The vizier tells the sultan that the treasury is out of money and they need more taxes.
The sultan tells the vizier to put a guy on every bridge and get one coin from his every subject who passes the bridge.
After a while, the sultan asks the vizier if there is any complaints from his subjects.
The vizier says no one is complaining.
The sultan says put another guy on the other end of the bridges and charge another coin.
After a while,
Sultan: “any complaints?”
Vizier: “Nope”
The sultan gets angry at his people because they're spineless and tells the vizier, “put another guy in the middle of bridges and let them fuck the people passing the bridge.
Again, no complaints.
The sultan can't believe that no one is complaining and tells the vizier, “let's go see what the people have to say.
At one of the bridges the sultan asks the people “any complaints?”
No one says anything.
Sultan yells “if you have any complaints say it now”
And then a guy in the crowd, with a weak voice, says ” My sultan, about the guy in the middle of the bridge”
The sultan, happily thinking someone among his people has a backbone, says “Yeah, what about him?”
The guy goes “During the evening the bridge gets busy, can we get one more guy in the middle of the bridge so we won't be home late”