Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire.

Chapter 443 Do you want to start a civil war?
"It's just a floating city. I've seen the financial budget. Although there is some pressure, it is completely affordable. This is not a reason for you to liquidate the Augustus family."

Lutizia frowned. It was not that she was defending the Augustus Family, but she knew clearly the significance of the Augustus Family to His Majesty the Holy Dragon. She was essentially defending His Majesty the Holy Dragon's feelings.

However, the interests occupied by the Augustus family now make the new generation of dragons feel dissatisfied. These dragon officials in front of them are just the expression and venting of a certain will of the dragon group.

"Just a floating city? Oh, Lady Lutetia, how many years have you served His Majesty the Holy Dragon? Don't you know His Majesty well? When has His Majesty ever been satisfied?"

Atlas asked back,
"Since the first land expansion war, the wars launched by us dragon people have become larger and larger each time. Now the war group has even set foot outside the world. This is not the end, but just the beginning.

The regiment's boots will set foot on even more distant material worlds, and the territory ruled by His Majesty the Holy Dragon will become even more vast.

Once the construction of the floating city begins, as long as it demonstrates the same strategic significance as expected, the number of floating cities built in the future will only increase and become larger.

Our demand for floating cities is endless, but where does the money for building floating cities come from? Amend the code and increase taxes? Or increase the proportion of existing taxes? "

"You have already said that the Chapter will conquer more worlds, and your Majesty's tax revenue will only increase, not decrease. Even in the future, more floating cities will be built, and they will be paid for by future taxes, so the finances can be balanced."

Shivreya spoke up and joined in the debate.

“The worlds conquered by the war group need to be rebuilt from the ruins, and a certain number of armed forces need to be dispatched to suppress and eliminate the local resistance forces.

Referring to existing cases, even after conquering the world, local tax revenue will not be able to achieve self-sufficiency for at least ten years, and there will inevitably be huge deficits, requiring us to continue to allocate funds.

After that, whether the revenue and expenditure can be balanced and whether resources can be fed back to us still needs to be handled according to the actual situation. Under such circumstances, how can we expect taxes from these overseas colonies when there are obviously better options on the mainland. "

Although the reasons given by the Fairy Queen were equally reasonable, the dragons were still quite determined and they had no intention of changing their demands.

"We must take back the ruling rights over the southern provinces. The tax revenues from the southern provinces should also belong to His Majesty the Holy Dragon. The Augustus family is not qualified to manage them."

"The southern provinces were conquered by Alexander, the head of the Augustus family. What reasons and names do you have for taking them back?"

"In the name of what? Of course, in the name of His Majesty the Holy Dragon! There are dragon people everywhere there. We just need to inform the Augustus family of the result. Do we need their consent?"

The voice of "as a matter of course" rang out in the Shengyao Hall, and as soon as these words fell, they immediately aroused a lot of recognition, and many dragon people who were in charge of a certain area nodded in agreement.

Because it is hard not to agree that as long as they can gain control of the southern provinces and obtain their tax revenues, once the central finances are replenished, they, the dragon people in power, can let go and do things they want to do but cannot do because of the financial budget.

"That's right. The South is the South of us dragon people. It belongs to His Majesty the Holy Dragon, not the Augustus family."

“Alexander did have achievements, but that was because he had the support of His Majesty the Holy Dragon. Anyone standing in his position and having the same resources could have achieved the same or even greater achievements.

Therefore, this is not the reason for the Augustus family to control the southern provinces. Moreover, even if they have merit, they have controlled the southern provinces for thirty years and monopolized the tax revenue of the southern provinces. Isn’t this enough? What else are they dissatisfied with? "

"The Augustus family has enjoyed the emperor's favor for thirty years, and now it's time to give it up. This is not what they deserve!"

Various radical voices arose one after another, and the dragons had already reached a consensus, or they were already extremely dissatisfied with the Augustus family.

Although the resources, benefits and treatment they enjoy now are not bad, when they see that the Augustus family next door enjoys ten or even a hundred times more resources than them, their dissatisfaction becomes difficult to control.

The territory was conquered inch by inch by the dragons, but the resources were enjoyed by these humans who were born as Augustus.

What is even more unbearable is that, except for the head of the Augustus family, Alexander, and a small number of members who are dragon people with dragon veins, the vast majority of official members are humans.

They resisted becoming dragons and refused to become followers of His Majesty the Holy Dragon. They still maintained their human appearance in order to maintain the so-called purity of their bloodline and the dignity of the Titan bloodline.

A group of humans, relying on their surnames and bloodline that they don't even have, show off their power over the dragon people and enjoy the spoils that the dragon people exchanged for their bones and blood.

Which dragon person can tolerate such a situation?
"That's enough. This matter must be decided by His Majesty the Holy Dragon. No matter who you are, you have no right or ability to make decisions on your own!"

Faced with the enraged dragons, the two fairy queens did not let the situation get out of control.
"The Augustus family will never give up their interests in the southern province. Your tough stance in taking control of the southern province will definitely cause a backlash from the Augustus family.

Do you want to start a civil war?"

"Dragon people are never afraid of war. We are born for war!"

In the glorious hall, the pairs of blazing golden dragon eyes now revealed a bloodthirsty light. The brutal aura of iron-blooded killing echoed in this place that represented the highest power of the Holy Dragon.

Every dragon man who can stand here has fought his way here. None of them has come here relying on the protection of their ancestors. Among them, quite a few dragon men’s ancestors were born slaves.

However, this has nothing to do with them now. The dragons do not hide the past of their ancestors and are very happy to show it off, because they regard the fact that their ancestors were born as slaves as an honor.

This is proof of the grace of His Majesty the Holy Dragon that has been passed down from generation to generation. Only His Majesty the Holy Dragon would bestow such grace on slaves, allowing the descendants of former slaves to reach the top of the world.

"What is the purpose of your war? Is it really for His Majesty the Holy Dragon? You just questioned my loyalty to His Majesty the Holy Dragon. Now, I question your loyalty to His Majesty the Holy Dragon! This is the core of His Majesty the Holy Dragon's territory. Do you want to turn it into a wasteland? Is this the result you want to present to His Majesty?"

Shivreya shouted sharply.

"We can win over Alexander. He is also a dragon man and has been favored by His Majesty..."

"But he is still the head of the Augustus family. How could he betray his family, his ancestors, and the country they founded?"

"It's not that he betrayed, but that he led the Augustus family to migrate! We can arrange for the Augustus family to move to the Alvis continent. We can give them a wider territory as long as they agree to migrate!"

"This is impossible. The Augustus family will never agree to this. Once forced, war is inevitable."

"Then we will wage war, but we must keep the scope of the war within the territory of the Kingdom of Atlas!"

"No, perhaps we can first disarm the Augustus family. The knights directly under the Augustus family are all formed by dragon people."

"Rebellion? Don't underestimate the loyalty of those royal knights to the Augustus family. They were trained by them..."

Inside the Hall of Glory, the fairies and dragons were arguing endlessly, and Noah, who had been listening to everything, remained hidden in the dust, saying nothing, with no intention of showing up to interfere with the argument.

Because the essence of the outbreak of this dispute is the dissatisfaction of the increasingly growing and powerful dragon group with the interests that their group enjoys.

They are not satisfied with the benefits allocated to them under the Holy Dragon Order, and they believe they deserve more.

In fact, Noah also believes that the demands of the dragon people are reasonable, because the dragon people group originated from the humanoid race, mainly humans, and are mixed with dragon people transformed from elves, dwarves, and halflings.

This huge and growing group has made indelible and outstanding contributions to the expansion, development and construction of Noah's territory.

The dragons deserve treatment that matches their efforts, especially those who have come down from the battlefield. They should all receive rewards, promotions and commendations corresponding to their military exploits.

Noah originally thought that he had done a good job in the distribution and reward mechanism for the dragon people, because under his rule, he truly ensured that the elderly were well taken care of, the young were well supported, and the strong were well employed.

The order he built would amaze even the most discerning paladins. That is why, even when Noah was at war with the gods, many paladins still chose to stay and support Noah.

Because the gods could not help the paladin realize his ideals, but Noah did it. The ideal country was right in front of him, so how could the paladin choose to abandon the ideal country just for the sake of his own future?

Even so, in this beautiful utopia, the dragons living in it are not satisfied. They still want more and better. They are even more dissatisfied with the Augustus family who enjoy better treatment than them.

Even though this family once raised and protected the Holy Dragon Noah, the dragons believed that it was done by the former Augustus family, and the people who protected His Majesty the Holy Dragon back then are no longer around.

Their descendants have already gained enough benefits under the protection of His Majesty the Holy Dragon. No matter how great the favor is, they should not repay it, nor should they enjoy such favor anymore and occupy huge benefits that are not commensurate with their own contributions and strength.

This was also a headache for Noah, and he didn't know how to make a fair judgment, because before this, Noah didn't think that there was anything wrong with the treatment of the Augustus family.

But now, when the dragons' unwilling roars echoed in the Hall of Glory, Noah suddenly realized that the order he had constructed had such a serious distribution problem.

Noah may feel that his distribution is fair, but the dragons feel it is unfair. That is the problem. They are the largest and most promising group of followers under his command, and they will have very good development in the future.

As followers, the dragons certainly cannot disobey Noah's orders and will. As long as Noah insists, no matter how dissatisfied or wronged they are, the dragons will swallow it and choose to follow Noah's will. However, the dissatisfaction in their hearts will not be eliminated, but will become more intense.

No child would like a biased parent who distributes things unfairly.

But fairness and justice are easy to talk about, but how difficult is it to truly achieve them, or to make the parties involved feel that it is fair?

Noah has always insisted that it is better to be kind to your own people than to be kind to outsiders. As a ruler, you must be clear about yourself, the source of your power and the foundation of your rule!
Until now, Noah did not think that there was anything wrong with his point of view. But from this point of view, who is the source of his power and the foundation of his rule?
His strength is the source of his power, but the dragon people are the foundation for him to maintain his rule and establish order. Apart from the dragon people, is there a second largest group?
Even though Noah's first clan, the group of dragon-transformed fairies, were still growing in number, they could not be compared with the dragon people, especially after the Dragon Transformation Towers were gradually built all over the continent.

If Noah doesn't take care of the dragon people, who else can he take care of? If he doesn't distribute the benefits to the dragon people, making them stronger, who will he distribute the benefits to?
You should know that, except for the Wanfa Dragon Guards, all other armed forces under Noah's command are composed of carefully selected dragon people.

At this point, the answer seems to be obvious, but the problem is that the dragons are now dissatisfied and want to target the Augustus family.

That was the family that once sheltered and supported him. Although most of the people there are no longer around, they are all still alive.

It is not advisable to take back the taxation rights of the southern provinces from the Augustus family in a tough manner, let alone exchange the land for the Augustus family.

If Noah really follows the will of the dragons, how will he face Tidel who will wake up in the future, and how will he face his adoptive father Cassius who has returned?
Noah felt ashamed. Golden dragons are the most face-conscious metal dragons, and Noah was no exception.

He had promised his adoptive mother Selena that he would protect the Augustus family, and he has been fulfilling his promise.

However, his excessive favor towards the Augustus family caused dissatisfaction among his relatives, who believed that his majesty was biased in distribution and wanted to correct it after he left office.

(End of this chapter)