Chapter 418, the entire army attacks!
Compared with the Seven Horse Agreement, the issue of collecting imperial taxes is much more sensitive!
In fact, the authority of governments at all levels in the empire is rooted in imperial taxes.
Why is the planetary governor considered a local tyrant and the absolute ruler of the planet?
That is because as long as enough imperial taxes are paid, the planetary governor can theoretically do whatever he wants on the planet and has supreme power.
Of course, in reality, due to differences in the strength and importance of planets, planetary governors are always subject to various supervisions and assignments, which is another matter.
But among all levels of government, the star district government actually has the least power. The core of their authority is based on the determination of imperial taxes, population, and planet development. They cannot collect taxes, and the income needed for office work, in theory, also needs to be allocated by the higher authorities, but in reality it is borne by the local planet and used to offset taxes.
This means that if the sector leader's methods are incompetent and he fails to get the support of most planetary governors, his authority will be infinitely reduced.
But the star domain government is completely different. They are a strong local government. The reason is that a complete imperial administrative system has been built on the star domain government. Under the star domain government, the four major institutions of the government, taxation, law, and military affairs are all available in the star domain. Usually, a unified star domain military command center and naval command center will also be established in the star domain.
Although the four major government agencies actually have to obey the direct orders of the superior agencies, such as the four major agencies of the universe; the Star Army and the Navy are not theoretically under the jurisdiction of the local government, but have their own command and deployment system. However, this complete structure, plus the responsibility for taxation within the entire star domain, makes them powerful.
Often, the star domain government can keep 30% of the taxes they collect, and the rest must be handed over to the universe domain government; 20% of these will be retained by the universe domain government.
This also means that the Universe Government, which also has a complete government agency, can retain tax revenue, and can directly decide the personnel power of its subordinate agencies, namely the Star Government, is a more powerful agency.
Of course, none of these can compare to the imperial center which took 50% of the taxes.
Now, Gu Hang wants not only the power and position of military commander of Qimadi, but even goes a step further to demand the collection of imperial taxes.
Even though the Yunluo Star authorities cannot collect taxes from the east due to the current isolation of the star region between the east and the west, this loophole cannot be opened!
Once it’s opened, what should we do next?
If this Iron Teeth War ends soon, it will be fine. The Star Domain Government can still find a way to terminate the two temporary strategies of "Seven Horse Agreement" and "Collection of Imperial Taxes".
But if the war lasts for ten or even twenty years, then the entire eastern part of the star field may only know about the Alliance and not the Dragon Eagle.
The first person who jumped out to oppose was unexpectedly, but not unexpectedly, the Secretary of State for Administration, Neil Laois, who had "promoted" Gu Hang and had always been a supporter of Gu Hang.
Her voice was trembling, and she said coldly: "Gu Hang, you are dreaming! How could the Star Domain Government agree to let you collect the imperial taxes on its behalf? You are challenging the laws and order of the entire empire!"
Gu Hang still had a smile on his face, but the sharpness in his eyes was like a knife pointing directly at Lao Yisi's heart.
"General Laois, I don't understand what you mean by 'challenging the laws and order of the Empire'. However, please look at our current situation. The green-skinned orcs of the Iron Tooth Clan have ravaged the entire star field. If I don't collect this tax, who will? Will I leave it to those green-skinned aliens? Do you want those bullets that were supposed to be fired at the aliens to be snatched away by those greenskins and become bullets fired at the Empire? The plan I proposed is to maximize the concentration of resources and win this war."
Lao Yisi wanted to speak, but then Chief Legal Officer Xu Dechen suddenly spoke up: "I support Gu Hang's proposal. In this special period, we need special measures. The influence and ability of the Alliance in the eastern part of the star field is the only choice now. Everything he said makes sense, and I believe in Governor Gu's loyalty."
Xu Dechen's support made Lao Yisi seem very unbelievable.
Her eyes almost immediately turned to Xu Dechen.
What does this Attorney General want to do?
In the past, the relationship between the "parliamentary faction" represented by Xu Dechen and Gu Hang was not good.
On the contrary, she is Gu Hang's supporter.
She is against it, why would Xu Dechen support her?
She thought for a moment and immediately spoke: "Right now, the eastern part of the star field and Yunluo Star have not completely severed their ties. Gu Hang, the alliance should support this war under the control of the star field government. Now is not the time..."
"Okay, Chief Lao Yisi, Governor Gu certainly knows what you mean." Xu Dechen said, "If we can work under the unified leadership of the Star Region Government, that would of course be the best. Now, isn't it the case of 'what if'? We have to prepare for the worst. If the two sides of the Star Region cannot communicate, isn't the best option to let Governor Gu do what he wants?"
"Everything is aimed at victory in the war. We must consider survival first, and everything else can be put aside. Isn't that the truth?"
Laois was silent.
Tan Jiuyi sighed. He ignored the words of his two subordinates and said to Gu Hang seriously, "I can't agree to your conditions. No matter what I want, I don't have the power to agree to such an important matter."
Hearing this disguised rejection, Gu Hang's expression did not change at all.
He said softly, "I'm sorry, but, President Tan, as well as General Laois and General Xu, please realize that this is not a request, but a notification. If things come to that point, to the point where I can't win without doing this, I will still do it. I can't just sit there and do nothing when everything I have is about to be destroyed. All the governors, imperial officials, and even the people of the empire in the eastern part of the star field will not sit idly by and wait for death."
After a pause, Gu Hang continued, "I also believe that after the war, the Empire will fairly judge the nature of my actions."
"Gu Hang! You are too presumptuous!"
Laois responded angrily.
Tan Jiuyi waved his hand, telling Lao Yisi not to say anything more. He said, "Just do whatever you want to do. The Star Region Government will not hinder your actions, but it will not admit that it agrees with your actions. That's it. I personally still hope that you can hold up half the sky in the eastern part of the Star Region."
"Thank you, Mr. Yuan."
The call ended there.
Gu Hang's message had disappeared from the Star Language Channel, but the high-ranking officials of the Dragon Eagle Star Region were still in the channel.
They were silent for a long time. Even Laois, who had been the most emotional before, was silent now.
They all need some time to digest a fact:
The actual person in charge in the eastern part of the star field is Gu Hang.
Obviously, it is meaningless for the Star Domain government to say anything about things in the eastern part of the Star Domain. They cannot stop Gu Hang from doing anything.
Even if you want to settle the score later, you have to wait until then.
Even more, can Gu Hang really be held accountable later?
That may not be the case.
Maybe he will become a war hero.
But Laois was still in a bad mood.
In the past, she regarded Gu Hang as her own person, a confidant whom she supported and who provided strong support to her in the local government.
But now it seems that Gu Hang has his own ideas.
Confidant?
Forget it.
She had a feeling that Gu Hang had lost control.
She couldn't accept it.
She couldn't help but said to Xu Dechen: "Do you know what you just said? You are encouraging Gu Hang's ambition!"
Lao Yisi meant that when Gu Hang first started expressing his outrageous ideas, she was against it, and Xu Dechen actually said some words of support.
Xu Dechen was unmoved: "Director Lao Yisi, do you remember who strongly supported Gu Hang's coming to power? It was you. If you think the alliance is a problem now, then the root of this problem should perhaps be found in yourself."
Laois was speechless for a moment.
A very bad idea even came to her mind: Is Xu Dechen setting a trap for me?
Gu Hang bears her mark indelibly, and Xu Dechen wants to take advantage of the opportunity to push Gu Hang in the direction of his burning ambitions, and then drag himself down with him?
Tan Jiuyi remained silent.
What he hoped most was of course that Gu Hang could lead his troops to the western front and give up the east first.
But he knew that was impossible.
As a second choice, Gu Hang could attract the greenskins' attention in the east as much as possible, which would not be a bad thing. With this goal in mind, he made the biggest noise possible.
As for the Seven Horses Agreement, the collection of imperial taxes, and even the fact that Gu Hang finally used the Seven Horses Agreement to annex multiple star regions into his so-called alliance, if these things were to happen, it would not be his fault.
The person was promoted by Lao Yisi, the alliance was established by Gallardo, and it also has the signatures of Zuo Zhaofeng and Wang Suan, the two current and former presidents of the Universe. It can't be blamed on me, Tan Jiuyi, right?
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Gu Hang could actually roughly grasp the thoughts of star domain bureaucrats such as Lao Yisi, Xu Dechen, and Tan Jiuyi.
But to be honest, he didn't care.
Just as he had said before, no matter what those star field bureaucrats thought, he had to do what he had to do.
Those people have too complicated minds and think too much.
For Gu Hang, winning the war comes first.
If he wins, he has many ways to make all his actions, whether right or wrong, right in the end; if he loses, no matter how many rules he follows, all the blame will be on him in the end.
Now that he has obtained the "permission" of the Star Domain Government, Gu Hang has begun to sell his Seven Horse Agreement even more unscrupulously.
Negotiations with the other five ponies are still ongoing. As for the Eagle Horse Star Region, which has already agreed and even signed, Gu Hang also gave clear feedback.
It’s almost time to meet with Tillemans.
The alliance army completed its combat readiness work as scheduled, and it was finally time to set off.
The Alliance's army set out with more than 200 warships, the same number of transport ships, 110 million Star Army troops and Alliance Army, plus an astronomical amount of war supplies.
For the alliance, gathering such an army is undoubtedly a total investment.
Under Gu Hang's leadership, the alliance's hematopoietic ability is quite strong. Even if this army is completely wiped out, the alliance will be able to accumulate a fund that is no less than the current one in about four years - maybe the navy will be slightly smaller, and the transport ships will be a little less, but at least it will be enough and of similar quality.
But the problem is, if this all-in loses, will the Iron-Tooth Orcs give Gu Hang four years to rebuild his blood? This is a big question.
As for the aftermath, we can talk about it later. At least, Gu Hang’s first priority at the moment is to fight the battle at hand.
In the so-called total war, although the rear forces are the most critical, it does not mean that the military is unimportant. If the commander is a fool, no matter how strong the rear forces are, they cannot withstand the commander sending away troops every day.
The first thing the attacking Alliance Army did was to fight an annihilation battle at the jump point of the Facheras galaxy.
Today, the Alliance's Storm Mage Corps has a size of over 500 people, and there are even three or four B-level psychics.
At the beginning of the war, the Alliance installed the most advanced stargazing equipment in the country on Fats 2. Two days ago, they monitored a greenskin fleet traveling through the star tunnel from Hippogriff III to Fats.
The number is unknown, but since the Battle of Steel Wing Star is still going on, the number cannot be that high.
So the Alliance Navy took the initiative to attack.
The greenskin marauding fleet that broke in had six ships, but they were immediately besieged by at least a hundred human warships.
Then the result is doomed.
There were still greenskin ships trying to escape, but the Blackfish-class patrol ships in the Alliance Navy were masters of hunting. They formed groups of three or four patrol ships, biting the greenskin ships that wanted to escape and reducing the shield strength of the greenskin ships until the Silver Sword arrived.
Then, the specialized fast torpedo frigate, the Silver Sword, is equipped with M-spec Sky-Splitting Axe missiles, which can often resolve the battle with just one shot.
Winning a naval battle with zero losses can be considered a successful start.
Although the six green ships destroyed were all low-level garbage ships, victory is victory.
There were still a few days left before the scheduled departure time, but since they had already reached the jump point, the vanguard of the Alliance Navy, after consulting with the general command, simply crossed the jump point and entered Eagle Horse III.
Was there originally a greenskin fleet roaming around Hippogriff III?
I don’t know, but I don’t dare to show up anyway.
No matter how much a greenskin loves fighting, he will not go up and die when he is 100% sure he cannot win.
Then, the navy immediately deployed to the orbit of the Hippogriff III, and began to release the "Scalpel" and "Sky-Splitting Axe" missiles, the "Heat Hammer" macro cannon, and the "Meltdown" light spear violently onto the surface, at the gathering place of the greenskins.
The morale of the local defense forces on the surface of the planet Eagle Horse III was greatly boosted!
They had previously been bombarded by the greenskins, and had been attacked by millions of greenskins. Now that the Alliance had arrived, it was time to be proud!
With the help of orbital bombardment, they launched a counterattack and achieved certain results.
Instead, the greenskins had to start retreating.
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There is an unexpected chapter today!
Although I still have a runny nose and a cough, it’s good news that I don’t have a fever anymore!
(End of this chapter)
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