For Wren to say such things, Vito felt that he might have thought too much, after all, Wren had just ascended the throne, although this emperor was completely different from all previous emperors, but he thought that Wren should not be too reckless to trample on the unspoken rule made by everyone - what you want, you have to give.

Just like the establishment of the Discipline and Security Committee, isn't it precisely because Rennes has released the general director of the State Administration of Taxation and the military minister to let go of the control of the military minister, so that they and more vested interests can get the tacit approval in the hands of them and more vested interests?

In fact, during the Orlando family period, education had been opened to the common people to a limited extent from the aristocracy and the elite, otherwise how could so many elites from the commoners enter various departments in the center of the empire every year and hold some positions?

The Empire's finances have always been a big problem, and during the Orlando family's reign, they did a good job of keeping a low profile and covering up to make the Empire's finances look healthy. This kind of health is not really healthy, and it is too hard for an empire to maintain the construction of all provincial capitals and some cities, including the cost of the city defense system, when there is no other pillar of income except for taxes.

Coupled with the civil war and the national war that just broke out, the Orlando family did not leave much wealth to Wren, so even if Vito did not speak out and agreed with Wren's idea, Wren would not be able to carry it out because he had no money.

But in that case, why did Vito stand up and stand up against Wren's idea? To put it bluntly, it was to build momentum, and at the same time, it was also to set up another mountain. In the past, when the Orlando family was in power, there were three major aristocratic groups that stood on the opposing side of the Orlando family and fought with the royal family. It is definitely not normal for someone to fight the royal family in this imperial and feudal society, but it is precisely because of this abnormal thing that the political system of the Orlando Empire at least ensures a relatively healthy situation and a stable and sustainable development.

This brings us to something else – the law of the jungle.

A regime that does not have any rules from the top down will definitely not go far, and in the absence of sufficient competitiveness, power will soon rot and deteriorate, and the political ecology of the entire empire will deteriorate dramatically. Without competitiveness, without danger, without a sense of urgency and without the motivation to continue upward, the whole country will become rotten from top to bottom, just like the Holy Empire, and eventually collapse and even the bandits can run around with the regular army.

The introduction of competitiveness was a necessary part of maintaining a healthy and sustainable political development, and every nobleman had to be cautious, careful, and aggressive under such primitive and barbaric laws of the jungle. It is precisely because of this seemingly barbaric system that everyone's enthusiasm and vigilance have been mobilized. Like a pond of fish, an experienced fisherman will put a few aggressive predators in the pond to keep the whole pond active and healthy.

The same is true in politics, carefree will only lead to destruction, while struggle will bring progress.

After losing the restraint of the three major aristocratic groups on the royal family, if there is no other person or force to stand up, I am afraid that Wren will soon swell to a terrifying point. The entire empire will become his toy, and he will adjust the country's policies, regulations, and every aspect to his liking.

The current Desi Empire is not Wren's toy, but everyone's empire, for their own interests, for everyone's interests, it is necessary to fight against Wren when a person or a force appears.

Many people who don't understand politics always feel that many unsatisfactory things in their lives often come from political struggles, which are the way they are today and the same tomorrow. But they will never be able to understand that it is precisely this transaction, the compromise, and the reversal of victory and defeat that make a country move forward in a relatively healthy way.

Vito just wants to stand up and become Wren's opponent, and he wants to lead a group of nobles to continue the fight with Wren.

What if this time Wren was not pursuing such a relatively moderate idea, not education popularization, but a more radical policy? So there must always be someone who stands up, whether it is for his own interests, for the interests of all the nobles, for the interests of the whole Desi, to stand up against the royal family, against Wren. Only then will this empire be able to continue to sustain!

At the moment of sitting down, Vito's heart was sacred, holy, and he felt like a great man, silently paying for the rights and interests of all Desi people.

Wren looked at Vito and nodded noncommittally, "Since this matter is related to finance, the second thing I want to say is also related to finance." ”

The reserved smile on his face froze when Vito, who felt good, was stunned, and it was only then that he realized that the so-called popularization of education was just a means for Wren. Opposing his first policy can be said to be for the good of the empire, and then opposing his second policy is what you want to do? An emperor who has just ascended the throne puts forward his thoughts about the empire for the first time on such a formal occasion for the first time, and you continue to refute it, which is a slap in the face of the royal family by Chi Guoguo.

If an emperor with Pars's personality might have slapped his face on the spot, there would definitely not be much of a problem afterwards, nothing more than being scolded by her. But a strong emperor like Wren, if you slap him in the face once, he can let you go, but if you slap him in the face a second time, there is no reason to let you go.

Vito set his sights on the representatives of several golden nobles around him, the largest aristocratic group in the empire at this time may be the Wren aristocratic group, he has now become the emperor, so his aristocratic group has naturally become a royalist. Without the interference of a powerful group of nobles, Vito pinned his hopes on his allies, who were also golden nobles, in the hope that they would stand up.

The old tyrant of the Capofield family snorted coldly, closed his eyes and rested his mind, too lazy to meddle in his business. He was intimidated by Wren last time, and felt that he had been humiliated, but he didn't dare to confront Wren head-on. If it weren't for the fact that the General Administration of Taxation was involved in the future plans and interests of the Capofield family, he would not have even mentioned this matter last time.

Lancer smiled and nodded to Vito, with an innocent look of "I don't know what you want to express", which made Vito close his eyes a little irritably.

After calming down for a moment, Wren said with a smile: "I've been thinking about one thing, the financial problems of the empire have always been complicated and chaotic, every expenditure and every income is a mess, and even the Chancellor of the Exchequer himself can't figure out how much there is in a year and how much is spent. Where the money came from and where it went, no one knows. Our Chancellor of the Exchequer probably only knows how to sign and seal it, and then put it in the treasury with a note, and he will be considered to have done his job. ”

Wren stood up and took a few steps back and forth, "This won't work!"

"Such a system is unhealthy and unsound. I'm not referring to any of you, and I'm well aware that some of the institutions that have fallen significantly behind the times have been left over from the days of the Holy Empire. In the past, when the Orlando family was in power, I was not the emperor, and this is not my empire, so I can assume that I don't know. But now that I am the master of this empire, what I cannot see must be changed. ”

"I don't ask you to be any better, but at least make me accept that I have an idea about finances. "Not only must I find out how much money is collected from where and for what in the year goes into the treasury, but at the same time I must find out what and in whose hands each money goes out of the treasury." ”

"Don't think it's difficult, it's actually very simple, we only need a few steps......

Dealing with finances is also one of Wren's most important policies, controlling military power, and then controlling the money bag, he, the emperor, is basically sitting firmly.

How do you manage your money bag......? It should be said that many successful cases in the other world have relatively perfect solutions, that is, budgets and allocations. The most chaotic part of the current finances of the Desi Empire is that there is no perfect and complete appropriation plan, and the governor here today will ask for 20,000 gold coins, and tomorrow the governor there will ask for 5,000 gold coins. They would just find an excuse to take the money out of the imperial treasury, and of course the excuse would at least be able to pass, such as building a place.

As for what to build, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Ministry of Finance did not know at all, and they did not go to the local government to review whether the money was used for construction and whether there was misappropriation.

Year after year, every year the governors had the means and excuses to get a large amount of money from the central treasury, and they were like models among the nobility who had been trying to build the empire. But where were the results? Where were the gold coins used, apart from the splendid and luxurious Doge's Palaces, and the vaults of the Doge's Palaces, which were piled high with gold coins?

Therefore, we want to curb the gradual decline of finances, 4

"Forget it this year, starting next year, all taxes must be handed over in a lot of money, and I will arrange for the Discipline and Security Committee to supervise the collection of taxes and transportation ...... throughout the process", many nobles under the steps widened their eyes, and there was a commotion in the entire hall, Wren slapped on the handrail, and with a loud bang, the whole big point returned to its previous tranquility, "Whoever dares to do it here, I will send his whole clan to serve the Empress of Pars!"

"Of course, you don't have to worry, you, including the governors and city lords outside, will make a budget before January next year. This thing is not complicated at all, to put it simply, don't you want to develop the city, build the city? Very good, I support and encourage this kind of behavior, what you want to develop, what to build, how much money is needed, how many materials, how long the construction period, what the scale, including the construction drawings, all of them are sorted out for me and sent to the Ministry of Finance before the end of December. ”

"The Ministry of Finance will make deletions or additions at your discretion according to your requests, and after the review, I will conduct the final review of these approvals. As long as it passes, even if you ask for a million gold coins, as long as it is reasonable, as long as the imperial treasury can come up with it, I will approve it for you. ”

"Every money is earmarked, misappropriated or corrupted, and will be investigated by the Discipline and Protection Committee. ”

"If anyone has the intention of stealing finances, then congratulations, countless mines in the Empire that are in dire need of absenteeism are waiting for you, and the Empire's Western Front defense line is waiting for you. ”

"I will pass on the specific methods and methods to the Ministry of Finance later, and the specific matters will be the responsibility of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. If you have any questions or don't understand something, you can ask him. ”

"In addition, from this day onwards, the private fiefdoms of the nobility and all state-owned territories are exempt from civil tax, and the commercial tax is drawn from one to five draws, and then a document will be issued in writing. ”

"Who has any doubts?"

The young aristocrats shook their heads, in fact, in the blissful salon a few days ago, Wren had already said this. As for the tax and fiscal reforms, these young aristocrats who have not lost their vigor can express their understanding, especially after Wren completely abolished the civil tax. The civil tax was a poll tax levied by the empire on the citizens of the fiefdom, and each citizen would be levied every month, ranging from ten copper coins to one silver coin, depending on his social status and wealth.

To put it simply, the richer the person and the more status the person, the higher the civil tax levied. The civil tax has always been one of the most criticized taxes, but at the same time, it was also the most indispensable part of the empire's finances.

There are more than 80 million Desi people, and the average person pays 50 copper coins a month, and there is a tax of 40,000 gold coins a month, which is almost 500,000 a year. The real civil tax will only exceed this figure, and it will definitely not be lower than this figure. Wren was able to grit his teeth and abandon this tax in order to gain the support of the entire Desi people, so that he could do his best to smoothly push the budget and appropriation system forward.

Both nobles and commoners were essentially beneficiaries in this matter. Commoners no longer have to pay monthly taxes, and nobles don't have to watch their realm's wealth drain every month. The civil tax does not have to be paid, and the commoners in the territory can save a sum of money every year that is not small for their families, which will eventually become the driving force of consumption, accelerate the economic construction of the nobles' territory, and also allow them to obtain more benefits and benefits.

Wren has already given up such a large piece of interest, and if anyone dares to stand up against his plan, he will really use the knife.

Glancing at the stubborn nobles and Vito, Wren had a look of contemptuous disdain on his face.

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