Heroes of Silver Moon

"Don't worry about the fiscal deficit. The new law has just been established. There are places where money is used everywhere. There is almost no income. It is normal to have a fiscal deficit." Simon waved his hand and said nonchalantly.

"But..." Deborah smiled wryly, and said, "Our fiscal deficit is really huge."

Simon frowned slightly and asked, "Oh, how big is it?"

"Look." Deborah took out a report, pushed it in front of Simon, and said, "Since we opened up the territory, in the past two years, our income has been less than 1,000 gold coins, but our expenditure has been as high as 160,000 gold coins.

I have done the calculations, excluding the one-time expenses, and if there are no major changes, our expenses in the coming year will be about 60,000 gold coins. If we want to make up the balance of the Royal Chamber of Commerce, it will cost about 140,000 gold coins.

But according to estimates, next year's fiscal revenue for the territory may not even be three thousand gold coins. "

Don't look at how thousands of gold coins are thrown out as soon as Simon makes a move. However, gold coins in this world are very valuable. Usually, four or five gold coins can allow a family to live comfortably for a whole year.

If that's not concrete yet, here are two more examples.

The Hawke family has been passed down for thousands of years, and each generation of patriarchs has been saving money, but just like this, there are only more than 40,000 gold coins in the family treasury. After a battle with the Hood family, the entire family was almost drained. Now they have to fight with Simon Borrow money to live.

Let’s talk about the Silver Moon Kingdom. The Silver Moon Kingdom has a population of nearly 4 million, of which the royal family controls half of the population and land. The annual financial revenue is as high as more than 1.2 million gold coins. However, after deducting various expenses, the royal family can use it every year. The expenses will definitely not exceed one hundred thousand gold coins.

If one lives only on taxes, then the new legal system that has just developed will not collect more than two thousand gold coins in taxes. The three thousand gold coins estimated by Deborah is still in the case of a good year and prosperous commerce.

Simon scratched his hair with a headache. Wangdu Papermaking Workshop brought him a lot of benefits. When he was alone, money could be spent at will, but if he really wanted to build a territory, it would definitely be impossible for him to transfuse blood alone. No way.

Even if he can hold up a territory by himself, can his descendants make money like him?

Therefore, the most important thing is to let Xin Faling strengthen himself and gradually be able to get rid of his blood transfusion.

"Well, I will find a way to solve this matter."

Simon motioned Deborah to sit down first, then glanced at the civil servants and military generals participating in the military and political meeting, and said solemnly: "Next, I announce the military, political and judicial system under the new law. It is the Lord's Mansion.

There are three departments under the Lord's Mansion, namely the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Ministry of Government Affairs, and the Ministry of Justice.

The Ministry of Military Affairs, which manages all military affairs under the new law, is headed by Harris;

The Ministry of Government Affairs manages all government affairs under the new law, and the minister is Deborah;

The Ministry of Justice is responsible for all judicial arbitrations in the territory and supervises officials at all levels. I am the minister for the time being.

The Command Office and the Logistics Office under the Ministry of Military Affairs are responsible for the specific command and logistics supply of the army.

The Ministry of Government Affairs governs the Administration Office, Finance Office, Commerce and Trade Office, Land Resources Office, and Works Office, which are respectively responsible for specific administration, financial management, commercial trade, management of farmland, housing construction, and management of industry, workers, artisans, and handicrafts.

The courts and procuratorates under the Ministry of Justice are responsible for judicial arbitration and judicial supervision respectively.

In addition, a public security department is set up, which is responsible for daily law enforcement and maintaining public security, under the joint jurisdiction of the Ministry of Government Affairs and the Ministry of Justice. "

Scanning everyone with piercing eyes, Simon said slowly: "The Lord's Mansion - the three departments of military, political and legal affairs - has jurisdiction over various places. Starting today, this is the hierarchical management system of the new law. You all have no objections!"

On the chairman's table, a group of civil and military officials made eye contact with each other, all of them were a little surprised. Although I knew that the new law would implement different laws and management systems, I didn't expect it to be so detailed.

In the traditional territorial management model, there is a lord's mansion, and several retainers hang around the lord. No matter what they want to do, the lord will directly name a retainer with a matching ability. There has never been such a division of authority.

That is to say, in the castle, there may be several officials, such as the administrative interior minister, the head of the bodyguard, the head of the maid, and the head of intelligence. In addition, in the town, there will be magistrates, tax officials, and justices of the peace.

These official positions are basically held by retainers and collateral descendants. Common people and outsiders don't even think about it, no matter how capable they are.

"Master Simon, is this too cumbersome and will cause redundant officials, but more importantly, it will take away the power in your hands, which is not conducive to your control of the territory!" An old scholar from the royal capital, He frowned and pondered.

Deborah brought back seven bachelors from the royal capital, three elderly people, four boys who had just finished their studies, experienced and energetic adults, and they didn't want to come to such a desolate place. .

They have been used to the old model all their lives, and these old people are also the most familiar with the old model. Now the new model of the new law is really hard for them to accept.

On the other hand, those young boys who have just graduated from the teacher, although they are also frowning, but the distress on their faces is not obvious. Although the new model is a bit strange to them, as young and energetic teenagers, they are confident that they can control this model.

"No, as long as the judiciary is in hand, no one will be able to stand in the way of me, and the division of powers will help each official reduce their burden, clarify their responsibilities, and concentrate on doing what they should do.

Different from the lifeless traditional territory, the new legal territory is developing very fast, and its government affairs are relatively busy, so it should be equipped with more officials. "Simon replied with a straight face.

After receiving the answer, the group of bachelors from the royal capital immediately fell silent. The future is very long, and they have plenty of time to play the eagle game with the young lord.

As for Deborah, Harris, and a group of military officers, they were all Simon's confidantes, so naturally they would not have any objections. After all, they knew in their hearts that according to Simon's domineering character, even if they objected, it would be useless.

"This is the law that will be implemented in the new law in the future. There are three parts in total, namely the Basic Law, the Civil Code and the Penal Code.

The law is merciless!

Everyone should be familiar with these three codes. I don't want to impose new laws on one of you someday!

In addition, I have compiled the military laws and disciplines of the new army into a book. Every officer and soldier in the new army must memorize them. Violators will be dealt with according to the military law! "Simon said in a cold tone.

If the law is sentimental, it will only allow the powerful to bend the law for personal gain, and finally turn the law into a piece of waste paper, no, it cannot be said to be a piece of waste paper, at least they are okay, and they are used by the powerful to oppress the people. Simon will never tolerate it!

Three legal codes and one volume of military law were distributed in front of everyone, and everyone started to watch them immediately.

The Basic Law mainly expounds the various systems of the territory and the division of power.

For example, the interpretation of the land equalization system, the household registration system, the parity law, and the taxation system, and how to deal with special situations; another example is the abolition of legal immunity and tax exemption rights for officials and nobles, the selection and appointment of officials, and the powers of various departments.

The civil code is mainly about how to adjudicate civil and commercial disputes, and the rights and constraints enjoyed by the people. In the civil code, the rights that the people get are enhanced, and the constraints they get are also increased accordingly.

The criminal code is mainly the basis for identifying crimes and how to judge criminals. Simon abolished most corporal punishments, such as cutting noses, breaking arms, and cutting ears. It also abolished all forms of torture, such as copper ironing, cross stakes, burial alive, human pigs, etc.

Only fire, beheading, hanging, and hard labor of different years are retained.

In fact, the torture of fire should have been abolished, but considering that the evil elements in this world are running all over the place and making sacrifices at every turn, Simon still kept this punishment and only used it to deal with the heretics who are doing things.

"This..." Everyone was horrified. In their view, these laws are very thorough, with almost no loopholes, and are too loose for the people and criminals, but too strict for nobles and officials.

To put it simply, these laws are 100% good laws for the territory and the people, but for the nobles and officials, or at least in their opinion, these laws have seriously damaged their rights and interests.

"Master Simon, this is simply too much. I have been a bachelor for so many years, and I have never seen such a harsh law!" The old scholars jumped up and accused them.

"The law must be enforced. If you are not satisfied, you can choose to leave the new law, and I will compensate you for the travel expenses, but as long as you stay in the new law for one day, you must strictly abide by the new law!" Simon responded with a cold face.

He was not surprised by the appearance of opponents. It is better to say that since the interests of others have been mobilized, opponents will definitely appear. This means that the new law has just been developed, and there are almost no conservative forces, so the opponents have little right to speak .

If the new law is implemented in a place full of conservative forces, then Simon will definitely die a miserable death, even the identity of the Holy Son of the Church will not be able to protect him.

The Blue Kingdom is a good example.

The kingdoms of this world are all controlled by a single god, not only the royal family members are their descendants, even the king must be identified by them.

But just like that, with the support of the gods behind it, the attempt of the Blue Kingdom to abolish the enfeoffment system still failed, and the royal family was defeated by the lords, and it gradually declined.

If there were no gods to back them up, the Blue Royal Family would have been destroyed long ago.

Nobles are not sheep who can only be slaughtered. They are a group of wolves ready to fight back. Whoever dares to touch their interests, even if it is a king or a god, they will definitely resist desperately.

There is not only one **** in this world, and there is no psychological burden at all for the nobles to find another backer to borrow their strength.

Sen Han's words were like a hammer blow, which made these opposing bachelors tremble in fear. They subconsciously wanted to leave the new law, but the salary here is really high.

Leaving the prosperous royal capital and coming to the desolate land in the south to seek a living, the family must have encountered some difficulties, and the high salary that Xinfa received could just help them solve their problems, and they were reluctant to leave here for a while.

Looking at the scholars whose faces turned blue and purple, Deborah and Harris sneered in their hearts.

Although it looked gentle on the surface, they couldn't be more aware of Simon's domineering temperament. Since he dared to speak, there was absolutely no room for them to object.

These people actually want to fight Simon in a ring, but if he doesn't make a move, it will be a lore if he makes a move!

"Since you don't leave, then I will assume that you have approved these codes, and you must pay attention to them in the future. I will not show mercy to anyone who disobeys, no matter who they are!" Simon focused on Harris and Siegel These military officers took a look.

These Simon's confidantes felt a sudden chug in their hearts, knowing that this was a warning to them, so they quickly lowered their heads to express their obedience.

The dissatisfied bachelors sat down, and the military and political meeting continued. Simon then arranged: "Deborah, next you have to focus on two things. The first is to recruit officials as much as possible. No matter their background, they only look at their abilities. The specific assessment criteria It is up to you to decide the method and method, and to operate several departments under the Ministry of Government Affairs.

The second thing is to guide the trade department to form our own chamber of commerce, and to attract as many other caravans and chambers of commerce as possible to come to our new law to lead trade. "

Deborah frowned, and replied: "Although the tax system under the new law will surely impress those merchants, we don't have enough attractive products, so I'm afraid we won't be able to attract many merchants!"

Simon lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then replied, "I'll figure out a way to do this, first try to attract businessmen to come and talk about it."

"Okay, no problem." Deborah sat down very tactfully.

"Blood wolf", Simon looked at the blood wolf who was at the bottom, and said: "You are transferred from the new army and temporarily serve as the director of the Public Security Department, responsible for maintaining the law and order of the territory and law enforcement."

"Ah?" The blood wolf looked confused. He first became a senior officer of the lord's private army from the boss of the gray gang, and now he is going to transform into a [sheriff]. This kind of life experience made him a little overwhelmed .

"Ah, what, you have been in the gray area for many years, and you are very familiar with illegal and criminal situations. Among this group of people, you are the only one who is suitable for this position." Simon said with a straight face.

"But, I'm afraid I can't do it well!" Blood Wolf smiled wryly and shook his head~www.wuxiaspot.com~ To become a chief of security, responsible for the security management of the entire territory, he is the former boss of the gray gang. It was really not well prepared.

"If you can't do well, then try to do well. As long as you don't violate the new law, as long as you work hard to fulfill your duties, you will always be the director of the Public Security Department until you find a more suitable candidate." Simon calmed down.

The blood wolf sat down with a wry smile, and Simon looked at Harris again, and ordered: "Next, we will continue to expand the new army. The number is tentatively set at 6,000 people. One regiment will form a reinforced regiment of four battalions, and the second regiment will maintain the normal establishment." , The three regiments were supplemented to two battalions.

In addition, the logistics battalion was expanded into a logistics regiment, headed by Maslan, and a garrison regiment was formed to guard the key points of the territory and protect the lords and officials from traveling. "

"As for the head of the garrison regiment..." Simon looked around the group of military officers, his eyes slightly resting on Siegel.

Seeing this, a group of retainers and children were delighted and at the same time a little disappointed. First, Galken, and then Maslan, Simon fulfilled his original promise. On an equal footing.

But now, the last group leader, Simon, is going to be promoted again, and Siegel, who has just been demoted because of discipline issues, still feels a little disappointed.

Siegel suppressed the excitement in his heart, and the smile on his face could hardly be concealed. He put his hands on the table and was ready to stand up at any time. He knew that Simon would not give up on him!

However, Simon quickly withdrew his gaze and said in a flat tone: "Harris will serve as the head of the garrison for the time being."

As if a basin of cold water was approaching, Siegel's heart was instantly icy cold, his body twisted stiffly, and he looked at Simon in disbelief.

Those retainers and children did not hear the expected promise in their hearts, and their faces showed surprise and strangeness.