Chapter 493, never worry about Gu Hang’s loyalty!
Ou Juren's concerns are justified.
Which is the most powerful military force in the entire Holy Terra?
That was undoubtedly the Emperor's Guards.
The 'Ten Thousand Guards' are no joke, there are at least tens of thousands of Guards here, each of them has extraordinary combat power, and if any one of them is taken out alone, the Space Marines are almost vulnerable in front of them.
Only some of the top Space Marines can compete with the Nameless Guards.
What's more, these imperial guards are not only powerful individually, their equipment is also almost the most powerful in the entire empire.
No one knows how many black technologies are in the many secret laboratories of the empire they guard. Anyway, their power armor, weapons in their hands, and vehicles they use are not mass-produced goods, but single-piece precision products.
In addition to their own fighting power, the influence they possess is also unparalleled.
Which armed force loyal to the Empire dares to point its guns at the Imperial Guards, the Emperor's spokesperson?
These guards can mobilize almost all military forces in Holy Terra.
There is no written rule on this, no law that says they have the authority to do this, and no clear hierarchy of command. But no one doubts that they can do this either.
Even the Golden Knights, one of the first chapters stationed in Holy Terra, had a very good relationship with the Imperial Guard. If something went wrong, they would definitely stand on the side of the Imperial Guard.
In this situation, who would dare to get angry with Holy Terra and the Imperial Guards?
Fortunately, the Imperial Guards did not interfere in politics and never had any thoughts of overthrowing the imperial government.
They are even the defenders of the existing political framework.
Because the political framework of the Supreme Council and the Human Empire government was left by the Emperor, maintaining this framework is to maintain the Emperor's will, and the Imperial Guards have an obligation to do so.
But that doesn’t mean they can’t!
We don't care about the fights between you, but no one is allowed to make it public. Otherwise, even the High Lord will be useless. That's what I say!
In this context, no matter how powerful the high lords are, they always have a string in their hearts and dare not go too far.
There is also the big guillotine of the Imperial Guards on his head.
From this perspective, the existence of the Imperial Guards objectively played a certain supervisory role on these high lords - although this was not their original intention.
No one can ignore the existence of the Imperial Guards, and everyone is afraid of them. Naturally, no one wants such Imperial Guards to become a weapon of the opponent.
The Imperial Guards do not interfere in politics, and no one should provoke the Imperial Guards. This is also a tacit rule among the high lords when they engage in political struggles.
Norberto committed a foul and paid a heavy price.
Now, Ou Juren was worried that he had committed a foul and would have to pay the price.
The Supreme Council is in a meeting. Who dares to push the door in without permission?
No matter who does this, they will bear the wrath of the high lords! Such disloyal and disrespectful behavior will be punished by the highest authority in this empire!
It’s the Imperial Guards...it’s okay.
Is everything really okay?
Every one of the thirteen high lords was shocked at that time.
Someone had to be held responsible for this matter. They did not dare to vent their anger on the Imperial Guards, but someone had to become the target of the High Lords' anger.
Ou Juren didn't want that person to be himself.
However, Gallardo disagrees with Ou Juren's concerns.
"This is not our problem, but Norberto's problem. We never wanted to involve the Guards. It was Norberto's overstepping of boundaries that attracted the attention of the Guards. We must emphasize to other factions that it was the Guards who led us to capture Naldo and broke into the parliament. It was not our initiative. I believe that other high lords can understand this."
After Gallardo finished speaking, Gu Hang also added: "The behavior of the Imperial Guards is actually a very clear warning. This warning does come from Norberto, not us. Don't worry that we will be hated for it."
Ou Juren nodded slightly.
Indeed, there is no problem in putting the blame on Norberto.
It was Norberto who did it, and we are the victims.
However, even so, Ou Juren's mood still did not completely improve.
"That's fine, but there's another crucial point. Alas... Norberto, he fell too fast."
At this point, Gu Hang and Gallardo also fell silent.
Norberto’s downfall is indeed what they have been working towards, but it should not happen so quickly.
If things get to this point, many of the original plans will be disrupted.
Originally, they were planning to nibble away at it step by step, but all of a sudden, a huge pie was exposed. Other people around them immediately surrounded it like jackals, and the situation became chaotic. Many people who originally had no chance of getting any benefit from this matter suddenly had a chance.
This will cause some damage to the political gains of Ou Juren's faction.
Also, there's a huge downside: how will Iron Ragestone react?
Norberto was the protective umbrella of Iron Fury Stone, and he indulged the expansion and development of Iron Fury Stone in local power. But objectively, he was also the bridge of communication between Iron Fury Stone and the central government of the empire, and a buffer between the two sides.
Before Norberto was finished, Iron Rage Stone could at least listen to Holy Terra's words a little; now that Norberto is finished, can Iron Rage Stone still listen to anything?
The Iron Fury Stones certainly understood that they were a thorn in the side of Holy Terra. They had also made political efforts, and Norberto had tried his best to mediate the relationship between the two sides. But now that this mediator was gone, would the Iron Fury Stones think that this was a sign that the Empire was about to take action against them? Would they think that the option of peace had completely disappeared, and that only war was left?
This is the biggest reason why Norberto cannot be eliminated at the speed of light: we are afraid that he will force Iron Fury to rebel!
The empire has not yet made all preparations to quell the rebellion!
Troops, supplies, personnel, propaganda, policies... everything is still in preparation.
If Iron Fury were to rebel first now, the entire eastern territory of the empire would probably be in big trouble!
Thinking of this, not only the high lords who were frightened in the previous parliament, but even ordinary politicians understood that this matter had already slipped far into an uncontrollable abyss.
Everyone was complaining in their hearts that these golden corn spirits were really useless, had no political wisdom at all, and only knew how to cause trouble!
Do you have the ability to cause trouble, do you have the ability to break out of Terra, and go to the eastern border of the empire to defeat Tiekai in person?
Staying in the palace every day, the emperor has ascended to heaven, and I don’t know what I am protecting!
But even though he complained and resented, he said he didn't dare to tell the imperial guards.
The various departments at the central level of the empire can only seize the time and try to get the bloated system running as much as possible to cope with the crisis which may come much earlier than expected.
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After the assassination, Gu Hang stayed in Holy Terra for about another month.
During this period, his previous awarding ceremony, which was forced to be terminated due to an accident, was held again. This time, there were no more accidents, and he received the golden scepter that symbolized his status as the Imperial Marshal.
He became the person with the highest military rank in the entire Dragon Eagle Star Region.
Although, the only one he had direct command over was the Angry Bear Legion, which originally belonged to him. His title as the Marshal was also the "Marshal of the Angry Bear Legion". He had no command authority over the other legion-level organizations of the Astra Militarum.
However, the Astra Militarum is, after all, a unified, all-empire military group, unlike the defense forces under the jurisdiction of different planets, which really have no jurisdiction over each other.
According to the uniform regulations of the Astra Militarum, within a war zone, unless there are special orders, the person with the highest military rank will automatically obtain wartime command of the Astra Militarum in that area.
This means that Gu Hang cannot go outside the Angry Bear Legion to exercise his power. He cannot decide on the editing, personnel appointments, and military transfers of other legions.
But if a war breaks out, and there is no order from a higher level than Gu Hang in this war zone, and no other command system is established, then all the Star Army in this battlefield area will need to obey the orders of him as the marshal.
When it comes to the Dragon Eagle Star Domain, that means the entire Dragon Eagle Corps, not only the Dragon Eagle 3rd Corps under his command, but also the other 8 army groups of the Dragon Eagle Corps currently under the jurisdiction of the star domain government, which have to listen to him.
Although there is another commander of the Dragon Eagle Legion in the Dragon Eagle Star Region, Commander Michelle Oliqi is only a general, and there is a general between him and Gu Hang.
If the Alliance and the Rageflame Chapter go to war, the Dragonhawk Legion fighting under the Rageflame Chapter will be in a very awkward situation - they are all Astra Militarum, so will they listen to the orders from a Marshal?
You want to commit treason, right?
By the same token, Ye Licia had been in some trouble before. The Pegasus Fleet, which she led, always received orders from the fleet commander of the Yunluo Fleet under the star region government, who was also the highest person in charge of the Imperial Navy in the Dragon Eagle Star Region.
And now, thanks to Gu Hang, she was promoted to admiral of the Imperial Navy.
Now that everyone has the same military rank, Ye Lisia can openly ignore the opponent.
Of course, just like Ye Licia had previously shirked responsibility and disobeyed the orders of the admiral, in fact, Admiral Oliqi, the commander-in-chief of the Dragon Eagle Army, could also disobey Gu Hang.
But the difference is that Ye Lixia is determined to follow Gu Hang, and the relationship between them is obvious.
Is Ollichi determined to follow the orders of the Fury? Risking treason?
I'm afraid not.
At the same time, Gu Hang also got another benefit.
This one is a bit more complicated.
It was a proposal for him to become the highest administrative chief of the Dragon Eagle Star Domain - the Star Domain Head.
The appointment process of the head of the star domain is that the superior government, that is, the space domain government, proposes it, reports it to Holy Terra, and is approved by the Imperial Executive Council, which then takes effect.
The proposal to appoint Gu Hang as the head of Dragon Eagle also followed the most normal and reasonable process. Zuo Zhaofeng submitted the appointment proposal at Gallardo's suggestion.
Generally speaking, the Imperial Executive Council rarely vetoes proposals from the Cosmic Domain Government.
But with Gu Hang, things were a little different.
He is now the Grand Marshal of the Imperial Astra Militarum, his wife is an Imperial Navy Admiral, he has a regiment of Space Marines under his command, and he is also the head of the Dragonhawk Starfield government... He is in charge of both military and political affairs, right?
The empire was still thinking about how to get rid of the "Iron Fury Stone" and now it has nurtured an independent warlord?
Some people do have concerns in this regard.
The Premier of the Executive Yuan is trying to stop it.
Everyone knows that he is the man of the Prime Minister of the Empire, Qi Bodu, which to some extent represents Qi Bodu's thoughts.
At this point, Ou Juren played his role.
The appointment of a star field head does not need to be voted on by the Supreme Council. Ou Juren made alliances and especially visited Qi Bodu in person, made assurances, and convinced the prime minister.
Although it was not stated explicitly, Gu Hang could actually roughly guess what these big guys were thinking.
Of course they were afraid of raising another Iron Armor.
On the one hand, although Gu Hang has space warriors serving him, the difference from the situation in the Princess Star Domain is that the Iron Armored Regiment is in charge of its own affairs, while the Phoenix is not. In the eyes of the Supreme Council, there are plenty of ways to separate Gu Hang and the Phoenix in the future.
They are more afraid of the Space Marines than a mortal political leader.
In the history of the Empire, there are countless turmoils caused by Space Marines. How could a mortal start from a local position and then become so powerful that he cannot be eliminated?
It hasn't happened yet.
There were 'turmoils' caused by mortal political leaders, but they all happened in the central government. Even after the end of the Sun Lord Era, which lasted only a dozen years, Sola Keim first became the Supreme Marshal of the Astra Militarum and became one of the thirteen High Lords before launching the Sun Crusade and gaining power.
Moreover, compared to Tiekai's bad deeds, Gu Hang paid taxes properly. When he didn't pay taxes, he was given tax exemption policies. These policies were not even what he wanted, but were given to him voluntarily for various reasons. He took the tax exemption and clearly did more work than the tax exemption.
Like saving a hive, like winning the Iron Teeth War.
Gu Hang's reputation in this regard is much better.
The reason why Gu Hang holds the power is because there is a powerful enemy named Tie Kai in front of him.
There is an enemy that is giving the central empire a headache.
Let them fight first. After the fight, Gu Hang's alliance will suffer heavy losses. At that time, it will be much easier to split them up.
In response, Gu Hang just smiled and explained over and over again to everyone he came into contact with how honest he was and how his lifelong wish was to make some achievements locally and then be transferred to Holy Terra to work with everyone.
Many people actually believed what he said.
Because this really fits the concept in the minds of most imperial officials: Holy Terra is the best in the world, better than anywhere else. They would rather have a bed in Terra than a palace in Garden World.
Being able to transfer to Holy Terra to serve as a high-ranking official is enough to make people give up all their local accumulations.
This is how many high-ranking officials of the empire came to power.
After defeating Iron Armor, Gu Hang will become famous and successful. If he is given an official position in Terra, won't he naturally let go of that so-called alliance and come here happily?
I'm not afraid at all that Gu Hang will become bigger and stronger in the local area and become too powerful to be controlled!
You never have to worry about Gu Hang's loyalty!
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