Chapter 2126 For the Motherland

When he got the financial expenditure for the first time, Pompianus, who had been a financial officer for more than ten years, almost quit. Commodus was a ghost, and Severus was the prodigal.

However, out of love for the motherland, Pompianus bit the bullet and took the job. After all, he has been a financial officer for more than ten years, and he knows how important this position is. For certain vicious expenditures, if he resigned, the savings of the five virtuous emperors, which could only be spent in thirteen years, may be spent in less than ten years.

Therefore, although Pompianus wished to strangle Severus to death, he had to cooperate with Severus and continue to bite the bullet.

"That is to say, because of my ever-expanding soldiers, even if you work hard to maintain the country's economy every year, you still need to use treasury savings?" It is impossible to reduce the number of troops.

The former is because Severus served as a soldier and understands the importance of salary. The latter is related to the strength of the country. The five good emperors are so dragged. , Isn't it because of having more troops and stronger strength?

"Yes, and based on what I have seen now, there is also the enthusiasm of Roman citizens for military service. I think this number will increase day by day, so it is necessary to reduce the country's military expenditure!" Pompianus pressed Holding his eyebrows together, he resisted the urge to turn his head and leave. He didn't want to take the blame at all, but out of love for the country, he had to persevere.

"No, as a witness, you can clearly feel how good the five sage emperors are. They never set foot in Great Britain throughout their lives. Caesar was the founder of the Roman Empire and was a stronger consul than the five sage emperors, but He also couldn't defeat the three barbarians." Severus looked at Pompianus and said solemnly.

Speaking of which, in the past few years since Severus ascended the throne, he has chased the dead and chased the north, wiped out the domestic rebellion, defeated the enemies around Rome, and now completely overthrew the three barbarians who had been fighting with the Romans for hundreds of years, and wiped out the territory of the Roman Empire. Advancing to Great Britain, the radiation range even spread to the Baltic Sea. This kind of feat is enough to make the five good emperors lose their color.

After Severus overthrew the greatest enemy of the Roman Empire, Rest in Rest, Severus' achievements shocked the Romans themselves. The achievements that the predecessors had been unable to complete were completed by Severus once, and he was simply a great emperor!

"..." Pompianus' face turned black at this moment. To be honest, if it weren't for Severus who was so stubborn, he had indeed done a terrible feat since the Roman Empire in the past few years, and he wanted to turn around and leave now. .

"However, if this continues, the country will collapse due to fiscal deficits in at most 13 years, and all your efforts will be in vain." Pompianus calmed down for a while, and still spoke softly.

Pompianus, who had experienced the end of the five good emperors, admitted that Severus was indeed an excellent emperor, even more terrifying than the five good emperors in terms of development. If it is possible for Rome to end and rest the endless war, then Severus is most likely the emperor who did this.

"Then don't let him collapse!" Severus said resolutely.

At this moment, Pompianus just wants to put the table in front of Severus in the face. You only need to say a word, but the entire financial problem of the country needs to be solved by me. Can you understand the pain in my heart? If the Roman Empire collapsed because of financial problems, I would be nailed to the pillar of shame and ridiculed for thousands of years. Do you understand my psychology?

"I was a little impatient." Severus probably saw the financial officer's face, and apologized after a while.

"Forget it, if the apology can solve the problem." Pompianus said with a headache, then silently opened the papyrus notebook, turned to the financial page he had calculated, opened it, and showed it to Se Viru.

Severus belonged to the military emperor, and he was almost in a mess about government affairs, so he didn't understand what it meant after reading it for a while.

"This is my plan, which can increase the financial income by about fifteen points. Thanks to you, although you have made a mess of Rome's finances, it is difficult for other emperors to expand the territory and stabilize the situation around Rome. Can compare to you." Pompianus explained resentfully.

Although I don't like Severus's messy financial model, but for the sake of the Roman Empire, let's help clean up the mess, for the sake of the motherland.

"This is my plan, does Christianity know?" Pompianus explained with a sigh, not for power, not for the emperor, but for the country.

"Oh, I know. We have wiped them out several times in our impression, but why have they revived again? Aren't those people in the Jewish Province experts in dealing with this?" Severus said that they have experience in this.

"Oh, during the reign of the one whose name was erased, we were not in turmoil. Christianity seized the opportunity to spread the word quickly at the bottom. Many barbarians were influenced by them. We did not manage it before due to the domestic situation. I think we can start now. "Pompianus said calmly, "Take down those hundreds of thousands of people and let them atone for their sins. Anyway, they are also guilty."

"In the newly attached place, we can use some bloody management methods. Since they are guilty, let them come to this place to atone for their sins." Pompianus said inhumanely.

"Won't they join forces to make trouble?" Severu frowned.

"The people from the provinces of Judea and Egypt are also transferred here. Since they all like religion, I think heresy is more interesting to them than pagans." Pompianus pouted and said, "We can Tell them that if we produce more, we can help them establish the Holy See in other places."

"This seems to make sense." Severus bowed his head and thought for a long time, combined with the facts he saw, for example, the Romans' attack on Christianity was just a matter of convenience, while the Jewish province regarded it as a great cause, and somehow felt that what the other party said Makes sense.

"But it's a bit too much for us to help them establish the Holy See." Although Severus felt that Pompianus' plan made sense, this kind of promise was a bit bad.

"It's okay, I didn't say where to build the Holy See for them." Pompianus said without a bottom line, "Besides, we are both the writers of the rules and the regulators of the rules. Whoever wins and who wins we say Forget it, give them a little hope, and they will work harder."

"This is a very good way. In this way, we can indeed get a lot of output." Severu nodded and said.

"The second is what we are doing now, that is, looting, but not a small tribe, but a powerful country, such as Anxi." Pompianus said with a sneer.

"You don't need to say that I will do this." Severu waved his hand and said, looking back after this wave is done, if Ganassis has not done it, he will lead his troops to kill Anxi in one wave.

"No, I mean looting, not simple conquest. I mean looting the entire country of Anxi, even their nobles and even their civilians. Since we don't need that place, why not loot it Clean!" Pompianus said with a sneer, fully intending not to eat after this meal.

"This..." Severus was a little embarrassed, which was a bit embarrassing, but thinking about his own financial situation, embarrassment is better than the collapse of the country.

"No problem. If Ganassis doesn't do anything clean, I'll do it again. From the royal family to the seven nobles, to all kinds of minor nobles, I will do the same." Severus adjusted his mentality and said that there is no problem.

In fact, the worst part of the war between Rome and Parthia was here. The Romans captured the nobles of Parthia, and they allowed Parthia to redeem them. The seven nobles were caught by the Romans, even when they clearly had the ability to completely destroy each other. The other party is also allowed to redeem people in accordance with the regulations.

What Pompianus meant was that we don’t need to abide by these. Anyway, judging by your posture, the emperor, this wave of peace will definitely destroy the country, so why pay attention to the rules, the rules are for others to see, and there are others beside us ?

No more, now there are only your own people left, don't pretend, just loot all the top and bottom of Anxi, regardless of nobles and commoners, if they are caught, they will be slaves, and all valuable things from all over the country will be packed. Let's go, I estimate that after looting the Sabbath, the finances of our Roman Empire will be stable for at least 20 years.

There is a 20-year buffer period. At that time, whether it is disarmament or general retirement, raising the status of soldiers while improving the quality required by soldiers will naturally reduce the number of troops, or imply that the country’s finances are not good, and soldiers need to make concessions , or clearly stated that the situation around the Roman Empire is excellent, and it does not require too many troops to maintain the country's situation.

In short, with a buffer of twenty years, there are many ways to solve the problem!

After listening to Severus's deep expression, Jiang is still old and spicy. It seems that if he really plays like this, Rome can step down safely in this wave.

"In short, in my opinion, there are only a few solutions that can be solved. Religious sinners open up wasteland to farm, and Celtic slaves forge standard weapons. In short, what we have to do now is to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. Before solving the problem of rest, don't continue. Expand your troops!" Pompianus repeatedly warned, this is already the solution he can think of to solve the problem.

After all, in addition to the Eagle Banner Legion, Rome also has barbarians and auxiliary soldiers. Although the salaries of the barbarians and auxiliary soldiers are not high, they cannot hold up to a large number, and some high-quality barbarians, such as Teutonic axemen The salary is almost the same as that of the fifth skylark's dual-talented elite army!

After all, he is an elite with dual talents, even a barbarian can't treat him too badly!