This king has a million fighting troops, in which are included 35,000

1.	This king has a million fighting troops, in which are included 35,000 cavalries (horse riders) ready to be dispatched to any quarter whenever necessary…… He is the most feared king in these parts ……..The captains of these troops are the nobles of his kingdom and they hold the city, the towns and the villages of the kingdom. There are captains among them who have a revenue of about a million gold coins, others two hundred, three hundred or five hundred thousand coins. The king fixes for each according to his revenue the number of troops which he must maintain, on foot, on horse, and elephants. These troops are always ready for duty, whenever and wherever they may have to go. Besides maintaining these troops, each captain has to make his annual payment to the king.Besides the troops supplied by the captains, the king has his own troops whom he pays”. Is it correct to collect high taxes from people for the army expenditure? Write your comment.
Answer» I am not agreeing with the above statement. Why because for the army expenditure purpose kings impose the taxes on people is correct but imposing heavy taxes on people is not correct. Sometimes, some kings have a desire of doing more wars during that time more army is needed along with that expenditure is also increasing. During that time kings tried to impose more taxes, but people are not able to pay more taxes. And they suffered very highly. So the kings reduce the expenditure of the army of not to wage more wars.

This king has a million fighting troops, in which are included 35,000 cavalries (horse riders) ready to be dispatched to any quarter whenever necessary…… He is the most feared king in these parts ……..The captains of these troops are the nobles of his kingdom and they hold the city, the towns and the villages of the kingdom. There are captains among them who have a revenue of about a million gold coins, others two hundred, three hundred or five hundred thousand coins. The king fixes for each according to his revenue the number of troops which he must maintain, on foot, on horse, and elephants. These troops are always ready for duty, whenever and wherever they may have to go. Besides maintaining these troops, each captain has to make his annual payment to the king.Besides the troops supplied by the captains, the king has his own troops whom he pays”. Is it correct to collect high taxes from people for the army expenditure? Write your comment.

Answer»

I am not agreeing with the above statement.

Why because for the army expenditure purpose kings impose the taxes on people is correct but imposing heavy taxes on people is not correct. Sometimes, some kings have a desire of doing more wars during that time more army is needed along with that expenditure is also increasing. During that time kings tried to impose more taxes, but people are not able to pay more taxes. And they suffered very highly. So the kings reduce the expenditure of the army of not to wage more wars.

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