Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece

"Adult Seseta, not all veterans can get used to a plain life like you. The key is that they just give, without gain, there must be an imbalance in their hearts, so it is difficult to resist the temptation." Sedorum Said something next to it.

"Then don't be a veteran, it's best to go to business!" Sesta said back.

"Okay, I called you here to discuss the problem, not to let you quarrel." Daveus said softly, and the room was immediately quiet again.

His eyes glanced over everyone's faces, and he saw Mercis's expression nervous. He knew what he was worried about. He smiled a little in his heart and put his eyes on Antaoris. After entering the king's office, Antao Rees kept quiet.

Of course, Weisbah is also a quiet person. As one of the rotating chairpersons, the Lucania, apart from protecting the interests of the Lucania, he will strive for it. At other times, he is almost not in the Senate. Without saying a word, he was criticized privately as a "puppet", thinking that his ability was far less than that of Hermon, and that he could sit in this position completely with the light of his son Bakul.After Weissba heard about it, I still had no change.

Anta Oris, as the veteran who just became the rotating chairman, has been relatively low-key for a few months, but Daveus did not want to silence him, so he directly asked: "Anta Oris, you have this What is your opinion?"

Antaoris froze for a moment, then straightened his body, the quiet temperament immediately changed, and said with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty, the elders are the best in a country, and their position is also noble, this should be The pride of the veterans, but now the public regards our veterans as if they were criminals one after another, full of doubts,'Who will be Polyx second? Who will be Laodisian second?' We are gradually losing The trust of the people and the foundation for giving the highest power to the Kingdom’s elders are collapsing. This is a very terrible thing! Therefore, we must prohibit the elders from accepting any gifts and gifts, to restore the people’s trust to us, and let us deserve it again. The noble part!—"

"But, Master Antaoris." Cornelius interrupted him.

But he didn't go on with it. Antaoris quickly and politely said: "Dear Lord Cornelius, please listen to me!"

Corneliuston looked embarrassed.

"However, the most distinguished elders do not mean the poorest. When the poor stand in front of the rich, they have no confidence to speak, and the embarrassed elders face the same to the wealthy citizens. In this way, it not only reduces our elders The prestige of Citizens has also caused citizens to look down on our minds and produce other ideas, which is not conducive to the governance of the people and the kingdom.

While giving honor to the elders, the kingdom should also give them corresponding wealth.Because it is their efforts that created the prosperous kingdom of today, the elders should enjoy the wealth they deserve!Therefore, I suggest to pay the elders, and the salary is high enough!"

After Anta Oris's ferocious words, everyone was moved.

Daveus said nothing, and before he spoke, Mercis shouted: "No! No! The treasury money pays other officials. There is not much left! Send money to the elders. Nothing!...

"Don't worry, Mercis," Daveus said to him, and then said to everyone in a hurry: "Antaoris said well, and I thought the same way. Enact laws to prohibit The veterans accept the gifts and are supervised by the inspectors, local councillors, and civil servants. At the same time, they begin to pay the veterans, and they are paid enough to allow the veterans to live like real veterans... what do you think? "

"Your Majesty wants to send us money, how could I disagree?" Sedorum said jokingly.As a matter of fact, whether he is paid or not, the gift cannot affect him and Weisba. Their other identity is the leader of the tribe. Although the young and middle-aged men in the tribe have basically gone out independently, they have large tribes. The land, many slaves, a large number of cattle and sheep, there is no shortage of money.Therefore, the target of Davos' consultation is mainly others.

Cornelius still has a consistent attitude towards Davos’ proposal: "Your Majesty, I agree with your proposal. But how much is appropriate for this salary? Where does the money come from?"

"It seems that everyone has reached a consensus on the proposal of "prohibiting elders from receiving gifts and implementing remuneration." Daveus said, glancing at Lucias and Marigi, both of them nodded.

"Next, let's talk about what the specific salary should be?" Dave's eyes fell on the tense Merseys again: "Mercis, you tell me, the city chief's next What is the salary of a senior official?"

"The next level of the city's chief executive?" Mersey regained his calm once he talked about the matter. He thought about it carefully and said, "The deputy chief executive, intermediate construction officer, intermediate inspector, intermediate agricultural officer, Intermediate judges... wait, this can be counted as officials of the same level, but the salary is more or less different. For example, agricultural officers and construction officers have to pay more for long-term travel, so the salary will be higher. The work of the Ombudsman is relatively easy, and the salary is a little less... On average, it is about... about 40 Drachma Hades silver coins." Mercis pinched, and finally spit out this number.

He said the Hades silver coin, since the establishment of the kingdom, the pattern of the silver coin has been transformed into a head of Hades, a king, and a head of King Davers. The Dionysian people also called this silver coin "Dave" Silver Coin".In addition, the Kingdom also cast copper coins. The patterns on both sides are Persephone and the Great House of the Senate or Hercules and the Great House of the Senate. The exchange ratio of copper and silver coins is 6: 1. This is almost the same as the exchange ratio between Opol and silver coins, so in Dionysia, copper coins have replaced Opel's original status.With their high purity and exquisite patterns, these two currencies became the only currency in circulation in the Kingdom of Dionia, and also became one of the main currencies used by other countries in the Western Mediterranean.

"Forty silver coins...about the price of one and a half cows." Daveus was not surprised by this number. He had a detailed understanding in advance. This was just to borrow Mercis's mouth and give it away. Everyone knows it.In fact, this salary is not low anymore. When a citizen with five acres of land is grown up, he will earn three times the amount of grain harvested, which is only the middle level of the Kingdom of Dionysia. The official's salary for one month.Because of the abundant resources of cattle and horses in the kingdom, the price is relatively low, generally ranging from 25 to 30 silver coins. If it is in the mainland of Greece, a cow needs at least 50 silver coins.

Davers tapped his finger on the table and said slowly, "I suggest that the veteran's salary should be set at one hundred Hades silver coins. In addition, if the veteran has a position, the salary will be increased according to the position. For example, a city chief , His total salary should be the veteran salary of 100 silver coins plus the salary of the chief executive... Well, since the salary of the deputy chief executive is about 40 silver coins, then the chief executive should be about 50 silver coins. Down, his monthly salary should be 150 silver coins.

Another example is Sesta, you are a veteran and the highest prosecutor. His post is the same as that of the city chief, and his salary should be about 150 silver coins.And like Cornelius, you serve as the rotating chairman. The rotating chairman is different from ordinary veterans, and also needs to undertake some additional work, and should also have additional salary..."

Everyone digested Davos's proposal carefully, and everyone stretched his eyebrows.No one would dismiss too much money, not to mention that this salary can reflect the noble status of the elders in the kingdom. In this way, even if the "no gift" bill is promulgated, I believe that the elders will not have much complaint.

Only Mercis dissatisfied shouted: "Too much! Too much! More than one hundred elders in the senate, even if they are calculated according to the salary of one elder and one hundred silver coins, the treasury will pay more than two towers each month. Liante, I don't have so much money there!"

Before Davos spoke, Cornelius asked in doubt: "I remember that the Finance Department earns hundreds of Talent from the lottery of various ball games every year. In addition, now in China Business is prosperous, commercial ships are gathered in various cities, and the monthly commercial tax is almost one hundred Taranto. Not to mention that the kingdom has a population of 1.8 million, land tax is also a big number, and the annual redemption of slaves Fees, postage charges from the post office, fleet escort fees... It’s not a small sum of money, how could the treasury have no money?"

"Master Cornelius." Mercis sneered: "You only see the treasury collecting the money, but you don't see the treasury spending a lot of money. You must know that now the middle level officials of the kingdom There are more than 1,000 people, and each month the Treasury has to pay them a dozen or so Tarrentes, not to mention the jailers, patrols, sentries, etc. you have to pay for the bottom of the public office. Personnel, these are counted, there are tens of thousands of people, and a total of more than 50 Taranto salaries are paid every month!

In addition, the cost of constructing new roads, bridges, ports, temples, libraries, and other public buildings and the maintenance of old roads, city walls, temples, and other public buildings are maintained by the military department. The cost of military training, the cost of building and maintaining military equipment, warships, etc. These not only require money, but also a lot of money.