The Emperor’s Angel of Death

"Second, the Naysan System will have a unified currency, the Naysan Promethium Coin. A central bank will also be established, with the primary task of issuing currency, formulating and implementing monetary policies, monitoring currency flow and financial markets in each world and hive city, promptly grasping economic and financial information and development trends in various regions, providing reserve deposit services for private banks in the hive cities, offering fiscal deposit plans for the hive city management, supervising and managing all banks, and correcting any violations through audits and inspections.

“Let me explain the Promethium Coin separately. The Promethium Coin itself has an exchange function. It can be directly exchanged for raw Promethium from the Promethium stations established by the Adeptus Mechanicus for living and production purposes. Therefore, it can also be used in foreign trade, and I encourage all trade merchants to use this currency to expand its influence. As for the Promethium reserves, you don't need to worry. The Promethium mining on Naysan VII has already entered orbit, and I guarantee that its annual output will reach at least 50 trillion cubic meters next year, which will not only meet the industrial needs of each hive city, but also ensure the central bank's Promethium reserves.”

“Starting next year, each hive city will gradually abolish the original currencies they issued and promote the issuance of the Naysan Promethium Coin. All banks should send representatives to the central bank to negotiate the exchange rate of currencies before this. In the future, the tax revenue of the hive cities will also gradually shift to currency tax. Since the situations of each world and hive city are different, I still stand by my promise that the Star Phantoms will not deny the governors' ruling power. Under the premise of abiding by the basic principles established by the Chapter, the local tax policies are basically formulated by the governors themselves. But one thing, evil taxes such as head tax, hair-cutting tax, and even water tax and air tax must be banned!”

Speaking of the latter, Sotha's tone became very stern. In fact, water tax and air tax are extremely common in hive cities, but the most serious one is not Naysan V, but Naysan IV. It was right under Sotha's nose. If Rozhim hadn't told him unintentionally, he wouldn't even know that his home planet had such a thing.

The target of this tax is residents who use 'purified water' and 'purified air.' Most heavily polluted hive cities only collect it from the upper levels of the hive, but the previous governor of Naysan IV was obviously an extremely greedy person. He opened these two taxes on planets with better environments, covering almost everyone, causing resentment from top to bottom in the hive city.

Before, Sotha felt a little regret about the death of that governor, but after knowing this, he really wanted to skin him alive. The key is that these taxes are still being collected after his death.

Obviously, the new governor of Naysan IV knew what Sotha was referring to, and lowered his head even further.

“Third, is the reform of the tax system. As mentioned earlier, the Chapter does not over-interfere in the specific policies and plans of taxation, but because the Chapter has newly established a large number of institutions, the expenditure on personnel has obviously increased. At the same time, a large number of infrastructure and military facilities need to be built in the star system, which inevitably requires more funds and resources. Therefore, after discussing with some experts in economics and taxation, all worlds in the Naysan System will adopt a tax-sharing system in the future.

“Under the tax-sharing system, the tax categories, the tax revenue generated by each tax category, and the tax agencies are divided into two parts, the Chapter and the local government, according to the legislative, management, and use rights. Among them, according to the tax category, they are divided into three categories: Chapter tax, local tax, and shared tax. Chapter tax refers to a type of tax whose legislative power, taxation power, and tax revenue usage right belong to the Chapter's institutions. Local tax refers to a type of tax whose legislative power, taxation power, and tax revenue usage right belong to the planetary government. Shared tax refers to a type of tax whose legislative power belongs to the Chapter, but the collection, management, and exercise of usage rights are shared by the Chapter and the planetary local government according to a certain proportion. The initial proportion of the shared tax is tentatively set at 50% for the Chapter and 50% for the local government.”

“At the same time, in order to ensure that the tax revenue of the two parts will not interfere with each other, the Chapter will establish a directly affiliated tax management department. This department is divided into a three-level structure: headquarters-planet-state, with vertical management as the main focus. The Chapter is responsible for managing personnel and departmental expenses, while the local tax department is reorganized by the governor himself. If the local finances are in difficulty, they can negotiate with the Chapter for transfer payments or assistance, and try to avoid arbitrarily increasing or decreasing tax items. The detailed tax plan will be jointly formulated and drafted with each world after the establishment of the Chapter's tax department. I won’t say more here, after all, Astartes are not good at this kind of thing.”

“Fourth, regarding the division of administrative regions, the current division of administrative regions of each planet is extremely chaotic and arbitrary. Hive city streets, administrative districts, parishes, etc. are overlapping and mixed. Therefore, in order to promote a series of policies, the reorganization of the administrative regions is imperative. The planetary governor still has decisive power in this process, and since the urban distribution of each planet is different, the Chapter only provides some guiding opinions here. Generally speaking, a large administrative region at the state level can be established with the hive city as the center, including the surrounding hundreds of kilometers. City-level administrative regions can be established within the state, and the inside of the hive city can also be divided, instead of being regarded as a single city. Below the city, there are town-level administrative regions. Below the town can be street districts or villages, while parishes, except for a few special locations, will no longer be a separate administrative region. At the same time, increase the number of administrative personnel, or transfer some administrative personnel from old institutions to new institutions.”

“In short, each world should try to achieve a unified standard of administrative division, which will also facilitate the governor's management of it.”

“Fifth, regarding the various prohibitions and regulations on child labor and child slave labor, I think you all know. I will reiterate it again. This is the bottom line. No one should cross it. The Chapter will send secret agents to each hive city. Once discovered, not only will the criminals suffer, but the managers, and even their superiors, will also suffer. I have made it very clear. Don't try to break the law!”

“In addition, all orphanages in the hive cities will be reorganized and integrated! Whether they are private, public, or Ecclesiarchy-related, they will all be incorporated into the Chapter's 'Children of the Stars' welfare organization, and even the street children will be rescued. This organization will be directly managed by the Chapter and provide all the necessary resources. At the same time, civilian education during the children's stage will be gradually promoted and popularized in each hive city. As many children as possible should be educated. Each governor needs to set up an education department in their respective worlds to manage and promote the children's education system on this planet.”

Regarding education, Sotha decided to adopt the education model of Terra's Eternal City, where children start school around the age of 6. The elementary school stage is 4 years. After graduation, teachers will recommend students to different middle schools for the junior stage of middle school based on their usual performance.

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