Chapter 1351: Chapter 771: The Battle to End War (Part 2)
But in that case, one would lose their humanity, and the soul would be completely reshaped, so the person might not be the sa as before.
It was still a bit of a headache.
But there’s no need to rush.
Gu Jing is still very young, with plenty of ti in the future to consider how to continue on the path of Spiritual Energy. Maintaining an S level might not be a bad route.
At least, there is so guarantee of safety.
If all else fails, this Magic Lord of Thousand Changes version of the Heroic Spirit will still provide Gu Jing with close protection.
Although it’s slightly weaker compared to when it was ‘alive’, it hasn’t dropped a level, still maintaining the standard of a Great Demon with many diverse ans, unlike the Bloodthirsty Demon who knows only how to hack and slash.
Moreover, at this mont, it played a good supporting role.
It can quickly embellish the report Gu Jing previously narrated into an appropriate formal docunt and then quickly send it through Subspace back to the hands of high officials in the Alliance.
After finishing this task, all Gu Jing could do was wait for the reply from Rage Owl Star.
He wasn’t arrogant enough to decide such a crucial matter on his own.
As for the specific course of action, it still depends on the overall decision of the Alliance Governnt.
After the decision is made, whether he needs to execute it is another matter.
However, he is certainly not idle.
As a Tax Emissary, he still has to perform his primary job.
It’s just that this matter, for him, holds no challenge.
Even without the assistance of the Magic Lord of Thousand Changes, with his abilities, it would be very easy to handle this matter well.
One of his two responsibilities as a Tax Emissary is communication with the Imperial Taxation Departnt, which is no longer an issue. He now has Yang Shiwei completely under control, and until the Imperial Taxation Departnt replaces their head, Gu Jing is confident that in the taxation work on Lingze Star, he will have an imnse say.
And for the other responsibility, supervising the Alliance’s Imperial Tax Working Group, there’s not much to say. He just needs to be stationed here, and the specific matters are naturally handled by the elite working group he brought along, composed of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Anti-Corruption Bureau, and the Financial Departnt’s audit team.
Generally, there won’t be any issues; the Imperial Tax Working Group has undergone many rounds of cleansing and inspection.
Yet, even if it’s boring and dull, Gu Jing will ticulously complete his work.
He has made a good start, and not ending it well would be disappointing to himself.
…
Gu Hang quickly received the report.
The report from his son was directed to his direct supervisor, naly the Minister of Finance, as well as the Alliance Foreign Affairs Departnt that directly manages foreign relations.
However, neither of them dared to make autonomous decisions on such a significant matter.
They sent Gu Jing’s suggestions, along with their own views, to Gu Hang’s desk.
After reading it, Gu Hang gave a wry smile.
The young man still has quite a few ideas.
However, there was no need for Gu Jing to propose this matter.
Salihoovich has a whole set of preemptive plans, which simply haven’t been necessary to activate until now.
If possible, the Alliance doesn’t want the current situation to change at all.
The past fifteen years have been exceptionally fast-growing for the Alliance. The 16 trillion war costs have been mostly offset, with the Alliance paying just 1 trillion in actual taxes per year before that, the rest being the Empire’s dues for the Iron Armor War expenses owed to the Alliance.
The Empire has already benefited greatly from this.
The 16 trillion, where the Alliance didn’t even get the interest, was split over fifteen years by the Central Empire. What more could they want?
And that was that. Now that the war paynts have been settled, the Alliance has returned to a normal tax quota of 2.1 trillion, without any pressure, or at least without affecting the Alliance’s developnt. In such circumstances, maintaining the status quo is naturally the best.
For the past fifteen years, the growth rate of the Alliance’s GDP has always remained high. Recently, it has entered deeper waters, especially with the Dragonhawk Star Domain as the leader, where the current per capita annual production has reached 11 tax units. Although still growing, it’s not as fast as in previous years.
But it doesn’t matter, as when the Dragonhawk Star Domain’s growth stalls, other Star Domains still offer substantial growth space.
Even if the growth rate slows, at the current size, which is four or five tis the previous total output value, the absolute annual growth rate is still enormous.
Gu Hang indeed has no intention of opposing the Central Empire; if the Alliance can maintain this relatively peaceful developnt trend for a longer ti, it would be best.
But absolutely no intention to raise taxes.
According to the version of the morandum Yang Shiwei attempted to deceive Gu Jing into signing, Xu Fuzhen, or rather the Central Empire, wasn’t that severe regarding raising taxes for the Alliance, rely increasing from 2.1 trillion to 2.5 trillion in tax revenue, an addition of only 400 billion.
The Alliance can afford it.
But 400 billion is not a small amount; it’s the entirety of the tax revenue the Empire can collect from ordinary Cosmos Domains, and that needs to be in areas where the Empire has relatively strong control and can reduce tax collection costs; in so poor or extrely chaotic Cosmos Domains, collecting even 100 billion after removing all costs would be considered good.
Moreover, compared to the Alliance’s previous 2.1 trillion tax revenue, it increased by almost 20%.
The Alliance can afford it but shouldn’t pay it.
You can’t start this trend.
If it starts once, what about another increase in a few years?
Moreover, if they cross the line and decide to inspect the developnt level across the entire Alliance and strictly collect taxes at 10% of total output, raising the Imperial Tax to over 5 trillion, what then?
The so-called “Alliance Plan” would no longer exist in na only by that ti.
Further, seeing how bountiful the Alliance is, so easy to manipulate, wouldn’t greedy bigwigs want to ddle in the Alliance’s various industries and share in the profits?
Once a bottom line is broken, it will continually be breached.
Can taxes be increased?
Yes, if it cos down to choosing between raising taxes or civil war, then the 400 billion, pinching your nose, would be paid.
However, between raising taxes and civil war, there’s a vast gray area, ample ti, and space to negotiate with the Central Empire.
The Alliance has plenty of bargaining chips.
Take your ti.
Even if, in the end, it gets to the point of paying that 400 billion, the Central Empire must pay a sufficient price, so they feel the pain, thus delaying their next encroachnt as much as possible.
Gathering his thoughts, for now, Gu Jing’s trip can be seen as his first ti managing a segnt independently.
The results produced, from Gu Hang’s perspective, were both expected and had unexpected elents.
The expectation lay in the fact that the Great Demon, which dared to lay hands on his son back then and was caught, changed its purpose at his whim and indeed proved enormously effective.
Originally, Gu Hang intended to devour the Subspace essence of the Magic Lord of Thousand Changes. Although he no longer experienced leaps in enhancent from consuming a Great Demon or a Neuron Worm as he did in the past, a Great Demon remains extrely nourishing.
Going into Subspace to actively hunt Great Demons is dangerous and likely to attract their master’s attention. But it would be a sha not to consu one that ca to you.
But… so be it, for the sake of his son.
Now, it has turned out effective. A bodyguard providing wisdom enhancent and intelligent assistance, all in one, its function has been manifested.
With this configuration, even at 23, despite lacking experience, Gu Jing can independently handle tasks, achieving accomplishnts is not surprising.
And the so-called unexpected was that the result of Gu Jing’s completed task turned out quite well.
More importantly, it allowed Gu Hang to acquire information that could spur him to make a decision.
The issue of tax increases at the Central Empire has moved beyond rely being a trend of public opinion. The attempt by Yang Shiwei to discuss this issue with Gu Jing, the Alliance’s Tax Emissary, marks tax increases as an official policy the Central Empire is pursuing.
Therefore, political peace is already an illusion.
This war without smoke has inevitably begun.
Of course, war is rely a taphor. In reality, all efforts are for peace, aiming to avoid a real war.
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