Chapter 362 Excited Ministers

At night, in the Royal Palace of God's Bless City, the main city of mankind, His Royal Highness Anthony looked at the report just sent. To be honest, Anthony really had a headache. Although he knew that his brother would cause trouble, he didn't expect it to cause trouble like this. On the first day of M's tenure, Anthony here received a report from his own intelligence department. Because his brother Wylin was unemployed, he directly dragged a lot of people from the Second Army to help him work.

When Anthony saw the report, the first thing he thought of was not how illegal the method was, but how to get this thing out of the way. If this report is known by the ministers below, they will definitely bombard Li Huailin, maybe they will even say how to rebel. Anthony these days has known how capable these ministers are. In order to attack political opponents, they can exaggerate any trivial matter.

Thinking about my own responsibility here, Li Huailin took over the area of ​​Firmut, and all his men were cut off. I didn't expect that the problem of manpower didn't send him some civil servants, but Li Huailin's work is really true, no Don't people know how to ask for a little...

But now that it has happened, Anthony here has concealed the information with a wave of his hand. Anyway, it is already like this. Let the people of the Second Army do it first. Anyway, the Second Army also belongs to Li Huailin.

I thought there should be no problem after this matter was dealt with, but within a few days, something happened to Lancaster again, this time it was even more exaggerated, and even Anthony was shocked when he saw it.

"70%?" By the time Anthony received the report, it was almost the end of tax time. Seeing the 70% tax rate, Anthony gasped. How dare he dare to collect 70% tax. Isn't this really afraid of the civilians below rebelling?

"What should we do now..." Anthony, who was sitting in the office, pinched the bridge of his nose. This time, he really couldn't hide it, because according to intelligence, many ministers already knew about this situation, and they planned to bombard him at the court meeting tomorrow. Li Huailin. As for why the minister would know, it was mainly some small lords of Lancaster who reported Li Huailin. They didn't expect that the tax could really be collected. But the result was beyond their imagination. Almost all the villagers happily paid their taxes. As a result, a lot of food was piled up in the warehouse, and boxes of gold coins were collected, but this had nothing to do with them. All of these Everything had to be handed in. Seeing this situation, many people were jealous, so they poked this matter at the minister they met in God's Blessed City.

"Your Highness, it's already very late. Don't you still have a rest?" I was annoyed. The door here opens. Queen Marina walked in slowly.

Seeing Marina's appearance, Anthony's eyes lit up here. The more he gets along recently, the more he feels that Marina is indeed a natural queen, and he gets along very well with him. And she is also very capable, no matter what questions you ask her, she can talk to her. Now that I am having a headache, I just need to discuss it with Marina.

"70% tax rate? Are you kidding me?" Marina was surprised when she heard what Anthony said.

The 70% tax rate is no joke.

"My brother really can't joke." Anthony said with a wry smile, "What should we do now?"

"If it is not handled well, there will be chaos in the north." Marlene said immediately.

"Don't worry about it, I don't know why. According to the information sent back, the local residents have paid taxes..." Anthony said here.

"Huh? How did you do this?" Marina looked surprised. The new duke was doing everything he could to fly, but there was nothing wrong with him?

"I don't know, anyway, Huailin always has his way. He hasn't made any mistakes until now. I believe he always has his own considerations, but the problem is that the ministers will definitely attack him tomorrow morning... How about that?" Anthony said.

"Your Highness, do you want to protect the Duke of Aquitaine this time?" Marina asked.

"Of course, I'm just such a brother." Anthony said immediately.

"In theory, since the Lancaster region has been granted to the Duke of Aquitaine, it doesn't matter how much tax the other party collects in his territory. Since all residents have already paid taxes, as long as they don't leave Chaos, the empire can't find a direct reason to sanction him, as long as His Highness grasps this point, there should be no problem." Marina thought for a while and said.

"What if there is civil unrest?" Anthony asked.

"That's troublesome. If the lord can't manage the land entrusted to him well, then the king has the right to take back the map. If there is a civil disturbance, the ministers will definitely ask His Royal Highness to take back Lancaster. Yes," Marina said.

"It seems that the key is still on Wylin's side." Anthony said, "In this case, I will use this reason to procrastinate tomorrow, and wait until there is real civil unrest before trying to figure out a solution."

"The Duke of Aquitaine really... 70% of the tax, what is he doing for so much money all of a sudden..." Marina suddenly complained.

"Yeah..." Anthony here also said, "Anyway, 70% is a bit too much, Wylin really does something that people don't understand."

"I always feel that the Duke of Aquitaine is too capable of making troubles. Even if this matter is passed, I don't know if there will be other big things in the future." Marina said worriedly.

"No way, he won't be Wylin if he doesn't make trouble..." Anthony smiled bitterly, "Forget it, Marina, let's go rest."

"Yeah." Marina nodded without saying anything further.

Soon it will be the morning time of the next day. Now is the stage of founding the country, and there are many things to do, so now it is basically once a day. Before 8:00 in the morning, Anthony here is ready to start handling official duties. I heard that today's ministers came very early, and I knew what it was for at a glance.

"Is there anything, everyone." Anthony looked at the ministers below and said.

"Your Highness! Yesterday we received a report that in the Lancaster area, the new lord, the Duke of Aquitaine, actually imposed a 70% tax rate on his territory. This is really terrifying." A minister immediately came out and said.

"It really is." Anthony nodded, and then said, "Oh, I've also heard about this, but it seems that the local residents didn't object."

"Your Highness!" Prime Minister Ma He suddenly took a step forward, "This matter is a very serious act. If it is not done well, it will shake the foundation of the country. Our new empire has just been established, and it is time to clean up the hearts of the people, but The behavior of the Duke of Aquitaine has put us on the opposite side of the people at once."

"Yes, Your Highness, this is really not a joke." Another minister came out and said.

Sure enough, as I expected, seeing the prime minister Maher came out, the ministers here all stood up and said to Anthony.

"Then what do you say?" Anthony asked with a sigh.

"What else can we do? The Duke of Aquitaine should be rewarded for doing such a thing!" the thinking Ma He said immediately.

"I also think that what Wyring did this time is a bit...wait a minute...what did you say?" Anthony was still following Maher's meaning, and suddenly felt a little wrong, what is the reward.

"I said he must be rewarded." Maher said here.

"Award? Are you right?" Anthony asked strangely.

"His Royal Highness, the Duke of Aquitaine has collected a 70% tax rate. To do such a thing of complaining about others is a big event in the development of the Impression Empire. If the lords everywhere follow the Duke of Aquitaine, then the newly established Isn’t there a big problem in the empire, shouldn’t you be rewarded for this kind of behavior?” Mahe here stepped forward and said sonorously.

"Ahem... are you sure?" Anthony choked on Maher.

"Your Highness, there is nothing to hesitate about. The Duke of Aquitaine's behavior, if you don't give him a good reward, you can't rectify the law of the country. Although I know that he has a great friendship with His Royal Highness, I still hope that His Royal Highness will not show favoritism. , reward him severely." Ma He raised his hand and bowed after finishing speaking.

"The minister reconsidered!" The minister next to him also said immediately.

"You also agree to reward him?" Anthony said with a look of surprise.

"Your Highness, that is necessary." A minister next to Maher said, "The actions of the Duke of Aquitaine have hindered the development of the new empire, and it is necessary to reward him."

"Huh..." Anthony breathed heavily, and then held his forehead, "What the hell is going on..."

"Your Highness, don't hesitate any longer." Mahe here stepped forward when he saw Anthony's delay in giving an order, and said, "If the Duke of Aquitaine is not rewarded, what will be the hearts of the people, and what will be the majesty of the empire!"

"Wait, wait... Let me think about what's going on, okay? I still don't know it yet..." Anthony said while holding his forehead.

"Your Highness, please make a quick decision!" Mahe said directly on his knees.

"Your Highness, please make a quick decision!" The ministers next to him knelt down and shouted immediately.

"What kind of trouble is this? Why?" To be honest, Anthony originally wanted to protect Li Huailin. In fact, Anthony had already made plans. Even if all the ministers accused Li Huailin, he would protect him. However, the current situation It's too strange, why all the ministers are on Li Huailin's side, it feels like I'm the only one who wants to trouble Li Huailin.

"Huylin... What the hell are you doing..." Anthony smiled wryly, otherwise he would have saved a lot of trouble in this case.

"In this case, then I will listen to everyone's opinions and reward..."

Just as Anthony was about to issue an order here, Wilham, the head of the First Legion at the gate, who had just been promoted to the rank of marshal, suddenly rushed in.

"Your Highness, something is wrong." Wilham said in a hurry.

"What's the matter?" Seeing Wilham coming in, Anthony's heart skipped a beat. Wilham's coming to find him was definitely a matter of the army, so it must be a big deal.

"My lord the Duke of Aquitaine's Duchy of Lancaster has declared war on our ally, the Kingdom of the Elves." Wilhelm said immediately.

"Huh?" Anthony froze.