Chapter 7 Cruel Taxation
Imperial taxation is divided into four levels and sixteen levels.
Except for the fourth level of special tax exemption, there is only one level.
The other three levels have five small levels, namely beginner, intermediate, advanced, advanced and special.
The first to third tax levels correspond to different levels of the world.
For example, the civilized world, the agricultural world, the hive world, the wild world and even the lower world of death.
Forge worlds, religious worlds, extinct worlds, and some worlds with special permissions often do not have to pay taxes.
Eith is rich in minerals. In terms of development level, it can be considered a low-level hive world at best, corresponding to the second-level special tax.
Now the Ministry of Interior has raised the tax level of Erth Star to the first-class upper level, forcibly raising it by three levels. It can be said to be crazy!
This means that the planet Erth needs to send countless people to mine day and night, extracting every ounce of resources from the planet, and even bleeding into rivers, in order to barely be able to pay taxes.
The tithe also includes population resources.
The first-class superiors have to pay taxes on a huge number of people. Calculated, he has to pay at least one-tenth of the planet's population!
Such a heavy tithe tax, if paid a few times, the civilization of Erth Star will be almost destroyed, if not destroyed.
And that's just an ideal situation. Whether it can collect taxes is also a question.
The most likely result is that the rebels rush into the Royal Court area and kill Ron, the planetary governor.
However, it is useless to cut it. The taxes that should be paid still have to be paid, and the people of Eth Star still cannot escape the miserable fate.
Unless the Holy Terra Interior Ministry can be made to reassess and change tax levels.
"This is going to force people to death..."
Looking at the servitors who were busy repeatedly in the document library, Ron felt inexplicably cold.
This tax must not be paid!
Ron pressed the call button on the table, and soon old Mike, an elderly government official, came over and bowed.
"My Lord Governor, do you have any instructions?"
"Send a letter of complaint to the Ministry of the Interior of Holy Terra, telling them that the planet of Erth cannot afford such a high tithe tax. Eth Star strongly requests a re-evaluation of tax levels!”
“Ah? You mean to send a letter to Holy God Terra, how is that possible, God Emperor, it is impossible to do it...”
Old Mike muttered, seeming a little confused.
What's going on?
Unable to contact Holy Terra?
Ron suppressed his anxiety and tried to appear as gentle as possible: "Can you tell me specifically why we cannot send a letter to Holy Terra?"
Old Mike has some problems. Horrified: "...because the God Emperor has abandoned us, we are sinful people!"
"This is the place God has abandoned, the God Emperor has abandoned His Lamb!"
"The chaos monster will kill us all!"
Looking at the increasingly frightened and crazy old Mike, Ron was numb and almost didn't draw his gun.
Is this old man a heretic?
If what the old man said is true, there may be a big problem on the planet Euse!
"Old Mike, you are talking nonsense again!"
Bayev's man came over and shouted at Old Mike.
Old Mike suddenly wilted and lowered his head to say hello to Bayev: "Master Steward"
Baev patted Old Mike on the shoulder and said in a gentle voice: "Go out and rest, Governor." I will do what you asked me to do for you."
"Oh, okay...ok"
Old Mike walked out with his hands behind his back, a little disappointed.
Bayev pointed at the back of old Mike and explained to Ron: "Old Mike went crazy a few years ago and talked nonsense."
It turned out to be a madman, and Ron breathed a sigh of relief.
He really thought that the planet Erth could not contact Holy Terra.
This is a big problem. If there is some chaos invasion, it will be over.
"Spreading heretical remarks must be dealt with according to regulations, but he has served the family for hundreds of years, blocked the sword for Grant's blood, and his hard work has made great achievements."
Bayev continued: "So we had to arrange for him to guard the document library. There are all servitors here. It doesn't matter if he nags a few more words."
The Grant family is quite humane...
Ron had no memory of old Mike at all, so he had no choice but to nod. After Bayev finished speaking, he looked at Ron and asked: "What did you want to ask Old Mike to do just now?"
Ron frowned: "I want to ask Sheng Tai Ra lodged a complaint, and Eth could not afford the taxes required by the empire.”
In fact, Ron didn't have much hope for the outcome of the appeal, he just gave it a try.
After all, changing the tax level means that the Ministry of the Interior made a mistake, and an imperial official needs to be responsible for the matter.
It will be difficult for imperial officials to take the initiative to take responsibility.
They just have to ignore it, or extend the approval process indefinitely.
Under the government affairs process that lasts for decades, hundreds of years or even longer, there are many mistakes that are not responsible for.
When the planet Erth dies naturally due to resource depletion or rebellion, this matter will naturally end.
The human empire has millions of planets, and its territory is still expanding. Planets are destroyed every moment for one reason or another.
By the time the news reaches Holy Terra, I don’t know how many years have passed.
Eith is just an unknown low-level hive planet.
Even if it is destroyed, the death and suffering of tens of billions of people will be nothing more than a line in the files of the Ministry of the Interior.
It may be stored forever after being recorded, and no one will remember this planet and the people on it.
Ron realized at this moment that he was in such an important position and that the decisions he made could affect the fate of tens of billions of people on the entire planet.
The heavy pressure made him breathless.
What to do?
"Mr. Governor, there is no need for us to appeal," Bayev said firmly.
"We have to give it a try"
Ron was a little anxious: "According to the current situation, if the appeal fails, we may not be able to pay taxes for this quarter."
"Pay taxes? "
Baev looked at Ron in surprise: "You mean paying the tithe?"
"What's the problem?"
"Have you forgotten something?"
Bayev's heart couldn't help but raise his heart. Since yesterday, the Governor has become very strange, as if he is a different person.
When Ron saw the other party's reaction, he immediately understood that it was probably some lack of memory that caused his behavior to be irrational.
What went wrong?
He hesitated whether to disclose some information to dispel the other party's doubts.
In this way, you can communicate openly in the future to avoid major mistakes caused by memory fog.
"My lord?"
Baev looked at Ron worriedly, fearing that something had really gone wrong with the last bloodline of the Grant family.
Ron came to his senses and decided to confess something. After all, the longer this matter dragged on, the deeper his doubts became.
"I did forget something." Ron pointed to his head: "It should be a side effect of awakening spiritual energy..."
Awakening to psychic powers means communicating with the Warp, a very dangerous thing that often leads to dire consequences.
For example, psychic energy can go out of control and cause destruction, bloodthirsty, and may even corrupt into monsters!
I just lost some memories, which is a relatively lucky thing.
"Amnesia?"
Baev looked at Ron nervously. After a while, he relaxed and said with concern: "This is not a simple problem. We need to ask His Excellency Bishop Doni to explain it. Take a look"
"No problem." Ron nodded and brought the topic back to the main point: "Let's continue discussing tax matters. What happened?"
Unexpectedly, Bayev dropped a bombshell.
"Actually, you don't have to worry about taxes, we no longer need to pay taxes"
"Huh?"
(End of this chapter)