Chapter 285: Not very loyal advice
Now, Gu Hang really had a headache.
It turned out that there was such a trap waiting for him on the Phoenix.
The most likely scenario for the Phoenix's gene-seed problem is that when the chapter was first established, although most of the gene-seed belonged to the Phoenix Legion, for some unknown reason, some Blood Angel seeds were mixed in.
Or maybe when a certain chapter received support and replenished its gene seeds, one of the seeds came from the Blood Angels.
In some brutal, large-scale wars, this kind of thing is indeed possible due to management errors - if there is no conspiracy or deliberate action.
And if we take the so-called conspiracy theories into consideration...it becomes too complicated.
It is not impossible, but there are too many possibilities. The truth of history has long been buried in the long years. It is impossible to explore it clearly now, and we do not have the ability to explore it.
I can only leave it alone and ignore it for now.
According to Martins, the Phoenixes were not too worried about the inspection by the Imperial Government and the Martian Order before the Atonement Expedition. On the one hand, they had plenty of gene seeds, from which they could find the part that was most like the Phoenix Legion for inspection. On the other hand, they were strong and had considerable political influence, and they also had the mother group to help cover them up.
But now all these advantages are gone.
The genetic seeds that Gu Xing exchanged were all standard phoenix seeds, and there was no one that looked more like a phoenix.
The Phoenix itself was no longer strong, and it was lucky that they didn't get wiped out. At the same time, because of the big mistake they made in the past, they had already cut ties with the parent group, and there has been no contact for more than a hundred years.
Although they could try to re-establish this connection, more than a hundred years had passed, and no one could say for sure whether Phoenix would still care about the Phoenix, a suspected "bastard, hybrid" sub-group.
As for the Blood Angels, who might be the source of another part of the Phoenix's genes... back then they were not even willing to do a genetic test to see whose sub-group the Phoenix belonged to, let alone now.
These founding chapters are all unique, and because they have a brilliant record in their thousands of years of inheritance, they have extraordinary influence on many political entities of the empire, and with many close sub-companions around them, almost every one of them is an independent political force in the empire. And because they have strong military power and influence, almost no one dares to mess with them.
The Phoenix is no longer the powerful second-generation warband it used to be, and there is no such thing as being unwilling to offend them.
The Phoenix has also experienced the Expedition of Atonement, fought many dangerous enemies, and visited many heavily polluted places... In this case, when the gene seed tax is paid, no one can say for sure whether the Empire will judge that there is something wrong with the Phoenix's seeds, thereby launching a major investigation against the Phoenix and the Angry Owl Star that shelters the Phoenix.
When it comes to a matter involving a Space Marine Chapter, Gu Hang, a barely newly minted planetary governor, really has no way to influence it. This is by no means a simple matter of a political struggle within a star region.
But soon, Gu Hang stopped worrying about it and comforted Martins:
"There will always be a way out when you get to the mountain. There's no rush. The collection of the Chapter Gene Tax has nothing to do with the Imperial Taxation Department. It's the Chapter Administration jointly established by the Martian Order and the Imperial Government. It's only been a short time since the Phoenixes ended their expedition. How could they know where you are and how much tax to collect so quickly? It's not that I look down on the Empire's management capabilities, but they... they just do a terrible job of managing these details. We don't know when trouble will come."
After hearing Gu Hang's comfort, Martins not only did not feel relieved, but the bitter smile on his face became more obvious.
Tax evasion...this is not allowed in the empire.
Of course, Space Marine chapters are easier to control than planetary governors, especially those so-called fleet-based chapters that have no home planet or recruiting planets. During an expedition, they may end up fighting and no one knows where they are. They may not be able to pay taxes for a while, and the Empire may not be able to find the chapter members. This is normal.
Phoenix now said that it was "pledging allegiance" to Governor Gu, but this was only an agreed relationship between the two parties. Governor Gu could provide gene seeds, and all new blood in the war group would take Governor Gu as the first target of loyalty, forming a strong binding relationship. However, there was no such thing in the official records of the empire. Theoretically speaking, if you look for Phoenix, you will not find Gu Hang.
But... having said that, it's not impossible to do it, but Martins just feels that it's a bit... disloyal.
Gu Hang continued, "If it really doesn't work, just hand in the seeds if you want to. If you want to cause trouble, just do it. It's not like there's no explanation. Ask them to compare the seeds they hand in now with the seeds that the Phoenix handed in during its heyday a hundred years ago. Can they still say white is black?"
Martins still didn't feel at ease.
White is called black?
That's really possible.
If it really comes to that, we will have no choice.
Martins turned to consider the Governor's earlier, somewhat disloyal proposal.
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The trouble with the phoenix only troubled Gu Hang for a short while, and he didn't worry about it anymore.
There is no point in thinking too much about things that cannot be changed and will happen in the future.
Gu Hang, who is gradually gaining strength, is no ordinary person.
He would never be like some planetary governors who were not well-established or strong enough, and who could be killed by the Empire simply by sending a few agents from the Ministry of Justice or inquisitors from the Tribunal.
Level seven, a psychic with bonuses from the Kingdom of God, are you kidding me?
Moreover, the alliance system that Gu Hang built from scratch was loyal to him. It was also unrealistic to want to subvert the political situation.
These covert methods are the favorites of the Imperial Ministry of Justice, the Inquisition and other places. They usually do things first, make them a fait accompli, and then declare the governor a traitor. Anyway, the person is dead, the coffin lid is nailed shut, and there is no way to refute it.
But once these "highly efficient" methods fail, it becomes very troublesome to deal with a planetary governor, especially if the governor pays taxes normally.
If we go through the normal administrative channels, we need to provide evidence, hold a joint trial with multiple departments, declare the governor of the planet to be a traitor to the Empire, and then mobilize the corresponding Imperial troops to suppress it. The corresponding verdict must also convince the action troops to accept... The process will be long and cumbersome, and will fully reflect the slow, rigid, and corrupt part of the Imperial system.
If it weren't for this slowness, rigidity, and corruption that had almost reached the point of being irreversible, how could organizations like the Ministry of Justice and the Inquisition have turned assassination and subversion into their most common routine operations?
That's because doing this won't get the job done.
Gu Hang, on the other hand, already had a very high "resistance" to this aspect.
His focus returned to the war at hand.
The Phoenix's special operations behind enemy lines achieved a complete victory.
Although two people were seriously injured and three sets of tactical power armor were damaged and would take several months to repair, the intercontinental missile base of Blackbird Heavy Industries was also completely destroyed.
(End of this chapter)
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