Chapter 19 Innovation

In March 2004 of the mainland, in this early spring season, a little unremitive snow can still be seen in most parts of the eastern continent. Gama Province, a region that has just experienced the baptism of war, presents a completely different scene. In the other three provinces that originally belonged to the Kingdom of Gama, also While waiting for the officials of the Holy Spirit Empire to take office, this territory, which was awarded to Jing Chen, the third prince of the empire, by Emperor Lingjia, was a prosperous and busy scene.

Since that day, after the meeting of most of the city administration and military leadership was decided, most of the families who obtained administrative or military power hurried back to the city under their jurisdiction. Of course, they went back with them, as well as the special puppet mentioned by Jing Chen, although the strength of this puppet is not as good as that of Those puppets who send them invitations are powerful, but no one dares to despise the strength of these puppets.

I don't know why. The momentum of these puppets is completely released, and the keen perception can even feel the breath of these puppets a few hundred meters away. However, it is two different from being able to feel and deal with it. In the current Gama Province, I dare not say that those who can compete with these puppets are completely absent, but it is also It's rare.

Think about it, I'm afraid that those strong people who can fight with these puppets will not have nothing to offend Jing Chen. After all, Jing Chen also has that kind of light golden horror puppet in his hands. With the strength of that kind of puppet, not to mention the sixth-level peak strongman, even the ordinary seven-level strongman will not be pleasing, and it is even more terrible. That is, no one knows how many such horrible and powerful puppets there are in Jing Chen's hands.

This is also a sharp sword hanging in the hearts of all families. Everyone's professional work is afraid of annoying the new lord and making himself an example for him to kill chickens and monkeys.

Of course, there is another reason why these families are full of motivation, that is, the tax revenue in the first year is only equivalent to 60% of last year, which undoubtedly makes many families who are worried about not being able to pay enough tax money put their hearts back into their stomachs. I remember that when they left, Jing Chen announced the news that made them very excited. Everyone was stunned. 60%, this number was too small.

You should know that except for the city of Gama, although other places have experienced this war, there is not much damage. Not to mention that most of the original garrisons of Gama saw the Holy Spirit army, they abandoned the city and fled. Moreover, the military discipline of the Holy Spirit army is extremely strict. On this way, no matter how small the city is, no matter how large the saint is, it is. When the spirit empire team passed by, there was nothing wrong with the Holy Spirit soldiers harassing the people, so there was almost no loss in the place.

There are not many losses, which makes those ruling families not need to spend too much money to build urban defense, and the tax cuts undoubtedly gives them more room for development, so that these families have more room to do what they want to do or need to do, such as competing for resources in the city.

The original intention of these families to govern is to become the largest family in their city. In the past, this may have been just an expectation, but now it is not impossible to become a city owner, and it is also the city owner who Jingchen has given great power. The heat they have is far from what ordinary people can imagine, and even Some chambers of commerce that originally supported the city's largest family have also begun to defect one after another. Anyway, everyone wants to cooperate with the strong.

People are very realistic, just like the current form in the province of Gama. Those families whose original strength were not particularly strong used the power given by Jing Chen to complete the integration of the city's power in just over a month. It was also at this moment that those The big families that originally settled in various cities and wanted to rise in troubled times were also completely suppressed.

In fact, there is nothing surprising about all this. New officials must win over a group of their own forces when they take office, and at this time, they hold the lifeline of the reform. It can be said that there are no essential mistakes in the practices of these big families. They just want to fight for the best interests for their families.

But they stood in the wrong team, because they didn't see through Jing Chen, and they didn't expect that Jing Chen, a teenager under the age of 20, could do so much, and even let these big families have no chance to fight back.

Whenever leaders change, there will always be some people who stand in the wrong team, and these people who stand in the wrong team will not end well. Just like those big families in various cities now, their days can only be described by water and fire, and even water and fire are not enough to describe them.

The power of these families, after countless original partners have dissolved their relationship with them, the decline is just a matter of time for them. Of course, as they imagined, this decline is definitely the kind that will never be turned over.

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The lord's residence and study of Gama City.

At this moment, there are two people sitting in this spacious study, Jing Chen and Yue Ran. Since that day, Yue Ran has not seen Jing Chen for a while. Today, Jing Chen sent someone to the house to let him meet, and Yue Ran was also a little confused. Generally speaking, there is nothing important that Jingchen will not summon himself, and now Yueran really can't see what is important to happen in Gama Province.

After the two sat down, Jing Chen asked, "Uncle Yue, is there any trouble in the territory recently?"

Hearing this, Yue Ran looked at Jing Chen inexplicably. Since the withdrawal of the imperial army, the region has been calm for several years, but without tungsten iron ore, the income must have been sharply reduced, but Yue Ran also knew that Jing Chen was definitely not referring to this aspect.

She frowned slightly, and suddenly Yueran remembered one thing. The strange death of civilians and the evil spirit. If it is necessary to say that there has been any chaos in this region, it must be these two things. Thinking of these two points, Yueran became more and more sure. Jing Chen asked must be this matter, and immediately replied, "Xiaochen, you Do you want to ask about the strange deaths of civilians and evil spirits before?

He nodded slightly, and Jing Chen's face also showed a worried look. On the occasion of only two people, Jing Chen did not need to hide his thoughts in his heart. He was indeed worried about the two things mentioned by Yue Ran. After all, there was a beast court behind these two things. Although the beast court suffered a lot this time, Those four- and five-level little people are really not in the eyes of the beast court. If they lose, they will be lost. They can't reach the point of hurting the beast court.

Seeing Jing Chen nodding, Yueran shook her head and said, "I haven't found this. The remnants of those beasts seem to have disappeared overnight. I don't know where they have gone." Yueran's face also flashed a trace of worry when the words fell. Although he didn't know much about the strength of the beast court, just looking at the Nangong family and the star clan as a subordinate to the beast court, Yueran could also guess that this beast court must be unusual.

After a little meditation, Jing Chen said in a low voice, "Despite this, we still can't neglect the grasp of the movements of the beast court." The reason why Jing Chen made this arrangement is very simple. The beast court can almost be said to be Jing Chen's sworn enemy. Now that Jing Chen can have this strength, to a large extent, he is forced to be chased by the beast court.

Suddenly, Yue Ran seemed to think of something and said, "Xiaochen, there is one more thing that the following ruling families have reacted. Recently, some families have used the ruling families to formulate local tax laws, welfare and other powers to lower the tax rate of their cities, but the welfare has done a good job. This As a result, many residents who originally belonged to other cities have relocated. Do you want to control this situation?

At this moment, Yueran is a little hesitant. Although this competition seems to be a little cruel, it is undoubtedly a kind of survival of the fittest. For the good or bad of the territory, it mainly depends on Jing Chen's idea. If Jing Chen doesn't want some local families to become bigger, it is necessary to control this vicious competition. Otherwise, everyone will flock to In those well-paid cities, isn't it emptying Jingchen, the lord? But on the other hand, if Jing Chen wants to run a powerful territory, this kind of competition is inevitable. If there is no movement of people, the actual role of the power delegated to the ruling family will be greatly reduced.

With a smile, Jing Chen said slowly, "It's nothing. There is competition where there are interests. If some families can't survive in this competition, it only shows that these families are not enough to take on such a big responsibility." Immediately, the silver light flashed in Jing Chen's hand. When Jing Tian and Yue Lu left, the communicator left for Jing Chen instantly appeared in Jing Chen's hand.

Jing Chen felt it slightly and said to the communicator, "Comminate, come to my study." After saying that, Jing Chen turned off the communicator.

After a while, there was a knock on the door. Jing Chen said, "Come in." A middle-aged man who looked very shrewd and capable came out, came to Jing Chen and saluted him deeply and said, "I've seen you."

"Well, sit aside." He pointed to the chair next to Yueran.

This consul is also said to be a core member of the Yue family. Now he is mainly responsible for the promulgation of decrees in the territory. He has made some daily problems and made decisions, which can be regarded as the top figure in the province of Gama.

When the people came to sit down, Jing Chen said, "You help me promulgate two decrees. First, in principle, the lord's government will not interfere with the decrees on taxation and welfare promulgated anywhere. As long as it does not violate the decrees issued by the empire and the lord's government, all decrees issued by the local government have the lord's government. Second, in order to promote the balance of military power between cities, a big competition between cities will be held at the end of the year. For the top three cities, the lord's government will have corresponding military subsidies, and the last three cities will decide the departure and stay of their military leaders according to the actual results of the assessment in each city.

As soon as these two decrees were issued, Yue Ran and the consul of the lord's office were stunned. First of all, let's talk about the first one. This is undoubtedly that Jing Chen has recognized the identity of those low-tax and high welfare decrees, which is undoubtedly telling the ruling families of various cities that Jing Chen acquiesced in this. A kind of competition. Secondly, although the second decree is a little vague, it at least makes it clear to those families who have taken military power that taking military power does not mean that military power is always in their hands, and there is competition.

After a pause, Jing Chen said again, "Third, in principle, families that govern or hold military power are prohibited in the territory. They use their power to annex and exclude other families in the city. The lord's office advocates fair competition. If any family dares to violate the third decree and directly cancel the government or control military power. The qualification will never be hired.

As soon as this third decree came out, Yueran and the consul who came out of his family couldn't help looking at each other. None of them expected that Jingchen would promulgate such a decree. The promulgation of this third decree undoubtedly destroyed the original expectations of many families, but this destruction was the best for Jingchen. As a result, only when there is some power that can be counterbalanced with it at the local level can these families live in peace and work conscientiously for Jingchen.

Otherwise, when those families that can compete with them are removed by various means, the binding force in Jing Chen's hand will undoubtedly be greatly weakened. Although the puppet is also a way, that method is not as good as a family that can threaten its existence in the local place. This threat is actually. After all, people are forgetful and greedy. .

At this moment, a knock on the door sounded again.

Jing Chen was slightly stunned and said, "Come in."

A servant came in and bowed his head and said, "Your Excellency, there are people outside the house who claim to be Zeus College to see him. He said his name is Anton."