Starting from the Planetary Governor Chapter 1386: 788

Chapter 1386: Chapter 788

Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.

During these ten years, excluding those small-scale conflicts resolved internally on stars, the Alliance has gone through three relatively large-scale wars.

Fortunately, none of these three wars were fought against the Central Empire.

That’s quite rare.

Even though ten years ago, a series of new treaties were signed between the Empire and the Alliance, pulling both sides back from the brink of war during their most critical monts.

However, anyone with foresight can acknowledge that the conflicts between the Alliance and the Central Empire have not been resolved. That series of agreents were filled with compromises, essentially just slightly easing the tensions but not solving the fundantal issues.

The core conflicts still remain; once suppressed this ti, they will only erupt more violently when they cannot be contained the next ti.

It seems that only war can serve as the ultimate resolution to all conflicts.

Yet, it should also be recognized that given the current status of the Alliance and the Empire, a war between them would be imnsely destructive, bringing the threat of annihilation to both sides.

No one can afford to wage such a war.

And no one knows how long this fragile balance can be maintained.

In fact, in recent years, the issues have once again gradually grown larger and more severe.

Objectively speaking, both sides are to bla.

On the Alliance side, there are also hardliners present. Through proxy taxation and trade in the Eastern Cosmos Domain, the Alliance has reaped substantial profits. In such circumstances, naturally, a considerable number of people hope to expand this model.

They believe that the Magrey Cosmic Domain to the west of the Spiderweb Domain and the Star Devouring Cosmos to the north can both replicate the Eastern Cosmos Domain model, indirectly controlling them through economic and cultural influence, and even engaging in colonization.

Of course, in reality, it’s not that simple. The Eastern Cosmos Domain’s controllability stems from many innate factors.

When Zuo Zhaofeng served as Cosmic Domain Chair for those ten or so years, he provided many conveniences to the Alliance; the most core territories of the Alliance, which were also the most developed, the Dragonhawk Star Domain, were located within the Eastern Cosmos Domain, very nearby.

These conditions do not exist in the Magrey Cosmic Domain and the Star Devouring Cosmos.

The Chairs of these two domains were actually newly appointed after the Iron Armor War. Each of them, before coming, was instructed by the Central Empire about how fearso the Alliance could be, and they were told to be extrely cautious about the Alliance’s presence when governing, avoiding the Alliance’s influence on the domains at all costs.

However, even so, the hard economic and cultural strength of the Alliance was simply too formidable. With this hard strength, even with those local politicians’ strict defenses, the recent two or three star domains would still be substantially influenced.

The Chairs of the two domains then took the corresponding cases to Holy Terra. Holy Terra, in turn, conveniently used them as excuses to criticize the Alliance repeatedly.

At the sa ti, in these recent years, taxes have gradually increased, with an annual incrent of 50 billion, expected to rise to 3 trillion in the Alliance tax by this year. However, during these ten years, the Alliance’s high-speed growth has never slowed down. Even if the growth rate has decreased a bit, it’s due to the sheer volu of growth. In terms of absolute incrents, the figures are still intimidatingly large.

In this situation, the Empire is very eager for Alliance taxes to continue increasing.

The first idea from the Empire’s side was to extend the agreent of increasing 50 billion taxes annually for another ten years.

The Alliance firmly rejected this.

You’re quite audacious; you still want countless future years of collecting 50 billion more from annually?

What concept is this? Every four years, it equals the Central Empire expanding a domain’s tax base?

Where can such fairytale luck be hoped for!

While for the Empire’s side, having such a thought is quite normal too.

The Alliance earns so much money every year, can’t they give a little more?

By a standard of 10% of annual output as Imperial tax, you should pay 7 trillion!

Now the Empire is only asking you to pay an additional 50 billion annually, which, over the next ten years, simply changes from 3 trillion to just 4 trillion, why wouldn’t it be possible?

The tax increase plan did not pass smoothly and beca the fundantal reason for all conflicts.

At Holy Terra’s negotiation table, the Alliance’s diplomats and the Empire’s Departnt of Taxation officials convene periodically to thoroughly discuss these issues. Besides directly discussing tax matters, the Empire constantly strives in other directions to find issues that can exert pressure on the Alliance.

The Alliance is not easy to provoke either; originally sowhat restrained in expanding into other domains, the Alliance Governnt later slightly relaxed control over hardliners. Under the guise of Alliance caravans and investnt institutions, they began to enter these star domains more significantly.

The ga never ceases to be underway.

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Regarding the genuine participation of the Alliance in the three wars over the past decade, indeed, they bear little relation to the Empire.

These three wars included a Beastman War.

That occurred in the third year after the signing of the “Alliance Plan Supplentary Agreent,” when a large Beastman force gathered in the Eastern Cosmos Domain. In such circumstances, the Empire was very eager for Alliance taxes to continue increasing.

The first idea from the Empire’s side was to extend the agreent of increasing 50 billion taxes annually for another ten years.

The Alliance firmly rejected this.

You’re quite audacious; you still want countless future years of collecting 50 billion more from annually?

What concept is this? Every four years, it equals the Central Empire expanding a domain’s tax base?

Where can such fairytale luck be hoped for!

While for the Empire’s side, having such a thought is quite normal too.

The Alliance earns so much money every year, can’t they give a little more?

By a standard of 10% of annual output as Imperial tax, you should pay 7 trillion!

Now the Empire is only asking you to pay an additional 50 billion annually, which, over the next ten years, simply changes from 3 trillion to just 4 trillion, why wouldn’t it be possible?

The tax increase plan did not pass smoothly and beca the fundantal reason for all conflicts.

At Holy Terra’s negotiation table, the Alliance’s diplomats and the Empire’s Departnt of Taxation officials convene periodically to thoroughly discuss these issues. Besides directly discussing tax matters, the Empire constantly strives in other directions to find issues that can exert pressure on the Alliance.

The Alliance is not easy to provoke either; originally sowhat restrained in expanding into other domains, the Alliance Governnt later slightly relaxed control over hardliners. Under the guise of Alliance caravans and investnt institutions, they began to enter these star domains more significantly.

The ga never ceases to be underway.

…

Regarding the genuine participation of the Alliance in the three wars over the past decade, indeed, they bear little relation to the Empire.

These three wars included a Beastman War.

That occurred in the third year after the signing of the “Alliance Plan Supplentary Agreent,” when a large Beastman force gathered in the Eastern Cosmos Domain.