Chapter 485, Confrontation Trial
Gu Hang already knew about it before the Silver Inquisitors entered the Dragon Eagle Star Region.
They came with great momentum and without any concealment. They made the news widely known, and even a message asking the alliance to cooperate with the investigation was sent to Gu Hang.
After receiving this news, Gu Hang sighed.
What is meant to come will always come.
He certainly didn't want the Inquisition to enter his territory, especially a hostile Inquisition.
Gu Hang thought carefully about the possibility of refusing the Silver Tribunal from entering the alliance.
It doesn't feel big.
By doing this, he has problems regardless of whether he has any.
The Rage would immediately have the most plausible Casus Belli, and the Silver Inquisition would join in.
If it was just that, it would be fine. They were already enemies and would have to fight sooner or later. But the most important thing was that after giving them a perfect reason for war, all the imperial forces that could have helped Gu Hang were no longer able to help him, and instead passively became his enemies.
By then, he would not be fighting against the Fury of Flame and the Silver Tribunal, but the Fury of Flame that had released all restrictions and could fully mobilize all its forces, and he would be fighting alone.
That definitely won’t work.
Gu Hang gave up the idea.
Only the Silver Tribunal can be allowed in.
And since he can't stop it, Gu Hang also has some ways to deal with it.
There are mainly two aspects, and they can be approached in two ways.
First, it is directed at the censorship itself.
The second is beyond the scope of review.
Let's talk about the review itself first. After combining information and statements from all sides, Gu Hang believes that this matter is not completely without room for mediation.
The Silver Tribunal is not a subordinate of Iron Fury Stone. At most, they can be regarded as allies with good relations and common interests.
They are still the "Inquisition" and must abide by the rules of the Inquisition. Even quite a number of inquisitors have ideals.
This also determined that they would accept the invitation of 'Iron Fury Stone', help 'Iron Fury Stone', and be 'Iron Fury Stone's' umbrella of protection, but they would definitely not be his subordinates. No matter what 'Iron Fury Stone' said, they would just nod.
And if we believe that the Silver Tribunal has its own judgment and will conduct reviews fairly to a certain extent, then this matter does have some promise.
However, this is actually where Gu Hang’s biggest headache comes from.
If the alliance really had no problems and could withstand investigation, he wouldn't have to worry about others coming with malicious intent.
True gold fears no fire!
But the point is, there are too many things in the alliance that cannot withstand close scrutiny.
Those things were not just the nonsense that Erso accused, Gu Hang was not worried about that. What he was afraid of investigating were the many problems of the alliance itself.
Where did the technology come from for the various industries that have rapidly developed in the alliance in such a short period of time?
Why is the Alliance’s soldier training so efficient?
How did the number of phoenixes expand to hundreds or thousands in just a few years?
How does the legitimacy of the political entity of the "Alliance" come from? Does Gallardo have the power to make decisions on such a multi-planetary political union? Is the process of the Alliance joining many planets so far in accordance with the laws of the Empire? Are the "Seven Horse Framework" and the "Economic Community Act" legal?
Even if all of this were legal, the Alliance was replicating its own political system on every affiliated planet, sidelining every planetary governor, an approach that was completely inconsistent with the basic political structure of the Empire. Does the Alliance have the right to do this?
To deal with these matters, it would take a whole team of professional Inquisition officials. Even if they were truly selfless and not influenced by the Fury Legion, a thorough investigation would make Gu Hang sweat profusely.
Gu Hang actually made a lot of preparations for these "problems", and had his own opinions. Some of them could stand up to scrutiny, while others did not. But if you look into it carefully, it is always very risky.
I have no choice but to face it.
Gu Hang has already arranged the specific response methods. This will be a task of high priority for the alliance. All preparations are underway, and once the fleet of the Silver Tribunal arrives, it will be implemented.
As for the work other than review, there was no one else who could help, so Gu Hang had to do it himself.
He began to have frequent conversations with two parties: Zuo Zhaofeng and Boglia Gallardo.
Who doesn’t have an umbrella?
Who knows who has the bigger umbrella of protection!
And these activities of Gu Hang have also produced some results.
In terms of Zuo Zhaofeng, the chairman of Zhouyu provided Gu Hang with considerable help.
To be honest, he didn't have any feelings for Gu Hang at first. After he came to power, he was a frontier official of the empire. In comparison, what was Gu Hang, who was only at the star zone level at that time, to him? The difference between the level and grade was too big.
The reason why he provided some help to Gu Hang was purely because Gallardo, his most important political ally, had told him several times about the young man Gu Hang and asked him to take good care of him.
Under such circumstances, Zuo Zhaofeng would naturally regard Gu Hang as a member of the same political faction and provide him with some help.
Afterwards, the Iron Teeth War in the Dragon Eagle Star Domain also attracted the attention of the Universe Government to a great extent.
The Cosmic Government was of course very concerned about the war in the Dragon Eagle Star Region. The sudden outbreak of the greenskin crisis here was indeed quite frightening. The Eastern Cosmic Region was also of course afraid that the Irontooth Clan, which had swept across the entire Dragon Eagle Star Region in a few months, would evolve into a larger and more uncontrollable green tide, so that it would break out of the scope of the star region and affect other star regions, and even the entire Cosmic Region.
Even when the battle was at a stalemate, the Cosmic Domain Government still maintained a high level of attention here. They also did not want the entire Dragon Eagle Star Region to be destroyed in this war. The Dragon Eagle Star Region was also very important in the Eastern Cosmic Domain. If an entire star region was destroyed, the loss would be too great.
Zuo Zhaofeng, the Chairman of the Universe, had only been in office for a few years, but an entire star field had been ruined during his tenure. This was a major blow to his upward political career.
It is also for this reason that the Cosmic Government actually provided considerable assistance during the Iron Teeth War.
A large amount of supplies, as well as the interstellar army and part of the naval fleet that the Space Domain Government could deploy, were sent to the Yunluo government as reinforcements.
Even the Eastern Fleet, the trump card in the hands of the Space Domain Government, which has three battleships and seven battlecruisers, has received orders. When necessary, they will allocate part of their main force to directly interfere in the Iron Tooth War.
By the late stage of the Iron Teeth War, the reason why the Fury Legion was able to continue to fight against the greenskins on the front battlefield and even have the advantage in the war of attrition was that the strong support from the Eastern Realm was a very important core factor.
Even the Fury Corps came to the Dragon Eagle Star Region to fight, partly because of the invitation from the Eastern Universe Government.
However, after the war, the two sides had a "honeymoon period" in their relationship, but it soon ended and even became full of contradictions.
This was also thanks to Gu Hang. In order to compete with the Alliance, the Fury Corps had to squeeze every bit of strength to maintain the Cold War situation and avoid suffering any losses.
Under such circumstances, Erso naturally continued to retain and use much of the aid provided by the Eastern Universe.
Those war materials distributed as aid are fine, they are consumables in the first place. You say they were used in the war and spent, then the Universe Government has to accept it with a pinch of the nose.
However, you also kept all the Star Army, naval fleets, and transport ships that were sent over, which caused considerable dissatisfaction.
The two sides had many quarrels over this matter.
The Fury Corps acted as if they were staying in the Dragon Eagle Star Domain and refused to leave, and even held the star domain government hostage and made it irresistible, which made the Universe Domain government even more unhappy.
The star domain government is the subordinate of the cosmic domain government. To undermine the star domain government is not the same as cutting meat from the cosmic domain government?
After the relationship quickly deteriorated, the alliance represented by Gu Hang began to look better.
Comparing the two on the same level, they are completely different.
The Alliance also made a great contribution in the war. Not only did they destroy the Greenskins' lair, forcing the Greenskins' main force to retreat, but the chieftain was eventually eliminated by the Alliance Governor Gu Hang. During the entire process, the Alliance received almost no additional assistance from the Cosmic Domain Government, nor did they complain about anything every day. Instead, they only received good news.
After the Cold War began, the things that the Fury Flame Regiment said were a bit of bullshit. On the contrary, the Alliance's accusation that the Fury Flame Regiment was undermining the Star Region Government was real.
More importantly, although the alliance actually controls half of the star field, it is not "unruly" at all. It is normal that they could not pay the imperial taxes in the previous few years. They spent money on the war, and the accounts were very clear. They were also respectfully submitted to the higher-level government for review. After the war, the imperial taxes every two years came, and they also paid honestly. It is normal not to pay it to the star field government. After paying it to the star field government, it will be detained by you, Nuyan? They directly paid it to the higher-level government, which is very reasonable!
The imperial tax of 76 billion coins made Zuo Zhaofeng very happy.
What does it mean to be one of our own? This is the real one!
Given the size of the alliance today, it can no longer be viewed as a small player.
How can we allow such a powerful person with development potential to be messed with by others?
Zuo Zhaofeng sent a note to the Silver Tribunal in the name of the Imperial Space Government. The two parties had no affiliation, so he could not command the Silver Tribunal, but as the chairman of the Space Region, his words still had a certain effect.
After all, the Eastern Universe is also a place where the Silver Tribunal is often active. Before this, the Eastern Universe government also cooperated with the Silver Tribunal's various actions in the Eastern Universe. The relationship between the two sides is good, and the Silver Tribunal also needs to rely on Zuo Zhaofeng's support.
In this case, Zuo Zhaofeng's clear expression of dissatisfaction also put a lot of pressure on the Baiyin Tribunal. A chief judge of the Baiyin faction rushed to meet with Zuo Zhaofeng to explain the matter.
But this alone cannot completely stop the actions of the Silver Tribunal. At most, it can make them restrained and moderate.
But Zuo Zhaofeng was not satisfied.
In addition, another faction of the Inquisition was also mobilized.
The most active faction in the Eastern Universe is called the "Shining Tribunal". This tribunal is small in scale and cannot be compared with the large tribunals such as the Silver Tribunal that have caused many major incidents and spanned multiple universes. But after all, it also has hundreds of serious judges. At Zuo Zhaofeng's request, the Shining Tribunal dispatched half of its personnel to the Dragon Eagle Star Region.
The Flash Faction is not trying to stop the Silver Faction, nor does it have the ability to do so. The difference in size and strength between the two is too great.
After arriving at the Dragon Eagle Star Region, they split into two groups.
We went all the way to investigate the Fury, which was a tit-for-tat. Although, even if the Flash Faction sentenced the Fury of the Flame Regiment to treason, it would be meaningless. No faction of the Inquisition would do a sentence that could not be executed, which would ruin their reputation. But this was the attitude of the Cosmic Domain Government, and the Fury of the Flame Regiment had to restrain its behavior.
The other group went to the area actually controlled by the Alliance. They would not investigate the Alliance, nor would they issue a conclusion that was completely different from that of the Silver Faction. That would be tantamount to falling out with the Alliance, and the Flash Faction would not do such a thing.
But they will monitor the behavior of the Silver Faction Inquisitors to ensure that their colleagues from the other faction do not act lawlessly.
If you want to investigate, that's fine, but do it reasonably and in compliance with the regulations, and don't try any tricks. Otherwise, although I can't stop you, that won't stop me from reporting it truthfully to disgust you.
Under Zuo Zhaofeng's will, the bloated system of the Zhouyu government demonstrated rare high efficiency.
The series of support this brought even surprised Gu Hang.
The pressure on him suddenly eased a lot, both internally and externally.
Internally, many worlds that were not particularly loyal when they first joined the Alliance have become much more stable. I used to think that the Alliance was really a traitor, but now the Inquisition has come. Now, although the results have not yet come out, I can rest assured.
As for external affairs, the alliance's current official caravan, Gu's Trading Company, and the newly established Alliance Chamber of Commerce, have trade relations with the Diaochou Star Region and the Donglin Star Region, and the situation has now stabilized a lot.
More importantly, Gu Hang doesn't have to worry about the future. When the Silver Tribunal really makes the worst judgment, he shouldn't be deserted by his friends and relatives and face a full-scale encirclement. His enemies still only need to focus on the Fury Corps, and at most add the Iron Fury Stone and the Silver Tribunal.
Uh… Even so, the pressure is actually great. But the good news is that Iron Armor, Rock Shield and Silver Tribunal all have their own things to do and it is impossible for them to use all their strength to deal with him.
He still only had to deal with the Fury.
…
If Zuo Zhaofeng's support relieved Gu Hang of some of his worries, then what Gallardo brought him was another choice.
"Come to Terra." Gallardo invited Gu Hang via astrocommunication.
(End of this chapter)
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