Chapter 294 Still have the energy to rebel? Increase taxes by 100% directly After the griffins were captured, the remaining griffin cubs were naturally taken away. When Richard learned that the witches had captured a group of griffins, he gave them a book "Magic Beast Taming - From Beginner to Mastery" and asked them to tame the griffins themselves. Under the leadership of the witches, the Blood Knights cleared most of the monsters in the Offa Empire. As a result, the demon hunters in the Offa Kingdom could not get any work, and the impoverished demon hunters could only go to other countries. The witch academy was built very quickly, and the witches began to select qualified girls across the country and bring them to the witch school. This actual rule is very strange. There are always some girls who will awaken and become witches. The probability of awakening is between one in a thousand and one in ten thousand. And the awakened witches are born with strong magic power. But the male wizards in this world are not good. The probability of awakening is the same as that of witches, but the magic power is only one-fifth of that of witches. And after growing to a certain extent, their magic power will no longer grow. Witches are completely different. There is no limit to the upper limit of their magic power. As long as there is the right training method and the advanced conditions are met, they can continue to improve. I can only say that when will the wizards in this world not be discriminated against! When will the wizards stand up! The Ofa Empire did not station a large number of troops in various places. Most of the troops were near the capital, and the rest were mainly responsible for collecting taxes. Richard set an 80% tax rate, which made many people dissatisfied. Although the remaining food can fill their stomachs, everyone wants more, and human laziness is inevitable. Therefore, civilians and merchants everywhere are looking for various ways to evade taxes.
The tax collection method of this era is also very simple, and there are too many ways to evade taxes. Many people took people to escape to the mountains when the tax officials came to collect taxes. The tax officials need to collect a lot of taxes. After they can't find anyone, they can only collect others' first. Through this hide-and-seek behavior, many people evaded taxes. And those merchants also evaded taxes for various reasons, and these people have more tricks. More importantly, the surrounding countries were very excited after hearing that the Offa Empire collected 80% of taxes. Although they also collected high taxes, they used a progressive approach, boiling frogs in warm water. They collected taxes in multiple times. The city gate tax points, firewood tax points, head tax points, field tax points, and miscellaneous taxes were collected bit by bit. Although the taxes collected in the end were also high, they did not seem to be as fierce as the Offa Kingdom collected at one time. So these countries began to send some people to the Offa Empire to make trouble, such as leading those civilians who evaded taxes to become robbers directly. For example, providing weapons support to those restless people. In short, these countries hope that the Offa Empire will be in chaos. As long as the Offa Empire is in chaos, they will have a chance. With the support of these countries, the Offa Empire soon became a mess, with bandits everywhere. Tax officials in various places were overwhelmed. After a month, they did not even receive half of the taxes. In the end, they could only report the news one level at a time. In the second floor of the ruling hall of the royal capital Aisenlan, Ye Funi leisurely drank a cup of black tea and then turned a page of the magic book. She had a lot more time during this period, and a lot of government affairs were assigned to her, so she had time to learn spells. "Avril, that little bitch is a shameless bitch. She drags her baby-faced and big-breasted sister to tutor you every day. Sisters can't afford it!" "Hmph, wait, I will call Daisy back tomorrow, and then the three of us sisters will come together to see how you fight!" Avril's unfair competition made Ye Funi full of crisis. The two sisters didn't know where they got a few books, "Detailed Explanation of the Related Casting of Transfiguration and Beast Transformation", "Pros and Cons of the Combination of Shrinking and Greasy and Moisturizing", "Subtle Use of Ice and Fire Elements", "Detailed Explanation of the Thirty-six Kinds of Shadow Tentacles' Binding", and "Postures and Theoretical Practice of Riding Classes". Every day, they occupied the president's time in the name of class discussions. They are simply a pair of bitches. Every time she wanted to borrow books, Avril said that the books were borrowed. Humph, don't think I don't know that you hid them. No, I'm going to steal these books today! "Lord Ye Funi!" With a burst of hurried footsteps, the head of the tax bureau hurried over. Ye Funi put down the book, took off her glasses, leaned back gracefully on the sofa, and asked lightly: "What happened?" The head of the tax bureau, Charlotte, said anxiously: "Lord, this year's tax deadline is almost up, but only half of the national taxes have been collected. The remaining taxes can't be collected at all!" "What's the matter? Why can't the taxes be collected?" Ye Funi's expression suddenly became serious. Charlotte said: "Lord, although the taxes collected in the past were high, they were collected in multiple times. The farmers did not pay at one time, but needed to be divided into multiple times. It didn't matter if they were in arrears, but this time they were required to be collected all at once. Those people didn't have so much money, and many people ran away."
Of course, Charlotte didn't say another reason, that is, if the taxes were collected multiple times, the tax officials below could do whatever they wanted. You have to know that in the past, tax collectors got a share of the tax, which was also an unspoken rule. After Richard founded the country, how could he give those tax collectors a share? That was all my money! Without the benefits, these tax collectors would naturally not care. "News came from below that people are fleeing everywhere, and many people are taking the opportunity to become bandits." "Didn't the garrisons in various places get dispatched?" Ye Funi asked. "They did, but most of them are hiding in the mountains, and the army can't find them at all." Charlotte said. "Many people came to the mountains when the army arrived, and came back when the army left. Some of them became bandits directly. There are also many people who are dissatisfied with the empire in various places who are also fanning the flames, and many places are even under the name of uprising." "These damned low-class people!" Ye Funi's face suddenly darkened. Things have gotten out of control at this point, and a large number of witches must be dispatched. This requires Richard's authorization. Of course, this is not an excuse for Ye Funi to go to Richard to learn. At most, it's just two hours of study. Ye Funi immediately went to Richard in a hurry. "What did you say? Tax evasion is happening all over the country, and there are still people rebellious?" Richard was very angry after seeing the document. His tax rate is calculated based on the previous tax rates of the Kingdom of Aedirn. What kind of life did those people live during the Kingdom of Aedirn? They couldn't even get enough black bread. Now that he has fed them, they will rebel, right? So now that they are fed, they have the strength to rebel. They think he is easy to bully and kind, right? "From today, the tax rate will be increased to 100%!" Richard said directly. Ye Funi: ? ? ? "Sir, are you wrong?" Ye Funi asked cautiously. "Yes, it is 100%!" Richard said directly "Send out the army, send out all the troops, wipe out those who rebel, arrest all those who evade taxes, form a concentration camp, and supervise the cultivation by the troops from all over the country, and all the output will be handed over!" "Yes, sir!" Ye Funi said hurriedly. Under Richard's order, the army stationed in Eisenland immediately set out and began to wipe out all the rebels from all over the country and send them to the incinerator. At the same time, those who evaded taxes were also arrested. This time, with the witches leading the team, those people could not escape at all. After Richard ordered the army to be dispersed everywhere to quell the rebellion, the news was soon passed back by spies from various countries. The northern countries and the Kingdom of Nilfgaard got the news at the first time and immediately became excited. "As expected, these witches don't know how to govern the country at all. They have rebelled everywhere in just half a year, and they dare to disperse the army all over the country." "Now they will be exhausted!" "Go and pass the message to the other countries, and immediately launch the plan according to the agreement. This time, all the witches must be killed!" "All these witches are dispersed, and our countries will concentrate their superior forces. With these weapons specially designed to deal with witches, we must kill all witches in one fell swoop!" The northern countries and the Kingdom of Nilfgaard in the south had already agreed, and now seeing that the Offa Empire was in chaos. The army was exhausted, and immediately dispatched the army to launch an attack from all over the north and south.
These countries gathered most of their forces, with a total of more than 200,000 troops. These armies entered the Offa Empire on the same day. At this time, the Offa Empire's armies were scattered all over the place and had no defense against the invasion of the army. The border towns did not resist at all and surrendered one after another. The armies of various countries were unstoppable and marched all the way to the Offa Empire's capital, Eisenland. The news that the continental countries united to besiege the Offa Empire was soon known to the witches. After learning that the entire continent was coming to attack, many witches were also frightened, but more witches who had seen Richard's strength did not take these countries to heart at all. Not to mention that these countries united an army of 200,000, even if the number was doubled, what methods would they have to deal with His Majesty's Flame Phoenix? At that time, as long as the Flame Phoenix spread its wings and swooped a few times, the 200,000 troops would collapse. Although the countries also knew the power of the Flame Phoenix, they did not know the specific situation. The male wizards, saints, and male wizard associations of the Zoroastrianism all swore that the powerful summoning creature of the Flame Phoenix must have gathered the power of a large number of witches and paid a huge price to successfully summon it. And it is very likely that it will not last too long, otherwise the flaming phoenix would not have appeared only once and never appeared again. Obviously, the cost of their summoning must be too high. Now they have successfully dispersed these witches. As long as they seize the opportunity to divide and destroy these witches, without witches, this so-called Offa Empire is meat on the chopping board. Now we must seize the opportunity to occupy all the big cities of the Offa Empire. Without these cities, towns everywhere are rebelling again, and they can't even find food and supplies. Without food, how can they maintain the army. At that time, these armies that obey the witches will inevitably fall apart. Without the army, these witches will be at their mercy? When they thought of this, the northern countries and the King of Nilfgaard were all complacent. Two hundred thousand pairs of divided and surrounded witches, the advantage is mine! How can we lose? A large number of troops were charging forward, and many witches tried to stop them. However, in order to quell the rebellion, these witches had led armies of less than a thousand people, so how could they be a match for these tens of thousands of elite troops? Originally, some witches wanted to defeat these armies with the help of magic power, but those armies used the prepared magic-breaking crossbows to attack. They were caught off guard, and some witches were directly injured. If they had not been flying very high, this time the witches would There will be heavy losses. The witch was injured, so she was naturally unable to withstand the attack of the army, and many troops suffered heavy losses. When Richard learned that all the countries in the mainland had come together to attack, he was slightly stunned. What's going on? Are these people so eager to die? "Order all the witches not to stop those armies, let them join together first, and then block the retreat of the coalition forces from various countries to prevent them from escaping!" Originally, Richard was planning to train more officials before going to unify the mainland, but now that these people have arrived, Richard will not miss this opportunity. As for how to manage countries next, he plans to directly refer to the collective model. After the rebellion in the Austrian Empire, he was too lazy to train those officials anymore and just dealt with it in a simpler and more crude way. Directly lock civilians from various countries into concentration camps according to their regions, and then work in concentration camps as units. Those who disobey orders will be incinerated. All proceeds go to the state, which then distributes food uniformly. In this way, there is no need to send people to collect taxes at all, and all the proceeds can be collected directly. At that time, we only need to let the military in various places supervise the labor. Fully implement military management, but there are insufficient management personnel. You can select a few honest and obedient people from these people to assist. Each concentration camp stipulates what work to do and the amount of work. It is enough to discuss it in advance. If you do well, you will be rewarded. If you do not do well, you will be incinerated. Let them do whatever they need. Mining also uses this model. All problems solved perfectly. As long as the strength is strong, these orders can be carried out completely. But the next step is to deal with the armies of these countries first. He was not kept waiting long. After only a few days, the armies of these countries quickly advanced here.
Seeing the dense army, Richard directly summoned the Flame Phoenix, and then directly ordered the Flame Phoenix to attack. The huge phoenix with wings spread tens of meters fell from the sky with infinite fire, and countless flames fell from the sky like a meteor shower. The flaming phoenix flew rapidly, and it was like a rain of fire in the sky. A large number of troops were burned directly to charcoal. The so-called bed slaves could not even touch the tail of the flaming phoenix.