My name is Ren

Chapter 614 If you want to defeat an enemy, the first thing you need to do is to make him so angry that he loses his reason and sense of proportion

If you want to destroy a big tree, you must first cut off the branches and leaves of the big tree, then eradicate the parasitic plants attached to the trunk of the big tree, and finally dig out the roots before pushing it to the big tree.

Defeating a small noble may only need a government order, which is enough to plunge a small noble family that has struggled for several generations into the abyss in an instant.But to push it to a big noble, it is definitely not a matter of overnight.

Many people think that whoever the royal family wants to hit, just say no?The royal family is so powerful, ruling the empire, as long as the emperor said to remove these people's positions and titles, and then imprison them for the final trial, why would they go so far as to eat away at the branches and leaves of those great nobles?

In fact, this is a manifestation of political immaturity.

The faction network formed by a big noble like Rennes is unimaginably huge. Once the royal family publicly stated that they would target these people, it would likely cause a huge political tsunami and trigger civil strife.We must know that in this feudal social system of feudalism, in places outside the imperial capital, people's allegiance is often to the nobles who rule them, not the royal family.

In the entire political system, the royal family is the first layer of the pyramid, followed by the major nobles, and then the small and medium nobles, the privileged class, and the common people.In this layer-by-layer spread pyramid system, there is no leapfrog allegiance.In other words, there is actually not much relationship and loyalty between the emperor and the common people.

Once these nobles, large and small, chose to take risks in the face of pressure and harm from the royal family, no one could stop them from doing crazy things.

So if you want to defeat a big nobleman smoothly, the first thing you need to do is to cut down his party network, cut down his influence and the bargaining chips in his hand.This absolutely cannot happen overnight, it will take some time.

The first target of Queen Pars is Salcomo.

Salcomo occupies a very critical and important role within Rennes' party, and his importance is reflected in money.The biggest difference between the Industrial and Commercial Party and other parties is that the entire party of the Industrial and Commercial Party is dominated by exploiters. It is a party of businessmen.The wealth and influence they have is by no means comparable to that of the Labor Party or the Farming and Animal Husbandry Party.Through the charm of money, this group of businessmen with huge wealth helped Renn get the support and loyalty of more people.

This is not a prosperous age, but even in a prosperous age, the power of money is infinite.

Rennes can spend a lot of money to absorb the small nobles and privileged classes who are facing difficulties. They can also use money to buy weapons and armor or even prohibit privately manufactured war weapons. Money can also win the loyalty of the people, thus providing a rich source of soldiers. So Salcomo played a very important role.

If we regard a power as a sophisticated machine, then money is the source of power that this machine needs to run, and it is indispensable.Once the wealth brought to Rennes by the Industrial and Commercial Party is lost, there will be a big problem with this machine.

People always unknowingly belittle the value of interest in morality, but it is ridiculous that no one can do without interest.As long as people live in this world, their demands for interests are endless.

It seems that the tax audit promoted by the Chief Revenue Officer seems to be aimed at the taxation of major cities and Rennes - as we all know, the tax problems in Ortrenburg over the years are very serious. In the past many years, the annual tax paid is often only A few gold coins.

A city's tax is only a few gold coins?

This is definitely not normal behavior, at least not right now.

But the real target of this operation is Salcomo.

This group of businessmen has long been accustomed to paying less or not paying taxes in various ways, the most common being concealment.Obviously sold something for [-] gold coins, but only admitted that he sold something for [-] gold coins when filing the tax return. Naturally, he paid less business tax behind the [-] gold coins, which is the tax of [-] gold coins.Another example is to evade taxes by using the ratio of commercial tax in different places. It is obvious that trade is carried out in a certain city with a five-to-one draw, but it happens to pay taxes in some places where ten or even fifteen draws are made. The business tax of two thousand gold coins now only needs to pay one thousand or even five or six hundred gold coins.

Regardless of the method, strictly speaking, it is an illegal anti-tax behavior, including the way of paying taxes in different places.It’s just that the royal family’s rule over the localities has not been strong enough in recent years. It is enough for the localities to be willing to pay the default proportion of taxes. Not too outrageous, everything is fine.

The hidden dangers buried in the past have finally become a sharp blade in the hands of those in power to eradicate dissidents today. Even Salcomo did not expect such a day to come.

After all, he is not a big man, but an insignificant party leader, a small baron.

It's a pity that sometimes things always backfire, and the trouble still finds him.

Celeste couldn't believe what Salcomo said, she thought all of this was the choice made by that high-ranking woman to deal with her brother Ryan, she didn't think of the real goal of Queen Pars at all, It turned out to be my grandfather!
After a moment of silence, Celeste asked, "Have you been in contact with Brother Ren?"

There was no sad and depressed expression on Salcomo's face. He kept calm and nodded, "I have already contacted the adults, and he asked me to keep a low profile and calm, and make a decision when he comes back."

He couldn't see anything on the surface, but he knew very well in his heart that he was afraid that he would suffer a crime this time.Since Queen Pars decided to open this gap from him, it meant that this woman would do whatever she could to make him confess.Once he pleads guilty, Queen Pars will launch a parliament to find a way to identify the Industrial and Commercial Party as an "illegal party". Not only will it be disbanded, but all party members will also be reviewed, and the "power" of Rennes will continue to be stripped from a deeper level ".

Once Rennes loses almost endless financial support and monopoly goods are released again, this will deal a heavy blow to Rennes.

In this world, no matter what you want to do, you must have money.

Without money, nothing can be done.

The atmosphere of silence didn't last long, the housekeeper ran in in a panic, and before he could open his mouth, a dozen soldiers barged in.Behind the dozen or so soldiers, a middle-aged man in a congressman's attire looked at Salcomo with a smile, "Your Excellency the Baron, I am Tutat of the General Administration of Taxation, and I am currently serving as the deputy chief of the General Administration of Taxation." position, and I believe you already know why we are here."

Salcomo leaned back in his chair and looked at these people, without any timidity or surprise, calmly making the corners of Tutat's eyes twitch.

He continued with a smile on his face: "According to the decree of Your Excellency and the Queen, Your Excellency believes that you have committed serious tax evasion in your trade over the years. According to the imperial code and charter, we will punish you and your chamber of commerce. The trade over the years has been reviewed and reviewed. If it is determined that you have violated the law, you will be subject to a certain trial. If you do not have the above-mentioned behaviors, we will also apologize for what we have done."

"Now, I hope you can go to the General Administration of Taxation with us to clarify things carefully." Tutat waved his hand, and two soldiers walked behind Salcomo, and Tutat raised his hand. Eyebrows, "I also hope that you can actively cooperate."

Obviously, Tutat didn't give Salkomo any face, and even hoped that Salkomo would do some impulsive things.In this matter against Salcomo and Rennes, there is indeed a great risk. Rennes is not an easy person to mess with. Many examples have proved that this guy is sometimes a lunatic. Will just let it go.

However, huge risks also mean huge rewards and benefits. Once Rennes is successfully pushed into the abyss, those who take great risks to cooperate with the royal family will get unimaginable benefits-wealth, power , even titles.

Tutat used this method second only to humiliation to "invite" Salcomo, the purpose is to hope that the old guy can't stand it and make some special moves, so that he can find a chance to be cruel.But it's a pity that Salcomo is obviously richer than treacherous and experienced.He smiled and stood up, wiped his hands, glanced at the butler and Celeste with caressing eyes, raised his legs and walked towards the door.

Celeste seemed to be able to react at this time, she stood up suddenly, blocked the door, and shouted loudly: "You can't take him away."

Tutat froze for a moment, he looked at Salcomo, "Who is this?"

"My granddaughter!"

Tuttat sneered, and slapped Celeste on the shoulder. He was also a knight who had cultivated his fighting spirit. This push was so hard that he pushed the little girl who had only reached the third level of swordsman. His buttocks sat on the ground.He walked up to Celeste, looked down at her from top to bottom, his eyes filled with endless mockery, "Girl, just wait until you get married, don't run around if you have nothing to do."

After speaking, a group of soldiers surrounded Salcomo and filed out.

The little girl looked at the grandpa who was taken away, her eyes became red.

She bit her lip, the fishy sweetness filled her with hatred, and at the same time, Tutat's back was firmly engraved in her heart.The little girl patted the dust on her skirt and stood up, regaining her calm expression after a while, and hurriedly left Salcomo's manor.

(End of this chapter)