The Kingdom of Screton, as a small vassal state of the Holy Empire of Elan, was inexplicably declared by its own suzerain country. For this small country that relies on the Holy Empire of Elan for a living, this is simply a blessing.
Thunderbolt.
Don't tell me whether the Holy Empire of Elan will come to deal with them. They have to rely on this big empire to survive. Now that the suzerain country has suddenly disappeared and declared war with them, the surrounding countries will see that this cake is not
Can it be eaten?
Yes, you don’t even need to take action from the Holy Empire of Elan. It is estimated that the surrounding countries can be destroyed by them, and then maybe you can go to the Holy Empire of Elan to ask for a bounty. Look, we will help you destroy Qinxuan’s country.
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When King Monteste of the Kingdom of Sclairton received the news, everyone was dumbfounded. Didn't they just receive the news that the Holy Empire of Yilan had a new emperor? Didn't they send someone to congratulate them? Why?
War was suddenly declared. Can this congratulatory gift cause trouble?
After asking the envoys for a long time, Mendeste didn't understand how they provoked the new emperor. He really couldn't figure it out. In the end, he had no choice but to go to the imperial city.
While trying to apologize to Linton, of course he didn't know exactly what the crime was.
Someone asked you, can't you gain some momentum? Look, now the empire is facing more than 20 countries at once, and everyone is united to beat it.
Is Monteste angry? He is indeed very angry. Who can be less angry after being punished for such an inexplicable reason? As a king, he has to go all the way to apologize to others. How can he feel better?
But it's useless to be angry. People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads. He doesn't know whether these twenty-odd countries can pull up the coalition forces, but the Kingdom of Screton is next to the Holy Empire of Elan. Before the coalition forces can pull up,
, his whole country will disappear, okay?
Moreover, Mendeste also vaguely felt that the people under his rule actually wanted to be directly included in the Holy Empire of Yilan. After all, during this period, the Holy Empire of Yilan was developing rapidly and its national power was strong. Their country and Yilan
The Holy Empire is close, the cultures are very similar, and exchanges are frequent.
The people here see that the people over there are living a good life, and of course they are yearning for it, but the problem is that their country is poor. So many people really feel like they have directly become a part of the Holy Empire of Yilan.
But the people can change, but he, the king, cannot. This country exists and he is still a king. Although he is dependent on others, he is still a king. But if it merges, who will he be? Monteste clearly does not want this to happen
happened, so he immediately chose to go to the Holy Empire of Elan to seek forgiveness from the new emperor.
By the time Monteste saw Linton, it happened to be the sixth day when the capital of the Kangersi Empire was breached. It was not that Monteste arrived slowly, he had already arrived yesterday, but when he saw Linton
Linton didn't see him at all. He was left alone for a whole day before he saw anyone.
After finally meeting Linton, Mendeste didn't know how to speak for a while. He was really anxious when he came, but after seeing Linton in person, he suddenly didn't know how to speak. After all, he had not been able to speak until now.
I don’t know why they were announced, and I don’t know what Linton’s purpose was in announcing them, whether he was preparing to beat them or really wanted to annex them.
Seeing Linton in front of him, who was about the same age as his grandchildren, Mendeste didn't know what to say for a moment. Linton, on the other hand, picked up a document from the table next to him and searched on it.
"The Kingdom of Screiton...oh, the name is here...tell me, do you know where you went wrong?" Linton said.
I really don’t know that after they were announced, Mendeste thought very seriously about where they might offend the Holy Empire of Yilan. Mendeste even asked all his ministers to help him
I was looking for a crime, but the problem was that I couldn’t find it after searching for a long time.
Over the years, as a vassal state, the Kingdom of Screton has been conscientious. They have done what they should do seriously, and they have paid tribute in a timely manner. They have never meant to betray the Holy Empire of Yilan, and indeed they have always done so.
We were all doing that, so why was it announced?
Mendeste felt that they must have made some big mistake in principle when they were announced, right? Otherwise, as the sovereign state of the Holy Empire of Elan, it would be enough to just rebuke them for some minor mistakes. They would definitely send someone to admit their mistakes and apologize, and beg for forgiveness.
And then correct them immediately. Only if there is a big mistake in principle, the Holy Empire of Elan will directly declare them, and the bottom line will be touched.
But he just couldn't think of any mistakes that could be directly declared.
But now people are asking you where you went wrong. Can you answer me? I still don’t know where I went wrong? Mendeste thought for a while and then said bravely: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I think... is it because of the tribute taxes in recent years?
The income is too little..."
Really unable to find a reason, Monteste could only give a casual explanation. The fact that the tribute tax revenue was low was the most likely one for him.
According to the agreement between the two parties, 30% of the annual national income of the Kingdom of Skeleton is to be used to worship the suzerain country. This sounds like a lot, but it is not like that, because just looking at the number of offerings, it is actually not much money, Sike
The Kingdom of Leiden is a small country with limited annual income.
This amount of money is not even as much as the rewards given to the vassal states by the Holy Empire of Elan. Just like the occasion of universal celebration like the coronation of the new emperor, the Holy Empire of Elan will also send some rewards to the vassal states to praise their loyalty.
, each time this reward is worth several years of worship.
This time, Mendeste was supposed to be waiting for a reward, but instead of waiting for a declaration of war, Mendeste thought about it for a while, maybe it was because the country’s economic development was not very good in recent years, and the tax money he paid was
They were relatively few, which caused dissatisfaction with the overlord country. This was the most likely reason he could think of.
Otherwise? Although they are a vassal country, the only two major things that can be connected to the suzerain country are paying taxes and rebelling. They will definitely not rebel, so they can only pay taxes.
"Tribute tax?" Linton unexpectedly raised his head and looked at Mendeste here, "Oh, you are that unlucky vassal country, right? I told you that you surrendered before I even attacked you...
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"???" Mendeste looked at Linton's confused face, and you also think we are unlucky, don't you? Mendest indeed thinks they are quite unlucky, how come they were sentenced to death without doing anything good?
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But listening to Linton's tone, I always felt that the other party didn't even know which country he was the king of. In fact, he really overestimated Linton. In fact, he didn't even know which country the other party was.
country, the people below reported that the king of the Kingdom of Screton came to him to admit his mistake and surrender. He still can’t remember the name of this vassal country.
"What did you say you did wrong just now?" Linton asked again.
"I think... it should be a matter of tribute and tax..." Mengtest here answered carefully. Listening to Linton's tone, could it be that he was wrong? But I really can't think of other aspects.
Problem.
"That's right!" Linton suddenly slammed the table, "Look, I told you that you were wrong, right? Now you have discovered your mistake, right?"
"Uh... yes, Your Majesty the Emperor, we have realized our mistake..." Mendeste felt that something was wrong, but he continued following Linton's words.
"Okay, very good!" Linton suddenly looked satisfied and nodded, "You know? What I hate most is that others don't recognize their own mistakes. You see, it's obviously you who have the problem, right?
Don’t you yourselves know why I announced this to you? You must still know, right?”
"Uh... um... yes, yes." Although it still felt weird, Monteste could only nod.
"I'm very satisfied that you took the initiative to admit your mistakes, so I'll forgive you and I won't hit you this time." Linton nodded and said, "If you know your mistakes and you can correct them, there is no greater good. By the way, do you know how to correct them?"
"Well... that... we will increase the tribute and tax more in the future..." Mendeste said.
"Double it, just double it from next year." Of course Linton also knows the specific tribute tax, and anyway, it should be higher.
"What? Double?" Mendeste here was startled, and he almost jumped up from his position. If this was doubled, their country would not be able to survive. Originally, the financial
On the other hand, they are just digging around, so it's already a bit difficult, and they simply don't have that much money to give out.
"Huh? You can't afford such a small amount of money? Then what's the use of you?" Linton said, "Before you said that you knew you were wrong, but you were unwilling to change it? Otherwise, you would lose all the land in your country."
Give it to us, we can just develop it ourselves and save you a headache, what do you think?"
"There is no need to exist as a subject country that cannot provide support. If you use our Holy Empire of Yilan as your backer, you will have to pay a corresponding price. Otherwise, without us, your country would have ceased to exist, right?" Lin
Dun said, "You want to take advantage of our power but don't want to pay that much money. Do you think I'm stupid?"
"No...that's not the case, but twice as much..." Monteste began to say in a panic.
"You go back and think it over for yourself. It's best to give me a satisfactory answer before our troops arrive in your territory. Since you are a vassal country, I don't want to embarrass you too much. Do you understand?" Lin