Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 1251 - 705, Determined Path

Chapter 1251: Chapter 705, Determined Path

Galaraldo detailed to Gu Hang about the current situation in Holy Terra regarding alliance affairs, and the opinions of the various bigwigs.

Before Gu Hang’s “Alliance Plan” was delivered, the attitude was quite unified: acknowledging Gu Hang’s merits but extremely wary of Gu Hang becoming a larger, stronger new Ironclad.

The overall strategy was roughly to divide and dismember the alliance.

Don’t say that this is unfair to the meritorious, the Empire is so vast, history is so long, and countless heroic figures have emerged. Those who have achieved supreme merit, then have their desires fulfilled and end well, are few.

Those who die heroically on the battlefield and receive posthumous honors are already doing well.

Merits being ignored, sacrifices in vain, being falsely credited, wronged, sacrificed, used and discarded, interrogated as traitors… There are too many.

Gu Hang doesn’t think he will be a special exception.

Now that the war is over, the alliance, a thing that was originally an erroneous product, should also come to its end.

Moreover, it can’t be considered as completely shortchanging Gu Hang.

Although the alliance needs to be dismantled, Gu Hang’s personal situation depends on whether he understands the circumstances.

This has also been Galaraldo’s effort direction for some time now.

Preventing the alliance from being dismembered is something Galaraldo cannot manage. This matter has become an overwhelming trend, even if Galaraldo forcefully tries to block it, he would just end up being crushed in the wheels.

He can only very arduously try to delay it.

Even in delaying, in essence, he does not wish for Gu Hang to continue maintaining the alliance.

Compliantly dismember the alliance, show loyalty to the powerful figures of Holy Terra, then express some grievances, then maneuver and find a way to get into the core… In his view, this process is much better than staying in the Empire’s Eastern Frontier as a rural landlord.

He delays the disintegration of the alliance to gain more maneuvering space.

But, the “Alliance Plan” disrupted everything, directly shifting the inclinations of the various powers on Holy Terra by a significant margin.

The most drastic change was in the Imperial Taxation Department.

In a blink of an eye, there would be more than 300 billion in tax coins, ready to be obtained next year; with a prospect of 13 billion over ten years presented to them.

How enticing!

The Imperial Taxation Department’s responsibilities aren’t confined to just collecting taxes; fiscal expenditures are also within their duties.

They should be called the Finance Department, but the task of collecting taxes is too important for the Empire, overshadowing the other parts of their responsibilities.

The two things that most trouble the Taxation Department: insufficient tax collection, and money being spent too quickly.

Gu Hang’s “Alliance Plan” instantly resolved both of these issues for them.

Lots of money, so the deficit is filled;

Smooth collection, at least it is promised to be smooth, the Taxation Department only needs to go to one place to collect all the taxes from five Star Domains, so there won’t be issues of insufficient tax collection.

Thus, they became the force with the biggest and fastest attitude shift.

Of course, the Minister of Taxation is not an independent political faction, but part of Prime Minister Zebert’s group. If the Prime Minister had a clear, strict decision, no matter how much they crave Gu Hang’s money, they would have to honestly cast a negative vote.

But hasn’t Zebert remained silent?

Before that, the Minister of Taxation, Xu Fuzhen, was actively working, trying to have the Prime Minister take their side.

It’s actually a good thing.

On the other hand, the Prime Minister of the Administrative Council, Luo Fei, is a strong opposition figure.

The most important power of the Administrative Council is in the appointment of officials. Locally, the five Star Domains’ positions are all vacant, all given to Gu Hang, so they’ve lost the authority to meddle in the governance of those five Star Domains, and naturally are unhappy.

Even if the Taxation Department says more money could be given to them, or more budgets could be approved, it couldn’t convince Prime Minister Luo Fei.

Conversely, Luo Fei is even planning to use the appointments of some direct officials from the Taxation Department to pressure Xu Fuzhen’s throat.

By the way, Luo Fei is also Prime Minister Zebert’s right-hand man.

There is internal conflict within Zebert’s faction because of Gu Hang’s windfall.

Galaraldo definitely stands with Gu Hang.

The remaining High Lords haven’t yet made clear statements. Although previously, they approximately expressed opinions supporting not allowing the alliance to develop unchecked in the Eastern Border, the internal conflict within the Prime Minister’s faction makes many others less eager to voice their stance.

Simultaneously, the connections and even interest exchanges Gu Hang built during the war are playing a role at this time.

Representatives of the Interstellar Warriors, the Martian Sect, the Grand Judge of the Tribunal, the Commander of the Star Realm Army… all subtly shifted their attitudes.

Furthermore, Gu Hang is tentatively pushing something: hoping to let Su Lie replace E’er Ganglong as the representative of the Interstellar Warriors.

He discussed this matter with Su Lie earlier.

The Phoenix Legion, as a founding legion, has no political obstacles to becoming the representative of the Interstellar Warriors itself.

If he becomes the representative of the Interstellar Warriors, gaining a seat on the Supreme Council, it would greatly help in mobilizing Imperial resources and finding ways to restore his war-torn legion.

As for E’er Ganglong, who currently holds the position of Interstellar Warriors representative, and is also the Grand Master of the Death Angel Battle Group, he is a negotiable figure.

The internal ecosystem of Interstellar Warriors is somewhat different from others. Due to some historical reasons, they are not very keen on pursuing positions. Most legions qualified to take the representative role see being the representative of the Interstellar Warriors as a heavy burden. They aren’t too eager to become entangled with mortal politics.