Macho Wars

Chapter 623

Levins smiled triumphantly, thinking that by releasing "goodwill", he would definitely get the response he expected from Dragon.

After all, Latuk is dead. He Levins is now the Speaker of the Senate and Acting Inspector General. He is also a relative of the emperor, the queen mother’s brother, and the uncle of the young emperor. Under the blessing of this series of waist eyes, he is the whole The well-deserved controller of the Eastern Empire government.

As the Minister of the Army, Dragun has absolutely no reason to have trouble with such a powerful self. They can completely invite them to be colleagues and do whatever they want in this country together!

However, in the face of the olive branch that Levins took the initiative to throw, Dragon was silent for a moment, and an unabashed mockery appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"I originally thought that the gap between you and Master Latuk was the diamond to the king. Now when I look at it... it's only bronze."

"General Li, what do you mean?"

"What do you mean? You don't even understand this, just play with a hammer!"

Ignoring Levins's astonished look, Dragon got up and walked out the door.obviously!Levins was not a good politician. He took the position by picking up the omissions, and he was not at all compelling. He immediately arrogant after coming out of the hall, showing a kind of swelling visible to the naked eye.

Insufficiency and conspiracy, basically speaking of this kind of people.This special code is not to say that it is to throw an olive branch, he just throws a super beauty with a round buttocks, and Dragon has to quickly avoid it.

Let him be in power, the central government is afraid that there will be a big mess next!

The facts were not what Dragon expected. Within a few days, some of his friends in the government broke the news that Levins messed up after taking office and gave all the improvements that Latuk had made before. Toss out.

With his contrast, it really seemed more and more pleasing to the eye.

Latuk formed a party for private purposes, but at least he was able to do things.

Levins has no limits to form a party for private purposes, and he does not do real things!

Although Latuk is nepotism, his party members are, after all, the administrative team he personally formed. They are all carefully selected elites, and their personal ability is guaranteed. Only the lowest third-class barons are selected for trading titles. Official positions with real power are strictly regulated.

On the other hand, Levins, a series of personnel transfers after he took office, it was like making trouble!It doesn't matter if he is cronyism, he also accepts bribes publicly, sells officials and sells nobility without concealment, and the money goes into his own pocket.

And this is not the most terrible thing he has done.

In order to alleviate the financial pressure of the government, Latuk accepted the suggestion of Dak Com, and prepared to formulate a "Land Property Tax", first to curb the increasingly serious problem of land mergers, and secondly to collect a sum of money from the nobles who enclose land.

After Levins came to power, he took over the bill and then made a series of changes with a stroke of a pen.The first is to allow the nobles to apply tax-free concessions to the "Land Property Tax", and the second is to abolish the tiered law, and in the name of "fairness", all land owners are taxed without distinction.

With this modification, he immediately violated the original intention of the land property tax. With the support of preferential policies, noble chaebols can be more confident and bold in enclosing land, while the remaining civilians who still own land are likely to be unable to afford the new tax. , And was forced to resell the land to the nobles.

The whole thing has been completely turned upside down!

Soon, the revised property tax bill was officially promulgated, and the news immediately caused an uproar among the people of the empire, and the nobles in the enclosure clapped their hands and praised the "wiseness" of the new inspector general Levins, and then one after another. I prepared some "light gifts" and ran to the door to thank you.

Levins is doing this arbitrarily in the government, and at the same time, at the Li Family House, Dragon is personally receiving an old friend-Darkcome, who used to work together in District 11.

During Latuk’s reorganization of the government, Dragon recommended Dak to the other party. However, following a series of personnel transfers after Levins took office, Dak, who had just been reused for less than two months, fell into the cold palace again and was sent down. He drove out high-level government officials and sent to a corner that no one cares about.

Before taking office, Duck took the time to meet Dragon, and while feeling bitter in his heart, he also told him some important things by the way.

"The government and the Supervisory Council are basically a mess now, and they are no longer a place for serious people. Levins has the power to control everything, but he doesn't know anything, and he only trusts those who have stuffed him with money and are willing Those who flatter him, doing things under his hands, is simply a torture!"

"You tell me it's useless. I'm a soldier, and it's the top taboo for a soldier to do politics. Our regent empress is very serious."

"Ha! I said Lao Li, the time we know each other is not too short, I don't remember what an honest person you are. Besides, in this situation, we have no one else to count on except you."

"we?"

"Yes, is us."

Duck said, took out a note from his pocket and handed it silently. Dragon opened it and saw that it was a list of 60 or 70 people, and there were some familiar guys. .

"this is?"

"You should be an alliance of Avengers. I can't guarantee the character of the guys above, but at least they are not stupid."

"How do I feel that you are looking forward to me lifting the table?"

"It's like you don't want to lift the table."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and Dragoon did not say much, and directly took the list into his arms.As Duck said, as early as when Latuk was assassinated and Levins took the opportunity to take the stage, he had a premonition that the situation would start to develop in a bad direction.

But some things are like this. You know that it will go bad and there are ways to prevent it, but you can't do it. You have to wait until the evil results are formed and many people are harmed before you can take a remedy.

This is the main reason why Dragoon didn't say a word in the hall at the beginning. He knew very well what Levins was, and both Howard and Latuk had commented on him.

However, if Dragun strongly opposes it, not only will it not be able to stop the other party from taking up positions, it may also allow people to take the opportunity to tag themselves as a "soldier in politics", which will even affect their reputation among the people.So it's better to just sit on the sidelines and wait for Levins to get angry and complain, and then take care of him.

Dak saw that Dragoon still looked calm and calm, and said that this kid either didn't care at all, or he was secretly ready.With his understanding of Dragon, the latter is most likely.

But considering the current situation, he couldn't help but urge.

"Are you so calm?"

"The time is not yet, let the incident ferment for a while, don't forget, once the people of Sidney become angry, it will be terrible!"

Chapter 624

Just as Dragon had expected, once the "Land Property Tax" whose content was greatly revised was promulgated, the response from the people was very intense.

As long as a person with a little bit of common sense can see, all provisions of this newly promulgated tax law are completely aimed at civilian landowners.The nobles enjoy tax reductions, and they are not afraid of holding more land under their names. If the civilians want to continue to own the land property rights, they must pay the government a high tax equivalent to a quarter of the value of the land itself, otherwise the land will be collected Nationalized.

Compared with various taxes in the past, the newly launched "Property Tax" is no longer a simple squeeze, but a naked squeeze!

The government after Levins came to power was ugly beyond people's imagination.

For this reason, a new round of protest marches inevitably broke out among the people, and the Worker-Peasant Mutual Aid Alliance once again played a key role.Dragoon also passed the anger with Xia Li in advance, preparing to pass this parade, to build momentum for his next move in advance.

In the face of millions of enthusiastic ordinary people, and Dragoon who made it clear that he would only send troops to the scene to maintain basic order, Levins was extremely calm.The Queen Mother summoned him to ask about the situation outside, and Levins vowed to tell the other party that those spooky people, but a mob, would soon fall apart due to their own chaos.

On the second day after Levins finished speaking, the protest march of the people at the bottom also entered the third day.In Port Pandora alone, nearly 400,000 people took to the streets.Under the guidance of the organizers sent by the Workers' and Peasants Alliance, they waved slogans and colorful flags, and shouted loud slogans, hoping that the imperial government could send someone to talk to representatives of popular opinion.

Although the parade that stretches for several blocks is large in number, it appears to be very orderly. Not far from them, they are heavily armed Marines waiting for them. They have been told in advance by their superiors to exercise maximum restraint, as long as If the marching crowd does not cross the line, do not intervene.

In fact, most of the soldiers themselves are also civilian children. They know what the protesters are doing, so they are emotionally inclined to the protesters.

This makes the two sides peaceful, sometimes the soldiers see a few familiar faces in the crowd, and everyone smiles at each other in unison.

However, this harmonious and friendly picture did not last long. Because the parade crowd was too large and people were constantly joining, even the organizers of the alliance could not be comprehensive, which allowed some malicious guys to sneak into it. .

Most of these people wear gray-black work clothes, peaked caps, white towels wrapped around their arms and necks, and they have long arms and round waists.They walked in the crowd, deliberately lowering their heads to cover half of their faces with the brim of their hats, and from time to time a fierce light flashed in their eyes as they looked around.

On the side of the army maintaining order at the scene, the first to notice these anomalies were the snipers deployed on the roof.Seen from above, these sturdy big men are very conspicuous, and they quickly attracted their attention.

Through the high-powered scope, the sniper team discovered that these brawny men in the middle of the crowd were suspected of holding weapons.The colored flags in their hands, the poles are particularly thick, and the hand they hold is also specially fixed with cloth strips. This is generally a method used by small gangsters to fight on the streets to prevent weapons from being released.

In addition to the sticks in their hands, some other people also carried satchels, and the bulging ones seemed to have a lot of things in them.