Chapter 712, Too Expensive

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

Luo Fei was questioning sternly.

But under Xu Fuzhen's series of words, she seemed a bit stern and internal.

"Of course I understand what I'm talking about." Xu Fuzhen's tone was not polite at all. "I'm talking about a financial problem of 20 trillion yuan in ten years. This is an expenditure that will affect the stability of the entire empire."

"According to your plan, we may lose more than the 20 trillion. If the Inquisition fails to deal with the corruption of a hive world, will it cause the destruction of a world? Solaria will miss a large amount of expenditures. , unable to suppress this 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 no shortage of similar situations."

"How much do these losses add up to? I don't know how to evaluate it. But I think when I tell the chief judge that the cumulative central funding will be reduced by 3 trillion in ten years, you will tell me a number; Solari Regarding the turmoil in Asia, the Executive Yuan, the Navy, and the Astra Militarum must also be able to tell me an answer.”

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

Xu Fuzhen mocked: "Why not? Isn't that what you always said when you asked me for funding in the past? If you ask for hundreds of billions at every turn, if you say you don't give it now, you will have to allocate another one trillion yuan in the future; if you say you give it now, Now, how much more revenue will the tax department be able to earn in the future..."

Luo Fei was a little embarrassed: "Aren't they all realized... uh... most of them can be realized..."

"There are a lot of things that have not been realized." Xu Fuzhen said, "Now, if we want to reduce the allocation, why do you say we can't do it this way?"

This was unreasonable, so Luo Fei changed the subject: "In terms of money, what about this Iron Armor War? Our total cumulative investment has exceeded 50 trillion, and it is also a direct expenditure of Holy Terra, and it is also a direct expenditure of Holy Terra. There is no calculation of the replenishment liabilities for local troops, fleets, and battle groups after sending troops to various places... What if the alliance rebels again? What if there is another rebellion larger than the Iron Armor War? billion, we will lose 200 billion for war in the next few years!”

It seems to make some sense.

But Xu Fu is really not timid at all.

She continued to ask: "Why do you think Gu Hang will definitely rebel? Is there something bad about Holy Terra against Gu Hang that forces him to rebel? Or is there something about the past performance of the alliance that makes you think he will rebel? ”

"He will pay taxes, and pay them in full, and pay them directly to Holy Terra. In my opinion, not only will he not rebel, he is also the most loyal governor in the empire. If every local governor in the empire can be like this If Gu Hang is like this, the empire will become extremely powerful!"

After a pause, Xu Fuzhen came up with a plan of his own: "According to my plan, the alliance will be left to him; the chairman of the Spider Web Universe will also be given to him. But instead, it will be the imperial tax of the entire Spider Web Universe. We must deliver it as he promised before.”

"Next year, what the alliance will pay is no longer 300 billion, but 500 billion; ten years later, it will no longer be a stable 1.3 trillion, but 2.1 trillion."

"In ten years, he has 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 domain."

"Then what's wrong? From now on, if he pays 2.1 trillion every year, how much money will he have left?"

"For an ordinary space domain, a total tax revenue of one trillion yuan per year is enough; two trillion yuan is a space domain with relatively good development and less turmoil."

"What's more, all other local governments, including the Star Territory and Space Territory levels, have to retain 60% of the tax revenue, and there are still a lot of tax losses. The money we receive may only be one or two hundred billion."

"Now, we can collect a net income of two trillion yuan a year; the alliance cannot follow the general imperial local government and leave 60% of the tax revenue for its own construction."

"In this case, what right does he have to rebel?"

"On the contrary, if the central government has such a large amount of revenue, how many legions can we build and how many battle groups can we develop that are loyal to the central government?"

"It can also be combined with the "Alliance Plan" written by Gu Hang himself, which supervises the military scale of the alliance; conducts regular checks on the development of the alliance. As long as the development level increases, the tax amount will also increase."

"With all these means added up, can the Alliance still have enough power to rebel?"

"As long as the alliance is drained so that they are unable to rebel; as long as Gu Hang is given enough respect so that he has no intention of rebelling; then, the future alliance will be the single most important source of tax for the empire! It will be the cornerstone of the empire!"

"Whether we want the alliance to become an unstable factor or to make the alliance the engine of the empire is just a matter of thought."

When Xu Fuzhen said the last sentence, she was facing Prime Minister Qi Bodu and added: "Prime Minister, please think carefully!"

…

"...That was the situation at that time!"

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

Logically speaking, the contents of the Supreme Council should be kept secret from the outside world.

But in fact, it is normal for the content of the meeting to be 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 passed? 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, "We argued so much that Qi Bo stopped it. He didn't even let us enter the voting stage on the spot, saying that the matter would be discussed next time."

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

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

"Do you think that woman Xu Fuzhen is so good to you? 2.1 trillion a year, she can't even think of it!"

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

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

At the end of the speech, Gallardo even burst into swear words.

"You are really going to get nowhere if you do this. Listen to me, let go of the alliance, and be a good chairman of the Spider 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.