Chapter 437: Seven Horses Return
If that were all, that would be fine.
Although a leader and a governor died almost instantly, everyone knows that your alliance is powerful, and there are even Space Marine chapters that obey your orders.
However, just because you can kill the previous ruler doesn’t mean you can rule this place smoothly!
This is what many purple horse governors secretly think in their hearts.
They expected that after the alliance overthrew the Baishuo government with such unsophisticated means, the entire planet would be in turmoil and everywhere would be caught in war. The defense forces from all over the world would swarm up, not to mention revenge for the dead governors and leaders, but at least they would not easily accept the sudden change of masters on their heads, right?
People everywhere will also question the legitimacy of the alliance, especially the subversion and coup d'état carried out by such despicable means. They will also stir up unrest, armed confrontation, strikes, riots...
However, the news they actually heard disappointed them.
We cannot say that these things do not exist at all. After all, it is such a big planet with 9 billion people.
However, those sporadic riots were not enough to affect the overall situation.
It is normal for there to be sporadic unrest when there is a substantial change of regime.
They say a single spark can start a prairie fire, but they never say every single spark can.
Most of the flames in this world will be extinguished as soon as they are ignited.
Unless there is an oil depot behind the fire.
There was the spark of a coup d'état ignited by the Alliance; and now with the unrest on Baishuo Star, the governors of Zima want to act as an oil depot, but they neither have the ability nor the courage to do so.
Zelos and Governor Baishuo were just cremated, who would dare?
They watched helplessly as the Alliance on Baishuo Star supported a new acting governor and declared that they had the power to do so. The relevant procedures were urgently processed and had been filed with the Alliance. As soon as the contact with Yunluo Star, Wuji Star, and Holy Terra was restored, the official appointment would be made.
This left them with nothing to say.
What are you talking about? The previous governor is finished, so someone has to come up with one, right? The alliance can't directly appoint a governor, but that's called an 'acting governor', and the formalities have been said to be filled later.
So now the question is: Which governor of the Zima Star Region also wants an acting governor?
The diplomats of the Alliance did not say this directly, but they understood the meaning.
The constant communication with the diplomats, the news from Baishuo Star constantly refreshed their cognition, and the approach of the joint fleet...
These things are constantly attacking the psychological defenses of these Purple Horse Governors.
When the United Fleet really came into the orbit of their planet with the text of the Seven Horse Agreement, most of the planetary governors made the right choice and signed their names on it.
A few governors, however, approached the alliance's diplomats and took the initiative to sign their names before the arrival of the joint fleet.
Not a single one was signed.
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After Zelos' death, within half a month, the Purple Horse Star Region fully joined the Seven Horses Pact.
Gu Hang was quite satisfied with this result.
Of course, he is determined to take over the 17 worlds and 38 billion people in this star region, even if it means starting a war, if things go wrong.
But determination is one thing, and the optimal solution is another.
If you can avoid fighting, then don't fight.
It costs money and is troublesome on the one hand, but there will also be problems with the ability to rule after the war.
That's why they resorted to subversive coup d'état.
After the Alliance staged a coup on Baishuo and overthrew the local government, the decision to control the entire planet was made after a relatively rigorous preliminary investigation and based on the previous successful experience on the three stars of Fache.
Gu Hang actually had some concerns at the beginning: using this method can indeed overthrow the central government of the planet, but it does not mean that the alliance can immediately establish a reliable new government.
In other words, there is no problem in establishing it, but whether the new government can effectively rule the planet is something that cannot be guaranteed.
However, after investigation, this concern was basically eliminated.
The residents of Baishuo, regardless of their class, generally identify themselves with the larger framework of the human race - the human empire. They do not regard the governor, planetary government, or star district government as "their own government" or "their own monarch", but rather as ruling officials sent by the empire.
In this case, by eliminating these two in the name of the empire and in the name of the higher authorities, the new government set up by the alliance can naturally gain legitimacy, and the people of Baishuo Star will not have any doubts about this.
Isn't it just a matter of changing the governor? Just like changing the mayor or mayor in some places, the common people will not rebel.
This made Gu Hang feel relieved.
This is also the difference between the Alliance and other administrative regions of the Empire.
Is there anything wrong with the perception of the people on Baishuo Star?
Of course!
That is the common understanding of the vast majority of humans within the empire.
It's not absolute. After all, some special cases cannot be ruled out, such as the forging world of the Mechanicus, the religious world of the state religion, some particularly ignorant feudal systems, slavery systems, and even primitive systems...
But from an overall and macro perspective, there is nothing wrong with this statement.
The legitimacy of the Human Empire comes from the "human" race, which is composed of the emperor who ascended to become a god.
This is a reasonable understanding throughout the empire and there is nothing wrong with it. The same is true within the alliance.
But what happens next is different within the alliance and in other star regions.
For most of the world's residents, I am a human being, a citizen of the Empire, and the Governor is a ruler sent or appointed by the Empire, so he has the right to rule me. And if the Empire changes the Governor one day, the new Governor will also have the right to rule me; if the Empire says that the Governor is a traitor one day, I will be furious and shoot the Governor.
The league is slightly different.
The legitimacy of the alliance's rule, which comes from direct appointment from the empire, is of course the most important.
But beyond this, the alliance is establishing its own unique political legitimacy through various means, including institutional reform, centralized construction, improved living standards brought about by the development of productivity, ideological propaganda, education, etc.
I am an Imperial, and I am also an Alliance. You cannot change the Governor-General at will, or rather, the Governor-General is not important. The Alliance government is the legitimate one.
This thing is very important! It determines the social order, whether the ruling authority can be consciously recognized and obeyed by the people, and determines the relationship between the ruler's political rule and the people's political obedience.
To put it more bluntly, whether the Alliance's own political legitimacy can be cultivated will determine whether the Alliance will follow him into battle or tie him up and send him to Terra when one day Gu Hang points to Holy Terra and says that all the ministers in the court are rebels and are coming to Terra to kill them for the Emperor and for humanity.
It's just a metaphor! Gu Hang definitely doesn't have such an idea!
When the legitimacy of the regime is established from the bottom up, the alliance will be more unbreakable and will not disappear just because of a transfer order from the star region government. What happened on Baishuo cannot happen in the core territory of the alliance.
Gu Hang can use this method of directly gaining control of a planet through a subversive coup against others, but others cannot use it against the planets of the Alliance. If someone really does this, then people will flock to the core territory of the Alliance. The Alliance has a complete grassroots and local government structure, which can perfectly lead the uprising and fight against outsiders.
Of course, the only ones who can do this in the alliance are Angry Owl Star and Koroja. The former is Gu Hang’s base camp, and the latter was pulled out of the world-destroying crisis by Gu Hang, so he has great prestige.
The other planets, especially Feiyi and Facheras, are on the way, but to be honest, they are not completely stable.
But in general, the nine worlds in the Pegasus region are the core territories of the Alliance. The political system has been reformed, the Alliance's control has penetrated into the grassroots, and it is only a matter of time to establish the so-called legitimacy of rule.
As for the places outside the Tianma Star Region...
Although the situations in different places are different, for example, Eagle Horse is more obedient, Mist Horse is second, and Purple Horse has just been conquered by tough measures, but in general, under the current situation, these places do not have the conditions to be transformed into the core territories of the alliance.
Mainly due to the impact of war.
Now that there is a war going on, the Alliance does not have the time to carry out social reforms in the Tianma Star Region like they did in the past few years, and to take root in the Zima Star Region for a few years and turn it into the core territory of the Alliance.
Since it has been decided to control Zi Ma with a control strategy, it is necessary not to reform and eradicate the local ruling class first.
Keep the people and indirectly control those planets.
However, this is not absolute.
Will the Alliance really not interfere in the internal affairs of planets under the Seven Horses framework?
It is true that what was said was clearly stated in the treaty that the Alliance will not interfere in the political, economic, and military development of each member planet in principle, and that the governments/governors of each planet will be responsible.
But at the same time, the agreement also stated that the Alliance, as the leader of the Seven Horsemen's Pact, would monitor all worlds to ensure that major resources could be used in the war against the orcs.
How to supervise?
The Alliance will send three supervisors to each planet.
These supervisors will monitor whether the work within the planet is being carried out as stipulated in the Seven Horse Agreement and ensure that each planet can fulfill their obligations.
If everything goes well, the Supervisor will not interfere in planetary affairs; if things do not go well and problems arise, the Supervisor will provide supervisory opinions to the planetary government, which is equivalent to intervening in specific affairs until the problems are resolved.
If the supervisory opinions cannot solve the problem, the supervisor will report it to the alliance.
The Alliance will 'graciously' provide support to the planet.
Real support, all the necessary materials and manpower will be in place.
However, making the alliance 'explode gold coins' is not without cost.
At that point, the Alliance will directly send a larger team of officials to the planet to manage these Alliance assets, ensure that they are applied to the right places, and can actually change the poor conditions on the planet.
That would be tantamount to directly interfering with the duties of the planetary government, or even acting on its behalf.
Of course, the league itself does not want to go that far at the moment.
But, a gap was left.
In the future, if the planetary governor is not very obedient, this is a way to supervise and intervene;
Later on, when the war situation stabilizes, the pressure is not so great, or even when victory is imminent, that may be the entry point for the alliance to expand its core territory.
The number of supervisors assigned to each planet is not fixed.
Among them, there must be a military affairs supervisor.
They will oversee the planet's military construction and the preparation of military supplies.
To put it bluntly, it is to supervise and collect money.
The second is the economic supervisor, who is responsible for supervising the economic development and production capacity of the planet. This is to ensure that the economic development of the planet can be maintained at the highest level possible and not delay military production.
Economic supervisors are less common, and they are only found on planets where the governors are reliable, close to the Alliance, and "need" the Alliance's help.
The least required person is the government affairs supervisor.
When the intelligence department of the alliance finds signs of anti-alliance and anti-Seven Horses Pact on the planet, it will warn the governor and send out the political supervisor. The political supervisor can directly supervise every government personnel appointment and organizational structure.
When the political supervisor is dispatched, it means that the alliance’s army may arrive at any time.
As long as the political supervisor says that the planetary governor/government is disloyal, or the affairs officer is in trouble, the Alliance will directly consider the planet to be in rebellion, and the Alliance will come to quell the rebellion on behalf of the Empire.
Don’t think of these three officials as just three individuals. They each represent an entire team of staff, support, and assistance built around them, which is equivalent to three institutions.
The Supervisory Officer System will be the means for the Alliance to control the member planets of the Seven Horse Alliance.
The supervisors will exist for a long time, at least until the treaty completes its historical mission.
Only Bai Shuoxing is a little special.
The alliance intends to bring Baishuo Star’s star port and capital city Shuoguo City under direct control, with people sent directly by the alliance to lead them.
The reason for this is that there is a shipyard in the star port of Shuoguo City. Although it cannot build large ships, it can still build some armed merchant ships, patrol ships and the like.
Although it does not play a decisive role, it is still a good supplement to the alliance's currently most lacking navy.
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After Ye Licia's fleet led the Seven Horses Agreement through the Purple Horse Star Region and conquered it, it continued to move south. Her target was the Bian Horse Star Region, followed by the Iron Horse Star Region.
With the precedent of Purple Horse, the heads and governors of these two star regions would be much more sensible.
They all signed the Seven Horse Agreement.
Among them, the Kenma star district signed the contract on its own without even needing the arrival of a fleet.
As for the Kenma Star District, they have a more direct demand: a part of the Iron-Tooth Greenskins' vanguard came to the Black Bone Ridge Star District west of the Kenma Star District.
Although the invasion of Kenma had not yet begun, they were worried that something might go wrong.
Gu Hang was also wary of this.
His main focus now is still on the northwest part of the star map.
The reclamation of horses in the southwest is not the main strategic direction of the alliance, but it must be guarded against.
If there really is a green-skinned army that penetrates all the way from the Kenma star area, they will be able to reach the Red Arrow Star in the Tianma star area.
Ye Licia doesn't need to go to Kenma, but a small force must be separated from her fleet to go there and keep an eye on the greenskin army heading in the direction of Black Bone Ridge.
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After arranging the alliance's southwest defense line, Gu Hang once again turned his attention to the main battlefield in the northwest.
Major General Du Shiliang had received his order and carefully led the fleet to leave Steel Wing Star and advance into the Temir Galaxy.
That is the east gate of the Jinguan Star District.
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