851 Just A Small Setback (1/2)
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.
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.