Chapter 757, Eating from the bowl and looking into the pot
According to the calculation, in ten years, the Empire Central Committee not only failed to collect taxes from the Alliance, but also had to pay 3.3 trillion to the Alliance?
That's absolutely impossible.
Regardless of whether the Empire is willing to give it or not, they simply can’t come up with the money.
On the contrary, the Department of Taxation, and even the various imperial departments that require funding from the Department of Taxation, are eagerly waiting for the high taxes handed over by the alliance to fill their holes.
The total annual tax revenue of the central empire is about 15 trillion to 20 trillion yuan - this is after deducting the 40% of the total tax amount left to various localities, and then deducting a large amount of tax revenue. Net income after costs.
This is a quite huge number, but the empire is too big and there are too many places to spend money. No matter how much income there is, it is not enough. There are holes to be repaired and wars to be fought everywhere.
They can't give the alliance money, and they can't even refuse the alliance's money.
However, this war expenditure that should be paid to the alliance is clearly placed here. How can you just say that you don't recognize it?
This matter was also a key point in the back-and-forth negotiations between alliance officials and the central empire on Holy Terra before the "Alliance Plan" was signed.
At the beginning, there was a difference between the price calculated by the alliance and the price calculated by the Imperial Military Affairs Department.
The alliance calculated it to be about 29 trillion. This is the result of a large emphasis on bonuses for the alliance's military exploits and results, and full combat allowances. The Ministry of Military Affairs does not approve of this part.
The first version calculated by the Ministry of Military Affairs was only 21 trillion.
There was a lot of bickering between the two sides. Gallardo even approached Gu Hang in person and told Gu Hang with a wry smile not to go too far. 29 trillion was absolutely impossible.
No matter how much he sided with the alliance, this number was too exaggerated, so exaggerated that he couldn't even agree to it.
As long as he dares to nod, he, the Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, will be the leader.
But even so, Gallardo was called over urgently by Governor Qi Bo, who scolded him and said that even 21 trillion was not enough. This was still a price that the empire could not afford.
The disgraced Gallardo could only come back to discuss it with Gu Hang.
Gu Hang spoke to Gallardo and blocked Gallardo back:
"The two of us should not talk about this issue directly. You should also understand that I can neither give up the benefits won by the alliance, nor do I want you to be caught in the middle. The last thing I want is to affect our relationship because of this matter. Since the Prime Minister If I have to let you negotiate, let’s discuss it with the league officials.”
Gallardo also recognized this truth, and from now on, he would not look for Gu Hang anymore. Even if he was looking for someone, he wouldn't talk about this issue, but about other things.
After the officials of the Ministry of Military Affairs racked their brains to figure out the calculation, and with the personal attention of Prime Minister Qi Bodu, the amount finally negotiated reached the figure of 16 trillion.
To be honest, the empire doesn’t want to pay this money.
But it won’t work if you don’t pay.
Given the political conventions here, it would be easy to let go of the alliance. What should we think about other space and star regions? In the future, when the empire recruits other local armies to participate in wars across space domains, those local armies will have to weigh their options.
If the fight is too good or the sacrifice is too great, will the Empire Central Committee default on its debt?
In comparison, the loss of this reputation is very large, and will even directly affect the legitimacy and legitimacy of the empire's center.
In the end, the result of the discussion was that the first installment, that is, the imperial tax for the first two years, would be paid by the alliance as usual.
In the second period, that is, in the third and fourth years, only one trillion of the total tax of 1.7 trillion will be paid.
From now on, the alliance will only need to hand over one trillion tax coins every two years as imperial tax. The remaining part will be deducted as war expenses paid by the central government of the empire. The alliance will not return to normal imperial tax levels until the 16 trillion war expenditure is fully deducted.
All added up, the deduction can last for almost 15 years!
This means that for almost 15 years, the alliance only needs to pay 500 billion tax coins every year.
The help this brings to the alliance is definitely not as high as giving the 16 trillion directly to the alliance and then paying taxes normally.
After all, if there were 16 trillion in cash directly on hand, the alliance would be able to do a lot. Keep some to pay taxes, and the rest can be invested in investments. That will significantly enhance the speed of the alliance's development.
But being able to achieve such a result is already pretty good.
After all, later on, Governor Qi Bodu even stepped down personally, calling Gu Hang over again and again, exerting pressure himself, and even resorting to the attitude of turning against him.
Gu Hang had no choice but to agree.
In general, within fifteen years, before the 16 trillion war expenditures are deducted, the alliance's tax pressure will be greatly reduced.
As the Prime Minister of the Alliance, Oceana's hair grew several more strands after hearing the news.
What a relief.
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After inspecting Lingze Star and confirming that the alliance's first phase of tax work is progressing smoothly, and confirming that Lingze Star's key project, the construction of the tax port, is progressing as expected and can be completed on time and with quality, Gu Hang He did not stay in Lingze Star for a long time, but continued his journey.
His ultimate goal is to return to the Dragon Eagle Star Territory, the place where he started.
The capital of the alliance is still the Raging Owl Star, and the Dragon Eagle Star Region is still the core area of the alliance.
Before, someone actually suggested that the alliance's ruling center should be moved further north?
After all, the alliance's ruling area has now expanded to include the entire spider web domain. Gu Hang's highest status is also the high-ranking chairmanship brought by the Chairman of Spider Web Universe.
It is indeed not appropriate to place the alliance's central government in the Dragon Eagle Star Region. Among the fourteen star regions actually controlled by the alliance, the Dragon Eagle Star Region is located in the south. It is really far away from the Spider Web Universe, especially the north of the Universe, which is not conducive to governance.
However, Gu Hang still rejected the related idea.
First of all, the Dragon Eagle Star Territory has been the headquarters of the alliance for decades. Most of the construction resources that Gu Hang invested, whether it is funds or gift points, are concentrated here. The productivity of one place in the Dragon Eagle Star Region is almost as much as the other thirteen combined.
Of course, this will change in the years to come as the vitality of the Spider Web Universe gradually recovers.
Moving doesn't feel right.
In addition, who said that Dragon Eagle Universe is not suitable to be the core?
Gu Hang's eyes are always looking outward.
Before he could finish eating the Spider Web Universe in the bowl, he was already looking at the contents of the pot.
In that pot, the fragrant aroma comes from the Eastern Universe.
(End of chapter)