Chapter 591, Please Call Me Lord High

Ou Juren's face turned very ugly.

"What are you talking about? You have no right to speak here! Guards! Get him out!"

There are loyal secret guards in the conference hall. According to the rules, he should obey the orders of the high lord. The Prime Minister of Justice Ou Juren is a high lord. If he orders to drive out a non-high lord, even if the other party is the Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, he should obey.

But... there is more than one high lord present.

The guards looked at each other, and no one moved first.

They were quite embarrassed, and their eyes looked at the seats of the high lords again.

This is not the first time that Ou Juren wants to drive Gallardo away. He asked Gallardo to leave before, but didn't the Prime Minister ask to keep him?

Maybe this is what the Prime Minister meant?

We, the little guards, should not get involved in the fights between the high lords.

We will drive people away after the big guys above have a clear statement.

As for who will be kicked out at that time, it depends on what the order is at that time. After serving as guards for so many years, they deeply understand one truth: in this hall of the highest power in the empire, any changes in the situation are normal. Don't jump to conclusions until the last moment.

At least, these soldiers can't understand it, just wait for the news.

Now, only Ou Juren spoke, and the guards planned to hesitate for ten seconds.

If no one spoke, they would assume that everyone agreed with Prime Minister Ou Juren's statement, and they would take action.

Ou Juren also knew the ins and outs of it. He panted and waited.

Gallardo was not polite.

Ten seconds is enough to say a lot.

It doesn't really make sense to say that Ou Juren's "violation of laws and disciplines". The high lords don't care about this.

Those "evidences" of "violation of laws and disciplines" will be the public evidence of Ou Juren's crimes when he steps down in the future, but they will not be the reason.

If you want to say something, you have to say something really explosive, something that affects the interests of all, or at least most, high lords; and you have to show enough value to let the high lords know that to overthrow Ojuren, they only need to express their attitude, and Gallardo can get the job done without them having to spend any effort.

Of course, there must be benefits.

Gallardo coughed lightly and said, "My colleagues in the Military Affairs Department and I have reached an agreement. We have given suggestions on the Western Front campaign. A solar fleet and a Mars fleet should have set off, but the order from Prime Minister Ojuren prevented the fleet from setting off..."

At this point, Gallardo has heard footsteps behind him.

The guards are approaching.

And at this time, Prime Minister Qi Bodu spoke: "Let him finish. High lords should be able to withstand all doubts."

The guards stopped.

The high lords who spoke now were tied 1 to 1, and the one who did not allow Gallardo to be dragged away was still the Prime Minister.

Then you can't act rashly.

The guards also breathed a sigh of relief, and now they just had to wait for the result of the quarrel.

Gallardo was relieved.

His words seemed simple, but in fact they pointed out a problem: I have integrated the military affairs department, and I am not a puppet when I was pushed up a few years ago.

Here we must thank Gu Hang for his victory, otherwise, his prestige would be difficult to establish.

In contrast, Ou Juren's face became very ugly.

At this point, he could basically confirm that Gallardo did not suddenly turn against him and intend to overthrow him in this meeting, but that Prime Minister Qi Bodu had the intention.

Qi Bodu wants me to fall?

Why? Do we have a grudge?

Or did Gallardo make some promise and follow the prime minister in the future?

The prime minister wants to centralize power to a greater extent and let the Supreme Council only speak his voice? If Gallardo followed him and replaced himself as the High Lord as the Prime Minister of the Military Affairs Department, then with the seats of the two Prime Ministers of the Taxation Department and the Administration Department, plus Qi Bodu's own seats, that would be four seats. Clement, the Grand Master of the Assassin Court, was able to take the position a few years ago because of his own efforts and the Prime Minister's efforts. If he is counted, it would be five seats.

Occupying five seats among the thirteen High Lords is undoubtedly the greatest strength.

What do the other High Lords think?

They won't agree, right? Who can win it?

In a flash, many thoughts turned in Ou Juren's mind.

There were too many ideas and too many things to analyze. Ou Juren's mind was a little confused for a while, so he couldn't speak. He couldn't speak casually. At this moment, saying a wrong word would be fatal.

But Gallardo would not shut up.

On the contrary, he seemed to be encouraged and continued to speak at a fast speed:

"This is a document with the signatures of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Ministry of Justice, the Second Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, the First Minister, the Second Minister of the Ministry of Taxation..." He read out several positions in a row and took out a long scroll, "... a document signed by many people, which records in detail what happened this time."

"The Ministry of Military Affairs is working hard to promote the reorganization and promotion of the troops. This is also to implement the resolution of the Supreme Council and prepare to strengthen the war on the Western Front. According to our estimates, the Sun Fleet can allocate at least three Retribution-class battleships; Mars is also preparing more than ten Dragon Snake-class battlecruisers. This force can also cooperate with a fleet of the Ministry of Justice to reinforce the battlefield on the Western Front."

"If the battle is carried out and the Western Front is strengthened by elite troops, Captain Su Lie will most likely not lose this decisive battle."

"However, Prime Minister Ou Juren's delay has prevented the fleet from setting off yet."

"If anyone in Holy Terra needs to be held responsible for this failure, it must be Ou Juren!"

"Sophisticated!" Ou Juren growled. He knew he had to speak up. He had to defend himself: "The preparation of the fleet is not as simple as you think! The Navy, Mars, and the Law Department are three completely unrelated forces, and there is a lot of work to be done! Is it enough to go on an expedition just to have a fleet? The troops accompanying the ship are also very important. The negotiations with the Star Army have not been completed, and the Ministry of Justice has no way to gather too many troops accompanying the ship. What's more, the commander of the joint fleet has not been determined yet..."

He suddenly stopped talking when he defended himself.

Cold sweat ran down his forehead.

Is he defending himself?

Of course.

Supporting the fleet and strengthening the Western Front are resolutions discussed by the Supreme Council. Who can refuse to do it?

It's just that the troops need to be assembled, and the subordinate relationship between them, who will contribute more, who will be the commander of this fleet... Aren't these problems? There are many different source troops, and if they want to be combined together, just as Ou Juren himself said, there are all kinds of problems that need to be solved.

These are not his fault.

Or at least not just his fault.

However, this defense is inappropriate at this moment.

There are three other people in the Supreme Council here: the two Supreme Marshals of the Imperial Navy and the Star Army, and the representative of Mars.

When the three fleets are combined and the Star Army is required to send troops to accompany them, there are contradictions and conflicts, which is too normal.

To be fair, the troops were slow to assemble and set off, and they were still unable to arrive at the battlefield in time despite Su Lie's urgent and uninterrupted requests for help. The biggest responsibility should be on the imperial system; secondly, the Navy, the Ministry of Justice, Mars, and the Star Army dragged their feet against each other, and everyone's responsibilities are almost the same.

Moreover, if you really want to talk about it, as the role of combining the three forces, does the Military Affairs Department have no responsibility?

All of them.

However, should I say these words at this time?

It may be okay to shirk responsibility at this moment, but it would be a big problem to shift the blame to the two opponents.

If the Prime Minister wants to kill him, he has to count on other high lords who are not in the same mind as the Prime Minister to speak for him. What he should do is to arouse everyone's fear of the Prime Minister, rather than throwing dirty water on the other two families in order to whitewash himself.

But what should I do now that the words are out?

He braked suddenly and was about to say something else, but one of the high lords who rarely spoke spoke at this moment.

That was the messenger from the Death Angels, representing the Chapter Master-Grand Master Organgron, who performed the duties of the high lord. He was also a Chapter Champion of the Death Angels, and his name was Jean Rousseau.

"Grandmaster Organgron is very concerned about the war on the Western Front. The whereabouts of the commander of the Sulie Chapter and the fate of the Phoenix will make every Chapter, no matter where the bloodline is inherited, extremely concerned. The slow response of the imperial center prevented the support that should have been quickly in place from being in place, resulting in the defeat of the Phoenix Lord. This is unacceptable to every Chapter. Someone must be held responsible for this!"

Galardo's smile became even brighter.

Jean Rousseau's words seemed to be just a comprehensive pursuit of responsibility, venting his dissatisfaction as a representative of the Space Marines, and sympathizing with the phoenix's experience, but in fact it was a great assist.

Someone must be held responsible, so who?

The Navy? The Astra Militarum? Mars?

That's definitely not possible, these three high lords are not willing to take the blame. The dissatisfaction of all the Space Marines may be a bit exaggerated, but the rabbit's death is probably inevitable. The Phoenix is ​​a newly founded Chapter with a grand reputation! They are so miserable, or because of the delay of reinforcements, wouldn't the Space Marines who know about this matter be dissatisfied?

No one wants to be blamed by the Space Marines.

What a coincidence, isn't there a ready-made Prime Minister of the Ministry of Justice and a high lord who is being fired?

The Prime Minister wants to kill him; his own faction has also had big problems. Not only did Gallardo, a traitor, appear, but many of the people on Gallardo's document, who originally followed Ou Juren, did so.

There is a big enemy in front, a fire in the backyard, the scapegoat for the dissatisfaction of the Space Marines, and the scapegoat for the Navy, the Astra Militarum, and Mars...

All these factors added together, Ou Juren's situation suddenly became very bad.

The quarrel at the meeting will not end easily. But after the three high lords representing the Navy, the Astra Militarum, and Mars, said that "the slow integration of reinforcements is not our problem, but there are other reasons", the number of votes that Ou Juren can win is in jeopardy.

He had to personally go into battle and confront Gallardo.

Prime Minister Qi Bodu, as well as the Prime Minister of Taxation and the Prime Minister of Administration who followed him, did not speak. But Gallardo was their mouthpiece, and it was precisely because of Qi Bodu's support that Gallardo was able to speak aggressively, like a fighting cock.

Both of them were good at speaking. Gallardo was right, and Ou Juren was not bad either.

But the verbal battle was evenly matched, which essentially meant that Ou Juren was completely defeated - a high lord, arguing with a person who had not yet become a high lord in the parliament hall, was already quite undignified, and it showed his decline.

Finally, the meeting came to the voting stage.

The topic was raised by the Space Marine representative, Jean Rousseau: "Who should be held responsible for the poor support this time?"

It didn't say to what extent the responsibility should be taken, but the meaning was very clear.

Galardo had no right to vote, or even to watch, and he was asked to leave the scene.

When he walked out of the scene, he was like a victorious rooster.

...

"Do you know what the final result was?"

"You must have won." Gu Hang gave a straightforward judgment.

"Hahaha!" Gallardo laughed, "That's right! I won! Now, you should call me 'High Lord'!"

"Hail to High Lord-Mr. Gallardo!" Gu Hang satisfied this good friend.

At this moment, it was already the thirteenth day of that meeting.

The result was already doomed at the time. The Supreme Council confirmed that Ou Juren needed to be responsible for the slow attack of the joint fleet and the poor support caused by the result of 7 votes in favor, 3 abstentions, and 3 votes against. It was because of this delay, power struggle, and selfishness of the Prime Minister of the Ministry of Justice when dispatching the fleet and troops of the Ministry of Justice that the joint fleet could not be put together.

There was no direct resolution on the spot, but the series of results that followed were all doomed, and it was nothing more than a process.

A series of stains during Ou Juren's administration were turned up and formed into crimes. Ou Juren also tried to resist, but was quickly subdued.

After a series of exchanges of interests, Ou Juren admitted defeat and decided to be more decent.

The second vote of the Supreme Council was 9 votes in favor, 4 abstentions, and 0 votes against, confirming the deprivation of Ou Juren's seat in the Supreme Council and his position as Prime Minister of the Ministry of Justice. Ou Juren himself also participated in the vote and abstained.

Then, the third vote was 6 votes in favor, 3 abstentions, and 3 votes against, and the result was barely passed that Gallardo became the Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs and became the High Lord.

At this point, the political faction represented by Ou Juren in the center of the empire came to an end.

Half of the dismantled political power was inherited by Gallardo and invested in Prime Minister Qi Bodu; the other half was divided among various departments.

After the appointment was approved, Gallardo, who was in a good mood, immediately communicated with his best friend Gu Hang through star language and told him the good news.

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