add_money

Unless I'm missing something the AI gets a florin bonus because they don't get missions, yet missions take time to complete, aren't always successful, and usually give less florins than the AI gets every turn.

I can understand a subtle boost in florins—especially a slightly higher boost for first five turns florin boost because the AI just cannot plan ahead like a human and those really early turns are usually when the player has already figured out exactly how they're going to beat the AI to punch on nearby rebel settlements—but 2,000 florins/turn is ridiculous, right? Or do I just suck at this game?

yes it is ridiculous... I'm getting overrun by polish nobel spam...

well if you want them to NOT get extra money go to SEGA\Medievall II Total War\data\world\maps\campaign\imperial_campaign\campaign_script.txt
and delete everything between
; monitors
and
;-- Mongols invasions --
(delete that "; monitors" but not ";-- Mongols invasion --")