Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 490

Chapter 489: If you can’t play the game well, you’ll die

‘ll die. Gu Hang thinks it’s natural for Ou Juren to work on the ‘Iron Fury Stone’.

This is in line with their centralized political philosophy.

At the same time, after Gu Hang came to Holy Terra, he found that working on the ‘Iron Fury Stone’ also has huge political dividends. Someone was able to rise to prominence by ‘suppressing’ the rebellion a hundred years ago, so a hundred years later, of course someone could get great merit by quelling the rebellion again.

In fact, this would not be pushed by Ou Juren, Gallardo and their group alone. Gu Hang believes that the ‘multi-party’ they mentioned is true. Behind

the scenes, the shadow of the Prime Minister of the Empire cannot be ignored. After

the death of the Lord of the Sun, the current Prime Minister, named Qi Bodu, is theoretically the highest-ranking person in the Empire. The position of Prime Minister is not only one of the thirteen high lords, but also the highest person in charge of the imperial government, and the four prime ministers all have to report to him.

Once the Iron Fury Stone is destroyed, the Silver Tribunal will either be dead if they stand on the wrong side, or be severely damaged

even if they stand on the right side. Ou Juren can take back many of the powers of the Ministry of Justice that overlap with the Tribunal in multiple universes throughout the East. At the same time, Norberto, the Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, who rose to prominence in the Bauhinia Rebellion, will also be liquidated, and his entire faction may be uprooted.

The large number of vacant positions are the spoils that the factions involved can compete for. Among them, the most dazzling one is the position of Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, and Gallardo is salivating over it.

Everyone has a bright future, and they only need the Iron Fury Stone, the Silver Tribunal and Norberto to “contribute” themselves.

But their ending is also their own fault. The expansion and domineering of the Iron Fury Stone is really outrageous.

In this matter, Gu Hang is the vanguard, a knife in the hands of the “big guys” who are playing the game behind.

The huge benefits were taken away by them, but it was himself who was desperate?

Gu Hang didn’t feel too unbalanced.

First of all, he would not be, nor would he be, the first line against the Iron Armored Legion.

Fighting the Fury Flame and the Iron Armored Legion are two different things.

Entering the Imperial Lady Star Region, which is run like an iron barrel, to face the possible tens of thousands of Space Marines and billions of auxiliary troops that are specially equipped to cooperate with the Space Marines?

Gu Hang would definitely not do it.

According to intelligence from all sides, the Iron Armored Legion’s auxiliary troops may be even stronger than the Imperial Star Army. In terms of the navy, the light side has 18 battleships and 3 Zhuge-class space carriers, which are extremely powerful.

The current Alliance, what to fight?

However, fighting the “Iron Fury Stone” is not going to be done right now. The bigwigs of Holy Terra still need time to unify their thoughts, and they also need to eradicate the umbrella of the Iron Fury Stone, and they also need to mobilize forces to prepare for war.

Perhaps the Alliance’s army will be one of the participants at that time, but it should not be the main force, and Gu Hang is not willing to be the main force.

It will cost more money.

However, the first to open fire should be the Alliance.

In the secret meeting, after Gu Hang said “I have no choice but to do it”, Ou Juren and Gallardo had already made it clear that before taking action against the Iron Fury Stone, they had to first eradicate the Fury Flame. It

just so happened that their main force, at least the main force on the surface, was in the Dragon Eagle Star Region. It just so happened that

they were fighting against the Alliance.

It just so happened that they had the ready-made charges of “manipulating the star region government” and “fabricating evidence to slander the loyal ministers of the empire”.

To kill the Fury Flame, it was indeed a duty for Gu Hang, and he would do it even

if he was not paid. What’s more, he was paid.

Other things could be ignored. The Alliance was formalized and recognized by a higher level, and it was no longer a temporary regime that Gallardo had created before. This legitimacy immediately rose.

At least, no one could cause trouble for him in this regard in the future – unless the central government of the empire issued a decree to terminate his position.

If this situation really happened, it would either be that Gu Hang had a falling out with the political faction of Ou Juren and Gallardo, or that this political faction was overthrown by someone.

At present, it should not be the case.

At this point, Gu Hang’s goal of coming to Holy Terra this time has almost been achieved.

The remaining thing is to wait for the marshal’s inauguration ceremony in a while.

After that, he can return home with his marshal’s scepter and beat up Nuyan.

…

The marshal’s inauguration ceremony is grand and prepared very quickly.

The main reason is that, although the empire’s marshals are few, there are actually quite a few of them. In each universe, including the navy and the star army, there are at least two or three, and at most five or six. There may be more in some key areas. There are still three to five hundred marshals in the entire empire.

Don’t look at it as a lot, this is corresponding to the empire’s infinite territory, infinite population, and infinite army. In terms of proportion, it is quite rare.

At least, the status of a single marshal is no worse than that of a senior member of the four major ministries of the empire.

And most of these marshals have military merits, so a special and grand inauguration ceremony is justified.

The grand ceremony was prepared quickly, because there was a special team in Holy Terra to take charge of this work. There is a special magnificent building in the Terra Palace: the ‘Star General’, which was built for this purpose.

All matters have been prepared long ago, and even if they are needed, they can be taken out immediately and arranged quickly.

Today, Gu Hang has put on a full set of marshal’s uniform. The bright red gorgeous and serious military dress, matched with black boots and white pants, many medals on the chest, the ceremonial belt across the torso, the golden tassels and ribbons, embellishing the clothes with great complexity.

Gu Hang has already adapted to similar clothes.

As the highest authority in the alliance, he must wear this kind of clothes when attending many formal occasions.

Whether he likes it or not.

Sitting in the floating car heading to the ‘Star General’, the speed is not fast, and it will take a while to arrive.

Gu Hang began to think about the process of becoming a marshal.

Although he got the guarantee from Ou Juren, in fact, this matter had some twists and turns in the past few days.

According to Gallardo, his superior, the Prime Minister of Military Affairs, Mr. Norberto, strongly opposed this matter with a very fierce attitude.

Norberto gave Gu Hang the title of Imperial Marshal because he had little experience, had never truly led a proper Star Army, had never fought for the Star Army, was just a local power, and even the legitimacy of the warlord was questionable. It was simply a joke!

Even someone like Gu Hang can be given the title of Marshal of the Star Army. So what do those veterans in the Star Army who have been at the level of general for who knows how many years and have fought countless battles across the entire empire think?

In a way, what he said makes sense.

Compared with most of the generals of the Star Army, who have fought in battles in the south and the north and led the army for countless years, they only get the rank of general or general. The war that Gu Hang participated in was limited to one star field and one war. Although his contribution was very great, was he really worthy of the rank of Marshal of the Star Army?

That was definitely not enough.

If Gu Hang was really a simple general of the Star Army, his achievements would at most allow him to be promoted from general to general, and no more. If he was a general, he would be given an honorary rank at most.

Now, Gu Hang’s rank will be directly promoted from lieutenant general to marshal.

Gu Hang did not deny this.

But of course he deserves it.

His marshal rank, military exploits are only a small part of it, and more importantly, the strength he possesses.

This is different from the generals of the Star Army, whose power comes from the Empire. The central government of the Empire, such as the Ministry of Military Affairs or the Central Headquarters of the Star Army, thinks that you are not suitable and removes you, and then there is no power left. But Gu Hang is different. Because he has actual power, he can command billions of allied troops that have reached the level of the Star Army, as well as tens of billions of defense forces. After that, the Empire needs to recognize him as a marshal.

The nature of the two is completely different. If the Empire removes Gu Hang’s position as marshal one day, it will not have any impact on Gu Hang’s command of the army under his command.

So Gu Hang will not feel guilty about it.

Doesn’t the Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs understand this truth?

Yes, he understands it too well.

But because of this, he must oppose it.

If you have the “reality” and then give the “name”, then you are going to go to heaven?

Or you are still a hostile element.

Of course, he will oppose it to death.

And the title of marshal cannot be avoided by the Prime Minister of Military Affairs.

This matter has even been brought to the Supreme Council.

In the Supreme Council, according to Gallardo, after a fierce debate, everyone finally approved Gu Hang’s promotion to marshal with six votes in favor, four abstentions, and three votes against.

It is quite rare for the title of marshal to be voted on in the Supreme Council.

Gu Hang carefully asked about the composition of the thirteen votes. Those

who voted in favor were: the Prime Minister of the Empire, the Prime Minister of the Ministry of Justice, the Prime Minister of the Ministry of Taxation, the representative of the State Religion, the Supreme Marshal of the Imperial Navy, and the representative of the Space Marines.

The four who abstained were: the Prime Minister of the Executive Yuan, the Supreme Grand Inquisitor of the Tribunal, the Martian representative of the Mechanicus, and the representative of the Chairman of the Provence Space Domain.

The three who voted against it were: the Prime Minister of the Military Affairs Department, the Supreme Marshal of the Imperial Guard, and the representative of the Chairman of the Star Devouring Universe in the Northern Frontier.

From these compositions, Gu Hang could roughly get a glimpse of the attitudes of the major forces in the central empire towards dealing with the “Iron Rage Stone” issue.

Speaking of this, we have to mention the source of these seats in the Supreme Council.

There are indeed only thirteen seats in the Supreme Council, but in fact there are about twenty types of seats. Some seats are fixed. Although there is no clear regulation, they are available in every term, such as the Prime Minister of the Empire, the representative of Mars, the representative of the State Church, the representative of the Tribunal, etc.

However, such seats are relatively rare. Most of them are like the representative of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce, the four prime ministers of the government, the representative of the Space Marines, and the representative of the Psychic Order. Sometimes there are seats, sometimes not.

Whether it is a fixed seat or a non-fixed seat, if you can occupy a seat in the thirteen seats, it must be because of its strong enough strength. It is because of strength and influence that you can get a seat.

For fixed seats, it must be that these forces are strong enough and have always been strong; the changes in non-fixed seats may show the changes in the influence of certain forces.

Those who voted in favor may not necessarily have good intentions towards him, or even dislike Gu Hang’s behavior of grabbing military ranks beyond the standard. However, they must be going to work on the “Iron Fury Stone” next, or they must want to share the benefits in this matter, and have reached a certain tacit understanding of interests with the political factions of Ou Juren, Tang Mili, and Gallardo.

The Space Marine representative is generally a captain elected by each major regiment when the Space Marines have a seat. The current one is the captain of the Death Angels, Jerry Earl Steelron. His regiment was reorganized from the First Legion in the past Legion period and is a founding regiment.

It is hard to say how much political benefit the Space Marines can get from this matter, but it is definitely their political will to eliminate the guy like Iron Armor who seriously affects the reputation of the Space Marines and openly violates the provisions of the Space Marine Code.

The Space Marines have always been a very delicate role in the center of the human empire. Their existence makes people love and fear. They are superhumans created with the Emperor’s genes as a template. When the Empire was founded, they were led by the Emperor’s adopted sons and established this huge country in the form of a legion. But after the Emperor ascended, they also tore and almost destroyed the Empire because of a great rebellion and mutual opposition.

Since then, the Space Marines have been subject to various restrictions in the “Space Marine Codex” and have almost withdrawn from the central power field of the Empire.

Of course, the major war groups will hate something like Iron Armor that ruins the pot and ruins the overall situation.

The Prime Minister of the Taxation Department and the State Religion are similar. The taxes of the several star regions occupied by Iron Armor are made up and paid according to my mood. Why shouldn’t I go after you? You don’t let me preach, and you have a big conflict with my church, and even drove away the clergy. Up to now, the churches in the Princess Star Region are all wrong and are still being demolished. Their attitude towards the State Religion is far worse than that of the Alliance.

The other votes of approval are basically to gain benefits from this matter, such as the Prime Minister of the Empire, Qi Bodu, the Ministry of Justice, Ou Juren, and the Imperial Navy.

Those who abstained from voting probably had nothing to do with this matter, such as the President of the Provence Domain.

In addition to the Supreme Council, there is another parliament with a strong presence within the Empire, that is, the Presidium Council. The entire membership is composed of more than 50 domain chairmen of the Empire, representing the largest collection of local forces. They will elect some members to become one of the high lords. The specific number of seats depends on the situation at the time. There are two in this session.

Of course, like the Space Marines, these domain chairmen or chapter leaders cannot personally perform the duties of high lords in Holy Terra, and they will send people to represent them.

The Provence Domain is in the western border of the Empire and has nothing to do with the eastern border of the Empire, so it abstained directly.

The representatives of Mars and the Executive Yuan are similar.

The Tribunal had to say that it was true that the Silver Tribunal stood on the side of the Iron Fury Stone, but the Tribunal was a scattered organization. For example, the Heretic Tribunal was very dissatisfied with the behavior of the Iron Armored Corps; and the Internal Affairs Tribunal, a faction that specifically supervised the Inquisitors, was also investigating the many cross-border behaviors of the Silver Tribunal, secretly trying to make a big news.

The chaotic and loose internal structure made it impossible for the Supreme Judge to clearly state his position.

Of the three opposing parties, Norberto naturally needed no further explanation. He was the big fish to be eaten, and he must resist.

The Supreme Marshal of the Astra Militarum would not stand on the side of the Iron Fury Stone. He just needed this vote of opposition to express his position to the countless marshals and generals under his command. Otherwise, it would be bad if Gu Hang, who had never been in the Astra Militarum system, became the Marshal of the Astra Militarum without even saying a word.

However, Gallardo also told Gu Hang that this was just a statement of attitude, and in fact, there had been private communication. The Supreme Marshal would not really stop them.

The attitude of the chairman of the Star Devouring Universe was interesting. They were not far from the Spider Web Universe and had some relationship with the Iron Fury Stone, but were they so close that they supported the Iron Fury Stone?

Gu Hang analyzed that they probably did not want to fight a big war.

If a war broke out, the Star Devouring Universe might be part of the front line, and a large amount of resources would have to be requisitioned from the local area. If the Iron Armored Corps took the initiative, the main force of the empire might not have assembled yet, and the Star Devouring Universe might suffer.

But his attitude was irrelevant.

Three votes against could not stop the overall situation.

Gu Hang’s formal procedures for becoming the marshal of the empire were also completed, and it was quite hard: the thirteen-member high lord council voted to approve it!

In the entire huge empire, how many things could be voted on in this council?

Very few! And each one was a big deal!

Ordinary marshals did not have this treatment. The Ministry of Military Affairs, the Navy or the Star Army approved it.

And the marshal Gu Hang also had an embarrassing point.

The only two departments that are supposed to be the most relevant, the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Supreme Marshal of the Star Army, are against his promotion.

However, Gallardo also conveyed a situation that the Supreme Marshal of the Star Army will be present at the ceremony to award the title in person.

After expressing his position, he has already explained to the people below: This is the decision of the highest authority in the empire, and I can’t do anything about it.

Then he can happily deal with Gu Hang, the upstart.

Gu Hang fully understands this.

Norberto, who was supposed to attend, will definitely not come. As for the two deputy prime ministers, Wang Suan, the former chairman of the Eastern Universe and deputy prime minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, has retired. It is said that he is seriously ill and may only have one or two years left to live; the other deputy prime minister is Norberto’s confidant and will not come. But Gallardo will come, and the identity of the executive minister is barely enough.

…

While thinking, the tall star platform has appeared in front of him.

It will arrive at the scene soon.

Finally, with the help of the waiter in the same car, Gu Hang tidied up his instrument to make sure there was no problem at all.

However, at this moment, Gu Hang’s heart tightened and he suddenly felt a palpitation.

He felt a huge danger, and his spirit was frantically warning him.

He instinctively wanted to open the psychic shield, but the black stone bracelet on his wrist suppressed his psychic power.

But he did not hesitate at all.

Although the consequences would be a bit troublesome, he still called to tear open the subspace rift a little.

Of course, he chose to believe his spiritual warning. No matter how serious the consequences were, they would not be more serious than his own death.

It was very difficult to tear open the subspace rift. The Terra Palace was obviously a place that seriously rejected the power of the subspace, and Gu Hang’s psychic power was also suppressed by the black stone bracelet.

But just a little bit of the subspace rift was enough to give him a certain enhancement, making his psychic strength, which was already close to the threshold, exceed the limit of the black stone bracelet.

The black stone bracelet broke, and the psychic shield appeared on Gu Hang’s body.

The next moment, the car window broke, and a bullet shot at Gu Hang’s head.

This bullet was captured by his psychic power and stopped less than three centimeters away from his temple.

He used his psychic power to gently move the bullet in front of his eyes.

This was a bullet about the length of a palm and the thickness of a thumb. The warhead was some kind of copper-green metal, and the tail was a complex mechanical device that supported a transparent tube with some green liquid inside.

Gu Hang had no doubt that if this bullet hit him, he would definitely die.

In fact, this sniper bullet that came from nowhere put him under tremendous pressure.

This was by no means an ordinary sniper. After breaking free from the Black Stone Bracelet, with the power of the subspace, his psychic strength suddenly reached the Alpha level. Conventional sniper rifles simply could not break through his protective measures.

A term flashed through Gu Hang’s mind:

the Assassin’s Court.

This is a mysterious organization within the empire, and as the name suggests, it specializes in assassinations. Most of their assassination targets are some disloyal elements within the empire; a few times they will assassinate aliens or leaders of chaos.

They act mysteriously, and anyone within the empire, including the high lords of Terra, may die suddenly on the spot at any time, with different causes of death. Whenever these things happen, it is probably the people from the Assassin’s Court who come out to do the work.

The assassins in the Assassin’s Court all have special skills and have undergone a lot of biological enhancement transformation. In addition, because the Assassin’s Court has a special license to “use any means or tools to complete the task”, they always have various black technologies or alien equipment in their hands.

This bullet, and the gun that fired it, is very likely one of them. It has a strong penetrating effect on psychic protection and physical armor, and contains a deadly poison.

If Gu Hang’s psychic power was weaker and did not reach the Alpha level; if he had hesitated just now because he was worried that tearing open the subspace to reveal his power would cause uncontrollable consequences; if he had doubted his spiritual warning a little… He would be a dead man now.

However, the crisis is not over yet.

The driver of the hovercraft stopped the car in panic and tried to land; the same was true for several cars accompanying it.

But Gu Hang, who was completely unsealed, could sense multiple strong auras on the ground through his psychic power. And another bullet was shot from a distance.

This time the bullet was not highly toxic, but a high-explosive bomb.

The bullet directly caused a violent explosion, blowing the armored hovercraft that Gu Hang was riding into pieces.

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6K!

I still owe 68k.

It’s too late…

(End of this chapter)