There are some things that are different from a group of people working together.

Regarding the handling of relations with the Concord State, Mu Yunshang finally decided to discuss it with his father.

Originally, he didn't have this idea, but when Mu Yunshang started to deal with government affairs after finishing his wandering with Sango, he found that his father had actually handled the affairs of the entire capital star in an orderly manner during the days when he was in a coma, which made him think.

Very interesting thing.

Obviously, whether it is Mu Yunsheng, his mother Luo Qiuhe or his father Mu Tianxing, they are all ordinary people, but they have an incomprehensible talent in this regard, even if they are in contact with the imperial government affairs for the first time, they can quickly get started and enter the state.

As for why they didn't consult with the Imperial War Department and the government department - those guys with their heads full of nitroglycerin and explosions had no experience in anything like that.

To be precise, before the fantasy species entered the interstellar age, they had a fully mature economic system, because they had not yet developed to the extent they are today.

But the empire is a complete wonder.

From the moment the empire was born, she was completely a war machine, relying on the completely different racial characteristics and dedication of the fantasy species itself and human beings when the productive forces were not developed enough, and the strange social model similar to the collective of communism and militarism strongly unified all the fantasy species on the entire planet like an autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and developed step by step to the present.

- Just like the Qin Empire, which implemented the system of cultivation and warfare, the difference is that the empire did not perish.

Countless years later, although history is still remembered, a whole set of management models has long been swept into the garbage heap, and no one knows it anymore.

So compared to those who only know about wars and wars and wars and wars, at least my father has worked in the human financial system for a long time.

“…… A tributary system similar to that of ancient China. ”

After listening to Mu Yunsheng's plan, my father suddenly said such a sentence.

"Tribute? This kind of system doesn't do the suzerain, right? ”

The system of a group of tributary states exchanging all kinds of astronomical treasures from the suzerains with a bunch of rags made Mu Yunshang unable to see any benefit to the empire.

"So I said just something like that."

Father sat opposite Mu Yunsheng, his fingers tapping lightly on the tabletop.

"The tributary system is based on the strong national power of the suzerain, which can correspond to the military and technological strength of the empire. Second, whether the tributary state wants it or not, he must accept the economic system established by the suzerain—the most direct phenomenon is that the currency circulating in the suzerain's country is directly recognized in the tributary country, and even its creditworthiness will exceed that of the tributary state's own currency. ”

"In addition, as a tributary state, domestic affairs will be affected by the suzerain's power to a certain extent. In the event of a war in the suzerain, troops must be sent to cooperate—we can even go a little more thoroughly in this regard and recruit troops directly from the five countries of the alliance. ”

"Well, this is also what I considered from the beginning, although the subjects of the empire are powerful, they are limited in number after all, but the equipment of these auxiliary armies can only be the remnants of our elimination."

In fact, even if Mu Yunsheng directly gave the alliance's army imperial equipment in active service, it would be useless, and they would not be able to use these weapons of mass destruction at all.

Father continued: "Force is a guarantee, but the specific action is still the use of economic means - I found out when I helped you with government affairs before, the empire does not have any commercial activities and economic activities, right? ”

"That's right."

"That's it, so the currency, the taxes, the financial system, and so on are completely blank for the empire."

"Wait a minute......" Mu Yunshang suddenly interrupted his father, "Dad, is it possible that you want to establish a tax system within the empire?" The empire doesn't need it, right? ”

Father nodded: "The empire really doesn't need it, but the alliance needs it. Their social productivity makes it necessary for their governments to rely on fiscal revenues to keep their institutions running. So the tax system we have established is not for the empire, but for the Union. ”

"However, even if we collect taxes from the Alliance, what we receive is completely useless to us, isn't it?"

For a civilization that has long since eliminated the general equivalent of money, taxation is already a historical term.

"It's not just a matter of attitude,, if we don't collect any tariffs from the alliance at all, with the absolute superiority of the empire in all aspects, this kind of trading alliance will be in an extremely advantageous position at the beginning - zero tariffs to buy all kinds of goods from the empire they need, zero tariffs to sell their things to the empire, even if these sold goods may not be sold - but have you thought about what will happen if this goes on for a long time?"

“…… The empire will not have any effect due to its peculiarities, but the economy of the alliance itself will collapse. ”

Mu Yunshang instantly realized.

If two civilizations that are equal to each other and have each other's needs for materials carry out zero-tariff trade, although there will be various problems, they are still within the controllable range.

But if the gap between the two sides reaches a certain point, the weaker side will be very advantageous at first, because they can buy whatever they need without restrictions, but over time, this behavior will undoubtedly completely destroy their own internal productivity development and economic environment.

In the history of the development of global civilization, there are countless examples of the weak side becoming a commodity dumping colony step by step because of the dumping of domestic commodities by the dominant party.

"That's right, tariffs are both restrictions and protections, and the five countries of the alliance are the co-subordinate countries of the empire, and you don't want the internal economic environment of your co-subordinate countries to be chaotic, right? After all, we don't want colonies, but vassals with a certain amount of combat power that can share the pressure of the future for the empire. ”

"Worthy of my father."

After understanding what his father was really worried about, Mu Yunshang had a clearer idea of the next plan.

"It's good if you understand, if you have any questions, you can ask me, although there are many things that your father and I am slowly exploring, but how to say that I also graduated from the financial management major back then, hahaha......"

Looking at her laughing father, Mu Yunshang made a decision:

"In that case, then I'll leave this job to Dad."

“…… Clams? ”

"What kind of clams, Dad, aren't you a top student majoring in economics and management, aren't you like a fish in water in the financial system? I'm in charge of such a big empire, so you have to help share part of the work, right? So the work of creating an economic system specifically for the co-subordinate countries is left to you, eh...... Do you want me to draw a few circles on a random spot on the map? ”

Father: ".................."