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Looking at Gao Yi in front of him, Glades' eyes were already filled with hatred.

This was the result she got in the end for believing in the evil god.

"Why would the Emperor bless you? Why didn't he choose me?!"

Glades said weakly.

"The Empire may be terrible, but Chaos is even worse. You don't see the truth clearly. Reality and the Warp cannot coexist. When you try to borrow the power of those evil gods, you have become a pawn. Maybe your existence is a mistake made by the Inquisition, but the most fundamental reason is your choice.

You claim to believe in the God-Emperor, but you bring harm to his people and even to himself."

Listening to Gao Yi's words, Glades was still disdainful. A hundred years of obsession could not be changed by a few words.

"Since you think I'm wrong, I want to see how you deal with what happens next."

As Glades spoke, his eyes were full of mockery, and Gao Yi also frowned.

But no matter how Gao Yi asked, Glades did not explain why he said this.

Instead, he began to curse the empire and the Lord of Mankind.

Gao Yi no longer had the heart to continue bickering, so he broke Glades' neck, and then memories began to flood back.

Lists of guilds and heretical goods are still hidden in the cult stronghold of Malfi.

As he examined his memories, Gao Yi also understood the meaning of Glades' words.

"Tithing?!"

Gao Yi walked out of the cell and immediately asked Leon when was the last time the Empire collected tithes from Malfi.

The reply was that the imperial tax collection team would arrive here soon.

The trap that Glades dug for Gao Yi before his death was to collect taxes.

Malfi has exceeded the tithe for so many years, but the pedantic Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Empire will not give you any rewards just because you have exceeded the target.

It is your obligation to pay your tithes.

Those in the Ministry of Internal Affairs may even feel that your planet has more capacity to pay more tithes.

The tithes are not fixed. Wars in surrounding star regions or star fields will affect these tithes.

If supplies are tight in important war zones, it is possible to collect 50% of the entire planet's production capacity, although Malfi, as the capital of the sub-region, will not go to such an extent.

However, the current situation in the Calixis sector is definitely an emergency situation that requires increasing the collection of tithes.

Before Gao Yi arrived, Glades had already received a star message of taxation from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Looking at the high tax requirements that far exceeded those in the past, even with Glades's ability, it would be impossible to complete it without affecting Malfi.

It would even damage the foundation of the entire Malfi. No matter how strong the administrative management capabilities are, it is impossible to produce weapons and ammunition and qualified soldiers out of thin air. All this takes time.

Glades was originally thinking about how to pay the tax, and now the task fell on Gao Yi's shoulders.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs will not care who the ruler of your planet is. As long as you can agree with the rule of the Empire, believe in the God-Emperor and pay the tithe on time, then as long as what you do on the planet does not touch on intolerable heresy, almost no one will care about you.

You can do whatever you want, tyrant, wise ruler, dictator, your ruling philosophy has no meaning to the empire, and the empire does not have the ability to manage all the planets within its territory.

Once the tithe is not completed on time, you will have to face the Empire's tax-collecting fleet. If you fail to complete it, the Empire will replace you with someone who can complete it. As long as the tax can be completed, sacrificing most of the population on the planet will be worth it for the Empire.

When a planet is facing a threat, the empire may not necessarily heed your interstellar message for help, but if you do not pay taxes, the imperial fleet will definitely arrive.

"Damn it. There is no tax collection fleet in the expansion area. I almost forgot about it!"

Gao Yi couldn't help but scratch his head.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs doesn't care whether he is a living saint or not. Without a tax-free permit issued by the High Lord of Terra, no matter who you are, you must pay the taxes you owe.

The taxes that Malfi paid have always been the weapons, ammunition and various industrial products produced by the planet. In addition to these, Malfi also has to hand over a large number of soldiers as part of the taxes to be deployed in wars throughout the empire.

Although Gao Yi's occupation of Malfi did not reach a destructive level, the Zerg's raid on the Lower Nest factory area also caused great damage to Malfi's industrial production capacity.

The amount of ammunition and weapons consumed in the war was even greater.

SCV can repair these facilities, but production always takes time.

However, the problem of weapons and ammunition is easy to solve. The most we can do is use the Gorgon as a transport ship to transport them directly from the expansion area.

At worst, the mountains of C-14s in the warehouse can be used to pay taxes. After all, there is no regulation on what kind of weapons they are. The output of ordinary materials on Agathos and other planets under Gao Yi's command is within the normal range, but equipping weapons is no different from appearing out of thin air.

Glades could never have imagined how high Gao Yi's industrial capacity was.

The most difficult issue is the tithe on the population.

Gao Yi also came to the conference room, where a group of wandering merchants and important members of the alliance gathered together.

"Inquisitor Lyon, you have been in the Calixis Sector for so long, can you use your influence to reduce the tithe requirement?"

"Lord Gao Yi, the tithe is sacred. It is the obligation of every planet in the Empire to the Empire. Not to mention me, a Great Inquisitor, even the entire Reunion Sect cannot touch this forbidden area. This is the foundation of the Empire."

The traveling merchants and wandering merchants around were also horrified when they saw the total amount of taxes that Gao Yi provided.

It seems that being the ruler of a planet within the empire is not that easy.

If this wave of taxes is paid, not to mention the benefits that everyone in Malfi is currently gaining, even the dynasty's own wealth will have to be lost.

Fortunately, Gao Yi said he would take care of the big problem.

After hearing Gao Yi's words, everyone was more convinced of Gao Yi. Let's see what a real leader is! Only those who can take responsibility are real leaders!

However, material supplies are easy to solve, but the population tithe is not so easy to fool.

Ordinary civilians cannot use it to deduct taxes. What the empire needs are qualified soldiers who can fight across the galaxy.

However, almost all the qualified warriors on Malfi were supported by Glades, so their resistance was the most fierce.

The losses were also the greatest, with almost all of the troops being completely destroyed by the Rangers and the Zerg.

Even quite a number of soldiers have been reduced to biomass.

Under the current circumstances, if one wants to pay the tax on combatants, in addition to handing over the remaining PDF, the dynasty soldiers in combat uniforms will also need to pay it off.

Gao Yi had no objection to sending them into the war, but he was afraid that they would be treated as consumables by the idiots in the Military Affairs Department, or even have their equipment forcibly taken away.

"Inquisitor Lyon, can you use your contacts in Calixis to find out from the Military Affairs Department where the surrendered soldiers will be transferred to?"

"If that's all, it should be possible. I'll tell the sect members in Sintira. That's the capital of the star region, and the sect can also contact some military officials in charge of these matters. Give me some time, and I should receive a reply soon."

A few days later, the Astropath also received a reply.

"Go directly to Sintira to join up with other Astra Militarum forces, and then directly support the star region near Cadia