18th century total war

Chapter 19 Anti-corruption
Seeing Martin's distressed face, Li Wei said earnestly, "Mr. Clive, your daughter is with me, and we are considered in-laws.

Now that the authority of the king of the Kingdom of France is being challenged, sooner or later there will be great chaos. I am expanding the army at this time to prevent future problems. As long as there are enough troops in hand, the Charles family and I may not be able to go further in the event of chaos.

At that time, it is not a big deal to give you a title of Lord. "

Martin was shaken.

This is my lord!

Now Louis XVI has not been killed, and the privileges of the nobles in the Kingdom of France have not been banned, and everyone's concept still stays in the period when the nobles are the masters!

How many big capitalists, factory owners and bankers in the Kingdom of France spent money like water for a title of lord, and they took refuge in those big nobles as lackeys.

A rich man like Martin, who was born in a small town, simply could not imagine the position of Lord. Without the full support of nobles above the earl, a person like him would never be able to become a Lord.

Lordship is the threshold of true nobility!

But if you want to become a sword fief noble or a court noble, you need the king to nod.

"I will do my best to complete what the adults have told me!"

Martin finally made up his mind and replied firmly.

After all, he is not paying for it alone. If he becomes the mayor of the town, coupled with his part-time position as the chairman of the Charles Town Commercial Guild, he can definitely call the rich people in the entire Charles family territory to share. Presumably at that time, Levi will stand Stand behind him for him.

Doing so would certainly offend the wealthy people in the Charles family's territory, but what else can these people do in this era when facing serious nobles, besides swallowing their anger?
Are those sword-wielding feudal aristocrats still exploiting the bourgeois bosses enough?
Why are most industries and businesses located in big cities in this era?

Because the vast countryside is the sphere of influence of the traditional feudal nobles, there is no way to make a fortune there, the fief nobles above are like wolves, they can eat as much as you earn, don't expect a group of traditional feudal nobles who don't understand the way of industrial and commercial management to be big Give industry and commerce time and opportunities to grow.

Of course, not all nobles are so short-sighted. There are also more enlightened people in the great aristocracy of the Kingdom of France, and they are called liberal nobles.

However, although these great nobles supported the development of industry and commerce and the emerging financial industry, they personally invested in it and took the initiative to control it, instead of allowing the domestic capitalists to grow independently.

It can be said that these liberal nobles themselves are capitalists!
However, thanks to the fact that a group of great nobles joined the bourgeoisie, the Paris Revolution broke out. Some policies of the Kingdom of France are indeed not friendly to the development of industry and commerce, and taxes are too heavy!

In particular, King Louis XVI completely slaughtered the industry, commerce and finance as fat sheep, and the three-level conference that triggered the Paris Revolution was actually King Louis XVI who wanted to increase taxes on the third-class wealthy people.

It’s okay to increase taxes, King Louis XVI is still unwilling to give up political interests, so the Great Revolution broke out...

With Martin Clive as the mayor of Charles town, Li Wei took advantage of the opportunity to lift the military control system in the Charles family's territory, and the Charles family's territory gradually restored its original order after the chaos.

However, the reduction of population resources, especially the young and middle-aged population, has had a considerable impact on the Charles family's territory.

In particular, Levi did not let go of the farmer prisoners of war at all. He even separated the prisoners of war from the labor camp. Except for the elderly, all of them were selected and put into the Charles Town training camp!

With Martin as a vampire, after the second training session, the third training session will start soon.

Levi has also officially exhausted his last bit of glory.

Of course, in Li Wei's eyes, the glory value placed in the total war system is meaningless, and it is more effective to turn it into his own strength.

After the training of the third line infantry is completed, Li Wei will have [-] troops, who are absolutely loyal and fearless, enough to run rampant in the province of Morbihan!
However, even if these [-] troops do not need to pay military salaries, the daily training and living expenses alone are not a small amount of money. Li Wei feels that it may be difficult for him to continue to support them.

After the second training session, Levi began to launch a wave of anti-corruption throughout the Charles family territory.

To put it bluntly, it is to search the house to fill the financial emptiness.

Dozens of officials died before, and there were not many constraints in the Charles family's territory, and Martin only followed Li Wei's lead, so it was really not easy to find evidence.

These days, let alone officials, as long as they have a little bit of power, they will take advantage of their power to get greedy.

One is counted as one, and none of the people who have been ransacked has been wronged, but there is a difference in the amount of corruption.

As a result, in Li Wei's anti-corruption campaign, the dozens of people who were purged before even their family members failed to escape. How could Li Wei, who was known as a murderer in the Charles family's territory, not arrest people when he ransacked his house?
what?
Is it not me who is corrupt?
What do you mean, your father was greedy for money and didn't spend it for you?

Your husband is greedy for money and you haven’t used it?
Your son embezzled public funds and never sent you anything?

Unless the relationship is really severed, how could the relatives of those corrupt officials not stick to the cheap?

Many people don't even have their own jobs, nor do they farm, but they still have enough food and clothing during their childhood. Where does the money come from?
It fell from the sky?

In this era, there is no saying that relatives will not be implicated. In fact, from a legal perspective, the immediate family members of corruption offenders cannot escape. Even many close collateral relatives should be punished, because many corruption offenders have "white gloves" It’s my relatives and friends who are in charge!
Your own talents are more trustworthy.

As a result, all these people were arrested and the men were sent to labor camps, regardless of age!
The woman directly fills the Jiaofang Division...

That's right, this Jiaofang Division is also Li Wei's invention!
In fact, it is a government-run brothel.

There was no way, the cost of raising an army was too high, so Li Wei had to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. Which business is the most profitable and the lowest cost these days?
Porn, gambling and drugs!
Of course, there is no drug now, but Huang and Gambling are both enduring profiteering industries in the long history of mankind.

What's more, the laws of the Kingdom of France do not prohibit these two industries. In most taverns in the Kingdom of France, there is an erotic side industry, but it is relatively low-end.

Without Joseph's constraints, all the pornographic establishments and gambling industries in the Charles family's territory were swept away by Levi's soldiers, and then unified and integrated into their own industries. This is the convenience brought by the power of aristocratic status!
(End of this chapter)