Eagle Byzantium

So secretly, Morris and Sambel colluded with each other. They wore expensive vestments, used the finest and most precious utensils, drank Cypriot wine, and every dish on the table was covered with thick oriental spices. The pomp was almost comparable to that of the Caliph of Egypt or Baghdad.

At the same time, Morris wrote a perfunctory report and asked his entourage to carry it and send it back to the Vatican in Rome by ship. It said that "all the accusations against Sambel are not true. Some secular lords are trying to cover up their own impiety." In addition, Morris boasted that "In the Holy City, all the parishes of my Lord are running smoothly, and donations and taxes are used to build more and more beautiful churches. Sick and injured pilgrims are rescued, and the families of soldiers are well taken care of."

At the end of autumn, the entire Levant Sea seemed to be completely calm.

Fatima in Egypt resumed its trade relations with the surrounding forces, and the same was true for Antioch and Jerusalem. Except for the unfortunate Apsomatus who lost two territories, everything else was very good.

Until one day, Gerard, the archdeacon of St. John's Hospital in the Holy City, suddenly stood in front of the Patriarch's residence, followed by a tall and strong man like a tower. "His name is Dim, and he is the guard standard-bearer of the Seleucia Patronus from Tarsus. He hopes to see you."

On the steps, Sambel stood arrogantly on the other side, looking at Dim, who was as dull as a farmer, with contempt, "Aren't you the one who came from Cilicia before to guard the tomb of the dead Godfrey at Calvary?"

"Yes, yes, I brought a cash box when I came." Dim stammered.

"Oh?"

"That's the money my master donated to Gerard Hospital."

"Are you questioning it?"

"No, my master wrote to me and asked me if the money he donated has reached Master Gerard."

Sambel shrugged his shoulders, looking a little embarrassed, saying that he never asked about the specific details of the account, but when he had free time, he would ask the financial staff to check the matter, "Be sure to give a clear answer."

Dim nodded honestly and then shrank into the corner. This move made Sambel secretly sneer, thinking that "Gawain is surrounded by these guys with wheat flowers on their heads, and they are also the flag bearers of the Royal Guards, which is simply hilarious." Gerard was also a purely honest elder, and was dismissed by the Patriarch in a few words.

A few days later, Sambel completely forgot about this little thing.

At this moment, in the palace of Tarsus, Gawain was personally representing Caesar, who was recuperating in bed, to hold a farewell banquet for the St. Paul graduates who were heading to the Pisidia Fortress.

But before the banquet, Gawain sat on the king's seat in the center of the hall and asked dozens of graduates in front of him a series of questions, "Where are you going?"

"The Pisidia Fortress and the Gibiodonte Sailor Fortress." Several college students answered.

"So, if you are the head of the military station there, what institution should you be responsible to?"

"It is the Army Court recently established by the Grand Patron, and if it is in Gibiodunte, it is the Navy Court."

"What if it is the pastoral officer circuit court in the border area?"

"Then you should be responsible to the Court of Justice and the High Court of Tarsus."

"What if you are a financial auditor in the pastoral officer's office?"

"You should be responsible to the Audit Department of the Finance Court."

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Because Gawain has now reformed the political system of the Kingdom of Tarsus, the original six departments cannot adapt to the increasingly vast scope of rule and need to be graded and strengthened. The Agricultural Supervision Department, the Construction Department and the Municipal Department were merged to form the "Great Finance Court". In addition to the original three departments, the Taxation and Customs Department and the Audit Department were added. The former is responsible for urging the collection of taxes in each county and border area in September each year (the fixed tax month of the Byzantine state); and the latter, as the name suggests, conducts strict audits and inspections on the budgets, retentions and expenditures of each county and border area.

According to the first sentence of Gawain, "The essence of taxation is to be both extensive and fair." In order to solve the taxation problem of his country as soon as possible in the Middle Ages, Gawain asked Ibn Mamun to compile a complete set of tax books for the Crescent Kingdom or Dynasty. It is well known that the taxation system of the Crescent Kingdom was the most effective and advanced in the world at that time. How to tax a pond, how to tax a crop, and even how to tax a fruit tree were all perfectly covered. Of course, for customs taxation, Gawain learned more from the example of the ready-made Eastern Roman Empire. After the collapse of the classical era, only this country had the most complete customs system. Now all ships must unload goods at the two ports of Seleucia and Zephilim, and different amounts of taxes are collected according to the type of goods. For example, wine must be charged a quarter of the estimated value, while grain is charged a twelfth, and light luxury goods such as silk and spices are taxed more heavily. In addition, Gawain ordered that all ships sailing in the waters of Tarsus must abide by the "Maritime Code of Rhodes" and began to explore the "county tax system" throughout the country to replace the previous tax farming system or the Pronia tax system, and the "ladder tax system" for citizens - hoping to imitate the ancient Celestial Empire to divide taxpayers into different levels, making the tax burden more reasonable.

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And Gawain's second paragraph is "One thousand gold coins can be handled by one person, ten thousand is best to ask a Lombard or Jewish steward to help you, one hundred thousand requires a bank to help you manage, and a million must be managed by a national agency." This is the original intention of the establishment of the Audit Department. The expenditures of various places and the royal family must establish a complete budget and audit system, and then cooperate with the banking and finance of Bari City to avoid unnecessary waste of money. As for personnel training, it is actually ready: the governments and chambers of commerce of Tarsus and Bari City each sent a part of their personnel to the land donated to the Seleucia Hospital in various parts of Europe, and established farms and warehouses to manage and operate the land. "When you manage the land, don't learn the stupid behavior of the royal families of various European countries, but learn more from the successful experience of Granada (the Moorish regime in Spain) and the great monastery, and the level of sophistication should be higher than all the earls and barons around." This is the requirement Gawain put forward to them.

The original Ship Department evolved into a separate "Navy Academy" with independent military stations under its jurisdiction. The docks and shipyards are naturally based in Atalia, which fully reflects the importance that Gawain attaches to the navy fleet in the future. He promoted Andreev to an independent "Grand Duke of the Fleet", his deputy Jarguba to "Earl of the Fleet", and the great pirate Wenmoha was also absorbed into it and became another "Earl of the Fleet".

The corresponding Ordnance Department was also upgraded to the "Army Academy", which was fully responsible for domestic military stations, weapons manufacturing, training, recruitment, road fortresses and other affairs. Samuelfa was promoted to "Minister of Military Supplies", and the Danish Prince Sven and the Little Sunfish were side by side as "Earl of Clothing".

"As for the Court of Justice..." Gawain said here, and moved the wine glass to the side of the dining table in front of everyone, and Stavrachos over there put a box on it, which contained a thick book.