Three hundred and fortieth chapters doze off the pillow
Chapter 346: Give me a pillow if you feel sleepy
If the behavior of a number of local wealthy salt merchants in Nai An Province to drive up salt prices is a storm, then the rectification action initiated by Lorraine is a storm. A strong storm of level 12~!
Especially after Lorraine's slogan of "multiple angles, all-round, three-dimensional, and deep" was issued, officials all over Naian, especially the grassroots civil servants, were like taking stimulants, screaming and rushing to the first place.
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If you want to be promoted, and if you want your superiors to see your hard work, you not only have to write a beautifully written report, but you also have to be brave enough to fight hard. Of course it would be best if you can suffer a little injury.
Don’t you know that the Governor of Lorraine’s desk is filled with such injuries on duty every day, but no matter how much everyone tries to persuade him, he will not get off the line of report.
The civil servants in the report shouted "For the Empire" while continuing to cover their bleeding wounds and continuing to fight side by side with their colleagues. This behavior is comparable to those who resisted the invasion of demons in the past.
The behavior of heroes.
But if you look into it more deeply, most of them are caused by spraining your feet when getting off the car, bumping your head when you get in the car, stomach bleeding due to drinking, straining the akimbo muscle due to exercising with the lady...
Of course, Lorraine knew everything about the virtues of these ruffians.
But as the governor, these people are both his subordinates and working for him. Naturally, Lorraine will not spend any energy on such "little details", which chills the hearts of these juniors. So with a stroke of his pen
, all issued commendation orders, calling on officials across the province to learn seriously from these heroic fighters.
In fact, during this rectification and governance, all grassroots civil servants made a lot of money.
Lorraine stipulates that fines should be paid in a ratio of six to four. It seems that the finance department of Nai'an Province gets the most money.
In fact, there are many different ways to obtain money, some of which even Lorraine, an outstanding talent who claims to have "understood the history of five thousand years of civilization," would not have thought of.
For example: It seems like an acquaintance got a 20% discount.
When fines are imposed, no invoices are issued, or fewer invoices are issued.
There are fees for rides, late fees, storage fees, hard work fees, tea fees, heatstroke prevention and cooling fees... and so on.
This was because the officials below believed that the governor Lorraine was relatively powerful and could lead everyone to make a fortune, which gave him face, so they did not dare to let go and do whatever they wanted.
Under these various methods, of course, those guys named by Lorraine to deal with were all like coffee tables, filled with cups~!
Their shops could no longer operate, and the production of various industries was at a standstill. Even their daily lives were in complete chaos.
The powerful people in Nai'an who are involved in driving up the price of salt, although they are called powerful people, are actually divided.
Some people have conflicts with the centralized rule of the Governor. There are not many of them, just a few. They all have big families and have been operating in Nai'an for hundreds of years. They are famous families in Nai'an.
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There are countless branch families, and their descendants are active in every corner of Nai'an. They can be said to be deeply rooted, and their tentacles extend into every area of Nai'an Province.
The property of these families is huge. These families alone occupy nearly 10% of the arable land in Naider Province. There are more than 100,000 tenant farmers cultivating their land alone.
In addition, there are various factories and caravans.
The strength of these wealthy families spans the entire Nai'an, and their families are extremely wealthy. Especially after hundreds of years of business, those invisible strengths are even more powerful.
If you have capital and strength, you will naturally pursue rights, but the Ruman Empire is not the kind of seemingly powerful empire that does not issue decrees out of Ruman City.
The Ruman Empire has always had strong control over local areas, which can be seen from the governor-general system.
In the first two hundred years of the establishment of the Ruman Empire, the counter-rebellion war raged for a full 160 years. Local wealthy families repeatedly occupied a province and rebelled, causing the empire great trouble every time.
Therefore, subsequent laws explicitly stipulated that governors and city lords, as well as senior officers of local legions, must serve in other places.
If the wealthy people in these places want to become officials, they can just go to other places. The prime minister is in charge of the empire's personnel affairs. Those people are all talented people. Even the neighboring provinces will not arrange them for him. They usually transfer from north to south or from east to west.
Even if the emperor is knocked unconscious by the pillow wind, or gets a way through the Prime Minister, there is still the Imperial Heraldry Academy watching over him.
An appointment like this would be immediately declared invalid in the Court of Arms. Lorraine's original appointment also went through the Court of Arms, and because of Catherine's effective management, it passed smoothly.
Don't look at the fact that these old men in the House of Heralds usually have nothing to do. They can only play croquet, sing the opposite, and create trouble for the big shots in Ruman City. The basis of their happiness is to make it difficult for the Prime Minister.
But on these issues that may endanger the stability of the empire, these old gangsters have never been ambiguous~!
But they know that only when the empire is stable can old guys like them continue to retain the power in their hands and continue to play rogue everywhere.
Therefore, for those important matters, these experienced old guys all look at it with wide eyes, even if they want to pick out the bones from the eggs.
In fact, it's just that the old men at the Heraldry Institute are bored. They can't do two formal jobs all year round, so if they get caught once, of course they have to give it their best.
A famous general of the empire once said a famous saying: I would rather go to conquer hell, but please, don't let me go to the Heraldry Court again. Those old bastards are too difficult to deal with~!
Facts have proved that the Heraldry Academy system established by Ruan II has saved the empire countless times and is the greatest contributor to the Ruman Empire's continuous prosperity for thousands of years.
In the final analysis, the most important function of this complete system is to prevent any local forces from becoming powerful.
When Lorraine reached the position of governor, he naturally had to go against the powerful families like Nai'an who had always claimed that "Nai'an is the Nai'an of the Nai'an people".
This time, the salt price hike incident was also mainly caused by these big families, and this was just a common incident between the governor and local forces.
Before leaving office, the Marquis of Maleton had clearly introduced each of the wealthy families that Lorraine needed to guard against in a letter he left for Lorraine.
Lorraine positioned these wealthy families as: dungeon boss level, with powerful firepower, high damage output, many subordinates, and most importantly, difficult to deal with~!
But high risk also means high income.
Once destroyed, an astonishing amount of top-notch equipment will be revealed.
But at the same time, Lorraine also knew that despite the huge momentum of the rectification and governance launched now, it was just a little troublesome for the local wealthy families.
Although they lost a lot of money and ended their salt farm business, compared with their family business, it was just a drop in the bucket.
Most of the other people involved in salt speculation do so to make money. In addition to these big families, there are also a large number of middle-class families in Nai'an. They are relatively wealthy, but they are far behind those wealthy families, especially those with salt fields.
Almost everyone in the family was involved in this incident.
They were severely damaged by Lorraine this time. Not only did they lose all the money they invested in it, but the industry was also closed down by Lorraine.
These people rely on these industries to support their families.
Nowadays, the door of every house is blocked by various office personnel, and they are fined when they open the door. These people are all complaining.
They had no intention of confronting Lorraine in the first place, and they were familiar with the grassroots officials in the Nai'an government. Now they were all anxiously looking for a way out.
Some people have already set their minds on the Governor of Lorraine, hoping that Lorraine will let them go.
People like this who have a little money but not much money don't get a big share of the money when they make money, and they are the first to be unlucky when they lose money.
There are quite a few such families, and their collective capabilities are not small. But in fact, they are like small bosses who come here specifically to give people training. They don't have much oil and water, but fortunately they have a large number of people. After defeating them,
You can make a small fortune by accumulating a little amount into a big amount, and you can also increase your experience points along the way.
As for those little rich people who fish in troubled waters, or even fake rich people, no one takes them seriously. They are just following the trend and greedy, and want to take advantage of the opportunity. Whether it is Lorraine or those wealthy families, they will do anything with their hands and feet.
Can crush them to death.
A group of wealthy people knew that Lorraine had been stabbed in the lungs this time, and they were trying to find trouble for themselves. They couldn't afford to cause trouble and could not afford to hide, so they took their families to the countryside to hide.
Lorraine quickly got the news, and the locals wanted to beg him for mercy.
Tax collector Gretan once again acted as a middleman, passing messages between the small families for Lorraine.
Lorraine's conditions are very simple. Since you want to surrender and want me to let you go, then come up with conditions that satisfy me. Otherwise, everyone should prepare an iron rice bowl as soon as possible and wait to beg on the streets.
Gretan didn't know what Lorraine's conditions were specifically, so he could only keep scaring those people. Those small families didn't know what Lorraine would be satisfied with, so they kept trying to trick Lorraine, and even launched the Madam route
, follow the path of Catherine and Adele. Everyone in Naian knows that our governor is very afraid of his wife.
In the study room of the Governor's Palace, Tax Collector Gretan reported the results of the past few days to Lorraine.
Gretan watched Lorraine curl his lips, and knew that the young governor was not satisfied with the conditions they proposed.
These guys have no brains, and the methods they can come up with are all based on real money, either bribes or handicrafts such as diamonds and jade, which are vulgar, too vulgar.
Lorraine is not short of money. Officials in Nadel City have just learned that Lorraine spent a hundred thousand gold coins to renovate his governor's palace.
One hundred thousand gold coins! Even though Gretan's position is very high and he still has a good job, he has to work for ten years to save so much money, and he just renovates the house.
In fact, it is not to blame these people, because one of the most important and effective bribery methods was useless to Lorraine - beauty.
Compared with putting real money in front of people, a charming and charming beauty is much more effective. Moreover, as the saying goes, a wife is worse than a concubine than a steal.
If you have the ability to build an outer house that the leader is satisfied with, you will definitely become the leader's confidant in an instant, and your future will be bright.
But when you get to Nai'an, you don't dare to be unlucky and don't dare to send women to Lorraine. Speaking of Lorraine, she is young and energetic, so giving beautiful women is the best way to please. However, who let the two tigresses in Lorraine's family
They are all at Tiger King level.
As a time traveler, our Lord Lorraine is qualified in terms of power and wealth, but it seems that it will be difficult to establish this harem.
These small Nai'an families also have trouble making moves, so they can only put forward these simple conditions.
Lorraine shook his head and said, "They look very insincere."
Gretan would not put in a good word for them in front of Lorraine. He still had this IQ, although he also received a lot of money.
Gretan said: "They are just a bunch of ordinary landowners. You don't need to care about them. Let them fend for themselves."
Lorraine smiled and shook his head and said: "Otherwise, Gretan, these people are the solid foundation of the empire. I can't wipe them all out at once. Otherwise, you will have to control who collects taxes next year."
Gretan thought to himself: Sir, you know that with all your troubles recently, your fine income has been high, but my tax revenue has been reduced by 20%.
Gretan bowed to Lorraine and said, "Thank you for your understanding. Then please tell me how I should deal with these."
Lorraine shrugged and said: "You continue to scare them, wait until I come up with a way."
"Yes." Gretan said: "One more thing, sir, there is a person in those families who really wants to see you. He has asked me several times. He said he has very important information. You see..."
"Then let's meet, go to the front office." Lorraine said.
When Lorraine walked into the office, a middle-aged man in his fifties was standing here waiting respectfully. When he saw Lorraine coming in, he bowed at a 90-degree angle, revealing his bald head, and said: "Excuse me,
Honorary Knight Lieutenant, pays homage to the Governor."
Lorraine waved his hand, sat down on the chair with Gretan, and said, "Sit down. I heard that you have important information, please tell me."
Lie lowered his head and said: "Yes, Your Majesty the Governor, some time ago, because I was deceived by others, I offended Your Majesty the Governor, and I have been fearful and dedicated to Dai Zui. So as soon as I got this news, I very much wanted to see the Governor and report him to you."
grown ups."
Lorraine curled her lips and said, "Let's get to the point."
Led said twice: "Yes, yes, Mr. Governor, I have received accurate information. Currently, someone is disobeying your order and is still smuggling slaves."
"What!" Lorraine slapped the armrest, sat up straight, but quickly leaned back on the chair and said: "Knight Lieder, you should report this kind of news to the guard chief Serian, there is no need.
Tell me."
"Sir Governor," Lie hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Because some of your officials were also involved in this incident, I don't know who to believe, so I dare not report it to the Guard."
Lorraine frowned, crossed her fingers, and said, "Leed, do you know what it is to falsely accuse an imperial official?"
"I know very well, Mr. Governor, I can guarantee this news with my life."
"Okay," Lorraine pointed to the seat opposite the table and said, "Sit down and tell me in detail now."
Lorraine has always known that some of his subordinates are definitely colluding with slave traders, and the middle and lower-level officials are more involved. However, Lorraine has no people available to investigate these cases, and he has never had time to deal with them.
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Now this Li was able to reveal the inside information to Lorraine all at once. It was just right, and he gave her a pillow if she fell asleep.
After listening to Lieder's account, Lorraine pondered for a while and asked: "Knight Lieder, if all this is true, how do you want me to reward you for your merits?"
Lieder said: "Everything is what I should do as a Naian, and I did it to atone for my sin against you."
Lorraine stretched out his index finger and shook it, and said: "I know rewards and punishments clearly. This is a great achievement for you. I will let people know that I, the governor, am not a petty person. Tell me, what else do you want?"
Lie hesitated for a while and then said cautiously: "Well, I'm offended. Can the Governor please be kind and arrange a small position for my eldest son?"
Lorraine immediately looked up to the unattractive middle-aged honorary knight and thought to himself: He is indeed an old fox who dares to betray his fellow villagers first. He is quite sophisticated and knows how to behave.
Giving the eldest son of his family to Lorraine, it undoubtedly means that I have taken refuge in you. Moreover, he is the first to report, and Lorraine will never treat their family poorly.
For such an act of betraying fellow villagers, only the first one to do it can reap the benefits. If anyone follows suit, there will be no reward.
Lorraine stood up, opened the door, and said to Gretan who was waiting outside: "My tax collector, please come in, I need your help."
Gretan was stunned for a moment, bowed and said: "I will listen to your instructions, sir." Although his face was calm, Gretan was excited when he spoke.
If Gretan still wants to make progress, he must hold on to the thigh of this promising young governor. He has connections in the capital and knows much more than the old guys like Naian.
Lorraine pointed at Lieder and said: "Knight Lieder, tell Master Gretan what you just said again."
After a long time, Gretan raised his head with a solemn expression and said, "Sir, what do you need me to do?"
Lorraine said: "The Imperial Guards are not familiar with the local area and cannot do this kind of thing. There must be their people in the city guards and guards. Only your tax system is relatively independent, and the staff of the tax department are more effective than the general army.
I need you to secretly deploy 300 armed tax collectors as the main force of this operation, and I will deploy another 300 Praetorian Guards as reinforcements. Do you have a way to gather so many people without attracting attention?"
Gretan smiled and said: "Sir, please don't worry, the autumn inspection of the tax system is about to begin."
Lorraine nodded and said: "Knight Lieder, you should know that if the news is leaked, your family will be the first to die."
Liede swallowed, nodded with a grimace, and said, "I know, Mr. Governor, no one else knows about this matter except me."