honor me as god

Chapter 755 I Wish The Queen
Although Ma Ban has never seen the "slave friend" in Solandelle's mouth, he was born in a poor family and has seen too many scenes of the oppression of the bottom people.

Looking at the high-ranking people I met before, they all spoke from their own standpoints. Now that Her Highness the Princess speaks such heartfelt words for the people, Ma Ban couldn't help but shed tears: "It's really amazing that Her Highness the Princess has such an idea. People are gratified. It’s just that these ills are deeply rooted, and it’s so difficult to shake them.”

Solandelle wiped away her tears, sighed, and said silently: "I know all of this. How can the intricate network of interests in the kingdom be sorted out overnight. But these ills have accumulated for too long. If If no one cares about it, it may be too late."

"Ma Ban, let me ask you, the national treasury has become more and more empty year by year in recent years, what do you think is the fundamental problem?"

Ma Ban thought for a long time, and then replied in a deep voice: "On the surface, it seems that officials at all levels are greedy for ink. In fact, the biggest problem lies in the taxation system that has been passed down from ancient times."

"A person who becomes a high-ranking official can receive a high salary without paying taxes, and even the whole family does not have to pay taxes. Since the founding of the country, there have been countless people who have climbed to high positions. Those nobles who enjoy tax-free treatment have spread throughout the kingdom. They are sitting on huge sums of money. Wealth, not only does not need to pay taxes to the royal family, but also receives benefits such as annual gifts from the treasury during festivals.”

"The people who really bear the tax are the common people or slaves at the bottom. This leads to the continuous concentration of wealth, the poor get poorer and the rich get richer. Moreover, the concentrated wealth is in the hands of the nobles and cannot be passed through. Taxes flowed into the treasury, which eventually led to a curious phenomenon—the aristocrats got richer and the treasury emptied."

Solandelle's eyes were full of appreciation, as if she had found a confidant: "That's right, this is the biggest drawback of Dogland. Since the founding of the country 514 years ago, the nobles have annexed land, sitting on huge wealth and not paying taxes. But it bears the vast majority of the kingdom's taxes. This deformed tax system will eventually lead to more and more fiscal expenditures and less and less fiscal revenue."

"For example, in the past two years, the two wars have stretched the treasury, and the royal family has had to impose additional taxes on the bottom. The common people have been unable to eat meat during the Chinese New Year. At the same time, the family property copied by the corrupt officials in Danyu City is worth more than half of it. The military supplies of the legion, this is enough to see how concentrated the wealth is."

"In addition to financial problems, there is also damage to the atmosphere. For example, during the day, you can't accuse the boss of wanting to become an official in order to get rich, because the atmosphere in the entire kingdom is like this. The only way for civilians to turn around is to find ways Earn silver moons, let the children go to school, become officials, and change the fate of the family."

"But if all the officials in the kingdom think this way, what will the kingdom be like in the future? I believe that not only I have seen these ills, but many people must have seen them, but no one has ever said anything about it."

"Why? Because those rentiers with vested interests will not say it. If they say it, it will shake their own interests. No one will do it. The people at the bottom dare not say it, because such words offend the high-level, and whoever says it will You may be punished!"

"If everyone doesn't speak like this, and everyone doesn't speak, the ills will continue to accumulate, the pockets of the nobles will become bigger day by day, and the treasury will become empty day by day. When they suffer so much that they can’t lift their heads, they grit their teeth and endure, until the day they can’t bear it anymore, they will rise up and destroy the entire kingdom!"

Solandelle turned around and looked beyond the huge wall, the lights of thousands of families in the royal city were reflected in her pupils: "Since the rentiers don't want to say it, and the people at the bottom don't dare to say it, well, let me say it."

After hearing this, Ma Ban was quite frightened, and hurried to Solandelle, and tried hard to advise: "Your Highness, no! These words are easy to say, but have you thought about how many people will be offended by this?"

"You are a princess, both fame and life are much more important than mine. If you really want to say those words, let me say them for you! Even if you will be executed if you finish speaking, I am willing to sacrifice my life!"

There was a bit of sadness in Solandelle's eyes: "Who are you to tell? Who are you going to tell? So what? If you just say it, and nothing happens after you say it, what's the use?"

"Don't talk about you, even if it's me, if I tell the minister to bend down to pick up the wheat on the ground, he can find an excuse to push back. In the end, he has to ask Lan Xian to speak. I want to create a palace, and the imperial guards can stop me at will. As long as Brother Bolton gives an order, they will obediently give way."

"It's useless, Ma Ban, it's useless to just say it, and nothing can be changed. It's useless to ask for help, because you can't guarantee that those people will agree with you, even if they agree to you today, they may go back on it tomorrow. Who can you blame at that time? No one can blame you, you can only blame yourself for being so useless."

Solandelle's eyes narrowed slightly, and her eyes became deeper and deeper: "At the last meeting, the father promised me to be the master, and I decided to give those tribal civilians a way out, but he went back on it later and expelled everyone without distinction. "

"That incident taught me a very important truth - if you want to accomplish anything, you can't rely on others. What you rely on others to accomplish, just happens to be given alms by others. If he gives you alms this time, it may not be the next time. I will give you alms. Only what you accomplish by yourself truly belongs to you."

"So, what you said just now must not only be said, but also must be done, and you can't rely on anyone to do it, you can't rely on your father, you can't rely on Lan Xian and Sting, you can't rely on my two elder brothers, you can't rely on anyone, you can only rely on it. Rely on myself."

"Ma Ban, we haven't known each other for a long time, and some things in our hearts should not be said too early. But I can feel that you are a person who cares about the world, not the kind who only stares at your official position and the little things in front of you. A mediocre official of interest."

"So, there's a sentence that I feel I can tell you. It's the first time I've ever thought of it in my life, and you're the first to hear it, and I haven't even told Lorna and Qi promise."

"Whether you want to stay away from me or follow me after hearing this, you have a reason to listen to this sentence based on your character and your correct answer with me today."

Solandelle stands on the top of the royal city, overlooking Maban condescendingly, her brows are full of natural superior temperament, and the next words are like a butterfly with wings, setting off an unprecedented storm in the history of later generations:
"I, Solandelle Van Dörgrand, will become the Queen of Dörgrand!"

(End of this chapter)