In 1425 A.D., after I signed a peace treaty with Boris on behalf of Bourbon and recognized their independence, the Northern Passage, which had been stubbornly reluctant to negotiate peace, immediately softened its attitude, and soon ended the civil war with the internal Glory faction under the coordination of an envoy sent by the General Palace—but at this time, the Northern Passage was also dominated by the Bourbons, and many members of the General Palace were convinced that the story of the Northern Passage was about to be staged.

When these two wars were settled, I originally thought that the next step should be to punish the rioting Bourbon Diaspora Alliance and curb their attack on the Tenglong Colonial Guard, but even this issue caused the General Palace to quarrel again, and it was my former good friend Anlu the "Eloquent" who took the lead against me.

At first, I was very angry at Anlu who refused to interfere with the Tenglong Colonial Guard, are they traitors? I would like to see what reason Anlu will come up with this time to refute it, I don't believe it can be washed.

Then I lost again, and every time Anlu fought me, he said very reasonable reasons,—— which annoyed me even more.

There are three main reasons for Anlu's opposition.

First, the issue of taxation. Now, although the Bourbon Diaspora Alliance has attacked the Tenglong Colonial Guard, the Bourbon Diaspora Union's taxes are still paid on time after the discount, while the Tenglong Colonial Guard has completely refused to pay taxes. If we interfere with the Tenron, then we don't even want to get the taxes of the Bourbon Diaspora.

Second, the question of the North. The civil war in the Northern Passage had just ended, which meant that the connection with the two colonial guards in Middle-earth and Edonan was once again unimpeded, and the most important thing now should be to focus on the restoration of tax revenue in the north, rather than continuing to interfere in the affairs of the dragon.

Third, the issue of the fleet. Among the four major fleets, after more than nine years of war, no matter which fleet it was, it was all defeated and suffered serious losses. Therefore, the most important thing now should be to urgently restore the fleet and recuperate in preparation for the next rebellion that is about to come in the Northern Passage, rather than throwing the fleet into the Dragon Battlefield when the fierce battle has just ended.

In the face of such a sharp rebuttal from An Lu, none of the main battle factions, including me, could respond forcefully, so the idea of not interfering for the time being and restoring strength gained an advantage in the General Assembly Palace.

However, even if the tone of non-interference is made for the time being, it is still necessary to respond to it, otherwise this kind of behavior will spread like something!

But since there is no need to intervene by force, then what should be done? It can only be the old rule, strong indignation, severe condemnation, and resolute opposition.

Leave this matter to a special clerk to write, and I won't worry about it...... Heaven can see mercy, in the face of this situation in Bourbon more than a hundred years ago, he never said these words, and it was always the fleet that drove to the door of the rebels and punished them from psychological to physical!

For the next few months, I put aside the affairs of the continent of Tenglong, far on the other side, and focused on resuming taxation and trade with the Ulchi.

Let's start with northern taxes. The Northern Passage is out of control, they have already controlled the tax revenue, although they say that this is the fixed amount of tax this year, but in fact how much tax is only God knows. Therefore, the key targets of this tax resumption are the two colonial guards and the client state of Edonan.

However, this time the process of recovering taxes was very difficult, the two colonial guards were all called poor, and Edonan was also procrastinating in the collection of tribute taxes, and the report sent by the messenger made me want to send a fleet to punish the people, but the empty treasury of Bourbon stopped my impulse.

After calming down, I thought about it carefully, although the taxes in the north were dragging their feet, at least they didn't directly and violently resist taxes, so let's do this for the time being.

As for the efforts to restore the Ulch trade, it was also a depressing vomit of blood, and the main cause of the trouble came from the contemptible Prince of Reform, who should now be called the new King of Maisica, who, by force of coercion and co-optation, succeeded in subjugating the concession when Bourbon was too late to pay attention to the concession, and then became the new intermediary of the Ulchi trade.

In order to restore Urchi's trade, I had to pinch my nose and send envoys to negotiate peace with Maisica. However, it was really a dragon trapped in the shallows and shrimp play, and Wang Xiuge arrogantly rejected our proposal, and was only willing to transfer the trade of Ulch to Bourbon for management.

"Without our Bourbon trade network, how can you operate a country that doesn't even have a navy!"

"Hehe, Your Excellency is better to be respectful, and don't say that I am the king of Misica, do you think that the three seas are still the sea of Bourbon now? Bourbon refuses Pushica, and Misica will go to Boris, what will you do then!"

Hearing this threat from Wang Xiuge, the envoy had no choice but to return to Boris (capital) with a sad face to find me and announce the failure of the mission.

In fact, I've received reports that Boris has been in contact with Maischka for a long time, involved in the trade with Ulch, and that he has extensive contacts with the other Bourbon rebels, which is hateful.

Still there was no way, so we could only frown and agree to Maisica's demand, and let the Bourbon accept the Ulch trade after a layer of exploitation.

"Revenues are declining severely, but the rebuilding of the Navy continues, and the army is also in the midst of an intense rearmament war, whether it is to interfere with the Diaspora Alliance, or to suppress another civil unrest in the Northern Passages, it needs to be reorganized, which means more military financial investment. "This is the debriefing of the military councillor.

"However, the anti-tax increase sentiment among the people is already very serious, and they believe that now that the war has ended, the tax increase order in the special period should also be ended. "This is the report of the Finance Councillor.

"Fools! Stupid people, the war has only disappeared temporarily, and within ten years the northern shipping route will certainly be chaotic again, so we should continue to reorganize the armed forces! If we stop the armed warfare now, we will only suffer the greatest losses after the outbreak of the war, and even I, the ruling governor with low qualifications, can see why they can't see it! Since the country is in a difficult situation, the people must endure each other for the country! Only then can the current problem be solved!"

After hearing the unpleasant report, I immediately insulted me after becoming more and more irritable in the past few years, but I still need to make a solution after scolding.

"There is no way, since the people want to give an explanation, then they can only give one, and the notice clerk immediately drafted a report on the "Extreme Interpretation of the Bill on the Extension of the Tax Increase Order", as well as a speech of "Forbearance for the Country", "As I have been in power for a long time, I feel that my political skills have become more and more proficient.

Time flies forward, and the year 1427 arrives almost in the blink of an eye, and with the end of the two wars, it feels like I'm finally getting a little up and running, and although there have been many setbacks in the effort to restore taxes, it seems to me that at least there has been some recovery.

"So I'm the Governor, is it still okay? The reason why there are so many setbacks should be that the Bourbon people of this session can't do it, even if Fei Lixon IX is in my position, I'm afraid they can't do better than me," I thought calmly and leisurely while drinking the potion, but the alarm bell, which I hadn't heard for 2 years, rang again.

When I heard the alarm bell, I spit out the tea in my mouth in an instant, and my body trembled like it hadn't been for a long time, and I was dizzy, dizzy, and dizzy.

"Mai Xika refused to pay the escrow fee of the education district last year, and also injured the tax collectors in Bourbon!"

I looked up to the sky and sighed, and then uttered the words that I hadn't said for a long time: "Convene the parliamentarians, and convene an emergency meeting at the General Assembly Palace." ”

Because I know that this refusal to pay this time means that Maisica wants to make the education district officially become Maishika's territory, and the time for a showdown has come.

"Going on the march! We must go on the expedition! Give Maischka a punishment! By the way, we will also fight the Diaspora Alliance! First, these two forces are not powerful forces, and I don't see how the Bourbon used to clean them up; second, we have been arming and fighting for two years, and we also need to give an explanation to the people!"

In this meeting, I made a rare and clear statement of my position, which attracted the attention of countless parliamentarians. Looking at the collective gaze of the parliamentarians, I couldn't help but feel a sense of the pinnacle of power.

Although it was inevitable for An Lu Licheng to send troops in this meeting and wanted to give up the indoctrination area, I still decided to send troops without hesitation, and in the final vote, I gained the advantage.

The reason why I was so enthusiastic about sending troops this time was because I felt that I would not be able to be a consul for long, after all, I was also 60 years old in 1427, and when I went down in history in the future, people commented on me, "Oh, is this the consul who made Boris independent? and issued a few tax increase orders, and then I didn't contribute much." ”

No! Never! I can't accept that I will be evaluated in the future! I will win at least one victory during my tenure! That's why I'm so enthusiastic about sending troops this time, and besides, this time my opponent basically doesn't have a navy, so it's still quite easy to deal with compared to Boris, right?

My good mood lasted only 1 month, and then I paid for my sloppiness.

Wang Xiuge of Maisika, and his number one general, Ke Jie, are both first-class and difficult to deal with, and the armies led by the two of them have caused us countless troubles, and the war has gone on for another long time when I least want to see it.

As for the intervention of the Bourbon Expatriates, it was also a crushing defeat, and when we intervened two years later, only the westernmost part of the colonial guard, Amada, had not yet been captured, and all the other strongholds had fallen. Although the Bourbon Diaspora Alliance, which fought a two-year war, is also a little lacking in stamina, our Bourbon army is also unable to counterattack.

The Bourbon Expatriate Alliance's army could not be withdrawn, and it was necessary to set aside a certain amount of troops to guard against a possible rebellion, and this time our army was overstretched.

Worse than the disadvantages of the war situation was the deterioration of the financial situation.

The trade of Ulchi has been cut off, the escrow fee of the indoctrination area is all gone, the tax revenue of the Tenglong Continent is all gone, and the tax revenue that has just been restored in the north has been robbed by Mai Xika......

Yes, the bastards in the North (the two colonial guards, the Northern Passage, Edonan) are so shameless, claiming that Maisica's fleet is in the north, and then robbing them of all the fleets that transport taxes...... Fack, bastard.

In addition, Boris also recovered from the damage caused by the war, and after the war, Boris, with whom we had a 40-year peace treaty, began to happily inherit our old trade network and do business everywhere.

The trade with Ulchi has been handed over to Boris, and in the Bourbon concession of Mysica, Mysica has also been transferred to Boris, and the two countries have begun to move towards close cooperation, which is a nightmare for us.

In addition, Boris began to frantically encroach on our share of Ingena's trade, and despite the lack of ports along the way, Boris's merchants still sailed from Compolis to the western border of Ingena to trade, while Bourbon, which had withered due to the war, could only watch as our share was taken away on a large scale.

"The tax is not enough, there is no way, we can only endure each other for the country. ”

In order to cope with the more sinister situation in Bourbon, in 1427 A.D., I issued the "Third Tax Increase Decree of Luhr VIII". For I believe that the old principle of glory applies only to the real old waterways, in other words, the northern district (only the main city of Compo remains, and the rest of the area has been occupied by Pokan) and the southern district are equally subject to the obligations of the former northern and southern waterways.

After all, the country is so difficult, and all the kings must endure each other for the country.

Besides, the northern and southern districts, you are directly adjacent to the old waterway, if you don't know what is good or bad, if you don't know what to do, don't be loyal to the country, understand the country, and endure each other for the country, then don't blame the Great Palace for being ruthless.