[West Fantasy] The noble lady who was divorced became rich

Compared with directly sending money, tax cuts are not only more open and transparent in operation, but can even reduce the workload of government personnel and the economic pressure of successors to a certain extent.After all, if Marianne sets this precedent, will the next Duke of Britannia pay or not.And how to determine the amount of money?Is it a family unit or an individual unit?Is it limited to registered Bretons or all residents within the territory of the country.

After all these questions were dealt with, without setting up a project to discuss it for a week, Mariana definitely thought that Britannia's government employees were eating vegetarian food and wasting her money.

"If the tax is reduced... how many months do you want to reduce?" Astaros thinks that Mariana is much smarter than her aunt, and the advantage of working with smart people is that there is no need to waste words: "Three months? Or half a year?" ?”

"permanent."

Mariana's answer made Astaros retract his previous evaluation.

"Are you kidding me?" Astaros, trying to make himself look older than he really was, let go of the pinched document, and even glued some of the compressed paper together.

"I never joke about business matters." Mariana imitated Astaros's appearance, quickly restrained her sly smile, and made her face more serious than the statues in the church: "Short-term tax cuts are impossible to achieve large-scale support, it is hard to even impress people. And what I want is not that the people support me for a short time to eliminate those nobles who are against me, but that they know that only when I am in power can they Get a better day with less pain.”

In short, Mariana wanted to equate her image with light taxes.

As the saying goes, from frugality to luxury is easy, and from luxury to frugality is difficult.

As long as the people get used to the loose tax burden under Mariana's rule, then once someone threatens Mariana's status, the Britannia will definitely spontaneously maintain Mariana's status and reject the person who provokes the duchess.

Astaros, who figured this out, resumed his previous evaluation of Mariana: "I thought you would strengthen your claim to the title through succession parades or speeches like the previous duchess did."

"But is that useful?" Mariana's voice revealed obvious sarcasm: "People are quite selfish creatures. If superficial skills can convince the common people, then my aunt will not be emptied of power."

Astaros stared into Marianna's eyes, and after a while he slowly said: "You are right, only the benefits you get can make the common people love you and support you."

Lucius felt that Astaros' behavior was a little strange, but he couldn't tell why.

Mariana hopes to use the investigation of the death of Henry and the former duchess, as well as the shady revelations revealed by the Britannia regent, to contain the nobles and force them to accept Mariana's tax cut policy.

Only in this way, not only will the income of the nobles be reduced, but the Britannian government, which relies on taxation to operate, will also face an economic crisis.

"The gap in this area will be filled by me." Mariana had already prepared.

"You?" Denhill never thought that Mariana would be so generous.After all, in his opinion, the richer people are, the more stingy they are, especially the powerful rulers. None of them are self-taught in stinginess—the premise is that they want to be a promising king, not The last ruler.

"Why, do you think it's strange?" Mariana is not a naive, weak and ignorant noble girl.In fact, what she gave would be compensated in other ways.

"After the verdict is settled, all the real estate that has been investigated will be assigned to the Duke of Britannia, and half of the working capital will go into my pocket." Mariana admired Danhill's smile gradually disappearing, I feel that this guy has not learned the Pope's shrewdness at all: "Besides, it is much better for me to fill the funding gap of the Britannian government than for them to try to get money."

With money as a constraint, Mariana doesn't have to worry about being unable to manipulate the Britannian government.

As for paying that little money...

Ha ha!

Compared with the real estate seized by her in this trial, the money paid to the government of Brittania every year will not exceed a third of the proceeds, if not a drop in the bucket.

After all, one-third of the taxes paid by the nobles can go into the pocket of the central government, which is considered a blessing from the gods.

Moreover, from another point of view, tax cuts are also a disguised form of weakening the income and power of the nobles.

As for whether some people will obey the law and violate the law, and engage in the showy operation of taxation and hidden tax...

It can only be said that they had better not be caught by Marianne, otherwise the guillotine will only arrive late, and will not fail to come.

"It's been so long to finalize the tax reduction." Mariana made a decision: "I'll go to the House of Internal Affairs to specify the process, and Your Excellency Astaros will be responsible for getting the nobles to nod to agree to this policy."

After all "the vassals of my vassals are not my vassals".

Even if Mariana holds the lives of some nobles, she must further implement her own tax reduction policy after they "nod on the surface".

This is so magical that it is hard to complain about the status quo.

"By the way, how is the Earl of Kent?" Mariana didn't forget the sharp knife she used to deal with the Britannia regent.

After all, after the old man spit out all the shady things about Britannia, Mariana didn't need a time bomb by her side: "Is he carrying out the 'clearing' plan?"

"Euster and Bai Xue are staring at him, so the scavengers of the Wilson family will soon assassinate the regent of Britannia." Abigail replied: "I will monitor the Earl of Kent's mood changes, He will not be given the opportunity to make small moves."

"Wait? Someone has already obtained the title of Earl of Kent? Didn't you say you would give me this noble title?" Dan Hill noticed that something was wrong, so he quickly raised his own question: "You won't regret it Come on!"

If Mariana is not even willing to give Dan Hill an empty title, then the latter will never stay peacefully by Mariana's side.

After all, there is only so much hope left for Dan Hill, otherwise what is the point of his staying here?

"It is precisely because I want to give you the title of Earl of Kent that I have to spend a lot of thought." Mariana did not evade Dan Hill's question, after all, this matter will have to be properly resolved before her succession ceremony: " The Earl of Kent has killed the regent, so I have an excuse to take down their family's title and give it to you."

Now it was Dan Hill's turn to ask in astonishment: "You want to convict the Earl of Kent?"

"Otherwise? He is the confidant of the Prince Regent of Brittania." Mariana wrote lightly: "Even if he does not die in the trial meeting, I will arrest and execute him for murdering the Prince Regent."

Speaking of this, Marianna was a bit playful: "Allowing them to use their titles to offset the crimes they committed is already the result of my kindness. The Earl of Kent and the Wilson family will not be so ignorant!"

"But for some nobles, losing the title is equivalent to losing face." Lucius asked, "What are you going to use to make up for the lost title of the Wilson family?"

"It depends on whether there is a baron among the nobles to be executed." Mariana replied, "If you're lucky, the Wilson family can still retain a decent title of nobleman."

Dan Hill didn't know how to describe Marianna's actions, and the last thousand words turned into a soft exclamation: "You really know people, you know your face, you don't know your heart, you are more ruthless than I think."

"Thank you for the compliment, but this is normal operation." Mariana didn't take Danhill's sarcasm to heart, and even urged: "Don't forget to write to His Majesty the Pope."

"Understood, I'll send the letter today." Dan Hill glanced at Abigail who was helping Mariana identify whether the item was enchanted, knowing that it was difficult for him to tamper with the letter.

【She has really considered everything. 】

The imprisoned hostage... Dan Hill once again felt the powerlessness in his heart, and decided to take a step forward.

At the same time, at the port of Brittania, Richard was releasing an eagle used to deliver a letter, and then boarded a ship heading to the Grand Duchy of Aquique.

"Your Majesty, are you leaving just like that?" Richard's entourage couldn't believe it: "Aren't you going to say hello to the new Duchess, or attend the Duchess's succession ceremony?"

Richard glanced at the ignorant entourage, and decided to change him as soon as he returned home: "What kind of capacity do you think I will attend the Duchess's succession ceremony, or say goodbye to her?"

Although the Duchess of Brittany is still Richard's vassal in name, everyone knows that times have changed long ago, and the Britannians will not be happy to see the King of Solins standing At the forefront of the guest seats, he pretended to tap the Duchess of Brittania on the shoulder with a light sword.

"Besides, she doesn't have time to talk to me now." Richard is not an idiot, let alone deaf, so he naturally knows what Mariana is doing these days.

"It's a pity." Thinking that he didn't get any benefits from this trip, Richard felt a sense of frustration that he had never felt before. How to deal with the relationship between the Kingdom of Solins and Britannia.

but……

"Pay attention to Obsta's movements." Richard, who was good at watching good shows and fanning ghosts, never believed that King Obsta would let this gilded niece go lightly.

Especially when the battle between Obstar and Cantero had come to a standstill, and Emperor Odin, who was watching, was unwilling to send troops to aid Obstar, the presence of Marianne was particularly important.

If Obstar can join forces with the Grand Duchy of Aquique or Britannia against Cantero.

Perhaps the battle between Obstar and Cantero will soon usher in a turning point.