Two days later.
Nine tycoons who controlled the Farmers-General of France gathered in Ford's villa—due to the urgency of the matter, only a few from around Paris could attend. However, they possessed over forty percent of the association's funds, sufficient to make decisions on significant matters.
At the conference table, Fankevich flipped through a newspaper and saw headlines like "Professor Niset States, Tax Farmers System Increases the Tax Burden on Common People," "Shocking, They Won't Let Your Taxes Decrease," and "Is It the Failure of the Tax System, or the Darkness of Human Nature?" He immediately slammed his fist on the table in annoyance.
These articles exposing the longstanding issues of the tax farmers system and analyzing how tax reform could reduce the tax burden were all commissioned by Joseph. Since tax reform was beneficial for the country and the public but not for the tax farmers, he naturally wanted to utilize public opinion to promote it properly.
