Chapter 711, Just Money
When Gallardo first heard Luo Fei nominate Gu Hang to be the chairman of Spider Web Universe, he was unable to react.
what?
Surrender?
Then he realized that it was impossible.
Luo Fei had other ideas.
However, Gallardo was not in a hurry to speak.
Someone will speak.
As expected, a high lord raised a question: "The alliance issue has not been resolved yet, and the Executive Yuan has proposed that Gu Hang be in charge of Spider Web. Is this not a good idea?"
"That's not the case. In fact, we have been thinking about it for a long time." Luo Fei looked quite confident.
Then he brought his ideas to the scene.
Ignoring those embellished and meaningless long discussions, the most crucial content is that Gu Hang took over the position of chairman of Spider Web Universe.
Gu Hang performed extremely well in the last war and was the greatest contributor to the war, which no one could deny. Because of this, meritorious service must be rewarded, so naturally he had to move up.
Isn’t Gu Hang’s most important official identity the head of the Dragon Eagle Star Region?
Then just go straight to the position of Chairman of the Universe, become a frontier official, and govern the Spider Web Universe.
And it just so happens that the Spider Web Universe also needs a political strongman to lead thousands or tens of thousands of worlds out of the predicament after the war.
Isn’t Gu Hang suitable?
As for the "alliance" that has been discussed for a long time, Luo Fei did not mention it again.
But the current meaning is very clear.
There are no relevant provisions for these two matters in the empire's regulations. It does not say that a person who serves as the leader of a joint political entity cannot serve as the chairman of the universe domain.
In fact, there are still some presidents of the universe domain who are in similar situations in the empire.
Of course, the political entities they control are generally only on a few or a dozen planets, forming an integrated military, economic, and political system. They are generally located in the core areas controlled by the cosmic government, so that the cosmic government can operate a core area and control the core power.
There is definitely no such thing as a company as large as Gu Hang.
But so what? There are precedents, there are people who are ahead, the empire has no rules, so why can't Gu Hang do it?
Isn’t it just a little bit bigger?
But Gallardo couldn't say this openly.
At this moment, he just shrank back silently without saying a word.
He had to observe the situation first.
In fact, the current situation is probably already clear.
Luo Fei is retreating to advance, throwing out the Chairman of the Universe Domain, retreating to advance, and making people think carefully, what kind of power will the Chairman of the Universe Domain and the alliance together have?
How much authority will Gu Hang have?
As both the leader of the alliance and the chairman of the universe, would Gu Hang further expand the alliance, which is already giving people headaches? Expand it to the entire Spider Web Universe, thus becoming an oversized, powerful, and highly developed political entity from military to politics to economy?
It's very possible.
Even Xu Fuzhen, who had always been greedy for the high taxes that the alliance could provide, hesitated.
He wanted money, but it was just an alliance, so it existed. After all, it only had five star regions. After all, the alliance had existed for decades, and Gu Hang had always been relatively obedient to the imperial center...
However, no matter what, the combination of the Chairman of the Universe and the leader of the alliance is still too exaggerated. The power is too great, and a closed loop of power can be formed within themselves, which is not subject to external supervision at all.
Xu stopped talking during the follow-up visit.
One of Gu Hang's die-hard supporters fell silent, and one of Gu Hang's supporters who was greedy for the alliance's money fell silent, and the situation gradually became one-sided.
There was no need for Luo Fei to say anything more. Instead, those high lords who had no vested interests spoke cautiously one by one, saying that Luo Fei's opinions were unreliable.
Luo Fei, who was refuted, was not angry. Instead, he explained one by one with a smile and agreed with the opinion of the refuter.
Furthermore, he suggested that the alliance should be disbanded.
In this way, wouldn’t everyone be happy?
Gu Hang was promoted.
Without this opportunity, it would be extremely difficult for an ordinary star domain head to be promoted to the position of chairman of the universe domain. There are many hurdles to overcome in the middle, and each hurdle may cause a politician to waste his entire life.
Now, let Lao Gu take one step forward and not let his military achievements go to waste.
The alliance was disbanded, and the masters on Holy Terra no longer had to worry about having to face a new Iron Armor.
For Luo Fei, now that Gu Hang has become the chairman of the Universe, he has entered the Executive Yuan's official appointment system. He has transformed himself from a former political enemy into "one of our own", and maybe they can even become friends in the future.
Even in Gallardo's mind, this was a good thing. If he didn't know that Gu Hang was absolutely unwilling to give up the alliance to get the position of chairman of the universe domain, he would have voted in favor.
Isn’t it a happy ending for everyone?
"I don't agree!"
Finally someone jumped out.
"I don't agree to dissolve the alliance." It was Xu Fuzhen who spoke.
The tax minister had a stern face and threw out a document. He ignored all the other high lords and only stared at Qi Bodu.
She reported in a tone of voice, "If we preserve the alliance, we will not only gain 300 billion a year now, but also 1.3 trillion a year in the future. At the same time, if we follow the Executive Yuan's appointment system, we will have to give the star regions within the alliance, including the entire Spider Web Universe, a tax exemption for ten or even twenty years. We will also have to maintain an army to manage and suppress, and we will have to invest more than 300 billion a year to rebuild the Spider Web Universe."
"You can look up the specific data in the documents. I can only tell you that over the next ten years, the gap between internal and external income and investment will reach 20 trillion yuan."
"There is no way the Department of Revenue can make up this fiscal gap from anywhere else."
"In other words, I don't care whether Gu Hang becomes the chairman of the Universe or not, or whether the alliance is retained or not. I just want to tell you one fact. If Prime Minister Luo Fei's proposal comes true, Solaria's current annual investment of 700 billion will have to be cut by more than half..."
At this point, Luo Fei's face darkened.
Solaria's dozen star regions and tens of thousands of planets were appointed by the Executive Yuan. This area opened up by the Solar Expedition has always been the Executive Yuan's largest increase in power over the years.
Xu Fuzhen ignored him and continued, "All reconstruction investment in the Space Marines will be stopped; the plan for naval shipbuilding to supplement the Solar Fleet will be reviewed; the budget of the Inquisition will be reduced, as it can no longer support you punishing planets one by one; Holy Terra's production orders for Mars will be reduced..."
She continued to order several more.
Not a single word was said.
"So, my suggestion is that not only should we not disband the alliance, why can't we give the Spider Web Universe to Gu Hang?"
"Give it! I'll give it to you! As long as Gu Hang pays!"
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It was too late yesterday and I didn’t finish writing, so I’ll make up a chapter.
There is more in the evening.
(End of this chapter)
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