Chapter 468: Increasing Income
After the enfeoffment ceremony, Arthur publicly announced the establishment of a joint consortium of nobles, which would be managed by the royal consortium and only allow new nobles to invest.
As long as you become a noble of Australasia, you will receive a basic share of the noble joint consortium.
Generally speaking, the basic shares owned by Jazz can guarantee dividends of at least AUD 500 each year.
The basic shares of a baron can provide annual dividends of A$1,500, a viscount of A$5,000, an earl of A$12,000, and a duke of A$50,000.
If the annual profits of the joint consortium of nobles are not enough to distribute dividends, the royal consortium will provide sponsorship to ensure that each noble can receive his or her own dividends.
It can be seen from this regulation that the Nobles United Consortium is actually an institution through which Arthur distributes money to all new aristocrats, and can unite the interests of all new aristocrats.
After all, the new aristocracy in Australasia does not have any fiefdoms, and naturally there will be no large or small states like the European aristocracy.
Therefore, the Nobles United Foundation can be regarded as a benefit for all new Australasian nobility. As long as you become a nobility, you can receive a large amount of dividends every year.
In order to ensure that the Nobles United Consortium has sufficient profitability, Arthur directly injected 5 million Australian dollars into the Nobles United Consortium on behalf of the royal family consortium to help the Nobles United Consortium make better investments and construction.
At the same time, the Nobles United Consortium will also establish an exclusive Nobles United Bank to specifically serve these new nobles. Nobles have lower loan interest rates and higher loan amounts at Nobles United Bank.
As a result, the treatment of the new nobles instantly overwhelmed most classes. After all, they did nothing. The dividends obtained from the joint consortium alone were enough for a knight to live a wealthy life.
But most people are not jealous or resentful about this. After all, Arthur has personally promised that no matter what class you are, as long as you have made outstanding contributions to the royal family and the government, you may be awarded a title of nobility.
Including accumulating military merit, engaging in scientific research, and even all aspects of Australasian society. As long as you make significant contributions to the country and the royal family, becoming a new noble is no longer a fantasy.
In addition to broadening the channels for people to be promoted to the nobility, improving the current living standards of the people is also a top priority in Arthur's plan.
It is better to do something practical than to paint a big pie. This is Arthur's theory of implementation in all policies.
After announcing the policy of the Nobles United Consortium, Arthur immediately announced that various subsidies would be issued to promote the increase of people's income, encourage major factories to increase workers' salary levels, and conduct a new round of low-income groups. subsidy policy.
At present, the per capita annual income in Australasia has reached 55.21 Australian dollars. Under the premise that the per capita income in European countries has generally decreased, it is rare for the per capita income in Australasia to continue to increase.
However, compared with the United States, which was not affected by the war, Australasia's per capita income level is still relatively low, and the attractiveness of immigrants is much lower than that of the United States.
As the monarch of Australasia, Arthur was happy to see the country's government income increase, but he was also happy to see the people's income increase.
Among other things, the increase in people's income can affect the economic growth of industries and tax revenue, which is equivalent to feeding back to the government in another way.
The inflow of a large amount of capital into society can accelerate the growth of the Australasian economy and drive the growth of GDP, tax revenue, various industries and even tourism, which is of great benefit to Arthur.
Perhaps some funds will be lost for this, but the improvements in all walks of life in Australasia and the people's love for the government have just been exchanged, which cannot be replaced by any huge amount of funds.
Sure enough, after hearing Arthur's announcement to increase people's income, almost all the people burst into earth-shaking cheers.
The cheers of the people at the previous enfeoffment ceremony were happy for the government and Arthur, and happy for the new nobles.
But now, the people are cheering because they are happy for themselves, happy that they are in such a great country and have such a great monarch.
Throughout the ages, there have been countless monarchs with great talents and strategies, but there are not many monarchs who truly serve the people and can truly care about the interests of the people.
Perhaps these monarchs can all be collectively called wise monarchs and great monarchs. Only the people who have experienced it know how much they love such monarchs.
It is no exaggeration to say that in Australasia, as long as someone slanders Arthur in public, he will definitely not leave Australasia alive.
After the enfeoffment ceremony, there are rewards for all meritorious soldiers. Although most of the soldiers' merits were not accumulated enough to obtain a title, there were still many of them who made great contributions and deserved to be awarded awards by Arthur himself.
In addition to nearly 200 knights and 19 barons, Australasia also gave birth to more than 400 medal recipients to commemorate the great contribution of Australasian soldiers in this war.
According to statistics from the agricultural department, the land entrusted this time is as high as 400,000 acres, which is a full 1,600 square kilometers of land.
Fortunately, Australasia was vast and sparsely populated, and had enough land for enfeoffment. 400,000 acres of land is nothing compared to the total land area of Australasia. It is not even a drop in the bucket
. In addition to subsidies for factories, Arthur also It was decided to provide certain subsidies and tax breaks to ensure that most people in Australasia can receive the benefits of income growth.
Since the last time Arthur reduced people's taxes, Australasian taxes have been considered very low. Especially the civilian class will be charged personal income tax only if their annual income exceeds the per capita annual income by more than 20%. Even miscellaneous taxes are very small for low-income people. Instead, there are exemptions for various tuition fees and medical expenses. This also ensures that the living standards of Australasians will not be significantly reduced under any circumstances. The way.
At the end of all the ceremonies, there was a military parade that had not been held in Australasia for a long time.
Because this military parade is to celebrate the victory of the war, Australasia can be said to have all three armies of sea, land and air. Tanks, aircraft, artillery and various warships go into battle together, demonstrating the power of the Australasian army at home and abroad. .
It is worth mentioning that not all of the indigenous soldiers who fought for Australasia were expelled from Australasia.
Before Australasia took over the Southeast Asian colonies, there were still a large number of indigenous countries and forces in the Dutch East Indies. These indigenous countries also had considerable power. This relatively powerful part had completely independent military, administrative and diplomatic powers.
After Australasia occupied this land, it annexed most of the indigenous tribes, but also retained a very small number of indigenous forces.
On the island of Sulawesi, there were originally five indigenous forces: the Wando tribe, the Manda tribe, the Ruwu Sultanate, the Gowa Sultanate and the Toraja tribe. After the integration of the Australasian government, they finally remained The Sultanate of Lu and the Sultanate of Gowa in the south came to manage the entire indigenous population of Sulawesi.
Some of the yellow indigenous people were arranged to these two sultanates, where they would become residents, waiting for recruitment from Australasia at any time.
To put it simply, these indigenous populations are the source of Australasia's indigenous army, and they are the cannon fodder for the Australasian army's charge during the war.
The indigenous population that was transferred to these two sultanates is approximately 2 million. Adding the original indigenous population of Sulawesi, the indigenous population controlled by these two sultanates has reached more than 5 million.
This also means that if Arthur is willing, these indigenous populations can become millions of indigenous troops at any time to fight for the Australasian army.
In return for these natives, Arthur promised to leave them enough land and would not drive them away again.
Of course, the two sultanates in which these indigenous populations are located must obey the orders of the Australasian government unconditionally.
Moreover, these indigenous populations are not recognized by Australasia, but they will enjoy some welfare benefits to ensure that their loyalty when fighting for Australasia is guaranteed.
For these more than 5 million yellow indigenous people, Arthur made his own commitment. As long as they make enough meritorious service, they can be recognized by the Australasian government and become an honorable Australasian citizen.
Although the conditions for obtaining nationality are relatively strict, these yellow indigenous people have a much higher probability of obtaining nationality than the black indigenous people in New Guinea.
Arthur was stunned to demobilize all the millions of black natives in New Guinea. You can see Arthur's attitude towards those black natives. No matter how great their achievements, Arthur did not recognize them as Australasian citizens.
Apart from these black indigenous exceptions, there is nothing wrong with saying that Australasia is a diverse country of immigrants.
Although the main ethnic group in Australasia is European, Australasia also welcomes immigrants from Asia.
At present, among the 18.67 million people in Australasia, yellow people account for more than 400,000, and the vast majority of them are immigrants from East Asia.
In fact, ever since the Qing government learned the Australasian government system, a steady stream of East Asian immigrants have come to Australasia and settled in this land permanently.
Some universities in Australasia have also become the application targets of many East Asian students. Currently, Australasia welcomes dozens of East Asian international students every year, and more than half of them choose to stay in Australasia after graduation.
Unlike many East Asian countries, Australasia is obviously a good choice for studying abroad.
First of all, Australasia's various systems are highly similar to those in Europe, and its technology is considered to be top-notch in Europe.
The distance between Australasia and East Asia is much closer than the distance between Europe and East Asia, which also saves a lot of study abroad costs.
Due to various factors, many East Asian students choose to study in Australasia and then return to serve their country.
Arthur also welcomes these people. After all, they can also open up the international reputation of Australasian universities and increase the international influence of Australasia.
After these people returned from studying in Australasia, they naturally had deeper feelings for Australasia than other countries.
This is the advantage of Australasia, which can more easily win over many Asian countries.
This kind of study abroad policy was fully used by many countries in later generations, cultivating a large number of pro-own foreign forces.
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