Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 438

Chapter 437: Seven Horses Return

If that was all, that would be fine.

Although a leader and a governor died almost instantly, your alliance is powerful, everyone knows that there are even Space Marines who obey your orders.

However, just because you can kill the previous ruler does not mean that you can rule this place smoothly!

This is the thought that many Purple Horse governors secretly thought in their hearts.

In their expectations, after the alliance overthrew the Baishuo government with such unsophisticated means, the entire planet should be in turmoil and everywhere was caught in war. The defense forces from all over the world will swarm up. Not to mention revenge for the dead governors and leaders, at least it is not so easy to accept that their heads suddenly change masters, right?

People from all over the world will also question the legitimacy of the alliance, especially the subversion and coup d’état carried out by such despicable means. They will also set off unrest, armed confrontation, strikes, riots…

However, the news they actually heard disappointed them.

These things cannot be said to be completely absent. After all, it is such a big planet with 9 billion people.

However, those sporadic riots were not enough to affect the overall situation.

It is normal for there to be sporadic unrest in a real regime change.

It is said that a spark can start a prairie fire, but it is not said that every spark can.

Most of the flames in this world will be extinguished as soon as

they are ignited. Unless there is an oil depot behind the flame.

The coup ignited by the alliance has such a spark; and now in the unrest on Baishuo Star, the governors of Zima want to be the oil depot, but they have neither the ability nor the courage.

Zelos and Governor Baishuo have just been cremated, who dares?

They watched helplessly as the Alliance supported a new acting governor on Baishuo Star and declared that they had the power to do so. The relevant procedures were handled urgently and have been filed with the Alliance. As long as the contact with Yunluo Star, Wuji Star, and Holy Terra is restored, the official appointment will be issued.

This left them with nothing to say.

What to say? The previous governor is finished, so someone has to come up with something, right? The Alliance really cannot directly appoint a governor, but that is called an “acting governor”, and the procedures are said to be completed later.

So now the question is: Which governor of the Purple Horse Star Region also wants an acting governor?

The diplomats of the Alliance did not say this directly. However, they would understand this meaning.

The constant communication with the diplomats, the news from Baishuo Star constantly refreshed their cognition, the approach of the joint fleet…

These things are constantly hitting the psychological defenses of these Purple Horse governors.

When the joint fleet really came to the orbit of their planet with the text of the Seven Horses Agreement, most of the planetary governors still made the right choice and signed their names on it.

And a few governors found the diplomats of the Alliance before the arrival of the joint fleet and took the initiative to sign their names.

There was no one who did not sign.

…

After Zelos’ death, within half a month, the Purple Horse Star Region fully joined the Seven Horses Agreement.

Gu Hang was quite satisfied with this result.

Of course, he was determined. If things didn’t go well, even if a war broke out, he would take over the 17 worlds and 38 billion people in this star region.

But determination is one thing, and the optimal solution is another.

If you can avoid a war, don’t fight it.

It costs money and is troublesome on the one hand, and there will be problems with the ruling power after the war.

That’s why the method of subversion and coup was used.

After the alliance launched a coup on Baishuo and overthrew the local government, whether it could control the entire planet was also a decision made after a relatively strict preliminary investigation and the successful experience on the three-star planet of Fachers.

Gu Hang was actually worried at the beginning: using this method can indeed overthrow the central government of the planet, but it does not mean that the alliance can immediately establish a reliable new government.

In other words, there is no problem with establishing it, but whether the new government can effectively rule the planet is something that cannot be guaranteed.

However, after investigation, this concern was basically eliminated.

The residents of Baishuo, regardless of their class, generally identify themselves with the human race-the human empire. They do not regard the governor, planetary government, and star district government as “their own government” or “their own monarch”, but as ruling officials sent by the empire.

In this case, in the name of the Empire and in the name of the superior institutions, the new government created by the Alliance can naturally obtain legitimacy, and the people of Baishuo Star will not have any doubts about this.

Isn’t it just a new governor? Just like changing the mayor or town head in some places, the civilians will not rebel.

This makes Gu Hang feel at ease.

This is also the difference between the Alliance and other administrative regions of the Empire.

Is the cognition of the people on Baishuo Star wrong?

Of course not!

That is the common cognition of the vast majority of humans in the Empire.

It is not absolute. After all, some special cases are not ruled out, such as the forge world of the Mechanicus, the religious world of the state religion, some particularly ignorant feudal systems, slavery systems, and even primitive systems…

But from an overall and macro perspective, there is nothing wrong with this statement.

The legitimacy of the Human Empire comes from the “human” group, which is formed by the emperor who ascended to God.

This is a reasonable cognition of the Empire, and there is nothing wrong with it. It is the same in the Alliance.

But what happens next is different from other star regions in the Alliance.

For most of the world’s residents, I am a human being, an imperial citizen. The governor is a ruler sent or appointed by the empire, so he has the right to rule me. If the empire changes the governor one day, the new one will also have the right to rule me; if the empire says that the governor is a traitor one day, I will be furious and shoot the governor.

The alliance is slightly different.

The legitimacy of the alliance’s rule comes from the direct appointment of the empire, which is of course the most important.

But in addition, the alliance is establishing its own political legitimacy through various means such as institutional reform, centralized construction, improved living standards brought about by the development of productivity, ideological propaganda, education, etc.

I am an imperial citizen, and I am also an alliance citizen. The governor cannot be changed casually, or the governor is not important, the government of the alliance is legitimate.

This thing is very important! It determines the social order and whether the ruling authority can be consciously recognized and obeyed by the people, and determines the relationship between the ruler’s political rule and the people’s political obedience.

To put it bluntly, whether the political legitimacy of the Alliance can be cultivated will determine whether the Alliance will follow him to charge into battle or tie him up and send him to Terra when Gu Hang points to Holy Terra and says one day that all the ministers are rebels and are coming to Terra to fight for the Emperor and for humanity. It’s

just a metaphor! Gu Hang definitely doesn’t have this idea!

Only when the legitimacy of the regime is established from the bottom up can the Alliance be more unbreakable and will not disappear just because of a transfer order from the star domain government. What happened on Baishuo cannot happen in the core territory of the Alliance.

Gu Hang can use the method of directly obtaining the ruling power of a planet through a subversive coup against others, but others cannot use it against the planets of the Alliance. If someone really does this, then in the core territory of the Alliance, people will swarm up. The Alliance has a complete grassroots and local government structure that can perfectly lead the uprising and fight against outsiders.

Of course, the only two countries in the Alliance that can do this now are Angry Owl Star and Koroja. The former is Gu Hang’s base camp, and the latter was truly pulled out of the world-destroying crisis by Gu Hang, so they have huge prestige.

The other planets, especially the Winged Star and the Three Fachers Stars, are on their way, but to be honest, they are not completely stable.

But in general, the nine worlds in the Pegasus Star Region are the core territories of the Alliance. The political system has been reformed, and the Alliance’s control has penetrated into the grassroots. It is only a matter of time to establish the so-called legitimacy of rule.

As for the places outside the Pegasus Star Region…

Although the situation in each place is different, for example, the Eagle Horse is more obedient, the Mist Horse is second, and the Purple Horse has just been conquered by tough means, but in general, under the current situation, these places do not have the conditions to be transformed into the core territories of the Alliance. It

is mainly affected by the war.

Now that there is a war, the Alliance does not have the time to carry out social reforms in the Pegasus Star Region in the past few years, and take root in the Purple Horse Star Region for a few years to turn it into the core territory of the Alliance.

Since it has been decided to control the Purple Horse with a restraining strategy, it is also necessary not to transform and eradicate the local ruling class.

Keep the people and indirectly control those planets.

However, this is not absolute.

Will the Alliance really not interfere in the internal affairs of the planets under the Seven Horses framework?

It is true that it is said so. The agreement clearly states that the Alliance will not interfere in the political, economic and military construction of each affiliated planet in principle, and the governments/governors of each planet will be responsible.

But at the same time, the agreement also states that the Alliance, as the leader of the Seven Horses Agreement, will supervise all worlds to ensure that the main resources can be used for the war against the orcs.

How to supervise?

The Alliance will send three supervisors to each planet.

These supervisors will monitor whether the work on the planet is operating as stipulated in the Seven Horses Agreement, and ensure that each planet can fulfill its obligations.

If everything goes well, the supervisors will not interfere in the affairs of the planet; if it is not going well and there is a problem, the supervisors will give supervisory opinions to the planetary government, which is equivalent to intervening in specific affairs until the problem is solved.

If the supervisory opinions cannot solve the problem, the supervisors will report to the Alliance.

The Alliance will “kindly” provide support to the planet.

Real support, the materials and manpower required, will all be in place.

However, it is not without cost to let the Alliance “explode gold coins”.

At that point, the Alliance will directly send a larger team of officials to the planet to manage these Alliance assets, ensure that they can be applied to the right place, and can effectively change the bad situation on the planet.

That is equivalent to directly intervening in the duties of the planetary government, or even acting on its behalf.

Of course, the Alliance itself does not want to go that step at present.

It’s just that a loophole is left.

In the future, if the planetary governor is not very obedient, this is a way to supervise and intervene;

later, when the war situation is stable, the pressure is not so great, or even when victory is about to come, it may be the starting point for the Alliance to expand its core territory.

The number of supervisors arranged for each planet is not fixed.

Among them, there must be military supervisors.

They will supervise the military construction of the planet and the preparation of military supplies.

To put it bluntly, it is to supervise the collection of money.

Secondly, there are economic supervisors, who are responsible for supervising the economic development and production capacity of the planet. This is to ensure that the economic development of the planet can be maintained at the highest level as possible, and not to delay military production.

There are fewer economic supervisors, and they are only set up on planets with more reliable governors, closer to the Alliance, and “needing” the Alliance’s help.

The least set is the political supervisor.

When the Alliance’s intelligence department finds that the planet has signs of anti-Alliance and anti-Seven Horses Pact, it will warn the governor and send a political supervisor. The political supervisor can directly supervise every government personnel appointment and organizational structure.

When the political supervisor is sent, it means that the Alliance’s army may arrive at any time.

As long as the political supervisor says that the planetary governor/government has been disloyal, or the affairs officer has an accident, then the Alliance will directly believe that the planet has rebelled, and the Alliance will come to quell the rebellion on behalf of the Empire.

Don’t think of these three officials as just three people. They each represent a whole team of staff, support, and assistance built around them, which is equivalent to three institutions.

The supervisor system will be the means for the Alliance to control the member planets of the Seven Horses Pact.

At least until this pact completes its historical mission, the supervisor will exist for a long time.

Only Baishuo Star is a little special.

The alliance intends to bring the star port of Baishuo Star and the capital city of Shuoguo City under direct control, and the alliance will directly send people to lead them.

The reason for this is that there is a shipyard on the star port of Shuoguo City. Although it cannot build large ships, it is still possible to build some armed merchant ships, patrol ships and other things.

Although it does not play a decisive role, it is still a good supplement for the navy that the alliance is most lacking now.

…

After Ye Lishia’s fleet took the Seven Horses Agreement through the Purple Horse Star District and conquered it, it continued to go south. Her goal was the Bianma Star District, followed by the Iron Horse Star District.

With the precedent of the Purple Horse, the leaders and governors of these two star districts wanted to know more.

They signed the Seven Horses Agreement one after another.

Among them, the Kenma Star District signed it without the arrival of the fleet.

For the Kenma Star District, they have a more direct appeal: a part of the Iron Tooth Green Skin Army came to the Black Bone Ridge Star District west of the Kenma Star District.

Although the invasion of Kenma has not yet begun, they are very worried that something might go wrong.

Gu Hang is also wary of this.

His main focus now is still on the northwest of the star map.

Kenma in the southwest is not the main strategic direction of the alliance, but it has to be guarded against.

What if there really is a greenskin army that penetrates all the way from the Kenma star region, and can hit the Red Arrow Star in the Tianma star region.

Ye Licia does not need to go to Kenma, but a small force must be separated from her fleet to go there and keep an eye on the greenskin army in the direction of Black Bone Ridge.

…

After arranging the defense line in the southwest of the alliance, Gu Hang’s attention turned to the main battlefield in the northwest again.

Major General Du Shiliang has received his order and cautiously led the fleet to leave the Steel Wing Star and advance into the Temir Galaxy.

That is the east gate of the Jinguan Star Region.

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