Chapter 230: The change of stance is so natural

The Knight King took the initiative to deal with the [Fraudster], and Ethan was more than happy to do so.

As it was getting dark, the two chatted casually for a while, and Ethan asked Lili to take the Knight King to rest first.

But he himself couldn't rest because there were still many things to deal with.

In fact, Ethan himself couldn't believe that he had to deal with affairs in the middle of the night.

But there was no way, those so-called allies were too good at making trouble.

Now on Ethan's desk, there were several bills to be discussed by the parliament tomorrow.

And without exception, they were all tax exemption bills.

Yes, you heard it right, it was a tax exemption bill, not a tax reduction bill.

It was mainly the tax exemption bills for each alliance member's own industry.

Yes, they didn't want to pay a penny of tax.

As for whether the parliament could not operate because of the lack of tax revenue, that was not their concern.

They all agreed that whoever controlled the parliament should pay to maintain the basic operation of the parliament.

The basic operation here mainly refers to the salaries of administrative personnel such as financial officers and tax officials.

As for the defense personnel, they were taken care of by each family.

After all, no one can support a force of nearly 10,000 people.

But these administrative staff alone currently add up to more than 500 people.

More than 500 people!

The monthly salary alone needs thousands of gold, not including various bonuses.

And these people are drawn from various families and formed into a temporary team.

If Ethan spends this money to support them, isn't it equivalent to supporting people for the parliament and others!

How could he do such a stupid thing.

Some people may say, doesn't the parliament have money?

Of course there is no money.

This parliament was established not long ago, and there is no tax revenue at all, where can it get money?

Before, when the Casillas family presided over the parliament, the salaries of all administrative staff were jointly paid by them and the Lawson family.

The two families are willing to pay, not because the two families are so righteous, but because the majority of administrative staff are basically from these two families.

Among the more than 500 people, 99% are from the two families.

Other families just sent one person to supervise the work.

Originally, it would be nothing if these people didn't pay, at least there were taxes to maintain the operation of the parliament.

But now these people are unwilling to pay taxes, so what's the point?

The key is that these people are still justified, the reason is that I support you to control the parliament, so you have to give me tax exemption.

Ethan was troubled by these alliances.

If you don't agree to their demands, this alliance will collapse in a minute.

Obviously, when the Casillas family was in the main parliament, they noticed the difficulties of the parliament.

Therefore, they never mentioned tax cuts for each family, but just set up a common enemy.

Let everyone unite tightly and pursue the Duke's Mansion with one heart and one mind.

Because everyone's psychological needs for security were met, everyone was also harmonious at that time.

But after Ethan took over the control of the parliament, he made it clear that he would no longer embarrass the Duke's Mansion.

Then the premise of the alliance changed.

From jointly dealing with the Duke, it turned into asking for benefits from the parliament.

And it has been put into action.

Ethan felt like he had shot himself in the foot. At this time, he finally understood why Casillas wanted to kill the Duke's Mansion.

It's not that they don't know that they can't push people into a corner, but they have to do so.

It's ridiculous that they mocked others at the beginning.

Now, the problem has been thrown on themselves.

At this moment, Ethan really wants to quit.

Before, he controlled the parliament just to make Dominic and Sofia cooperate to build a shipyard. Now the goal has been achieved.

Whether the parliament is dead or alive, he doesn't care at all, even if he quits, it doesn't matter.

But Ethan is unwilling, he still wants to do something practical through the management power of the parliament.

The first thing to bear the brunt is to solve the public health problem of Maro City.

Really, Maro City is too dirty, it has reached an unbearable point.

The streets and alleys are full of horse shit, it has reached the point where there is no place to step.

This is not an exaggeration, but a fact.

Nowadays, the newly built houses in Maro City are all built on the foundation with a small half-story, and you have to climb a staircase more than one meter high to enter the house.

The reason for this design is to prevent horse shit from flowing into the house on rainy days.

From this, we can see how bad the sanitary conditions in Maro City are.

To deal with these problems, not only administrative measures are needed, but also the parliament needs to pay.

If the parliament does not pay this money, Ethan believes that even if the streets of Maro City are full of horse shit, those bastards would rather surf on the shit river in a small boat than take out a copper coin to clean it up.

The horse shit problem is just a microcosm of the many problems in Maro City.

There are also a lot of problems such as water sources and medical care.

These problems are all the root causes of disasters. In the past, the rulers did not care, and Ethan was helpless.

But now he is in power, and these things must be solved.

Otherwise, when the plague breaks out, no one will be spared.

In fact, Maro City will have a mass disaster such as cholera every few years, and then a group of people will die.

This is also one of the reasons why Maro City is obviously in the rear, there is no war, and there is no shortage of food, but the population can never go up.

These public problems are fine, Ethan also wants to solve a more terrible problem.

The nobles in Maro City who have nothing to do and eat like to use their privileges to tease the common people.

For example, five nobles surrounded a commoner on the street, one of them stabbed the commoner in the back with a dagger or other weapon, and then asked the commoner who he was.

The commoner could not talk to the nobles with his back to them, so he had to turn around.

At this time, another noble stabbed him in the back and asked him who he was, and the commoner had to turn around again.

This cycle repeats itself, and the commoner dared not talk with his back to the nobles, so he could only let the nobles play with him until he fell to the ground.

All this sounds ridiculous, but this kind of thing happens almost every day.

This group of bastards abused their privileges just for fun.

If these people continue to mess around, when a righteous hero comes, everyone will be killed by this group of bastards.

Ethan just wants to be a noble master and enjoy life, but there are just a few rat shits that have to spoil the good porridge of the aristocratic class.

How can this be tolerated.

Therefore, even if it is just for himself, Ethan will promote the bill to prohibit this behavior in law.

But to solve all the above problems, a strong parliament is needed.

And a wealthy parliament.

Only in this way can the parliament truly exercise its due management power.

But obviously the current parliament does not have this condition.

Now there are two paths before Ethan: either withdraw as soon as possible and give up the power in his hands.

Or find a way to solve the alliance problem, exempt them from taxes, maintain the power in his hands first, and then slowly find ways to solve other problems.

After repeated considerations, Ethan chose the second path.

However, he is not going to compromise with these so-called allies.

Not only will he not compromise, but he will also add some taxes.

As for not paying taxes?

Think about it!

These bastards, the parliament was established not long ago, and they have forgotten their original fears.

Don't think about who is standing in front of you.

It's your brave and fearless Great Sword Saint!

But even so, you still dare to take me as a sucker, then don't blame me for cleaning you up.

From now on, you must not only pay the taxes you are supposed to pay, but you must also pay respects to your great swordsman every year.

Thinking of this, Ethan picked up a pen and wrote on the paper...