Messy, it's starting to mess up.

This feeling is almost the consensus of all the nobles in the palace of the king.

Ever since the Demon Hunters and members of the royal family entered Ekhtaton, King Evan, who was usually calm and stable, seemed to have taken the wrong medicine and began to make trouble in an unusually high-profile manner.

First of all, he asked the people of the Planning and Inspection Institute to engage in a salt and iron monopoly and a vehicle and vessel tax, and shamelessly competed with the people for profit. He set up another unknown royal bank, greedy to accumulate wealth, and even talked to outsiders about it, and made that royal bank the only foreign exchange department in the empire.

The matter here has not stopped, and more important news has come:

After careful consideration, King Evan announced the establishment of a cabinet office, saying that it would serve as the monarch's staff and secretary to convey the monarch's decrees and publish proclamations.

In fact, it is not unusual to have a staff team, but it is the way of recruitment - the position of cabinet senator is open to all nobles, there are certain resume requirements, and it is necessary to pass the examination of written examinations and interviews. And do not divulge the exam questions, just tell them an ambiguous focus on "pragmatism" and "reform".

If the recruitment method is more special, then the specific functions of senators are jaw-dropping!

With the confirmation of King Evan himself, the function of the senator is to read the report documents on behalf of the monarch, make preliminary handling opinions, help the monarch to handle confidential government affairs, and record central and local historical materials.

On the surface, this cabinet is the supreme staff and decision-making body of the Sun King, but to those who are a little more knowledgeable, this so-called cabinet office looks like a decentralized version of the Great Visil (Prime Minister).

On that day, after the chief of the Sixth Hall received the news, he finally recalled the horror of being once dominated by the prime minister, and the humiliation they endured during the time of Ozmandis. There was already a rebellion, coupled with an imminent threat, and Ivan's deliberate push. They have finally united to speed up the incomparably large but lucrative God-killing project!

There are two sides to everything.

The establishment of the Cabinet Office is undoubtedly a wake-up call for the six major families, but it is a good opportunity for the small and medium-sized nobles, especially the low-level nobles who have not met talents.

In order to pass the exams, many of them formed social circles and worked through the night to specialize in "pragmatic" and "reformary" content.

However, Evan didn't give them much time, and on the third day after the announcement of the establishment of the Cabinet Office, the first Enko was held at the Palace of the King. Personally proctoring, reviewing, and ranking by yourself, and never give cheaters a chance.

Because education for all is not yet universal, it can only be pulled out of the short one. In addition to the questions of literature and mathematics, there are questions about the state of the country, the current state of the economy, internal and external contradictions, the camp of friends and enemies, reform and correction, etc., and they are encouraged to answer them boldly.

After a series of written examinations and interviews, Evan finally selected 17 candidates from among the candidates with clean backgrounds, 7 full senators, and 10 as temporary senators, and established the first cabinet of the Evan dynasty. It is noteworthy that one of the ten ad tempore senators is named Ptolemy Andyèb Amenemhet.

This man is a real royal family.

The year was 1457, and it was also the year that marked the beginning of the formation of the cabinet system in the Menes Empire.

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After selecting the elite from the nobles to form a cabinet, Evan was not in a hurry to let them suppress the Six Halls. Instead, he took him with him day and night, usually let them participate in the work of the Sixth Hall Courtyard, and took them to the Space Fortress to meet Xiaoxi to improve his knowledge level whenever he was free.

Although Xiaoxi is still a funny artist in her self-awareness up to now, the knowledge reserve of the networked artificial intelligence is child's play! A few hands were exposed, and this group of self-sustaining and talented people were trained to be obedient, and even secretly called her the goddess of wisdom.

By the way, even Evan's image in their hearts has been raised a lot, because this group of people clearly sees that Xiao Xi, the goddess of wisdom, is very respectful to their king. And not only the goddess of wisdom, but all the outsiders who have met seem to respect King Evan.

Although I don't know what this is going on, after faintly grasping this feeling, the senator's inferiority complex is undoubtedly diluted a lot when facing outsiders.

The reason why the senators don't understand that outsiders respect Ivan is because they don't know that Evan is actually the boss of the consortium.

Evan has done a good job of secrecy, and he has controlled the matter of the Hyperion Development Consortium tightly. In the entire Menes Empire, only Eru Lomme and a few of her cronies knew that they were now ordered to keep their mouths shut and not dare to leak a single word.

Why not?

Now is not the time.

One by one, one by one

Eru Lomme stood in front of a huge make-up mirror, surrounded by silver candlesticks that illuminated every corner of the bathroom.

She gently fiddled with the skin care products under the makeup mirror, from honey, massage oil, lotion, and flower petals to the eyeliner box, and her slender white fingers gently picked at it. It was discovered that the thing in the box was no longer eyeliner, but a golden eye with a quaint shape.

“......”

Eru Lomei looked at the golden pupil, her gaze was as calm as a lake water, without any emotional fluctuations. With a touch of his fingertips, without even researching, he closed the eyeliner box again.

Then he left his makeup mirror and walked to the bath.

The baths in the dormitory are made of large blocks of bluestone, and the area is so large that ordinary people can call it a swimming pool. The baths are surrounded by white marble pillars topped with gilded miyi flowers, and the water in the pool is mixed with lotion and fresh petals float on it.

She turned her back to the orange behind her, slowly untied the belt around her waist, and the silver gauze dress fell gracefully. Wearing only close-fitting silk underwear, she faces the pool water to observe her body.

Eru Lomei looked at herself in the pool and showed a slightly sad smile, and the mirror in the water also responded with the same smile.

A few months ago she thought she could do anything, but now she has become someone else's prisoner. What is even more sad is that there are people who want to help themselves, but they do not have the ability to resist.

But things are not without a turn for the better......

Eru Lomme is well aware that she has lost her ability to be a warrior, but her weapon as a woman remains. The curves of her body seem to sense the transformation from warrior to woman, and she looks more soft and voluptuous than before, which will satisfy even the most discerning man, right?

She untied her underwear and placed it next to the bath with her long skirt, slowly dipping her body into the carefully blended water. The perfect temperature, where every pore opens to spit out the depression that has accumulated these days.

"Won't you wash?" said Eru Romei, turning her head suddenly.

Tachibana looked at her expressionlessly, and a cold light flashed in her eyes: "Are you going to seduce me?" I'm sorry, I'm a normal woman. ”

"Delusional ...... of murder," said Eru Lome, smiling, fiddling with the delicate petals, "You should not refuse me, because I will teach you something very interesting and will help you please my brother." ”

"The person who needs to please him now should be you. ”

The orange turned into a shadow and pulled into a black line, crossed a distance of dozens of meters, and came to the makeup mirror to levitate. Picked up the eyeliner box, held it in his hand, and looked at Eru Luomei who was soaking in the pool:

"The master wants you to cooperate with them and grant them all their requests. ”

"Do I have a choice?"

Eru Lomei took a deep breath and dipped in the pool on her back, her eyes flickering through the water as she looked at the steamy ceiling.

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Royal Court, Lounge.

Evan sat cross-legged on the floor, pale golden light circulating on the surface of his body, and the golden mist that overflowed was like smoke, floating upwards. And his consciousness has long sunk into the deepest part of the spiritual world.

All kinds of metal statues and mechanical parts were scattered around him, as if they had been blown by some explosive, and they were almost unrecognizable.

These are mini-robots he made, and he originally intended to create new mechanical life based on them. But after injecting enough energy to activate it, the robot either disintegrates into the most garbage metal protozoa, or explodes as it just did, lacking sufficient stability.

Ten minutes later.

Ivan reopened his eyes, and suddenly felt his face wet, and touched his cheek, his palms were full of pale golden blood. He looked up, a flash of alarm in his eyes - for him now, bleeding was a warning before his body decayed.

"What's going on? In the past, even if it was consumed too much, it wouldn't bleed...... Is it because of electromagnetic waves? No, if it's damage, then Eru Lome should be hurt more than me. But now the situation is that she has nothing to do, and I suddenly get sick. ”

He looked at the ceiling and thought about it for a moment, thinking that it wouldn't be so simple:

“...... Could it be that my current power is so great that the Blessed Communion is overwhelmed and I can't continue to reconcile the balance of light and darkness? If that's the case, I just need to collect enough nightmare breath to grow the dark energy to the point where it can compete with the light energy, and maybe be able to contain the lesion. ”

"If you want to accumulate enough dark energy in a short period of time, you must hunt Dreadbeasts on a large scale! Demon hunting wars are imperative...... Those six old things are definitely going to get in the way, and they need to be forced to show their prototypes as soon as possible!"

Thinking of this, Evan dissipated his light energy and shouted to the waiter outside the door of the lounge:

"Pass my orders and have seven senators come to me now!"

One by one, one by one

The next day, the palace of the king.

As usual, the nobles saluted the Sun Throne and returned to their seats.

"Lady Dinie, you are doing a good job. In a month's time, the income of the treasury has more than doubled, and it is a good job!" Ivan looked at the lady of the Imperial Court and showed a rare smile.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" the latter let out a long sigh of relief.

"Keep up the good work. ”

Evan nodded approvingly, then his expression changed, patted his thigh and said:

"Then again, I've found that there are a lot of blind spots in the Empire's taxes. I can understand that the proportion of agricultural tax is high, but the proportion of commercial tax is too low, right? The annual fiscal revenue of the empire is 40 million deben, of which agricultural tax accounts for the vast majority, and commercial tax is less than one-tenth. The agricultural tax is 15 taxes and the commercial tax is only 30 taxes...... Isn't it too light?"

At this moment, all the nobles rolled their eyes, and there was only one sentence in their hearts - there are such brazen people in the world!?

The salt and iron monopoly monopolized the most important necessities of life, and the royal bank monopolized foreign exchange trade, and now reached out to commercial taxation...... How short of money you are, leave some soup for our people!

"Your Majesty, the commercial tax should not be too heavy, otherwise it will hinder the flow of goods in the market. ”

"Your Majesty, the recollection of commercial taxes is equivalent to draining the water in the lake for fishing, which seems to be effective in the short term, but will cause predatory damage to the market environment in the long run!"

"Your Majesty! A light commercial tax is conducive to the people's livelihood, and a heavy commercial tax will increase the burden of life. ”

At this time, there was no need for Mrs. Denny to reply, and many nobles with relevant interests stood up, put on an attitude of worrying about the country and the people, righteousness and strictness, and bitterly advised him not to think about commercial taxes.

However, it was useless, and Ivan was determined to cut this piece of meat, so he would not give up.

"What are you talking about? Has the commercial tax changed from 30 taxes to 20 taxes and 1 heavy? If this tax is heavy, then the 15 taxes and 1 tax of the peasant households will not be alive!?"

Ivan didn't care so much, ignoring most people's speeches, and turned his gaze to Lady Dinie:

"Daini, this commercial tax must be increased, but the threshold can be relaxed, small traders and hawkers can be exempted from paying taxes, handicrafts pay less taxes, and heavy taxes are levied on mining, maritime trade, jewelry and other profiteering industries. How to do it, you draw up a plan first, and then show it to me. ”

"Your Majesty!"

Madame Dinny mustered up the courage to raise her head, and was about to argue with reason, but was swept away by those eyes as dark as night, and lost in one round:

"Yes...... Give me a moment. ”

"Good. ”

Evan took a deep look at her and slapped his palm twice:

"In addition to that, I have one more thing to announce today. After a month of training, the Cabinet Office is officially operational from now on. Ministers and ministers who have any work to do are required to upload it to the cabinet for approval before sending it to me for approval. The Cabinet wrote down the approval proposal on a piece of paper and pasted it on the opposite side of the report and submitted it to me, and I will decide the final result. ”

After these words, the audience fell silent, and all the nobles with normal IQ understood one thing - King Evan, who was getting more and more jumpy, had granted cabinet power, and could make confidential decrees with the monarch.

This means that the power of the cabinet senators is faintly above the six halls, and they are directly subordinate to the royal power, and I am afraid that the six major families who want to be afraid will not be able to take care of their own lives.

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