Chapter 703, "Alliance Plan"

Building relationships with war groups, the Inquisition, local forces, etc. is a diplomatic activity to prepare for a rainy day.

But among all diplomatic activities, the most important one, or the force that needs diplomacy the most, is none other than Holy Terra.

All other diplomatic activities are also efforts to obtain a better political environment in Holy Terra.

In this case, the activities for the Imperial Center and Holy Terra itself cannot be ignored.

Gu Hang set about preparing a detailed development plan.

This plan is not only a display of the existing resources and development potential of the alliance, but also a commitment to the future.

Among them, it includes the economic and tax status of the alliance and the five major star regions, as well as the future prospects of these aspects.

It mentions a series of contents such as military security and political security.

With the assistance of the Governor's Office, this magnificent and detailed plan report is already being produced.

In the final analysis, the most important content is taxation.

The alliance promises that in ten years, the five major star regions can stably pay 1.3 trillion tax coins per year.

This is calculated based on a population of 10 trillion. Normally, the level 1 development is 1 trillion per year, but there are some planets with high development, and the alliance promised in the report that some worlds that were not so severely affected by the war would be developed to a higher level and pay more taxes.

Although this is ten years later. However, the alliance will not stop paying taxes in ten years.

On the contrary, the tax amount is still very high. According to calculations, starting from next year, the alliance will resume paying the imperial tax every two years. The tax amount for the first year is about 370 billion.

This includes all the taxes of the two star regions of Dragon Eagle and Menghe, as well as the worlds that were less affected by the war in the newly occupied three star regions of Proud Claw, Alfonzo, and Nepeta, that is, the worlds that do not need to be re-colonized, and can immediately restore the taxes to the empire.

As for those worlds that have been severely affected by disasters, they cannot collect taxes in the first place, and the empire usually gives them some time to develop.

For these worlds that cannot pay taxes, the alliance has also made detailed explanations for each of them, including a timetable for paying taxes in the future.

The alliance believes that this proposal is very attractive to the central government of the empire.

The most important thing for the empire is taxation.

The army, wars and various institutions that the empire needs to support all rely on the support of the empire's taxes. Without the empire's taxes, there would be no empire.

Generally speaking, according to the political conventions within the empire, 30% of the tax revenue of a planet belongs to the star domain government, 20% belongs to the cosmic domain government, and only 50% can be used by the central government of the empire.

This is still a theoretical situation.

The empire has such a large territory, and most of the taxes are paid in the form of in-kind taxes. The loss of transportation, the fuel of the fleet, time, the cost of building a tax fleet, the risk of being robbed during transportation... all of these can be included in the tax cost.

The tax cost of the star domain government is relatively low, after all, it is close; the tax cost of the cosmic domain government is relatively high, and it is normal to reach 30% or 40% of the tax revenue collected; it is normal for the cost to rise to 50% or 60% at the central government of the empire.

The empire has tried every means to solve this problem. For example, central warehouses can be built in various places to collect, store and call nearby; for example, tax coins can be used to directly call on the power of various planets, star fields and universe fields to work for the central government, and tax coins can be used to offset taxes, which will reduce the inevitable loss of physical objects in the middle.

However, these methods can only be said to be mitigation measures for high losses, but cannot be cured.

But the content promised by the alliance in the development book is to find a planet in the Jingjie star field, which is the star field closest to the central territory, as a special transit station and handover point, and settle the agreed tax amount there.

What does this mean?

The central government of the empire directly saved the money distributed to the star field government and the universe field government!

This alone increased the theoretical income of the central government by 50%!

In addition, a handover does not need to be paid or urged one by one, saving a huge amount of tax costs. At that time, the central government of the Empire only needs to ask the Alliance for money every two years, and pay it in a unified place. The Empire's tax fleet can go to the Nepeta star field and directly handle everything.

The tax cost can be reduced from nearly 60% to no more than 20%!

This is another huge increase!

It will be clearer if you calculate the numbers directly.

The total tax amount of the five major star fields was about 1.7 trillion tax coins before the war. The amount of tax that the Empire could receive from the central government every year was about 850 billion tax coins. The part that could actually be transported to the central government for allocation and use would drop to 340 billion.

These are still theoretical values. In fact, due to the existence of the Alfonzo Sect, a super organization that exempts the Mechanicus from tax, and the existence of Iron Armor, a local power that often intercepts taxes and asks the Empire for money, the central government of the Empire cannot even collect the 340 billion that includes transportation losses.

According to the statistics of the Central Taxation Department, it would be good to get 100 billion per year.

In the future, assuming that the Alliance obediently retreats to the Dragon Eagle Star Region and gives up all other places, and the Empire rebuilds the administrative system of the universe-star region-star region in these places, then the theoretical tax revenue that the Empire can receive will drop directly from 340 billion to 200 billion, and the tax revenue in hand may be only 80 billion

This is the impact of the war.

From the outbreak of the Iron Armor Battle to the end of the Second Battle of Reya Duchess, the 15-year war in between destroyed the Spider Web Universe. The three star regions of Nepeta, Alfonzo, and Proud Claw were relatively less affected, but the population still dropped sharply.

The 1.7 trillion theoretical tax coins are definitely gone, and it would be good to have one trillion.

With the reduction of the population base, the Empire's tax amount will certainly decrease.

In addition, although the Iron Armor was destroyed, the Alfonzo sect was also dismembered and no longer existed, and no one intercepted the flow to collect taxes.

However, the Aramita sect came into being. They recently reached an agreement with Mars and will continue to exist. That is to say, Aramita will inherit part of Alfonzo's legacy and will be tax-free. Although not as much as in the past, the output value of a forging world is almost equal to that of a hundred ordinary worlds. Not to mention, they will expand their influence in the future, and the tax will inevitably be affected in the end.

Moreover, with so many worlds in a mess, can the empire really collect so much money according to the standard of tithe?

Impossible.

If those messed-up worlds are not taken care of, they will definitely not be able to pay.

There are only two subsequent results:

First, if you don't pay taxes, you will be sentenced to treason, but if you pay taxes, you will starve to death, so I won't pay. Anyway, I will die, so I will rebel.

Can the empire punish all these hundreds or thousands of disaster-stricken worlds? Do you have to spend money to send a large army? After the punishment, leave a worse land, and still can't pay the money?

Second, tax exemption. Not only tax exemption, but also money, aid, and reconstruction, that is the job of the Ministry of the Interior, and the Ministry of the Interior must be inclined to do so.

If there is no tax, there will be no money to collect. If there is no tax, there will be no money to invest in reconstruction. It is an astronomical figure anyway.

No matter which one is chosen, the Empire will not be able to collect a penny, and it will even have to continue to transfuse blood to these places.

It can collect 200 billion a year, but it may have to pay another 200 billion in return - whether it is the cost of suppressing the rebellion or supporting construction.

Now, according to the alliance's plan, it is all over the province.

In the first year, the alliance can give 370 billion, and the central government of the Empire can get about 300 billion after deducting the tax cost, which is too good.

Compared with the past, less than 100 billion was collected each year; compared with taking these worlds back to the jurisdiction of the Empire, it is even more difficult to collect a penny and have to pay money.

It is even more attractive when you calculate it this way.

Not to mention the 1.3 trillion pie that the Alliance has drawn up in ten years!

Just the money collected can be more than one trillion.

Generally speaking, this income is comparable to the tax revenue provided to the central government of the Empire by two or three complete universes!

And what does the Empire have to pay?

Theoretically, it has been destroyed and will become a burden in the future. It is handed over to the alliance.

No matter how you think about it, it is an extremely cost-effective business!

Money, real money, is the main attraction of the "Five Star Regions and the Alliance's Joint Development and Taxation Plan for the Next Ten Years" that the alliance is drafting.

Of course, this proposal does not involve another thing: that is, the huge military expenditure that the alliance has been spending on the north in this Iron Armor War.

The loss of ships, the loss of soldiers, the loss of weapons and equipment, the consumption of fuel, the consumption of ammunition...

But one thing is one thing, this money has nothing to do with the future of the alliance and the future of the five star regions.

Your imperial central government asked me to fight, and you should have given this money.

This matter has nothing to do with the "Alliance Plan", so there is no need to write it into the document.

In addition to money, Gu Hang also intends to give enough face.

On the political level, Gu Hang expressed his willingness to accept some political guidance from the empire. He plans to establish a position similar to the Imperial Attorney General within the Alliance, which will be jointly elected by the Alliance and the Empire, representing the interests of the Empire and maintaining the autonomy of the Alliance. In this way, Holy Terra will feel the Alliance's respect and integration into the Imperial political system.

This Alliance Attorney General will not only be responsible for supervising political content, but will also supervise the development of military power.

In order to dispel Holy Terra's concerns about the Alliance's military power, the Alliance has also proposed the idea of ​​limiting military power. Gu Hang will establish a military supervision mechanism within the Alliance, which will be directly led by the Imperial Attorney General stationed in the Alliance. Other Space Marine Chapters and some officials trusted by the Empire can also participate in it as observers.

This mechanism will supervise the Alliance's military scale, weapons and equipment updates, etc. From the number of troops, to the size of the navy, to the number and management of Space Marine Chapters in the five major star regions of the Alliance... all aspects will be agreed upon. Ensure that the Alliance's military power will not be over-expanded, and all military operations will remain within the scope of defense.

In fact, Gu Hang also knows that these measures cannot completely eliminate Holy Terra's concerns. In fact, the core contradiction still exists - he is too independent. What about "military development restrictions" and "tax plans"? To put it bluntly, when Gu Hang doesn't want to comply, the empire has no ability to restrict him.

Except for war.

But to be honest, Gu Hang doesn't want to break this agreement in the short term.

As long as the empire complies.

He hoped that through this proactive approach, the Empire would see the sincerity of the alliance and the positive role of development in the overall interests of the Empire. This is a difficult game, and every step is full of risks, but Gu Hang has no choice but to strive for the future of the alliance.

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Terra calendar year 10245, September.

The cleanup work in various parts of the Spider Web Universe has come to an end.

Not all problems have been solved, there is still a long way to go.

However, the biggest, most difficult, and most concentrated problems were solved when the coalition forces of the three major legions on the western, northern, and southern fronts were still there.

At the same time, the fleet that was sent out to leave the Rhea Duchess galaxy in the form of conventional space travel also received good news.

They found the Zerg support fleet sent from the ‘Tentacle’ that was disabled due to the death of the Queen, and destroyed them. The price paid was about the same as expected, and it was relatively low.

They are already on their way back and are expected to arrive in Rhea Duchess in December of this year.

At that time, the coalition forces were disbanded.

The central government of the Empire has already given an explanation.

At the beginning of the year, Holy Terra had already received the war reports submitted by the coalition headquarters. After obtaining the authorization of the Supreme Council, the Military Affairs Department, with extremely fast administrative efficiency for the Empire, summarized and approved these war reports within half a year.

Holy Terra originally wanted to hold a victory parade, but in the end, this idea was declared bankrupt after several weeks of discussion.

It cost too much money.

It cost too much money to fight an iron armor war.

All the troops, whether it was the Second Western Front Corps directly formed by the central government of the Empire, or the old Western Front Corps and the Northern Front Corps, actually needed money from the central government of the Empire to fight.

Whether it was the support mobilized by various local governments or the resources sent directly from the central government of the Empire, the total bill was an astronomical figure.

The Ministry of Military Affairs, the Ministry of the Interior, and the Ministry of Taxation were all worried about this.

Spend more money to get the army to Holy Terra in half a year or a year, and then spend a lot of money to hold a victory parade, and reward the meritorious officials after the parade... Although compared with the cost of war, it is actually a drop in the bucket, but in this difficult time, every penny counts.

I still have to say that the empire has too many places to spend money.

In recent years, the biggest news in the empire is the Iron Armor Rebellion and the Princess Battle, that's right.

But going back a few years, the death of the Sun Lord caused the unrest in the Solaria space, which has not been completely quelled until now. All parties, whether loyalists, rebels, or ambitious people, are messing around. Chaos sects and alien forces are also mixed in, which is a huge black hole. The entire southern border of the empire is not very stable.

There was a large-scale rebellion in the western border of the empire, and a powerful orc army appeared in the northern border...

The entire empire is already in a troubled and turbulent year.

But then again, when has the Empire not been in a turbulent period?

Sustainability pills are sometimes not a joke.

Against such background, the Alliance Plan, which Gu Hang worked on with the think tanks of the Governor's Office and the senior offices of the Alliance Government, was finally completed and sent to Holy Terra.

One stone stirs up a thousand waves.