Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 489

Chapter 488, It’s time for him to step down

. Gu Hang was a little surprised by Ou Juren’s arrival.

From the previous dinner, Gu Hang could see that after Gallardo came to the heart of the empire, he made a big scene and formed or joined a powerful political faction. Otherwise, his own promotion would not have been so fast.

However, now that he found out that the leader of this faction was Ou Juren, it was beyond his initial expectation.

It was really powerful to be able to pull in a top official like Ou Juren.

In the propaganda and policy making of the imperial government in various places, Gu Hang roughly understood that Ou Juren was an upright and impartial person. The position of the Prime Minister of the Ministry of Justice also means very high authority.

Among the four major institutions in the empire that can directly lead to the chairmanship of the Supreme Council, the work of the Ministry of Justice is mainly to ensure the stability of the security of various planets in the boundless territory of the empire and the law-abidingness of the inhabited worlds, similar to the Supreme Police Department.

The Ministry of Justice will also serve as a representative of the Terra Supreme Council to adjudicate conflicts between regional chief executives and ensure their loyalty.

The Chancellor of the Ministry of Justice, as a high lord with direct access to the Imperial Senate, is responsible for staying in the Grand Court of the Ministry of Justice on Terra and planning the overall law enforcement policy.

In fact, not all Imperial law enforcers are subordinate to the Ministry of Justice. The relationship between the Ministry of Justice and the local law enforcement agencies of each planet is similar to a cooperative relationship, rather than a superior-subordinate relationship. Only in the two levels of government, the Star Domain and the Space Domain, will the Ministry of Justice’s agencies and corresponding v*olence agencies be directly arranged, and at the star district level, the Ministry of Justice liaison officers and offices will be arranged.

If the case only involves violating the laws of the local planet, it will be handed over to the local police, that is, the planetary government and the planetary governor. Only cases involving interstellar crimes or violations of Imperial laws will be reported to the Ministry of Justice’s liaison officer in the local star district. The job of this liaison officer is generally to supervise the work of local law enforcement departments. When serious interstellar crimes occur, the liaison officer will first assess the situation and mobilize the police force of the Star Domain or higher level Ministry of Justice to deal with it.

Generally, the regional law enforcement departments of the Empire do not want to see the Ministry of Justice intervene in the investigation, because it often means that either they have messed up or they have gotten into big trouble. If things go wrong, the Arbites will clean up the local police station while cleaning up the criminals; if it’s a big deal, it’s also a disaster. What’s

more terrible is that the Arbites may report the case to the Inquisition, and the Inquisitors usually let the law enforcers go before the criminals.

However, like Holy Terra, and some other important planets of the Empire, the Arbites will actually be in charge of their public security work to ensure that the rulers of the planets in their jurisdiction abide by the Imperial laws and supervise the local law enforcers to maintain order. If a riot occurs on the planet, the Arbites can issue a martial law order and send out police to control the situation until the situation calms down or the Imperial Guard takes over. The Arbites have law enforcement power over most people in the Empire. Except for Space Marines, Inquisitors and Navigator families, they can arrest, interrogate and execute almost anyone in their jurisdiction.

The core of the Arbites’s authority is: tax arrears and heresy.

Other matters such as smuggling, organized crime, subversion and treason can be handled by local governments.

Only these two are the things that the Ministry of Justice cannot allow.

But there are many things to say about these two.

Tax arrears are not a big deal, this is the “core business” of the Ministry of Justice. When the Taxation Department fails to collect taxes according to the standard, whether it is the execution of the planetary governor or the use of v*olence to ensure the tax results, it is the Ministry of Justice. They will have their own violent agencies. The elite police officers of the Ministry of Justice have weapons such as laser guns and bolt guns, storm shields, and power weapons. They have riot control armored vehicles, police tanks, police fighters, and special legal cruisers in space.

To be honest, the armed police officers of the Ministry of Justice, except for the relatively small number and the lack of artillery support due to the special nature of their work and tasks, can fight better than ordinary Star Army, especially in small-scale conflicts.

Not to mention the local defense forces.

What’s more, the Ministry of Justice generally does not get to the point of fighting, but is more inclined to policing, suppression, and planetary security.

If the police force of the Ministry of Justice cannot handle the case, they can of course ask for help, usually from the Astra Militarum or the Imperial Navy.

However, dealing with heretics is a bit embarrassing.

Heresy is a typical “pocket crime” that can be pinned on almost anyone in any way. On the surface, the only crimes that will be seriously investigated are heresy and tax arrears. In fact, heresy alone can be used for almost everything, and whether to catch them depends entirely on the mood of the Ministry of Justice.

It seems to have such great power, but in fact it is not.

As one of the most important tasks of the Ministry of Justice, investigating heresy is much more difficult than imagined. Not to mention those small things that are too lazy to deal with, a large proportion of the big things that are really worth the Ministry of Justice’s attention will go wrong. The entire case investigation process can easily change from a suspenseful police and gangster film to a horror film involving chaos cults, green-skinned killers, and some terrifying alien creatures.

However, this part of the function has been diverted to a large extent by various other institutions in the empire. The Inquisition is also professional in this regard. When the situation becomes serious and a war is needed, the regular military forces such as the Astra Militarum and the Navy will come, and the Space Marines will also come when necessary. When the Mechanicus and the Ecclesiarchy encounter similar things, they will also send forces to intervene…

Everyone can make decisions on this biggest function of the Ministry of Justice, and even do it better than the Ministry of Justice. Who can they complain to?

But in fact, this whole process is not very conflicting. In fact, a large number of cult activities, whether they are Chaos or Alien behavior, will not alarm the Space Marines and the Inquisition before they become a trend. At this time, the Ministry of Justice will handle it. If the Ministry of Justice cannot handle it, it means that the situation has become serious. At this time, the Ministry of Justice is often the last line of defense in the area. It needs to work hard to fight back and maintain the situation as much as possible, waiting for the support of the Space Marines or the Inquisition.

Doing the most and most trivial work, if something really happens, it will become a background board and a footnote to others’ success… From this perspective, the Ministry of Justice is still a bit miserable.

As an ambitious prime minister of the Ministry of Justice who wants to do something, it seems that he will not easily tolerate such things to continue for a long time.

At least, that’s how Gu Hang felt at the meeting.

This group headed by the prime minister of the Ministry of Justice and high lord Ou Juren is undoubtedly a powerful political faction in the central government of the empire. Ou Juren himself, as one of the people standing at the top of the empire’s power, is already very strong. What’s more, there is also a deputy prime minister of the Ministry of Taxation and Gallardo, the executive minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs. The remaining dozen people are at least senior committee members.

When they combine together, they can exert their strength from various institutions of the central government and act towards their common governing goals and interests.

As a political faction, the guys headed by Ou Juren have a core idea, which Gu Hang can see: to take back power and centralize the government.

This centralization is not reflected in the central and local governments, but is revealed between the government and various other messy political organizations in the empire.

Can’t our Ministry of Justice do the work of the Inquisitor? If we have enough resources, we can do it too!

Does the Ministry of Taxation have to allocate so much money to the Inquisition and the Space Marines? The same goes for the Astra Militarum and the Navy Fleet, which have quite independent war decisions.

Can the Ministry of Military Affairs gather the military forces of various imperial forces as much as possible and bring them under the unified command of the imperial center?

Can the Ministry of Political Affairs implement the appointment of personnel and the formulation of development strategies in every place?

These are the general directions that Gu Hang heard.

Of course, it is impossible to realize them. Not to mention that there are other political factions in the central government of the empire, with various different political ideas and demands, even if these masters of the central government of the empire all unite and think in the same direction, it is extremely difficult to deal with the objects they want to concentrate power, such as the forge worlds, the war groups, and even the local power factions like Gu Hang.

They will not be so naive. Some of the specific strategies discussed are all detailed rules, and they hope to be promoted in the next period of time.

For example, the police armed forces of the Ministry of Justice should get more budget.

And although Gu Hang is a local power overall, he is actually the one they want to win over.

You have joined us and are one of us, so your ‘local power’ is equal to our power, which is equal to the power of the central government.

After talking about several budgets and several important official positions, their topic turned to Gu Hang.

“Gu Hang, you came in person this time, and your attitude is in place. With our full support, you will be awarded the rank of marshal in the next awarding ceremony, and the rear admiral you recommended will be directly awarded the rank of admiral. It should not be a problem. The corresponding military expansion plan and funding, as well as the tax deduction funding plan, should also be able to pass smoothly under our full promotion.”

Ou Juren said this to Gu Hang, and Gu Hang expressed his gratitude.

“No need for so much courtesy, since you have joined us, then we are friends. Friends should help each other. We will certainly help you get what you deserve through your outstanding performance in the Iron Teeth War. Not only that, we will also help your alliance to resolve the threats brought by the Silver Tribunal and the ‘Iron Fury Stone’.”

When he said this, Gu Hang became serious.

Marshal Angry Bear and Admiral Pegasus, as well as the supporting benefits, are the “bottom line” for his visit to Holy Terra this time; the things mentioned now are the core of his concern.

At the beginning, when Gallardo told him that he would solve these problems for him, he was a little skeptical.

But now, he has roughly understood.

This is not a “you are one of us, so I will help you”, but a n*ked exchange of interests.

“‘Iron Fury Stone’ is undoubtedly a cancer within the empire, and they are becoming stronger and stronger under the connivance of some people.” Ou Juren first determined this, “This situation, it’s time to end it.”

“Norberto, hehe…”

Ou Juren read a name, and then sneered.

Gu Hang knew who this Norberto was.

He was the Prime Minister of the Imperial Military Affairs Department, and he could be regarded as Gallardo’s immediate superior.

This person has made many achievements, but the way he got started was to “quell” the Bauhinia Rebellion with his mouth a hundred years ago. He persuaded the Iron Armored Corps to stop expanding their operations, and also brought the Silver Tribunal into the group, taking care of the three Corps: Bauhinia, Starbreaker, and Phoenix.

“Norbetto made a big mistake a hundred years ago, and the bigger mistake was that in the past hundred years, not only was he not punished for it, but he rose to prominence, step by step, and even reached the position of Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs. After he was in a high position, he did not have any way to solve the problems he left behind, but instead let the situation get worse.” “

All parties in the empire are very afraid of the ‘Iron Fury Stone’. Now, it’s time to deal with them.”

“Gu Hang, you will have to bear a lot next.”

Everyone’s eyes turned to Gu Hang.

The price has come.

Ou Juren will help him solve the problems brought by the Silver Tribunal and the Fury Corps, at least from the level of legitimacy.

With this guarantee, Gu Hang no longer needs to worry that he will be declared a traitor by the Silver Tribunal, and the alliance will not become an illegal organization.

If the Silver Tribunal really did this, they would have missed their last chance, and would definitely be counted on the side of the Iron Fury Stone by the various forces that Ou Juren said were going to deal with the Iron Fury Stone.

That would be a disaster for the Silver Tribunal.

This is a good opportunity to cut off, and the Silver faction will not miss it.

Even if they didn’t catch it, the Empire would probably deny the Silver Tribunal’s judgment at the first opportunity. In short, Gu Hang doesn’t have to worry.

At the same time, Gu Hang could also hear the implication in their words, that is, the “Alliance”, a multi-star political entity that Gallardo had created with his own power, is now considered “regularized”. The Ministry of Justice should give him another document later to give the Alliance another layer of protection for its legal status.

And the price of all this is that Gu Hang will be pushed to the front line against the “Iron Fury Stone”.

Will Gu Hang accept it?

Of course!

He was already on the front line.

Does he still have a chance to stand on the other side?

If he can’t get out and is already in the vortex, Gu Hang would be stupid to stand on the side of the Iron Fury Stone!

Let’s not talk about the past grudges, just consider who is most likely to be the final winner, it won’t be the Iron Fury Stone.

They have been arrogant for many years, and the Empire is afraid to use force; but when the Empire is really determined to solve this cancer, Gu Hang doesn’t believe that the winner will be the Iron Armored Corps that has made countless enemies.

Gu Hang

nodded and said, “I have no choice but to do it!” Gallardo clapped his hands suddenly and said excitedly, “If it weren’t for that old guy Norberto, the position of vice prime minister would have been mine if the king had stepped down! Since he is blocking the way and is so ignorant, it’s time for him to step down!”

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Failed to add more chapters… It’s too late to write here, and it will be dawn if I write more.

I must start writing early tomorrow!

(End of this chapter)