Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 286

286. Chapter 285: Not very loyal advice

Now, Gu Hang really had a headache.

It turned out that there was such a pit waiting for him on the Phoenix.

The most likely situation for the Phoenix’s gene seed problem was that when the regiment was first established, although most of the gene seeds were from the Phoenix Legion, some of the Blood Angels’ seeds were mixed in for some unknown reason.

Or when the regiment received support and gene seeds were replenished, a batch of seeds came from the Blood Angels.

In some tragic, large-scale wars, it is indeed possible that such things happened due to management errors – if there is no conspiracy and no one did it deliberately.

And if the so-called conspiracy theory is also taken into consideration… it would be too complicated.

It is not impossible, but there are too many possibilities, and the truth of history has long been submerged in the long years. It is not clear now, and there is no ability to explore it.

It can only be left alone for now.

According to Martins, the Phoenix was not very worried about the inspection of the Imperial Government and the Martian Order before the Expedition of Atonement. On the one hand, they have plenty of gene seeds, and they can find the part that looks most like the Phoenix Legion for inspection. On the other hand, they are strong and have considerable political influence, and they also have the mother group to help cover up.

But now all these advantages are gone.

The gene seeds that Gu Xing exchanged are all standard Phoenix seeds, and there is no situation that is more similar to the Phoenix.

The Phoenix itself is no longer strong, and it is good that it has not been destroyed. At the same time, because of the big mistake they made in the past, they have long been cut off from the mother group, and there has been no contact for more than a hundred years.

Although they can try to re-establish this connection, after more than a hundred years, no one can say whether the Phoenix will still care about the Phoenix, a suspected “bastard, hybrid” sub-group.

As for the Blood Angels, who may be the source of another part of the Phoenix’s genes… They were not even willing to do a genetic test to see whose sub-group the Phoenix is, let alone now.

These founding chapters are all unique, and because they have a brilliant record in their inheritance for thousands of years, they have extraordinary influence on many political entities of the empire, and with many close sub-companions around them, almost every one of them is an independent political force in the empire. And because they have strong military power and military influence, almost no one dares to provoke them.

The Phoenix is no longer the second-generation chapter that was still strong in the past, and there is no such thing as not wanting to offend them.

The Phoenix has also experienced the Expedition of Atonement, fought many dangerous enemies, and visited many heavily polluted places… In this case, after the gene seed tax is paid, will the Empire judge that there is something wrong with the Phoenix seeds, and thus launch a major investigation against the Phoenix and the Wrathful Owl Star that accommodates the Phoenix? No one can say for sure.

When it comes to matters involving a Space Marine chapter, Gu Hang, who is barely a newly prosperous planetary governor, really has no way to influence it. This is by no means as simple as a political struggle within a star region.

But soon, Gu Hang stopped worrying about this matter, and on the contrary comforted Martins:

“There will always be a way out when you reach the mountain, don’t worry. The collection of the Chapter Gene Tax has nothing to do with the Imperial Taxation Department. It is the Chapter Management Bureau jointly established by the Martian Order and the Imperial Government. It has only been a short time since the Phoenix ended the expedition. How can they know where you are so quickly and how much tax to collect. It’s not that I look down on the management ability of the Empire, but they… just do a mess in the management efficiency of these details. I don’t know when trouble will come.”

After hearing Gu Hang’s comfort, Martins not only did not feel relieved, but the bitter smile on his face became more obvious.

Tax evasion… This is not popular in the Empire.

Of course, the Space Marine Chapter is easier to operate than the Planetary Governor, especially those so-called ship-based Chapters that have no home planet or recruiting planets. Maybe in an expedition, they don’t know where they are, and they can’t pay taxes for a while, and the Empire can’t find the people in the Chapter. It is normal.

Phoenix now says it has pledged its allegiance to Governor Gu, but this is just an agreed relationship between the two parties. Governor Gu can provide gene seeds, and all new blood in the war group will take Governor Gu as the first target of loyalty, forming a strong binding relationship. But in the official records of the empire, there is no such thing. Theoretically speaking, if you look for Phoenix, you can’t find Gu Hang.

But… that being said, it’s not impossible to do it, but Martins just feels that it’s a little… not very loyal.

Gu Hang continued, “If it really doesn’t work, just hand in the seeds. If you want to cause trouble, just do it. It’s not that there is no explanation. Let them compare the seeds they hand in now with the seeds they handed in during the heyday of the Phoenix a hundred years ago. Can they still say that white is black?”

Martins still didn’t feel at ease.

White is black?

Of course they can.

If it really comes to that, they will be too helpless.

Martins turned to consider the Governor’s previous proposal that was a bit disloyal.

…

Gu Hang only had a headache for a short while about the trouble with the Phoenix, and then he didn’t worry about it anymore.

It doesn’t make much sense to think too much about things that cannot be changed and will happen in the future.

Gu Hang, who is gradually strengthening his strength, is not made of clay.

He will never be like some planetary governors who are not strong enough or lack strength. The Empire will not send a few agents from the Ministry of Justice and judges from the Tribunal to come and sentence him and then kill him.

Level 7, and a psychic with a bonus from the Kingdom of God, are you kidding?

What’s more, the alliance system that Gu Hang built from scratch is loyal to him personally. It is also unrealistic to want to subvert the political situation.

These secret methods are the favorites of the Imperial Ministry of Justice, the Inquisition and other places. They usually do things first, make them fait accompli, and then declare the governor a traitor. Anyway, the person is dead, the coffin lid is nailed shut, and there is no way to refute it.

But once these “high-efficiency” methods fail, it becomes very troublesome to deal with a planetary governor, especially if the governor pays taxes normally.

Taking the normal administrative route, it is necessary to provide evidence, require multiple departments to review, and then declare the planetary governor to be a traitor to the empire, and then mobilize the corresponding imperial troops to suppress it. The corresponding verdict must also convince the action troops to accept… The process will be very long and troublesome, and it will fully reflect the slow, rigid and corrupt part of the imperial system.

If it weren’t for this slowness, rigidity, and decay, which was almost irreversible, how could organizations like the Ministry of Justice and the Inquisition turn assassination and subversion into the most commonly used routine operations?

That’s because doing so won’t get the job done.

And Gu Hang’s “resistance” to this aspect is already extremely high.

His focus was put back on the war at hand.

The Phoenix’s special operations behind enemy lines were a complete victory.

Although two people were seriously injured and three pairs of tactical power armor were damaged and would take several months to repair, the intercontinental missile base of Blackbird Heavy Industry was also completely gone.

(End of this chapter)