At Dressrosa's king's Plateau, Doflamingo is already sitting in the government affairs hall at this time.
He is quickly dealing with a large amount of government affairs backlog.
"What the hell? The disputes in a store are all sent to me?" Doflamingo slapped the table violently and cursed angrily.
At this time, in front of his desk in the government affairs hall, Dressrosa's officials and nobles, big and small, had already knelt on the ground.
They didn't dare to lift their heads, trembling and sweating all over their bodies.
Early this morning, the finance minister's family of fifteen had already been hung on the city wall of King's Plateau.
The reason is that Doflamingo believes this guy is just collecting a paycheck, and the entire country has no finances at all. What kind of finance minister are you?
In addition, the Minister of Justice has also had his head chopped off by Doflamingo in front of everyone.
Doflamingo said he will kill his whole family later!
The reason is also very simple, because the Minister of Justice is quite headstrong and refuses to recognize the legitimacy of Doflamingo's succession as King of Dressrosa.
He also said that if he wanted to make him recognize the legitimacy, it would be better to kill him!
So Doflamingo generously fulfilled his request, directly in front of the officials, chopped off his head with a sword, kicked him out of the hall, and ordered Diamante to execute their whole family!
The new king showed his extremely brutal side as soon as he came to power, which made the rest of the ministers panic at this time.
And what Doflamingo wants is this same result!
Governing a country cannot solely rely on the cadres of the Donquixote Family; that is not realistic. He needs the support of the nobles, ministers, and the bureaucratic aristocratic class composed of these individuals.
However, it must be the bureaucrats that submits to his will.
So, in the past few days, Doflamingo has been seeking out those nobles and ministers who cannot align with his ideas, refuse to obey his will, and won't express surrender to him, in order to eliminate them.
In this way, the remaining bureaucrats will quickly submit to his new rule.
After Doflamingo finished cursing, his cold eyes swept across the room, and he asked in a deep voice, "Who reported this matter?"
As soon as his words fell, a thin official said tremblingly: "Young Master, it was me, but I reported this matter a while ago, and it's not..."
He quickly explained that this incident was reported when King Riku was in power, and he didn't intentionally do it to annoy Doflamingo!
Observing the terrified expression of this individual and addressing him as "Young Master," to some extent, signifies an expression of obedience and surrender.
This made Doflamingo feel a little happier, and then he slammed the document on the guy's face and said, "I'll spare your life this time, and if you're incapable of handling such trivial matters in the future, you will serve as an example. You will only inform me of big problems, otherwise I will let your whole family be laid under the roadbed!"
The official was so frightened that he quickly kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Young Master, thank you, Young Master!"
Doflamingo did not speak, and quickly looked at the next document, and then he quickly wrote his comments on the document, and then threw it into the pile of processed documents to continue
Next.
He was quietly handling government affairs here, and the ministers below did not dare to breathe heavily, for fear that if they were not careful, they would anger the tyrannical king.
After a while, Doflamingo looked at the document in his hand and asked, "Who proposed this new plan on port governance? Stand up and let me see you."
As soon as he finished speaking, a middle-aged man turned pale and stood up in fear, "It's me, Your Majesty.
Some people call Doflamingo young master, others call Doflamingo your majesty.
Doflamingo glanced at the man and said, "Based on this proposal, continue to be bold and devise new plans. Remember, whether they are smugglers, arms dealers, or contraband dealers, these individuals are ubiquitous in the New World. If we isolate these commonplace figures from Dressrosa, the nation will never achieve prosperity!"
After speaking, Doflamingo gently dropped the document under the man's feet.
The man picked up the file at a loss, and looked at Doflamingo in a panic.
Doflamingo waved his hand and said, "Don't be an eyesore here, go and do what I just told you, if you can't do it well...I'll kill your whole family too!"
"Yes, yes!" The man breathed a sigh of relief, and then hurriedly left the palace full of politicians.
The moment he walked out of the Government Affairs Hall, looking at the sunny weather outside, he felt that today was really his lucky day, that he survived?!
On the other side, Doflamingo processed some more documents again, then frowned and said: "Heavenly gold, can the Minister of Finance step forward."
After he finished speaking, seeing that no one got up immediately, he said angrily, "Is it because you can't hear me?"
At this time, a minister tremblingly said: "Your Majesty, the Minister of Finance...in the morning, you hung him outside the city wall."
Doflamingo froze for a moment, then said: "Ah, yes, sorry, then..."
He glanced around the hall, and then said: "This year's Heavenly Gold has a shortfall of 4 billion Berry. How did you solve this problem in previous years?"
Dressrosa's heavenly tribute is not very high, just 10 billion Berry a year.
At present, 6 billion Berry have been collected, and but the country is still short 4 billion.
An older nobleman with grey-hair hurriedly said: "In previous years, King Riku subsidized it from the private treasury of the royal family.
"Oh? Really?" Doflamingo frowned, and then said: "This is my first year as the king of Dressrosa. I have to make a good impression on the world government and Mariejois. Ten billion Berry is not enough. I want 20 billion!"
"Ah!?" Many ministers and nobles looked at Doflamingo in shock.
They have to rush to pay Mariejois?
Doflamingo sneered and declared, "There is still a shortfall of 14 billion Berry. I'll state it clearly: Dressrosa, from baron to duke, and all the nobles, will contribute to collectively fill the missing tribute. Within two months, if I don't see the missing 14 billion Berrys, it means that the aristocratic class cannot solve our royal family's worries and problems.
For me, it is waste, I hate waste, so there is no need for waste, understand?"
All the nobles were dumbfounded, no, you want to give more money to Mariejois, why should you blame us?
"Your Majesty, Dressrosa is barren, and there is no surplus food." An old noble stood up tremblingly, wanting to explain.
Doflamingo picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, "Senor, drag him out, execute his whole family, and confiscate all property."
Old aristocrat: "???" (Thats the fourth dude now, Doffy is cleaning house).
Before the old noble could recover from his shock, Senor had already walked out of the shadows with a smirk, grabbed the old man's hand, and dragged him out without him arguing.
Everyone looked at Doflamingo sitting on the throne and at the desk with fearful eyes.
Doflamingo sneered and said, "Is it because the years of deceiving Riku Dolde III have made you think that, no matter who occupies this position, you can conspire to deceive them? Dressrosa may be impoverished, and I understand that ordinary people might be financially strained. However, if you nobles, from top to bottom, plea poverty to me here, it will truly anger me!"
After finishing speaking, Doflamingo pointed to the only Duke of Dressrosa and said, "You, stand up and tell me, within two months, can you make up 14 billion Berry?
The Duke swallowed his saliva, feeling terrified in his heart, but seeing Doflamingo's cold gaze, he hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes! Please rest assured, Your Majesty!"
"Very good, after two months, if you can't gather the 14 billion Berry, I'll hang you at the port and use a blunt knife to scrape off all the fat on your body!" Doflamingo sneered. (That is cold af).
Doflamingo understands a truth: regardless of a country's policies or economic development, those in the aristocratic class will invariably not adhere to the policies; instead, they will pursue whatever brings them financial gain. Even if the common people struggle, they are confident they can indulge in West Blue's finest wine within the comfort of their homes!
I don't know if Riku Dolde III doesn't understand this truth, or does he mean that he has nothing to do with these nobles?
Doflamingo is unwilling to delve into the reason. Anyway, he knows very well that these nobles don't need to change anything. In other words, as long as Doflamingo makes demands and they can meet them, then there is a need for their existence.
If one day, they can't meet Doflamingo's request, it proves that they can't keep up with Doflamingo's footsteps, and they will drag down Dressrosa and become the Doflamingo's family waste.
And waste, of course, is not necessary to exist.
Not long after, Doflamingo executed some more bureaucrats and aristocrats because of some documents and government affairs. After he was done cleaning house, the remaining people were let out.
After lighting a cigarette, Doflamingo exhaled slowly, then took out a transponder snail and dialed it.
After a while, the snail was picked up, and a very respectful voice answered: "Young Master Doflamingo?"
"Spandine, what happened to what I asked you to do?" Doflamingo asked calmly.
As the Seven Warlords of the Sea, they will naturally have the right to use the resources of the world government.
So on the first day Doflamingo arrived in Dressrosa, he had ordered Spandine to help him keep an eye on the Big Mom pirates.
"Master, I wanted to contact you just now. The news has been collected. The Big Mom Pirates seem to be gathering their fleet. It is very likely that Charlotte Linlin will go to Dressrosa in person." Spandine responded immediately.
"From Whole Cake Island?" Doflamingo asked again.
"Yes, from Whole Cake Island." Spandine quickly responded.
"I see..." Doflamingo replied, and then hung up the transponder snail.
At this time, a chart of the New World was laid out on the table, and Doflamingo looked back and forth between Whole Cake Island and Dressrosa looking for a suitable battlefield.
It is clear that Doflamingo does not intend for the war to spill over to Dressrosa.