Chapter 810: Generous rewards

If the focus of early January is the establishment of the Australasian Empire and Arthur's accession to the throne, then the focus of late January is Arthur's rewards for all the heroes before the establishment of the empire.

Because there were many people involved and it was not convenient for some people to come forward, only a small number of representatives participated in the on-site award ceremony.

But the ceremony was still grand. This award added several earls to Australasia, and dozens more barons.

After the award ceremony, the number of nobles in Australasia officially exceeded 500, with the specific number reaching 558.

Among them, the lowest level is the knighthood known as the honorary noble, with a total of 438 people.

Knighthood occupies the majority of noble titles, and also represents the difficulty for nobles to advance further.

Except for those who have truly made great contributions to the country, most of the others who want to accumulate merit through seniority can only obtain the lowest knighthood.

The title of knight cannot be inherited, which means that such a title is the lowest and can only be responsible for the titles of one's own generation.

This is why most people want to climb up the ladder and at least get a baron title.

Only by becoming a distinguished baron can one enter the true aristocratic system and make one's family a member of the glorious aristocracy of Australasia.

To be more precise, as long as a baron or above does not break the law and lives an honest and responsible life, his title will last as long as the Australasian Empire.

It is under such circumstances that these nobles will do everything possible to extend the life of the empire, so that their noble titles can also extend the life.

This is why Arthur said that the new style of nobility will exist dependent on the monarch. As long as the monarch of Australasia remains, the new aristocracy of Australasia will be recognized.

But if the monarch of Australasia is gone, these nobles will naturally lose their status and will not be recognized by anyone.

Above the knights, the number of barons has also increased, barely close to 100, and the exact number is 98.

The number of viscounts above the barons plummeted to only 17.

The number of earls further up is already very small, only 4 people.

Finally, Crown Prince William, the Prince of New Zealand, is also included in the aristocratic system and is a unique and noble prince.

It is worth mentioning that so far, the duke in the aristocratic system is still a blank column without data.

No one has made a great contribution to become the first Duke of Australasia (only the highest title is counted). Even the Prime Minister of Kent, who has great military exploits, still only has the title of earl.

However, including the following World War II, someone should be able to save enough for the Duke. This also means that the aristocratic system in Australasia will flourish after World War II, and high-level nobles such as earls and dukes are no longer rare.

Among the four earls of Australasia, in addition to the Earl of Kent, who had great merit and won Arthur's trust, there was also Roger, who was equally senior and served as deputy prime minister during World War I and led the country out of the economic crisis as prime minister. .

The remaining two candidates are Evan, the first prime minister in Australian history, who assisted Arthur in establishing the Principality of Australia; and Evan, who was loyal and served as Minister of Defense during World War I and contributed greatly to the military construction of Australasia. Current Prime Minister Raúl.

It can be said that with the exception of Walter Braque, the third Prime Minister, all other Prime Ministers have currently received earldoms.

Prime Minister Walter Brack is the second Prime Minister in the history of Australasia and the leader of the third Cabinet.

However, the mediocre and conservative Prime Minister Walter did not gain much trust from Arthur, and he only served as prime minister for one term before bidding farewell to his political career.

However, because Prime Minister Walter did not have much fault, he still obtained the title of Viscount and became one of the few high-ranking nobles in Australasia.

In addition to lavishly rewarding these former senior politicians, Arthur also rewarded important leaders among scientists, such as Einstein, Diesel, Tsiolkovsky and other important figures.

There are quite a few knights and barons among them, these are the scientists who have made considerable efforts and contributions to the country.

Arthur's award expressed the importance he attached to these scientists, which also made these scientists very satisfied and devoted themselves to scientific research with a better attitude.

At the same time, people are also full of expectations for becoming scientists. There are currently three ways to quickly obtain a noble title. One is to become a politician and make your own political achievements; the other is to become a soldier and sweat blood for the country; and the last is to become a scientist and dedicate your talents to the country.

Politicians are not that easy. The choice and ideal of most people is still to join the army and become scientists.

According to many media surveys, the two favorite careers of the younger generation in Australasia, that is, children in their teens, are scientists and soldiers.

Arthur also heard such reports, and his attitude was quite satisfactory.

This means that Arthur's education was very successful. Being a scientist and a soldier is much nobler than those so-called actors who entertain themselves to death.

In such an environment, Australasia's strength becomes a matter of course. Fresh scientists are constantly entering the scientific community, allowing science in all walks of life to develop rapidly in Australasia.

The addition of some new blood is an unstoppable vitality that makes the entire country full of motivation, just like the back wave that is about to overthrow the front wave.

The continuous expansion of the nobles has also caused the annual dividends distributed by the noble joint consortium to the nobles to continue to increase.

Because the value of the Australian dollar has depreciated too much compared to before, after the completion of this big reward, Arthur also held a meeting of the nobles to discuss the new dividend ratio for the nobles.

In the previous aristocratic dividend, the Jazz could receive 500 Australian dollars per year, which was a considerable amount of income.

But now, although 500 Australian dollars is a lot of money, it is just a modest income for the nobles, and it is not so attractive.

At present, the per capita annual income in Australasia has reached 175 Australian dollars, and 500 Australian dollars is almost the annual income of three ordinary people, which does not match the rare number of jazz nobles.

Judging from the current number of Australasian nobles, if the original dividend method is still followed, the joint consortium of nobles only needs to pay less than 650,000 Australian dollars per year to provide for every noble, including Crown Prince William. Dividends.

The annual income of the Royal United Consortium has exceeded 7 million Australian dollars, and is still increasing.

It's time to increase the dividend ratio of the nobles again. Anyway, this money is paid by the nobles' joint consortium, and Arthur will not bear any additional burden.

After a two-day meeting, more than 500 nobles finally agreed to increase the new noble dividend ratio.

The specific proportions are: a knight can receive AU$750 per year, a baron can receive AU$2,250 per year, a viscount can receive AU$7,500 per year, an earl can receive AU$15,500 per year, and a duke can receive AU$85,000 per year.

As for the only princely title, Crown Prince William, does not participate in the distribution of noble dividends.

After all, Crown Prince William has a fixed annual royal annuity, so he naturally does not need to compete with these nobles for benefits.

Because the government's fiscal revenue has exceeded 400 million Australian dollars, the royal annuity paid to the government every year is as high as 4 million Australian dollars.

This fund is the daily expenses of the palace, including the expenses for banquets held by all royal members, reception of foreign guests, etc.

Arthur also has certain limits and regulations on the proportion of expenses for all royal members.

Arthur's children who are still in the palace will receive 50,000 Australian dollars a year. Princess Louisiana and Queen Mary receive 50,000 Australian dollars a year, Arthur 50,000 Australian dollars each year, and the rest is reserved for palace expenses.

However, because the royal family is too wealthy, the little guys also have their own assets and are not too dependent on the annuity issued by the royal family every year.

Take Crown Prince William. With the assets given to him by Arthur, Crown Prince William's total assets have already exceeded 15 million Australian dollars, and his annual income is as high as hundreds of thousands of Australian dollars. He is already a wealthy man.

This is also the reason why Arthur asked Crown Prince William to give up the noble dividends. Giving up dividends will not only gain the favor of these nobles, but will also not cause much loss to himself. This is William's first step to win people's hearts.

Even if the dividend ratio of the nobles is adjusted, the dividend funds that need to be distributed this year will only be 850,000 Australian dollars.

Speaking of which, it is because the number of nobles in Australasia is too small, and most of them are low-level nobles, so there is no need for much dividends.

After generously awarding rewards, the Nobles United Consortium distributed this year's noble dividends to all nobles.

Arthur adheres to the principle of paying money early and being happy early. Dividends from these nobles are basically paid out at the beginning of each year.

As Arthur expected, the new nobles who received the dividends were all smiling and full of gratitude to Arthur.

Even the lowest-level jazz noble can get a dividend of 750 Australian dollars, which is equivalent to the annual income of at least four people, and it can only be saved without eating or drinking.

Even the lowest-level knights and aristocrats can barely support their families just by relying on this dividend income.

What's more, those who can become knights and nobles have obtained at least 150 hectares of meritorious land.

This 150 hectares of land brings a lot of income, which can completely guarantee that the family who has received the knighthood can live a much wealthier life than ordinary people.

150 hectares, equivalent to 371 acres, 2250 acres of land. Even relying on these lands alone, every knight can become a big landowner.

Moreover, if nobles engage in agriculture and animal husbandry, they will receive certain tax exemptions. This is also Arthur's purpose, which is to allow these nobles to use the land reasonably and help the development of agriculture and animal husbandry in Australasia.

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