Godsend Field

Chapter 341 Regulations
The next day, he walked into the Palace of Qinzheng again, and Saphiroth couldn't laugh or cry. These days, he really saw what it means to be a companion like a tiger, and his head has turned back and forth on the blade for countless times!
Looking around, everyone still looked at themselves with the eyes of the dead, but fortunately, Deputy Counselor Nero slightly closed his eyes on the opposite side.Looking at this situation, Vice-Chancellor Nero has the posture of the chief minister!

"Sephiroth, how is your investigation going? Our Northeast Province was killed by your 'dangerous national debt' this time! If you don't think about it, and there is a civil uprising, how do you want me to face His Majesty? What face is there to go back to the northeast!" Marquis Dolan complained.I have been a marquis governor for more than 20 years. Although the Northeast Province is not prosperous in my hands, it has not had any troubles. If there is a civil uprising in my place, my 20 years of political achievements will be ruined. up!

"Yes, Saphiroth! Our southwest is an important area of ​​the empire, and we also take into account the defense of the Spanish Empire. They have just withdrawn their troops. If we have trouble at this time, the Spanish Empire will definitely come again. At that time, you will be a sinner of the empire! "The Governor of the Southwest Province, Marquis Ahmed, roared.

"Hey, as financial officials of the empire, how can you sign such a 'dangerous national debt'? Don't you think about the worst outcome?"

"That's right, when the Duke of Meister was in charge of the finance department, this kind of thing never happened..."

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The marquises couldn't help complaining that they were no better than the officials in the capital, even if they said something serious to Safeiros, they didn't care!

Safeiros smiled awkwardly. This incident endangered the empire. For the officials, these imperial officials and provincial governors were the first to be unlucky. It is normal for them to lose their temper.Although he knew that the matter of the 'dangerous national debt' was caused by the prince, no one dared to publicly criticize the prince, and could only vent all his grievances on himself.Hey, who let themselves be acting ministers, if the Duke of Meister was there, they probably wouldn't do this!

"Governors, we need to work hard to solve the problem together. I, Saphiroth, know that the crime is serious. After this matter is settled, I will ask the regent to punish him!"

After glancing at Safeiros, the governors reluctantly returned to their seats.

When the regent and assistant regents arrive, the morning meeting will officially begin!

In today's morning meeting, everything was put down, and only two things were discussed!
Saphiroth didn't wait for the eldest prince to shout, and walked to the front by himself, "Reporting to the regent, the minister Saphiroth has been to several chambers of commerce, talked with their presidents, and learned something! Why don't our finance department specialize Deputy Counselor Wu Xisi who is in charge of the chamber of commerce will explain it in detail!"

"Tell me what's going on!"

An official came out from behind Sephiroth, "Reporting to the Regent, the next official, Vice Counselor of the Finance Department, Woo Hees, went to the families of several large chambers of commerce in the empire with Minister Sephiroth yesterday, and talked with their presidents When we issued the "dangerous national debt" that day, they knew that the empire was in urgent need of purple gold coins, and they also knew that the opportunity for the Eastern Expedition was lost in an instant, so they took out all their working capital to support our Eastern Expedition without hesitation!"

The eldest prince frowned, "Let's get to the point! Why did they raise prices!"

"Yes! As we all know, the most important thing for the operation of the chamber of commerce is the stored goods and the flowing purple gold coins. There are indeed some goods stored by these chambers of commerce, but there are no circulating purple gold coins, so the prices have been raised. Time to raise the most purple gold coins to maintain the normal operation of the chamber of commerce!" said Deputy Counselor Wu Xisi.

The eldest prince tightly grasped the armrest with his palm, "It's not just today that they bought their dangerous national debt. Why was there no shortage of purple gold coins in the past, but at this time they took the opportunity to raise prices and endanger the empire?"

"Back to the Regent! Because the circulating purple gold coins are like blood to the chamber of commerce. Through the circulating purple gold coins, the chamber of commerce can order a large amount of goods from various places to maintain the operation of the chamber of commerce. If there is no purple gold coin, the chamber of commerce will have no supply. It is fatal to the chamber of commerce! As for a few days ago, because they used the "dangerous national debt" of the Eastern Expeditionary Army as collateral, they owed the owner Zijin Coins and got the goods in advance. But because of the defeat of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, these mortgages became If the owner loses confidence, he only accepts the purple gold coins and not the mortgage of the 'dangerous national debt', so these chambers of commerce are eager to raise a large amount of purple gold coins, so the price is raised! The reason why these chambers of commerce wanted to be in the 'dangerous national debt' The last point written in the national debt' agreement is to protect yourself!"

In the final analysis, it is a dangerous national debt!
The eldest prince was furious in his heart, "Didn't your finance department gradually return the purple gold coins to these chambers of commerce in the next 20 years when formulating the 'dangerous national debt?

"The regent does not know. For the chamber of commerce, many of them have a history of more than a hundred years. To them, 20 years is like a snap of the fingers. However, the owners of the goods are often ordinary people. The goods they have obtained from farming this year are It is acceptable to dress and eat at night for one or two years, but they cannot wait for ten or twenty years at night, so these chambers of commerce have no choice. According to them, there are already quite a few The civilians began to ask them to pay last year's credit, otherwise they would not provide this year's goods, and the major chambers of commerce are also very troubled!"

Hearing this, all the officials also sighed!The officials here are more or less connected with the chamber of commerce, or their own families, or secretly supported all have smaller chambers of commerce.In the empire, there are officials, merchants, or nobles. Ordinary people are most likely to be officials plus nobles, or nobles plus merchants.There are very few officials and merchants, and even rarer are high-ranking officials and merchants. There is only one Mesto family in the entire empire!
Seeing that all the officials below began to sympathize with the chamber of commerce, the eldest prince felt a little uneasy, but he couldn't find anything to refute.

At this moment, Nero stood up, "Deputy Counselor Wu Xisi, I want to ask a question, and please help me solve it!"

Deputy Counselor Wu Xisi hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Deputy Counselor Nero, just ask!"

Nero smiled calmly. He and Wuxis were both vice-counselors. He even saluted to himself with a very humble expression, "We understand what you said just now! In the final analysis, it is because the common people need purple gold coins to live, so they refuse Credit from the chamber of commerce. The chamber of commerce has no liquid purple gold coins to buy goods, so it has to raise purple gold coins in a short time, thus raising the price of the goods. Is this the case?"

Deputy Counselor Wu Xisi bowed, "Deputy Counselor Nero, what we have learned is indeed the case!"

All the officials also nodded, and Sephiroth laughed secretly. During the whole analysis process, Deputy Counselor Nero didn't mention the word 'dangerous national debt', which was clearly helping the prince to excuse himself.

"The matter is clear, then we can also get the three most important links in the matter. Civilians, chamber of commerce, and purple gold coins! Right?"

"Correct!"

"Civilians need to live, they are the foundation of the empire, so their demands are the most reasonable, we have nothing to blame. And the Chamber of Commerce raises the price of goods related to people's livelihood by raising the price of goods related to people's livelihood in order to operate. Already!"

Deputy Counselor Wu Xisi was surprised, "Deputy Counselor Nero, please tell me!"

"A chamber of commerce has hundreds of thousands of goods. They increase the price of the people's livelihood. The price of these goods is low. Even if they increase the price by three or four times, it is not as good as they increase the value of handicrafts and other goods by [-]%. Why don't they increase those goods? The price of bulky goods, but increase the price of these people's livelihood goods?"

"Deputy Counselor Nile may not know. If the prices of these handicrafts and luxury items increase, others can buy them elsewhere instead of buying them. Therefore, it is impossible to effectively raise purple gold coins. But these products for people's livelihood and people's livelihood are different. They must be bought, so we can effectively raise Zijin coins!" said Deputy Counselor Wu Xisi.

"So that's how it is!" Deputy Counselor Nero snorted coldly, his eyes fixed on Deputy Counselor Wuxis, like two sharp swords!

Deputy Counselor Wu Xisi shuddered all over, and couldn't help but look up at the third prince.

Nero withdrew his gaze and turned to face the eldest prince, "Regent, Assistant Regent! There are also governors and officials. The report from the southeast province arrived at the Ministry of Government Affairs late yesterday, and the situation is very similar to yours. Have you noticed , There are problems in all the provinces of the empire, but only one province is safe and sound!"

Oh?The seven governors froze for a moment, looked at each other, and glanced at the last vacant seat of the governor's seat in unison!
Nero walked slowly to the end, stretched out his hand to support the back of the empty chair, moved his other hand slightly, and a watch appeared in his hand, "The watch that I came with the southeast province yesterday and the trip to the northwest Provincial. Clark said that everything is normal in the northwest, people’s hearts are stable and prices are stable, and the focus of the northwest will be to concentrate the capabilities of the entire province in the next year to rebuild the city of Salo, which is expected to double its original size The above, and they also mentioned that considering the current situation of the empire, we only need our policy support, and do not need a copper coin from the imperial treasury. Of course, the annual tax will still be sent to the treasury on time!"

Speaking of which, Nero walked forward and handed the love form to the eldest prince, who quickly opened it to browse.

"The regent, the assistant regent, and the governors, are you not surprised? Why is the entire empire in crisis, but the northwest, the most barren place before, is thriving?" Nero asked.

The officials were silent.

At this time, Safeiros stood up, "I used to work in the northwest before I came to the capital again. Why don't you let me answer this question! Although the northwest is barren and the people are fierce and aggressive, but fortunately they are all kind. As for Nero just now There is only one reason for the situation mentioned by the Deputy Counselor. At present, there are hundreds of chambers of commerce in the nine major provinces of the empire, and the only chambers of commerce that can enter the northwest province are Mesto Chamber of Commerce and Barr Chamber of Commerce! These two chambers of commerce control the Northwest If they don't mess with the prices in the province, the northwest will naturally be safe and sound!"

The eldest prince nodded, "Master Chamber of Commerce, Barr Chamber of Commerce!"

Nero smiled, "Sephiroth is very right! There are only these two chambers of commerce in the Northwest Province. They dominate the prices in the Northwest. If they don't mess up the Northwest, they won't be in chaos! The leading force in the rest of the provinces is the Chamber of Commerce, and they control the nine empires. [-]% of the supply of goods in the big provinces. In the past, there was a price ceiling restriction from the Ministry of Finance, so there was no trouble, but if this restriction is lost, they will endanger the empire!"

Nero's face suddenly became serious, and a memorandum appeared in the palm of his hand again, holding it high above his head, "Regent, this is the memorandum written by Duke Kate, the Minister of State Affairs, after he learned about the situation. Please ask the eldest prince to cancel the investigation Severely punish the leader of the merchant alliance, the Yaxite Chamber of Commerce, and punish the thirty large chambers of commerce at the same time, and give a warning to all chambers of commerce in the empire!"

"Wow!" The Hall of Qinzheng was boiling.The eldest prince was astonished, and the third prince was even more ashen-faced.

"No! Absolutely not!" Shangsi Balbo, the Taxation Department of the Ministry of Finance, jumped out first, with a look of horror on his face, "Regent, absolutely not, this performance is absolutely not allowed!"

"Master Balbo, why not?" Nero turned his head and looked at Balbo with ease.

"Deputy Counselor Nile, I heard that the Kate family's fiefdom is now completely managed by you. You should also know that the empire's taxes come from commercial taxes in six out of ten. Among the commercial taxes, the large and small chambers of commerce in the empire It accounts for about [-]%! You should also know that this business alliance accounts for [-]% of the empire's business, which means that the taxes submitted by the chambers of commerce under the business alliance account for more than [-]% of the empire's tax revenue. If we move them , It is likely to affect [-]% of the empire's tax revenue, and it will undoubtedly make things worse for the empire when the time comes, when the treasury will be empty, the entire empire will be even more dangerous!"

Nero smiled slightly and didn't care, "Master Balbo is exaggerating! I don't believe that severely punishing Seat and punishing the top [-] chambers of commerce will cause all chambers of commerce in the chamber of commerce to suspend operations and never pay taxes!"

"This..." Balbo was speechless, "but...but in this way, the shopping malls will be shaken, which is not good for the stability of the empire!"

"Humph! Humph!" Nero snorted coldly, "Are they raising the price so much for the stability of the empire?"

Balbo is speechless!

"I report to the Regent, I think what Balbo said is true, this request must not be approved!" At this time, an official came out from the Ministry of Political Affairs, and it was the Secretary of Criminal Justice Omar.

Although the eldest prince hated these business alliances in his heart at this moment, he also knew that the matter was of great importance, and he must not move lightly. "Omar, you are the Minister of Criminal Law. I just want to hear your opinion on this matter!"

"Regent, whether it is severe punishment or punishment in the empire, there must be clear laws and regulations that can be referred to and implemented. It is impossible to punish for no reason. His Majesty has acquiesced in the establishment of the business alliance, and the actions of the business alliance have not violated it." Any imperial regulations. Even if their price increase this time violated the regulations of the Ministry of Finance, they had an agreement with the empire in advance, so it is not illegal! Our criminal law department really can't find any reason to punish these chambers of commerce!"

The eldest prince nodded slightly, "Deputy Counselor Nero, what Omar Shangsi said is reasonable. Although I am the regent, I can't punish these chambers of commerce for no reason!"

"The regent, the assistant regent! Duke Kate is not aimless! Why did the empire formulate laws and regulations? Isn't it for the stability and long-term peace of the empire, for the people to live and work in peace and happiness? Now, looking at the actions of the business alliance, it not only endangers the empire. Stability, it also endangers the stable life of the people of the empire. Although they did not violate the rules written on paper, they have endangered the root of the laws, which also violated the laws of the empire. So I think there is nothing wrong with punishing them !"

"This..." Now even the eldest prince was embarrassed.

"Deputy Counselor Nero, if we are asked to punish them, what charges and reasons should we use?" Omar Shansi asked in embarrassment.

"It's very simple, a crime against the empire!"

Crime against the Empire!
All the officials were stunned at the same time, this crime was unprecedented, and it was a heinous crime. . .

"Crime against the empire...Deputy Counselor Nero, there is no such thing in the empire's laws and regulations! If we talk about it rashly, I'm afraid we won't be able to convince people!" Omar Shangsi said.

Nero smiled slightly, and took out another love form from the space ring, "Regent, this is a love form jointly written by Duke Kate and I, adding the crime of endangering the empire to the express law of the empire, and listing it as The top of the hundred crimes! But any behavior that endangers the stable residence of the empire’s people, regardless of whether he violates any other codes, will be listed as a crime against the empire, and convicted according to the degree of harm!”

There was a sudden silence in the hall, and all the officials almost stopped breathing!
The empire’s plain text codes have existed for 5000 years, and they are all formulated according to the models of previous empires, but some corresponding details have been modified. This is the first time in the empire that such a crime has been added. !

The eldest prince held out his hand to receive the memorial and stopped in the air, not knowing whether to accept it or not!
"Regent, Assistant Regent, as long as this request is passed, no matter how daring these chambers of commerce are, I don't think they dare to mess around! The Ministry of Finance can't restrict them, but we can use this crime after six months If they are convicted and punished, no one in the world will have anything to say!" Nero said, taking a step forward and stuffing the watch into the hands of the eldest prince.

"Nile! You are so courageous!" Just as the eldest prince was hesitating, the third prince, who had been watching coldly, suddenly stood up and shouted, "I, the clear text code of the Welsh Empire, was formulated by my founding ancestors. Is the foundation of the Welsh Empire something you can modify and add at will?"

Nero looked at the third prince next to him, and smiled contemptuously in his heart, "Mr. Fuzheng, the written code is indeed the foundation of a country, but it is also made by man, and it was made 5000 years ago. Time has passed, and many things have changed. Therefore, our plain text code should also be formulated according to the current situation, instead of sticking to the old rules! Isn’t there a huge difference between the aristocratic regulations 60 years ago and what we implement now? Your Majesty can delete the old laws and formulate new laws for the empire. Why do we Can't we add a law that will benefit the empire and do no harm?"

"You...don't forget, you are just a deputy, how dare you compare yourself with His Majesty?" the third prince said angrily.

"Reporting to the Regent, this request is not my idea alone, but the request from the Minister of State of the Empire, Duke Kate! I also hope that the Regent will read it carefully!" Nero saluted and retreated behind his seat!
(End of this chapter)