Divine Brilliance - Chapter 851
Chapter 851: Just A Small Setback
Just thinking for a short moment, Zifang said “okay”.
He couldn’t be more familiar with the Great Gan system.
The only difference would be that the participants were decided by the various countries and not by the people.
Zhuang Yu’s troop leading ability was already undeniable after the war. There was no doubt that he was more suitable than anyone here to manage all matters.
To use the meeting system to restrict his power was an unavoidable matter.
If there were any conflicts between the Three Factions, they could use this system to solve it.
At this moment, the only thing that gave them a headache was how to split up these spots.
Although mostly Ten Thousand Buddha Vast Habitat members followed Zong Shou over to Yuanlian World this time, there were also people from the other Six Sects like Jingtu Sect and Huayan Sect.
As such, it was inappropriate to give the remaining two spots to anyone else.
He looked opposite to Feng Taiji whose brow frowned tightly. He probably had the same problems too.
Zhuang Yu listened on, saying in a confused manner, “What is a meeting system?”
Not only them, the other people of the Yuanlian World were totally confused too.
Feng Taiji smiled, this matter was easy to explain. He casually said a few sentences which caused a look of understanding to appear on Zhuang Yu’s face. Although he didn’t fully understand it, at least he had a rough idea.
He wasn’t unhappy at all. One should say that it was natural that Zong Shou did that.
A small Ruler definitely wouldn’t hope to use morals and kindness to control his subjects.
He had to restrict them, both letting them show their talents while also not letting them hold too much power which would let them get too ambitious.
Zong Shou letting him become the top member of Yuanlian World to control the overall situation had already surprised him and filled him with gratitude.
The other people of Yuanlian World were all surprised. Such a situation was something only possible in their wildest dreams.
In the future, they could also participate in Great Gan Celestial Dynasty matters?
Feng Mochen’s eyes flashed a bright glow and then he nodded, “I feel that Great Gan is taxing too much, reducing to 15% is suitable. Can we raise this topic in the Meeting Hall?”
Feng Taiji’s pupils instantly constricted, “You can! Everything is up to you. If it passes, we can set it at 15% tax!”
The taxes for Great Gan Celestial Dynasty were mainly used in the army.
It had nothing to do with Sword Sect, but deep down in his heart he wasn’t willing for Zong Shou to hold too much power.
However, at this moment, he wanted the taxes to be even higher.
The more troops Great Gan had, their rule of this world would become more stable.
Sword Sect had already tasted some benefits in this exploration. If they hoped that their powers could stretch to more worlds, then the more troops Zong Shou had, the better it would be.
After all, when working with this person, they didn’t have to worry much about anything.
If the Donghai King really wanted to suggest such a plan, no matter what, he had to stop it.
Before he was able to speak, Zhuang Yu spoke up coldly, “It is just 20%, how is it high? Without enough finances to raise troops, how can we threaten the other countries to not start wars? How can we prevent Alien Races from finding problems with us? Ruler said that the 20% tax is if we are willing. If we are unhappy, we can just choose to break away from Great Gan and not be controlled by Great Gan. Naturally, you wouldn’t be protected by us either…”
He Daoren nodded his head and said, “My Yuanlian World has never had such a Saint Ruler in our 13,000 years. Looking at the different Rulers within Yuanlian World, each one of them taxed more than Great Gan. They weren’t as kind and loving as him.”
Feng Mochen was startled and looked at Zhuang Yu. Their gazes clashed for just a moment before he looked away.
“It was just a joke, why does Brother He and Brother Zhuang take it so seriously?”
Zhuang Yu’s cold and handsome face relaxed a little, but his brow was still tightly locked.
Feng Taiji and Zifang both exchanged glances with one another.
They were thinking to themselves; had the power splitting and meeting method come to use so quickly?
20% tax directly concerned the number of troops that Great Gan Celestial Dynasty had in Yuanlian World.
Reducing tax was naturally something that Zhuang Yu who managed Yuanlian World wasn’t willing to see.
This person coming out to stop him was both surprising but also expected.
Shaking his head, Feng Taiji continued to read.
The power restriction plan was far from just a meeting system. A series of appointments caused the subjects who Zong Shou brought over to take up close to 30% of the important positions in the Yuanlian World army.
The other 70% was left to Yuanlian World people, 50% of which was taken from the various countries to some people with merits in this battle.
The remaining 20% would be selected from Zhuang Yu’s personal troops.
With this as a structure, in the future when Great Gan built more troops in Yuanlian World, there wouldn’t be much room for Zhuang Yu to do much.
“The people see food as the most important thing. Yuanlian World has too high taxes which result in people deserting the wilderness and running, unwilling to farm and for the entire world to still be really backward. There isn’t much deep knowledge in agriculture and production is not even half of that in the Cloud World. If the Three Factions can help the countries improve, that would be a really meritorious act. However, if agriculture produce is good, it would hurt the farmers, when that happens we would have to discuss matters once more…”
Feng Taiji instantly frowned.
To let them help the countries to improve their agricultural methods? What kind of joke was Zong Shou pulling?
Was he asking them who only knew how to cultivate and practice the sword, people who only focused on the Martial Path and Spiritual Cultivation to get close with those laborers?
However, when he saw the words ‘meritorious act’, he was shocked and then kept silent.
He remembered this matter to heart.
He also felt slightly ashamed. During the few months in Yuanlian World, he didn’t see Zong Shou ask about anything.
This person was used to being high above, not getting down and dirty. His understanding of Yuanlian World was probably the worst out of everyone present.
Who knew that he would even notice this matter?
He couldn’t help but laugh bitterly. He should be the one that wasn’t used to getting down and dirty.
He thought to himself that his father had a race and had high hopes for him, even dreaming and thinking about the God Emperor position.
He himself also had such ambitions in the past.
However, with this guy here, how could he compete with him?
If this person was the God Emperor, then it was expected. If he wasn’t, then the true one was even more terrifying.
It was best if he got rid of such thoughts.
“…The countries will rule themselves, however, the Inspector and the Meeting Hall has rights to question regarding tax laws. The war matters and diplomatic means of the countries will belong to the Celestial Dynasty, Country Rulers aren’t allowed to privately contact other countries.”
“Within a year, we need to build three or more Spaceships to strengthen the troops in the outer region!”
“The places affected by war can be exempt from taxes for two years. All newly accepted lands can have reduced taxes to 10% for 3 years…”
The last few words appeared one by one within the hall.
Zhuang Yu frowned before calming himself down. At this moment, apart from the 300,000 troops from the Cloud World, the other armies didn’t even form a structure.
At this moment, even if they collected the taxes it would be useless. Why not follow the Ruler’s intentions, to show kindness to the people to gain their hearts.
As for the Spaceships, that was to be expected.
Without a fleet outside, it would be tough for him to win this war so easily this time.
In his eyes, 6 Spaceships were too few.
Feng Mochen stood up right away and bowed toward the imperial decree, “Ruler is kind…”
Like what Daoren said, none of the various past Rulers of Yuanlian World were better than this Great Gan Ruler.
After this battle, a large half of the central plains were under Great Gan Celestial Dynasty.
However, Hong Jiuchen’s million-strong army had collapsed, splitting into the various lands. They either became bandits pillaging the villages or directly causing trouble and stirring chaos all around.
The lives of the people were originally already tough, now it felt like it was the apocalypse.
Even this 20% tax was something that the new Rulers would find tough to sustain.
Zong Shou had seen through all the problems within, not leaving it to them which would cause further chaos.
The solution he came up with showed so much magnanimity that it filled people with respect for him.
At this moment, although Yuanlian World was under Great Gan, however, the people could cultivate martial arts and could also participate in government matters.
Such an outcome far exceeded what he expected when he took the risk and sent troops.
Ruoshui was slightly in a daze. Zong Shou had arranged everything appropriately.
It seemed like he wouldn’t return in a short time. He left so hurriedly, so the situation was probably extremely dangerous.
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At the same time, in the void outside of Yuanlian World, Yuan Jiuchen’s face was dark and sunken as he sat on a sandalwood chair.
Currently, he wasn’t as majestic and arrogant as a few days ago when he held the feast at Wushen Palace.
Although he wasn’t dejected, he seemed really down.
He held a talisman in his hand and was distracted.
This was news that just came from Yuanlian World. Not long ago, troops who were still under his command were wiped out in the southeast.
It was something he had expected and he had already prepared to totally give up on Yuanlian World. However, when such news came, it still made him stunned and dazed, feeling really sad and lost.
After 10 days of intense battling, this final army of his being wiped out meant that he was chased out of the world.
“This Mufang is so annoying!”
Since Great Gan didn’t have firm foundations, be it Zong Shou or Zhuang Yu, they knew when to collect the nets.
After occupying a portion of the rich land in the center of Yuanlian World, they started to pull back. They turned to stabilizing the borders and settling the troops.
It was Mufang and Fuyue who chased down and wiped out his remaining troops.
Even the Shura Race obtained much territory.
He sighed and then shook his head.
At this moment, he could only scold it out to himself. There was nothing he could do to Zong Shou or Mufang and Fuyue.
Rather than taking revenge on the few of them, why not think about how to face the blame and scolding of those few people when he returned to Nine Capital Celestial Dynasty.
Sigh, hundreds of years of management had been a complete waste.
Just as he was thinking this, a straightforward laugh echoed from outside, “It is just a small setback and you seem so down. This is totally unlike you…”
Hong Jiuchen raised his brow and looked forward. Tanjing strolled in.
