Rise of Australia

Chapter 468 Increase Income
After the enfeoffment ceremony, Arthur publicly announced the establishment of a consortium of nobles, managed by the royal consortium, and only new nobles were allowed to invest.

As long as you become a noble of Australasia, you will get a basic share of the joint consortium of nobles.

Generally speaking, the basic shares owned by Jazz can guarantee at least 500 Australian dollars in dividends every year.

The basic shares of the baron can be distributed to 1500 Australian dollars per year, 5000 Australian dollars for the viscount, 12000 Australian dollars for the earl, and 50000 Australian dollars for the duke.

If the annual profits of the joint consortium of nobles are not enough to distribute dividends, the royal consortium will provide sponsorship to ensure that each nobleman can get his own dividends.

From this regulation, it can be seen that the United Consortium of Nobles is actually an institution where Arthur distributes money to all new nobles, and can unite the interests of all new nobles.

After all, the new nobles in Australasia do not have any fiefdoms, and naturally there will be no large or small states like European nobles.

Therefore, the joint consortium of nobles can be regarded as the welfare of all new nobles in Australasia. As long as they become nobles, they can receive a large amount of dividends every year.

In order to ensure that the United Noble Consortium has sufficient profitability, Arthur directly injected 500 million Australian dollars into the United Noble Consortium on behalf of the Royal Family Consortium to help the United Noble Consortium make better investment and construction.

At the same time, the Noble United Consortium will also establish an exclusive Noble United Bank to serve these new nobles.Nobles have lower loan rates at Nobles United Bank, as well as higher loan amounts.

As a result, the treatment of the new nobles crushed most classes in an instant. After all, doing nothing, relying on the dividends obtained from the joint consortium alone is enough for a jazz to live a wealthy life.

But most of the people have no jealousy or hatred for this. After all, Arthur also promised himself that no matter what class he is, as long as he has made outstanding contributions to the royal family and the government, he may be awarded the title of nobility.

Including accumulating military merits, engaging in scientific research, and even all aspects of Australasian society.As long as you have made great contributions to the country and the royal family, becoming a new nobleman is no longer a fantasy.

In addition to broadening the channels for the people to be promoted to nobles, the improvement of the people's current living standards is also the top priority of Arthur's plan.

It is better to do something practical than to paint a big picture. This is the practical theory in all Arthur's policies.

After announcing the policy of the United Consortium of Nobles, Arthur then announced that various subsidies will be issued to promote the improvement of people's income, encourage major factories to increase the salary level of workers, and conduct a new round for low-income groups. subsidy policy.

At present, the per capita annual income of Australasia has reached 55.21 Australian dollars. Under the premise that the per capita income of European countries generally decreases, it is rare that the per capita income of Australasia continues to increase.

However, compared with the United States, which was not affected by the war, Australasia's per capita income level is still relatively low, and the attractiveness of immigrants is much lower than that of the United States.

As the monarch of Australasia, Arthur was happy to see the national government's income increase, but he was also happy to see the people's income increase.

Among other things, the increase in people's income can affect the growth of the industry economy and taxation, which is equivalent to feeding back to the government in another way.

A large amount of capital flowing into the society can accelerate the growth of the Australasian economy and drive the growth of GDP, taxation, various industries and even tourism, which is beneficial to Arthur but not harmful.

Perhaps part of the funds will be lost for this, but the improvement of all walks of life in Australasia and the people's love for the government that have just been exchanged cannot be replaced by a huge amount of funds.

Sure enough, after hearing Arthur's announcement to increase the income of the people, almost all the people burst into applause.

The cheers of the people in the previous enfeoffment ceremony were for the government and Arthur, and for the new nobles.

But now, the cheers of the people are happy for themselves, happy that they are in such a great country and have such a great monarch.

Throughout the ages, there have been countless talented and generous monarchs, but there are not many monarchs who truly serve the people wholeheartedly and can really care about the interests of the people.

Perhaps these monarchs can be collectively referred to as wise monarchs and great monarchs. Only the people who have experienced it know what kind of love they have for such a monarch.

It is no exaggeration to say that in Australasia, as long as someone slanders Arthur in public, he will definitely not leave Australasia alive.

After the enfeoffment ceremony, there will be rewards for all meritorious soldiers.Although the merits of most of the soldiers did not accumulate to the extent of being knighted, there were still many of them who made great contributions and deserved to be awarded by Arthur himself.

In addition to nearly 200 knights and 19 barons, Australasia also gave birth to more than 400 medal winners to commemorate the great contributions of Australasian soldiers in this war.

According to statistics from the agricultural department, the land confiscated this time is as high as 40 acres, which is a full 1600 square kilometers of land.

Fortunately, Australasia is sparsely populated and has enough land for enfeoffment. 40 mu of land is nothing compared to the total land area of ​​Australasia.

In addition to subsidies for factories, Arthur also decided to provide certain subsidies and tax breaks for Australasians engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry to ensure that most people in Australasia can receive benefits of income growth.

Since the last time Arthur reduced and exempted the people's taxes, the taxes of Australasians have been considered very low.Especially for the civilian class, personal income tax will be charged only if the annual income exceeds [-]% of the per capita annual income.

Even various miscellaneous taxes are few for low-income groups. On the contrary, there are various tuition fees and medical fee reductions. This is to ensure that the living standards of Australasians will not be greatly reduced under any circumstances. The way.

At the end of the various ceremonies, there is the military parade celebration that has not been held in Australasia for a long time.

Because this military parade is to celebrate the victory of the war, so Australasia can be described as the armed forces of the sea, land and air. Tanks, aircraft, artillery and various warships went into battle together, demonstrating the strength of the Australasian army at home and abroad. .

It is worth mentioning that not all the aboriginal soldiers who fought for Australasia were expelled from Australasia.

Before Australasia took over the Southeast Asian colonies, there were still a large number of indigenous countries and forces in the Dutch East Indies. These indigenous countries also had considerable power, and these relatively powerful countries had completely independent military, administrative and diplomatic power.

After Australasia occupied this land, it annexed most of the aboriginal tribes, but also reserved a very small number of aboriginal forces.

On the island of Sulawesi, there were originally five indigenous forces of the Wando tribe, the Manda tribe, the Ruu Sultanate, the Gowa Sultanate and the Toraja tribe. After the integration of the Australasian government, they finally left The Halogen Sultanate and the Gowa Sultanate in the south, to manage all the indigenous populations of the entire Sulawesi Island.

Some of the yellow aborigines were assigned to these two sultanates, and they would become residents here, waiting to be recruited by Australasia at any time.

To put it simply, these aboriginal populations are the source of the Australasian aboriginal army's strength, that is, the cannon fodder for the Australasian army's charge during the war.

The indigenous population transferred to these two sultanates is about 200 million people, plus the original indigenous population of Sulawesi, the indigenous population controlled by these two sultanates has reached more than 500 million people.

This also means that, if Arthur is willing, these aboriginal populations can become millions of aboriginal troops at any time, fighting for the Australasian army.

In return for these aborigines, Arthur promised to leave them enough land and would not drive these aborigines away.

Of course, the two sultanates where these indigenous populations are located must unconditionally obey the orders of the Australasian government.

Moreover, these indigenous populations are not recognized by Australasia, but they will enjoy some welfare benefits to ensure that their loyalty when fighting for Australasia can be guaranteed.

For the more than 500 million yellow natives, Arthur made his promise.As long as they make enough meritorious service, they can be recognized by the Australasian government and become a glorious Australasian citizen.

Although the conditions for obtaining nationality are relatively strict, these yellow aborigines have a much higher probability of obtaining nationality than those black aborigines in New Guinea.

Arthur was stunned to dismiss all the millions of black aborigines in New Guinea, and we can see Arthur's attitude towards those black aborigines.Arthur did not recognize them as citizens of Australasia, no matter how great their exploits were.

Apart from these black Aboriginal exceptions, there is nothing wrong with saying that Australasia is a diverse immigrant country.

Although the main ethnic groups in Australasia are Europeans, Australasia also welcomes immigrants from Asia.

At present, among the population of 1867 million in Australasia, people of yellow race account for more than 40, most of whom are immigrants from East Asia.

In fact, since the Qing government learned the Australasian government system, there has been a steady stream of East Asian immigrants coming to Australasia and living in this land permanently.

Some universities in Australasia have also become the targets of many East Asian students. At present, Australasia welcomes dozens of East Asian students every year, and more than half of them choose to stay in Australasia after graduation.

Compared with many East Asian countries, Australasia is obviously a good choice for studying abroad.

First of all, the various systems in Australasia are highly similar to those in Europe, and the technology is also considered to be top-notch in Europe.

The distance between Australasia and East Asia is much closer than that between Europe and East Asia, which also saves a lot of cost for studying abroad.

Due to various factors, many East Asian students choose to study in Australasia, and then return to serve their country.

Arthur also welcomes these people. After all, they can also open up the international reputation of Australasian universities and increase the international influence of Australasia.

After these people returned from studying in Australasia, they naturally had a deeper affection for Australasia than other countries.

This is the advantage of Australasia, which can more easily attract many Asian countries.

This kind of study abroad policy has been fully used by many countries in later generations, and has cultivated a large number of foreign forces who are pro-self.

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