Mage? Spell Engineer!

The whispering suddenly stopped.

For no other reason, His Majesty the King walked to the stage with brisk steps, and everyone stood up when he saw this. Mages and priests bowed to him, nobles bowed, and then greeted the master of the kingdom with applause.

"Your discussion was very lively, and I could hear it from outside the venue."

"Sorry for disturbing Your Majesty."

"No, no, no, I want to apologize to the gentlemen and ask for your understanding. After becoming the king, my time no longer belongs to me, nor does it belong to a few people."

"Yes, you are the lord of the kingdom and the representative of the people, just as we are the representatives of the Valois nation." Those who said this were the nobles. They have always regarded themselves as representatives of the Valois nation. Awakened from the wars of Stani and the Empire.

Charles XVI agreed. He smiled and walked to his temporary throne, but did not sit down: "Yes, well said. Master Carnot also said well. Your proposal can indeed enhance the public's understanding of currency. confidence.

"I feel that Mr. Necker did not consider this. The late king taught me that the king, nobles and people must first gain trust from each other in order to pursue common interests."

Where is the mutual benefit? Now is the time for life and death! Necker could only smile and praise "my king's sage".

"My King is Holy Ming!" This was the most uniform cheer in the venue.

Soon the prime minister and the finance minister understood why the king did not sit down. He announced to the meeting: "Since everyone is willing to adopt Master Kano's wonderful proposal, please ask Mr. Necker to improve the proposal. At this time"

He took out his homemade pocket watch and looked at it: "Preparing meals for two hundred people is no small challenge. It's time to invite you to test the achievements of the imperial chef! I will not treat you badly for sharing the worries of the country. Please come to the banquet hall for lunch. !”

No, no, no! Necker really wanted to stop this, but there was no way he could ask the king to withdraw the invitation with everyone watching!

Your Majesty, your warm and hospitable proposal will give these people a chance to connect, give them a chance to argue for terms, and will unite them to advance and retreat together. Necker vaguely foresees that the meeting of dignitaries will get out of hand because of Charles XVI's banquet.

Duplesi Necker glanced at the red prime minister, but the lame man did not stop him at this moment. He wants to connect the archbishop and the sword-wielding noble! Necker soon realized that he had started his career in the banking industry for nothing, while Du Plessis was an archbishop and a nobleman. At this time, the connection was beneficial to him.

After the king and his ministers had had enough wine and food, the king went offline again.

Your Majesty wants to have a nice lunch, and the two ministers will preside over the meeting again.

However, after being forced to include the clause of independent and supervised currency issuance, Necker reiterated his reform measures. He recited his ideal blueprint aloud until his voice became hoarse, and pain and the smell of blood came from his throat. Come down.

But the response was mediocre. The archbishops and nobles in the front row were drowsy. They did not listen, but waited for the finance minister to finish reading.

In fact, if there was a vote on the spot in the morning, there might be a chance. However, after the series of meetings, the collective response given by the participants was that to make such drastic changes, a three-level meeting must be held to pass it.

Convening a conference with the third estate cannot start immediately, which means that even if the new tax law can be passed at the three-level conference, it will not be implemented until the next year.

They want to make one last profit!

Some justices launched an attack, demanding that Necker fully disclose his finances and explain the royal family's huge expenses item by item.

"Open!" "Open!" the shouts gathered together.

Necker waited until the shouters were dry and tired of talking before speaking: "No comment."

When the result of the failed vote was announced, Necker spoke: "Here, I feel extremely humiliated and ashamed. Please note that I am not doing this for myself, but for everyone here, and for the country that I love deeply. Now I want to submit my resignation to His Majesty, please allow me to leave."

There were boos and boos as the Finance Minister bid farewell, and finally some people began to applaud, as if they had achieved some kind of victory.

Research building after the conference.

"Come here, help me proofread and organize it into a printed manuscript." Pascal entered the office with a stack of meeting minutes. He summoned his girlfriend Paulina and his good junior brother Rorschach.

The Archmage's assistant is of course a student of Kano, and "Imperial Man" Rorschach will definitely not be present. During the meeting, he was bidding farewell to Valan - stuffing him into a carriage that recycled glass beverage bottles, so it was natural that he would accompany Kano. It's Pascal.

He took the minutes and then outsourced the rest of the work to Paulina and Rorschach.

When Rorschach couldn't wait to take it, he reminded his senior brother: "Master Kano brought you to such an important meeting. Can you give us such a secret now?"

"Hey, don't make excuses to run away. If I do this job alone, why don't I stay up all night? I still can't trust it if it's left to someone else."

Since you said so, I accepted Rorschach and successfully obtained part of the meeting minutes.

Paulina, who was familiar with Pascal, felt there was something wrong with her handwriting: "Has your handwriting gotten better?"

"No, no, no, it's all thanks to the enchanted shorthand pen. I just need to record who is speaking and leave it to it. I just have to work hard to correct mistakes when you type."

After finishing typing, Rorschach also offered to exchange manuscripts for proofreading, and successfully read all the contents.

"So the chancellor resigned?"

Pascal nodded: "Master Kano met with the king alone, and I saw the man named Necker leaving the palace."

This meeting could hardly be called a meeting of unity or victory. Among all the proposals proposed by the two ministers, they approved a temporary increase in transaction tax. As a compromise, the church agreed to donate another amount of cash to fill the financial hole so that the kingdom could operate until the end of the autumn harvest. , before large-scale taxation.

However, all reforms that added new taxes or involved privileged interests were rejected. The king, who finally appeared again, expressed his hope to submit it to the Supreme Arbitration Court of Valuauna for review, but was rejected on the spot by the chief justice among the nobles in robes.

Only the Estates-General, a meeting that included all classes, could give His Majesty and his ministers the legitimacy to increase taxes and reform. This is how these "messengers of justice" gag.

"Fortunately, Master Carnot's proposal has been kept." Pascal was also very proud.

Necker was not completely idle. His monetary policy was affirmed, and the new currency linked to taxation was approved by the conference. The old and new nobles recommended Archduke Merovingian to supervise the matter, which made Charles XVI very unhappy. .

"I think it's those people who are eager to stop their losses and want to reach out to the minting power. Your Majesty the King only cares about whether his treasury is full, but does not see how valuable the future money will be." Rorschach commented sharply while typing on the keyboard. , as if returning to the time of "clicking" on the forum.

"You are very good at using a typewriter." Pascal typed letter by letter with two fingers. In comparison, Rorschach's speed was much faster.