On 14 September 1722 he published a "Sharpened Edict against the Flight of Subjects and their Children in Western and Eastern Pomerania" and on 11 November a "Patent, that the Property of those Subjects and Native Children who flee from Fear of Recruitment shall be Confiscated", but the solution to the conflict between the army—which required peasant recruits—and the royal finances—which required the peasants' agrarian labour—was only solved by the self-interest of the regimental commanders.
On 14 September 1722, he issued a "Sharpened Edict against the Exodus of Subjects and their Children in Western and Eastern Pomerania" and on 11 November a "Patent, that the Property of those Subjects and Native Children who flee from Fear of Military Service shall be Seized", but the resolution to the conflict between the army—which needed peasant recruits—and the royal finances—which required the peasants' agricultural labor—was only resolved by the self-interest of the regimental commanders.