Senator Decius Pylaeus
It seems the important news arrived at the right time, with all of us together. This might give us a head start for the senate session after all.
I think we should refrain from any expeditions until the inner stability of the Imperium can be guaranteed. The Blues had their fun long enough and since our coffers are empty, we should not spend money that is needed elsewhere. If you beg to differ, I will surrender my personal view to a majority.
On the matter of establishing diplomatic relations with an unknown empire in the east, I can only express my utmost reluctance. Our diplomatic corps is strained to the limit as is {{I believe we are 1 or 2 relation above our limit, aren't we?}}
, thus any further relations could not be maintained well enough and would bring more harm to the Imperium than benefit.
Further more, Javier Espinosa is probably the worst person we could possibly send there. Not only is he a bad example for any scholar of the Imperium because he confuses a place of knowledge and learning with a place of political bickering {{the fact why the entire family of the Pylaei despises the man and his supposedly bad influence on the blessed autokrator}}
, his presence during the last session also made it clear that he is nothing but an extended arm of the blue demes.
His manners leave a lot to be desired as well, his nonchalant stance may be suited for a brawl in a tavern, but it certainly isn't for the intricacies of foreign diplomacy.
If you ask me for an opinion on the Pisans, then I can only say that all lands of Pisa are rightfully Roman, so a war against them can never be wrong, alas, it might be unwise to wage war at this point. You all seem to oppose bringing war to those greedy merchants that are a scourge of our beloved home, so I shall reluctantly agree.
Regarding the final matter of a new policy to revitalize our economy, I thought of the following: Initially, we should propose something that benefits us the most, namely a reduction to the horrendous inflation that continues to plague our lands along with a solid boost to our domestic economy {{Production efficiency boost}}
. The best alternative to this would be a joint venture with the esteemed senators of the red faction, to substitute the enhanced focus on production for a solution that benefits the aerarium and the tagmata. If we could appoint experts from the administration to better regulate the payments of our soldiers, there is money to be saved as well {{Land maintenance reduction}}
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I played around with the designer ingame, and if no other penalties apply, this would be what my alternatives look like:
In terms of being gamey, we already have reduced interest rates, any more would be overkill imo. Reduced inflation can come in handy in a lot of ways, paired with a nice-to-have general financial boost it is well suited as a policy that can be turned on or off whenever the need arises.
Immediately 6-7 ducats per month are saved, the lowered inflation will yield the long-term benefits.
LOL
{{ I wonder what paths my glorious Demes will take. Both the Reds and Whites seem to get many problems with the Blues (for absolutely no reason
) but I guess that could change if we make them an offer they can't refuse ... }}
Last time I checked a di Capponi was a member of the whites, so I'd like to see such an offer brought before him
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Czoklet,
I also realised it might be a very good idea to change our faction bonus to help reduce interest instead of getting more advisors like we voted on last time. Is that possible to do or are the bonuses written in stone?}}
We should not change previous decisions. Not only gives that the impression of a demes with a weak leader, it also makes decisions kind of pointless if they can be revoked at any point. Moreover, advisors are still better in the long run imo. Also, the Whites should not have to pay for the Blues' mistake.
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