After Sedorum, others agreed.

"In this case, after obtaining the consent of Haka and Hasdruba, Lycias, you will submit the proposal to the Senate to discuss and pass."

"Yes, your Majesty."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Alexis asked, "Your Majesty, your newly divided area is not very consistent with the military source areas of each legion. Will this affect the citizens' participation in military training and warfare? Do you need to adjust the military source areas of each legion?"

"I don't think it's necessary." Davers said very simply: "The army is an army, the region is an area. Both sides do not interfere with each other and cooperate with each other. Especially when wars occur, all towns and regions must vigorously cooperate with the war and aftermath of the legion soldiers. This is the provision of the "Dionia Law". I think officials of any level dare not obstruct or violate it!"

After answering Alexis's question, no one asked for a while, so Davers continued: "I'll talk about some adjustments to the level of kingdom officials after dividing the region and adding the position of regional chief executive."

Everyone raised their ears again.

"The rotating chairman is still the highest-level official of the Kingdom, followed by ministers of various departments. The rank of the district chief executive is the same as that of them, but they must be elected by the Senate; the rank of the city chief executive is the same as that of the secondary officials of each department. This belongs to the rank of the intermediate officials and will no longer be elected by the Senate, but will be directly decided by the Executive Council of the Kingdom..."

"Your Majesty's decision is so correct!" Hormon praised loudly: "Now there are more than 100 large and small towns in the kingdom, and the city administrator will take office almost every 3 or 4 days. The Senate is busy choosing successors every day, so there is no time to do other important things!"

Others also felt this, and veteran members of the Senate such as Lucias and Sedolum thought more: Since the Kingdom Executive Council was often held, many royal internal political issues have been resolved here, and even many decrees were discussed here first, and after the resolution was formed, they were then passed at the Senate meeting. Since the five rotating chairmen and ministers of various departments were important members of the Senate, when they had reached an agreement, the proposal was easily passed, so the affairs of the Senate had been greatly reduced. If the affairs of the elected chief executives of each town were also cancelled, the role of the Senate would be greatly weakened!

Lucias looked at Davers who was talking and thought a lot for a moment.

"The next one is the Chief Demo in each town, and then the village chief... This constitutes the most basic fifth-level administrative officer of the kingdom, and the levels of officials in other departments are adjusted accordingly according to this standard. Oh, by the way! The chief of the city in each district should be half a level higher than the ordinary chief of the city... Also, the power of the chief of the district is not exactly the same as the wartime governor we had appointed before. He has the administrative power to manage the entire region, but he does not have the right to mobilize the army, nor the right to formulate local orders. However, although the chief of the city in the district cannot be appointed by him, chief of the chief of the district can be recommended by him..."

Everyone pondered every word that Davers said, because it was probably closely related to their future. However, Akibides couldn't help but interrupt and said, "Your Majesty, the kingdom territory is divided into various regions. After appointing the chief executives of each region, they will have to be equipped with other officials? This is a large number of people, and the level is not low. This will be a large treasury expenditure."

"This is inevitable." Davers comforted him, "The larger the kingdom's territory, the more problems will be, and the more complex the difficulties will be, which requires our governance to be more precise and efficient. Of course, we can discuss which officials to be equipped.

For example, the population of each town was small, and one or two clinics and hospitals could solve the disease problems of the people, so most towns did not have medical department officials. However, now a region has been established. Whether it is to prevent and treat epidemics or supervise the disease treatment of the entire area, medical department officials are needed to ensure the health of the people in the area.

For example, is it necessary for the construction department officials to set up in the region? Because each town under the jurisdiction has its own construction personnel. When the entire area needs to build large public buildings, the local chief executive can gather the construction personnel of each town under the jurisdiction to plan and build..."

Davers and the ministers discussed the issue of the Chief Executive until dusk, and basically had a clear and clear plan.

After everyone left, Davers stared at the big map and thought for a while before he asked Henipolis to put the map back.

When Henipolis returned to the palace hall, Davers said to him: "Heni, don't rush home first, go visit me with me."

"Yes, your Majesty."

Under the escort of the guards, Davers left the palace. The pedestrians he met along the way stopped to say hello to the king. Davers also responded with a smile.

Melsis's mansion is not too far from the palace, just at the foot of the mountain to the north of the Hill of Gods. Compared with the mansions of other important officials and elders, its appearance is very magnificent and conspicuous.

A civilian protection official once reported it, saying that his life was luxurious and suspected that he was corrupt, which caused a big storm.

The Supervision Department also sent officials to conduct an investigation, and found that Melsis not only did not embezzle the treasury money, but also used the money from his own business to purchase a batch of military supplies and transported it to the front line during the Western Mediterranean War.

After the news was announced, not only the people were upset, but even the officials were surprised, which greatly changed their impression of the kingdom's wealth-guarding slave.

But unexpectedly, Melsis began to get sick one year after the war. After many active treatments, the condition lasted for more than two years. Finally, he fell ill at the beginning of this year and was unable to take charge of the director. Only then did Akibides take over him and take charge of the affairs of the Finance Department.

When Davers walked into the living room, Melsis was already greeted by two slaves.

At this time, he was overly fat all over. Although he was covered by a wide white robe, he could still see his swollen legs and blood-covered ankles while walking. His face was also dark brown and his spirit was a little depressed. Seeing Davers, he was a little excited. He tried hard to squeeze out his smile and said hoarsely: "Your Majesty, you finally come to see me!"

"Okay, you Melsis, so forgetful! I just came to see you once last month!" Davers cursed softly.

"It's too long to visit once a month... It's better to come once every two or three days..." Melsis said trickishly, urging the slave beside him: "Hurry up... help me to your Majesty... speak so hard..."

Davers hurriedly dissuaded: "You are not in good health now, so don't come out. Be careful of catching a cold! Let's go to your bedroom."

"Thank you for your concern..." After walking for a while, Melsis felt powerless and did not persist.

"Your Majesty!!" Melsis's wife and three concubines also came over and saluted respectfully.

After Davers returned the gift, he expressed his gratitude to them: "Thank you for your hard work during this period!"

"What's the hard work... I cry at any time... I'm so annoyed that I want to drive them all out..." Mercis cursed.

"I see you are recuperating at home, but your temper has grown a lot!" Davers said in a reprimanding tone.

"I can't scold my colleagues every day... I can only scold my family..." Melsis was very calm.

"You, you..." Davers shook his head repeatedly with a rogue appearance like Melsis.

When he arrived at the bedroom, the servant carefully helped Mercis lie on the bed, and the big hardwood bed was creaking.

At this time, Davers saw that Melsis's feet were red and shrunk. While they were frightened, a strong sense of sadness also reminded him of the pessimistic estimates made by Helps when talking about Melsis's condition not long ago.

After Melsis covered his body with a quilt, he drove out his wife and servants, leaving only Davers, Henipolis and Martius in the house.

Then, Melsis asked, "Your Majesty, you come to visit me today... Isn't there anything important?"

Davers motioned Martius to cover the door and whispered: "Tell you good news, but keep it confidential!"

Melsis saw Martius's movements and nodded solemnly.

"The Kingdom is ready to increase taxes on the people!" Davers said word by word.

"It should have been like this long ago!" Melsis was excited, and then thought of keeping it secret, lowered his voice again, and emphasized again: "The kingdom should have increased taxes long ago!"

Davers smiled, so he briefly explained the reasons for the tax increase, and then asked seriously: "How much tax do you think should be increased to solve this military expenditure problem, and to alleviate the country's finances while making it affordable for the people?"

"Of course it's 10%!" Melsis answered without hesitation.

"You should be serious!" Davers' tone became stern.

Melsis was stared at Davers' majestic gaze and did not dare to talk nonsense. She thought about it carefully before saying reluctantly: "I think...5% may be more appropriate."

When he mentioned money, Melsis became energetic. Not only did he speak more fluently, but he also became agile in his thinking. He explained in detail why he chose this tax rate. He deserves to be a man who has been in charge of financial power since the founding of Dionia. Melsis carefully analyzed all aspects of the kingdom in detail, and read all kinds of data at will.
Chapter completed!