Chapter 2349: Anti-tax movement

In the Midgard area, the "Westward Movement" that the colonists once had high hopes for has now been delayed by intensified racial vendettas.
Many manor owners and developers who have bought large tracts of land in the west have watched their own properties have been ravaged by war, land prices have fallen again and again, and speculation will fail if they look at them. Lobbying friends who are influential in the government and parliament, put pressure on Governor Nichols and demanded more severe crackdowns on the indigenous people.
Governor Nichols was forced to be helpless and could only bite the bullet and ask for help from the home country government, hoping that the imperial authorities would send an elite force to assist the Midgard army in eliminating the Asa gangsters.
Just three years ago, Marshal Sigmund led the Imperial Knights across the sea to the New World, uniting the Midgard garrison and militia to repel the invading Feizhen.
However, it was purely wishful thinking that the Midgard people expected the imperial authorities to send military aid again.
First of all, the enemy that the Midgard colony now faces is no longer the true ruler of Fiji, but the indigenous Asa people.
Since the end of the war in 1622, the imperial authorities have issued an edict in the name of the emperor, agreeing with the demarcation agreement signed between Governor Nichols and the Asa tribe, prohibiting colonists from expanding west of the Vimur River.
The root cause of Midgard's renewed war is that the colonists blatantly defied the emperor's edict, tore up the agreement reached with the aborigines, and cross-border colonization and pioneering.
Governor Nichols sought military assistance from the imperial government in order to support the colonial expansion westward. In fact, he was slapped in the face.
He could disregard his face, but the Imperial Cabinet and His Majesty could not use the "Edict of 1622" as a toilet paper to wipe his butt, sending troops to support the Midgard colonists and plundering the land of the aborigines, which is not justified.
In addition to not working in name, the imperial government is in fact unable to support the expansion of overseas colonies.
The army expedition to the Far East has emptied the military and financial resources of the Ashen Empire, and there is really no spare capacity to cross the oceans and open up another battlefield.
As a political veteran, why didn't Sir Nichols know that his request for help was of no avail?
In fact, he didn’t expect assistance from his home country at all. He cried poorly in the official document. He just made a gesture suggesting that the Midgard colony was overwhelmed and could not squeeze the oil and water. Even if the imperial government could not assist Midgard, don’t expect it. Take advantage of Midgard!
Facts have proved that Governor Nichols's "broken window strategy" of "want to open the window and yell at the roof" is indeed very effective.
Prime Minister Claude and his cabinet ministers have received constant complaints and crying from Governor Nichols throughout the year. They felt that the colony under his rule had been so miserable, so they simply gave up the allocation of military expenses in the colony of Midgard and turned their attention to Alfheim in the south.
Compared to Midgard, the situation in the Alfheim colony is indeed much better.
First of all, from the geographical environment, the mild climate of Alfheim is obviously more suitable for the development of planting industry than the cold and dry Midgard.
The manor owner in the north is just a small mess. If you really want to talk about ten thousand acres of fertile land and have a big family, it still depends on our master slave owner in the south.
Alfheim also has a unique advantage. The relationship between the local colonists and the indigenous people of the Asa people is relatively friendly, and there are occasional conflicts, but compared to the northern ones, they engage in "genocide-style massacres" at every turn. It seems not enough.
The Alfheim people occupy more than 2 million square miles of rich feng shui treasure land. In addition, the daily rise is long, the weather is good and the weather is good, and the harvest is good year after year. The local people range from planters to homeowners and township craftsmen, and their lives are generally relatively rich.
Since the Alfheimers had two spare money in their pockets, the Imperial Cabinet took it for granted that it was time for these loyal overseas subjects to contribute to the glorious cause of regaining lost ground in their home country, so they issued a decree trying to increase the value of 100 The Alfheim family with more than acres of land is levied a land tax of 1 silver duga per acre.
If this decree can be implemented, then only in 1625, the imperial government will be able to obtain tax revenue of no less than 10 million Kindus from the Alfheim colony, greatly alleviating financial pressure.
Prime Minister Claude and his cabinet members believe that this tax is not heavy. In fact, the rent paid by the native residents of the empire is much heavier than the land tax of 1 silver coin per mu in this area.
However, I am sorry, the Prime Minister is purely sentimental. Alfheimers don’t think they have the obligation to pay taxes to their home country!
In fact, the people of Alfheim colony were very angry at the decision of the mother cabinet, and under the call of the "Freedom Sons Association", they resolutely resisted the so-called "land tax".
Alfheim’s current Governor Sir John Norfolk, as the spokesperson of the imperial government in the colonies, stood with the people under the rule in this storm.
When parliamentary representatives protested, Sir Norfolk himself signed the "petition" and sent this fiercely worded petition to the Imperial Cabinet without changing it, requesting the decision-makers of the Empire to dismiss it. The idea of ​​levying a land tax in Alfheim so as not to trigger more serious protests.
The position of Governor Norfolk angered Prime Minister Claude and his cabinet.
They did not understand how sensitive the colonial residents were to tax burdens, did not see the consequences that the Governor of Norfolk worried about, and they naturally suspected that John Norfolk had been bought by the "independent" forces in Alfheim, and they did not even rule it out. He himself had ambitions, trying to establish a small court in the colony and establish himself as a king.
The vast ocean hindered the communication between the mother country and the colony, and the distance produced misunderstandings, which prompted the imperial authorities to make a series of disastrous wrong decisions.
Just three weeks ago, with the support of His Majesty the Emperor, the Imperial Cabinet exonerated Sir John Norfolk from the post of governor for
ineffectively suppressing tax-resistant thugs
, ordered him to return to the Holy City of Ashen, and appointed a new The governor came to preside over the tax collection.
This new governor is Lord Edmund Fogel, the eldest son of Jacob Fogel, the most famous tax packager in the empire and exclusive contractor of "indulgences".
Lord Fogel's style of doing things is vigorous and resolute in the best way, but arrogant and rude if it is ugly.
On the second day after receiving the commission, he hurriedly left the port by boat and came to the New World for his post.
Edmund Fogel and his entourage have a total of more than 500 people, sharing four magic steamships, including a 300-man "Governor's Guard".
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