"?!"
Irene As soon as these words came out, a pot exploded below, and everyone was filled with indignation, as if their ancestral graves had been dug up.
"Your Majesty! You must not do this. This will shake the foundation of the country!"
"Your Majesty, think twice! You will make the nobles lose the motivation to serve the country."
"Yes, the previous taxes were already very high. If we increase the revenue again, we really won't be able to survive."
"Don't look at our superficial beauty, but our family's expenses are actually very high."
Irene looked at the desperate nobles below with some disdain in his heart. Just now he looked like a messenger of justice making money for the country, but now when their interests are involved, he instantly turned into a clown.
Even Locke's face looked a little unhappy. Is he and others just stealing the chicken and losing the rice?
However, he didn't have too many worries in his heart. He felt that this was just a method of delay proposed by Irene. As long as the matter was fooled, it would be fine. And are the interests of so many nobles really accessible to them if they want to?
Even if Irene is King! During the previous war, the previous King encountered so much resistance in raising taxes by a few points. Now it has been directly increased by fifteen points. Unless Archmage Ivan comes forward, this matter will not be successful!
Then, Locke gave Peter a wink, and the next second Peter stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid there is something wrong with this. We need to discuss it again."
After Peter's speech, the panicked hearts of the nobles were suddenly calmed down, and they all nodded in agreement.
"Is it inappropriate? I don't think there's anything wrong with it."
"Who?! Who is talking!" Peter looked around, and finally stopped at the right side of Irene's throne, where Claire was slowly walking out of the shadows.
"Master Peter, don't you know me?" Claire said with a smile.
This smile frightened Peter so much that he unconsciously took half a step back. When Claire bloodbathed the capital, a noble neighbor of his was killed and hung on the street lamp in front of the door. He almost scared him to death when he went out that morning, so he still had some shadow of Claire's psychology.
Not only Peter, but also the nobles who were fussing before saw Claire come out, instantly turned into good babies, lowering their heads and counting how many dust particles there were on the ground.
Claire slowly walked to Irene, squinted his eyes and scanned the nobles below, but none of those nobles dared to look at him.
This gave Claire a strange feeling that his daughter was being bullied and he was here to support Irene.
"I heard the conversation you just had. I think Lord Peter's proposal is quite interesting. Griffin Territory It's not impossible to abolish the principality. After all, paying taxes is also a contribution to the kingdom."
"But I have made a contribution, so should all the adults also make their own contribution? I think His Majesty Irene's proposal of 35% Rich Man's Tax is quite good. All the adults are good officials who serve the people and the country, so they should be willing to give up such a small amount of money."
When he said this, Claire kept his eyes fixed on Peter, who was standing in front of everyone. With this action, no matter how Locke looked at Peter, Peter did not dare to stand up and speak.
In this way, Claire suppressed the momentum of everyone in the audience as soon as he appeared on the stage. They were so suppressed that they did not dare to say a word.
Two or three minutes passed like this, and Claire suddenly chuckled.
"Since everyone has no objections, it's such a happy decision!"
"?!" The nobles in the audience panicked for a moment and looked around.
Then, under the murderous gazes of the heads of those big noble families, Peter still plucked up his courage and took a step forward.
"I have some different opinions..."
"Poof!"
That was the sound of blood spurting out. Before Peter could finish speaking, his whole body cracked into several large pieces like broken glass. Before he died, his eyes were full of disbelief.
The noble below suddenly looked at Claire on the stage, and saw that he still maintained his faint smile, as if the incident just now had nothing to do with him.
"Now." Claire continued, "Is there anyone else who objects?"
His Highness is as silent as death. No one is willing to be the one who stands out anymore. That Duke Tulip on the stage can really kill people!
"Since no one objects..."
When Claire was talking, Locke's eyes turned crazily. It would definitely not work to give up 15% of the profits like this! Even if he agrees, his ancestors will kill him.
Locke suddenly stood up and shouted to Claire, "Claire! You actually dared to kill the Minister of Taxation Peter in the main hall! And it was in front of His Majesty Irene. Do you want to rebel?"
Locke is sure that he is the head of the Archmage family, and with such a big hat on him, Claire will definitely not kill his own just like Peter did when he spoke.
The fact was just as Locke expected. After he finished speaking, his body did not crack like Peter.
Locke swallowed thankfully, feeling that his body had been hollowed out, and then he looked at Claire above the hall. This time Locke felt that he had won, and that he would be invincible!
"What's your opinion?" Claire asked, "If you can't express it, don't blame me for being rude."
Seeing that Claire did not jump into the trap he had dug, Locke was not too surprised, but took another step forward.
"I am the head of the Bunir Family, why are you going to be rude to me!"
Claire just frowned, and the Archmage and heads of the Juggernaut family below also stood up one after another. They were not fools, and they knew that Locke could not carry it alone at this time.
"Claire, what are you doing! Do you want to kill us all too!"
"You have violated the law! You still dare to stand in front of His Highness, get out of here!"
"Come down!"
"What are you barking at?" Claire slowly raised his palms towards Locke and the others, "Your Archmage and Juggernaut family only have one, but the head of the family can be changed. Can't you understand this?"
"Are you going to start a war with our families?"
"No matter how powerful you are, you are just Archmage! Can you withstand the cooperation of so many of our families!"
"If you have the ability, just do it! Come on!"
As the family heads roared, all the Archmage guards who followed them appeared in front of them, fully armed and assuming a defensive posture.
Claire did not stop the movements in his hands, but said, "If you are really confident that I don't dare to touch you, you don't have to scream so loudly. Is it because you are screaming so loudly now because you don't have enough confidence?"
"And... who told you that I'm just a Archmage?"