The Invincible Overlord of Heroes.
Chapter 636 Preparations before the Founding of the Nation
The orcs were driven away, and the horse thieves were almost wiped out under Xu Lai's control.
A major problem that had made life miserable for the grassland people in the past, the brutal oppression from the aristocracy, was almost no longer seen under Xu Lai's rectification.
Today's grassland has entered an unprecedented stage of political clarity. Not to mention that every household leaves their doors unlocked at night and no one steals on the roads, but at least every household has enough food.
Naturally, Xu Lai’s grain would not continue to be distributed.
However, as long as local officials can implement the land policies he formulated, they can guarantee basic food and clothing even if they encounter problems such as disease.
There is not so much food harvest on the earth, and when faced with natural disasters and man-made disasters, ordinary people don’t even have the ability to fight back.
Even so, there have been many prosperous times in history, although this was also related to the redistribution of land after the war.
For the people of the grassland, today's life is already satisfactory enough.
Even though various battles have occurred one after another on the grassland in the past two years, the people who followed Xu Lai have never been treated unfairly.
For a long time, the grassland herdsmen have hoped that Xu Lai could rule the entire grassland and save them from suffering.
Now, there is news that after defeating the orcs, Xu Lai gained the recognition of the temple and the Pope and wanted to establish an independent country on the grassland.
The news came from the mouths of those believers.
Although Xu Lai never ruled these believers, he was the one who re-erected the statue of the God of War.
At the same time, the temple also clarified Xu Lai's identity as a person favored by God, and clarified Xu Lai's position in the temple, which was second only to the Pope.
Not only that, these believers have traveled thousands of miles, and no matter how well prepared the temple is, it is impossible for everything to go smoothly.
Even though they bypassed the war-torn areas, they still couldn't bypass those unscrupulous nobles.
The nobles in many areas, with the money from the temple, were unable to prepare enough rice, or simply made do with stale rice bran.
Once war breaks out, farmers cannot produce with peace of mind. Even though the land in this world is rich in nutrients, food shortages are likely to occur.
It is true that food prices have been rising due to the war, but the people transferred to the temple are, after all, citizens of the empire, and they have been paid enough silver.
Even so, many people still came to the grassland hungry, living a life of hunger and starvation.
Fortunately, after arriving at the grassland, they no longer had to go hungry. The supply of vegetables and fruits was not guaranteed, but the staple food was enough to fill them up, and they could have meat every day.
There are cattle and sheep raised on the grassland, so it is not too difficult to provide meat. On the contrary, fruits and vegetables are extremely precious.
However, for these believers, the treatment given by Xu Lai was like heaven.
Good treatment, coupled with the blessing of faith, made these believers work extra hard to promote Xu Lai after receiving orders from the pastors in charge.
No country is established quietly.
The temple that now fully supports Xu Lai has already begun to quietly build momentum for Xu Lai to establish the country.
Bishop Dur personally rushed to the Stone City. In addition to being worried about the hundreds of thousands of believers, he also wanted to meet Xu Lai as soon as possible so that he could hand over the blueprint to him.
Only by handing the drawings over to Xu Lai and clarifying Xu Lai's ideas could the temple make things clear.
Otherwise, when the fact that the Temple was secretly pushing Xu Lai to establish the country is exposed, some kind of conflict will inevitably arise between the two sides.
Even if it was indeed Xu Lai who wanted to establish a country, establishing a country by himself and being pushed by others to establish a country were two completely different feelings.
By then, Xu Lai would definitely explore the temple's thoughts.
Looking back, we find that when the country was first founded, more than half of the people were devout believers of the temple. In the future, we may have to be wary of the temple.
The Temple has always been the only state religion in every empire, and it has always been visionary and resourceful.
However, the bishops in the temple did not have any other ideas at this time.
In their perception, Xu Lai, as a person favored by God, is the embodiment of the will of the God of War.
And the temple is the temple of the God of War. Xu Lai, who possesses the will of the God of War, is almost the real owner of the temple.
Therefore, the temple built up momentum for Xu Lai in advance, and also built up momentum for its future revival.
However, if Xu Lai wants to establish a country, in addition to the recognition of the temple, the recognition of other countries and major forces is also very important.
If there are many forces and countries outside that do not recognize it, the people and forces joining the grassland country will naturally have more concerns.
For example, indigenous nobles, major chambers of commerce, large mercenary groups, etc., will worry about whether they can trade with external forces and countries, participate in missions, and whether their noble status will be recognized.
If these problems are not resolved, Xu Lai can certainly build the country normally, but it will inevitably cause unrest among the people.
You know, looking at the many wars in history and the countless heroes who have descended, Xu Lai is not the only one with a conscience.
Throughout history, there have been many people who were more saintly than Xu Lai. Some of them even followed the example of saints and directly exempted agricultural taxes.
Even China abolished agricultural taxes only after its economic level reached a certain stage. It is undoubtedly too advanced for these saints to propose this policy at this time.
Facts have also proved that such an approach will always be short-lived.
Even if the descended hero chooses a long-lived race such as the elves, he cannot live for hundreds or thousands of years like the real elves.
No matter how good their policies are, once these powerful heroes die, their policies are bound to collapse, and few of them even die naturally.
In this world, those who hold power are high-level professionals, such as mages, knights, and archers, but there are no civilians.
No matter how powerful a hero is, he cannot guard against danger all the time.
Xu Lai did not abolish agricultural taxes, but reduced the tax rate to 3%, allowing the ruling class to benefit so that their desire to resist would not be so strong.
But to be honest, 3% is the maximum now. This was also the ratio agreed upon by the first generation Supreme King and a group of nobles.
When Xu Lai dies, the privileged class will certainly find ways to seek benefits for themselves.
If a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. This is an eternal truth.
When Xu Lai founded the country, he had already won the hearts of the people with 3% of the agricultural tax, and gained their faith with the favor of the god of war.
What remains is to gain the support of those who are truly powerful.
He didn't need all of them. Even if he could only win over a part of them, it would be enough for Xu Lai to establish a new country.
Xu Lai, who had returned to Qingfeng City in advance via the teleportation array, had already discussed with Su Ya and the others for several days.
Preparations for the founding of the nation and large-scale ceremonies have already begun.
Although Xu Lai did not say it explicitly, the news had already spread widely among the people, and the officials of Qingfeng City had also heard about it a long time ago.
Xu Lai also personally issued an administrative order, instructing local officials to arrange their work and arrive in Qingfeng City before the 13th of next month.
On the 13th of next month, that is, May 5th, if Xu Lai remembered correctly, he came into this world on May 13th, and spent his first morning in this world on May 5th. Xu Lai had never established his own country, nor had he been a king, so he still had some yearning and longing in his heart.
Otherwise, even if the Congress had so many benefits, Xu Lai would have to think carefully and choose an appropriate time to establish the country.
Now he made up his mind without hesitation and started pushing it forward immediately after returning to Qingfeng City. The excitement in his heart was naturally self-evident.
Such an exciting moment, how can we not choose a meaningful time point.
After coming into this world, Xu Lai never told anyone his birthday, nor did he celebrate it in any way.
This world has spells such as prophecy. For the sake of caution, Xu Lai never revealed his detailed information.
Later, even with the Medal of Honorary Knight, Xu Lai had already gotten used to it.
Then, another memorable time point for Xu Lai, Su Ya, and everyone under his command is the day he came into this world.
Therefore, Xu Lai set the date for the official founding of the country as the 15th of next month, which is less than a month away.
However, other work related to nation-building was progressing smoothly.
As for the location of the imperial palace, Xu Lai decided to choose the castle where he currently lives.
The Parliament and the Royal Palace are both heroic buildings that can be completed instantly by spending money, so there is no need to prepare too much in advance. You just need to clear the nearby roads and buildings.
The castle was chosen because the functions of these buildings are completely repeated. The palace is where Xu Lai lives, and the castle is also where Xu Lai lives.
Putting them together would also delay Xu Lai and the ministers' discussions, but the key point is that it would save a lot of money.
The castle where Xu Lai lives now can save him a lot of gold coins, as well as basic resources and rare resources such as wood and ore just because of the circle of city walls.
Once the castle is vacated, Xu Lai can upgrade the parliament to Congress at any time, and then upgrade the castle to the royal palace.
But before that, Xu Lai had to settle many things thoroughly.
One is the issue of system after the founding of the country, and the other is the issue of rewards at the time of the founding of the country.
The former concerns the foundation of a country, while the latter concerns whether the current and future talents are willing to follow him.
A boss who is stingy and unwilling to share will not be able to build a big cake, because the boss is the only one willing to work hard from beginning to end.
Even the most black-hearted boss in the world has to give something to his employees, otherwise no one would work for you for free.
When Xu Lai returned to Qingfeng City, the first thing he did was to work with Yu Lan, Su Ya and the others to rank the merits of all those who had joined Xu Lai based on all the information they had previously compiled.
Those who ranked first are naturally Suya, Rena, Gisele, Tahan and others.
However, when rewarding these people based on their merits, the national system must be involved.
The system of all empires has always been a feudal system, or at most something else was added on top of the feudal system.
For example, the Lion Dynasty added the concept of a central army to the feudal system to consolidate the dynasty's rule.
Xu Lai was unwilling to use the feudal system because under it the king's rights were equal to those of the parliament.
That is, the nobles can use the parliamentary system to limit the king's power.
For example, when the king wants to recruit soldiers and collect taxes indefinitely, the nobles can use parliament to stop such unreasonable demands.
Of course, the king’s basic rights can still be protected.
For example, once the reasonable amount of taxation each year is determined, the parliament and the nobles must comply unconditionally.
For example, the king has the right to conscript nobles to fight for him when necessary, and as long as certain conditions are met, the noble must respond to the call.
Xu Lai is not afraid of any parliament now. He will not recognize any of the existing nobles in his territory.
The new nobles had no time to establish a parliament.
The key point is that after the enfeoffment, the power of the nobles was too great and too easy to get out of control.
Apart from anything else, it had only been short time since Xu Lai unified the grassland. He only ordered the relocation of herders, and no one knew how much of the food and other supplies he distributed along the way had been embezzled.
Xu Lai had not only the reports submitted by Jimmy, but also the secret reports submitted by Jian Yuan.
Jian Yuan is a professional in intelligence and is loyal enough to Xu Lai, so it is perfect for him to be in charge of the intelligence department.
The two pieces of intelligence corroborate each other, making it virtually impossible for a wrongful conviction to occur.
But Xu Lai doesn’t have time to deal with them now. It won’t be too late for him to take action after they come to Qingfeng City to serve as a warning to others.
This incident alone was enough to make Xu Lai dare not directly apply the feudal system.
However, apart from enfeoffment, he could not find any other good way to win over those who truly held power.
Even if the ancient Chinese feudal system was to be adopted, Xu Lai would first need to have sufficient understanding of this system, and secondly, others would need to be able to accept it.
Unfortunately, neither of these two conditions can be met. Xu Lai knows nothing about it except for some superficial knowledge gained through TV and novels.
If you try to put it up, it will end up looking like a dog instead of a tiger, and become a laughing stock.
This is a fact that cannot be changed. I believe that those who came before have thought about changing this system.
But they all face the same problem as Xu Lai: they came to this world alone and suddenly formed a force.
It will only be a year since Xu Lai arrived next month, but he has already reached the point of founding a country.
How can such a foundation be stable? It will be completely powerless to change the overall situation.
Apart from anything else, if he dared to mess around, everyone at the founding ceremony would directly resign, and Xu Lai would be at a loss on the spot.
There are hundreds of cities on the grassland. Even if each city only sends ten managers, where can he find these thousand people?
Moreover, even if all ten people are heads of departments, what can they accomplish without their own team?
How many people would be needed to bring the crew along? Even if Xu Lai could conjure up so many people, he wouldn't be able to do so.
No one can take charge. No matter how powerful Xu Lai is, he can only destroy but not produce.
Therefore, the new system must be accepted by these people, but it must also satisfy Xu Lai himself.
"My dear, the fiefdoms of successive nobles that you requested, as well as the corresponding grain harvests from these lands, have all been calculated.
It's all based on your decision, all based on the production efficiency of the farm, 24 hours of full staffing, which means 100 units of food per day.
However, this is a grassland, and grain planting does not receive bonuses, so I did not take other factors into account. "
Xu Lai took the account book handed over by Yu Lan and found that the records and calculations were extremely detailed, and he was immediately overjoyed. (End of this chapter)
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