Chapter 706: Firm Path
Gallardo told Gu Hang in detail about the current opinions of the leaders of all parties in Holy Terra regarding alliance matters.
Before Gu Hang's "Alliance Plan" was delivered, the attitudes were relatively unified: they recognized Gu Hang's achievements, but were extremely wary of Gu Hang becoming a bigger and stronger new Iron Armor.
The overall strategy is to divide and dismember the alliance.
Don't say that this is unfair to the meritorious officials. The empire is so large and the history is so long that there have been thousands of heroes. Only a few have made supreme contributions, and then got what they wanted and had a good end.
Those who died on the battlefield and were honored after death were considered good.
There are too many people whose achievements have been ignored, whose sacrifices have been in vain, who have been falsely claimed, who have been wrongly accused, who have been sacrificed, who have been discarded after their merits have been served, who have been interrogated as traitors...
Gu Hang didn't think he would be an exception.
The war is over, and the alliance, which was originally a mistake, should come to an end.
What's more, it can't be said that Gu Hang is completely treated unfairly.
Although the alliance is going to be dismantled, it depends on whether Gu Hang knows his place in the world.
This is also the direction that Gallardo has been working towards during this period of time.
Gallardo could not stop the dismemberment of the alliance. This matter had already become a rolling trend. Even if Gallardo tried to stop it by force, he would be crushed to death by the wheels.
He could only delay it with great difficulty.
Even if it was delayed, he actually didn't want Gu Hang to continue to retain the alliance.
Dismember the alliance obediently, show loyalty to the dignitaries of Holy Terra, then express some grievances, and then work hard to find a way to enter the core... In his opinion, this set of procedures is much better than being a landowner in the eastern border of the empire.
He delayed the disintegration of the alliance in order to gain more room for maneuver.
However, the "Alliance Plan" disrupted everything and directly changed the tendencies of various forces on Holy Terra.
The most drastic changes occurred in the Imperial Taxation Department.
In the blink of an eye, more than 300 billion tax coins will be available next year; after ten years of drawing a big pie, it will reach 1.3 trillion by then.
This is so delicious!
The Imperial Taxation Department does not only collect taxes, but also fiscal expenditures, which are within their job scope.
They should be called the Ministry of Finance, but collecting taxes is so important to the empire that it overshadows other responsibilities.
The two biggest headaches for the tax department are: insufficient tax revenue and money being spent too quickly.
Gu Hang's "Alliance Plan" solved both of these problems for him at once.
I had a lot of money, so I filled the hole;
The tax will be paid promptly, or at least very promptly. The tax department only needs to go to one place to collect all the taxes from the five star fields, so there will be no problem of insufficient tax revenue.
As a result, they became the force with the biggest and fastest attitude change.
Of course, the tax department was not an independent political faction, but was on the side of Prime Minister Qi Bodu. If the Prime Minister had a clear and strict decision, they would have to vote against it even if they wanted Gu Hang's money.
But doesn’t that mean Qi Bodu hasn’t spoken yet?
Before that, Prime Minister Xu Fuzhen of the Ministry of Taxation was working hard to try to get the Prime Minister to come over.
It's actually a good thing.
On the other hand, Prime Minister Luo Fei is a strong opponent.
The most important power of the Executive Yuan is the appointment of officials. At the local level, the positions of the five star regions were all vacant and given to Gu Hang. They lost the power to intervene in the political affairs of the five star regions, so they were naturally unhappy.
Even though the Ministry of Taxation said that they could give you more money and approve a larger budget, they failed to convince Prime Minister Luo Fei.
On the contrary, Luo Fei was still planning to threaten Kashufuzhen with the appointment of some direct officials of the Ministry of Taxation.
By the way, Luo Fei is also the right-hand man of Prime Minister Qi Bodu.
Conflict first arose within the Prime Minister's faction over Gu Hang's money.
Gallardo will definitely stand on Gu Hang's side.
The remaining high lords have not yet made a clear statement. Although before this, most of them had spread the word that they agreed that the alliance should not be allowed to develop so recklessly in East Xinjiang, but the struggle within the Prime Minister's faction first broke out, and many people were not in a hurry to speak out.
At the same time, the personal connections and even the exchange of interests that Gu Hang established during the war also played a certain role at this time.
The Space Marine representatives, the Martian Cult, the Grand Inquisitor of the Tribunal, the Commander-in-Chief of the Astra Militarum... all quietly underwent some subtle changes in their attitudes.
Even, Gu Hang was secretly pushing for something: he hoped to let Su Lie replace Organglon and become the representative of the Space Marines.
He had discussed this with Su Lie earlier.
As a newly founded group, the Phoenix Chapter has no political obstacles in serving as a representative of Space Marines.
After he becomes a Space Marine representative and has a seat on the Supreme Council, it will be of great help in mobilizing Imperial resources and finding ways to restore the chapters that suffered heavy losses in the war.
As for Orkallon, who is currently serving as the representative of the Space Marines and the Grand Master of the Angels of Death, he himself is an object that can be won over.
The internal ecology of the Space Marines is different from others. Due to some historical reasons, they are not so keen to fight for positions. Most of the Chapters that are qualified to serve as representatives will regard the position of Space Marine representatives as a heavy burden. They don't want to be involved too much in mortal politics.
They are the opposite of most cases because Space Marines are too important and many things must be related to them, so there must be a respected Space Marine representative in the High Lords' Council who can serve as a communication channel.
It was the Empire that begged the Space Marines to hold a proper meeting here.
Otherwise, sometimes without this constraint, the Space Marines would do some outrageous things, and it would be difficult for the Empire to deal with it.
Su Lie could go and have a good talk with Organglong - they are familiar with each other - and it is very possible to change positions.
The entire Space Marine community should also support the Phoenix Regiment to complete its reconstruction as soon as possible. The founding group represents the original source of the Space Marines, and its status is still very different.
Su Lie went up, and Gu Hang’s selfish wish was fulfilled to a certain extent.
You, Su Lie, are embarrassed to vote against me in the Supreme Council, right?
In addition, Gu Hang also communicated with Mars.
There were also Martian troops in the previous Western Front Expedition. The great sage who led the team was very interested in some of the technologies left by the Alfonzo sect, especially those related to the Zerg.
They haven't even left yet.
Gu Hang intends to make things convenient for them, and even use the black box as a gift when necessary, in exchange for some support from Mars.
On the Inquisition side, although simple comradeship does not work well, the Inquisition will later set up an office in the Alliance to monitor the corruption of the Alliance, which makes the Inquisition very happy; the Inquisition is also establishing some cooperative relations with the Alliance. Gu Hang plans to donate a lot of money and even send troops into the two major Inquisitions. If these cooperation can be negotiated, the Inquisition may also change its attitude.
There are relatively few contacts with the state religion, and the combat nuns of the Holy Mercy Lily are trying to smooth things over, so the hope is not particularly great. But similarly, they themselves have no immediate interests, and the opposition is not strong.
In short, Gu Hang has been thinking of various ways to reverse the situation among the thirteen high lords one by one.
From this perspective, there is hope of retaining the alliance and taking over all five star regions.
Gu Hang even went a step further and sought the position of chairman of Spider Web Universe.
The current chairman of the Spider Web Universe could be ignored. The official imperial power of the Spider Web Universe was defeated at the beginning of the war. Although it would be a bit absurd and unreasonable to blame the Spider Web Universe government for the rise of Iron Armor, someone had to take the blame for this matter, and he had no choice but to take the blame.
The chairman of the Spider Web Universe was bound to step down, and the entire Universe government was basically falling apart and had to be rebuilt.
Moreover, the entire Spider Web Universe, including the central Princess Star Region, has been wiped out by the Extermination Order. The rest of the world is either in the five major star regions planned by the Alliance, or on the battlefields of the North and West, where thousands of planets have been torn apart. Having suffered from the wars of the Iron Armor and the Empire, and the insect plague, the incompetence of the star region government has caused some of the problems that originally existed in the star regions to begin to erupt. Rebels are emerging, Chaos Cults are taking advantage of the situation, and even some Eldar pirate groups have appeared...
Now, appointing the chairman of the Spider Web Universe is a troublesome matter.
Promoted from local area?
No one is here.
Go down from the center?
This hot potato position is simply fatal.
Senior officials are not willing to go, but those in slightly lower positions may be willing to go and try their luck for a better future. However, the Prime Minister is also worried and is unwilling to use such people.
The central government of the empire hopes that a political strongman will come with resources to clean up the mess in the Spider Web Star Region. Can someone who has few resources and has not shown any special talents do a good job? If the empire has spent a lot of money but still has no results, it will be troublesome.
What if Gu Hang is willing to take over?
He is that political strongman and his governance ability has been undoubtedly demonstrated.
He also has enough resources, and the Alliance Five-Star Domain is right next to him, so he can continue to stabilize the situation in the Spider Web Universe and even provide further support for construction.
No matter how you think about it, it's all good.
The existence of the alliance itself is the biggest obstacle.
If there were no Alliance, which was a thorn in the side of the masters on Holy Terra, there would be no obstacle for Gu Hang to strive for the chairmanship of the Spider Universe.
But then again, it is also because of the existence of the alliance that Gu Hang is the more suitable candidate.
It's very difficult to be on the right or left side.
But Gu Hang believes that these are all opportunities.
Everything depends on human efforts, just strive for it.
At least, a letter titled "Alliance Plan" has somewhat reversed the situation in which the imperial center was destined to take action against the alliance.
This was Gu Hang's analysis after listening to what Gallardo said about the current political situation in Holy Terra.
So why not take this opportunity to gain more?
Once he obtains the identity of the chairman of the Spider Web Universe, Gu Hang will not only be able to continue to expand his power, but also obtain a key ticket - he will have the opportunity to enter the Supreme Council of Holy Terra through the nomination of the Universe Presidium.
"You chose a path that is far more difficult than I thought."
This is what Gallardo said.
But Gu Hang replied:
“But this way of going is the most determined.”
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After finishing the important call with Gallardo, Gu Hang returned to the work at hand.
Various military tasks are no longer the focus, just push them forward slowly according to inertia.
Diplomatic work must be intensified, and all plans are based on the foundation of making friends as much as possible.
But the good news is that we have made a good start.
Subsequently, the diplomats and liaison officers of the alliance have been working hard. Gu Hang does not need to take care of many specific matters personally.
And he had to focus his energy on another thing that required his personal attention: post-war construction.
At this time, he became down-to-earth again and stopped fantasizing about too many things. He hadn't even started to take on the role of chairman of the Spider Web Universe, so he didn't plan to manage other areas of the Spider Web Universe for the time being.
To think in a darker way, the more chaotic the better.
When the empire feels that it will not only fail to make a profit from this post-war ruin and the countless troublesome threats that need to be resolved, but will instead continue to bleed heavily, Gu Hang will become more and more important.
Even regarding the construction of the three star fields of Proud Claw, Nepeta, and Alfonzo, Gu Hang did not intend to pay special attention.
The towns are the main focus, and all places can settle down according to the old method of insect control. The post-war reconstruction work can be carried out according to the conditions of each planet.
The focus of construction is still on the two star fields of Longying and Menghe.
That was the place that Gu Hang truly regarded as his home base.
Even if we take a step back and assume that the alliance is really to be dismembered in the future, whether it is a political or economic confrontation, or even deteriorating to the point of military confrontation, the base camp will be the core that he relies on most.
Even if the "Alliance Plan" is approved in the future, the alliance will still have to bear the high taxes.
After all, only a strong and wealthy alliance can afford this money.
Building a nest is the top priority.
He doesn't have to worry about conventional construction methods. The Alliance Government has been established for decades and can operate stably. It can even be considered efficient compared to the bloated system of the Empire.
What Gu Hang has to do personally is to add fuel to the construction, develop the alliance, and install a few more engines.
That would require making use of the huge amount of grace points accumulated in the system.
The last time he spent a large amount of grace points was more than three years ago when he pacified the Alfonzo Star Region.
The real war broke out from then on, including the counterattack on the western front, the advance into the Princess Star Region on the southern front, and the most crucial Second Battle of Readuches.
After winning a series of battles, the accumulated grace points have reached an astronomical figure.
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4k
Still owe 92
sleep!
(End of this chapter)
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