Vol 2 Chapter 240: Centennial chess game (middle)

Chapter 240 Centennial Chess (中)
At that moment, Rumba’s words were passed into the ears of all the Grand Dukes like cold and aggressive blades:
"A long time ago, Stars entered into a qualification examination, stipulating that only what kind of person can become a specific bureaucrat and become the king's arm."
"They used their title and privilege to use their status and honour to recruit the low-ranking nobles who were originally low-ranking, or civilians who could not be promoted to the ranks of the nobility, and entrusted power to these poor bureaucrats, allowing them to enter the kingdom only to be bloody. The restricted area of ​​the home."
The voice of Rumba is like the anvil of work. It sounds in the hearts of the big men: "In this way, thousands of professional bureaucrats with different responsibilities, clear division of labor, stand together and form a stand. The suffocating solid carriages carry the ancient kingdoms of ancient empire and accelerate."
"What is even more frightening is that in order to obtain such a promotion, many low-ranking nobles, businessmen and even villagers in the countryside are willing to become the running dogs and loyal ministers who can only become kings."
Almost everyone in the four grand priests frowned and chewed the meaning behind the sentence.
Rumba's eyes are like ice: "The first is tax collectors: businessmen and accountants have obtained official positions through qualification training and assessment, and they have been registered in the Fuxing Palace. They have become the professional servants of the king in his immediate territory. Taxing him, doing his due diligence, forming systems and practices: Each tax collector is directly responsible to the financial controller and his subordinates, strictly abides by the rules, is good at calculations, and is clear-minded, will not miss any copper, and will not hide any Account."
"The tax on the king's hand is more than the standard of loyalty, humanity, and relationship. When he sent a noble confidant to collect it, he got more, but also more, and increased year after year. You think that the stellar royal family is rich. Is it really simple to rely on tyrants to increase taxes?"
Do you know what it means? Rumba silently added a sentence to his heart.
Short-sighted and blunt grand princes.
"And what about our Exeter?"
The words of Lumba changed, and the eyes of the sharp-eyed eyes directly shot the four big-eyed grand princes: "In order to ensure that the interests are not lost and the authority is not moving, the big men and the nobles will only send their own cronies and subordinates as tax collectors. Swords and spears, through the relationship and relationship with Feng Jun, collect taxes from various castles and villages, make a fortune, bully, smash, and fill the pockets!
"Every year, the vassals of the men and women who handed over to the monarchs can have 50% of the planned amount, and even if they are all happy and loyal."
Ole's grandfather bowed his head and looked serious, no longer speaking.
Rumba’s words are still going on:
In many cities in the stars, there is a position called a police officer, which is also obtained through assessment and training. It is directly under the guardian’s warning room, specializing in urban security and order, and as a city standing private army. The city defense teams are clearly separated and it is strictly forbidden to interfere with each other."
"What about us?" The black sand big man clenched his teeth and looked terrified: "Eckerst, which has been in business for a long time, with a sluggish cargo, is not only ulterior moxibustion, but half of the merchants would rather go. Stars do business, and they don’t want to come to Exeter. Is it really because the products in the South are richer?"
"No!" Rumba looked awkward.
"That is because the merchants know that in the Star Kingdom, at least the rules and order of the transaction are clearly written. At least professional bureaucrats and departments can appeal, at least the warning hall and the alert officer maintain the market on the open side. Order, at least they don't have to deal with the unreasonable army and deal with the big characters who have a relationship," Lombard thought of something, clenched his fist:
"And in Exeter, a small order officer who is in charge of the patrol can smuggle through the relationship and black, engage in large-scale weapons smuggling, and force away the businessmen who are not pleasing to the eye - as long as the people above Only close one eye!"
Grand Dubridda licked his lips, and the eye-catching eyes had solidified in one position, only occasionally blinking.
Rumba sneered aloud: "In the city of the Star Kingdom, all the bureaucrats of the City Hall, from the clerk to the scribe, from the signing officer to the judge, all pass the qualification test, the division of labor is clear, familiar with the rules, from top to bottom Communicate the message, execute the order, and only recognize the seal of the hand."
"In the year, they went from the king to the prince to the prison river, and the foreign enemies looked at them. The nobles were terrified! However, only the prime minister and his professional bureaucrats acted according to the rules, and the precarious Yongxing City remained. It has been operating steadily for ten days! Until the last prince returns, he will compromise with the nobles!"
"What about us?"
Rumba licked his chest: "Today, the natural king of Weizhengbei died less than a few hours. Because of his prestige, the city of Longyan became a mess, confusion, rumors, Conflicts and contradictions are emerging one after another, and the public is frightened. I guess that Lisboa has been hesitant to use the patrol for more than half a day - he is used to asking for Nunn."
"I took the army in the city for several hours! Until I got the first gate, until I stood here, I was able to sneeze at you, and the imperial prime minister led the army." ""
Ronnie’s face looked awkward, and he took a long breath and looked suspicious.
Rumba paused for a full ten seconds.
For such a long time, there was no loud voice.
Finally, Rumba exhaled a helpless and difficult air, his face was tired and painful.
"I know that your territory is far from the stars. In the past few years, only the game with Longyan City has been considered, but..."
"But I have already said this, can you still not feel it?"
At that moment, Rumba clenched his teeth, his fists were tight, and his sweat was dripping, as if he was facing an unprecedented terrorist beast.
"Some thrilling, unprecedented changes..."
"The kingdom of the stars is happening on the back of the country that is an empire and has been fighting with us for many years."
Several big public faces have changed slightly.
"This change," Lombard shivered slightly, continuing his chilling words: "It’s as quiet as a dark stream, like a dripping stone that is as flat as a stone."
"But believe me, this is the horror of the past thousands of years, even if it is not as strong as the ancient empire," Lombard only felt that his hair was upright, and there seemed to be a chill of the ice in his chest. Spleen: "The Kingdom of Stars - Our opponents for six hundred years are experiencing an unprecedented transformation."
The four grand princes looked at each other in a pair, and they could not advance or retreat in the incredible hesitation, and the stunned sorrow.
But Lombard’s words are still going on:
Through the most direct war contact, I have seen the tip of the iceberg of this horrific transformation.

"Like the eve of the worm-like shape, the faint vibration from the inside."

It’s unremarkable, but it’s crucial.

Rumba suddenly raised his head, his eyes were like a sword, his sharp light was pressing, and he shot four grand princes.
"You, please open your eyes," said the black sand big man, clenching his teeth. His voice was hoarse and his tone was firm: "Where is our biggest threat?"
The big men seem to have not reacted yet.
But at that moment, Grandpa Leko’s face was as ugly as ever, and he slowly looked up and looked at Lombard.
The old man was tired and tired, and his voice was hoarse and ugly: "Dendi III?"
The other three Dagong faces changed.
Rumba looked at the old man's eyes softer.
His eyes dimmed.
"Yes," Lombard silently, sitting down again: "This is the status quo after 150 years - our contrast with the stars."
Oleux Dagong raised his head in surprise:
"One hundred and fifty years? Is it..."
Rumba nodded in nowhere.
"Yeah." He is sure.
"Just tell you," Lombard whispered, and the eyes were again jealous and dignified: "All this."
"It all originated 150 years ago..."
"From the star to the king who was almost ignored by everyone."
"闵迪思三."
The four grand princes all turned their attention to Lombard in this second.
The mood is complex and the reaction is different.
Dasha Dagong looked at their expressions and couldn't help but sneer.
"You said that he didn't do anything big?"
Just listening to Chaman Rumba’s incomprehensible cold:
"One hundred years ago, it was Judith III. He did not hesitate to offend the comet family, cronies, in-laws, and even vassals. He also set up a strict and precise separation of countless official positions, countless departments - City Hall, and Police Hall. , Finance and Taxation Hall..."
"The King of Didis grants their authority to them, clearly regulates the rules, trains and evaluates them, even if they are willing to pay their wages, let these new bureaucrats manage the central collar of the royal family and even the entire kingdom of stars."
"A hundred years have passed, even the most remote and most powerful power vassals, for taxation, efficiency, and power, have more effectively opposed the king, and have to compromise the rules of the game left by the "Yinjun" Recognizing the king’s official residence, and at the same time starting to recruit his own bureaucracy,
Lombard looked up and his eyes flashed like a sharp blade:
"By these people, the king's kingship gradually goes deep into every corner of the kingdom, and controls the whole country like never before and from top to bottom."
"Do you think the behind-the-scenes of the Stars Legion are just luck and talent?"
"No, this steel carriage consisting of countless professional bureaucrats began with Judith III. It has already been in contradiction and friction. In the years of our West Coast, we quietly run, run, and settle for more than a hundred years, subtly. Sprout!"
Listening to him, the Ronnie of the city of Qiyuan was deeply lowered and his eyes were struggling.
"And," Rumba once again spoke, indifferent: "You said that the king of Judith is weak and incompetent, and compromises with the nobility?"
"Yes, the high-level aristocratic parliament seems to be the occasion where the great vassals jointly attacked the king, but in turn, the rules and institutions were formed. The vassals of the Star Kingdom had to follow this matter no matter what they were dealing with. The rules were forced to return to the chess board of the so-called aristocratic parliament and return to the king to build a good taming cage for them!"
"The country is a meeting. All the low-lying and rude civilians can come to the national events. It is ridiculous to see, and it has been a joke for more than a hundred years in other countries in the world... But have you ever thought about it? No matter how many people are not In countless fields where the nobility is one side and the king is the other side of the country, the weak and humble civilians can only choose to fall to the kingship and gather under the nine-star crown and the star of the stars to fight against the king's enemies!"
"And today, more than a hundred years later, I am reminding you that it is the high-level aristocratic parliament and the country that the ‘distribution to the nobility’ was left behind by the 闵迪思王...

"The Kessel Five in the south of us has turned the thousands of civilians in the Star Kingdom into a powerful tool for his independence against the big vassals! Over the past five years, he has been arguing against the fierce opposition of almost all vassals. The land launched a national war, and a royal heir was unstoppable!"
"This is his kingship! For the Star Kingdom, this is already the norm!"
Rumba slammed his fist on the square table and screamed with anger: "If King Nunn is standing here, ask you to recruit people within a month, follow him to the great desert, how many people will not hesitate to take photos. do?"
"Similarly, King Nunn inexplicably pulled out an illegitimate child as heir, and asked you to loyalty to him. How many people would not hesitate to squat?"
Oller and Tluedida are in the air.
One side hesitated, gently shaking his head, one side clenched his teeth, and his breath was short.
"As for you, do you say that King Dixie is in debt?" The black sand grandfather raised his hand and swayed indifferently: "What is more ironic?"
Rumba leaned forward, clenched his teeth, and his face was cold:
"After more than a hundred years ago, Judith III, who had a large number of bureaucrats, borrowed money all the time, and he was tired of it. So he ordered that all the debtors be concentrated in one house, with the royal franchise and even the next year’s tax as a guarantee. Write to the debtor to borrow data."
"After more than one hundred years later, the house where countless merchants came and went, expanded many times, and followed the habit of Commas's city-states and changed their names." The black sand big man's face was ugly, his tone hesitated, like I want to tell a strange thing that he doesn't understand: "It's called 'Wangjia Bank'."
Several big men cast their doubts on their eyes.
Rumba bit his teeth and shook his head. "Five years ago, King Kaiser did not raise taxes or ransacks. He just wrote a debit to the so-called 'Wangjia Bank' to the money bank made up of countless merchants. I took out a lot of money, pulled up countless troops, and fought a huge desert war. After returning, I actually expanded the standing army!"
"This is for us who want to increase taxes for a fight? Can you imagine?"
"Do you think that this war of debt-raising is only based on the wealth of the royal family?"
It is silence again.
No one is talking.
A war that can be initiated without a tax increase?
The grand princes of Exeter are territorially comparable to the seal of a country. They understand better than anyone else. What does this mean?
Suddenly I remembered that I forgot the burglar.
Give me anger.
(End of this chapter)