Four Four Two: Open the killing ring! Start the battle at the Dragon Palace!
At this time, Sauron deeply felt that the power of the Dragon Temple was really pervasive.
Especially when the high-level politics of a certain country falls into chaos and strife, the Dragon Temple's infiltration methods will be used in every possible way.
No wonder the finance minister did not escape even though he embezzled more than 600,000 gold coins. It turned out that he always insisted that he was from the Dragon Temple.
This is a bit like the late Manchu Dynasty, when the Englishman Robert Hurd was in charge of the Qing government's General Customs and Taxation Department for decades.
On the surface, it seems that Hart served as an official of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and was also named the Crown Prince's Taibao. However, he was indeed from the British Empire.
Of course, the Nulang Kingdom was much more competitive than the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and was far less cowardly.
But the Finance Minister Suofu in front of him obviously regarded himself as the imperial envoy sent by Shenlong Temple and Yinzhou to the Kingdom of Nulang.
This is indeed true, because the entire human kingdom lacks gold and silver mines, so a considerable part of the gold and silver coins in this world are cast in Yinzhou.
The Yinyuanhui also plays the role of the World Bank. Sov is one of the ten elders of the Yinyuanhui organization, which is equivalent to the vice president of the World Bank.
Therefore, he felt that the Nulang Kingdom was not qualified to deal with him.
Because he is from Yinzhou and Shenlong Temple, he is an important bridge between Nulang Kingdom and Yinzhou, and he is indispensable.
Sov smiled and said: "Actually, the financial problems of the Kingdom of Raging Waves have been very serious in recent years. It can still be maintained if I am here. Once the problems inside are exposed, it will cause huge damage to the entire kingdom."
"Tell me about it," Sauron said.
Suofu said: "First of all, because His Highness Ji Li spent too much money, the kingdom's treasury is currently in a very large deficit. Not only did he misappropriate the money from the Royal City's gold account, but he also borrowed more than three million gold coins from the Yin Yuanhui.
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Sauron said: "Just tell me, how much money does the treasury of the Kingdom of Raging Waves currently owe?"
"More than seven million gold coins." Sov said: "Half of the debt is misappropriation of the nobles' savings, and the other half is a loan from the Yin Yuan Society."
Seven million gold coins?!
Sauron's heart twitched violently!
When the king was in power, the annual tax of the Nulang Kingdom was only 1.6 million gold coins. Adding the kingdom's industry, the kingdom's annual income was about 2.8 million gold coins.
More than ten years after Zhi Bian succeeded to the throne, the Nulang Kingdom not only did not suffer a loss, but the national treasury actually accumulated a surplus of nearly eight million gold coins. This was the wealth that the Nulang Kingdom had accumulated over decades.
These small wars occurred four or five times, and a very large war occurred once, which was the Rouran War that almost destroyed the Yelan Principality, which expanded the kingdom's territory by thousands of miles.
And within a few years after the king was gradually sidelined, not only the eight million gold coins in the treasury were consumed, but there was also a deficit of seven million gold coins.
In other words, in just six or seven years, the Kingdom of Furious Waves spent nearly 30 million gold coins, which is more than four to five million gold coins every year.
Compared with ten years ago, it has doubled!
But what has the Kingdom of Furious Waves done over the years?
The army has not expanded, nor has it expanded an inch of land.
In terms of war expenses, the three wars of extermination totaled just over one million gold coins.
Where did the rest of the money go?
Sauron really felt like he was going crazy. He was already extremely rich, absolutely as rich as anyone in the country.
But when faced with the Nulang Kingdom Lili Group that spent 30 million gold coins in 1967, he was completely amazed and even in disbelief.
Moreover, although the king's coup was dismissed more than three years ago, his power is still there, and the corruption of many nobles and officials does not dare to be so blatant.
Corruption really became widespread after the king suffered a stroke and the Lili Group took complete control of the government.
In other words, most of the gold coins were embezzled within the past three years.
Sauron is now certain that the finance minister in front of him, Sov, is definitely greedy for more than 600,000 gold coins.
This astronomical amount of gold coins has flowed into at least 70% more nobles and bureaucrats at all levels in the Kingdom of Nulang, and into the interest groups represented by the Dragon Temple.
No wonder everyone supports Lili. How cool it is to make money desperately!
In just three to five years, through the concessions of Zhili and the infiltration of the Dragon Temple interest groups, the Kingdom of Nulang has created a huge corruption group.
When Finance Minister Sov saw Sauron's face turn pale, he immediately showed a proud look and said: "Your Excellency, the Kingdom of Raging Waves has such a huge deficit. I really feel like I am sitting under the crater of a volcano all the time, and I feel like it will erupt at any time."
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Sauron said: "What do you mean, your Excellency, if you leave the position of Minister of Finance, this volcano will erupt immediately and completely overturn the entire Kingdom of Raging Waves?"
"Yes." Finance Minister Sov said: "After all, the finances of the Kingdom of Nulang are now in dire straits. The taxes paid by the princes below are decreasing every year, and the taxes paid by the eleven provinces are also getting smaller and smaller. However, the kingdom's expenditures are decreasing every year.
are increasing, so the deficit is getting bigger and bigger. The entire kingdom's finances are completely dependent on loans from the Yin Yuan Hui. And once I leave this position, whether the Yin Yuan Hui can still borrow so many gold coins every year, I completely
I can’t guarantee that.”
After hearing this, Sauron immediately sneered and said, "Zili is really a bastard."
"Haha..." Finance Minister Sov also sneered.
Sauron said: "Now the national treasury is in deficit by more than seven million gold coins, right?"
Finance Minister Sov said: "Yes."
Sauron said: "I can't touch you. Once I do, the volcano of the kingdom's finances will erupt immediately! The Yin Yuan Society will not only stop borrowing money immediately, but will also demand previous arrears. Not only that, the truth about the King City's gold account deficit will also
If it breaks out immediately, it will lead to a bank run. At that time, a huge economic crisis will erupt in the entire Kingdom of Raging Waves!"
"Yes!" Finance Minister Sov said calmly.
A naked threat, and the most terrifying threat!
The bastard Li Li has been in charge of the government for several years, but Yinzhou has been so deeply infiltrated that almost half of the country's finances are in the hands of the Yinyuanhui.
No wonder Li Li finally went crazy and went to assassinate the king, and everyone in Yinzhou supported him to the end. It turned out that they had no choice.
Sauron sat on the throne, closed his eyes, and frowned!
This is not a hornet's nest, but a real crater.
Once it moves, the volcano will erupt, and a shocking crisis will erupt in the Kingdom of Raging Waves.
This is the moment when the Kingdom of Raging Waves is at its weakest, and the consequences are completely fatal, and may even cause the kingdom to overthrow.
The shortfall of seven million gold coins, even with Sauron's wealth, would still take three or four years to fill.
No wonder Sov is so confident. Not only is there no flattery, but he is also arrogant and indifferent.
In his opinion, he felt more like the savior and creditor of the Kingdom of Raging Waves! Even if Sauron had the courage, he would not dare to touch him, the Minister of Finance.
Therefore, the Finance Minister Sov did not take these 200,000 gold coins to bribe himself.
These two hundred thousand gold coins are actually a declaration of war, a silent declaration of war!
Seeing Sauron sitting on the throne with a pale face, Sov put two hundred thousand gold coins in his hand and said calmly: "These two hundred thousand gold coins are a meeting gift for you. In addition, Marquis de Voe is our friend.
We hope you can let him go!"
"We?" Sauron said in shock.
Finance Minister Sov said: "We refer to the Yin Yuan Hui and the Shenlong Temple behind it!"
His words were very direct.
The Dragon Temple is no longer just a mountain pressing on the back of the Raging Waves Kingdom, but a terrifying vampire that is frantically devouring the life of the entire kingdom.
"Farewell." Finance Minister Sov smiled and then withdrew.
At this time, there was no concealment of sneer on his face!
It doesn’t matter how powerful you are, Sauron. You can make the Prime Minister commit suicide without saying anything. How can you do anything to get me?
Your ability in fighting, Sauron, is pretty good, but your political level is really not worth mentioning!
Sov took a step back, and the contempt in his heart increased!
If Sauron compromises today, he will compromise step by step in the future, and he will still become the same as Zili, just a clay Bodhisattva.
At this time, the new prime minister of the kingdom, Duke Jieting, came in and met the finance minister Suofu. He couldn't help but be shocked and said: "Lord Suofu, you are still going out at this time. I will take up my post soon."
Sov said: "On the order of the Duke Regent, I went out to do something."
This person didn't take Sauron seriously, so naturally he didn't take Duke Jiting seriously either, so he went out without saluting.
Duke Jiting walked into the cabinet and immediately saw Sauron sitting on the main seat with a book in his hand. When he got closer, he saw that it was a thick stack of gold coins.
Duke Jieting was stunned and said: "Duke Regent, did I come at the wrong time?"
Sauron handed over the stack of gold coins and said: "Uncle Ji Ting, I originally thought that because of the previous generations of kings, the penetration of the Shenlong Temple into the kingdom was not great. However, I did not expect that the Shenlong Sheng
The interest group headed by the palace has completely controlled the economic lifeline of the kingdom."
Duke Jiting looked solemn and said: "Under the management of the iron triangle of Jiali, Yinyuanhui, and Sofu, the entire Ministry of Finance is in trouble. I know that the kingdom's finances are not optimistic, but I don't know to what extent it has deteriorated.
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Sauron said: "The national treasury is in deficit of more than seven million gold coins, which is equivalent to five years of tax revenue and three years of fiscal revenue."
Duke Jiting's face turned pale instantly, and he almost collapsed on the ground. He couldn't believe his ears, and said in a trembling voice: "This... so much?"
Of course, on earth, the national debt of the United States reaches tens of trillions of dollars, and Japan also has nearly ten trillion dollars. But that is in a modern society with extremely developed economies, so it does not matter much.
The economy of the Kingdom of Nulang is still very primitive, and such a huge deficit is absolutely fatal.
"Xiao Li deserves to die, Xiao Li deserves to die..." Duke Jiao Ting said angrily: "Three generations of kings have worked hard to govern, and finally saved a fortune of eight million gold coins. I didn't expect that it would be completely squandered in just a few years, and they would still be in the red.
More than seven million gold coins. No wonder he is supported by so many people. He is completely using his ancestors’ inheritance to satisfy these people’s greedy appetites.”
Then, Duke Jiting sighed: "Solon, I know you want to take down the finance minister Sov, but he can't move now. Once you move him, the financial difficulties of the entire kingdom will explode like a volcano, and the consequences will be disastrous.
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Sauron said: "If we compromise, then this interest group headed by the Dragon Temple will continue to devour the Kingdom of Wrath until the kingdom's vitality is cut off and it becomes a puppet of the Dragon Temple."
This made Sauron think of a saying, if you touch Finance Minister Sov now, you are courting death.
But if you don't move him, you are waiting for death!
Governing a big country is like cooking a small dish, so Sauron originally planned to complete the transition to the court by stewing it slowly over a low fire and boiling frogs in warm water.
Originally, I wanted to complete the cleansing of the entire Raging Wave Kingdom with minimal killing.
It seems impossible now. This group of nobles and officials are so good at seeking death.
Economically at least, the Kingdom of Raging Waves is in dire straits and needs a drastic dose of medicine.
Fortunately, the previous generations of kings worked hard, and the entire kingdom's foundation is still very good. It can still withstand this strong dose of medicine and will not completely collapse.
The most taboo thing in life is to avoid medical treatment, and the same is true in a country!
The Kingdom of Nulang has a good foundation. The infiltration of interest groups such as the Dragon Temple is only at the top of the kingdom. The middle and lower levels are still stable.
It's still too late for treatment now. If Sauron compromises now, it will be too late in a few years!
Moreover, Sauron also has a huge interest group at his disposal, that is, the Ocean Union!
Wangcheng Jinhao is the largest bank in the Nulang Kingdom, and is completely controlled by the Yin Yuanhui. Since it is rotten and unusable, then we must abandon this shell completely, start from scratch, and re-establish a royal bank.
The four forces of the Zhi family, the Suo family, the Yingzhou Island Hai family, and the Ocean Trade Union also have extremely huge economic power, which is more than enough to prepare for the establishment of a royal bank.
Although the deficit of more than seven million gold coins is scary, with the brand new royal bank, it may not be impossible to survive this crisis!
Of course, the royal family did not have much money at this time, and the national treasury was even more depleted.
Then Sauron makes it rich!
How can I become rich? Of course, kill people and ransack homes!
Anyway, Sauron just got back the money that belonged to the treasury!
"I didn't want to go on a killing spree, but if you insist on forcing me to kill you till the rivers of blood flow, don't blame me. You are asking for your own death!" Sauron's eyes became determined, and his whole face became murderous.
"Uncle Ji Ting, follow me to see His Majesty the King!" Sauron said.
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Sauron entered the Purple Jade Palace again, and both the king and Gao Yin were very surprised.
Now that all the political affairs of the court are handed over to Sauron, and everything can be decided by oneself, why do you still come to see the king?
Sauron knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I want to postpone my wedding to Princess Yanyan."
The king's eyes trembled and he spoke.
Gao Yin relayed and asked: "Why? How long will it be postponed?"
Sauron said: "I have started to clean up the court, and the first target is Finance Minister Sov. Today he issued a gauntlet to me on behalf of the Dragon Temple interest group. If I compromise, I will have to let this happen."
Interest groups continue to devour the interests of the kingdom and gradually become the puppet of interest groups. And if I do not compromise, a huge economic crisis will break out in the kingdom, which will be a huge disaster."
The king looked solemnly and spoke. Gao Yin relayed: "How much is the national treasury's deficit?"
The King's Change is really remarkable, and it hits home right away.
Sauron said: "More than seven million gold coins are now completely dependent on the reception and turnover of the Yin Yuan Society."
Suddenly, the king's body shook, as if he couldn't believe this fact at all.
Before his stroke, the treasury had a surplus.
In just three years, not only was the wealth accumulated over decades squandered, but there was also such a huge deficit.
The king spoke up, and Gao Yin relayed, "What do you want to do?"
"Go on a killing spree, confiscate homes and exterminate clans, and start a war against the entire Dragon Temple interest group!" Sauron said: "It may kill tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even more! It will definitely cause huge turmoil in the kingdom!"
The king's eyes narrowed, and in an instant he seemed to have transformed from a dying old man into a hungry, man-eating tiger.
"Do it!" the king said with all his strength.
Although these two words are very unclear, they are full of determination and murderous intent.
"Yes!" Sauron said.
Then, he ordered: "Mr. Gao, please send an order to Tianshui City to postpone the weddings of Princess Yan Nai, Yan Nai'er and I, and let Yan Chuo'er lead the 40,000 rock bandits to the royal city!"
"Yes." Gao Yin bowed.
"The order was not delivered, and we returned home without warning. Haigang will enter the royal city immediately!"
"yes."
"Invite Hei Ningqi to immediately lead the imperial guards to arrest the entire Sov family, seal off the mansion, and confiscate their property. Anyone who dares to disobey will be shot to death!"
"yes!"
Following Sauron's orders, he officially went to war with the interest groups of the Dragon Temple!
He originally wanted to make a smooth transition, but he didn't expect someone to force him to go on a killing spree without giving him a chance!
He Sauron wants everyone to see his extremely determined will.
Even if there is another civil war, these interest groups must be uprooted and the Kingdom of Nulang will be restored to peace and prosperity!
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