Chapter 55 Watch Me Lose

His approach also gave others the illusion that as long as they join the round table, they can hold important positions.

"Because they can't reach it, they want to enter through other methods. After all, the members of the round table are all new aristocrats and commoner knights, and many people in this knight order hold key positions. They naturally Will think about it."

"They stretched out their hands long enough. Anything else, let's talk about the others together. During this time, I was busy patrolling and the academy. They should have poured a lot of bitterness on you. Just take advantage of this time. Complain to me one by one."

"Haha! king, am I such a vulnerable person in your heart?"

"Before you became my prime minister, you were a woman first."

"Your gentlemanly demeanor is quite exciting. In addition to the previous two, the most is to protest your tax reduction policy on business activities in the royal territory. They said that you took away all the merchants that originally belonged to them. Of course, there are some guys who deliberately said that the harvest in their territory is not good, and the tax paid this year must be reduced. Anyway, it is almost related to money."

Semiramis words not only made Lucifer laugh, but she also felt a little funny. In fact, her Western Territory approach is very similar to Lucifer's New Deal. It is also relying on reducing taxes for individual merchants to attract more merchants.

Compared with their long-flowing method, most of the other nobles grabbed a few sheep and died. Taxes are collected when entering the city, taxes are collected when leaving the city, taxes are collected when buying things, and when they are being sold. In contrast, Lucifer's policy is like an angel, and there are dedicated personnel to ensure fairness. Needless to say which side the merchant would choose.

It is worth mentioning that some little nobles in the royal realm have tried similar methods after seeing the effect of Lucifer's strategy, but these little nobles have all been warned by the old nobles without exception. Many of them have even been attacked.

These little nobles were forced to be helpless, and they gave their territories to the royal family, and then ran to Lucifer to serve as officials. After all, these people also bullied the weak, and didn't dare to challenge Lucifer. However, this also caused protests from these old nobles.

"Protest to me as the king? This group of people really was not saved. Those little nobles who were beaten by them to give me land with various excuses did not protest. They still have the face to say this." Thinking of this, Lucifer couldn't help laughing.

"I feel so too."

In laughter, Lucifer took out a stack of papers from the drawer. He sorted it out, then handed it to Semiramis.

"Mira, sort out these decrees, and tomorrow's imperial meeting depends on our cooperation."

"Is it a new bad idea again? Let me see...Um...In this case...Are you sure you want to do this?" Mira's expression gradually became serious.

The content of these decree is also very simple, that is, nationalize the land, and at the same time refine the current five titles of nobles title into fifteen. Each original title is divided into one, two and three levels, such as the first-level duke and the second-level duke.

Everyone who inherits the title of the previous generation will automatically drop one level.

Each place is divided into counties by the state, and the nobles no longer have local autonomy, but are managed by the state. The honorary territory of the nobles is retained, but they can no longer interfere in local affairs, and the taxes due are collected and distributed by the state.

This approach is similar to the Han Dynasty, but it undoubtedly cut off the roots of the nobles' survival in this era. If it is placed in an era of peace, the resistance to this kind of reform will be very high, but fortunately it is a time of war.

"This is the back hand I told you before." Lucifer said seriously.

"king, as the Prime Minister, I have to remind you that I am also a nobleman and one of the largest noblemen in this kingdom." Semiramis did not answer directly at this moment, but smiled slightly.

There are not only four dukes in this country, there are nine dukes in total, but the other five are not as famous as them.

"Do you really care about that kind of thing. Okay, even if you care about it. You are my prime minister. Once these laws are enforced. You will become a real existence under one person and above ten thousand people. What? It's better than you are maintaining that territory alone now, and it's better to deal with those old guys." Lucifer also smiled.

After a year of getting along, Lucifer almost understood what the four of them were. Especially Semiramis, perhaps the only one of the four grand princes will definitely not object to this proposal.

Collecting all the power in the king, will undoubtedly lead the whole country to the extreme of light and glory.

Even if you don't talk about it, it is in terms of power. Although Lucifer abolished the real power of the nobility, he gave Semiramis more power. Just like now, those old nobles will still show their face here, there are five grand princes just like them.

But once the reforms are completed, she, the Prime Minister, will truly live under Lucifer.

"Well! That's true! I need to discuss with the other three people once." Semiramis did not answer immediately, but was going to discuss with the other three grand princes.

After all, this is a major event. If you don't ventilate in advance, you won't be able to cooperate later. Judging from the content of this decree, there will definitely be a rebellion within Britain in the coming year. This also requires the three of them to prepare in advance.

"No problem! After the restructuring, each of you's positions are in it. Believe me, it's definitely much larger than your current grasp."

"Don't you worry that they will be driven into desperation, and then take the lead in rebelling?"

"If they rebel, it just proves that the existence of nobles is the root of the country's unrest. As a king, I have the power and obligation to eradicate them. If they do not rebel, then their harm will be minimized. Besides, you forgot about us. Is the current inheritance bill?" Lucifer smiled and said a mortal situation.

This is the benefit of having righteousness. If they do, it proves that they have problems and they have to solve the problems themselves. If they don't do it, they will never have a chance to do it in the future. To put it simply, martial laws have to be abolished.

"Oh! Interesting. In this way, there is no need for us to do anything, and they themselves will be in chaos. Civil strife often means crime, and the king will have the righteousness to send troops to stop it. No matter how they choose, they will lose all what they are have now."

"Simply put, checkmate!" Lucifer took out a chess piece and placed it on the chessboard on the table.

Yes, the current situation was decided from the beginning. Because of the previous Tweeting Order, many sons of those nobles have already begun to look forward to their future lives. After all, you see, originally they could not inherit anything, but suddenly the king told them that they could inherit some territories, and of course they would think that it was theirs.

At this time, if the patriarch of these nobles rebelled, these sons might first disagree. After all, let's not say whether they can succeed, even if they succeed, if the previous decree is abolished, they will immediately have nothing.

A decree a year ago had caused problems within these nobles, and now Lucifer just exploded the problem in advance.