Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 419

Chapter 418, the entire army attacks!

Compared to the Seven Horses Agreement, the issue of collecting the Imperial Tax is much more sensitive!

In fact, the authority of governments at all levels of the Empire is based on the Imperial Tax.

Why is the planetary governor the local emperor and the absolute ruler of the planet?

That is because as long as the Imperial Tax is paid, the planetary governor can do whatever he wants on the planet in theory and has supreme power.

Of course, in reality, due to the difference in the strength and importance of the planet, the planetary governor will always be subject to various supervisions and assignments, which is another story.

But among all levels of government, the star district government is actually the least powerful. The core of their authority is based on the determination of the Imperial Tax, the population, and the development of the planet. They cannot collect taxes, and the income needed for office work, in theory, also needs to be allocated by the superiors, but in fact it is borne by the local planet and offsets the tax.

This means that if the head of the star district is a little bit lame and does not get the support of most planetary governors, then his authority will be infinitely reduced.

But the star region government is completely different. They are strong local governments. The reason is that a complete imperial administrative system has been built on the star region government. Under the star domain government, the four major institutions, namely the Ministry of Government Affairs, the Ministry of Taxation, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Military Affairs, are all available in the star domain. Usually, a unified star domain army command center and a navy command center will be established in the star domain.

Although, the four major government institutions actually have to obey the direct orders of the superior institutions, such as the four major institutions of the universe domain; the star domain army and the navy are not theoretically under the jurisdiction of the local government, but have their own command and deployment system. However, this complete structure, plus the responsibility for taxation within the entire star domain, makes them powerful.

Often, the star domain government can keep 30% of the taxes they collect, and the rest will be handed over to the universe domain government; 20% of them will be kept by the universe domain government.

This also means that the universe domain government, which also has a complete government agency, can keep taxes, and can directly decide the personnel rights of its subordinate institutions, namely the star domain government, is a more powerful institution.

Of course, these are not as good as the imperial center, which takes 50% of the taxes.

Now, Gu Hang wants not only the power and position of the military commander of Qimadi, but even goes a step further to demand the collection of imperial taxes.

Although the Yunluo Star authorities could not collect taxes from the east in the current situation of the star field being isolated from the east, this loophole cannot be opened!

Once opened, what will happen in the future?

If this Iron Teeth War ends soon, it will be fine. The star field government can still find a way to terminate the two temporary strategies of “Seven Horses Agreement” and “Collecting Imperial Taxes on Behalf of Others”.

But if the war lasts for ten or even twenty years, then the entire eastern part of the star field will only know about the Alliance and not Dragon Eagle.

The first person who jumped out to oppose, unexpectedly but not unexpectedly, was the Minister of Government, Neil Laois, who “promoted” Gu Hang and has always been a supporter of Gu Hang.

Her voice was trembling, and she said coldly: “Gu Hang, you are dreaming! How could the star field government agree to let you collect imperial taxes on behalf of others? You are challenging the laws and order of the entire empire!” Gu Hang

still had a smile on his face, but the sharpness in his eyes was like a knife pointing directly at Laois’ heart.

“General Lao Yisi, I don’t understand what you mean by ‘challenging the laws and order of the Empire’. However, please look at our current situation. The green-skinned orcs of the Iron Tooth Clan have ravaged the entire star field. If I don’t collect this tax, who will? Will I leave it to those green-skinned aliens? Do you want those bullets that were supposed to be fired at the aliens to be snatched away by those greenskins and turned into bullets fired at the Empire? The plan I proposed is to maximize the concentration of resources and win this war.”

Lao Yisi wanted to speak, but then the Chief Justice Xu Dechen suddenly spoke: “I support Gu Hang’s proposal. In this special period, we need special means. The influence and ability of the Alliance in the eastern part of the star field is the only choice now. Everything he said makes sense, and I also believe in the loyalty of Governor Gu.”

Xu Dechen’s support made Lao Yisi look very unbelievable.

Her eyes almost immediately looked at Xu Dechen.

What does this Chief Justice want to do?

In the past, the ‘parliamentary faction’ represented by Xu Dechen had a bad relationship with Gu Hang.

On the contrary, she was Gu Hang’s supporter.

She was against it, why would Xu Dechen support it?

She thought for a moment and immediately said, “Now, the eastern part of the star field and Yunluo Star have not completely cut off contact. Gu Hang, the alliance should support this war under the control of the star field government. Now is not the time…”

“Okay, General Lao Yisi, Governor Gu certainly knows what you mean.” Xu Dechen said, “If we can work under the unified leadership of the star field government, that would be the best. Now, isn’t it the case of ‘what if’? We have to prepare for the worst. When the two sides of the star field can’t contact each other, isn’t the best choice to let Governor Gu do what he wants?”

“Everything should be based on victory in the war. We have to consider the issue of survival first, and everything else can be put aside. Isn’t that the truth?”

Lao Yisi stopped talking.

Tan Jiuyi sighed. He ignored the words of his two subordinates and said to Gu Hang seriously, “I can’t agree to your conditions. No matter what I want, I don’t have the power to agree to such an important thing.”

Gu Hang’s face did not change when he heard this disguised rejection.

He said softly, “I’m sorry, but, President Tan, as well as General Lao Yisi and General Xu, please realize that this is not a request, but a notification. If things come to that point, to the point where victory cannot be achieved without doing this, I will still do it. I can’t be indifferent when everything I have is about to be destroyed. All the governors, imperial officials, and even the people of the empire in the entire eastern star field will not sit and wait for death.”

After a pause, Gu Hang continued, “I also believe that after the war, the empire will fairly judge the nature of my behavior.”

“Gu Hang! You are too presumptuous!”

Lao Yisi responded angrily.

Tan Jiuyi waved his hand to tell Lao Yisi not to say more, and he said, “Do whatever you want to do. The star field government will not hinder your behavior, but it will not admit that it agrees with your behavior. That’s it. I personally still hope that you can hold up half the sky in the eastern star field.”

“Thank you, Mr. President.”

The call ended.

Gu Hang’s message had disappeared from the star language channel. The senior officials of the Dragon Eagle star field were still in the channel.

They were silent for a long time, even Lao Yisi, who was the most emotional before, was silent now.

They all needed some time to digest a fact:

the actual person in charge of the Eastern Star Region was Gu Hang.

Obviously, it was meaningless for the Star Region Government to speak on the Eastern Star Region, and they could not stop Gu Hang from doing anything.

Even if they want to settle the score later, they have to wait until later.

In fact, can they really settle the score with Gu Hang later?

That’s not necessarily the case.

Maybe he will be a war hero again.

But Lao Yisi was still in a bad mood.

In the past, she regarded Gu Hang as her own person, a confidant who she supported and provided strong support for her in the local government.

But now it seems that this Gu Hang has his own ideas.

Confidant?

Forget it.

She had a feeling that Gu Hang was out of control.

She couldn’t accept it.

She couldn’t help but say to Xu Dechen: “Do you know what you just said? You are fueling Gu Hang’s ambition!”

Lao Yisi meant that when Gu Hang first expressed his outrageous ideas, she opposed it, and Xu Dechen actually said some words of support.

Xu Dechen was unmoved: “General Lao Yisi, do you remember who strongly supported Gu Hang’s coming to power at the beginning? It was you. If you think the alliance is a problem now, then the root of this problem should perhaps be found in yourself.”

Lao Yisi was speechless for a moment.

She even had a very bad idea in her mind: Is Xu Dechen digging a hole for me?

Gu Hang has her mark that cannot be erased, and Xu Dechen just wants to take the opportunity to push Gu Hang in the direction of his burning ambition, and then drag himself into the water?

Tan Jiuyi remained silent.

What he hoped most was of course that Gu Hang could lead his army to the western front and give up the east first.

But he knew that was impossible.

Then as a second choice, it would not be bad for Gu Hang to attract the attention of the greenskins as much as possible in the east. With this goal in mind, he made the biggest noise possible.

As for the Seven Horses Agreement, the collection of imperial taxes, and even the fact that Gu Hang really used the Seven Horses Agreement to annex multiple star regions into his so-called alliance, if these things happened, it would not be his fault.

The person was promoted by Lao Yisi, and the alliance was established by Gallardo. There were also signatures of Zuo Zhaofeng and Wang Suan, the current and former presidents of the Universe. It can’t be blamed on me, Tan Jiuyi, right?

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Gu Hang could actually roughly grasp the thoughts of the star field bureaucrats such as Lao Yisi, Xu Dechen, and Tan Jiuyi.

But to be honest, he didn’t care.

As he said before, no matter what those star field bureaucrats thought, he had to do what he had to do.

Those people had too complicated minds and thought too much.

For Gu Hang, winning the war first was the next step.

If he won, he had many ways to make all his actions, whether right or wrong, right in the end; if he lost, no matter how many rules he followed, the final blame would be all on him.

Now that he has obtained the “permission” of the star region government, Gu Hang has begun to sell his Seven Horses Agreement even more unscrupulously.

The negotiations with the other five horses are still going on. As for the Eagle Horse Star Region that has already agreed and even signed, Gu Hang has also given clear feedback.

The time agreed with Tillemans is almost up.

The Alliance Army, which has completed its war preparations as scheduled, has finally arrived at the time of departure.

More than 200 warships, the same number of transport ships, 110 million Star Army and Alliance Army, plus an astronomical amount of war materials, the Alliance Army set out.

For the Alliance, gathering such an army is undoubtedly a full-scale investment.

Under the leadership of Gu Hang, the Alliance’s blood-making ability is quite strong. Even if this army is completely wiped out and nothing is left, the Alliance will be able to accumulate a wave of assets that are no less than the current one in about four years – maybe the navy will be slightly less and the transport ships will be less, but at least it will be enough and of similar quality.

But the problem is, if this wave of all-in-one is lost, will the Irontooth Orcs give Gu Hang four years to regenerate blood? This is a big question.

We will talk about the aftermath later. At least, Gu Hang’s first priority at the moment is to fight the battle in front of him.

In the so-called total war, although the power in the rear is the most critical, it does not mean that the military is not important. If the commander is a fool, no matter how strong the capital in the rear is, it can’t withstand the commander sending troops away every day.

The first thing the Alliance Legion did when it attacked was to fight an annihilation war at the jump point of the Fachers galaxy.

Today, the Alliance’s Storm Mage Corps has a scale of more than 500 people, and there are even three or four B-level psychics.

At the beginning of the war, the Alliance set up the most advanced stargazing equipment in the country on Fachers 2. Two days ago, they monitored a greenskin fleet traveling through the star tunnel from Hippogriff III to Fachers.

The number is unknown, but since the Battle of Steel Wing Star is still going on, the number is not much.

Therefore, the Alliance Navy took the initiative to attack.

The greenskin marauding fleet that rushed in had six ships, but they were immediately besieged by at least hundreds of human warships.

The result was doomed.

There were still greenskin ships that wanted to escape, but the “Blackfish-class” patrol ships in the Alliance Navy were masters of hunting. They formed groups of three or four patrol ships, biting the greenskin ships that wanted to escape, and reducing the shield strength of the greenskin ships until the “Silver Sword” arrived.

Then, the specialized fast torpedo frigate, the M-specification “Sky-Splitting Axe” missile equipped on the “Silver Sword”, could often resolve the battle with one shot.

A naval victory with 0 losses can be considered a victory.

Although the six greenskin ships destroyed were all the lowest-level garbage ships, victory is victory.

There were still a few days before the scheduled departure time, but since they had already reached the jump point, the vanguard of the Alliance Navy, after asking the headquarters for instructions, simply crossed the jump point and entered Hippogriff III.

Was there any greenskin fleet cruising on Hippogriff III?

I don’t know, but they didn’t dare to show up anyway.

No matter how much the greenskins like to fight, they would not go up to die when they are 100% defeated.

Then, the navy immediately deployed to the orbit of Hippogriff III, and the “Scalpel” and “Sky Axe” missiles; “Heat Hammer” macro cannons; “Meltdown” light spears were violently released on the surface, at the gathering places of greenskins.

The morale of the local defense forces on the surface of Hippogriff III was greatly boosted!

They had previously suffered from the orbital bombardment of the greenskins, and were launched by millions of greenskins. They were beaten very hard. Now that the Alliance has come, it’s time to be proud!

With the help of the orbital bombardment, they took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack and achieved certain results.

On the contrary, the greenskins had to start to retreat.

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4.2k!

I didn’t expect there would be another chapter today!

Although I’m still having a runny nose and coughing, it’s good news that I don’t have a fever anymore!

(End of this chapter)