My Fiancee Was the Villainess of This World

47 – Inherited legend (3)

The gaze that made them gnash their teeth naturally disappeared as soon as the meeting started.

Even if they act rude or sometimes do things that smell like people, they always show a very serious side at state affairs meetings.

Especially, today is an important meeting dealing with the budget of each ministry.

Everyone is bound to get nervous.

“First of all, this is the estimated tax revenue for this year, which has been revised.”

In the empire, taxes are collected between the end of the year and the beginning of the year.

Therefore, although there are usually cases where the expected tax revenue for next year changes, there is almost no change in the expected tax revenue for this year.

However, a problem arose this year due to the outbreak of an epidemic, and that was due to a system called ‘tribute’ in which special products were paid as taxes.

Currency is now circulating even in small villages with less than 100 people, but in the past, such small villages did not have the concept of money.

That’s why crops were collected instead of currency, and the system created then is still in effect.

It may have been a revolutionary system at the time, but now it’s just inconvenient to collect taxes.

Unlike wheat, whose price is almost the same every year, the price of special products fluctuates greatly every year.

If the yield of special products is greatly reduced due to drought, there are cases where the quantity of the same special products on the books drops to less than 2/3.

For this reason, it is one of the most hated systems by the current finance department.

“As the harvest has been disrupted in the aftermath of the epidemic, it is difficult to provide public offerings of summer specialties. Especially a specialty of the western region—”

Just perfect, perfect, perfect.

After hearing the report from the finance department, my father tapped the armrest of the chair as if he was uncomfortable.

To be honest, no official likes tribute, but they are afraid that if this system disappears, another great famine will come to the continent, so they are leaving it alone.

In the year of the great famine, ‘wheat’, the staple food of the continent, suffered from an unknown disease and suffered damage close to extinction.

At this time, if it had not been for His Majesty, Emperor Grouse, the third sun, we would not have been able to overcome the great famine.

At the time, it was an empire that learned how important ‘species diversity’ was by His Majesty the Emperor Grause.

If this system of tribute is gone, farmers will start growing the most profitable crops.

Then, the great famine might come again, so the Empire is maintaining the tribute with a feeling close to eating mustard while crying.

In such a frustrating atmosphere, next year’s estimated budget was announced.

“This is the expected tax revenue for the fiscal year currently being identified by the Ministry of Finance.”

‘… That’s serious.’

The situation was more serious than expected.

First of all, everyone knew that natural disasters combined with contagious diseases in the southern region would lead to a fatal drop in tax revenue next year.

The problem was the western region.

The western region is an area where trade takes a large part because of its well-developed ports.

This is because control of the floating population was essential since it was an epidemic.

Some might think that controlling for just one month is no big deal.

But if you’ve ever seen the strike news, no one will think that one month is insignificant.

In areas where trade is active like this, astronomical losses can occur in just one month.

“The western area has shrunk significantly.”

As soon as my father mentioned that, an official from the finance department hurriedly continued to explain further.

I’m keeping my mouth open as positive as possible, but everyone knows that’s just wishful thinking.

Next year, budgets for each department will be drastically reduced.

Glance.

The chancellor’s eyes met.

The chancellor lowered his head with a slightly embarrassed expression.

He is a human too.

Since there is grace I have received, I want to accommodate my convenience as much as possible, but since the state of the empire is like this, it must be difficult for them to accommodate me.

With the current situation, it felt like the next year’s budget for each ministry would also be greatly reduced.

Amid this situation, budget negotiations for each department were carried out.

“For this reason, our sanitation department is budgeting for next year—”

There are some ministries where the budget is likely to be guaranteed with a high probability,

“Recently, peace has lasted, but when tensions are relaxed like this, accidents happen. So, even for the morale of the soldiers—”

The Buddha, who will eat grass after eating meat, also caught my eye.

What is certain is that no organization is guaranteed a budget equal to this year’s.

‘As of now.’

“Maximilian. If you have something to say, say it.”

My father seemed to expect something from me, who was making a calm expression.

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Following my father’s order, I stood and looked around the crowd.

Those who were kind to me blushed as they saw the subtle halo that formed on my back, and those who were still attached to Dior showed a slightly uncomfortable reaction.

“First of all, I thought we should revise the budget tax revenue calculated by this finance department.”

“Correction?”

“Yes, this is the most pressing issue.”

As I said that, I pointed to the page for the exchange rate section, which was the most troublesome issue.

“How far should the empire guarantee the convenience of the vassals? From now on, you will have to instruct them to pay taxes with imperial gold coins.”

When I said that, the finance department gave me a troubled expression.

“… It’s a word that doesn’t suit this place, but recently the Marquess of Wellston fell sick from an unknown disease. It is said that the Wellstons thought her wife’s illness was just a summer cold. That’s why they told the chancellor that the report was delayed.”

She is a man who does not leave the imperial castle to such an extent that the chancellor is basically called a dragon.

The reason is that the finance department is so busy that it doesn’t work without the prime minister.

So, in order to be considerate of the chancellor, the family judged her wife’s illness to be a summer cold and delayed the report.

What if the finance department was laid-back and the prime minister lived a life of getting off work on weekends even though it was difficult every day?

Perhaps even without the tears of the sun, the disease could have been diagnosed early and a cure could have been created.

“It’s all because of the excessive workload of the finance department. In order to alleviate the burden even a little, I think the exchange rate issue needs to be resolved immediately.”

When I said that, everyone in the finance department started looking at me with an almost godlike expression.

That’s it!

Be more grateful.

That way, the amount of bean curd falling on me will increase.

hahahahaha!

“With all due respect, the currency of the emirates is a matter of their pride, Your Highness.”

The check comes in right away.

Very good.

“Who told them not to issue money.”

“Yes?”

“If you want to issue your own currency, do it. However, taxes are only received in the currency of the empire.”

Until now, the Empire accepted all the individual currencies coming from the vassals.

The Treasury Department used to go through the process of converting it to the imperial exchange rate.

But from now on, I’m going to issue an official letter to each of the emirates to do it on their own.

“I’m sure that would work, but there will be a backlash…” .”

“If you want to enjoy the legacy of the sun, you will bow your head.”

When I mentioned the heritage of the sun, the atmosphere changed completely.

“Maximilian. Can you take responsibility for those words?”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

When everyone’s eyes are burning and they’re looking for something innovative, I can come up with a solution with just a click of the mouse with my toe.

To that extent, the legacy of those who embraced the sun was beyond imagination.

For example, the contents of the book related to the tribute of His Majesty Emperor Grouse, which I read before attending this meeting, are the same.

From noble mtl dot com

A problem caused by tribute, and several ways to solve it.

His Majesty the Emperor Grous had already prepared all the countermeasures before he passed away.

“Maximilian. So far, the sun has risen six times in the Millennium Empire. They were all great people. There are still problems that even those people couldn’t solve.”

Other sun bearers have also inherited their legacy from the Sanctuary, but there are still problems that even they have not been able to solve.

How are you going to solve this?

My father seemed to want to ask that much.

“The thousand-year history of the Empire is the answer, Your Majesty.”

“A thousand years of history?”

“Yes.”

To borrow the words of Emperor Maximus, the sixth sun, ‘knowledge is organically connected and evolving’.

For example, taking the earth as an example, many people died during the war, but it is said that ‘medicine’ has developed to save so many people.

Tactics and strategies are examples of organically connected medicine that does not seem to have much to do with knowledge.

In this way, when a technology develops in one event, a new technology is born or developed under the influence of that technology.

You must have expressed this as organically evolving.

But what about the Empire?

The undisputed hero, who appears at each turning point in the empire’s history, has overcome hardships with knowledge that transcends the empire’s capabilities.

In the process, only certain fields have undergone mega-evolution over hundreds of years.

Thanks to this, the organic relationship between knowledge has become remarkably detached.

For example, the empire had blueprints and information for making guns and cannons, but there was no information for making gunpowder, so it was a ridiculous situation.

‘Not anymore.’

But not anymore.

The Empire has been steadily accumulating knowledge for a thousand years.

Thanks to that, we have come to the stage where we can utilize the information that was stored in the sanctuary one by one because it could not be used at the time.

That’s why I, Maximilian, can become the emperor who made the empire the most prosperous and powerful among all emperors, just by becoming a clique.

In such a situation, you insist on using the currency of a poor village to protect your pride?

Sooner or later they’ll realize that ego doesn’t fill their stomachs.

“We will organize the knowledge that can be realized sooner or later and report it to each ministry.”

Among these two, there will be information that the kings of each vassal state would want to receive even if they were on their knees.

Since the wealth in the treasury is lighter than that of the King’s Knee, next year’s budget problem can be solved with this.

If that’s the case, the budget for Biryonggwan could be greatly increased.

I feel very good.

hahahahaha!

Look at those gazes.

Aren’t the people who looked at me and Priscilla with disgusting expressions before the meeting started looking at me with expressions that welcomed God?

It was a wonderful sight.

However, some of them looked a little gloomy, but they seemed to be concerned about the excessive workload that arises when new knowledge is disseminated.

Don’t worry too much about that, officials.

The knowledge of the world that is not here resides in me too.

It is time for the empire to become an advanced country out of a developing country.

This means that the time to be reborn as a great empire where Saturday is also a weekend has arrived.

I don’t know about other places, but I’ll definitely make Saturdays a weekend, at least for this castle.

Because I don’t want to become a kappa like the chancellor.

***

After that meeting, I was just as busy as during the pandemic.

The heads of each department gathered to verify the knowledge I brought out, and held meetings every day to see if it could be realized.

The officials of each department were soaked in long overtime work, screaming in pain, and I too was unable to sleep properly.

As a result, I had no choice but to harm Priscilla, who always had to hang out with me.

I have the mana of the sun, and the stamina I developed through early morning training.

But it seems that it was quite a burden for Priscilla, who is a woman.

Priscilla, who never showed a gap in front of others, took her by the hand and brought her to the brink of dozing off.

Two weeks have passed so intensely that I regret that I may have brought up an unnecessary story.

In the end, I was approved by the Prime Minister to increase the budget for Biryonggwan and to pay special condolence money to the Ministry of Health.

It seems that the request was simpler than I thought to the extent that the chancellor made an expression of gratitude for asking just this much.

The amount of information I released to the imperial castle was worth even billions of dollars.

“You worked hard, Priscilla.”

“No, Maximilian-sama did the hard work.”

It was around the middle of September.

Finally, the time has come to throw off all the shackles and shackles of this empire and leave for Istria in search of my own happiness, just as I had planned.

I sent a letter to the Holy Kingdom before leaving for Istria with Priscilla.

The content was that there were profane people in Istria, so they requested the dispatch of a Heretic Questioner.

A cheek slapped in the Imperial Castle will be repaid with tears in Istria.

Look forward to it, Count Cuckoo.

hahahahaha!