The King of Knights

The so-called war tax is a law left by the king, and the content of this law is actually very simple. That is, once the country begins to fight, everyone is obliged to pay taxes and prepare for war.

On the surface, it may seem like a law favorable to war, but in fact it has long been abused. This decree remained in place until a year ago, when it was repealed by Lucifer.

“Restore the war tax. This one again! How many times have they been unable to learn at all, or do they have no such thing as brains at all and can’t understand what I said? Lucifer put down the document in his hand that had been read, and his voice was full of irony.

In fact, before that, those people had made many proposals to restore the war tax, but they were all rejected by Lucifer. Lucifer’s righteousness also made them completely unable to refute it.

Since Wang said that he could not move, he could only tell the prime minister. The prime minister was also a large aristocrat and could also benefit from war taxes, and in the eyes of the old aristocracy, their interests coincided. However, this is only in their opinion.

“I don’t think so, it’s just too greedy. Previously, war taxes were a major source of income for them, and they would start a war as soon as they had a little on hand. Of course, most of the time it is a war with other territories in the country. ”

“War with other territories? It’s a show. Will their death-fearing misers really go to war? At most, it is to collude with the other party, perform for civilians, and then squeeze money out of this. ”

Lucifer couldn’t help but think of a year ago. At that time, because of the victory in the war, he received a reparation, and when these people heard the news, they immediately ran over to themselves and said, who is the knight of his own family, saying that since he has joined the king’s command, they will not stop it, nor will they let them return.

That being said, but the king got these knights, didn’t it mean to give some ransom money or something. When the knights heard these words, their faces were full of shame.

However, considering the domestic situation at that time, Lucifer did not simply refuse them, but told them that France would have a final payment every year after that, and he could take out part of this money to compensate. That’s what makes these guys stop.

Some time ago they asked for 60,000 from France, and Lucifer only took 10,000 of them, and the other 50,000 let them share. In theory, they should be fine.

But now it seems that they have tasted the sweetness and are ready to force the palace in the previous way and continue to swallow the tail payment. To say that such a guy would waste money to fight, Lucifer felt that it was better to believe that pigs would go to trees.

“Wang, when did you get the gossip about this? Can’t those people even keep this little secret anymore? If they really dare to propose this bill like that, I really think they have a stake, and the rest is not to say, at least the skin is thick enough. Semiramis laughed.

“Based on their personalities and the current situation in the country, this intelligence is not difficult to speculate. The first king originally wrote this law for foreign war, but it turned out to be a tool for them to accumulate wealth. They are to blame for the fact that Britain has become what it is. ”

The country is not without national strength, but most of it will be used for personal use. In order not to drop the chain later, you must first solve these internal problems.

“Wang quite hates greed.”

“No, on the contrary, I don’t hate greed, I just hate stupidity. With so many people in this country following me, it may not be realistic to expect them to have unlimited loyalty to the country. But, even greed, give me a little understanding. That’s what can move and what can’t. ”

“They seem to prefer the latter. I’m looking forward to how you clean up the current situation. ”

“Is there only a war tax? From what I know about them, their appetite won’t suddenly become so small. Lucifer continued along the previous topic.

If it was just a matter of war taxes, Lucifer somewhat felt that they had changed their nature. During the year, when Lucifer and Artoria chatted privately about this, even the honest knight Ji felt the urge to draw his sword and cut those people.

Of course, the key to this, Lucifer felt that these guys wanted to encroach on the position of head of the Praetorian Order. This position is currently held by a young girl. These people claim that the girl is too young, even female, and that she is not suitable and that she should be replaced by someone they designate.

“Oh! I forgot that there was also the fact that they wanted their children to enter the Knights of the Round Table. ”

“The Knights of the Round Table have their own assessment standards that have been met, and I am always welcome to join them. Or maybe there’s no reason for me to refuse an application from a good knight. ”

The current Knights of the Round Table do not have more than a hundred people as in history, but only about thirty at present, but the number will increase. Interestingly, the members of this order are otherwise powerful figures.

For example, Gawain and Lancelot are the commanders of the royal city guards, and Tristan is the general of the guerrilla forces. Artoria was the commander of the Janissaries. Kylar is the leader of the nascent Knights of the Thunderbolts. And so on.

Lucifer controlled the Round Table, while the Round Table controlled the armies of the other quarters. In this way, he firmly grasped the military power of the royal family.