God’s Game I Am the Great Will of the Planet

Chapter 286: : Collapse of the Empire (23) Grand Noble Lure Cessation and Tax Increase

"Obviously, the cunning 'southern' wanted Bourbon to maintain a certain level of strength so that Pokémon couldn't take the opportunity to swallow more territory, but at the same time the southerners didn't want us to win the northern route rebels, so in the possible In the foreseeable future, as long as Bourbon still maintains an advantage over the Northern Sea Route, even if the rebellion in the southern region fails this time, the southern region will tirelessly instigate rebellions in other regions."

[Note: Because the abbreviation of the country name of the Southern Passage is the same as the capital name of Bourbon, Bourbons are usually reluctant to call it Boris in dialogue, and use "southern" instead. But when I describe the third party, I will still use Boris to describe the Southern Passage]

Looking at the results of the discussions presented in this paper, I felt a little apprehensive.

If Boris wanted to contain Bourbon, it was a dream 30 years ago, but Bourbon is now riddled with holes, and the interior is already full of dry wood, and it is only a fire, and Boris can act as this. Bring the fire as long as he wants.

The only thing that is fortunate is that it was also the misfortune when Bourbon pacified Boris in the past. Boris was not connected to Bourbon by land, and Boris, who was busy grabbing the Bourbon trading market, had no idea of ​​seizing Bourbon's native territory for the time being, because this It will make Boris lose his detached status and get involved in a war that requires blood to flow before he can get the land. At that time, it seemed that he could take both sides and make a fortune in war.

Yes, make a fortune in war, not to mention Boris secretly assisting the war supplies to the north. Last year, Boris officially signed the "Bourbon and Boris 36 Years Trade Agreement" with us. Many materials from Boris Started to enter Bourbon on a large scale, and Bourbon, who was gradually depleted in material, could only accept it with gritted teeth.

In signing this treaty, we are most ashamed that we gradually see in Boris the shadow of the past Bourbon.

You must know that at this time in 1436, Boris was helping us against us in the northern waterway, while helping us contain Pokang, while contacting Ulchi to obtain trade, and at the same time forming Mysheka to unplug our ships in the Merami Peninsula. The stronghold, on the one hand, also officially joined the unification war of Ingona, and aided the western core of Ingona and the Western Frontier Alliance to resist the unification efforts of the central government.

Especially the intervention in the unification war of Ingona, you must know that when the Western Frontier Alliance and the Western Core were attacked by Ingona, they first sought our assistance, but we had no choice but to refuse their request, which was already in troubled times. , as a result they were quickly taken over by Boris, who began to interfere with Ingona.

Isn't this the Bourbon of yesteryear?

Moreover, as Ingona stepped in to help the two Wests, many people in the Assembly Palace were pessimistic that the Two Wests were about to fall to Boris and were no longer a close ally of Bourbon.

"Poseidon, where should Bourbon go..." These days, I have put on insomnia. I often can't sleep in the middle of the night, and then suffer from stomach pain all night long. I used to be called a handsome man, but now my appearance has withered away at a visible rate.

Yes, not aging, but withering, what a terrible adjective. And the worsening situation recently has stimulated my deteriorating body even more.

"What! The rebels in the southern region are moving towards the north! Shouldn't it be! Normally, shouldn't they stabilize the southern region and then plot the north!" After hearing the terrible news many times, I He opened his mouth in astonishment many times.

The clerk lowered his head and dared not look directly at my red eyes: "If they were normal rebels, they should have acted like this, but according to the analysis of the staff, the rebels were probably under pressure from Boris, so they didn't Unusually, it went straight to Boris (the capital of Bourbon)."

"So, Lord Ruling, you must bring back some of the northern army, otherwise, with the current state of emptiness in the capital of Bourbon, I am afraid that it will really be beaten by the rebels."

"But...but we are about to quell the rebellion in the northern waterway. There is only one Ute Dana left for the rebels to support. It's almost! As long as it is surrounded for a few months...I'm not reconciled, I'm not reconciled..."

Before the emergency meeting was held, Anlu, who had not been in touch for a long time, actually sent me a letter, in which he suggested that I move the capital during the war, first pacify the rebels in the northern waterway at all costs, and then slowly deal with the rebels in the southern region. rebels.

However, almost none of the members of the parliament are willing to move out of the capital, claiming that if those despicable southern country bumpkins enter Boris, they will definitely loot, so Bourbon must stick to the capital, even if the Northern Sea Route army is withdrawn. No hesitation.

There is no way, the opinions of the General Assembly Palace are so unified, I can only obey their wishes and withdraw some troops back to defend the old waterway.

After the military pressure was relieved, the northern waterway suddenly became stunned. It was obviously beaten for a few years, and the situation was worse than ours. However, at this time, a large amount of military equipment and "voluntary mercenaries" were suddenly obtained, and they quickly recovered. Most of the land we occupy.

Needless to say, these substances must have come from Boris.

[Actually, there are still many troops from Pokang's assistance, not just Boris's]

In 1438, the second rebellion in the southern district was finally crushed, but veterans who had fought so long in the war demanded repairs. Recalling the tragic past when a riot broke out last time when the veterans were forced to go out, we agreed to the request of the veterans and let them rest for a while - of course, still without pay.

However, after so many years of war, the Bourbon industry has withered, and the huge army has to be maintained. In addition, the fiscal revenue has fallen off a cliff. Although I have raised taxes four times in my tenure, it has not been lifted, but it is impossible to Alleviate the dire financial situation, we already owe a bunch of debt.

In order to prevent the government from going bankrupt, we have no choice but to continue to grieve the citizens and serve the country.

So, a few weeks later, I issued the Fifth Tax Increase and Second Fiscal Decree of King Lour VIII.

In this tax increase order, I have re-imposed taxes on the remaining jurisdictions of Bourbon - especially the rebellious southern districts, except for the army, from top to bottom, even the nobles have not been taxed.

In addition, for the first time, we aimed at the nobles of the old waterway. I announced that in addition to the main city of Boris, the small nobles in other parts of the old waterway will also need to pay a "tiny" tax from today.

Then there are the financial orders.

Now that wars are frequent, it is natural for the military to come first. In this financial order, I have greatly improved the treatment and status of the soldiers - the next step is to disarm. After all, the territory of Bourbon has shrunk significantly, and the military does not need to maintain that. More, you can cut some off.

Since most of the officers have a prominent family background, it is difficult for me to start, so let's cut down the lower army a little bit, in addition, all other public facilities can be stopped, and all the funds can be invested in maintaining the war.

Thirty-eight years have passed, and 39 years have passed. In the past two years, we have only maintained a small number of garrisoned troops in the northern waterway, just to keep a few important ports and prepare for the next recovery. In addition, the battlefield of Myshka is also safe (sometimes too busy to forget this small southern country), and maintains a small conflict with a small intensity, which continues to prolong the conflict that has lasted for 15 years.

At the beginning of 1440, Edonan gave us another surprise. In the letter they sent, they boldly demanded that Edonan's status as a protectorate of Bourbon be ended, and that it should become a country with normal attributes. Recognize Edonan's occupation of the Middle-earth Colonial Guard and Middle-earth Forest Colony Guard.

Although it seems so shameful to agree to this request, but in the current situation, Bourbon really has no strength to launch another punishment, and can only accept it with his nose. Besides, Edonan, you have not defeated the colonial guard in the middle-earth forest. so? Why did you admit it here?

In any case, with the signing of the treaty recognizing Edonan's release from servitude, not a single inch of the entire Edonan peninsula was Bourbon's territory.

When I heard this news before, maybe I would vomit blood in anger, but now I actually feel it, it seems to be just like this, will it become natural to accept bad luck too much?

This matter of Edonan is still easy to solve, but it is just throwing away the land that has long not belonged to Bourbon. However, the following two things are killing people. It seems that the Northern Passage and Mysheka have worked together to calculate it. time, and at the same time launched an onslaught of Bourbon territory they could reach!

After an unknown number of emergency meetings, we made the main measures to defend the Battlefield of Merami. After all, Battlefield of Merami was related to the last two remaining main cities of the Tamron Colonial Guard. However, after losing the colonies of Middle-earth Since then, the Northern Sea Route has become dispensable.

Just when I was busy with this, another horrible thing happened again. Damn, the ten-year peace agreement with the Diaspora Alliance has expired, so the Diaspora Alliance is recalling the mercenaries in the Ingona battlefield. Then ~www.novelmt.com~ rebelled against Bourbon again! Damn hillbilly! Shameful overseas traitor!

More importantly, after the rebellion of the Overseas Chinese Alliance, the tax revenue has been cut off again, and the tax revenue of the Tenglong Colonial Guard must also be withheld. What will Bourbon do with its finances this year!

Just when I was at a loss, Boris's envoy came to the door with a smile, not to aid Bourbon - to be precise, not to directly aid Bourbon, but willing to provide funds.

And the funds are not for nothing. To be precise, Boris asked Bourbon to exchange it with Dumo Liaozhong.

This... let's put it off for now, rent it out for the time being, as for whether it's really sold, we'll talk about it later. Fortunately, Boris was surprisingly good-natured, and the side quickly and happily agreed to our request.

In addition, it is time to negotiate with the Northern Passage, after all, Bourbon is really unable to fight.

In 1441 of the Dali calendar, the exhausted Bourbon negotiated with the Northern Channel and agreed to establish the Northern Channel independently, so the Northern Channel also had its own short name for the country, Polly.

However, at the peace conference, the Northern Passage unexpectedly asked Bourbon to cede the Middle-earth Colonial Guard and Middle-earth Forest Colonial Guard to Bourbon...

Wait, haven't these two guardhouses been ceded to Edonan once? Ah forget it, since Polly wants it, then we will declare it to you, go and get it from Edonan yourself, just as the enemies of these two empires are going to have a dog-eat-dog fight, no matter who dies I will be very happy.

After the war with Polly, I hurriedly ordered to withdraw all the remaining troops there, and ordered them to quickly fill the battlefield in Merami Gulf. Whether it was the indoctrination area or the Tamron Colonial Guard, they could hardly hold on. .

This is the last military order I issued as the chief executive.

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