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Chapter 418, the whole army attacks!

Compared with the Seven Horse Agreement, the matter of collecting imperial taxes is much more sensitive!

In fact, the authority of governments at all levels of the empire was rooted in imperial taxes.

Why is it said that the planetary governor is the earth emperor and the absolute master of the planet?

That's because as long as enough imperial taxes are paid, the planetary governor can theoretically do whatever he wants on the planet and has supreme power.

Of course, in fact, due to differences in planet strength and importance, planetary governors will always be subject to various supervisions and assignments. This is another story.

But among all levels of government, the sector government actually has the least power. The core of their authority is based on the determination of imperial taxes, population, and planetary development. They cannot collect taxes. In theory, the income needed for office needs to be allocated by superiors. In fact, it is borne by the local planet and deducted from taxes.

This also means that if the sector leader uses more methods and does not get the support of most planetary governors, his authority will be infinitely reduced.

But the Star Territory Government is completely different. They are powerful local governments. The reason is that a complete imperial administrative system has been built on the star domain government. Under the star domain government, the four major agencies, the Ministry of Government Affairs, the Department of Taxation, the Ministry of Legal Affairs, and the Ministry of Military Affairs, are all present in the star domain. Usually, a unified Astra Militarum command center and naval command center will be established in the star domain.

Although, the four major government agencies actually have to obey the direct orders of higher-level agencies, such as the four major agencies of the Space Domain; the Star Militia Army and the Navy are not theoretically under the control of local governments, but have their own command and deployment systems. However, this complete structure, coupled with responsibility for taxation across the entire sector, makes them powerful.

Often the Star Territory Government can keep 30% of the taxes they collect, and the rest has to be handed over to the Eternal Territory Government; of which 20% will be retained by the Eternal Territory Government.

This also means that the Eternal Territory Government, which also has complete government institutions, can retain tax revenue, and can directly decide the personnel rights of its subordinate agencies, the Star Territory Government, is a more powerful institution.

Of course, these are not as good as the imperial center which takes 50% of the tax revenue.

Her eyes almost immediately looked towards Xu Dechen.

Lois stopped talking.

The first person to jump out and object was, unexpectedly but not unexpectedly, the Chief of State Affairs, Neil Lois, who single-handedly 'promoted' Gu Hang and had always been considered a supporter of Gu Hang.

What does this Chief Legal Officer want to do?

Lois was still about to speak, but Xu Dechen, the chief legal officer, suddenly spoke: "I support Gu Hang's proposal. In this special period, we need special means. The alliance's influence and ability in the eastern part of the star field are now The only choice. Everything he said makes sense, and I also believe in Governor Gu's loyalty."

"Director Lois, I don't understand what you mean by 'challenging the law and order of the empire'. However, please look at our current situation. The green-skinned orcs of the Irontooth clan have ravaged the entire star field, and I don't Who will collect this tax? Leave it to the green-skinned aliens? Do you hope that the bullets that were supposed to be fired at the aliens will be snatched away by those green-skinned people and turned into bullets fired at the empire? The plan I proposed , is to maximize the concentration of resources to win this war."

Now, Gu Hang not only wanted the power of the military commander of Qima Di, he even went one step further to ask for the imperial tax in lieu.

"Okay, Director Lois, of course Governor Gu knows what you are saying." Xu Dechen said, "If we can do things under the unified leadership of the star domain government, that would of course be the best. What we are talking about now, isn't it 'Wan A situation like this? We have to prepare for the worst. If the two sides of the star field cannot be contacted, wouldn't the best option be to let Governor Gu take matters into his own hands? "

Hearing these words of disguised rejection, Gu Hang's expression did not change at all.

She was objecting, so how could Xu Dechen support it?

She thought for a moment and immediately spoke: "Right now, the eastern part of the Star Territory has not completely severed contact with Yunluo Star. Gu Hang, the alliance should support this war under the control of the Star Territory government. Not now..."

Gu Hang's smile still hung on his face, but the sharpness in his eyes was like a knife pointed straight at Lois's heart.

Although the Star Territory is now isolated from the east and west, the Yunluo Star authorities cannot collect taxes from the east, but this gap cannot be opened!

Once you open it, what will you do next?

If this Iron Teeth War ends soon, then it is good to say that the star region government can still find a way to terminate the two temporary strategies of the 'Seven Horse Agreement' and the 'Collection of Imperial Taxes'.

Xu Dechen's support made Lois very unbelievable.

On the contrary, she was Gu Hang's supporter.

Tan Jiuyi sighed. He did not pay attention to the words of his two subordinates, but said to Gu Hang seriously: "I can't agree to your conditions. No matter what my wishes are, I don't have the power to agree to you like this." Big things."

In the past, the relationship between the 'parliamentary faction' represented by Xu Dechen and Gu Hang was not a good one.

He said softly: "I'm sorry, but President Tan, as well as Chiefs Royce and Xu, please realize that this is not a request, but a notification. If things get to that point, there is nothing you can do without doing this. To the extent of victory, I will still do this. I cannot remain indifferent when everything about me is about to be destroyed. All the governors, imperial officials, and even the people of the empire in the eastern part of the star field will not sit still and wait for death."

But if the war lasts for ten years, or even twenty years, well, the entire eastern part of the Star Territory may not only know about the Alliance, but not the Dragon Eagle.

After a pause, Gu Hang continued: "I also believe that after the war is over, the empire will fairly judge the nature of my actions."

Her voice was trembling, and she said coldly: "Gu Hang, you are dreaming! How could the Star Territory Government allow you to collect imperial taxes on your behalf? You are challenging the law and order of the entire empire!"

"Everything should be based on the goal of winning the war first. We must consider the issue of survival first, and everything else can be put later. Isn't that the truth?"

"Gu Hang! You are too presumptuous!"

Lois responded angrily.

Tan Jiuyi waved his hand to tell Lao Yisi not to say anything, but he said: "Just do what you want to do. The Star Territory Government will not hinder your behavior, but it will not admit that it agrees with your behavior. That's it, Personally, I still hope that you can hold up half of the sky in the eastern part of the Star Territory."

"Thank you, Mr. Führer."

The call ends here.

Gu Hang's messages have disappeared from the Star Language channel. The senior officials of the Dragon Eagle Star Region are still in the channel.

They were silent for a while, and even Lois, who was in the most intense mood before, stopped talking now.

They all need a certain amount of time to digest the fact:

The person actually talking about things in the eastern part of the Star Territory right now is Gu Hang.

Obviously, regarding matters in the eastern part of the Star Territory, it is meaningless for the Star Territory Government to speak. They cannot stop Gu Hang from doing anything.

Even if you want to settle accounts with the Queen of Autumn, you have to wait until the Queen of Autumn.

Can Qiu Hou really settle Gu Hang's debt?

Not necessarily.

Maybe, he will become a war hero again.

But Lois was still in a bad mood.

In the past, she regarded Gu Hang as one of her own, a confidant who she supported and who provided her with strong support in the local government.

But now it seems that this Gu Hang has his own ideas.

Confidant?

forget it.

She had a feeling that Gu Hang had lost control.

She couldn't accept it. She couldn't help but said to Xu Dechen: "Do you know what you just said? You are encouraging Gu Hang's ambition!"

What Lois was referring to was that when Gu Hang first expressed his outrageous ideas, she was objecting, but Xu Dechen actually said some words of support.

Xu Dechen was unmoved: "Chief Lao Yisi, do you remember who strongly supported Gu Hang's coming to power? It was you. If you think the alliance is a problem now, then maybe the root of this problem should be from yourself. Find it on your body."

Lois was speechless for a moment.

She even had a very bad thought in her mind: Is Xu Dechen digging a hole for me?

Gu Hang has her mark that cannot be erased, and Xu Dechen just wants to take advantage of the opportunity to push Gu Hang in the direction of his burning ambition, and then drag himself into the water?

Tan Jiuyi remained silent.

Of course, what he hoped for most was that Gu Hang could lead his army to the west front, and the east side had given up first.

But he knew that was impossible.

Then there is nothing wrong with the next best thing, Gu Hang trying his best to attract the attention of the greenskins in the east. With this goal in mind, he made the noise as loud as possible.

As for the Seven Horses Agreement, the collection of imperial taxes, and finally Gu Hang really used the Seven Horses Agreement to annex multiple star regions and entered his so-called alliance. If these things are going to happen, they will not be his. pot.

The person was promoted by Lois, the alliance was promoted by Gallardo, and it also has the signatures of Zuo Zhaofeng and Wang Suan, the current and former chairman of the universe. You can't blame me, Tan Jiuyi, right?

...

Gu Hang can actually roughly grasp the thoughts of star domain bureaucrats such as Lai Yisi, Xu Dechen, and Tan Jiuyi.

But honestly, he didn't care.

As he said before, no matter what those star field bureaucrats think, what he has to do will always be done.

Those people have too complicated minds and think too much.

For Gu Hang, winning the war should be the first thing to do before talking about anything else.

If he wins, he has many ways to make all his actions, right or wrong, right in the end; if he loses, no matter how many rules he follows, all the final blame will be on him.

Now that he has obtained the 'permission' from the Star Territory Government, Gu Hang began to sell his Seven-Horse Agreement even more unscrupulously.

Negotiations with the other five horses are still continuing. As for the Hippogriff sector that has already agreed and even signed, Gu Hang also gave clear feedback.

The time agreed upon with Tilemance was almost over.

The Alliance army, which had completed its combat preparations as scheduled, finally reached the time to set off.

More than two hundred warships, the same number of transport ships, 1.1 million Astra Militarum and Alliance Army troops, plus an astronomical amount of war supplies carried, the Alliance army set off.

As far as the alliance is concerned, gathering such a military force will undoubtedly mean spending all the capital and making a fool of themselves.

Under the leadership of Gu Hang, the alliance's hematopoietic ability is quite strong. Even if this army is completely wiped out and no one is left, then the alliance will be able to accumulate a wealth no less than the current one in about four years - there may be a slightly smaller navy and fewer transport ships, but It's at least adequate and of similar quality.

But the question is, if this wave of Stud loses, will the Iron-toothed Orcs give Gu Hang four years to regenerate blood? This is a big question.

As for the funeral, let's talk about it later. At least, Gu Hang's first priority right now is to fight the battle at hand.

In the so-called total war, although the strength in the rear is the most critical, it does not mean that the military is unimportant. If the commander is a fool, then no matter how strong the rear resources are, the commander will not be able to withstand the commander giving away his troops for nothing every day.

The first thing the attacking Alliance Legion did was to fight a battle of annihilation at the transition point of the Falches Galaxy.

Today, the Alliance's Storm Mage Group has a size of more than 500 people, and there are even three or four B-level psykers.

At the beginning of the war, the Alliance installed the most advanced star-gazing equipment in the country on Faches 2. Two days ago, they monitored a Greenskin fleet traveling through the astral tunnel from Hippogriff III to Faches.

The number is unknown, but since the Battle of Steel Wing Star is still going on, the number is not much.

As a result, the Alliance Navy took the initiative to attack.

The green-skin plundering fleet that rushed in consisted of six ships, but they were immediately besieged by at least a hundred human warships.

The result is destined.

There are still green-skinned ships trying to escape, but the 'Blackfish-class' patrol ships in the Alliance Navy are expert hunters. They formed a group of three or four patrol ships, biting the green-skinned ships that wanted to escape, and reducing the shield strength of the green-skinned ships until the 'Silver Sword' arrived.

Then, the specialized fast torpedo frigate, the M-sized SkyAx missile equipped on the Silver Sword, can often solve the battle with one shot.

Achieving a victory in a naval battle with zero losses can be considered a success.

Although the six green-skinned ships destroyed were all the lowest-level garbage ships, victory was victory.

Originally, there were still a few days before the scheduled departure time, but since they had already reached the jump point, the leading force of the Alliance Navy simply crossed the jump point and entered the Hippogriff III after consulting the general headquarters. .

Was there a greenskin fleet cruising in Hippogriff III?

I don't know, but I don't dare to show up anyway.

No matter how much the greenskins like to fight, they will not go up to die when they are 100% unable to defeat them.

Immediately afterwards, the navy immediately deployed to the orbit of the Hippogriff III. The 'Scalpel' and 'Axe' missiles, the 'Heat Hammer' macro cannon, and the 'Melt' light spear began to move towards the surface, where the greenskins gathered. A violent release.

The morale of the Home Defense Force on the surface of Hippogriff III has been greatly boosted!

They had been subjected to orbital bombing by the greenskins before, and millions of greenskin troops were dropped on them. They were beaten extremely uncomfortable. Now that the alliance is here, it's immediately time to feel proud!

With the help of orbital bombing, they launched a counterattack and achieved certain results.

On the contrary, the green skin had to start to shrink.

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4.2k!

There is another chapter today that I didn't expect!

Although I still have a runny nose and cough, the fever is gone, which is good news!

(End of this chapter)