Chapter 631: Tithing

Chapter 624 – Tithe Tax

Now the empire’s energy on perfecting the tithe, because gold and silver can not be used as a standardized tax, after all, some realms are rich in minerals, mining is convenient, some realms are scarce gold and silver, difficult to mine, the pay and harvest is not proportional, so more detailed planning is needed, such as how much minerals need to be paid for mineral-rich as a tax, and how much grain needs to be paid for food-producing areas as a tax, to set a standard.

At the same time, this standard should not only let the realm governors feel a certain amount of pressure, but also within their ability, otherwise it will only result in reckless exploitation, which is intolerable to the empire.

For the gradual implementation of the tithe, the realm governor has mixed feelings, although compared to the kingdom often six or seven layers of taxes is nothing, but the exploitation of the bottom layer is already at a limit, can not be increased, so this part is to be divided from the overall interests of the ruling class, that is to say, all the classes who get the benefits will take less part.

It’s worth it to the Bit Governor, it’s just a small portion of the benefits being split, it’s so cheap compared to the power gained.

But the ruling class would surely be dissatisfied because they didn’t get more rights, so even if they didn’t pay much, they were greedy by nature, so they instinctively banded together to force the dimensional governor to make a compromise, just as they had in the past when they had limited the king’s rights through such means.

The problem was that the current situation was different from the past, the king was more like a recognized big brother, although he was the most powerful, but once the brothers under him united, the big brother had to bow down and apologize and make compromises.

But now is the dimensional era, the position and power of the governor is given by the empire, there is no need to look at the face of those people, even if the dimensional governor needs to rely on these people to complete the rule over the bottom of the hierarchy, there is no need to make compromises.

So soon there were smart dimensional governors who took the lead in raising the butcher’s knife for a new distribution of benefits.

The meat placed on the table remained unchanged, only that there was a flurry of discontent because a portion of it needed to be cut off and surrendered, resulting in all those who ate the meat having to eat one or two less bites.

Moreover, with fewer people eating meat, the leftover meat could be boiled into more soup and used to satisfy the needs of the middle class and grassroots who did not have a big appetite, which in turn strengthened the Bitou Governor’s control over the unified regime.

Killing can’t solve the problem, but it can solve the people who create the problem, this smart Orlan realm governor found the right way.

The tithe also includes military service, theoretically one out of ten young adults need to serve the empire, which greatly affects the realm’s army and production, after all, whether soldiers or farmers, the main force is young adults, this thing is not food, plant a crop and you will have it.

The good thing is that the Empire is not just exploitation, provide advanced weapons and tools, greatly increased combat power and productivity, so that the overall strength of the realm not only did not reduce, but also rose a lot.

After the governor of the realm solved the problem of sharing meat and centralizing power, he would face a new problem, military service.

It’s just kind of scary to eat, with the blood of your own kind on top of the meat.

The solution was simple, cut down a few of those who ate meat and cursed, and the rest of them didn’t just eat less, but more.

At the same time, the renewal of weapons and tools, but also let the governor of the realm have a meddling and even reorganization of the army and the local cards, coupled with the governor of the realm of all the power comes from the empire, so for the implementation of the military service to grasp the tight, and soon a large number of young people were sent to the empire’s military bases.

The Imperial military bases in the various realms were built with these issues in mind, so they were large enough to accommodate these young men and fulfill the issues of living and training.

However, compared to the high quality of the Empire’s soldiers, these conscripts were like monkeys with missing brainstems, and could only use rough methods, which was exactly what the army was good at. Driven by imperial soldiers, these bewildered young men were forced to shave their heads, take off their old clothes and burn them, shower them with insect repellent, and finally take a physical examination and test.

Those who failed would be categorized into labor service, those who passed would be considered military service, and then uniforms would be distributed for training.

Imperial veterans who acted as instructors would give the new recruits rigorous physical training, followed by even stricter discipline and faith training.

With guns and cannons, the combat power of individual soldiers is greatly reduced, so rather than bothering them to develop in the direction of a professional, it is better to let them learn how to become a loyal soldier, and then use the gun in their hands to kill the enemies of the empire.

This type of training did not require much in the way of combat skills, but did not require much in the way of physical fitness and discipline, so it required repeated brainwashing.

It was a good thing that the vast majority of those sent in were the lower ranks, who lacked the knowledge and were also too short-sighted to hold higher positions, but empty brains were also easier to stuff with what the Empire wanted them to know, such as loyalty.

Rigorous training taught them discipline, a rich diet taught them gratitude, and soon the Star Realm Army belonging to the Empire gradually took shape.

After a year of basic training, the Starfleet, equipped with helmets, breastplates, rifles and shovels, knew how to build trenches and fortifications, and were able to work together with infantry and artillery, began to be mobilized and sent to the contaminated planes.

Among the eight medium-sized realms under Owen’s jurisdiction, there were still three medium-sized realms that hadn’t been conquered because the contamination was too serious to be solved by simply using a void ship and a rainbow bridge to target and decapitate them, but had to be cleaned up more comprehensively and meticulously, which required a large amount of manpower.

The population of the empire is quite large, but the people who have received good education since childhood need to take on more complicated positions, such as workers and officers.

The strength of the empire relies heavily on the complex and perfect industrial system, which can not be maintained by tens of thousands of hundreds of thousands of people, especially the establishment of the Void Fleet, the demand for high-quality personnel is even higher, after all, the slightest error is a disaster.

And such a high-quality population wants to grow up need twenty years, during which need to receive at least ten years of basic education.

This is also the reason why the empire included military service in the tithe as well, it was to obtain a large number of cheap cannon fodder.

In the Orlan Plane, in the military base of the empire, 100,000 star world troops wearing steel helmets and armor, carrying rifles, equipped with backpacks, bullet belts, bayonets, and engineering shovels were waiting nervously for the first time in their lives to teleport, and the first time in the war.

But no one is afraid, they are the Imperial Star Soldiers, their mission is to open up the territory for the Empire, and to sacrifice their lives for the Emperor.

With a huge pillar of light flashing, 100,000 Star Realm Troopers were teleported to the No.1 Polluted Plane, where the races are mainly human, and there was once a powerful kingdom, but unfortunately, facing the demons from the darkness, after a fierce resistance, they finally failed.

Although they did not give up their resistance, there were fewer and fewer counterattacks on a large scale, gradually transforming into underground covert activities.

(End of chapter)