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Chapter 1037 The Kingdom Conference during the War ([-])
What interests Publius even more is that the finance minister also explained in detail how the revenue from the treasury was used this year, specifically how much money was used for the salary of kingdom officials, and how much money was used for Public buildings, how much money is used for school education in the kingdom, how much money is used for the purchase of military rations, how much money is used for armaments manufacturing...

Melses was familiar with these figures on the stage, but Publius was surprised off the stage. He was also experienced in administration and realized from the other party's story: the Kingdom of Dionia's management of the treasury and the management of the treasury. The use is very delicate.

Moreover, the next scene surprised him even more.

After Merses finished speaking, some elders and parliamentarians raised questions about the use of a certain expense.Although Melses looked impatient, he explained in detail one by one. He did not return to his seat until no one asked any more questions.

Publius breathed a sigh of relief. Even if he was just watching, he felt a little nervous. He initially realized that it may not be easy to hold power in the Kingdom of Dionia. Supervision and questioning like this Although it is also found in the Roman Senate, it will never be so detailed and specific. This requires the person in charge to have good management skills and avoid backroom transactions that are common in city-states as much as possible. This time Melses is The summary ended successfully, but if one of his answers dissatisfied everyone, I'm afraid it would not be so easy...

Publius again thought of the Dionysian tribune conference that Tibulus had mentioned to be held tomorrow, and began to be alert in his heart: This is Dionia, not Rome, and you must be cautious when holding public office. !

The next person who walked to the center of the venue was Agriculture Minister Burkos. His speech was quite inspiring.

First of all, after experiencing a drought, the entire kingdom's agriculture achieved a bumper harvest in September last year, which greatly alleviated the dilemma of insufficient military rations and allowed the people to get rid of the shadow of the drought.Burcos then mentioned: Most of the eastern plains of Campania and Latium were incorporated into the kingdom, adding xxx acres of fertile flat land. A total of xxx acres were allocated to the people who moved there, and there was still xxx acres left. acres of land, what measures have officials from the Ministry of Agriculture taken to help newly relocated people make good use of these acres of land faster...

In addition, he also mentioned the three regions of Syracuse, Sardinia and western Sicily. Although they have not yet been completely pacified, the Ministry of Agriculture has begun planning the land there...

Burkos's speech received a round of applause, but everyone was also enthusiastically asking questions, mainly about whether young citizens in their own towns who had not yet reached adulthood could get a share of the newly occupied land.

The Ministry of Agriculture had already considered this, so Burcos responded quite easily.

Although Burkes mentioned the topic of "Latin land distribution" it made Publius feel a bit sour, but he is also thinking that the leadership of the Kingdom of Dionia is indeed actively considering the distribution of land for every citizen One thing makes me sigh.

The next person to appear was Mariji, the Minister of Commerce. This Persian with a distinctive appearance made Publius look at him curiously.

Mariji's speech at the beginning was as expected by everyone. The war has had a great impact on the kingdom's commerce. In the past year, the number of merchant ships in various seaport cities has significantly decreased, and the markets in various places have become depressed... Everyone can see it and is concerned about the decline of commerce. Not surprised.

Marigi then mentioned: The acquisition of the Latium region, the entire Sicily Island, Corsica and Sardinia has greatly expanded the trading circle of the Kingdom of Dionia in the Western Mediterranean and entered the field of precious metal trade. This will inevitably lead to greater development of the kingdom's commerce and trade after the war, and the alliance between the kingdom and Egypt will make the trade between the two countries closer and deeper, and the commerce and trade in the Eastern Mediterranean will also be further developed...

Of course, Mariji only talked about it in general here. He will not talk about it in more detail until the various departments of the Kingdom look forward to the work in the new year before the end of this conference.

But even so, some local councilors with business backgrounds actively raised issues of concern to them, and Mariji also gave satisfactory answers.

The next person to appear is the Minister of Household Registration, Laphias. During this war, the Household Registration Department was also a busy department. Citizens and even freedmen were recruited to participate in the war as soldiers or as laborers for transportation. They performed meritorious services in the war. , or be punished...the answers must be recorded one by one. Due to the large number of people participating in the war, this is an extremely complicated job. Therefore, the household registration department has the largest number of public officials among all departments, with many scribes and recorders. and archivists. With these detailed citizen files, other departments will have a basis for reference, so that they can barely meet the requirement put forward by Daves that citizens should be rewarded for their merits and punished for their deeds.

In Laphias's narration, everyone knew that the casualties of the Dionian people in this war were not just soldiers on the battlefield, but also ordinary people, such as the Daoni region that was invaded by the Samnites. , the Catania plain destroyed by the Carthaginians, the Apulian region attacked by the remaining forces, etc.

Therefore, the number of casualties given by Rafias is much higher than that given by the Ministry of Military Affairs, but the newly calculated total population of the kingdom is still higher than the previous year. What is the reason?That is because the population of these newly incorporated areas has increased. The city of Rome alone brought more than 5 people to Dionia, and Syracuse also had a large number of people who surrendered. In addition, there are The newly added population of the surrendered city-states such as Viai, Caislera, Alenia, and Santa Ibinia has exceeded 10.

In addition, the number of public slaves in the Slave Management Office under the Department of Household Registration also increased several times this year, including Romans, Latins, Syracuseans, Carthaginians, Phoenicians... The family members became slaves in the Kingdom of Dionia, which greatly alleviated the problem of labor shortage in the Kingdom this year.

But at the same time, this also put enormous pressure on the management of the slaves by the Household Registration Department. Lafias also unabashedly described the turmoil caused by the slaves and the casualties of the Household Registration Department officials. In a few days, he would pass the issue of "increasing the number of officials in the Household Registration Department and establishing a slave guard team" proposed at the Kingdom Assembly, and laid an ambush in advance.

Publius listened very carefully to Laphias's story, because it involved the Roman compatriots who had become slaves. He also asked questions for the first time after finishing his story, asking about the current situation and future of Roman slaves. Possibility of deportation.

Considering that Publius had just joined the kingdom, Laphaiste explained to him in detail the kingdom's management regulations on princess slaves: slaves have simple but clean accommodation, and two meals a day are guaranteed. Heavy physical labor and even three meals a day, and occasional meat meals. If you are sick, you will be treated by a specialized doctor. If you have a family, you will not be separated. As long as you complete the task seriously and do not become hostile to the management personnel, you cannot be beaten or scolded at will.And it does not prohibit the combination of male and female slaves... slaves who perform well in the first year will receive a small monthly salary in the second year, and if they have been performing well, they may be listed in the third year Enter the watch list until finally freed at the Hades celebration...

Rafias also specifically emphasized: out of respect for Hades, and at the same time, many officials in the Slave Management Department were born slaves. In addition, there are random inspections by the Supervision Department at any time, and the management of public efforts has always been in strict accordance with the regulations. The law is enforced and the slaves live a good life; on the contrary, the kingdom can only conduct regular monthly spot checks on private slaves, and their living conditions are actually worse...

After hearing this, Publius felt a little less guilty.In fact, he knew that these Roman slaves lived in slave camps on the banks of the Tino River north of Rome, but he never thought of visiting them, because that would only get curses instead of gratitude.

The next person to come on stage was the Minister of Construction, Little Heraclid. Since the kingdom invested all its treasury revenue in war consumption, the construction and maintenance of domestic public buildings had stopped, but this does not mean that Little Heraclid did not Nothing to say.

The reconstruction of the old city of Rome is a key point. Although Publius has personally experienced the reconstruction process in Rome, it is another experience for him to comprehensively consider the reconstruction of the entire Roman city from the perspective of a planner. So he listened very carefully.

In addition, little Heraclid also mentioned that after these new territories were merged into the kingdom, the construction of their roads was already under planning. When the spring sowing is over, the Ministry of Construction will organize labor and prepare funds to build the kingdom's roads as soon as possible. Extending to these territories makes it easier to communicate with the kingdom's old territories and is more conducive to the kingdom's governance of them.

The next minister who came on stage not only made the local councilors fearful, but also the elders often felt terrified. He was the Supervisory Minister Sesta.

This important minister of the kingdom, who had punished many officials and was known as the "Radhamandas under the Sun" by the people, stood in the center of the venue, and the entire venue became much quieter.Perhaps because he has been engaged in supervisory work for many years, he has developed a cold and serious temperament.

But in his summary of last year's supervision work, in fact, compared with previous years, there were very few kingdom officials punished by the supervision department. One of the important reasons was because of the war. Because of this large-scale war, the entire kingdom was in a state of emergency mobilization , if you make a mistake at this time, you will be punished twice, so few people dare to hit the gun at this critical moment.

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