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When Ethan heard Bishop Inzaghi say this, he understood what he wanted to say.

So he said, "Your Excellency the Bishop wants to say that people have misunderstandings about the Temple Church, just like they have about the Emperor of the Holy Empire, right?"

Inzaghi smiled bitterly and nodded gently: "Some people say that we have made up all kinds of excuses and formulated all kinds of cannibalistic tax policies.

But they won't say how they speculate, evade taxes, evade taxes, or even resist taxes.

People only know that we collect high taxes, but they don't know where these taxes really go, and they arbitrarily think that we use the taxes for a life of luxury.

Sir Ethan, then I will tell you today where the money went.

I won't say much to you, just a simple set of data .

375442!

This is the number of soldiers who have been killed in the war with the Republic of Hellingard, which was caused by the selfishness of the Holy Light Church.

Note that this is only the number of deaths, not including the disabled, and only the data during the reign of His Majesty the Emperor.

The actual data is much larger than this number.

Behind each of them is a family and an imperial fiscal expenditure.

According to the laws of the empire, the family of each fallen soldier will receive a subsidy of 15 to 35 silver per week, depending on the region and rank.

I can Let me tell you clearly, Mr. Ethan!

We in the Temple have always strictly followed the regulations and issued every subsidy in full.

If you are interested, you can also calculate how much money this will cost.

Then, you can also verify whether what I said is true.

For example, ask the treasurer of the Maro City Council whether we have issued the subsidies in full.

Of course, I know that since the Maro City Council was established not long ago, many previous data are not available.

You have reason to suspect that we only started to issue subsidies truthfully after the Maro City Council was established.

For this, I suggest you go to Stan, who was responsible for the distribution in Maro City at the time. En family, check if we are consistent in what we say and what we do?

At the same time, you can also go to other areas and ask the local distribution person in charge whether we have issued the subsidy on time and in full?

Finally, if you confirm that we have not falsified, please go and see how much the families of the fallen soldiers can actually receive?

It may be difficult to confirm in other places, but I believe that you will easily understand the situation in Maro City.

If I remember correctly, the standard in Maro City should be 15 to 23 silver per week. Can you see if those families can receive so much? "

Ethan's face was a little heavy when he heard this.

Ethan has always been concerned about the matter of the death subsidy.

He clearly remembered what Lili said when he first met her.

At that time, her husband died in battle. As a family member of a fallen officer, he should have received a subsidy of 15 silver per week, but in the end he only received 40 coppers, and even said that it would be less in the future.

This also caused her to have to engage in the flesh trade to make up for the family expenses.

Before, Ethan always believed that the Temple Church did not pay in full, and that someone took advantage of the situation along the way.

But after he took office in the parliament, he found that it was not what he thought.

The only real problem was with the local officials, and the subsidies given by the Temple had never been wrong.

At that time, Ethan thought that the Temple was just pretending.

But he didn't expect that the clown was actually himself.

"No need! I don't know about other areas, but I know the situation in Maro City very well.

As you said, the number of subsidized families currently registered in Maro City is 6,125, including disabled families, and I am one of them.

You do pay subsidies on time and in full every month.

And what I can say is that after I took office in the parliament, this subsidy was paid to every family, including my own share."

Hearing this, Inzaghi smiled: "Mr. Ethan, why do you emphasize that after you take office in the parliament?

Is it because before you took office, those people did not get the full amount of subsidies, and may not even get a penny?"

Ethan's face suddenly became a little ugly when he was asked this question.

"Because it was none of my business before I came to power, right?"

Hearing this, Inzaghi laughed and even clapped his hands.

"Haha! Mr. Ethan, you are so funny!

But you may have misunderstood me.

I never thought that this matter had anything to do with you. I was just wondering why you would immediately shirk responsibility?"

Speaking of this, Inzaghi paused, frowned slightly, as if he felt something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

Seeing that Ethan did not reply, he continued:

"I think the reason you did this is that you must have realized that such things would shake the foundation of the country.

But I tell you, such things that shake the foundation of the country are everywhere in the Holy Light Church's missionary land.

For example, the Holy Light Church relied on the grain monopoly and often maliciously raised the grain price, so that many people could not afford to buy grain and had to starve.

For example, they occupied the herbal medicine monopoly and arbitrarily manipulated the price of herbal medicine. They also established a medical association to monopolize all medical resources.

As a result, many people could not afford to see a doctor or buy medicine. They could only endure the disease and even wait for death.

Also, they relied on force to arbitrarily fabricate charges and confiscate other people's assets.

They have done almost all the evil deeds that humans can do, and they are even constantly refreshing humans' understanding of evil.

But even so, no one blamed them. Instead, they criticized us, the Temple Cult.

It is said that the Temple religion is all evil tax.

But what bad taxes have we paid?

‘Saints’ Tithe’?

‘Saints Service’?

Or is it what you call the worst tax among bad taxes - the 'loyalty and dedication tax'? "

The taxes Inzaghi mentioned are all well-known taxes of the Temple Church.

Among them, the "Saints' Tithe" stipulates that believers need to donate one tenth of their income to the church.

"Saint service" refers to the church forcing believers to provide free labor for the church in farming, construction and other labor.

The most powerful one is the "loyalty donation tax", which refers to the church requiring believers to make huge donations, which basically refers to all property. It is said to be a requirement, but in fact it is compulsory.

It is precisely because of these taxes that Ethan spared no effort to prevent the Temple Cult from entering Maro City.

It can be said that as long as the Temple Cult still maintains these taxes, they will never want to enter Maro City.

Although Ethan thought so in his heart, he definitely couldn't say it like that.

Ethan did not comment on Inzaghi's rhetorical question and instinctively wanted to change the subject.

But Ethan didn't want to talk, but Inzaghi refused to give up.

He continued: “Yes, the ‘Saints’ Tithe’ stipulates that believers need to donate one tenth of their income to the church.

But people only know to donate money, but they don’t know where the money is used?

Then let me tell you the real situation.

As mentioned before, the Holy Light Religion controls food and herbs, and many civilians cannot afford to eat or see a doctor.

And since they paid the ‘Saints’ Tenth Tax’, they will find that the price of food they buy has dropped, and the price of medicinal herbs has also dropped.

Having enough to eat and being able to afford medical treatment is no longer a luxury.

The reason for this is not that the conscience of the Holy Light Religion discovered that it was giving them benefits.

It's because we use the taxes they pay to reduce food prices and medical costs through unified purchases and large-scale trade.

The reason why we are in so much trouble is not to stabilize prices ourselves.

I think Mr. Ethan, you should also know the reason.

Yes, although our church has the right to vote, it does not have the right to do business.

Therefore, we can only use this stupid method to fight for their rights.

However, even so, we still find ways to stabilize prices and protect people's basic livelihood.

But what about the Holy Light Religion?

What have they done occupying a large amount of social resources?

Mr. Ethan, if you have time, you can go to a place where the two religions coexist, no matter where it is.

You will be surprised to find that wherever the two religions coexist, although the food and herbs are managed by the Holy Light Cult, the cost of food and medical treatment for Temple believers is lower than that of Holy Light believers.

And it's much lower.

This is what the ‘Saints’ Tithe’ is really for! "

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