"Your Excellency, we may as well seek the support of the Duke of Great Poland..."

Inside Prague Castle, Georg's confidant, the Marquis of Moravia, Cornell, suggested it.

"Looking for a Pole? No, aren't we again under the rule of foreign powers? The Poles were not good at stubble, and besides, the Teutonic Knights did not fight with Poland, and now they could not pull their hands out. ”

Georg waved his hand and vetoed Cornell's proposal.

"But looking at the forces around us, apart from the Poles, who have the strength to help us, only the Magyars are left, and the Hungarian monarch is László, how can he help us? If we had intervened every day, we would never have been able to keep Prague, and we would have had to flee in a hurry. ”

"Laszlo... Laszlo..."

Georg's fingers tapped on the armrest, lost in thought.

"You don't really want to ask Laszlo for help, do you? You just took the throne from Laszlo not long ago, what if he made it a condition for the throne again? Will things change for Laszlo as king and Frederick III as king? ”

Georg looked up to the sky and sighed, and it took a while to make a decision,

"In that case, let's fight Frederick first, if you can win, it's better, if not, then go to the outside forces, Laszlo... Let's talk about it. ”

……

In the distant Constantinople, Laszló naturally didn't know that there were people still talking about him in distant Bohemia, he was very busy now, after Constantine's wedding, he was arrested by Constantine again, and followed Constantine to deal with government affairs, even though he is now the king of Hungary and Croatia, but Constantine's attitude towards him is no different from before, after all, it is no exaggeration to say that according to legal theory, there is no more noble title in the whole Christian world than the Roman Emperor,

"Your Majesty, ministers, in the course of these days of inspection, the following problems have been found, first of all, the businessmen do not trust the government very much, even if they encounter problems, they do not ask the government for help at the first time, but to the local respected predecessors, many cities do not appoint judges, three judges per province is still too few, the local circuit judges are highly mobile, busy with affairs, and many times cannot take care of all aspects,

The merchants secretly formed their own guilds, and the local ones crowded out the outsiders, the first to crowd out the last, the lucrative places were robbed, and the places with meagre profits were not cared for, so that the crops produced by the peasants could only rot in the warehouses, the excellent tools made by the craftsmen could only be confined to the local area because they were not transported, and the merchants only traded in the rich places, and disdained the remote areas."

Louis closed the document in his hand, and then looked at everyone present,

"It is a very normal behavior for businessmen, but it is a very important challenge for us, firstly, there needs to be a judge in the city to provide legal interpretation at any time, otherwise our law will not be enforced, and we cannot let the local interpretation of the law at will, so the existence of city judges is very necessary.

Second, the government should take into account the inconvenient transportation in some remote areas, and His Majesty's behavior of encouraging production is very good, but if it causes melons and fruits to rot in the warehouse, it will not only discourage the enthusiasm of the people, but also cause waste, which is extremely detrimental to the development of the empire. ”

Before that, the Roman Empire's attitude towards commerce had been laissez-faire, with little interference in commerce other than collecting taxes, and now, the empire took commerce very seriously.

"In addition to this, I would like to add a few points,"

Immediately following Louis's speech, Chavez also said some other problems,

"In the previous period of the Great Tribulation, the empire conceded great benefits to many countries, not to mention the Genoese colony Galata opposite Constantinople, in terms of commercial taxes, we charged 4% of the commercial taxes of Genoese merchants and Venetian merchants, and for our own merchants, our commercial tax was 10%, and many merchants did not hesitate to change their doors for this reason, joining the banner of Genoa and the Venetians, the high commercial tax not only did not increase the treasury revenue, but reduced the empire's commercial tax revenue a lot,

Previously, due to the Ottoman offensive, we did not control many cities, and our losses in this area were small, so we were not taken seriously by the successive emperors, but now the interests of these representatives are very great, and we must contain or ban them. ”

"The basic plate of the empire should still be the countryside, we should encourage the existence of free farmers, some small agriculture should be incentivized, and the large-scale wine industry and sericulture industry can be controlled by large landowners and big nobles, and we don't need to worry about the wine and textiles produced by these people, they will have their own methods, but the food produced by free farmers needs to be acted by the imperial government,"

Flores also spoke that he had done his homework,

"There is a very serious problem involved in this aspect, before this, the empire's taxes were collected in the form of gold coins, and the peasants sold their materials in exchange for gold coins to pay taxes, although this is conducive to the empire's tax statistics, but this will invisibly cause damage to the interests of the peasants, because the merchants, even if they are bulk grain merchants, will not offer too much to the peasants, and the merchants also need profits, and this part of the loss is borne by the peasants, and the government should take action to protect the interests of the peasants."

After listening to the questions raised by several people, Prime Minister Calvo sorted out the notes he had been making, looked at them carefully, and then asked the waiter to hand them to Constantine,

"Okay, let me summarize for Your Majesty, there are three topics for today, first, on the management of the city, whether each city needs the management of the empire, and how to manage it, second, on the question of commercial taxes and guilds, and third, on the collection of taxes and the protection of free peasants, everyone will express their opinions on these three questions in an orderly manner."

As soon as Calvo's voice fell, Louis was the first to stand up, it seemed that he had already recorded,

"As for the management of cities, I express my opinion, we should restore the city management of the Roman Empire in an orderly manner to the time of Constantine the Great, and each city should have a town hall and a court, and appoint mayors and judges to be permanent, but considering the management problem, I propose that only cities with more than 10,000 people should have permanent judges, cities with less than 10,000 people should set up circuit judges in several cities together, and agricultural judges should be set up in the countryside, and only people who are proficient in agricultural law can take office, which can alleviate the lack of talent in the empire,

In this regard, we can be flexible, and the busier areas such as Athens, Thessaloniki, Adrianople, etc., can be delegated as much as we like, but I think the principle is that it is better to have more than less, and even in some sparsely populated areas, there should be judges, so that the law is present everywhere in the empire. ”

"Okay, you've heard Louie's advice, do you have any suggestions other than what Louie said?"

Calvo crossed his fingers and motioned for the clerk to jot down the contents.

"I would like to make a few points, mayors and judges should be appointed by the government of Constantinople, and local cities can recommend candidates to the government of Constantinople if they have sufficient reasons, but the final list of appointments and dismissals should be decided by us, and the mayors and municipal officials elected by the local cities privately shall not be recognized and resolutely cracked down, and any opposition to Constantinople should be curbed, and in this regard, the help of the army is needed."

Flores looked at Cesipe on the side, and his tone was full of decisiveness.

Calvo was noncommittal, looking at the rest,

"Guys, do you have anything to add to Flores's suggestion?"

"I beg to differ, Flores' suggestion is still very flawed,"

Cito stood up, the most important thing in the cabinet meeting was to speak freely, so he didn't care about refuting whether Flores would make the other party unhappy,

"Flores's words are too harsh, before today, the empire was largely negligent in the management of the city, just the selection of imperial officials took us a long time, and some cities were inevitably neglected, which is very normal, in this case, the city residents had to manage themselves, and the municipal officials elected by themselves not only represented the will of the local residents, but also played an important role in the development of the local area, this group of people did not say anything else, and spared no effort in the development of their own city, Rashly removing these people is bound to cause turmoil in the local area.

Personally, I believe that the existence of the city council is very necessary, no one knows the city better than the city residents, and the judges and mayors sent by the government can better manage the affairs of the city with the assistance of the city council, and at the same time can play a role in reducing the number of administrative officials and reducing the burden on the national treasury. ”

"Well, do the rest have any suggestions?"

Completely understanding the meaning of the two, Calvo looked at the others, and saw that everyone shook their heads, Calvo was relieved, and then asked,

"Do you know what Sito and Flores mean?"

"Understood!"

"Understood!"

"Very well, in that case, I invite you to vote, those who support Flores hold the purple silk in their right hand, and those who support Cito hold the purple silk in their left hand, and the vote begins."

Everyone picked up the purple silk provided by the royal family next to them, covered it on their left or right hands, or held it up or laid it flat on the table, and naturally someone would count it.

It didn't take long for the statistical results to come out, after all, there were only a few people in total, and no matter how slow it was, it couldn't be slow.

"Sito voted five and Flores three, and voted to restate the vote, 1. Establish a city council to include in the municipal management system the managers elected by the citizens, as appropriate; 2. Improve the legal system, with permanent judges in cities with more than 10,000 people, circuit judges in several cities with less than 10,000 people, and agricultural judges in rural areas. ”

Repeating the results of the vote in front of the document, Calvo looked at the crowd again,

"Do you have any objections to the results? I can still speak. ”

"No objection!"

"No objection!"

"Okay, submit the vote to Your Majesty, and wait for Your Majesty's ruling or seal."

Soon, a vote was sent to Constantine, who looked at it carefully for a long time, nodded slightly, and took out the national seal, and as the great seal fell, the document officially came into effect.

Some people died, but not completely......