Chapter 397
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Most of the people who participated in the round table were the nobles of the territories located all over the Empire.
After hearing Gail's words, all the nobles in the territory turned white.
Then the meeting room "exploded" again——
"Wait, wait! Your highness Gail! Do you want to raise the annual tribute?! This, this is too difficult! "
"Your Highness Gail! Don't you know that the life of us is also very hard? Now the tribute rate is very high! If we raise it again, our family will really have to borrow money from businessmen to live! "
"Your Highness Gail! Please forgive our difficulties! "
"For the future of the Empire, we also want to do our part, but we really can't afford a higher tribute rate!"
"Your Highness Gail! We really can't afford this 40% tribute rate now! Please don't raise it any further! "
……
The nobles of the territory complained and debated with Gail.
Although the British Empire, like other countries, had territory nobles, and these territory nobles controlled a lot of territory, enough to control nearly 13 territories of the Empire.
However, the power of the territorial nobles of the British Empire was particularly weak.
The britannian empire is the country with the greatest difference between the power of the central and vassals in the whole continent.
For the nobles of these territories, the central part of the British Empire has always carried out all kinds of repression.
The so-called "tribute rate" refers to the amount of tribute paid by the nobles of these territories to the center of the British Empire every year.
Now the tribute rate of the nobles in these territories is 40%, that is, for every 100 British francs they earn, they have to turn over 40 British francs to the central government.
The surprisingly high tribute rate made the aristocrats in these territories of the British Empire not particularly rich.
Those nobles with larger or richer fiefs had a decent life.
For example, the Duke of Connaught and the Duke of North Munster, even the more affluent fiefs.
As for those nobles whose fiefs were smaller or poorer, their lives would be much more miserable.
Many nobles are even so poor that they need to borrow money from other nobles or some rich businessmen to live.
Even if they were subjected to such inhumane "Exploitation" by the central government, the nobles of these territories could only grind their teeth silently and endure it.
Because they are simply unable to resist the central government.
Although the nobles in these territories have the right to form their own episodes, the forces they can have are also strictly controlled by the central government.
He who can become a territory aristocrat is a count no matter how low his title is.
According to the regulations of the Central Committee of the British Empire, the vassals at the Duke level can only have 2000 troops at most, 1000 at the Marquis level and 500 at the Earl level.
Moreover, because of the high tribute rate, almost all the nobles have far less than the upper limit. Some very poor nobles, in order to save more money, did not even recruit private episodes.
The total strength of the nobles in all territories is only more than 10000.
Compared with the central government, which has three major Knights - four knights in the future and a standing army of more than one million, the combat power of the nobles in these territories is hardly worth mentioning.
Even if all the nobles of the territory unite to launch a rebellion, the central government will not be too flustered. After all, there is a great difference between the combat power of the enemy and ours. Now, there are 20000 troops in any of the three major knights, and the training process of the Knights' soldiers must be based on these feudalism scripts that have hardly been on the battlefield.
Because the difference in combat power between the central government and the vassals is too great, no matter how the central government bullies them, the nobles of these territories can only swallow their anger and obediently listen to the orders of the central government.
In addition to the frighteningly high tribute rate, the central government also bullied and suppressed the nobles in these territories.
For example, without the permission of the Central Committee, the feudal ministers and their ministries cannot leave the fiefdom without authorization.
Once the Central Committee finds out that you and your troops leave your fiefdom without the permission of the Central Committee, you will be sentenced to treason.
It's light to confiscate all your property and take back your fiefdom. The most serious thing is to behead you directly, then take anti-corrosion measures for your head, circulate it to other territorial nobles, and let other feudal ministers see what happens if they don't listen to the orders of the central government.
In the nearly 300 years of history of the British Empire, there have been several cases in which such vassals left their fiefdoms to die and were directly arrested by the central government and sentenced to death for conspiracy.
However, the nobles of these territories are also human beings and will resist when the central government gives some excessive orders.
For example - now.
After learning that the already high tribute rate would be further increased, the nobles of these territories immediately stormed Gail as crown prince to debate.
Some aristocrats who had already had a hard life had even cried to Gail about their difficulties.
With a wry smile on his face, Gail turned and looked at his father.
And gozeven just looked at Gail with a wry smile.
"It seems..." Gail whispered to gozewen, "there's going to be a hard battle..."
"Yes." Ge zewen nodded with a wry smile, "I know these feudal ministers will not simply agree to increase the tribute rate..."
……
……
"Today's round table is finally over."
Albert said to Ethel beside him.
"Yes." With a little fatigue on his face, Iser pinched his temple, "today, I've been discussing about the tribute rate of the vassals almost all day..."
At this time, it was close to dusk, and the meeting on the first day of the round table was finally over.
Albert and Iser left the Royal conference room together and walked outside the Baiyang palace.
Outside the Baiyang palace, there were carriages specially to pick them up, as well as elite guards to escort them back to their residence.
The first day's meeting was basically about the tribute rate of the vassals.
From morning discussion to noon, we simply had lunch together, then discussed again, and discussed all the time from noon... No, it should be said that the quarrel finally came to an end at dusk and at the end of the meeting.
The reason why the rate of tribute and tax will be discussed for a full day is that the vassals and the central government are unwilling to give in.
The vassals insisted on maintaining the current 40% tribute rate.
The central authorities, namely gozevin, Gail, Jacob and others, have also taken a very tough attitude, saying that they must raise the price.
The two sides quarreled for a full day. From the morning until just now, the central government even took out force to deter them, and finally reached a conclusion.
In the end, the two sides made concessions and finally decided to increase the tribute rate of the vassals to 45%.
This figure is already the bottom line of the central government.
After the vassals won this number, they all knew each other very well and shut up.
"45%..." Albert muttered, "it's not impossible to raise the tribute rate of the vassals to 45%, plus the improving fiscal revenue over the years to support 850000 Knights..."
"Well, yes." Iser answered, "the central government has made up its mind to strengthen its military strength. With the national strength of the Empire, it can support more than a million standing armies."
Speaking of this, iselton paused.
After a thoughtful look flashed on his face, he then said in a deep voice:
"Tomorrow will be the focus of this round table."
"Ah..." Albert said, "tomorrow... It's about to discuss who should be elected as the new head of Michael's Knight Order... Since his highness Gail said today that he would rebuild Michael's Knight order later, it's the most urgent thing to elect a new and reliable head of Michael's Knight order. It may happen tomorrow, like today... No, The debate is even more 'tragic' than today... "
"I still remember the round table meeting eight years ago." Iser smiled, "the round table meeting eight years ago, after three days of quarrel, finally decided that you should be the new head of the rajoel order."
"Ha ha..." Albert smiled a few times. "I don't know how many days it will take to select a new head of Michael's knights this time..."
"Albert, who do you think will become the new commander of the Michael knights?"
"How do I know..." Albert said angrily, "only your majesty, your highness Gail and Jacob know the candidate for the head of the Michael knights. Before the formal discussion begins, no one knows who will compete for the position of head of the delegation this time. "
"..." Iser sighed lightly, "I don't know who will be so lucky and unlucky to become the head of the Knights..."
"... I just hope that the new head of Michael's knights will be a reliable person with good psychological quality." The expressionless Albert said, "without good pressure resistance and excellent psychological quality, it will be painful to be the head of the Knights..."
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Most of the people who participated in the round table were the nobles of the territories located all over the Empire.
After hearing Gail's words, all the nobles in the territory turned white.
Then the meeting room "exploded" again——
"Wait, wait! Your highness Gail! Do you want to raise the annual tribute?! This, this is too difficult! "
"Your Highness Gail! Don't you know that the life of us is also very hard? Now the tribute rate is very high! If we raise it again, our family will really have to borrow money from businessmen to live! "
"Your Highness Gail! Please forgive our difficulties! "
"For the future of the Empire, we also want to do our part, but we really can't afford a higher tribute rate!"
"Your Highness Gail! We really can't afford this 40% tribute rate now! Please don't raise it any further! "
……
The nobles of the territory complained and debated with Gail.
Although the British Empire, like other countries, had territory nobles, and these territory nobles controlled a lot of territory, enough to control nearly 13 territories of the Empire.
However, the power of the territorial nobles of the British Empire was particularly weak.
The britannian empire is the country with the greatest difference between the power of the central and vassals in the whole continent.
For the nobles of these territories, the central part of the British Empire has always carried out all kinds of repression.
The so-called "tribute rate" refers to the amount of tribute paid by the nobles of these territories to the center of the British Empire every year.
Now the tribute rate of the nobles in these territories is 40%, that is, for every 100 British francs they earn, they have to turn over 40 British francs to the central government.
The surprisingly high tribute rate made the aristocrats in these territories of the British Empire not particularly rich.
Those nobles with larger or richer fiefs had a decent life.
For example, the Duke of Connaught and the Duke of North Munster, even the more affluent fiefs.
As for those nobles whose fiefs were smaller or poorer, their lives would be much more miserable.
Many nobles are even so poor that they need to borrow money from other nobles or some rich businessmen to live.
Even if they were subjected to such inhumane "Exploitation" by the central government, the nobles of these territories could only grind their teeth silently and endure it.
Because they are simply unable to resist the central government.
Although the nobles in these territories have the right to form their own episodes, the forces they can have are also strictly controlled by the central government.
He who can become a territory aristocrat is a count no matter how low his title is.
According to the regulations of the Central Committee of the British Empire, the vassals at the Duke level can only have 2000 troops at most, 1000 at the Marquis level and 500 at the Earl level.
Moreover, because of the high tribute rate, almost all the nobles have far less than the upper limit. Some very poor nobles, in order to save more money, did not even recruit private episodes.
The total strength of the nobles in all territories is only more than 10000.
Compared with the central government, which has three major Knights - four knights in the future and a standing army of more than one million, the combat power of the nobles in these territories is hardly worth mentioning.
Even if all the nobles of the territory unite to launch a rebellion, the central government will not be too flustered. After all, there is a great difference between the combat power of the enemy and ours. Now, there are 20000 troops in any of the three major knights, and the training process of the Knights' soldiers must be based on these feudalism scripts that have hardly been on the battlefield.
Because the difference in combat power between the central government and the vassals is too great, no matter how the central government bullies them, the nobles of these territories can only swallow their anger and obediently listen to the orders of the central government.
In addition to the frighteningly high tribute rate, the central government also bullied and suppressed the nobles in these territories.
For example, without the permission of the Central Committee, the feudal ministers and their ministries cannot leave the fiefdom without authorization.
Once the Central Committee finds out that you and your troops leave your fiefdom without the permission of the Central Committee, you will be sentenced to treason.
It's light to confiscate all your property and take back your fiefdom. The most serious thing is to behead you directly, then take anti-corrosion measures for your head, circulate it to other territorial nobles, and let other feudal ministers see what happens if they don't listen to the orders of the central government.
In the nearly 300 years of history of the British Empire, there have been several cases in which such vassals left their fiefdoms to die and were directly arrested by the central government and sentenced to death for conspiracy.
However, the nobles of these territories are also human beings and will resist when the central government gives some excessive orders.
For example - now.
After learning that the already high tribute rate would be further increased, the nobles of these territories immediately stormed Gail as crown prince to debate.
Some aristocrats who had already had a hard life had even cried to Gail about their difficulties.
With a wry smile on his face, Gail turned and looked at his father.
And gozeven just looked at Gail with a wry smile.
"It seems..." Gail whispered to gozewen, "there's going to be a hard battle..."
"Yes." Ge zewen nodded with a wry smile, "I know these feudal ministers will not simply agree to increase the tribute rate..."
……
……
"Today's round table is finally over."
Albert said to Ethel beside him.
"Yes." With a little fatigue on his face, Iser pinched his temple, "today, I've been discussing about the tribute rate of the vassals almost all day..."
At this time, it was close to dusk, and the meeting on the first day of the round table was finally over.
Albert and Iser left the Royal conference room together and walked outside the Baiyang palace.
Outside the Baiyang palace, there were carriages specially to pick them up, as well as elite guards to escort them back to their residence.
The first day's meeting was basically about the tribute rate of the vassals.
From morning discussion to noon, we simply had lunch together, then discussed again, and discussed all the time from noon... No, it should be said that the quarrel finally came to an end at dusk and at the end of the meeting.
The reason why the rate of tribute and tax will be discussed for a full day is that the vassals and the central government are unwilling to give in.
The vassals insisted on maintaining the current 40% tribute rate.
The central authorities, namely gozevin, Gail, Jacob and others, have also taken a very tough attitude, saying that they must raise the price.
The two sides quarreled for a full day. From the morning until just now, the central government even took out force to deter them, and finally reached a conclusion.
In the end, the two sides made concessions and finally decided to increase the tribute rate of the vassals to 45%.
This figure is already the bottom line of the central government.
After the vassals won this number, they all knew each other very well and shut up.
"45%..." Albert muttered, "it's not impossible to raise the tribute rate of the vassals to 45%, plus the improving fiscal revenue over the years to support 850000 Knights..."
"Well, yes." Iser answered, "the central government has made up its mind to strengthen its military strength. With the national strength of the Empire, it can support more than a million standing armies."
Speaking of this, iselton paused.
After a thoughtful look flashed on his face, he then said in a deep voice:
"Tomorrow will be the focus of this round table."
"Ah..." Albert said, "tomorrow... It's about to discuss who should be elected as the new head of Michael's Knight Order... Since his highness Gail said today that he would rebuild Michael's Knight order later, it's the most urgent thing to elect a new and reliable head of Michael's Knight order. It may happen tomorrow, like today... No, The debate is even more 'tragic' than today... "
"I still remember the round table meeting eight years ago." Iser smiled, "the round table meeting eight years ago, after three days of quarrel, finally decided that you should be the new head of the rajoel order."
"Ha ha..." Albert smiled a few times. "I don't know how many days it will take to select a new head of Michael's knights this time..."
"Albert, who do you think will become the new commander of the Michael knights?"
"How do I know..." Albert said angrily, "only your majesty, your highness Gail and Jacob know the candidate for the head of the Michael knights. Before the formal discussion begins, no one knows who will compete for the position of head of the delegation this time. "
"..." Iser sighed lightly, "I don't know who will be so lucky and unlucky to become the head of the Knights..."
"... I just hope that the new head of Michael's knights will be a reliable person with good psychological quality." The expressionless Albert said, "without good pressure resistance and excellent psychological quality, it will be painful to be the head of the Knights..."
Most of the people who participated in the round table were the nobles of the territories located all over the Empire.After hearing Gail's words, all the nobles in the territory turned white.Then the meeting room "exploded" again"Wait, wait! Your highness Gail! Do you want to raise the annual tribute?! This, this is too difficult! ""Your Highness Gail! Don't you know that the life of us is also very hard? Now the tribute rate is very high! If we raise it again, our family will really have to borrow money from businessmen to live! ""Your Highness Gail! Please forgive our difficulties! ""For the future of the Empire, we also want to do our part, but we really can't afford a higher tribute rate!""Your Highness Gail! We really can't afford this 40% tribute rate now! Please don't raise it any further! "The nobles of the territory complained and debated with Gail.Although the British Empire, like other countries, had territory nobles, and these territory nobles controlled a lot of territory, enough to control nearly 13 territories of the Empire.However, the power of the territorial nobles of the British Empire was particularly weak.The britannian empire is the country with the greatest difference between the power of the central and vassals in the whole continent.For the nobles of these territories, the central part of the British Empire has always carried out all kinds of repression.The so-called "tribute rate" refers to the amount of tribute paid by the nobles of these territories to the center of the British Empire every year.Now the tribute rate of the nobles in these territories is 40%, that is, for every 100 British francs they earn, they have to turn over 40 British francs to the central government.The surprisingly high tribute rate made the aristocrats in these territories of the British Empire not particularly rich.Those nobles with larger or richer fiefs had a decent life.For example, the Duke of Connaught and the Duke of North Munster, even the more affluent fiefs.As for those nobles whose fiefs were smaller or poorer, their lives would be much more miserable.Many nobles are even so poor that they need to borrow money from other nobles or some rich businessmen to live.Even if they were subjected to such inhumane "Exploitation" by the central government, the nobles of these territories could only grind their teeth silently and endure it.Because they are simply unable to resist the central government.Although the nobles in these territories have the right to form their own episodes, the forces they can have are also strictly controlled by the central government.He who can become a territory aristocrat is a count no matter how low his title is.According to the regulations of the Central Committee of the British Empire, the vassals at the Duke level can only have 2000 troops at most, 1000 at the Marquis level and 500 at the Earl level.Moreover, because of the high tribute rate, almost all the nobles have far less than the upper limit. Some very poor nobles, in order to save more money, did not even recruit private episodes.The total strength of the nobles in all territories is only more than 10000.Compared with the central government, which has three major Knights - four knights in the future and a standing army of more than one million, the combat power of the nobles in these territories is hardly worth mentioning.Even if all the nobles of the territory unite to launch a rebellion, the central government will not be too flustered. After all, there is a great difference between the combat power of the enemy and ours. Now, there are 20000 troops in any of the three major knights, and the training process of the Knights' soldiers must be based on these feudalism scripts that have hardly been on the battlefield.Because the difference in combat power between the central government and the vassals is too great, no matter how the central government bullies them, the nobles of these territories can only swallow their anger and obediently listen to the orders of the central government.In addition to the frighteningly high tribute rate, the central government also bullied and suppressed the nobles in these territories.For example, without the permission of the Central Committee, the feudal ministers and their ministries cannot leave the fiefdom without authorization.Once the Central Committee finds out that you and your troops leave your fiefdom without the permission of the Central Committee, you will be sentenced to treason.It's light to confiscate all your property and take back your fiefdom. The most serious thing is to behead you directly, then take anti-corrosion measures for your head, circulate it to other territorial nobles, and let other feudal ministers see what happens if they don't listen to the orders of the central government.In the nearly 300 years of history of the British Empire, there have been several cases in which such vassals left their fiefdoms to die and were directly arrested by the central government and sentenced to death for conspiracy.However, the nobles of these territories are also human beings and will resist when the central government gives some excessive orders.For example - now.After learning that the already high tribute rate would be further increased, the nobles of these territories immediately stormed Gail as crown prince to debate.Some aristocrats who had already had a hard life had even cried to Gail about their difficulties.With a wry smile on his face, Gail turned and looked at his father.And gozeven just looked at Gail with a wry smile."It seems..." Gail whispered to gozewen, "there's going to be a hard battle...""Yes." Ge zewen nodded with a wry smile, "I know these feudal ministers will not simply agree to increase the tribute rate...""Today's round table is finally over."Albert said to Ethel beside him."Yes." With a little fatigue on his face, Iser pinched his temple, "today, I've been discussing about the tribute rate of the vassals almost all day..."At this time, it was close to dusk, and the meeting on the first day of the round table was finally over.Albert and Iser left the Royal conference room together and walked outside the Baiyang palace.Outside the Baiyang palace, there were carriages specially to pick them up, as well as elite guards to escort them back to their residence.The first day's meeting was basically about the tribute rate of the vassals.From morning discussion to noon, we simply had lunch together, then discussed again, and discussed all the time from noon... No, it should be said that the quarrel finally came to an end at dusk and at the end of the meeting.The reason why the rate of tribute and tax will be discussed for a full day is that the vassals and the central government are unwilling to give in.The vassals insisted on maintaining the current 40% tribute rate.The central authorities, namely gozevin, Gail, Jacob and others, have also taken a very tough attitude, saying that they must raise the price.The two sides quarreled for a full day. From the morning until just now, the central government even took out force to deter them, and finally reached a conclusion.In the end, the two sides made concessions and finally decided to increase the tribute rate of the vassals to 45%.This figure is already the bottom line of the central government.After the vassals won this number, they all knew each other very well and shut up."45%..." Albert muttered, "it's not impossible to raise the tribute rate of the vassals to 45%, plus the improving fiscal revenue over the years to support 850000 Knights...""Well, yes." Iser answered, "the central government has made up its mind to strengthen its military strength. With the national strength of the Empire, it can support more than a million standing armies."Speaking of this, iselton paused.After a thoughtful look flashed on his face, he then said in a deep voice:"Tomorrow will be the focus of this round table.""Ah..." Albert said, "tomorrow... It's about to discuss who should be elected as the new head of Michael's Knight Order... Since his highness Gail said today that he would rebuild Michael's Knight order later, it's the most urgent thing to elect a new and reliable head of Michael's Knight order. It may happen tomorrow, like today... No, The debate is even more 'tragic' than today... ""I still remember the round table meeting eight years ago." Iser smiled, "the round table meeting eight years ago, after three days of quarrel, finally decided that you should be the new head of the rajoel order.""Ha ha..." Albert smiled a few times. "I don't know how many days it will take to select a new head of Michael's knights this time...""Albert, who do you think will become the new commander of the Michael knights?""How do I know..." Albert said angrily, "only your majesty, your highness Gail and Jacob know the candidate for the head of the Michael knights. Before the formal discussion begins, no one knows who will compete for the position of head of the delegation this time. ""..." Iser sighed lightly, "I don't know who will be so lucky and unlucky to become the head of the Knights...""... I just hope that the new head of Michael's knights will be a reliable person with good psychological quality." The expressionless Albert said, "without good pressure resistance and excellent psychological quality, it will be painful to be the head of the Knights..."
