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3.8- The Day of the Tiles

Revolutions

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The Reforms of the Paris Parliament

Brienne started with what i called the stuff, turning the corve into a money tax. That seemed fine, lifting regulations on the grain trade will be hated by the lower classes. But remember, we're still talking about the uber alits here. They saw a more rational and more profitable system and said, ye let's do it. Then finally, the magistrates accepted the creation of provincial assemblies to assess and collect taxes. Now this breeze through the paris parliament, who had little to fear and much to gain from these new assemblies. The first members of the assemblies would be, wait for it, appointed by the king. In this the provincial parliament smelled a big fat hairy

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