Post by Imperium Romanum (Orientalis) on Jun 3, 2016 10:58:42 GMT
The Regent has pledged a tax amnesty on the Province of Illyria for the next two years. This will take the form of a direct reduction of tax on Illyrian citizens (they will still pay the proportion owed to the province, but the proportion owed to the Empire will be ignored). This is to allow the ravaged province time to rebuild, resow, and reinvest. The newcomers will have a chance to put down roots and integrate with the established populations. The Army of Illyria will get to work dealing with heavy engineering damaged by Huns, Rugi, Lombards, and neglect (it is expected that the new army will be less adept than the longer standing Roman forces, but this will once again acquaint the soldiery with their expectations as Romans, and begin developing the necessary skills).
It is hoped that at the end of these two years, Illyria will once again be a prosperous and secure province of the Empire.
Lethuc Rex is thanked by the Regent for his admirable attitude in dealing with Imperial bureaucracy, privately stating that if other governors applied themselves with the same activity and zeal, the Empire would be stronger by far. He adds that news has come to him of Lombard raiding in the Adriatic, he asks that this raiding be restricted to vessels not trading with the Eastern Empire, as this will impoverish both the King and the Empire, but states that he can deal with the diplomatic fallout in the West of raiding at this scale...
The King's advisers as governor are instructed to begin explaining the Empire's sources of income, and the central role that trade plays, to allow Lethuc to come to his own conclusion that allowing Eastern trade through unmolested is categorically in his own best interest.
It is hoped that at the end of these two years, Illyria will once again be a prosperous and secure province of the Empire.
Lethuc Rex is thanked by the Regent for his admirable attitude in dealing with Imperial bureaucracy, privately stating that if other governors applied themselves with the same activity and zeal, the Empire would be stronger by far. He adds that news has come to him of Lombard raiding in the Adriatic, he asks that this raiding be restricted to vessels not trading with the Eastern Empire, as this will impoverish both the King and the Empire, but states that he can deal with the diplomatic fallout in the West of raiding at this scale...
The King's advisers as governor are instructed to begin explaining the Empire's sources of income, and the central role that trade plays, to allow Lethuc to come to his own conclusion that allowing Eastern trade through unmolested is categorically in his own best interest.
