Chapter 711, Just Money

When he first heard Luo Fei nominate Gu Hang to be the chairman of the Spider Web Universe, Gallardo didn't react for a while.

What?

Surrender?

Then, he realized that it was impossible.

Luo Fei had other ideas.

However, Gallardo was not in a hurry to speak.

Someone would speak.

As expected, a high lord raised a question: "The alliance has not been resolved yet, and it is proposed that Gu Hang should be in charge of the Spider Web. Is the Executive Yuan not considering it properly?"

"Not really. In fact, we have been thinking about it for a long time." Luo Fei looked quite confident.

Then, he put his ideas on the scene.

Ignoring those embellished and meaningless long discussions, the most important content is that Gu Hang took over the chairmanship of the Spider Web Universe.

Gu Hang performed extremely well in the last war and was the biggest contributor to the war. No one can deny this. Because of this, meritorious service must be rewarded, so naturally he has to move up.

Isn't Gu Hang's most important official identity the head of the Dragon Eagle Star Region?

Then just go straight to the point, directly promoted to the chairman of the universe, become a frontier official, and govern the spider web universe.

And it just so happens that the spider web universe also needs a political strongman to lead thousands of worlds after the war out of the predicament.

Isn't Gu Hang suitable?

As for the "alliance" that has been discussed, Luo Fei did not mention it again.

But the current intention is very clear.

There are no relevant regulations for these two things in the regulations of the empire. It is not said that the person who serves as the leader of the joint political entity cannot serve as the chairman of the universe.

In fact, there are still some presidents of the universe in similar situations in the empire.

Of course, the political entities they control are generally only a few planets or a dozen planets, forming a military, economic, and political integration, and are generally located in the core area controlled by the universe government, so that the universe government can operate a core area and master the core power.

There is definitely no one as large as Gu Hang.

But so what? There are precedents, and someone is ahead. The empire has no regulations, so why can't Gu Hang do it?

Isn't it just a little bit bigger?

But Gallardo couldn't say this openly.

At this time, he shrank back silently, without saying a word.

He had to observe the situation first.

In fact, the current situation is probably clear.

Luo Fei is retreating to advance, throwing out a chairman of the universe, retreating to advance, let people think carefully, what kind of power will the chairman of the universe plus the alliance have when put together?

How much authority will Gu Hang have?

As both the alliance and the chairman of the universe, will Gu Hang further expand the alliance, which is already a headache? Expand to the entire spider web universe, and thus become an oversized, powerful, and highly developed political entity from military to political to economic?

It is really possible.

Even Xu Fuzhen, who has always been greedy for the high tax revenue that the alliance can provide, hesitated.

Wanting money is one thing, but a simple alliance exists, after all, it only has five star regions; after all, the alliance has existed for decades, and Gu Hang has always been relatively submissive to the central government of the empire...

However, no matter what, the combination of the chairman of the universe and the leader of the alliance is still too exaggerated, with too much power, and a closed loop of power can be formed within itself, and it is not subject to external supervision at all.

Xu Fuzhen also stopped talking.

A die-hard supporter of Gu Hang was silent, and a supporter who was greedy for the alliance's money was silent, and the situation gradually became one-sided.

Luo Fei didn't need to say anything more, but those high lords who had no interests at all spoke cautiously at this moment, saying that Luo Fei's opinion was unreliable.

Luo Fei, who was refuted, was not angry, but smiled and explained one by one, agreeing with the refutation.

Then, he proposed to dissolve the alliance.

In this way, wouldn't everyone be happy?

Gu Hang was promoted.

Without this opportunity, it would be too difficult for ordinary star domain leaders to be promoted to the position of chairman of the universe domain. There are many thresholds to pass in the middle, and each threshold may make a politician waste his life.

Now, let Lao Gu cross it in one step, and it will not be in vain for his military exploits.

The alliance was disbanded, and the masters on Holy Terra no longer had to worry about facing a new iron armor.

For Luo Fei, Gu Hang became the chairman of the universe domain, and then he entered the official appointment system of the Executive Yuan. He changed from a previous political enemy to a "family member", and maybe he could become a friend in the future.

Even in Gallardo's heart, this matter was a good thing. If he didn't know that Gu Hang was absolutely unwilling to give up the alliance to get the position of chairman of the universe domain, he would have voted in favor.

Isn't it a happy ending for everyone?

"I don't agree!"

Finally someone jumped out.

"I don't agree to dissolve the alliance." The speaker was Xu Fuzhen.

The tax minister had a stern face and threw out a document. He ignored all the other high lords and only stared at Qi Bodu.

She reported in a tone, "If we preserve the alliance, we will not only gain 300 billion a year now, but also 1.3 trillion a year in the future. At the same time, if we follow the Executive Yuan's appointment system, we will have to give the star fields within the alliance, including the entire Spider Web Universe, a tax exemption for ten or even twenty years. We also need to maintain an army to manage and suppress, and we have to invest more than 300 billion a year to rebuild the Spider Web Universe."

"You can see the specific data in the file. I just tell you that in the past ten years, the gap between the income and investment inside and outside will reach 20 trillion."

"The Ministry of Taxation has no way to make up for this fiscal gap from anywhere else."

"In other words, I don't care whether Gu Hang is the chairman of the Universe or not, and whether the alliance is retained or not. I just tell you a fact. If Prime Minister Luo Fei's proposal comes true, Solaria's current annual investment of 700 billion will be cut by more than half..."

Speaking of this, Luo Fei's face darkened.

Solaria's dozen star fields and tens of thousands of planets are appointed by the Executive Yuan. This area opened up by the Solar Expedition has always been the largest increase in power for the Executive Yuan for many years.

Xu Fuzhen ignored him and continued: "All reconstruction investment of the Space Marines will be stopped; the plan of the Navy to supplement the Solar Fleet will be reviewed; the investment budget of the Inquisition will be reduced, and it is impossible to support you to punish planets one by one; Holy Terra's production orders for Mars will be reduced..."

She continued to point out several companies.

No one said a word.

"So, my suggestion is that not only can the alliance not be dissolved, why can't the Spider Web Universe be given to Gu Hang?"

"Give it! You can give it! As long as Gu Hang pays!"

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It was too late yesterday and I didn't finish writing, so I'll make up a chapter.

There's more in the evening.