My name is Ren

Chapter 666 Among all walks of life, the mechanical workers are the stupidest, and the chess players are the smartest, especially the chess players sitting in the clouds
For Ren to say such a thing, Vito felt that he might have thought too much. After all, Ren had just ascended the throne. Although this emperor was completely different from all previous emperors, he thought that Ren would not trample on him recklessly. The unspoken rules made by everyone - what you want, you have to pay.

Just like the establishment of the Disciplinary and Security Committee this time, isn't it precisely because Rennes let go of the Chief of the Taxation Bureau and the control of the Minister of the Military Department that they and more vested interests can get the acquiescence in exchange for it?He felt that Rennes should not be so stupid and tough, wanting to ignore the interests of all nobles, to forcefully promote the Ministry of Education, and popularize education.

Besides, Vito felt that he was not wrong. It is not a problem to popularize education. In fact, during the Orlando family period, education had been opened to ordinary civilians to a limited extent from the nobles and elites. Otherwise, how could there be so many people from The elite of the common people entered various departments in the center of the empire and held some positions?What really hindered the popularization of education was the empire's finances.

The empire's finances have always been a big problem. When the Orlando family was in power, they managed to make the empire's finances look healthy through low-key handling and cover-up methods.This kind of health is not real health. In addition to taxation and no other pillar income, it is too difficult for an empire to maintain the construction of all provincial capitals and some cities, including the expenses of the city defense army system. up.

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

But that being the case, why did Vito stand up and clearly oppose Rennes' ideas?To put it bluntly, it is to build momentum, and at the same time to establish another hill.In the past when the Orlando family was in power, there were three major aristocratic groups that stood on the opposite side of the Orlando family and fought against the royal family.It is definitely not normal for someone to fight with the royal family in this imperial society, but it is precisely because of this unusual thing that the political system of the Orlando Empire at least guarantees a relatively healthy situation and a stable state. continuous development.

This involves another thing - the law of the jungle.

A regime that does not violate the rules from top to bottom will never go far. Without sufficient competitiveness, power will soon rot and deteriorate, and the political ecology of the entire empire will also deteriorate sharply.There is no competitiveness, no danger, no sense of urgency and no motivation to continue to move up. The whole country will become rotten from top to bottom, just like the Holy Empire. It will eventually collapse and disintegrate. Even bandits can drive the regular army everywhere. run.

The introduction of competitiveness is a necessary link to maintain the healthy and sustainable development of politics. Under such primitive and barbaric jungle laws, every noble must be cautious, careful, and full of aggressiveness.It is precisely because of this seemingly barbaric system that everyone's enthusiasm and vigilance are mobilized.Just like a pond of fish, experienced fishermen will put several aggressive carnivorous fish in this pond of fish, so that the whole pond of fish can become active and healthy.

The same is true of politics, carefree will only bring death, but struggle will bring progress.

After losing the control of the royal family by the three major aristocratic groups, if there is no other person or force to stand up, I am afraid that Rennes will soon expand to a frightening level.The entire empire will become his toy, and he will adjust the country's policies, regulations, and every aspect of the country to his liking.

The current Desi Empire is not a toy for Rennes, but an empire for everyone. For their own benefit and for the benefit of everyone, there must be a person or a force to fight against Rennes.

Many people who don't know much about politics always feel that many unsatisfactory aspects of their lives often come from political struggles, one way today, another way tomorrow.But they will never be able to understand that it is precisely these transactions, compromises, and reversals that allow a country to move forward in a relatively healthy way.

Vito just wants to stand up and become Rennes' opponent. He wants to lead a group of nobles to continue fighting with Rennes.

What if Rennes is not promoting such a relatively moderate idea this time, instead of popularizing education, but a more radical policy?So there must always be someone who stands up, whether it is for his own benefit, for the benefit of all nobles, or for the benefit of the entire Desi people, to stand up against the royal family and Rennes.Only in this way can this empire continue to survive!
At the moment of sitting down, Vito's heart was sacred and holy, and he felt like a great man, silently paying for the rights and interests of all Desi people.

Ren looked at Vito and nodded noncommittally, "Since this matter is related to finances, the second thing I want to talk about is also related to finances."

Feeling good, Vito was startled, and the reserved smile froze on his face. Only then did he realize that the so-called popularization of education was just a means of Rennes.Opposing his first policy can still be said to be for the good of the empire, and then opposing his second policy is what he wants to do?It is the first time for an emperor who has just ascended the throne to put forward his thoughts on the empire on such a formal occasion, and you refute them continuously. This is Chi Guoguo's slap in the face of the royal family.

If the emperor with Pals' personality might shake his face on the spot, there would definitely not be many major problems afterwards, nothing more than being scolded by her.But for a powerful emperor like Ren, 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 turned his attention to several representatives of the golden nobles around him. At this time, the largest noble group in the empire may be the Rennes noble group. Now that he has become the emperor, his noble group has naturally become a royalist party. .Without the interference of a powerful aristocratic group, Vito pinned his future hopes on his allies who are also golden aristocrats, hoping that they can stand up.

The old tyrant of the Caperfield family snorted a few times, closed his eyes and rested his mind, too lazy to meddle in other things.He was so scared by Rennes last time that he felt humiliated, but he didn't dare to confront Rennes head-on.If it wasn't for the State Taxation Administration being involved in the future plans and interests of the Capperfield family, he wouldn't have even mentioned it last time.

Lancer nodded to Vito with a smile, and said innocently "I don't know what you want to express", which made Vito close his eyes a little annoyed.

After calming down for a moment, Ren said with a smile: "I have been thinking about one thing. The financial problems of the empire have always been complicated and chaotic. Every expenditure and every receipt is a mess, and even the chancellor himself has messed up. It is not clear how much income and expenditure there are in a year. Where the money came from and where it went, no one knows. Our chancellor of the exchequer probably only knows how to sign and stamp, and then put it into the treasury with a note. Finished his job."

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

"Such a system is unhealthy and unsound. I am not pointing at any of you. I am also very clear that some systems that are obviously behind the times are left over from the Holy Empire period. Orlando before When the family was in power, I was not the emperor, and this is not my empire, so I can pretend that I don’t know. But today, I have become the ruler of this empire, so the things I can’t see must be changed.”

"I don't ask you to become better, but at least I can accept that I have an idea about finances." He sat back on the throne again, "Not only do we have to figure out where and why each year And how much money has been collected into the national treasury, and at the same time, I have to figure out why each sum of money is for, and in whose hands it goes out of the national treasury.”

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

It is also one of Rennes' most pressing policies to start with finances. If he controls the military power and then controls the money bag, he, the emperor, will basically be secure.

How to manage money bag?Later generations... It should be said that many successful cases in another world have relatively perfect solutions, that is, budget and appropriation.The most chaotic part of the current Desi Empire's finances is that there is no perfect and complete appropriation plan. Today the governor here wants [-] gold coins, and tomorrow the governor there wants [-] gold coins.They will just find an excuse to take the money away from the empire's finances. Of course, this excuse must at least pass, such as building a place.

Building places is a very general term. As for what to build, the Minister of Exchequer and the Ministry of Finance don't know at all, and they didn't go to the local government to review whether the money was used for construction or whether it was embezzled.

Year after year, every year, those governors have ways and excuses to get a large amount of funding from the central government. They are like models among the nobles, and they have been working hard to build this empire.But where are their fruits?Other than the magnificent and luxurious governor's mansions and the governor's mansion treasury full of gold coins, where else are those gold coins used?
Therefore, if you want to curb the financial decline step by step, you must first block the caves that the rats use for transportation at the source.

"Forget it this year. Starting next year, all taxes must be handed in. I will arrange a Disciplinary and Security Committee to supervise the collection and transportation of taxes..." Many nobles under the steps stared wide-eyed, There was also commotion in the whole hall. Ren slapped the armrest with a slap, and there was a loud bang, and the whole hall returned to its previous tranquility, "Whoever dares to do anything here, I will send his whole family to serve Pa Queen Els!"

"Of course you don't have to worry. You, including the governors and city owners outside, have a budget before next January. This thing is not complicated at all. To put it simply, you are not going to develop the city, build the city Very good, I support and encourage this kind of behavior. What do you want to develop, what to build, how much money you need, how much material, how long is the construction period, what is the scale, including the construction drawings, all will be sorted out for me, at the end of December Sent to the Ministry of Finance before."

"The Ministry of Finance will make deletions or additions according to your requirements as appropriate. After the review, I will conduct the final review of these approval documents. As long as it is passed, even if you want 100 million gold coins, as long as it is reasonable and as long as the empire's finances can be used, I will They will all be awarded to you."

"Every amount of money is used for special purpose, misappropriation or corruption, and people from the Disciplinary and Security Committee will investigate."

"If someone has the idea of ​​stealing finances, congratulations, countless mines in the empire are waiting for you, and the western defense of the empire is waiting for you."

"I will transfer the specific methods and methods to the Ministry of Finance later, and the Minister of Finance will be responsible for the specific matters. If you have any questions or don't understand something, you can ask him."

"In addition, from today onwards, nobility's private fiefdoms and all state-owned places will be exempted from civil tax, and commercial tax will be drawn from [-] in [-] to [-] in [-], and documents will be issued later."

"Who has questions?"

The young nobles shook their heads one after another. In fact, Ren had already said this in the bliss salon a few days ago.For the reform of taxation and finance, these young nobles who have not lost their vigor can express their understanding, especially after Rennes completely abolished the civil tax.The people's tax is the poll tax imposed by the empire on the citizens of the fief. Every month, each citizen will be levied from ten copper coins to one silver coin according to his social status and wealth.

To put it simply, the richer the person, the more the status of the person, the higher the tax for a long time.People's tax has always been one of the most criticized taxes, but at the same time, it is also the most indispensable part of the empire's finances.

There are more than 8000 million Desi people. On average, each person pays 50 copper coins a month, [-] gold coins in taxes a month, and almost [-] gold coins a year.The real people's tax will only exceed this figure, and will never be lower than this figure.Rennes was able to grit his teeth and abandon this tax category in order to gain the support of the entire Desi people, so that he could push the budget and appropriation system smoothly with all his strength.

Both nobles and civilians are essentially beneficiaries in this matter.Commoners no longer need to pay monthly tax, and nobles don't need to watch the wealth in their territories lose every month.There is no need to pay the civil tax, and the common people in the territory can save a sum of money every year, which is not a small amount for their families. Get more benefits and benefits.

Ren has given up such a large profit, if anyone dares to stand up against his plan, he will really use the knife.

Glancing at those stubborn nobles and Vito, Renn showed a scornful disdain on his face.

fight me?
mmp!

(End of this chapter)