Chapter 788, What You Wish For
The negotiations between the Alliance and the Empire cover a very wide range and contain many complex details.
But the most important ones have been decided.
The first is that the escrow agreement was approved.
The empire eventually could not resist the temptation of $640 billion in annual revenue.
After being helpless, the dispute between them and the alliance became about the specific amount of money.
The statement put forward is that the Eastern Universe has more than 1.7 trillion in taxes, and requires the governments of each star region to re-check the tax data of each planet.
This point is hard to refuse. The Eastern Universe is not part of the alliance, so it is not a fixed tax rate, and tax inspection is the power of the empire.
But at the same time, the alliance can also find some parts that are beneficial to itself from political conventions. The inventory of the imperial tax development of each planet is in the hands of the star region government and is part of the power of the local government. You, the central government of the empire, certainly have the power to order an inspection, but the execution power is with me, and the numbers will be the same after the inspection.
This is the point of contention. The final agreement reached is that the Empire will send tax officials to various star regions to supervise the tax inspection process. But in fact, with dozens of people in each star region, nothing can be found in the territory of the Eastern Universe. The Eastern Universe should also give a little more face. The final number will be more than 1.6 trillion, reaching 1.8 trillion, which means that the tax collected by the Alliance will reach 720 billion per year.
The Cui Ru government was recognized, but Yin Basim's reputation was also saved. The joint investigation team determined that his death was an unexpected tragedy. His body will be sent back to Holy Terra, and a grand funeral is waiting for him.
As for the Sword of Li Guang, the Empire originally wanted to preserve their reputation, but the Alliance strongly opposed it. In the end, this chapter, lacking backstage support, became a chapter that was wiped out in the name of rebellion.
This certainly created some bad reputation for the Alliance in the public opinion field of the major Space Marines, especially in the many sub-clan of the Infinite Chapter. The Alliance was too overbearing and cruel. The Sword of the Living Light did some things wrong, but it was not a crime punishable by death. You could expel them, but directly annihilating the entire group and completely destroying their reputation after death was a bit too cruel.
But at the same time, this also further established the alliance's reputation - a fierce reputation can be considered a kind of reputation.
Now, no matter who it is, within the sphere of influence of the Alliance, if they want to challenge the Alliance, they must think about the fate of the Sword of Li Guang.
This incident not only proved the strength of the alliance, but everyone knew this even without destroying the Sword of Light. It was just not so intuitive at best.
But after this incident, the strength of the alliance is not only intuitive, but also poses a direct threat: the alliance really dares to take action, is not afraid of bad influence, and is really determined to kill them.
This is completely different from having power but being afraid to use it recklessly.
So far, the matter in the Eastern Universe has been resolved.
The alliance finally obtained the long-desired Eastern Universe.
And in the most desired way.
If we really want to incorporate the entire Eastern Universe into the alliance, that might not be a good idea.
The size of the alliance is already very large. There are 14 star regions in total, which is almost as large as two universes combined. Some small universes only have six or seven star regions under their jurisdiction, and even less than three thousand worlds in total.
At this point, the alliance will certainly feel the pressure of the huge size of the regime.
With Gu Hang's cheating, it can ensure that a considerable number of people in key and core positions are idealistic, honest and efficient; in addition, the information revealed in the system panel cannot be ignored. Those data that do not require verification, are directly available, and do not have to worry about being deceived are themselves a super powerful cheating that does not require the consumption of gift points.
But despite this, as the alliance becomes too large, the number of government levels will inevitably increase, and the control from the central government to the local governments will still be greatly reduced.
If the remaining star regions in the Eastern Universe were to be included, the pressure of ruling due to the scale would be even greater, which might not be a good thing.
Moreover, the size of the alliance is actually enough now. With the fourteen star regions as the core area, it just needs to develop well. The alliance spent fifteen years and finally got the spider web universe it swallowed back on track. It can only be said that it has put them on the fast track of development. If they want to fully enjoy the fruits of development, they have to give it more time to develop. Now it is at most the first taste of the fruit, and they will have to continue to increase various construction investments in the future.
If the Eastern Universe is taken over, even though their foundation is definitely better than when the Alliance first took over the Spider Universe, the cost of giving them the same treatment as their local counterparts will still be very high, and it will be a huge burden.
As the Alliance also has to take on the responsibility of developing and building the Spider Web Universe, it does not have enough power to focus on developing the Eastern Universe according to the local model.
A "colonial" custody system like the current one might be better.
The Alliance certainly does not make any money from the taxes in the Eastern Universe, and it has to help the Empire collect taxes. However, the tax revenue that falls to governments at all levels totals 60%.
This part is also collected by the alliance.
Although it is to be handed over to the governments of the universe and star regions, the money is there, so how to spend it, should we listen to some opinions? Should we do it according to the direction indicated by the alliance?
Not to mention, the alliance's investment and the trade between the two sides will make huge profits.
And there is no need to bear similar burdens as the local ones.
From the perspective of making money now, this model is definitely better.
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After the matter in the Eastern Universe was settled, the "Alliance Plan Supplementary Agreement" was finally signed.
The tax was set, and from next year the imperial tax paid by the alliance would increase to 2.5 trillion, and then increase by another 50 billion every year for the next ten years.
In terms of money, the alliance made a lot of concessions, right down to the bottom line.
However, what I got in return was enough.
Three places were approved for the Space Marine Chapter.
They are all ship-based regiments, and no mother planet is given to them.
The Empire no longer wants to give the Alliance tax exemptions.
Although it was a ship-based fleet, it did not have a single ship, and only one hundred Space Marine seeds were allocated to each regiment - there were only seeds, no people.
If you want a title, I'll give it to you. I won't take away a single hair from you.
The Alliance’s diplomats were cursing in Holy Terra, but Gu Hang was smiling.
Okay, more than expected.
But then, he couldn't laugh anymore.
Of these three groups, two are sub-groups of the Infinite Battle Group, and one is a sub-group of the Golden Knights.
But the problem is that when Gu Hang saw his [War Group] interface, although there were three more war group exchange options, they were all "inferior" seeds.
Gu Hang could only accept it with a curse.
Although, inferior seeds cannot produce a high proportion of company champions and model warriors like the Phoenix and Blood Shark, and even the proportion of non-commissioned officers is low, but at least all members can be brought to the level of veterans, and they are also 6,000 serious Space Marines.
So far, if Gu Hang expands his troops to the maximum, the scale of the Space Marines can reach 14,000 people.
This is already a pretty terrifying Space Marine force.
In the current situation where Space Marines are split into thousand-man regiments and dispersed everywhere, this force is enough to sweep across half of the empire!
(End of this chapter)
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