Chapter 712: Too Expensive

"Prime Minister Xu, what did you say? Do you understand what you are talking about?"

Luo Fei asked harshly.

But after hearing a series of words from Xu Fuzhen, he seemed a little bit aggressive but actually weak.

"Of course I know what I'm talking about." Xu Fuzhen said bluntly, "I'm talking about a 20 trillion financial issue over ten years. This is an expenditure that will affect the stability of the entire empire."

"According to your plan, our apparent loss may be more than 20 trillion. If the Inquisition does not deal with the corruption of a hive world, will it lead to the destruction of a world? Solaria will not have a large expenditure and will not be able to suppress the area. Will more worlds be shrouded in darkness again after ten years of turmoil and break away from the rule of the central empire? I'm afraid there will be many similar situations."

"How much are all these losses, added together? I don't know how to estimate it. But I'm sure you'll tell me a number when I tell the Grand Inquisitor that the central government's cumulative funding will be reduced by 3 trillion in ten years. The turmoil in Solaria, the Executive Yuan, the Navy, and the Astra Militarum will probably also give me an answer."

"How can it be calculated like this?" Luo Fei's voice became more reluctant.

Xu Fuzhen sneered, "Why not? Didn't you always say this when you asked me for funding? You always asked for hundreds of billions, saying that if you don't give it to me now, I will need an additional 1 trillion in the future; if you give it to me now, the tax department will be able to earn so much more in the future..."

Luo Fei was a little embarrassed: "Haven't they all been realized... Uh... Most of them can be realized..."

"There are quite a few that have not been realized." Xu Fuzhen said, "Now, we need to reduce the funding. Why do you say that we can't calculate it this way?"

This is not reasonable, Luo Fei changed the subject: "Let's use money to calculate. Think about this Iron Armor War. Our total cumulative investment has exceeded 50 trillion, and it is the direct expenditure of Holy Terra. We haven't calculated the debts to be supplemented by local troops, fleets, and war groups after sending troops from various places... What if the Alliance rebels again? What if they start a rebellion on a larger scale than the Iron Armor War? Don't lose 200 trillion on war in the next few years just because of 20 trillion in ten years!"

It seems to make some sense.

But Xu Fu was not timid at all.

She continued, "Why do you think Gu Hang will definitely rebel? Has Holy Terra done anything bad to Gu Hang that forced him to rebel? Or has the Alliance behaved in some way in the past that makes you think he will rebel?"

"He will pay taxes in full, and directly to Holy Terra. I think not only will he not rebel, but he will also be the most loyal governor of the empire. If every governor in the empire can be like Gu Hang, then the empire will become extremely powerful!"

After a pause, Xu Fuzhen came up with a plan of her own: "According to my plan, the alliance will be left to him, and the chairmanship of the Spider Web Universe will also be given to him. But instead, the imperial tax for the entire Spider Web Universe will also be paid in the way he promised before."

"Next year, the alliance will have to pay 3000 billion instead of 5000 billion. Ten years later, it will be 1.3 trillion instead of a stable 2.1 trillion."

"Over the course of ten years, he will have to pay a total of 13 trillion."

"As long as he gives enough money, we can allow the alliance to exist; we can even allow the alliance to expand in the Spider Web Universe."

"Why not? From now on, he will pay 2.1 trillion every year. How much money will he have left?"

"For an average universe, a total tax revenue of 1 trillion per year is enough; 2 trillion is for a universe with better development and less unrest."

"What's more, all other local governments, including the Star Domain and Universe Domain, have to keep 60% of the tax revenue, and there is a lot of tax loss. The money we receive may only be billion or billion."

"Now, we can collect a net of 60 trillion per year; the Alliance cannot follow the general imperial local government and keep % of the tax revenue for its own construction."

"Under such circumstances, what right does he have to rebel?"

"On the contrary, with such a huge amount of income coming to the central government, how many legions can we build and how many war groups can we develop that are loyal to the central government?" "We can also combine it with the 'Alliance Plan' written by Gu Hang himself to supervise the military scale of the alliance and conduct regular inspections of the development of the alliance. As long as the development level increases, the tax amount will also increase."

"With all these measures combined, will the Alliance still have enough power to rebel?"

"As long as we squeeze the alliance dry and make them powerless to rebel; as long as we give Gu Hang enough respect so that he has no intention of rebelling; then, in the future, the alliance will be the most important single source of tax revenue for the empire! It is the cornerstone of the empire!"

"Whether to make the Alliance a destabilizing factor or to make it the engine of the empire is just a matter of thought."

When saying the last sentence, Xu Fuzhen, who was facing Prime Minister Qi Bodu, added: "Prime Minister, please think about it carefully!"

……

“…That was the situation at the time!”

During the call, Gallardo was vividly describing the content of the meeting.

In theory, the contents of the Supreme Council should be kept confidential.

But in fact, it is normal that the content of the meeting is spread everywhere the next second after the meeting.

No one will hold anyone accountable.

After listening to it, Gu Hang also found it quite interesting.

he asked:
"So what you mean is that it was finally approved? Let me serve as the chairman of the Spider Web Universe at the same time and keep the alliance?"

"That's not the case." Gallardo smacked his lips and said with some regret, "The argument got so bad that Qi Bo stopped it. He didn't even allow us to move on to the voting stage, saying that we'll discuss this matter next time."

"In other words, do I have a good chance?"

"No, are you serious?" Gallardo said earnestly, "Didn't I tell you just now? Don't just think about whether you can get the Spider Web Universe! You have to think about how much money you have to pay!"

"Do you think that Xu Fuzhen is so good to you? 2.1 trillion a year, how could she come up with that?"

"You will have to pay so much money in ten years! How can you afford it?"

"Even if I can afford it, I don't know how much I can do with that much money!"

Later in the story, Gallardo even used swear words.

"You are really going to get nowhere if you do this. Just listen to me. Let's let go of the alliance and be the chairman of the Spider Web Universe. I can really help you advance the Supreme Council. Why do you have to work for the Taxation Department?"

"It's really too dark." Gu Hang also cursed.

But what Gallardo couldn't see was that he still had a smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)