Forty Millenniums of Cultivation

Li Yao and Night Lan looked at each other and even he was deeply shocked by the “gaming society” of the new Federation a hundred years later: “So, in today's federal society, if you don't seriously participate in the game of Civilization, can it be difficult? ”

“Inches are not difficult, but if you accumulate a lot of contribution points and game time in the game, it is really cheap in society. Except for what I just said, the biggest relationship with the people is the tax rate, and playing Civilization is tax creditable. ”

Ling Xiaole explained, "The Xingyao Federation is a high-tax country. There is no way to do this. The new Federation has only just been developed for a hundred years. There are still a number of planets in the seven major worlds in a blue-width, impoverished state. Infrastructure investment has to be increased. Moreover, the threat of the Imperial Expeditionary Army forces forces us to maintain an overly strong standing army, and annual military expenditures are astronomical figures.

“So the lives of the new federal population are far from worry-free, and the base tax rate will even hit more than 50 per cent of total income.

“However, in general, no one really pays so much tax, you can do a variety of tasks in Civilization to cut taxes, the better Civilization plays, the lower the tax rate; and there are all kinds of virtual competitions in every region every year, even the champions can be exempt from tax! ”

Li Yao went off for a while: “Can I cut taxes on playing games? ”

“Again, we are not just a game, but a 'virtual reality, cloud data, great unity, star-highlight road convergence platform'. Any decision anyone makes in Civilization can be regarded as his‘ intellectual property 'and may greatly help the whole' star glow civilization 'move forward! ”

Ling Xiaole said very seriously, “Isn't it reasonable to substitute ‘intellectual property' for money and hand it over to the state? ”

Li Yao thought about it carefully and seemed to really make such a point.

In fact, more than a hundred years ago, he had considered the issue of popular participation when he proposed the idea of "using the game of civilization to open up wisdom”.

Because the higher the reality of "Civilization", the further away it is from the meaning of the word ”game", the massive data composition, the brain-burning operation and information processing of various kinds, are not generally accepted by the players.

Naturally, it is not possible for the Federation to force everyone to play a boring, extremely brainburning game, but the amount of data collected does not reach a certain level or attracts only a small number of "deep players”, rather than decisions from all walks of life, men, women and children, and ultimately outputs, without realistic guidance.

The problem had been with Li Yao and others for a long time, until he left Tian Yuan and went deep into the dark nebula without a very good solution.

I didn't expect the new Federation to solve it completely with just “high school entrance exams" and “deductible tax rates”. That's... awesome!

Ling Xiaole chuckled: “Those were some of the more practical advantages, and the next most important ‘honor’ is the citizenship of the Star Glory Federation.

“The Confederation, like the Empire, also deals with the system of 'civic points of contribution', which can become genuine citizens and enjoy the power to determine the future of the nation only if they reach a certain level.

“But how is it possible for ordinary people to earn the ‘civic contribution point' of a real human empire by accomplishing a variety of difficult, dangerous and complex tasks, such as an undeveloped planet-hunting murderous beast of rare human resources and harsh environments, a seemingly 'equitable' system?

“The Federation also has tasks of this type, such as exploring the planet of unknown resources as an 'advance team', which can earn a lot of points of contribution, and the general public, even if unable to accomplish these dangerous tasks, can accumulate points of contribution and learn how to be a qualified 'citizen' through a variety of tasks in Civilization!

“Yes, in our Federation's view, the word 'citizen' is supreme and represents a great honour and a heavy responsibility, even more glorious than the word 'practitioner'!

“The two of you should know that, since the collapse of the Starsea Empire 10,000 years ago, hundreds of civilizations have emerged in shattered galaxies, many of which have used elections and even referendums to determine the future, but whose outcome is deplorable.

“It is not to say that elections are bad, but the real question, even if they are inefficient, is how to make the public understand that the tiny amount of power that they hold is vital to civilization as a whole!

“The Supreme Speaker of the Federation is also elected, but we do not believe that anyone is born with the power to determine the future of civilization - humanity is selfish, untrained people are always short-sighted, and large numbers of untrained people come together, and it is not just rat sight, it is simply a bunch of people.

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“Here's an example, I'm not targeting anyone, but in the late Star Sea Republic, under the control of a parliament held by countless practitioners, demons like 'Black Star Emperor Wuyinchi' emerged, and he easily seized the power of parliament, and after a while as the Supreme Leader of the Star Sea Republic, it was not natural to see an equivalence between 'practitioners’ and 'citizens'.

“That's how I talk, uncle, don't you mind? ”

Li Yao coughed dry and didn't speak, but Night Lan said somewhat reluctantly: “I understand, isn't this the 'elite decision-making’ system, the masses are blind, only the elite can decide the future of civilization, it makes sense, but what difference does it make to the Empire? I heard that in the Real Human Empire, it is also this system of ‘elite decision-making’. It is not up to the emperor alone. Nobility, lords and boundaries everywhere, as well as the Golden Dane, the Yuan Baby and the Elder Monster, speak very heavily! ”

Ling Xiaole laughed: “There is nothing wrong with the essence of elite decision-making. Governance of the country is also essentially a technology, of course we need to find experts.

“But what kind of talent is a real ‘expert’?

“I do not deny that among the aristocrats, lords and realm lords of the real human empire, there may be a number of experts who govern the planet, but many more are merely fists, strong fighters, bona fide sandboxes, and some are even more miserable, the best at fighting horns, hidden knives in laughter - a man who has become an aristocrat because of his combat power does not mean that he will truly govern the place, and he may even be busy practicing, thinking about making his fists bigger, not thinking about training in the most basic public affairs decisions.

“Guys like this, let alone leaders, even the most common ‘citizens’, I think are choking enough.

“There is no way, the Empire is like this: weak flesh, strong, seemingly advanced, but a group of steel barbarians armed with starships and giant warriors. ”

Night orchid takes a deep breath and has nothing to say.

Li Yao laughed: “Is the Federation different? ”

“Of course not. ”

Ling Xiaole proudly said, "The people of the Federation have been trained in public affairs since childhood. By the time they become adults, they have basic civic qualities, understand their choices and efforts, and are closely related to the future of civilization as a whole! In the end, all those who can truly become citizens will prove themselves in the game of" Civilization ". Not only do they possess a deep understanding of economic, political, cultural, military and other aspects, they are relatively rational, calm and long-term in sight, but they are also willing to devote a great deal of time to contributing" intellectual property "to the service of the masses of society!

“Such ‘citizens’, who are high and low, are not even the vast majority of the true ones, but they are well-deserved 'social elites' and represent the voices of all the federations to the fullest extent possible - it is up to them to choose the Supreme Speaker and determine the way forward for the future of the Union that we can think of the best system.

“While many civilizations over the past 10,000 years have been avoided to allow a group of ‘uhu people' to choose their leaders, to choose a grass bag of gold jade and its defeats, and even ambitious conspirators, at the end of the day, the hugging toward annihilation happened; and the ultra-high speed of information transmission on the Xinghai Light Road platform has also reduced the consumption of the elections themselves to the limit! ”

Ling Xiaole's tail shook violently and rubbed it off Li Yao's nose several times, making him want to sneeze.

“That's right. ”

Li Yao rubbed his nose and asked, "One thing I just wanted to ask is, is the Federation's current means of transmission of ideas actually reaching this level? Even the data of the minds between two different great thousand worlds can be transferred and exchanged instantaneously. This‘ network speed 'is too frightening. Even our Firefly technology does not seem to be able to do this. At most, it can only complete the instantaneous data exchange within the same great thousand worlds. This‘ big unified 'virtual platform that houses the seven great worlds, with our technology, will collapse in minutes. ”

Ling Xiaole hesitated for a moment. Li Yao knew that she had received the instructions above by pasting the ultra-micronous sounding array on the eardrum. Three seconds later, it was about agreed, Ling Xiaole Dao: “It's okay to tell you both that we didn't have this technology, but a hundred years ago, before the new Federation was established, the 'Old Federation' had received a mysterious signal from the depths of the star sea. ”

“Oh?”

Li Yao sat upright, Ling Xiaole said the signal was obviously to summon himself to the ancient holy realm, eventually causing Meng Chen, Long Yangjun and a large group of fierce people.

Ling Xiaole continued: “To this day, the contents of that beam of signals are irrelevant, but the magic of transmitting this beam of signals is vital.

“Federated scholars spent decades studying this beam of signals and eventually identified it as an advanced means of transmitting information from flooded civilizations, a means similar to 'gravitational waves' that can instantly cross the stars and seamlessly interface information between the two great thousand worlds.

“It was with this bundle of 'flood signals' that the Federation's information transmission technology burst into abrupt progress, culminating in a unified 'civilization' world! ”