Write your suggestion on different ways through which the criminal could have been dealt with by the King and co
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This is from the story “Too Dear” written by Count Leo Tolstoy who is a master of realistic fiction and widely considered one of the world’s greatest novelists. This story is a parody of one of the modern systems of governance. The king of Monaco ruled a tiny kingdom with a small population of about seven thousand. In that kingdom he was a real kinglet. He had a palace, courtiers, ministers, a bishop, generals and an army to take care of. However, he had very limited sources of income: a tax on tobacco, wine, spirits and a poll-tax. These sources were insufficient. So, he found a new source of special income; a gaming house where people played roulette. This was the only place in the whole of Europe where people would come to play. Whether they would win or lose, the Prince gained by it. It is like, ‘You can’t earn stone palaces by honest labour’. This statement is true with reference to the context the king of Monaco lived in. He knew it very well that gambling is a dirty business. He also understood that by levying taxes on drink and tobacco for revenue was not a good idea. But, he had to resort to it for the survival and sustenance of his kingdom.