Chapter 468: Increasing Income

After the enfeoffment ceremony, Arthur publicly announced the establishment of a joint consortium of nobles, which would be managed by the royal consortium and only allow new nobles to invest.

As long as you become a noble of Australasia, you will receive a basic share of the noble joint consortium.

Generally speaking, the basic shares owned by Jazz can guarantee dividends of at least AUD 500 each year.

The basic shares of a baron can provide annual dividends of A$1,500, a viscount of A$5,000, an earl of A$12,000, and a duke of A$50,000.

If the annual profits of the joint consortium of nobles are not enough to distribute dividends, the royal consortium will provide sponsorship to ensure that each noble can receive his or her own dividends.

It can be seen from this regulation that the Nobles United Consortium is actually an institution through which Arthur distributes money to all new aristocrats, and can unite the interests of all new aristocrats.

After all, the new aristocracy in Australasia does not have any fiefdoms, and naturally there will be no large or small states like the European aristocracy.

Therefore, the Nobles United Foundation can be regarded as a benefit for all new Australasian nobility. As long as you become a nobility, you can receive a large amount of dividends every year.

In order to ensure that the Nobles United Consortium has sufficient profitability, Arthur directly injected 5 million Australian dollars into the Nobles United Consortium on behalf of the royal family consortium to help the Nobles United Consortium make better investments and construction.

At the same time, the Nobles United Consortium will also establish an exclusive Nobles United Bank to specifically serve these new nobles. Nobles have lower loan interest rates and higher loan amounts at Nobles United Bank.

As a result, the treatment of the new nobles instantly overwhelmed most classes. After all, they did nothing. The dividends obtained from the joint consortium alone were enough for a knight to live a wealthy life.

But most people are not jealous or resentful about this. After all, Arthur has personally promised that no matter what class you are, as long as you have made outstanding contributions to the royal family and the government, you may be awarded a title of nobility.

Including accumulating military merit, engaging in scientific research, and even all aspects of Australasian society. As long as you make significant contributions to the country and the royal family, becoming a new noble is no longer a fantasy.

In addition to broadening the channels for people to be promoted to the nobility, improving the people's current living standards is also a top priority in Arthur's plan.

It is better to do something practical than to paint a big pie. This is Arthur's implementation theory in all policies.

After announcing the policy of the Nobles United Consortium, Arthur immediately announced that various subsidies would be issued to promote the increase of people's income, encourage major factories to increase workers' salary levels, and conduct a new round of low-income groups. subsidy policy.

At present, the per capita annual income in Australasia has reached 55.21 Australian dollars. Under the premise that the per capita income in European countries has generally decreased, it is rare for the per capita income in Australasia to continue to increase.

However, compared with the United States, which was not affected by the war, Australasia's per capita income level is still relatively low, and the attractiveness of immigrants is much lower than that of the United States.

As the monarch of Australasia, Arthur was happy to see the country's government income increase, but he was also happy to see the people's income increase.

Among other things, the increase in people's income can affect the economic growth of industries and tax revenue, which is equivalent to feeding back to the government in another way.

The inflow of a large amount of capital into society can accelerate the growth of the Australasian economy and drive the growth of GDP, tax revenue, various industries and even tourism, which will be of great benefit to Arthur.

Perhaps some funds will be lost for this, but the improvements in all walks of life in Australasia and the people's love for the government have just been obtained, which cannot be replaced by any huge amount of funds.

Sure enough, after hearing Arthur's announcement that he would increase people's income, almost all the people burst into earth-shaking cheers.

The cheers of the people at the previous enfeoffment ceremony were happy for the government and Arthur, and happy for the new nobles.

But now, the people are cheering because they are happy for themselves, happy that they are in such a great country and have such a great monarch.

Throughout the ages, there have been countless monarchs with great talents and strategies, but there are not many monarchs who truly serve the people and can truly care about the interests of the people.

Perhaps these monarchs can be collectively called wise monarchs and great monarchs. Only the people who have experienced it know how much they love such monarchs.

It is no exaggeration to say that in Australasia, as long as someone slanders Arthur in public, he will definitely not leave Australasia alive.

After the enfeoffment ceremony, there are rewards for all meritorious soldiers. Although most of the soldiers' merits were not accumulated enough to obtain a title, there were still many among them who made great contributions and deserved to be awarded awards by Arthur himself.

In addition to nearly 200 knights and 19 barons, Australasia also gave birth to more than 400 medal recipients to commemorate the great contribution of Australasian soldiers in this war.

According to statistics from the agricultural department, the land entrusted this time is as high as 400,000 acres, which is a full 1,600 square kilometers of land.

Fortunately, Australasia was vast and sparsely populated, and had enough land for enfeoffment. 400,000 acres of land is nothing compared to the total land area of ​​Australasia, not even a drop in the bucket.

In addition to subsidies for factories, Arthur also decided to provide certain subsidies and tax exemptions for Australasians engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry to ensure that most people in Australasia can receive the benefits of income growth.

Since Arthur reduced taxes for the people last time, the taxes of the people of Australasia have been very low. Especially for the civilian class, only when the annual income exceeds 20% of the average annual income will personal income tax be collected.

Even the various miscellaneous taxes are very little for low-income people. On the contrary, there are various tuition fees and medical expenses. This is also a way to ensure that the living standards of Australasia will not be greatly reduced under any circumstances.

At the end of the various ceremonies, there is a military parade celebration that Australasia has not held for a long time.

Because this military parade is to celebrate the victory of the war, Australasia can be said to be a sea, land and air force. Tanks, planes, artillery and various warships are on the battlefield together, showing the strength of the Australasia army to the world.

It is worth mentioning that not all the indigenous soldiers who fought for Australasia were expelled from Australasia.

Before Australasia took over the Southeast Asian colonies, there were still a large number of indigenous countries and forces in the Dutch East Indies. These indigenous countries also had considerable power. The more powerful ones had completely independent military, administrative and diplomatic powers.

After Australasia occupied this land, it annexed most of the indigenous tribes, but also retained a very small number of indigenous forces.

On Sulawesi Island, there were originally five indigenous forces, namely the Wando Tribe, the Manda Tribe, the Ruu Sultanate, the Gowa Sultanate and the Toraja Tribe. After the integration of the Australasia government, the Lu Sultanate and the Gowa Sultanate in the south were finally left to manage all the indigenous populations of the entire Sulawesi Island.

Some yellow natives were arranged in these two sultanates. They will become residents here, waiting for Australasia to recruit at any time.

In short, these indigenous populations are the source of the indigenous army of Australasia, that is, the cannon fodder of the Australasia army during the war.

The indigenous population transferred to these two sultanates is about 2 million. Together with the original indigenous population of Sulawesi Island, the indigenous population controlled by these two sultanates has reached more than 5 million.

This also means that if Arthur wants, these indigenous people can become millions of indigenous troops at any time and fight for the Australasian army.

In return for these indigenous people, Arthur promised to leave them enough land and not to drive them away.

Of course, the two sultanates where these indigenous people are located must unconditionally obey the orders of the Australasian government.

Moreover, these indigenous people are not recognized by Australasia, but they will enjoy some welfare benefits to ensure that their loyalty when fighting for Australasia can be guaranteed.

For these more than 5 million yellow indigenous people, Arthur made his own promise. As long as they have made enough merits, they can be recognized by the Australasian government and become a glorious Australasian citizen.

Although the conditions for obtaining nationality are relatively strict, these yellow indigenous people are much more likely to obtain nationality than those black indigenous people on the island of New Guinea.

Arthur dismissed all the millions of black indigenous people on the island of New Guinea, which shows Arthur's attitude towards those black indigenous people. No matter how great their achievements, Arthur did not recognize them as citizens of Australasia.

Apart from the exception of these black aborigines, there is no problem in saying that Australasia is a diversified immigrant country.

Although the main ethnic group in Australasia is European, Australasia also welcomes immigrants from Asia.

At present, among the 18.67 million people in Australasia, more than 400,000 are yellow people, most of whom are immigrants from East Asia.

In fact, since the Qing government learned the Australasia government system, there has been a steady stream of East Asian immigrants coming to Australasia and living in this land permanently.

Some universities in Australasia have also become the target of many East Asian students. At present, Australasia can welcome dozens of East Asian students every year, and more than half of them choose to stay in Australasia after graduation.

Compared with many East Asian countries, Australasia is obviously a good choice for studying abroad.

First of all, Australasia's various systems are highly similar to those in Europe, and its technology is also at the first-class level in Europe.

The distance between Australasia and East Asia is much closer than that between Europe and East Asia, which also saves a lot of study abroad expenses.

Due to various factors, many East Asian students choose to study in Australasia and then return to serve their country.

Arthur also welcomes these people, after all, they can also open up the international reputation of Australasia's universities and increase Australasia's international influence.

After these people returned from Australasia, they naturally had a deeper feeling for Australasia than other countries.

This is the advantage of Australasia, which can more easily attract many Asian countries.

Such a study abroad policy was fully utilized by many countries in later generations, and cultivated a large number of pro-foreign forces.

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