Chapter 485, Fighting the Trial
Gu Hang already knew about it before the Silver Judges entered the Dragon Eagle Star Territory.
They came in an aggressive manner, without any cover, and advertised widely. Even a message requesting the alliance to cooperate with the investigation was sent to Gu Hang.
After receiving this news, Gu Hang sighed.
What should come will always come.
Of course he didn't want the Tribunal to enter his territory, especially a hostile Tribunal.
Gu Hang carefully thought about the possibility of denying the Silver Tribunal entry into the alliance.
It doesn't feel big.
If he does this, no matter whether he has a problem or not, he will become a problem.
The Wrathful Flames will immediately have the most legitimate excuse for war, and the Silver Inquisition will join them.
If that's all, forget it, you've already become an enemy, and you'll have to fight sooner or later. But the most important thing is that after giving him a perfect reason for war, all the imperial forces that could have helped Gu Hang were unable to help him, and instead passively became his enemies.
When the time comes, what he wants to fight is not just the Raging Flames Chapter and the Silver Tribunal, but the Raging Flames Chapter that has released all restrictions and can deploy all its power, and he will fight alone.
That certainly won't work.
Gu Hang gave up this idea.
We can only let the Silver Tribunal come in.
And since it couldn't be stopped, Gu Hang also had some ways to deal with it.
There are mainly two aspects, and it can be done both ways.
One is the review itself.
The second is outside of censorship.
Let’s talk about the review itself first. Based on all the information and opinions from all aspects, Gu Hang believes that this matter is not completely without room for mediation.
The Silver Tribunal is not a subordinate of the Iron Wrath Stone. At best, they can only be regarded as allies with good relations and consistent interests.
They are still the "Tribunal" and must abide by the rules of the Tribunal. Even a considerable number of the judges have ideals.
This also determines that they will accept the invitation of the 'Iron Fury Stone' and help the 'Iron Fury Stone'. They are the protective umbrella of the 'Iron Fury Stone', but they are definitely not subordinates. They will not say anything about the 'Iron Fury Stone'. All nodded.
And if you think that the Silver Tribunal has its own judgment and will conduct a fair review to a certain extent, then this matter does have a head start.
However, Gu Hang's biggest headache is actually here.
If there was really no problem with the alliance and it could fully withstand investigation, he wouldn't worry about others coming with malicious intentions.
Real gold is not afraid of fire!
But the key point is that there are too many things in the league that actually cannot withstand careful scrutiny.
Those things are not just the nonsense that Erso accused, Gu Hang is not worried about those. What I am afraid of is the many problems in the alliance itself.
Where did the technology come from for the various industries that the alliance has developed rapidly in such a short period of time?
Why is Alliance soldier training so effective?
How did the number of phoenixes expand from hundreds to thousands in just a few years?
Where does the legitimacy of the political entity ‘the Alliance’ come from? Does Gallardo have the authority to make decisions about such a multi-star political coalition? Are the processes of joining the many planets from the Alliance to the present in compliance with the laws of the Empire? Are the ‘Seven Horse Framework’ and the ‘EC Act’ legal?
Even if all of these are legal, the Alliance is replicating its own political system on every participating planet and depriving each planetary governor of its own. This is a method that is completely inconsistent with the basic political structure of the empire. Does the league have the right to do this?
It would take a whole team of professional Tribunal officials to investigate these matters, even if they were truly selfless and not influenced by the Raging Flames Chapter, and they would still make Gu Hang sweat profusely.
Regarding these 'problems', Gu Hang actually made a lot of preparations, and everyone had their own opinions. Some stand up to scrutiny, others not so much. But upon closer inspection, it turns out to be very risky.
We can only bite the bullet and face it.
Gu Hang has already arranged the specific response method. This will be a very high-priority task for the Alliance. All preparations are in progress, and execution will begin as soon as the Silver Tribunal's fleet arrives.
As for the work other than review, no one can help, Gu Hang can only do it by himself.
He began to have frequent calls with two parties: Zuo Zhaofeng and Bojoa Gallardo.
Who doesn’t have a protective umbrella yet?
Who knows who has a bigger protective umbrella?
Gu Hang's activities have also yielded some results.
Regarding Zuo Zhaofeng, the Chairman of Zhouyu provided a lot of help to Gu Hang.
He said at first that to be honest, he had no feelings for Gu Hang. After he came to power, he was a feudal official of the empire. In comparison, Gu Hang, who was just hanging around at the sector level at the time, was nothing to him. There is a huge difference between levels and grades.
The reason why he would provide some help to Gu Hang was simply because Gallardo, his most important political ally, had specifically told him several times that he wanted to take good care of this young man Gu Hang.
Under such circumstances, Zuo Zhaofeng would naturally regard Gu Hang as one of his own who belonged to the same political faction, and it was only natural that he would provide some help.
Subsequently, the Iron Teeth War in the Dragon Eagle Star Territory also attracted the attention of the Eternal Territory Government to a great extent.
The Eternal Territory Government is of course very concerned about the war in the Dragon Eagle Star Territory. The green skin crisis that suddenly broke out here is indeed quite scary. Of course, the Eastern Space Territory is also afraid that the Iron Teeth Clan, which has swept across the entire Dragon Eagle Star Territory in a few months, will evolve into a larger and more uncontrollable green tide, so that it will break out of the scope of the Star Territory and affect the entire Dragon Eagle Star Territory. Other star regions, and even the entire universe.
Even if the fighting situation reached a stalemate later on, the Eternal Territory Government still paid close attention to this place. They also do not want the entire Dragon Eagle Star Territory to be destroyed in this war. The Dragon Eagle Star Region's position in the Eastern Universe is also very important. If an entire star region is rotten, the loss will be too great.
Zuo Zhaofeng, the chairman of the universe, had only been in office for a few years, but a star field was ruined during his tenure. This was a major blow to his upwardly developed political career.
Because of this, during the Iron Teeth War, the Eternal Territory Government actually provided considerable help.
A large amount of supplies, as well as the Astral Army and part of the naval fleet that the Eternal Territory Government could deploy, were sent to the Yunluo Government as reinforcements.
Even the ace in the hands of the Eternal Territory Government, the Eastern Fleet with three battleships and seven battlecruisers, has been ordered. When necessary, they will detach part of their main force to directly intervene in the Iron Teeth War.
In the later stages of the Iron Teeth War, the reason why the Raging Flame Chapter was able to compete with the greenskins on the frontal battlefield, and even had an advantage in the war of attrition, was the strong support from the Eastern Universe. This was a very important core factor.
In fact, some of the Raging Flames came to fight in the Dragon Eagle Star Territory because of invitations from the Eastern Space Territory government.
However, after the war, the two sides had quite a "honeymoon period" relationship, which soon ended and even became full of conflicts.
This was also thanks to Gu Hang. Because they had to compete with the Alliance, the Raging Flames had to squeeze every bit of strength they could to maintain the Cold War situation without suffering any losses.
In this case, Erso continued to withhold and use a lot of the assistance provided by the Eastern Universe as a matter of course.
Forget about those war materials distributed as aid. They are consumables in the first place. If you say that they were used for the war and all was spent, the Eternal Territory Government will hold its nose and admit it.
However, you also kept all the Astra Militarum, naval fleets, and transport ships sent over, which caused considerable dissatisfaction.
The two sides frequently quarreled over this matter.
And the Raging Flame Battle Group acted as if they were squatting in the Dragon Eagle Star Territory and would not leave, hijacking the Star Territory Government and silencing it, which made the Eternal Territory Government even more dissatisfied.
The Star Territory Government is a subordinate of the Eternal Territory Government. Isn't it the same as taking advantage of the Eternal Territory Government if it ignores the Star Territory Government?
After the relationship quickly deteriorated, the alliance represented by Gu Hang became more attractive.
Comparing the two on the same level, they are completely different.
The Human Alliance also made a great contribution in the war. Not only did they directly attack Huanglong, destroying the green-skin lair and forcing the main green-skin army to retreat hastily, but in the end the great chief was personally eliminated by Gu Hang, the Governor of the Human Alliance. of. During the entire process, the alliance received almost no additional assistance from the Eternal Territory government, and did not hear people complaining every day. Instead, all they received was good news.
After the start of the Cold War, the words spoken by the Raging Flames seemed a bit fart. On the contrary, the Alliance's accusation that the Raging Flames are trying to undermine the star government is actually true.
More importantly, although the Alliance actually controls half of the star field, it is not unruly at all. It was normal to be unable to pay the imperial tax in the previous few years. It was spent on the war, and the accounts were very clear, and they were all submitted respectfully to the higher-level government for review; after the war, the imperial tax was paid every two years. When the time comes, people pay me honestly. It would be perfectly normal not to hand it over to the Star Territory Government. After handing it over to the Star Territory Government, wouldn’t it be detained by your angry flames? It is extremely reasonable for them to hand it over directly to the higher-level government!
The imperial tax of 76 billion tax coins simply made Zuo Zhaofeng elated.
What do you mean by one's own people? This is who you really are!
Nowadays, the size of the alliance cannot be treated as a small player.
How could such a powerful person with development potential allow others to mess with him?
Zuo Zhaofeng sent a note to the Silver Tribunal in the name of the Imperial Space Territory Government. There is no affiliation between the two parties, and he cannot order the Silver Tribunal, but as the chairman of the universe, his words still have a certain effect.
After all, the Eastern Universe is also a place where the Silver Tribunal is often active. Before this, the Eastern Universe government also cooperated with the various actions of the Silver Tribunal in the Eastern Universe. The relationship between the two parties is good, and the Silver Tribunal also needs it very much. Rely on Zuo Zhaofeng's support.
In this case, Zuo Zhaofeng's clearly expressed dissatisfaction also put a lot of pressure on the Silver Tribunal. A chief judge of the Silver Sect rushed to meet Zuo Zhaofeng to explain the matter.
But this alone cannot completely stop the actions of the Silver Tribunal. At most, it can make them restrain themselves and be gentle.
But Zuo Zhaofeng was not satisfied.
In addition, another Tribunal faction was also mobilized.
The most active faction in the Eastern Universe is called the 'Flash Tribunal'. This Tribunal is small in scale, and its strength cannot be compared with that of the Silver Tribunal, a large-scale Tribunal that has caused many major events and spans multiple universes. . But after all, there are hundreds of serious judges under its banner. At Zuo Zhaofeng's request, the Flash Tribunal dispatched half of its manpower to the Dragon Eagle Star Territory.
The Flash Faction is not there to stop the Silver Faction, nor does it have the ability. There is a huge difference in scale and strength between the two.
After they arrived at the Dragon Eagle Star Territory, they divided into two groups.
I went all the way to check out the angry flames. This is an eye-for-an-eye thing. Although, even if the Shining Faction declares the Wrathful Flame Chapter to be treasonous, it would be meaningless. No Inquisition faction will do a verdict that cannot be carried out and ruin their reputation. But this is the Zhouyu government's attitude, and the Raging Flames Chapter has to restrain its behavior.
The other route went to the area actually controlled by the alliance. They will not investigate the alliance, nor will they issue an investigation conclusion that is completely different from that of the Silver faction. That would be tantamount to falling out, and the Flash faction would not do such a thing.
But they will supervise the behavior of the Silver faction inquisitors to ensure that their colleagues from the other faction will not be lawless.
If you want to investigate, you can do it in a reasonable and legal manner, and don't use any small tricks. Otherwise, although I can't stop you, it doesn't prevent me from reporting the truth to disgust you.
Under Zuo Zhaofeng's will, the bloated system of the Zhouyu government has achieved rare high efficiency.
The series of support this brought even surprised Gu Hang.
His pressure has been reduced a lot, both internally and externally.
Internally, many worlds that were not particularly loyal when we first started have become much more stable. I thought the Alliance was really a traitor before, but good guys, the Inquisition is here. Now it seems that although the results have not yet come out, I can feel more at ease.
Externally, the alliance's current official caravan, Gu's Trading Company, and the newly established Alliance Chamber of Commerce have trade relations with the Silk Carving Star Territory and the Eastern Star Territory, and the situation is now much more stable.
What's more important is that Gu Hang doesn't have to worry in the future. When the Silver Tribunal really delivers the worst judgment, he won't be deserted by everyone and will face a full-scale siege. His enemies still only need to focus on the Raging Flames Chapter, and at most they can add the 'Iron Raging Stone' and the Silver Tribunal.
Uh... Even so, the pressure is actually very high. But the good news is that Iron Armor, Rock Shield, and the Silver Tribunal all have their own things to do, and it is impossible to use all their power to deal with him.
He still only needs to deal with the angry flames.
…
If Zuo Zhaofeng gave him support and relieved Gu Hang of some of his worries, then what Gallardo gave him was another choice.
"Come to Terra." Gallardo sent an invitation to Gu Hang in the star language communication.