Chapter 703: Alliance Plan

Chapter 703: Alliance Plan

Building relationships with war groups, inquisitions, local forces, and the like is a diplomatic activity that prepares 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, we naturally cannot ignore the activities in the center of the empire and Holy Terra itself.

Gu Hang began to prepare a detailed development plan.

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

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

A series of contents were mentioned, including military security, political security, etc.

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

Ultimately, the most important issue is taxation.

The alliance promised that in ten years, the five major star regions will be able to stably pay 1.3 trillion tax coins per year.

This is calculated based on a population of 1 trillion. Normally, the level 1 development is 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 so that they could pay more taxes.

Although this is a matter of ten years, the league will not avoid paying taxes for 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 3700 billion.

This includes all taxes from the Dragon Eagle and Menghe star fields, as well as the taxes from the three newly occupied star fields of Proud Claw, Alfonzo, and Nepeta, which are worlds that have been less affected by the war and therefore do not need to be re-colonized. These worlds can be immediately restored to the Empire.

As for those worlds that have suffered severe disasters and cannot collect taxes, the Empire will usually give them some time to develop.

For those worlds that are unable to pay taxes, the Alliance has also made detailed explanations for each one, 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 in the empire is taxation.

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

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

This is still a theoretical situation.

The empire has such a large territory that most taxes are paid in the form of taxes in kind. Transportation losses, fleet fuel, time, the cost of building a tax fleet, the risk of looting 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 universe domain government is relatively high, and it is normal to collect 30% to 40% of the taxes; here in the center of the empire, it is normal for the cost to rise to 50% or 60%.

The empire has tried every possible way to solve this problem. For example, central warehouses were built in various places to collect, store, and call for supplies nearby; for example, tax coins were used to directly call on the power of various planets, star regions, and universes to work for the central government, and tax coins were used to offset taxes, thus reducing the inevitable loss of physical goods in the middle of the operation.

However, these methods, in the final analysis, can only be regarded as a means of alleviating the high losses, and cannot be a cure.

However, the alliance promised in the development agreement that it would 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 to settle the agreed tax amount there.

what does this mean?
The central government of the empire directly saved the money that was distributed to the star domain government and the universe domain government!
This amount alone increased the central government’s theoretical income by 50%!

In addition, with one handover, there is no need to pay or urge for payment 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 will go to the Jingjie star field and directly get everything done.

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

This is another huge addition!

It will be clearer if you just calculate the numbers.

The total tax revenue of the five star regions was about 1.7 trillion tax coins before the war. In the past, the tax revenue that the empire could collect from the central government was about 8500 billion tax coins each year. The part that could actually be transferred to the central government for use would drop to 3400 billion.

These are still theoretical values. In reality, due to the existence of the Alfonzo Cult, a super organization of the Mechanicum that is tax-free, and the existence of Iron Armor, a local power that often intercepts taxes and asks the Empire for money, the Empire Center is far from being able to collect even the 3400 billion that includes transportation losses.

According to statistics from the Central Taxation Department, it would be good if we could get 1000 billion per year.

In the future, assuming that the Alliance obediently retreats back to the Dragon Eagle Star Field and abandons all other places, and the Empire rebuilds the administrative system of the Universe-Star Field-Star Region in these places, then the theoretical tax revenue that the Empire can receive will drop directly from 3400 billion to 2000 billion, and the tax revenue received may be only 800 billion.

This is the impact of war.

From the outbreak of the Battle of Iron Armor to the end of the Second Battle of Rheaduches, 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.

As the population base decreases, the imperial tax rate will naturally decrease as well.

Moreover, although the Iron Armor was destroyed, the Alfonzo sect was dismembered and no longer existed, and there was no one to intercept the flow and collect taxes.

However, the Aramita sect came into being. They recently reached an agreement with Mars and will continue to exist. That means that Aramita will inherit part of Alfonzo's legacy and will be tax-free. Although not as much as before, the output value of a forge 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 ruins, can the Empire really collect so much money according to the tithe standard?
impossible.

If they don't take care of this crappy world, they will definitely not be able to afford it.

There are two subsequent results:
First, if you don’t pay taxes, you will be convicted of treason, but if you pay taxes, you will starve to death, so I won’t pay. I’ll die anyway, so I might as well rebel.

Can the Empire punish all these hundreds or thousands of disaster-stricken worlds? Will it have to spend money to send in a large army? Will it leave an even worse land after the punishment, and still not be able to pay the money?

Second, tax exemption. It is not just tax exemption, but also money, aid, reconstruction, which is the job of the Ministry of the Interior, and the Ministry of the Interior must be inclined to do so.

There would be no money to be collected if there is no tax exemption, and we would have to invest an astronomical amount of money in aid for reconstruction.

No matter which one you choose, the empire will not be able to collect a penny, and it will even have to continue to provide transfusions to these places.

They can still collect 2000 billion yuan a year, but I'm afraid they will have to pay another billion yuan in return - whether it's the cost of suppressing the rebellion or the cost of supporting construction.

Now, according to the alliance's plan, the whole province has been covered. In the first year, the alliance can give 3700 billion, and the central government of the empire can get about 3000 billion after deducting tax costs, which is really good.

Compared to the past, the annual revenue was less than 100 billion; compared to when these worlds were brought back to the empire's jurisdiction, not a single cent could be collected and even money had to be lost.

It smells even better this way.

Not to mention the 1.3 trillion dollar pie that the alliance has planned for every year in the next ten years!
The amount you get alone is more than one trillion.

Generally speaking, this income is equivalent to the taxes provided to the central empire by two or three complete universes!

And what will the empire pay?
It is a mess that has theoretically already been broken and will become a burden in the future, so it should be handed over to the alliance.

No matter how you think about it, it’s an incredibly good deal!

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

Of course, this proposal did not address another issue: the huge amount of military expenditure that the alliance had to spend on the north to fight the 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 for sure, this money has nothing to do with the future of the alliance or the future of the five major star regions.

Your imperial center asked me to fight and should have given me this money.

This matter has nothing to do with the Alliance Plan, so there is no need to include it in 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 planned to establish a position similar to the Imperial Attorney General within the Alliance, which would be jointly elected by the Alliance and the Empire, representing the interests of the Empire while maintaining the autonomy of the Alliance. In this way, Holy Terra would feel the Alliance's respect for and integration into the Imperial political system.

The alliance's attorney general will not only be responsible for overseeing political content, but will also oversee the development of military forces.

In order to dispel Holy Terra's concerns about the Alliance's military strength, the Alliance also proposed the idea of ​​limiting military strength. Gu Hang will establish a military supervision mechanism within the Alliance, which will be directly led by the Imperial Attorney General 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 military scale and weapon equipment updates of the Alliance. 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. This will ensure that the military power of the Alliance will not be over-expanded and that all military operations remain within the scope of a defensive nature.

In fact, Gu Hang also knew that these measures could not completely eliminate Holy Terra's concerns. In fact, the core contradiction still existed - his independence was too strong. When Gu Hang didn't want to comply with the "military development restrictions" and "tax plans", the empire had no ability to restrict him.

Except war.

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

As long as the Empire complies.

He hopes that through this proactive approach, the empire will see the sincerity of the alliance and the positive role of its 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 fight for the future of the alliance.

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September, 10245 of the Terran calendar.

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

Not all problems have been solved, far from it.

However, some of the biggest, most difficult and most concentrated problems were solved when the coalition forces of the three major corps on the Western, Northern and Southern fronts were still there.

At the same time, good news came from the fleet that was sent out to leave the Rheaduches system by conventional space travel.

They found the Zerg support fleet sent from Tentacles, which had been disabled by the death of the Queen, and destroyed them. The price paid was about the expected price, which was relatively low.

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

At that time, the coalition forces were disbanded.

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

Holy Terra had received the battle reports submitted by the Allied Forces Command at the beginning of the year. After receiving authorization from the Supreme Council, the Military Affairs Department, with administrative efficiency that was extremely fast for the Empire, compiled and approved these battle reports within half a year.

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

It costs too much.

It cost too much money to fight an iron war.

All the troops, whether it was the Second Western Front Corps directly formed by the Imperial Center, or the old Western Front Corps and Northern Front Corps, actually had to be paid by the Imperial Center to fight.

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

The Ministry of War, the Ministry of the Interior, and the Ministry of Taxation were all very worried about this.

More money would be spent to send the army on a journey of half a year to a year to Holy Terra, and then a huge sum of money would be spent to hold a victory parade, and to 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 bit of money saved counts.

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

It's true that the biggest news in the empire in recent years has been the Iron Armor Rebellion and the Princess Campaign.

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

A large-scale rebellion broke out in the western part of the empire, and a powerful orc army appeared in the northern part of the empire...

The entire empire has been in a turbulent and eventful time.

But then again, when was the empire not in turbulent times?
The sustainability pill is sometimes not a joke.

Against this background, the "Alliance Plan" that Gu Hang, the think tanks of the Governor's Office, and the senior offices of the Alliance government had worked on was finally completed and sent to Holy Terra.

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

(End of this chapter)