88. Men's self-esteem1
Lobit has been turned into a special zone! Military, fiscal, tax, and administrative affairs are directly under the central government, and apart from nominally belonging to the province of Galia, it has no relationship with Galia from now on.
Philip was shocked, he could think that George would definitely make a big fuss about his victory and fight for Lobit, but he didn't expect the benefit to be so great.
Militarily, if Ivey dared to attack Lobit again, it would be equivalent to two independent places attacking each other, although the Bugas top brass tacitly allowed the local shili supported by the royalists and the local shili supported by the Republican Party to fight within the province, but the two administrative subjects that were also directly under the central government attacked each other and turned into a civil war, and the Bugas top brass unanimously did not allow this to happen, and a broken empire would not benefit either of the two parties.
In terms of finance and taxation, Philip's previous taxes were distributed according to the ratio of six to two to two, Lobit divided sixty percent, Gallia Province intercepted two percent, and the imperial center collected two percent. After the finance and taxation were directly transferred to the central government, the twenty percent of the tax that was originally handed over to Galia and actually handed over to Ivey was left in Lobit.
As for government affairs, the benefits are even more, Philip no longer has to worry about Ivey as a superior reporting to the top of the empire, like this time he slandered himself for the crime of treason, because Ivy is his boss, the government's top officials can only listen to what he says one-sidedly, although the Ross family is a wealthy family in the empire, but after all, it is not a government affairs system, and what he says is not said through normal channels, and those bureaucrats can ignore it completely. However, from now on, Philip could submit official documents directly to the Reich Council, and if someone slandered him, he could defend himself.
"My lord, don't you know, in the House of Representatives, as soon as those Galian congressmen heard that you defeated the coalition of Ivey and his brother-in-law, they immediately turned around to support the royalist proposal, even those Republican congressmen are no exception, these guys are the most realistic, this money, Ivey must be to squeeze the people of Gallia Province to get it, once he raises taxes on a large scale, the people will definitely complain about Ivey, if these parliamentarians still support Ivey, in the next parliamentary election, they will not be able to pull the votes of Liaton votersใ Franklin triumphantly touched his bare chin, and his eyes were almost too smiling to see.
Philip was also in a very good mood, he raised his head to look at the blue sky without a trace of clouds, and in this moment, he felt that he and Lobit were like birds, they could spread their wings and fly high, and there were no more dark clouds over their heads.
Some people are happy, and naturally some people are unhappy.
In the imperial capital of Wellington, in a dimly lit room, Ive, with a long and curved chin, lay at the feet of a tall man with a sad face.
"Godfather, it's all that guy playing tricks!" Ivy snorted and tears on the man's trouser leg, wailing a miserable look, so that no one could see that this was the Governor of Liadon, who had flaunted his might under Lobit City more than twenty days ago.
The tall man's hair was a little gray, and there were two thick black bags under his crooked nose, and his eyes looked at Ivy like a leper dog, wrinkled slightly, and soon stretched out again, he bent down and gently helped Ivey, and his expression disappeared instantly, and he turned into a kind elder in a blink of an eye.
"Don't be discouraged, a short-term failure is not a big deal, it is just a turn on the road of life growth, just go through it. The old man with a gutter nose patted Ive's shoulder: "Don't worry, my godfather won't let Philip go, not only him, but also his brother, that George, I won't let go either!"
A glimmer of light flashed in the old man's eyes, and a powerful aura of a long-time high-ranking person erupted from his body, and Ive, who had just stood firm, seemed to be intimidated by the old man's spirit, bending over and nodding repeatedly: "That's, godfather, who are you, the prime minister of the dignified empire, he is a small local lord, you can pinch it to death without a finger." โ
If Franklin and Miranda were here, they would have recognized this old man, the outcast of the former Empire's business tycoon, and now the Empire's Prime Minister, Anthony Cooper!
Anthony smiled, noncommittal to Ivey's words, that Philip defeated Ive's army of 5,000 men with more than 1,000 men, and now divided the city of Lobit into a special district directly under the central government, it sounds like a very remarkable young man, and it will become a great weapon in time.
However, in Anthony's opinion, he could have crushed him to death like an ant.
Anthony smiled and patted Ivey on the shoulder, and the topic shifted to something else: "I said Ivey, you have worked too hard to be the governor of a province at a young age, and you have a lot of time to enjoy, so why bother with these trivial matters? โ
"Really, that's great, godfather, you're so good to me......"
"Hehe, who called me a good brother to your father, and you are my godson, who will I not help you......?"
Soon after Ivey left, Anthony's office bookshelf suddenly made a low gear friction sound, and the heavy bookshelf slowly moved to the side, and Keno Rose, who was as tall and thin as a hemp pole, walked out of the black hole behind the bookshelf, looking at the door where Ivey disappeared, with a look of disdain, "It's just a stupid son of an upstart, is it worth your effort to help him?"
Anthony glanced at Keno lightly, and said nonchalantly: "This is our Republican business, don't bother you, even if this thing is successful, we will still be enemies in the future." Okay, without further ado, as you can see, I told others that I would deal with the Philip brothers, and I would definitely deal with them, and Ivy would definitely make a big deal about it when he went out, and I couldn't regret it even if I wanted to. Say, what good things do you have that I can do to achieve this goal, and now I can take it out, right?"
Kino smiled, not angry at Anthony's salty appearance, took out a piece of paper with the badge of the god of light from his arms and handed it to Anthony, the shining sun mark on it was particularly conspicuous.
"The Demon Suppression Pass has recently lost a large number of troops in the battle with the Demon Clan, and the Temple of the Gods has decided to temporarily add a group of soldiers who will go to the Demon Suppression Pass for rotation. A grim smile appeared on Keno's face, "Hehe, this time the Ross family must send two young and excellent children to the Demon Suppression Pass, which two do you think are more suitable, Prime Minister?"