ebookland Chapter 527 Analysis of Ying Yu
Chapter 527 Analysis of Ying Yu
What Scipio did was just wasting people and money in vain, and it had no other effect.
Especially Scipio is still doing what Daqin did.
In order to improve the physical fitness of the Romans, they not only provided nutritional guarantees such as milk and eggs for infants and pregnant women, but also provided nutritional supplements for adolescents and children.
In this way, the Roman people will naturally laugh and laugh, and they will be grateful for the country's giving.
But this is a huge pressure on Rome's finances.
You must know that milk and eggs are expensive in this era. Even if Rome has a small population, this is definitely a huge expense.
When it was first implemented, because Rome had just abolished the noble tax exemption law, relying on the taxes paid by the nobles, large and small, for the first time, with this large amount of fiscal revenue, it was indeed able to barely support it.
But as time goes by, the taxes that Rome can collect from those nobles will inevitably become less and less.
After all, those nobles are all very shrewd, and they won't really let others slaughter them like domestic pigs.
In the past, as Roman nobles, they were able to enjoy tax exemption rights, so those nobles naturally developed their business vigorously, focusing all their careers on this, in order to make more huge profits.
However, since Scipio promulgated the new law and abolished the tax exemption rights of the Roman nobles, the nobles will still pay honestly at the beginning.
But soon they realize that if they keep their careers focused on commerce, they will face huge tax bills.
Therefore, those Roman nobles will inevitably change their career focus.
Although it is impossible to completely break away from commercial trade, it is absolutely impossible for them to devote all their energy and financial resources to commercial trade as before.
Although this reduced the total income of the Roman nobles, the net income after deducting taxes increased compared to the previous model of complete commercial trade.
Therefore, this method will soon be widely spread in Rome, and all nobles will use it to reduce their tax burden.
But in this way, the Roman treasury can only collect the income tax of these nobles, while the commercial tax that should have earned the most has been greatly reduced.
Overall, the taxes that Rome can collect will naturally be much less.
At this time, the nutritional supplement plan for infants and adolescents will become the biggest burden on Rome's finances.
In fact, it’s not just these, there are countless legal systems that are suitable for Daqin but not for Rome.
As Ying Yu said, the preferential policies, legal systems, etc. he came up with are all based on the current Daqin. Quickly, it is basically the same every day, let alone Rome, which has a different country.
If Scipio continues to blindly imitate, not only will the Roman economy not be revived, it will only be messed up.
"Your Majesty, what His Royal Highness said is extremely reasonable, and I heard that Scipio specially conferred Sophie as a princess and gave her a seat in the Council of Elders, giving her the right to vote veto in all political activities in Rome."
"Seats in the Roman Council of Elders have always been given to those highly respected sages, and there has never been such an honor at such a young age, let alone a woman. This is probably the first time in the entire history of Rome. "
"This shows that Scipio attaches great importance to the marriage with my Daqin. He did this to show his attitude and show his favor to Daqin."
Meng Yi smiled and said.
"Well, what you said is indeed reasonable. If this is the case, then I can rest assured."
Hearing what Ying Yu and Nei Shiteng said, Ying Zheng nodded.
"Speaking of which, what happened to Hannibal of Carthage recently? Now that Scipio and I, Daqin, have been married by marriage, it has been made public. As Hannibal's old opponent, he should have known about it a long time ago. This news, right?"
The doubts in his heart were resolved, and Ying Zheng asked about Hannibal who was on par with Scipio.
"Your Majesty, according to reports from Jin Yiwei's spies in the Carthage army, Hannibal is mobilizing his main force recently. The trajectory is far away from the defense lines of Carthage and Rome. It seems that he is preparing to retreat."
"And just today, the high-ranking nobles of Carthage sent many rare gifts to Daqin, and passed on some information. The specific idea is to ask Daqin to forgive Hannibal's rude behavior, and hope that Carthage We can continue to maintain a good relationship with Daqin and not invade each other."
"I guess it won't be long before Hannibal will lead the Carthaginian army to retreat to the rear."
"As for which area Hannibal will choose as the next strong point for the Carthage army, we haven't been able to find out the relevant plans yet, but once he has any new moves, I will immediately report to His Majesty and His Royal Highness Crown Prince Ying Yu. reported."
He replied weakly.
"Are you going to retire now? From my observations of Hannibal's marching strategy several times, he doesn't seem like the kind of person who would give up easily. What do you think of the prince?"
In doubt, Ying Zheng cast his eyes on Ying Yu.
Unconsciously, Ying Zheng always subconsciously seeks answers from Ying Yu when he encounters questions or things he doesn't understand. This has almost become a habit.
This caused Ying Zheng to have an idea in his mind.
In the future, I must find a way to trick Ying Yu into the throne, so that he can hand over all political affairs to Ying Yu in a logical manner, and then he can be a leisurely Supreme Emperor in comfort, without having to think about these complicated things anymore. national affairs.
Naturally, Ying Yu didn't know what Ying Zheng was thinking at this time, so he just analyzed solemnly:
"Father, what you said just now is actually quite right. It is absolutely impossible for a general and elite like Hannibal to be willing to withdraw like this, and give up the Carthage and Roman defense lines that he has guarded for several years to the Roman army."
"However, according to reports from Jin Yiwei's spies, Hannibal's army has evacuated, and it is still confirmed from various aspects that he is indeed evacuating. This is obviously very abnormal."
"As the saying goes, there must be monsters when things go wrong, so according to my son's opinion, Hannibal should not have retreated, but deliberately made such a gesture of preparing to retreat, in an attempt to paralyze the Roman army, and then lead Let your elite army hide in a certain place, waiting for the moment when the Roman army lowers its vigilance, and then deliver a fatal blow to them!"