The lord can make laws at will and can also increase various taxes. To put it simply, after paying the taxes stipulated by the kingdom, the lord can do whatever he wants in his own territory.
Theoretically speaking, a lord can kill all the people in his territory on a whim. Of course, as long as the lord is not a devil believer, a devil believer or a brainiac, he will not do such a thing, because even if the royal family
Regardless, there are still various righteous people coming to intervene.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, lords would not kill people indiscriminately. But even so, the lives of ordinary civilians were not much better, because most nobles did not treat the civilians under their rule as the same kind.
In other words, most nobles treat the common people under their rule as livestock like pigs, horses, cattle and sheep. In a certain respect, there are two different things between nobles who are born with extraordinary power and common people who have no power.
Species.
Apart from the fact that they are both in human form, human aristocrats have almost nothing in common with ordinary humans. In terms of appearance, body shape, physique, talent, and even lifespan, in almost everything, aristocrats are above ordinary humans and there is no comparison. Moreover.
All this is usually decided at the moment of birth.
No matter how unlucky they are, the heirs of nobles can still become manor owners with extraordinary power. The heirs of civilians are basically civilians. Only a very small number of people have the opportunity to turn over when they get certain opportunities, but the probability is much lower than that of nobles.
Much more.
The absolute imbalance in power caused the nobles to treat the people under their rule lightly and not take it seriously.
The taxation of the common people in the Kingdom of Rockman is only about 30% of the income of a normal farmer. Regardless of whether the harvest is good or bad, it is 30% of the normal harvest. In the human kingdom, this is a very friendly tax.
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As long as they are not lazy and rely on the extremely fertile land due to the existence of elemental energy, common people can basically satisfy their family's three meals a day after paying taxes. They work a little harder, save a little money, and eat some meat during the holidays.
All are possible.
But the common people living in the feudal territories of some nobles had a very difficult life. The noble lords had to pay taxes to the royal family every year, and the nobles would distribute these taxes to the people under their rule.
For these ordinary humans, it is not enough for these ordinary humans to pay the taxes for the nobles, because the nobles themselves have not yet made a profit, so they still have to bear the exploitation from the tax laws formulated by the officials of the noble lords.
If you meet a slightly benevolent lord, the people under his rule can have a living standard similar to that of the common people under the royal family. If the noble's territory also has some special mineral resources, they can even live a more prosperous life.
But if it is a little more harsh, the lives of the people under their rule will be very miserable for nobles with poor territories. The lords will take away 80% to 90% of the harvest they have worked hard for a year, leaving only a little bit.
, barely enough to fill the family’s stomach and prevent them from starving to death.
Muria encountered many nobles who treated the people under their rule as serfs and exploited them wantonly while traveling across the Osniro subcontinent. Muria took action every time. He really couldn't bear to treat people like animals.
behavior.
"I just don't know how many nobles there are in the Rockman Kingdom?" Muria whispered to herself, "The law must be re-enacted. The amount of taxation can only be set by the royal family. Noble lords have no right to increase or reduce various tax laws.
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The system of the Lockman Kingdom is somewhat similar to the previous system of prefectures and counties and enfeoffment during the Western Han Dynasty. The lord who has the power to establish an army, formulate laws and various taxes is a reduced and weakened king.
The noble territories scattered throughout the kingdom are like one country after another, and they are not under the control of the royal family at all. Such a situation is naturally intolerable to Muria, who is now in power.
How can the king's authority be so dispersed?
"Calling all the ministers and all the nobles who are still in Scarlet to gather in the council hall." Murray looked at the dragon girl Mia beside him, who was as pretty as a girl and as plump as a young woman.
"Yes, Your Highness!" Mia, the dragon maid who was also summoned from the Titan Islands by Muria and is now in charge of all internal affairs in the palace, went to convey Muria's order with a heartfelt smile on her face.
Just now I heard what Muria was planning to do.
Soon, under the order of Chief Mia, hundreds of servants set out from the palace and went to the homes of ministers and nobles living in the royal city of Scarlet to convey Muria's summons.
After receiving the notice, the nobles and left-behind ministers rushed to the meeting hall in the palace. This was the first summons for the Grand Duke of Muria after he came to power, so they must be treated with caution.
The power of Muria when he came to power not only shocked those foreign races, but also shocked all the nobles and ministers. Of course, what shocked them were the three thousand cloud giants and the six hundred storm giants. The legendary ancient dragon transformed into a humanoid form.
Those who appeared, but those who were not present, could not feel the dragon power that even the legends were afraid of.
...In less than half a quarter of an hour, the magnificent and vast council hall was neatly filled with nobles and officials. The most conspicuous among them were the twelve cloud giant leaders standing on both sides.
The human dignitaries felt a little uncomfortable among themselves.
When Mia informed Muria that all the noble ministers had arrived, Muria used any door to cross the space in a short distance, appeared directly on the throne of the council hall, and then looked down, without even seeing anyone clearly.
Opening:
"I have decided to take back the legislative power of all noble lords!"
As soon as these words came out, except for the giant commanders who were still expressionless in the hall, the faces of the human dignitaries were not very good-looking. The throne under the ruling prince's butt was not yet warm, and the rights of the nobles were about to be reduced.
However, those who were cut off were all the powerful nobles with fiefdoms. The problem was not big and had nothing to do with them. Most of the people standing here now are officials who do not even have titles. Even those who have titles, most of them are fictitious.
Title, no corresponding fiefdom.
Therefore, no one in the council hall raised any objections, but there were a small number of people whose faces were not very good-looking. They were nobles who owned territories and were stakeholders.
"From now on, no matter who they are, nobles, officials, or lords, they are all deprived of the right to make tax laws arbitrarily. Only the king has the right to make and abolish tax laws.
In addition to the tax laws promulgated by the kings of the past dynasties, all laws and tax collection provisions privately made by the noble lords will be abolished!"
"Wow!" At this moment, the faces of all the human dignitaries in the hall changed color, and they could no longer bear it. Someone immediately started to speak up, wanting to stop Muria from retracting the order.