for the throne, and if he felt that it was inappropriate, he would drive her back.

When Mark heard the conversation between Kailu and Giroud, he had a bad impression of the girl, thinking that she was naΓ―ve, ridiculous, and inferior in terms of strength, but her speech just now did move Mark a little.

Mark touched his chin and asked, "Then how will you achieve your ambition when you become king?" ”

"Well......" Kayilu scratched her head, "I think we should start with land reform and confiscate all the kings or nobles' lands by ransom or forced repossession, until all the land becomes the stuff of the state!" ”

Mark was stunned, and there seemed to be thunder in his ears.

What is this little girl talking about?

Confiscation of noble territories?

Does she think that the current rebellion is not large enough!?

If you do this, all the nobles will unite to overthrow the king!

"The so-called land under heaven is the land of the king alone, and the king is the state, and then the land of the state is also the land of all the people. Don't you think that's a good idea? Kayilu said, waving her index finger.

"This ......" tongue-twisting statement is what the hell.

To put it simply, don't you want to occupy the entire land by yourself?

Mark felt a splitting headache.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ I think there are a lot of problems with this. Mark tried to explain to the girl in a roundabout way how unreliable her idea was, "First of all, even if Britain is all your direct territory, you will have a lot of problems in managing it alone, right?" Therefore, it is generally necessary to divide the land to the nobles or kings to manage. ”

"It's okay, it's okay, you don't have to be nobles to manage land, can't commoners also be commoners? You can have a commoner representative or something, and the nobles can also have a noble representative, and then the two parties manage the land together, and they discuss something, and I will be in it with the mud...... Uh, no, it's the final verdict. ”

You just said that you were with the mud!?

You want the nobles to be on an equal footing with the commoners? Big joke!

Are you really a nobleman?

In that case, there is no doubt that the other nobles will sanction this mob......

"Well, by the way, I also have to amend the legislation to not allow the existence of private soldiers, only the court I rule can have an army, well, so that the two sides are balanced."

Balance the hell!

Most of the nobles were much more powerful than the commoners, and there were not many people in a thousand, if combined...... Hey, there seems to be no shortage of strong people among the common people recently, replacing quality with quantity, as if there really won't be a too obvious gap between the two sides?

No, no, you can't follow what she said, it's ridiculous.

Mark shook his head.

"Well, aren't you afraid that the nobles will not agree with your policy? Even if you are the king, it will be a big trouble to infringe on the interests of so many nobles at the same time, and the army of the palace cannot deal with so many people at the same time......" Mark gave up the argument of beating around the bush and pointed directly to the crux of the matter.

"As for this, when you become king, let's discuss it with Master Merlin, I think it's a good idea. If you think about it, some big nobles have long occupied land resources and are full of private interests, resulting in the tax revenue received by the state is far less than the actual value of the land, and the remaining small nobles have a small territory and are too poor to give full play to the potential of the land, and sometimes in order to pay taxes, they will even choose to starve to death to reduce internal friction, not to mention expanding production, if all the territory belongs to me, I can reconcile and optimize the allocation of land resources, so that every inch of land can play to the maximum potential, then the treasury will be full, In the end, if the money is allocated to the most suitable land for development according to needs, the harvest will definitely increase, and then the people will not be able to live a better life. ”

"After that, in order to live a better life, the people will have greater enthusiasm for production, which will activate more productive forces in the country, forming a good cycle. Well, as for the nobility...... Pay them more salaries and let them cooperate, and if they don't cooperate, they will be dismissed, I don't think they want to see the civilian faction monopolize power. ”

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Mark was speechless.

At some point, he was fascinated by Kayilu's absurd proposal, and even began to think about the possibility of realizing it.

If the commoners and the nobles had to negotiate to solve the problem, they would presumably check each other and supervise each other in order to satisfy their own interests, and in a sense, prevent the abuse of domestic power and help keep the country clean.

If the entire territory was owned by the king, the tax rate could be adjusted according to the value of the land and the harvest, and since the land was jointly managed by the commoners and nobles, it became difficult to privately appropriate the land, which not only ensured that the tax was in place, but also allowed the king to allocate funds for land development, which also helped the country to accumulate wealth.

…… No, I can't think about it anymore, it's the devil's plan!

How did she come up with this idea!?

Mark rubbed his temples, stopped thinking deeply, he took a breath, looked at the girl in front of him with incredible eyes, and said slowly, "You...... How did you come up with this? Do you really think this can be done? ”

What the girl said is like a beautiful ideal, Mark is not sure if this will be unrealistic, but he knows that no matter what kind of ideal he has, there are often a few people who can really realize it, and most of them will be frustrated or imperceptibly influenced by others, so they forget their original intentions and change the direction of travel.

Therefore, Mark wants to know how much will the girl has for this ideal.

"Huh?" Kayilu was stunned for a moment, as if she hadn't thought about it again, she crossed her shoulders and thought for a while, "How did you think of it...... Ah, probably three days ago, right? I thought of it when I was on a boat. ”

"Huh? Three days ago? Mark was dumbfounded.

He thought that there must be a far-reaching story hidden behind such an amazing idea, and maybe it also ran through the wonderful life of this young girl, but it turned out to be a recent thought?