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"How is this possible! I saw that woman fall with my own eyes! She was just... a child from who-knows-where!"

Therese was both shocked and furious. He was aware of the power in the Satie Oasis, but he believed that he had no conflict with them.

Even if he becomes the Demon King, he still needs to worry about feeding tens of millions of Sarkaz.

In other words, he also needed to develop the economy, agriculture and animal husbandry, and prevent famine from occurring and spreading. To be honest, the actions of the Satti Oasis were in his interest, but they just didn't quite go in sync with the nobles and bureaucrats under his command.

To his utter surprise, just as he had managed to unite these princes and chieftains into a regime that was hardly better than a makeshift one and was riddled with obstacles, they declared the establishment of a new nation—it was as if he had been put on the hot seat of trouble.

You're suggesting we announce the establishment of a new regime? But this makeshift team made up of various factions and traitors would only make us a laughingstock.

Once they transformed from mere partners into the nation's first core officials, it became virtually impossible to purge these forces and influences from the court.

You say we shouldn't declare them rebels, but continue to gradually take over their resources and power through plunder, war, and annexation. But if they declare them rebels, the moral high ground will be gone instantly, especially after they gain a foothold internationally, which will make things even more troublesome.

"That woman, even if she's dead, she'll still cause me trouble!" Theresis gritted his teeth; he and his sister both wanted to save the Sarkaz.

To be honest, his opposition to her wasn't driven by pure personal desire, but rather by differing perceptions of the path and disagreements on which path to choose.

But to his utter surprise, at this crucial moment, just when he thought he could use the illusion of death to secretly prepare and use the chaos to completely quell the Sarkaz, everything about this woman seemed to resurface like a haunting ghost from hell, relentlessly haunting him.

“Those traitors have even issued new currency, Your Highness!”

"Hmm? A new currency?" Having lived in Victoria for so many years, Theresis wasn't completely clueless. Did the Sarkaz have their own currency before?

The answer is no. They use the currencies of various countries—this is not to say that they have not tried to issue currency, but in Kazdel, where there is chaos due to the changing of regimes and the Demon King cannot control places outside his own royal court, what difference is there between these currencies and worthless paper?

The new currency was manufactured using Lao Xia's technology. It wasn't anything special; it was just made with cheap carbon materials. He didn't even have any awareness of anti-counterfeiting measures.

After all, the number of denominations is so large that if someone were foolish enough to counterfeit currency, they would practically be helping him reap the benefits from the entire world.

"Using Originium as collateral?" Theresis looked at the stack of banknotes in front of her, the largest denomination being 200, which is one standard pure Originium, weighing 200 grams.

In other words, each yuan corresponds to 1 gram of Originium. Based on Lao Xia's output, he can issue 258 million new yuan per hour.

In reality, considering the varying circulation and exchange rates of currency, not everyone will actually exchange it for physical goods.

Therefore, he can slightly over-issue currency; this part is what is known as seigniorage, which is why everyone is so keen for their main currency to become an international currency.

Considering that there would definitely be some skeptical individuals who would try to force a bank run in the early stages, the seigniorage tax on the over-issued coins by Lao Xia was not much, about 10%, which means that he could print 300 million new coins per hour and put them into the market.

With the Originium already stockpiled and transported to the warehouses of the Acceptance Banks in Lungmen and Victoria, the New Kazdel Republic can issue a total of 90 billion new coins, or about 100 billion if seigniorage is included.

Considering the number of people holding the new currency and the issues with where it is circulating, there is already more than enough. If it is not spent quickly, large-scale inflation will occur in Satie Oasis.

Is there any profit in accepting new currency? The answer is yes. Such a large amount of physical currency stored in the bank in preparation for acceptance means that there is the equivalent of billions of new currency in physical currency. However, not everyone will rush to cash in their new currency as soon as they receive it.

Therefore, these stored Originium blocks can actually be used for actions other than staking.

In other words, it's like picking up money out of thin air, because not everyone will come to cash it out, not to mention that some people will also store their paper money in banks.

The potential profits from this are enormous, so much so that as soon as other banks received the news, they sent their managers to find Miss Snow Chick, who had been promoted to the first finance minister of the Republic of Kazdel, looking completely bewildered.

However, at this time, the bank owned by the old sick tiger had already begun the acceptance work. Not only that, but it was also responsible for the sale and acceptance of Kazdel's bonds and funds, which was incredibly lucrative.

To ensure the redemption and credibility of the new currency, Lao Xia opened a green channel for the new currency in his shops in Satie Oasis and Lungmen. Simply put, you can get a small discount when you buy goods with the new currency—anyway, compared to the seigniorage he collects, this discount is nothing.

As for whether he'll get hung up by the AI ​​girl while doing this, of course not. On the contrary, he'll be improved to harvest more efficiently.

The Star Alliance isn't a charity. They can practice socialism internally, but they're not some bizarre species communist when it comes to external exploitation. Their skills and methods for plundering are only more sophisticated. However, most interstellar civilizations are highly self-sufficient, and their trade is more like bartering to fill gaps. There's no need or purpose for a universal interstellar currency.

"Can this thing really be used?" The company's internal vouchers had already established their credibility in Sarkaz's mind, since he had to use them to buy food in the cafeteria every day. But could these fancy banknotes really be used as Lungmen currency?

"They really know how to spend money! I went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought some new clothes for my family. The fabric and quality are just amazing!"

While synthetic silk, fine cotton yarn, and high-count fabrics are not expensive in Terra, they are not cheap enough for even shepherds to afford.

"Wow, they really spend money like that!" Looking at the new "salary" in his hand that wasn't in LMD, he wondered if he should go check it out after get off work.

The distrust of the new currency led the employees of the Xia Group to unanimously choose to spend all their wages and convert them into physical goods after receiving them. This was something that Lao Xia knew from the beginning, and he was prepared for it.

After a few months, they will gradually realize that the value and purchasing power of currency will not lead them to convert every penny into physical goods. They may even take out the previously issued Lungmen Dollars and exchange them for new currency in order to enjoy discounts.

The gold standard-based hard currency of Lungmen coin provides a double guarantee for the value and purchasing power of the new currency, making it more easily accepted by international banks and trade associations of various countries. When something can be used to buy goods, it is naturally a currency and assumes the responsibility of exchanging and measuring goods.

"There's a genius here!" Theresis rubbed his aching forehead. He had benefited greatly from this economic strategy, but it also gave him a terrible headache. How did this person's brain work? He and his advisors studied it for several days before they finally figured it out.

"It seems we can't compete with them economically, but defending against infiltration mediated by the new currency is going to be difficult." And issuing his own currency? That's bullshit! What guarantees it? What provides the credit?

The enemy has the Xia Group as a guarantor, Victoria's bankers as a banker, Lungmen Dollars as collateral, a large amount of Originium as a benchmark to provide credit, and enough goods to support consumption.

"Why isn't that group on my side?!" Therese was completely baffled. Why would a force that had been driven out of its own country and forced into exile receive the support or even loyalty of such a large business group?

Meanwhile, he, a regent who possesses both the rightful and powerful authority, has only a bunch of worthless and incompetent officials at his disposal, and is currently agonizing over the issue of military spending.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, great news!"

"What good news? Is this what you call good news?" Theresis flung the report aside and glared at the servant who rushed in. There wasn't a single piece of news like this!

"No, it's really good news, Your Highness. Look at this, it's the draft of the pseudo-dynasty's administrative and personnel management regulations."

“This is…” Theresis read through the entire announcement and draft word by word, her face lighting up with joy. “Good! Good! Excellent! This is simply unbearable for officials!”

They had just been driven crazy by the cunning of these traitors who had stolen the country, and in the blink of an eye, they had offended all the bureaucrats in Kazdel and even all of Terra.

Of course, offending all the bureaucrats in Terra is actually not a big deal, since they don't have any vested interests and it won't affect any cooperation. On the contrary, the cooperation will become... even closer—because the officials under the bureaucratic system dislike their counterparts under the other bureaucratic system the most.

However, this would bring all the nobles, bureaucrats, and even intellectuals and powerful families in Kazdel to their side.

Because they don't support Theresis, this "cruel method" has to be implemented nationwide, and officials are living in misery... everyone!

The first aspect of the draft is to tighten the personnel promotion system, stripping most of the power of personnel appointment and dismissal from the hands of bureaucrats at all levels. Their remaining power is only to promote subordinates by one level, thus retaining a certain degree of flexibility in personnel matters.

Simply put, a junior official can promote a clerk to the next level and appoint them as the leader of a project team, but moving up the ranks depends entirely on performance.

This set of rules is based on the "performance evaluation method," which, simply put, focuses on the results of the work rather than the person, and evaluates the actual behavior of officials based on the quality of the results. Fame, ancestral home, and personal character are not included.

If that's the case, those capable officials who are also corrupt and lawless would probably be celebrating their success.

However, the next step is to separate administrative penalties from criminal penalties and to reclaim all judicial discretion.

To explain, administrative penalties, such as dismissal or demotion, cannot exempt one from criminal punishment.

In other words, while your personal conduct may not affect your political achievements, if you break the law, you will still die.

"If we cannot ensure that the emperor is subject to the same laws as the common people, the entire system is just a piece of paper. This is the most crucial point. Your AI, Doctor, must fully grasp judicial power and separate the assessment of law enforcement agencies, which are violent institutions, from regular administrative assessments."

Simply put, administrative officials have almost no influence on the promotion and performance evaluation results of law enforcement agencies, and the latter will naturally not say a good word for you if there is no interest or even a conflict of interest. The fact that most of the power of adjudication and personnel management is given to the rational system composed of AI and Vi means that the existence of relationship networks is greatly destroyed and suppressed to a certain extent.

There were also a whole bunch of other detailed rules, but after looking them over, Theresis could only glean four words from between the lines: "Officials are living in misery!"

Officials' conflicts of interest have greatly diminished their freedom and power, and their responsibilities have been excessively detailed, making them resemble prisoners in shackles.

Although it may have the drawback of being too eager for quick success, it is currently seen that if it is actually implemented, it will greatly improve administrative efficiency.

Most importantly, most of the hidden privileges of officials, such as using their official positions to offset punishment or evading punishment through slaps on the wrist, have disappeared. The complete separation of intelligence agencies and law enforcement agencies has increased their threat to administrative officials to the extreme.

Somewhat similar to the KGB in the Soviet Union, when you discover that your political achievements and promotions require the heads of administrative bureaucrats, you'll find that the petitioners that bureaucrats avoid like the plague are your secret to wealth.

The Soviet people fondly remember the KGB, the ultimate petition department that could resolve any problem at lightning speed!

However, this is a good thing for ordinary people, hardworking grassroots staff, and even high-level personnel who are dedicated to managing the country.

But for oligarchs and mid-to-high-level bureaucrats who rely almost entirely on deceiving their superiors, extorting money and favors, and exploiting those above and below them from the middle, it is a living hell.

Even for those grassroots officials who haven't broken free from feudal clans and the mentality of wanting to abuse their power, life is unbearable. Even within Rhodes Island and the Xia Group, some people complain that once this personnel assessment draft is implemented, they are even more despised than farmers.

However, it was all for naught. Although it was nominally a new country, the two groups were still groups; in other words—

If they don't accept it, then they will truly be lower than farmers—they will become part of the unemployed population. In this late autumn before the Great Depression, being unemployed is indeed much lower than being a farmer with land to cultivate.

For Therese, this was a foolish move by the idealists of Babita.

In this way, most of Kazdel's power became his allies, even those tribes that were now disloyal.

If the officials and others inside didn't want to live under such a harsh rule of "severe laws and punishments," they had no choice but to wholeheartedly support Theresis.

There was no other way. Having lost most of her power, Theresis could only resort to the method of "leniency," granting these people greater power and benefits through policies such as bribery. And leniency naturally won the hearts of the people—referring to the gentry. As for the ordinary people, they were not considered "the people" at all.

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The Dharma no longer wants to be nurtured; it's exhausted. But you don't know, you don't care; you only care about yourselves!

Chapter Seventeen: The Knight of the Law

Chapter 17

In Longmen, in the officer's office, "Superintendent Shi Huaiya, please have a seat." "What is it, Officer Wei?"

Swire was summoned suddenly. She is currently in charge of security in the old town and also has to handle the group's documents, so she is indeed quite busy.

"How much does Superintendent Swire know about Kazdel?"

"Kazdel? The farm over there? I'm sorry, I don't know much about it." Even if he did know, he wouldn't say so. Is Old Wei getting senile?

The little tiger looked a bit confused, even though his relationship with Old Xia was rather...

It's complex, and while it can manage the group's day-to-day operations to some extent, there are some things that Commander Wei shouldn't be asking.

"Regarding Kazdel...the Republic..." "Aren't those the Rhodes Island people?"

Of course, the little tiger knew about this, but it was the work of those people from Rhodes Island or Babel Tower. It seems they were originally exiles who had been defeated in Kazdel, but somehow they made a comeback.

"As far as I know, the Xia Group plays a very important role here, as do the shopping malls and banks under the Daigo Group."

Old Wei decided to be frank. "Please don't misunderstand, this isn't just my decision. I have to inform Superintendent Swire of something." Old Wei picked up a document containing information about Swire's removal from duty and her status within the Guard Bureau. "What do you mean by this, Officer Wei?"

"Your relationship with Boss Xia, and Boss Xia's relationship with Kazdel, means that you can no longer hold an official position in Lungmen. It's a pity, but I actually value your abilities very much."

This is certainly an important reason, but not the whole story. Swire now has the financial and physical support of two groups, and coupled with her non-annoying personality, she is very popular within the Guard Bureau.

In the past, Lao Wei wouldn't have minded using this opportunity to improve relations with the Da Gu Group, as a fallback and a reliance for himself.

However, any power must be in one's own hands to truly belong to oneself. And now, this little tiger may not have any problems himself, but the power behind him has become so great that he is powerless to do anything about it.

So, Lao Wei had to find a way to let his niece Lao Chen take over, but Lao Chen wasn't very popular in the Guard Bureau.

Although her abilities are widely recognized and respected, it doesn't mean that people like her.

Swire and Old Chen, seemingly contradictory like a dragon and a tiger, are actually complementary. Swire was kidnapped as a child.

He was saved because of the Royal Guard Bureau, which led him to develop great admiration and longing for the Bureau.

However, by the time she grew up, the Guard Bureau had become a den of incompetence and corruption. Like Old Chen, she wanted to change this place, but in a different way.

Swire personally funds the training of operators and the purchase of equipment, starting from the smallest details. As a result, she is actually very popular among the Guardian operators. Everyone knows that she just has a bit of a spoiled princess temperament, but she is a good person. In particular, she is not as aloof and reserved as Ch'en, and she can take a joke.