There was still more than half an hour before the start of the meeting, and all the participants had already taken their seats in the conference room. The meeting was attended by more than 300 people, covering all the top levels of government, and no one was absent.

What the topic of this meeting is and what the head of state Shen Qingyuan wants to do, people are very clear in their hearts. Different people have different points of view, and this meeting is a battlefield where different points of view collide, there are no swords and swords, no bombs and no artillery fire, but it is known that this time the intensity of the battle will not be worse than any other battle. The fate of almost all of them, including those present, will be changed in this meeting.

Some people are sitting precariously with serious expressions, some people are nervous, looking around, and some people are constantly whispering something to the people around them. Almost everyone's expressions were different, but the only constant was the heavy atmosphere in the room. It weighs down on everyone's heart like a boulder, making it difficult for people to breathe.

Suddenly, the chatter in the room disappeared at the same time. Almost everyone looked up at the front of the room. Under the gaze of the people, Shen Qingyuan looked indifferent, took steady steps, and came to the rostrum from behind the scenes.

Without any nonsense, Shen Qingyuan directly pointed out the theme of this meeting: "Everyone should have read the information and know what kind of situation our civilization is facing now. Dr. Huang Yuan suggested that we should invest more in scientific research and pool the strength of all civilizations to seek breakthroughs in basic science, so as to find ways to save civilization. Personally, I think it's necessary, but we need to discuss how it is. If anyone has a different opinion, we will discuss it together. ”

After Shen Qingyuan's words, there was still silence in the venue, and no one spoke. Shen Qingyuan slowly glanced at the entire venue, and waited for a little for two minutes before saying with a faint smile: "It seems that everyone has no opinions, so let's go directly to the voting session." ”

Shen Qingyuan tapped twice on the conference table, and a huge screen appeared behind him. There are three options on it, which are yes, no, and abstain. Once the voting began, the number of affirmative votes rose rapidly, and the number of abstentions grew, but much slower than the affirmative votes. Only the number of negative votes is always zero.

The voting ended after five minutes.

"Very good, 257 votes in favor, 49 abstentions, and zero against. So the matter was decided. ”

The confidential secretary quickly recorded the results and added the government key. From this moment on, this decision has the force of law and cannot be violated by anyone. After that, he sent the results to each attendee's personal computer.

"Moving on to the next agenda, which is how to implement the resource tilt program. Wu Wei, you are the chairman of the Economic Reform Committee, please share your views. ”

Wu Wei took out the documents that had been prepared a long time ago, which had already been reviewed by Shen Qingyuan, and obtained Shen Qingyuan's approval, and said: "As we all know, breakthroughs in basic science are not easy, which requires continuous and large resource investment. And the reality dictates that we have to get these breakthroughs as quickly as possible. During this time, I discussed with many scientists, economists, sociologists, etc., and we agreed that it would be appropriate to set the proportion of resources invested in basic scientific research at about 40 percent of the total economic output each year. If this percentage is higher, the people's right to survive will be threatened, and there may be deaths due to lack of resources within the civilization. If this percentage is lower, the goal of achieving a breakthrough in the shortest possible time cannot be achieved.

Of course, we can't achieve this ratio overnight, and that would cause social unrest. In the planning, we intend to implement it slowly in the following steps, starting with the collection of residence tax......"

Wu Wei looked around the venue, his eyes full of high-spirited desire to fight: "In the past, the right of residence was provided to the public for free as a public benefit. Whether it is the transformation of the planetary environment, the construction of large closed ground cities, or the construction of large space bases, it will consume a huge amount of government finance, but under the current policy, people only need to pay very little public fees - such as energy fees, water fees, garbage transfer fees, disposal fees, etc., to obtain residency rights. These expenses are not even enough to keep the space base or city running on a daily basis. Now that the situation has changed, we believe that such a policy is no longer appropriate.

We plan to collect a residence tax from people according to their living conditions. All residential areas, whether ground cities or space bases, will be divided into five levels from one to five according to the level of human settlements, among which, the fifth-class cities only provide the most basic living conditions, but the lowest taxes, and the first-class cities have the best environment, but the highest taxes, and the people can choose their own cities according to their income levels. ”

Speaking of this, Wu Wei paused for the time being. Shen Qingyuan signaled, "Do you have any questions?" ”

Minister of Industry and Science Han Luo Chang asked coldly: "Excuse me, what is the standard of a first-class city?" How is it taxed? What about fifth-class cities? ”

Wu Wei replied: "A first-class city can be compared to the capital city. The city is well secured, with large man-made landscapes and infrastructure. As for the tax, it is initially planned to be levied at 10 million human dollars per person per year. The living environment of the crew of the fifth-class urban heavy cargo ship has no or few places for public activities, and the residence is a collective dormitory or a small single room, and the residents need to take turns to provide labor force for urban public welfare work. The initial plan is to levy 3,000 human coins per person per year. It should be noted that this is only the most basic residence tax, which does not include housing rental fees, energy usage fees, etc. ”

At a time when you can become the middle class with an income of 500,000 human dollars per year, this tax is not low, but it is probably still within the range of people's affordability.

Han Luochang sneered: "With this charging standard, I should consider moving away from Capital City right now." ”

"Officials with a certain level, staff who have obtained special government permits, artists, scientists, laborers, etc., who have a certain honor, will have certain exemptions and exemptions in the collection of residence tax."

The rest of the people just took quick notes and didn't ask questions. Shen Qingyuan waited for a moment and motioned to Wu Weidao, "You continue." ”

"The second is the adjustment of taxes such as commodity tax, business tax, personal and corporate income tax. After analyzing and researching, we decided to divide it into several steps to eventually increase the existing tax rate by at least three times. ”

"Strict control of luxury goods that waste a lot of public resources, but only a few people have demand, and increase the existing tax rate to more than ten times on the basis of limiting the total amount of production."

"As well as the adjustment of social public insurance and public welfare, we initially believe that it should be ......"

"As for people's needs for entertainment and leisure, we have studied and believe that they should be encouraged through various means, if necessary, to gradually guide people's relevant needs from reality to the virtual world. We have been in contact with several computer technology companies to discuss the development of a super online game with a simulation rate of up to 85%, and all the leisure and entertainment needs that were originally in reality can be transferred to the game. In this way, we will be able to save a lot of money on infrastructure and waste of unnecessary resources. After all, a ten-kilogram king crab from a wild-like environment would cost the equivalent of tens of thousands of human coins, and in online games, it would cost just a code. But the pleasure that the two can provide is not much different. ”

Wu Wei spoke slowly, and it took more than an hour to give a general account of the entire economic reform plan. But this is only the main category, and its details have not been expanded.

During this process, people kept asking questions, and Wu Wei immediately answered them. However, there was no objection or concurrence to it. Because this is not the time to discuss.

It wasn't until Wu Wei finished speaking completely that Shen Qingyuan said, "Now let's enter the discussion session." You can put forward any comments you have. ”

Han Luochang was the first to submit an application to speak. After obtaining Shen Qingyuan's consent, Han Luo often said: "Führer, I am in favor of economic reform and tilting resources towards basic scientific research. But I don't agree with such a big force. This will almost certainly lead to social unrest, and will cause irrepressible backlash and protest. If there is a large-scale protest wave, we will have to spend more resources to control it, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”

Shen Qingyuan didn't speak, as if he hadn't heard. The light in Wu Wei's eyes burst out instantly, and the high-spirited desire to fight finally found a breakthrough at this moment: "Minister Han, although I respect your personality and ability, I have to say that your opinion on this matter is really not very clever. First of all, the reality of the situation did not leave us for too long, and both the Phoenix Star and the idiocy of our descendants require us to do our best. Second, how do you think this will inevitably lead to a wave of mass protests and lead us to spend more resources on suppression? I have set up an investigation team composed of experts from the Academy of Social Sciences to conduct a special investigation on this matter, and the data they gave me is ......"

Obviously, Wu Wei had long expected that there would be a battle above today's meeting. But whether it is a variety of detailed data, or theoretical and logical support, he is confident that he has made all preparations.

Wu Wei talked eloquently and in high spirits, while Shen Qingyuan lowered his eyes, as if all these things had nothing to do with him.