The old tyrant actually knew very well that the chief of the General Administration of Taxation could not be one of their men. Don't look at Wren as if he is rich now, once he ascends the throne, there will be places where he needs to spend money.

The first is the military, and the Orlando family has been trying to have enough deterrence over the years to control the disobedient nobles. The 1st and 2nd Legions of the Guards were stationed in the imperial capital all year round, and the monthly salary of each soldier, various subsidies, maintenance and wear and tear of war horses and weapons, food for people to eat and horses, and even the cost of treatment when they were sick came from the imperial treasury.

In addition, the annual research plan of the Imperial Research Institute also needs a lot of financial support, the gifts used to reward the nobles also need to be purchased with money, the repair of the palace and the expenses of the palace maids and guards, the maintenance costs of various things, and the seemingly inconspicuous accounts finally accumulate up, which is definitely a number that can make people stare off their eyes.

No matter how rich Wren is, as long as he sits in this position, the money in his pocket will never be enough.

As the tax revenue and the royal merchants that support the expenses of the royal family, they have become the most important source of income for the royal family. There is no need to say much about the imperial businessman, there is always someone in the industrial and commercial party who can handle it for him, but it is not as rich as he imagined. Even if you're an imperial merchant, you can't force people to buy your things, right? Even if you force everyone to buy your things, they have to have money.

Therefore, the real source of the royal family's finances is taxes.

If you look at the essence of this act through the lens of taxation, in fact, to put it bluntly, everyone in the entire empire who is a Desi and a non-Desi takes out a little bit and provides it for the royal family. Taxation has always been a headache, and if Wren still can't hold the position of tax chief and firmly grasps it in his hands, I'm afraid Wren will kill people again.

There is actually nothing surprising about the old tyrant's idea, the chief can't get it, but the second chief is still possible. Rather than Vito, who was more inclined to military power, after getting the position of Minister of Military Aircraft, the old tyrant wanted to be able to meddle in the Empire's taxes. He doesn't even need to do it to a certain extent, as long as he does everything according to the rules, layer by layer, layer by layer of shearing, he will naturally be able to have wealth that rivals the country.

It's just that as soon as he finished speaking, and was about to carefully observe Wren's reaction, Wren actually laughed, which made the old tyrant have a trace of vigilance in his heart, and the ghost knows what this madman is going to do.

"Since we talked about the State Administration of Taxation, I happen to have some ideas, and I will discuss them with you after sorting them out after a while. ”

In Wren's opinion, the Orlando Empire's tax collection methods are really too backward, of course, it does not mean that the tax collection methods he knows are necessarily advanced and have no loopholes. In another world, there are countless people who evade taxes every year? With thousands of years of civilization in another world, the problem of the tax system cannot be solved, how can Wren think of more clever attention?

Rather than hastily and blindly carrying out major surgery on the tax system without preparation, it is better to temporarily solve the large number of shortcomings in the tax system from another perspective and reduce losses, that is, supervision. Therefore, the first thing to be solved is not the reform of the tax system, but the establishment of another department to supervise the corruption situation in the State Administration of Taxation.

Absolute corruption can breed only under absolute power. The power of the State Administration of Taxation is so great that it is not subject to the supervision and guidance of any department, except that the emperor and the prime minister can directly influence the change of this department. Coupled with the lack of vertical management of the tax system, there is no way for the local government to sue the tax officer, even if they know that they are doing it.

To report a tax officer, you first need to come to the imperial capital, and then apply to explain the situation, and the State Administration of Taxation will accept it before there will be a so-called investigation. As for what problems can be investigated, the State Administration of Taxation has the final say. Many times in order to cover the lid, it is clear that there is a problem, but it becomes no problem.

Instead of open source, it is better to reduce expenditure, and the total tax revenue that the State Administration of Taxation finally presents in front of the royal family is often only about 60% of the total amount of real taxes. Forty percent of them are divided among the vested interests of the entire tax system.

Among them, the most profitable is the chief of the State Administration of Taxation, as well as the chief of a large vote.

It is impossible to review the current problems and suspected corruption in the State Administration of Taxation in a short period of time, so it is necessary to get a procuratorial organ first, on the one hand, to put a tight spell on the State Administration of Taxation, and on the other hand, Rennes has deeper considerations. Since we have such an idea, what can we do if we give up the position of the head of the State Administration of Taxation?

It's nothing more than a leashed dog that can only bark and can't bite people.

As soon as Wren spoke, the tyrant closed his mouth.

"I have other ideas for the State Administration of Taxation, and I am not ready to make too many changes to the original personnel for the time being, if you have good candidates, you can also put them forward. ”

Wren meant that he told the old tyrant that the position of chief was also given to you, but the old tyrant didn't know what to do. This is like a jackal on the grassland, following behind the lion and waiting for the lion to leave some meat and bones for it after it is full, but the lion directly gave it the whole prey, but it did not dare to come forward.

After eye contact between the three of them for a moment, the old tyrant said tentatively: "There is a junior in my clan, he ......"

Wren patted the armrest, "That's him." ”

After the meeting was dismissed, the old tyrant immediately left the palace, citing that he was not feeling well, and he needed to return home to talk to his staff about the matter. He couldn't figure it out, and he needed to gather the wisdom of the people. Vito also said goodbye to Rennes, there were more things to deal with and he didn't have much time to spare.

Only Lancer stayed.

Wren and Lancer don't have much friendship, and even if they know each other, Lancer represents another group of golden nobles. In fact, in the matter of Rennes' usurpation, neither family showed strong opposition intentions, and it can be said that they acquiesced to Rennes' actions. What Vito could see, they could see too. Wren can stand up, naturally it is better than they stand up themselves, the important thing for them is not that one family is going to be the emperor, but that the Orlando family is no longer a royal family, this is the most important thing!

"It has only been three hundred and seventy-five years since the establishment of the empire, and in these three hundred and seventy-five years, there are only five of us left among the twelve golden nobles, which is really a bit sentimental. "I'm afraid our ancestors wouldn't have imagined that there would be such a day, when their closest comrades-in-arms and companions would become the most dangerous enemies, which is really funny." ”

"It is precisely because everything is not in our calculations and is full of amazing surprises that we love this world so much." If everything is done according to your ideas, what is there in this world that people are fighting for?", he pulled a cigarette from his bosom and handed it to Lancer, who immediately pulled out a brand new fire sickle.

With the myth that cigarettes continue to create a commodity within the Orlando Empire, there have been many things that have begun to move from passive service cigarettes to active service cigarettes, with the Fire Scythe changing the most. The original fire sickle was a small cylinder that, as it was pulled apart, closed a miniature magic circuit, creating flames.

But as more and more powerful people used fire sickles in more and more important occasions, the merchants who produced them realized that the old fire sickles were no longer enough to meet the daily needs of the powerful people - mainly because they were not luxurious and beautiful.

Under many whimsical ideas, various shapes of fire sickles have been introduced, and what Lancer holds in his hand is the one that is currently the most popular among the powerful on the market. The fire sickle in his hand was no longer a small cylinder, but a small box the size of a palm, just enough to hold in his hand. The outside of the box is the face of the cloisonné sapphire, and there is a raised round ruby on the right side of the middle of the box, and the thumb is pressed forward to push the mechanism in the box, and a reed will be moved, which happens to become the key to the magic circuit, and directly activates the magic circuit.

In the upper left corner of the box, a small opening of less than a centimeter in diameter will be revealed, and inside the mouth is a hot, red, hot flame, just enough to insert one end of the cigarette into it.

Such a fire scythe is expensive, requiring at least twenty gold coins or more, but even then it is still in short supply.

After the two lit cigarettes, they stopped and swallowed the clouds.

"They've all got what they want, so what about you, what do you want from me?", Wren squinted at him.

Lancer smiled and patted the cigarette ash that had accidentally fallen on his body, as if serious, as if he was joking, and said, "My family doesn't want anything. We don't need titles, positions, wealth, or whatever. ”

Wren smiled and asked, "So, you're all good people?"

"Good people can't talk about it, we need a commitment from you. ”

"What promise?"

Lancer looked around and didn't notice anyone nearby, so he lowered his voice and said, "Ensure the safety of our family and not become the target of purge, whether it is now or in the future." ”

Wren was stunned and laughed, he seemed to put his arms around Lancer's shoulder affectionately, and patted him a few times, "I'm not Pars, let alone any one of the Orlando family, how could I hurt you and your family?

Lancer threw the cigarette he had only taken two puffs on the ground, and stepped on his toes and crushed it, "I'm not kidding, as long as you can give us such a guarantee, then I and my family will cooperate with you with the greatest sincerity and become your most loyal and reliable partner." ”

Wren hesitated, but finally nodded. Since Lancer was able to say that, it was definitely the result of their family's discussion, and there was no need to break with Lancer and his family and push them to the other side for such a thing at this time.

What Wren needed now was not a more intense battle, he had just toppled the Orlando family from the throne, and the entire empire was still in a process of passive acceptance to understanding. In this process, there will definitely be a group of nobles and groups who do not recognize Wren's acquisition of power, they will not sit idly by and watch Wren grasp the supreme power step by step, they will definitely jump out and sing against Wren.

At this time, a stable imperial capital is very important to Rennes. It is impossible for him to fight outside while guarding against someone in the imperial capital who wants to attack him, so in fact, no matter what unreasonable and absurd demands they make today, Wren will meet them.

After dealing with the uncooperative forces in the empire, Wren will turn around and deal with them, the golden nobles.

Just like the Orlando family, he can't be safe until these people and families who can legitimately shake their throne are completely erased from this world.

His impeachment of Empress Pars through the Imperial Diet played a very important role in this usurpation, and it was precisely because of the passage of the impeachment motion by the Imperial Diet that Wren's usurpation became a "legitimate" replacement, no longer a simple rebellion, but a reasonable change.

He did gain great benefit from this, but it also showed the way to others.

In case because of some things at this time, both sides are unhappy, and when Wren leads his troops to conquer the full moon, or leaves the imperial capital to clear up the rebellion, these guys jump out and impeach him Wren at the Imperial Meeting, then there will be a big leak!

Lancer left the palace very happily after receiving Wren's assurance, and then he needed to adjust the family's strategy, from passive defense to active action, to win more benefits.

It is easy to usurp the throne, but it is difficult to be an emperor.

In particular, his actions this time were lightning fast, and it only took one night to settle everything. The changes in the outside world may not be great, but there is definitely an undercurrent in the imperial capital. In order to deter some of the people who have just their hearts, Wren intends to warn them with blood and death.

While the inhabitants of the imperial capital were still immersed in the shock that the emperor had been replaced, the Ministry of State Security, under the command of Nietzsche, began to kill and arrest the staunch royalists. Anyone who dares to stand up against him or question him in public will be defined as a criminal and will be questioned and tried.

On the third day, the entire empire, including the full moon and Emperor Bai Kun, who was in a state of civil war, knew about it.

Especially after the death of the Grace brothers, the pressure from the Western Front suddenly increased, and the barbarians who were all sand up and down were fighting wave after wave of seven fortresses on the Western Front.

This time, they didn't seem to be planning to spit out what they had swallowed again.