Dragon God Battle Hymn

Chapter 462 Innovation
In March of [-] in the continental calendar, in this early spring season, most parts of the Eastern Continent can still see a little snow that has not completely melted. Jiama Province, this area that has just experienced the baptism of war, is showing A completely different scene emerged. While the other three provinces that originally belonged to the Jiama Kingdom were still waiting for the officials of the Holy Spirit Empire to take office, this land was awarded to the third prince Jingchen by Emperor Ling Jia. The territory, however, is a thriving and busy scene.

Since that day, after the meeting that decided most of the city's administrative and military leadership, most of the families that obtained administrative or military power hurried back to the cities under their jurisdiction. Of course, Jing Chen was also with them. The specially made puppets mentioned above, although their strength is not as powerful as those puppets who sent invitations to them, still no one dares to underestimate the strength of these puppets.

For unknown reasons, the aura of these puppets is completely released, and those with keen perception can feel the breath of these puppets even hundreds of meters away. However, being able to perceive and being able to deal with them are two different things. In the current Gamma In the province, there are very few who can compete with these puppets. I dare not say that there are none at all.

Come to think of it, those strong men who can fight these puppets will probably not have nothing to offend Jing Chen. After all, Jing Chen still has that kind of pale golden terrifying puppet in his hands. A strong man, even an ordinary seventh-level strong man, probably won't be able to please him, and what's even more frightening is that no one knows how many terrifying and powerful puppets Jing Chen has in his hands.

This point is also a sharp sword hanging in the hearts of all the families. Everyone is obsessed with professional work, for fear of annoying the newly appointed lord, and making himself a role model for him to kill chickens and monkeys.

Of course, there is another reason why these families are so motivated, that is, the annual tax in the first year is only equivalent to [-]% of last year's. into the stomach.I remember that when they left, Jing Chen announced the news that made them very excited, and everyone was stunned. Sixty percent, this number is too small.

You must know that, except for the city of Gamma, although other places have experienced this war, they did not cause much damage. Let alone the original Gamma defenders, most of them saw the army of the Holy Spirit and fled from the city, and the army of the Holy Spirit The military discipline was extremely strict. No matter how small the city was or how large the Holy Spirit Empire troops passed by along the way, there was no incident of Holy Spirit soldiers harassing the people, so there was almost no loss to the place.

Without much loss, the ruling families do not need to spend too much money to build city defenses, and tax cuts undoubtedly give them more room for development, allowing these families more room to do some thinking. Do, or what needs to be done, such as competing for resources in the city.

The original intention of these families in governing is to become the largest family in their city. In the past, this might have been just an expectation, but now it is not impossible to become the city lord of a city, and it is also the city lord who Jing Chen has given a lot of power to. The heat they have is far beyond what ordinary people can imagine. Even some chambers of commerce that originally supported the largest family in the city have begun to defect one after another. No matter what, everyone wants to cooperate with the strong.

People are very realistic, just like the current form in Jiama Province, those families that were not particularly powerful, took advantage of the power bestowed by Jing Chen to complete the power of their city in just over a month. It was also at this moment that those big families that originally entrenched in various cities and wanted to take advantage of the troubled times to rise were completely suppressed.

In fact, there is nothing surprising about all of this. The new officials will inevitably win over a group of their own forces when they take office. At this time, the lifeline of the reform is strangled. It can be said that there is nothing fundamentally wrong with the actions of these big families. He just wants to fight for the best interests of his family.

But they were on the wrong team, because they didn't see through Jing Chen, and they didn't expect that Jing Chen, a boy under 20 years old, could be so secretive that these big families had no chance to fight back. .

Whenever the leader changes, there will always be some people on the wrong team, and these people on the wrong team will end up not much better, just like those big families in various cities now, they can only use To describe them as being in dire straits, even in dire straits is not enough to describe them.

The power of these families, after countless original partners have terminated their relationship with them, it is only a matter of time for them to decline. Of course, it is as they imagined at the beginning. It's the kind that never turns around.

……

Lord's Mansion of Jiama City, study room.

At this moment, there are two people sitting in this spacious study room, Jingchen and Yueran. Since that day, Yueran has not seen Jingchen for a while, and today Jingchen sent someone to the mansion to let him have an audience , Yue Ran also had some doubts in her heart.Generally speaking, if there is no important event, Jing Chen will not summon him, but now Yue Ran really can't see that there is any important event happening in Gamma Province.

After the two sat down, Jing Chen asked, "Uncle Yue, hasn't there been any trouble in the territory recently?"

Hearing this, Yue Ran glanced at Jing Chen inexplicably. Since the imperial army withdrew, this area has returned to peace for several years, but without tungsten iron ore, the income must have dropped sharply. , but Yueran also knew that Jing Chen was definitely not referring to this aspect of things.

He frowned slightly, and suddenly remembered something, the strange death of civilians and the evil spirit, if there was any trouble in this area, it must be these two things, thinking of these two points, Yue Ran became more and more sure that what Jing Chen asked must be related to this aspect, and he immediately replied, "Xiao Chen, you want to ask about the strange deaths of civilians and evil spirits before, have these two things reappeared?"

Nodding his head slightly, Jing Chen also showed a worried look on his face. In a situation where there are only two people, Jing Chen doesn't need to hide his thoughts. He is indeed worried about the two things Yue Ran mentioned. , after all, behind these two incidents is the figure of the beast court. Although the loss of the beast court is not small this time, those little people of the fourth and fifth levels are really not in the eyes of the beast court. If they lose, they will lose. It simply can't reach the point where it hurts the animal court.

Seeing Jing Chen nodding, Yue Ran shook her head, and said, "I haven't found out about this, the remnants of those beast courts seem to have disappeared overnight, and I don't know where they went." The voice fell on Yue Ran's face There was also a flash of worry. Although he didn't know the strength of the Beast Court very well, but just seeing that the Nangong family and the Star Clan were affiliated with the Beast Court, Yue Ran could guess that this Beast Court must be extraordinary.

After pondering for a while, Jing Chen said in a deep voice, "Although this is the case, you still can't neglect to grasp the movements of the beast court." The reason why Jing Chen made such an arrangement is very simple. Chen Neng has such strength, to a large extent, he was forced out by the beast court's lingering pursuit.

Suddenly, Yue Ran seemed to think of something, and said, "Xiaochen, there is one more thing, which was reported by the ruling families below. Recently, some families have used the power of the ruling family to formulate local tax laws, welfare, etc. The tax rate in the city is very low, but the benefits are very good, which has caused many residents who originally belonged to other cities to relocate. Do you want to control this situation?"

Yue Ran hesitated at the moment. Although this kind of competition seemed a bit cruel, it was undoubtedly a kind of survival of the fittest. As for the quality of the territory, it mainly depended on Jing Chen's thoughts. If Jing Chen didn't want some local families to become bigger , It is necessary to control this kind of vicious competition, otherwise, everyone will flock to those cities with good treatment, wouldn't that make Jingchen, the lord, empty?But on the other hand, if Jingchen wants to manage a powerful territory, this kind of competition is inevitable. If there is no turnover of personnel, the actual effect of the power allocated to the ruling family will be greatly reduced.

With a calm smile, Jing Chen said slowly, "It's nothing. Where there is interest, there is competition. If some families cannot survive in this kind of competition, it only shows that these families are not enough to take on such a big responsibility." " Immediately, a silver light flashed in Jing Chen's hand, and the communicator that Jing Tian left behind when Jing Tian and Yue Lu left, instantly appeared in Jing Chen's hand.

Seeing that Jing Chen sensed it for a moment, he said to the communicator, "Consul, come over to my study." After saying that, Jing Chen turned off the communicator.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door, and Jing Chen said "Come in", and saw a very smart and capable middle-aged man come out from the outside, came to Jing Chen and gave a deep salute, saying, "See you?" grown ups."

"Well, sit aside." He said and pointed to the chair beside Yueran.

This consul is also a core member of the Yue family. He is now mainly responsible for promulgating large and small government orders in the territory, and dealing with some daily issues. He can be regarded as the number one figure in Jiama province.

After the visitor was seated, Jing Chen said, "Help me promulgate two decrees. The first one is that in principle, the Lord's Mansion will not interfere with taxation and welfare decrees promulgated anywhere, as long as it does not violate the empire and the laws and regulations on welfare." Under the premise of the decrees promulgated by the Lord's Mansion, all decrees promulgated by the local area are recognized by the Lord's Mansion; second, in order to promote the balance of military power among the various cities, a grand contest between the cities will be held at the end of the year, and the top three , the feudal lord's mansion will have corresponding military subsidies, and the last three cities will decide on the fate of their military leadership families based on the actual assessment results in each city."

As soon as these two decrees came out, Yue Ran and the consul of the lord's mansion were taken aback. First of all, let's talk about the first one. This undoubtedly means that Jing Chen has already recognized the status of those low-tax and high-welfare decrees. Undoubtedly, he was telling the ruling families of the various cities that Jing Chen acquiesced in this kind of competition.Secondly, although the second decree is somewhat vague, it at least makes it clear to those families who have taken military power. Taking military power does not mean that military power will always be in their hands, and there is competition.

After a pause, Jing Chen said again, "Article [-], in principle, the ruling or military families in the territory are forbidden to use their power to annex or exclude other families in the city. The Lord's Mansion advocates fair competition. If any family If you dare to violate the third decree, you will be directly disqualified from being in power or holding military power, and you will never be hired."

As soon as the third decree came out, Yue Ran and the consul who came out of his own family couldn't help but glanced at each other. None of them thought that Jing Chen would issue such a decree. The promulgation of the third decree, Undoubtedly, the original expectations of many families were destroyed, but this kind of destruction was the best result for Jingchen. Only when there were some local forces that could check and balance against it, could these families be prepared to work hard for Jingchen in times of peace.

Otherwise, when those families that can compete with them are eliminated by various means, the restraint in Jing Chen's hands will undoubtedly be greatly weakened. Although the puppet is also a way, it is not as good as having a local who can threaten them. For the family of its existence, this threat is real, after all, people are forgetful and greedy.

Just then, the knock on the door sounded again.

Jing Chen was slightly taken aback, and said, "Come in."

A servant came in and said with a bow, "My lord, there is a man outside the mansion who claims to be Zeus Academy and asks to see him. He said his name is Anton."

(End of this chapter)