Chapter 337, The Pill of Imperial Sustainability
Gu Hang didn't even dare to answer the question about Koruga No. 3.
Lois seemed to be observing Gu Hang's expression as well. She smiled and said, "Don't get me wrong, I was just talking casually and complaining..."
Then, as if chatting with an old friend, she started complaining about her work situation.
The general content is that the taxation work was not completed smoothly, and the star domain government is worried about the future situation of Koroja.
The former really surprised Gu Hang.
"How can the empire's tax collectors have trouble collecting taxes? If they can't pay the taxes, wouldn't it be the end of the world if the governor is shot?"
"This is your only impression of the Imperial Taxation Department?"
"Uh..." Gu Hang found that he seemed to have accidentally told the truth, and was a little embarrassed at the moment.
But he felt that it was not his fault. Who else had the same impression of the tax collector?
"It would be nice if it was that simple." Laois sighed, "I can execute governors who fail to pay the imperial taxes on time and in amount. But please note, it is only 'can'. In some particularly harsh documents, It’s only a ‘suggestion’ at best, never a ‘must’.”
"The situation is always complicated. Take your Raging Star as an example. Several previous governors were executed by agents of the Ministry of Justice under execution orders signed by me. Why did I do that to the original Raging Owl? Because I know that no matter whether I give them a chance or not, they will not be able to collect the imperial tax; not only will they not be able to collect it this time, but they will be the same next time. So, if I execute the person and replace him, I can at least maintain the dignity of the imperial tax. , you can urge the next governor to do things well.”
Gu Hang understood.
In fact, it's just that the tax amount of Raging Star is too low, only five million a year. Anyway, if they are not paid in full, then kill them. Maintain the dignity of the imperial tax, and use the death of the angry owl star governor to warn all the governors in the empire, and do a good job for me. The importance of this point may be higher than the tax on Raging Owl Star.
But that's clearly not the case with Koroga.
"Every time I come to Koruga 3, I have to collect 8 billion tax coins. The Winged Star will also provide 8 billion tax coins. These two planets are not only in the Pegasus star area, but also in several surrounding areas. The most important tax bases are in the star districts, such as the Huer Star District and the Longyan Star District next to them. , Feizhou Sector, etc., there are almost fifty planets in total, and they can only pay a total of more than 10 billion tax coins every year. From this comparison, you will know that you people in the Pegasus Sector. How important are these two pearls?”
"Koroga is the most important source of human resources in the entire star field; Wing Star is one of the important shipyards."
"These two places are extremely important assets for the Star Territory. The Star Territory government is very dissatisfied with Koroga's current situation."
"But we can't act rashly. Ivan Fachers said that this time the tax cannot be paid on time and in amount. He said that it is okay if you have to pay it. Anyway, there are many people on Koroga 3, so draw out A hive city with a population of more than one billion is all given to us, and we let our tax fleet go down and collect the people ourselves.”
"What kind of attitude do you think this is?"
"But...I really can't help it."
"Can I really shoot him? Things are never that simple."
"It is very troublesome to go through the entire process to dismiss a planetary governor. It is not appropriate for the light star domain government or the space domain government to agree. The document must be sent directly to the empire center. I don't know it after coming back and forth. How long will it take? When dealing with planetary governors who cannot pay taxes, the general procedure is fast. The tax chief like me signs the submission, the legal chief signs and confirms, and the agent can handle the matter."
"This is a convenient procedure. A full set of legal procedures must be completed after the fact. But if you encounter something that the Ministry of Justice agents can't handle, what's the use of deciding that the governor is treason? You can't kill him. When the time comes, he will either compromise or be judged as a traitor to the empire."
"Determined as a traitor to the Empire... To put it simply, how to counter the rebellion? Mobilize the Astra Militarum, mobilize the navy, mobilize the Space Marines to deal with it? Then I ask you, if your alliance rebels now..."
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Gu Hang quickly waved his hand: "No, no, don't give such an example, I am extremely loyal!"
"Just an example." Lois said with a smile, "Suppose your alliance is declared a traitor to the empire, what will happen next? With the Pegasus sector in such chaos, where can I mobilize the strength to calm it down? Rebellion? The most that can be done is to seal off two planets. If we go to the ground to quell the rebellion, the entire sector will not be able to spare the power to do this."
"This is because your two planets combined don't have 500 million people. Declare Ivan Farches as a traitor. Once the Ministry of Justice fails to deal with the governor, the assassination is not completed, and he is not like Akuna, If Peddes is willing to die on his own, will he also condemn the entire Fachus family? How can such a giant with a combined population of 50 billion suppress the rebellion? "
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"Unrealistic."
"It's not that Ivan Faches doesn't pay taxes at all. He has to apply for 'war zone treatment.' If Koruga 3 is included in a war zone, it will be calculated according to war zone standards. Although the taxes to be paid will not be less, But it can be fully used in the counter-insurgency of Koroga 3 itself. Star Territory even needs to support materials and troops to help them counter-insurgency.”
Gu Hang thought about it and it seemed... reasonable?
The current situation of Koruga No. 3 is already very bad, and if it meets the conditions for applying to become a war zone, then let others apply. It is better to settle things down and be able to pay taxes stably in the future than to force people to pay taxes in the past few years, only to have the situation collapse in the end and not be able to pay a dime.
Looking at Gu Hang's expression, Lois smiled: "You're thinking that maybe this is okay? Actually, it's not okay... As I said before, Koruga 3 is the most important human resources output place in the entire star field. The field of view is only It may be feasible to place it on Koroga, in the Pegasus sector. However, the star domain also faces threats at the star domain level. No matter how troublesome it is, it is only limited to one planet. That’s all.”
"Look, the group of greenskins from the Iron Teeth Clan occupy four star regions. The greenskin plundering fleets are constantly fighting with the fleets in the star regions. From time to time, they lead a large number of greenskin troops to invade a certain planet. ;The Astra Militarum in the Star Territory are also constantly fighting cruelly with the greenskins on many worlds, hoping to recapture some imperial worlds..."
"Led by the huge orc warlord known as the 'Irontooth Warchief', the Irontooth clan is the largest and most festering wound in the entire star field. As we are talking for a while, it may be in a certain war zone On the planet, countless Imperial soldiers and civilians have died under green skinned artillery fire and machetes.”
"Now, the empire is taking a step-by-step approach to the areas captured by the Iron Teeth Tribe, sweeping across planet after planet. Once a place is cleared, a large amount of manpower will be invested in colonizing the local area and consolidating the results of the occupation. Maintaining that line spanning more than a dozen planets The long front line, whether it is the Imperial Navy, the Astra Militarum, or the interstellar colonization, requires huge manpower. Without Koroga, it would be the largest source of manpower. There is no way for Star Territory’s strategy against the Iron Teeth Clan to continue.”
"If you give Koroga a few years to recuperate and solve internal problems, you will have to let the huge wound in the Iron Teeth War Zone stop bleeding. Which is more important?" "This is still a practical and political issue. Yes, there are people in your Pegasus Sector who don’t want Koroga 3 to be transformed into a war zone. The current leader of the Pegasus Sector, Ivan Martinelli, and the so-called "parliamentary faction" behind him, that's it. They repeatedly told the Star Territory Government that Koroga was an internal matter of the Star Territory and believed that the Faches family could handle it. They tried their best to prevent the Faches family from becoming a war zone and waited for them to cause trouble that they could not handle. Make trouble, and then clean up Ivan Fache."
After listening to what Laois said, Gu Hang had only one thought: How big and powerful is the empire, so that it can remain strong despite powerful external enemies, constant internal strife, and leaks everywhere?
Why is it that no matter where you are, there are such messy things? Is there really no place that can be called peaceful?
Sustainability pill huh?
After talking about this, Lois looked a little tired.
She finally stopped talking about other things, and said to Gu Hang seriously: "I am very optimistic about you, Gu Hang. I think your achievements on the Raging Owl Star and the Black Arrow Star show that you are very talented. A capable person. After escaping with his life, that guy Gallardo also spread the word that you are a very good governor. He integrated resources and created the legalized 'alliance' mechanism for you. The Zhouyu government is doing well, and if it is willing to help you, you will be able to get a lot of help from higher levels; you also have Gu's Trading Company behind you to support you..."
Royce counted Gu Hang's advantages, and then concluded: "If you are willing, I can help you. As long as you can reach an agreement politically with your current sector leaders, Martinelli and Little Peddes. , you listen carefully to their words and let the parliamentary faction support you. I can also mobilize the power of the star domain government to support you and let Koroga 3 join your 'alliance'."
"Your current situation is still too trivial. The two planets on the left and right have a total population of less than 500 million. They are nothing in the imperial political arena. You can work hard for a few years and control Koroga. By stabilizing those 40 billion people, you will be considered an intruder in the entire political arena.”
To be honest, Lois patiently told Gu Hang so much from beginning to end, and the core meaning was actually very clear, that is, he wanted to 'support' Gu Hang.
Of course, this so-called ‘support’ does not come for nothing.
On the one hand, although people praise you for doing a good job, although it is reality, after all, the size is still too small for the entire star field. Being able to manage a village well does not mean being able to manage a province well.
On the other hand, the support of the Gu family does not play such a decisive role. After all, the Gu family's wealth is within the scope of the star region, and it is still not enough when considering the size of the entire star region.
These two factors can only be said to be somewhat useful, but not critical.
What really matters is the move Gu Hang made before, which was to put Gallardo back. The guy who regards Gu Hang as his 'best friend' and 'a partner who will never betray' sounds like he is really making a splash, at least at the cosmic level.
Lois, and the group of people behind her, have shown their inability to deal with the affairs of the entire star field. In bringing Gu Hang in, perhaps he wanted to use the influence of the war apostle to see if he could get some benefits at the higher level of government, that is, at the level of the Eastern Space Region, and solve the problems faced by the Dragon Eagle Star Region. Many practical problems.
And Gu Hang was indeed moved by what Lois said.
Koroga 3, population of 40 billion!
How huge a force is this?
If the alliance's system could be replicated in Koroja, and those 40 billion people could truly be used by him, and it could develop as quickly as the Raging Owls, Gu Hang would immediately become the top political leader.
As Lois said, a hive world with tens of billions of people like Koroga is extremely rare and rare in the entire star field. The Pegasus Star Sector is one of the top star sectors in the Star Territory, just behind Koroja and Flying Wing Star. Those ordinary star districts, often several together, don't have as many people as the planet Koroga 3.
After getting those 40 billion people, if nothing else, Gu Hang's monthly gift point income will explode.
However, despite his heartbeat, Gu Hang was still not overwhelmed by the thought.
The Raging Bear Legion has hundreds of thousands of people fighting continuously there. Gu Hang knows very well that the current situation on Koruga 3 can be called a cesspit.
I thought that by replacing Falches as the governor, I could get the three planets of Falches, plus the full support of the 3rd Dragon Eagle Legion, to solve the cult problem on Koruga 3, but the reality turned out to be the opposite.
The situation in Fino City in the occupied area has not improved at all; in many other large hive cities, there have been worrying reports of evil plagues, and the infection has a tendency to further expand.
The Dragon Eagle Legion is almost in full force, and the Astra Militarum fighting on Koroja has reached a scale of 20 million people. In addition, the Fachers family also invested an additional five million of their own troops and recruited local planetary defense forces on a large scale on Koroga.
This created an excessive demand for arms, which Koroga 3 would definitely not be able to meet by itself. The three planets of Farches together would not be enough. The productivity of Raging Owl is strong, but after all, it is too small, and arms orders are exploding. Can't produce.
Gu's Trading Company was operating at full speed, receiving a large number of trade orders, and went to other star regions and even some forging worlds to purchase arms.
According to Governor Ivan Falchers, he wants to expand Koroga's original 100 million planetary defense forces to a scale of one billion.
Gu Hang felt that he was just bragging.
Considering the economic situation and administrative capabilities of your Koroga 3, as well as the current difficulties it is facing, it is already difficult to maintain a 100 million planetary defense force. A billion troops? Impossible.
This is indeed the case.
Until now, Koroga's local defense force has only expanded to more than 120 million, which is still far from what Ivan Farches boasted.
With the Fachers family, the three worlds they control, and tens of billions of people serving as the most solid backing, Ivan Fachers is still unable to control the deterioration of Koruga's situation. Gu Hang doesn't think he can Done.
The size difference is too big.
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