"If any of you have any opinions, you can put them forward. I am not an unreasonable person." Muria listened to the screams for mercy that seemed to still echo in the council hall, with a gentle smile on his face. "As long as you ask questions, I will
Just fix it."
After hearing Muria's words, cold sweat broke out on the backs and foreheads of the dignitaries in the council hall. Is this to solve the problem raised, or to solve the person who raised the problem?
Judging from the posture of the Grand Duke Regent, he should be solving the problem of the person who raised the issue. Well, let's just listen to him. Life is at stake. Anyway, it is not them who lose the most profits, but the powerful nobles who live the most nourishing lives.
"No comments?" Seeing the silence below, Muria nodded with satisfaction, "Then let's discuss the issue of reformulating the tax law."
"I think the tax laws enacted by the Lockman Kingdom are extremely unreasonable. It has reached a time when it needs urgent reform. Instead of charging fixed taxes based on population size, taxes should be collected in stages based on individual income."
"Please tell me in detail, Your Majesty the Grand Duke." After hearing Muria's words, some nobles bowed and saluted. Some people were interested in the new tax law proposed by Muria.
"My idea is this. First, calculate how much money a family of five needs per month to maintain normal food and clothing, and then use this amount as the standard. Only after a person's monthly income is reduced by this amount can the tax begin.
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"What if it's not exceeded?"
"Tax-free." Muria's eyes were clear, and he said two words that the rulers of this world would never say. He just copied the concept of personal income tax from his previous life.
Poor people with too low incomes are not eligible to pay taxes, only high-income people are eligible to pay taxes. Well, the higher the income, the more taxes you pay.
The nobles and ministers had different thoughts in their minds after listening to the new tax law that Muria wanted to re-issue with bewildered expressions.
"Grand Duke Muria, according to your opinion, the richer the people, the more taxes they pay, while the poor commoners don't have to pay taxes?"
"Well, that's right." Muria nodded, "I really don't understand what's the point of exploiting the mud-legged people who spend all day digging in the fields. The right way is to collect taxes from those wealthy businessmen."
"The Duke is wise." Immediately, a group of nobles sent dragon farts in time.
"Your Excellency, your new tax law is good, but if the lords do not have the right to establish tax laws, how will they get income? Many lords rely on taxes to maintain their lives."
"Waste!" Mulia muttered in a low voice, then raised his head, "I have taken away their right to set up private tax laws, but I have not deprived them of their right to collect taxes. They can collect taxes according to the provisions of the new tax law.
Give half to the royal family, and the remaining half will belong to the nobles."
"Half? Isn't that too much?"
"It's none of your business whether you have more or not. You're not a powerful aristocrat, so why worry about it?"
"My daughter is going to marry a powerful nobleman, so of course I have to be concerned about it."
...After figuring out Muria's thoughts, many nobles and dignitaries started talking about it, and then another dignitary asked Muria's question:
"Grand Duke of Muria, if there is a lord whose territory is too barren, causing his subjects to be very poor, and the vast majority of the subjects do not meet the tax standards of the new tax law, then this lord will not have much income.
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"That's right!" Muria nodded.
"In view of this situation, should we set some special conditions and lower the tax standards?"
"No, if the people are too poor and there is no tax to collect, then the noble should find a way to make the people rich instead of waiting for me to make some laws for special situations."
...After nearly a day and a night of discussions, brainstorming, and various data that Muria collected for him through the secret intelligence agency Bella Dean left for him, the new tax law of the Rockman Kingdom was finally revised in one day and two nights.
Finish.
Then, the new tax law was quickly printed in the palace, and along with Muria's decree depriving the noble lords of their two rights to legislate and formulate tax laws, it was sent to all parts of the country through the perfect transmission system that the Rockman Kingdom had established.
When the noble lords of the Lockman Kingdom received the summons from the royal capital, most of the nobles looked confused and then felt dissatisfied, and some even felt resentful.
They are the ones who regard the civilians in their territories as adults. The reform of the new tax law has seriously violated their utilization, because under their crazy exploitation and oppression, almost none of the people under their rule has reached the new level.
Tax law determines the standards by which taxes can be levied.
If the new tax law is really implemented, they will hardly be able to collect even one copper in tax. How can these cruel noble lords endure this situation? Of course, they who have witnessed the Muria succession ceremony do not dare to understand
Resistance on the face.
They adopted a passive and sabotaging approach, treating Muria's decrees delivered by teleportation array as if they had never been seen before. They ignored them and continued to implement the old laws.
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In the palace, Muria, who was already refreshed, once again summoned the leader of the secret agency that Bella Dean had left for him, and issued his order:
"Control the whole country, focusing on the lords who own fiefs, to see if they comply with the decrees and customized new tax laws I promulgated, and secondly, those officials, whether they implement my new tax laws properly.
Submit a list of all those who disobey from each of your departments. I want to see who will turn a deaf ear to my order."
"Yes, Grand Duke of Muria." All the leaders of the secret agencies were ordered to retreat, leaving only a handsome black-haired middle-aged gentleman.
"How is the recruitment of evil creatures in Scarlet?" Muria asked without raising his head as he handled government affairs.
"With the information and assistance provided by those colleagues, the evil creatures in the royal city have almost been collected. Next, I plan to collect the evil creatures in the acropolis around the royal city."
"Well, you should know what kind of creatures should be harvested and what kind of creatures should be killed."
"clear."
"Back off."
While Muria was waiting for the reaction of the powerful nobles to the power-cutting order he issued, as well as the reactions from various parts of the Lockman Kingdom after the new tax law was promulgated.
The giant scout group that went to the western waters of the kingdom to explore the large cloud island came back. To Muria's surprise, not only did they not have any casualties, but they also had more than a hundred cloud giants. That was them
Local residents brought from that large cloud island.