The Sun King's Evidence

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The overall planning Lane mentioned is actually very simple, that is, after he ascends the throne, he will send bureaucrats to clear out the land across the country. He will investigate clearly which areas are suitable for growing cash crops, which areas are suitable for growing food, and which areas are suitable for livestock farming and orchards. Ensure there is enough arable land to grow food.

Of course, he had to wait until he became king to have this power.

"At the same time, I will also implement the Changpingcang system and establish reserve warehouses across the country. When the market price of grain is low, I will increase the price of grain appropriately to purchase large quantities. When the market price of grain is high, I will appropriately lower the price to sell. "Lian continued: "Everyone must have noticed recently that the price of food on the market is very high. That's because Wesen Territory suffered a lot from Tamu Khan's invasion. Therefore, you may wish to import food on a large scale from us. Sell ​​some stored grain to the empire.”

After Ryan briefly described the grain protection price and grain reserve system, everyone understood that the issue of grain was indeed an eternal topic. The previous subordination and private relationship between knights, nobles and serfs basically determined the grain surplus produced by serfs. They all belong to the nobility. In this case, food has little to do with the market. However, with the Lane Reform, the emergence of fixed taxes and the conceivable contract system in the future mean the emergence of commercial grain and the rise of the commodity economy. Such old methods It is definitely no longer applicable. The grain protection price and reserve grain system proposed by Lane solve this problem exactly.

"As for everything else, I will also announce the abolition of the King's Shield Tax after I ascend the throne." Ryan calmly dropped another bombshell in the entire conference room.

"Wait a minute, Ryan, you want to abolish...the King's Shield Tax?!" Francois opened his mouth in surprise: "Lian, do you know that as the King of Knights, the most important thing is to pay royal expenses and Kuro It’s a tax that pays for military expenses. Do you plan to abolish the shield tax?”

"We can't collect much tax in the first place, so it doesn't matter if we abolish it. Also, the abolition of the shield tax I mentioned is only for food crops, cash crops, orchards, and animal husbandry is not included." Ryan said calmly: " To encourage food cultivation, appropriate supportive policies must be provided. Historically, it has been difficult to collect the king’s shield tax, and I believe you all know that.”

Several Dukes are a little embarrassed. This is how knights and nobles are. The Lady of the Lake has always paid enough or even overpaid the tithe, but the King's shield tax involves all kinds of prevarication, lies, omissions, and tricks. Ryan put this into perspective. When the matter was brought up, it was difficult for everyone to answer the question.

Francois felt that he was happy in vain. The bulk of his income from the Principality of Winford came from various cash crops, especially wine. As for the shield tax exemption on food crops, it did not benefit him much at all.

When my father-in-law thought about the benefits that Ryan's rise had brought to him, he could only admit it.

"In the future, we must also unify tariffs and change physical taxes to monetary taxes." Ryan continued: "But that will happen later. We will wait until I take the throne. I can only say so much for now. I want to emphasize that The thing is, everyone, I have adopted many methods to ensure your interests and compensate for your losses, and please understand that the trend of the times and the process of history cannot be reversed."

"The empire on the other side of the mountain has completed its restructuring and has become the most powerful human country in the old world. We Britannia must also keep up, otherwise the outcome will be destruction. It is better to solve it from above than to overthrow it from below. Northern barbarians, chaos demons, green-skinned tribes, beasts and undead are always coveting the land given to us by the goddess. Only by strengthening ourselves, only by self-reform and self-innovation can we complete redemption in this dark age."

Several Dukes nodded. This topic is a very sensitive one, so we can leave it at this point.

"I also have a problem, Ryan. As you know, the Principality of Lyonnais is in a difficult situation now. We are unable to implement this policy." Now it was Duke Adehad's turn. The Duke of Lyonnais said equally anxiously: " The serfs will definitely not be able to come up with the money to redeem them now, and people in many places do not have enough to eat or wear warm clothes. How can we promote this reform?"

"Don't worry, Adehad, we all know the situation of Leon Nasay." Ryan quickly stopped Adehad from speaking: "As we all know, the specific situations of different principalities are different. We have to adapt to local conditions and combine local characteristics. We can't Carry it out by force and rob the serfs of their property by force.”

"That's right, Adehad, my suggestion to you is to reduce taxes, encourage serfs to go out to regain lost lands, send troops appropriately to regain those ownerless lands, and eliminate bandits and rebellious serfs." Francois also nodded. : "Don't think about redeeming serfs now. You have neither the conditions nor the foundation. You can't just see that we have gained a lot and want to follow up immediately."

"Okay, very good, you have always been like this, always like this. When I took over Lyonnais, the treasury and granary were so empty that they could raise rats." Adehad said angrily: "Now it's okay, I will Here, I’m watching all the reforms and redemptions you carry out, and all of them are making money. What about me? I can only watch! François, you want me to cut taxes? You want me to send out the army? Where’s the money? Where’s the food? That’s easy to say!”

"...Okay, we all know the difficulties of Leon Nasai, and it's not like we haven't sent someone to help you." Raun took the initiative to speak, and the regent of the kingdom advised: "If Sirruf was here, he wouldn't By doing this, you and your principality need to rest and recuperate, rather than forcefully follow our lead."

"..." Adehad sighed softly, with a sense of powerlessness in his voice: "I hope there will be a day when Lyonnais can regain its glory."

"Let's talk about it today." Ryan concluded the Duke's meeting: "Please go back and determine the redemption amount based on the actual situation of your principality. This number must be cautious. Remember, the amount is set too low. It will make the serfs find it too easy, and your interests will be harmed. If the setting is too high, the serfs will not be able to pay so much, which is tantamount to fooling them."

The Duke's meeting ended, and a grand banquet was held in the Duke's Castle in Lane that day. The Dukes who came from afar were invited to toast to celebrate the consensus reached to some extent. With their support, and Hubald, Duke of Carcassonne, and the Dukes of Brittany finally have more than half of their support. Together with the Church of the Fairy of the Lake headed by Morgiana, Ryan has been able to truly control the country after ascending the throne. .

After the banquet, Ryan, who had a few too many drinks, sneaked into the Sulia Courtyard of the castle.

It didn't snow at night, and the winter night was very quiet. Most of the Sulia courtyard was filled with irises and tall pine trees. Ryan was walking alone in the castle courtyard. He looked up and saw that the sky was full of stars, like pearls. Like handfuls of broken gold scattered on the black jade plate, it was so peaceful and peaceful at the moment, and the leaves were rustling.

Ryan suddenly felt very tired.

Maybe no one understands how difficult it is to carry out a top-down reform in this world, in this world with true gods and evil gods. If you are not careful, not only will you lose everything, but also It is very likely to ruin the entire kingdom.

Nobles, churches, merchants, wizards, Ryan has done whatever it takes to realize his ideals. Even so, it has taken him more than ten years to establish a foundation for reform. Now he must carefully advance these , compared to when he was alone more than ten years ago, now he has a family, his own power, and a large group of subordinates. The expansion of his power also means that he has to act more and more cautiously and more and more difficultly.

It's cold, lonely, and lonely. The weak magic lamp illuminates the stone paved road in the courtyard. There is a statue of Sulia in the courtyard, as well as a statue of her favorite horse Richter. Ryan Slowly walked to the statue, looked at his wife's serious and beautiful figure holding a lance, and smiled warmly.

He now understood why many middle-aged men gave people a "greasy" feeling in the past. It was because these men had become smooth and sophisticated. They were burdened with too much. They had families to support and relatives to care for. Gu, there are friends to help, and there are too many things to prevent them from getting excited, from acting impulsively, from resisting and escaping.

Middle-aged greasy men can only endure, can only humiliate, and can only swallow their anger. This is something that young people cannot tolerate and cannot understand. After all, anyone can type on the keyboard, follow the heckles, and follow the trend. Barefoot people are not afraid of wearing shoes. They dare to bully me. ? I'll kill your whole family!

The wrath of a common man, blood splattered in five steps is like this. I have read too many Shuang articles, and he does not consider any consequences. He only wants to be happy for a while, and has endless troubles. He is irrational, but he is especially loved by everyone because he does it. Do what everyone wants to do but dare not do.

The old King Richard was very prosperous when he took office. When he was still in his prime, he liked to go into the mountains and hunt tigers alone. The first thing he did after taking the throne was to join forces with Imrik, the high elf Prince of Caledor, to defeat the beastman craze near Kurona. , Richard was so high-spirited at the time and felt that he could do something for the kingdom. But when Ryan came to Britannia more than twenty years later, Richard had become the stubborn and stubborn person who refused to change. The one who suppressed Ryan.

Have times changed? No, no, times have not changed.

So why?

you know.

Ryan wears many identities, and he is the chosen champion hand-picked by the Fairy of the Lake. He has gone through all kinds of hardships before finally taking the first step of reform. He really has to sigh: It's too difficult for me. A lot of pressure.

Just as Ryan was looking at his wife's statue and thinking wildly, he felt footsteps coming from behind him: "Lian, what's wrong? Why are you here? We are all looking for you."

It's Sulia. Today's female knight is wearing a classic black lace-up dress with ginger sugar wood grain brown fragrance, black velvet pantyhose, a pair of slender and well-proportioned black silk legs, and a pair of over-the-knee high-heeled boots. She has a good figure, a heroic temperament, and a faint smile and water-like tenderness on her delicate face. Her long, shining golden curly hair falls down her shoulders.

Just like fourteen years ago, in the rose garden of Kurona.

The Duchess approached from behind, she gently hugged Ryan from behind, and gently hugged Ryan's neck with her arms: "Lian, my husband, you have done a good enough job, my father was still praising me just now. You, said that you have successfully accomplished something that he never dared to imagine. Mr. Lawn also said that all they can do is ease the conflict and be as fair as possible. Only you have proposed a solution that can be accepted by everyone. You It is the miracle that the Lady bestows upon Brittany.”

"You are amazing, my husband, I am proud of you." Sulia's voice was like a spring water, flowing in Ryan's heart, nourishing his will, the Duchess's sea-blue eyes were full of affection : "Don't push yourself too hard."

"Three to five generations." Ryan only felt that his chest was filled with Sulia's love. He turned around and hugged his wife.

"Huh?" Lidya Su obviously didn't understand.

"My reforms can only benefit three to five generations at most, and then the whole society will gradually become silent again." Ryan sighed, and he picked up his wife in a princess hug, and the couple sat in the courtyard. On the bench: "Just like the empire, the reforms of the savior Ludwig made the empire prosperous and ushered in the most glorious era. However, one hundred and sixty years have passed, and the wealth and land have experienced a short period of decline. Circulation has returned to the hands of the nobles. The newly reclaimed land cannot stop the plunder and expansion of the nobles. Both Karl-Franz and I can only rely on royal power and personal prestige to suppress this trend, but no It can change, only by reforming again.”

"The lady said, Ryan, there is no eternal kingship in this world." Sulia didn't take it seriously after hearing this: "You have done everything you can do, and this is enough. You can bring the kingdom one or two hundred years of prosperity." Prosperity is already a great king.”

"Hahaha, that's right. You really don't have to think about things three or five generations later." Ryan suddenly thought of something and nodded in recognition: "Thank you, Lidya Su, for enlightening me again."

"I am your wife, what can we say to thank you?" Sulia leaned on her husband's shoulder, and the female knight suddenly felt that she already owned the whole world.

This is happiness.

The couple were affectionate for a few minutes. Seeing that Ryan had recovered from fatigue and depression, Lidya Su whispered: "Lian, you should take a good rest during the recent period and prepare for your ascension to the throne. Also, you also Take the time to visit Ms. Veronica and see how she is doing, she has been in seclusion for almost a year."

Unexpectedly and reasonably, the relationship between Lidya Su and Veronica is pretty good. This is mainly because of Lidya Su’s generous and gentle personality and the result of Veronica’s careful management. Compared with Teresa was not good at dealing with interpersonal relationships and often avoided Sulia. Veronica always knew how to maintain the relationship with Sulia. From time to time, she would also try to get some strange gifts for the duchess. If the two parties met, , Veronica, who is about to turn 40 this year, has always called Sulia, who is only in her early thirties, "sister" or "ma'am" obediently, so the relationship between the two has always been good.

Only Ryan knows that Veronica has a clear positioning for herself. If Ryan is a big tree in the sky, Veronica is the vines on the branches. She does not dare to lose Ryan's support and protection under any circumstances now. The shrewd Jialan The witch knows how to protect her own interests. As long as she serves Ryan well and makes Sulia happy, she will be invincible and no one can touch her.

"In this way, I will go check on Veronica in a few days to see how she is doing." Ryan thought for a while and agreed: "As for Theresa and Aurora...Sulia, I need you to do me a favor."

"you say."

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