Chapter 488, if you can't gamble, you will die

Ou Juren wants to do the 'Iron Anger Stone', Gu Hang thinks it should be.

This is in line with their political philosophy of centralization.

At the same time, after Gu Hang came to the Holy Terra, he found that the 'Iron Fury Stone' also had huge political dividends. Someone was able to rise to prominence a hundred years ago by 'quelling' the rebellion, then a hundred years later, of course, someone can put down the rebellion again and achieve great merit.

Even, this will not be promoted by the wave of Ogujen and Garardo alone. What they said about 'multi-sided', Gu Hang thought it was true.

Behind the scenes, the shadow of the Prime Minister of the Reich cannot be ignored.

After the death of the Sun Lord, the current Prime Minister, named Zibodu, is theoretically the highest position 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 are all to report to him.

As soon as the Iron Fury Stone is finished, the Silver Inquisition Court will either stand on the wrong side and die, even if it stands on the right side, it will inevitably be hit hard, and Ou Juren can collect a lot of powers from the Law Department that overlap with the Inquisition in multiple domains in the entire East.

At the same time, the Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, Norberto, who relied on the Bauhinia Rebellion to rise to prominence, will also be liquidated, and his entire faction may be uprooted.

The large number of vacated positions is the spoils of war that can be fought over by the factions involved in it. Among them, the most dazzling is the position of prime minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, which Gallardo covets.

All of us have a bright future ahead of us, and we just need the Iron Furystone, the Silver Inquisition, and Norberto to 'contribute' themselves.

Anything else can be ignored, and the legitimacy of the alliance has come up at once because it has become a temporary government that is recognized by a higher level and is no longer the one that Gallardo gave before.

If this situation really happens, then either Gu Hang has fallen out with the political faction of Ou Juren and Garraldo, or this political faction has been overturned.

The ceremony for the award of the marshal was very pompous and prepared quickly.

And most of these marshals have military merits, and a special and grand ceremony for awarding titles is a matter of course.

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At the very least, the status of a single marshal is no worse than that of a senior member of the four major ministries and commissions of the Central Committee of the Reich.

The huge benefits were taken away by them, but they were desperate for themselves?

Gotta add money.

The pomp and circumstance are large but they can be prepared quickly, which is naturally because there is a special team in the Holy Terra, which is responsible for this work. The Palace of Terra has a special magnificent and spectacular building: the 'Sho Star Tower', which was built for this purpose.

Gu Hang was already very accustomed to similar dressing.

However, it should be the alliance that fired first.

Maybe the army of the alliance will be one of the participants at that time, but it should not be the main force, and Gu Hang is not happy to be the main force.

According to the intelligence of all parties, the auxiliary army of iron armor may be even stronger than the quality of the Imperial Astral Army. In terms of the navy, there are 18 battleships and 3 Zhuge class star aircraft carriers on the bright side, which is very strong.

Don't look too much, this is the infinite territory, infinite population, and infinite army of the corresponding empire. In terms of proportions, it is quite rare.

When he was done, he could take his marshal's scepter with him, return to his hometown, and then beat the flames of rage.

As the supreme ruler of the Alliance, he inevitably wears this on his clothes when attending many formal occasions.

What's more, it's still money.

First of all, he will not be, and will not be, the front line against the Iron Armor Warband.

Gu Hang didn't have too much imbalance in his heart.

Today, Gu Hang has put on a full set of marshal clothes. The bright red ornate and serious military dress, with black boots and white trousers, many medals pinned to the chest, the ribbon diagonally across the torso, and the golden tassels and ribbons adorn the costume with great complexity.

All that remains is to wait for the marshal's award ceremony after a while.

At present, it should not be at all.

It just so happens that they're fighting against the Alliance.

At the very least, no one will be able to trouble him in this regard - unless the Imperial Central Committee issues a decree terminating his position.

Whether he likes it or not.

Gu Hang definitely didn't do it.

The current alliance, take the head to fight?

However, doing the 'Iron Fury Stone' is not going to do it right now. The bosses of the Holy Terra still need time to unify their minds, they still need to eradicate the umbrella of the Iron Furystone, and they also need to mobilize forces and prepare for war.

And in this matter, Gu Hang is a pawn, a knife in the hands of these 'big shots' in the game.

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

As soon as the matter is prepared, even if there is a need, you can take out this set of things immediately, and arrange it quickly.

Although he was guaranteed by Ou Guren, in fact, the matter was still a little twisty and turnful a few days ago.

It just so happens that they have the ready-made charges of 'manipulating the Star Domain Government' and 'fabricating evidence to slander the loyal subjects of the Empire'.

But their end is also self-inflicted. The expansion and dominance of the 'Iron Fury Stone' is really outrageous.

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

Sitting on the floating car heading to the 'Shokodai', the speed is not fast, and it will take a while to arrive.

Kill the angry flame, for Gu Hang, it is indeed incumbent on him, and he will do it without giving money.

Fighting the Flame of Fury is not the same thing as fighting the Iron Armor.

The main reason is that the Imperial Marshal said that there are few, but there are actually quite a few of them. Each Celestial Domain, together with the Navy and the Astral Army, ranges from two or three at the least, to five or six at most, and there may be more in some key areas. In the entire empire, there are still three or five hundred marshals.

It just so happened that their main force, at least the main force on the bright side, was in the Dragon Eagle Star Domain.

In the secret meeting, after Gu Hang said 'it is incumbent', Ou Juren and Garardo had already made it clear that they would eradicate the angry flames before making a move on the Iron Fury Stone.

Enter the Queen's Star Field, which is run like an iron bucket, and face the space marines who may exceed 10,000, as well as billions of auxiliary forces that fight with the space marines?

According to Garraldo, his superior, Mr. Norberto, the prime minister of the military, was very vehemently opposed to the matter.

Norberto, with Gu Hang's little qualifications, has never really led a serious Astral Army, has never fought for the Astral Army, is just a local power, and even a warlord whose legitimacy is questionable, giving him the title of Imperial Marshal is simply a joke!

Even people like Gu Hang can be given the title of Marshal of the Astral Army, so what do the generals in the Astral Army think who have stayed at the level of generals for I don't know how many years and have fought countless battles across countless battlefields in the entire empire?

In a way, he has some truth in what he said.

Compared with the vast majority of the generals of the Astral Army, they fought in the south and the north, and led the army for countless years, but they only got the rank of general and general. The war that Gu Hang participated in was limited to one star field, limited to one, although his contribution was very large, but was he really worthy of the rank of marshal of the Astral Army?

That's certainly not enough.

If Gu Hang was really a simple general of the Astral Army, the exploits he had made would have been promoted from general to general, and there could be no more. If he is a general, then at most he will be given an honorary rank.

And now, Gu Hang's military rank will be directly promoted from lieutenant general to marshal.

Gu Hang does not deny this.

But he certainly deserves it.

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

This is different from the Astral Army generals, and the power comes from the Empire. The central government of the empire, such as the Ministry of Military Affairs or the Central Command of the Astral Army, thinks that you are not suitable, and removes you, and then there is nothing left of power. But Gu Hang is different, because he has actual power, he can command billions of alliance troops that have reached the level of the Astral Army, as well as tens of billions of defense forces, and the empire needs to posthumously recognize the marshal who gave him the title.

The nature of these two is very different. If the empire removes Gu Hang's position as marshal one day, it will not have any impact on the army under Gu Hang's command.

So Gu Hang won't feel guilty about this.

Didn't the Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs understand this truth?

Yes, he understands it too well.

But because of this, it must also be opposed.

If you have the 'truth' and give the 'name', then don't you want to go to heaven?

Or hostile elements.

Of course he would have objected to it to death.

And the marshal conferred the title, which could not avoid this military prime minister.

This matter also caused trouble in the Supreme Council.

In the Supreme Council, according to Gallardo, after a fierce quarrel, the crowd finally approved the promotion of Gu Hang to marshal by six votes in favor, four abstentions, and three votes against.

It is quite rare for a marshal to be conferred the title of a marshal to be voted on at 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 Church, the Supreme Marshal of the Imperial Navy, and the representative of the Space Marines.

The four who abstained from voting were: the Prime Minister of the Executive Yuan, the Supreme Judge of the Trial Chamber, the representative of the Mechanistic Mars, and the representative of the President of the Provence Universe.

The three who voted against were: the Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Supreme Marshal of the Imperial Guard, and the representative of the Chairman of the Star-Swallowing Universe in Northern Xinjiang.

From these compositions, Gu Hang was able to get a glimpse of the attitude of the major forces in the central part of the empire towards dealing with the issue of the 'Iron Fury Stone'.

Speaking of which, it is necessary to mention the origin of these supreme council seats.

It is true that there are only thirteen seats in the Supreme Council, but in fact there are about twenty types. Some seats are fixed, although they are not clearly defined, but they are available in every term, such as the Prime Minister of the Empire, the representative of Mars, the representative of the state religion, the representative of the Inquisition, and so on.

But there are relatively few such seats, most of them are representatives of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce, the four prime ministers of the government, representatives of the Space Marines, and representatives of the Psionic Order, sometimes there are and sometimes they don't.

Whether it is a fixed seat or a non-fixed seat, it can occupy one of the thirteen seats, and that must be because its strength is strong enough. It was the strength and influence that led to the seat.

fixed seats, that must be these forces fierce enough, and have been fierce; The change of non-fixed seats may show the change in the influence of certain forces.

Those who voted in favor did not necessarily have good intentions towards him, or even disgusted with Gu Hang's behavior of grabbing military ranks beyond the norm. However, they must be going to do the 'Iron Fury Stone' next, or they want to share the benefits in this matter, and they have reached a certain tacit understanding of interests with the political factions of the three people, Euguerren, Don Milley, and Garardo.

The representative of the Space Marines is generally the one that the Space Marines have a seat in, and each major war group elects a war group leader to serve as it. Now, it's the leader of the Angel of Death warband, Jerry Earlgang. His warband, which was reorganized from the First Legion in the past legion period, belongs to the Startup Warband.

In this matter, it is difficult to say how much political benefit the Space Marines can gain, but it must be their political will to get rid of Iron Armor, which seriously affects the reputation of the Star Marines and clearly violates the provisions of the Star Marine's holy codex.

Space marines have always been a rather delicate character in the middle of the human empire, and their presence is both loved and feared. They were superhumans created based on the emperor's genes, and when the empire was established, they were led by the emperor's adopted sons to establish this huge kingdom in the form of legions; But they also tore apart and nearly destroyed the empire after the Emperor's ascension, because of a great rebellion and mutual antagonism.

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

When encountering something like iron armor that smashes the pot and spoils the overall situation, of course the major war groups will be disgusted.

The prime minister of the Ministry of Taxation and the state religion are similar, you have several star fields occupied by iron armor, and the taxes are all made up for me to see how I feel, so I can't do you? You didn't let me preach, you had a big conflict with my church, and you even drove out the clergy. Until now, the churches in the Queen's Star Domain are not right, and they continue to be demolished, and their attitude towards the state religion is far worse than that of the alliance.

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

Those who abstained from voting were probably those who had nothing to do with it, such as the president of the Provence Universe.

In addition to the Supreme Council, there is another council with a strong presence within the empire, that is, the Council of the Presidium. The total staff is composed of more than fifty Celestial Domain Chairmen of the Empire, representing the largest collection of local powers. They will elect some members to become one of the High Lords. How many seats there are, depending on the situation at that time, there are two in this session.

Of course, like the Space Marines, these Celestial Chairmen or Warband Leaders would not be able to perform their duties as High Lords in Holy Terra themselves, and they would send someone to represent them.

The Provence Universe is in the western frontier of the empire, and it has nothing to do with the eastern frontier of the empire, so he directly abstained.

The Martian representative and the Executive Yuan are similar.

The Inquisition has to say that it is right for the Silver Inquisition to be on the side of the 'Iron Fury Stone', but the Inquisition is a loose organization, such as the Inquisition of Inquisition, which is very dissatisfied with the behavior of the Iron Armored Warband, and the Internal Inquisition, a faction that specializes in supervising the Inquisitor, is also investigating many transgressions of the Silver Inquisition, and secretly wants to make a big news.

The chaotic and loose internal structure made it impossible for the Supreme Judge to give a clear position.

Of the three who are opposed, Norberto naturally doesn't need to say much, he is the big fish that will be eaten, and he must resist.

The Supreme Generalissimo of the Astral Army is not going to stand on the side of the 'Iron Fury Stone', he just needs this negative vote to express his stance against the countless marshals and generals under his command. Otherwise, it would definitely not be good for Gu Hang, a person who had never been in the astral army system, to become the marshal of the astral army, and he wouldn't even say a word.

However, Gallardo also told Gu Hang, this is just a statement, in fact, there has been communication in private. The Generalissimo didn't really stand in the way.

However, the attitude of the chairman of the Star Devouring Universe is worth playing, they are not far from the Spider Web Domain, and they have a certain relationship with the 'Iron Fury Stone', but is the relationship good enough to support the Iron Fury Stone?

Gu Hang analyzed, probably because he didn't want to fight a big battle.

When it comes to fighting, they will be part of the front line if they swallow the Star Domain, and a large amount of resources will be requisitioned from the local area. In case the Iron Armor Wargroup strikes first, and the main force of the empire has not yet completed the assembly, the Star Devouring Universe may suffer.

But his attitude doesn't matter anymore.

Three votes against it can no longer stop the overall situation.

The official formalities for Gu Hang to become the Imperial Marshal were also completed, and they were quite hard: the Council of Thirteen High Lords voted to approve it!

How many things in the entire vast empire can be brought to this parliament for a vote?

Very few! And every one of them is a big deal!

Ordinary marshals don't have this treatment. The Ministry of Military Affairs and the Navy or the Astral Force approve it.

And Gu Hang, the marshal, also has embarrassment.

The only two departments that are the most concerned with the matter, the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Supreme Marshal of the Astral Army, are opposed to his ascension.

However, Garardo also conveyed a situation that during the award ceremony, the Supreme Marshal of the Astral Army would attend and confer the title in person.

After expressing his attitude, he had already explained the following: This is the decision of the highest authority of the empire, and I can't help it.

Then you can happily deal with Gu Hang, an upstart.

Gu Hang fully understands this.

Norberto, who was supposed to be there too, would definitely not come. The position of the two vice premiers, Wang Suan, the former chairman of the Oriental Universe and the vice premier of the Ministry of Military Affairs, has retired, and it is said that he is seriously ill and may only have one or two years left in his life; Another deputy prime minister, who is a close confidant of Norberto, will not come either. But Gallardo will come, and the status of executive minister is barely enough.

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Between thoughts, the tall general star platform has appeared in front of him.

It won't take long to be on site.

Gu Hang finally sorted out the instrument with the help of the waiter who was in the same car to ensure that there was no problem.

However, at this moment, Gu Hang's heart tightened, and suddenly a palpitation came.

He sensed great danger, and his spirit was frantically warning him.

He instinctively opened his psionic shield, however, the blackstone bracelet he wore on his wrist suppressed his psionic power.

But he didn't hesitate.

Although the consequences would be a little troublesome, he still called for a little tearing open a little rift in the subspace.

Of course, he chose to trust his spiritual warnings, and no matter how serious the consequences were, they would not be worse than his own death.

The difficulty of tearing apart the rift in the subspace is very high, the Terra Palace is obviously a place that seriously rejects the power of the subspace, and Gu Hang's psionic energy is also suppressed by the Blackstone Bracelet.

But just a small subspace rift was enough for him to gain a certain amount of strength, so that the strength of his psionic energy, which was already close to the threshold, exceeded the limit of the Blackstone Bracelet.

The blackstone bracelet shattered, and a psionic shield appeared on Gu Hang's body.

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

The bullet, captured by his psionic power, stayed less than three centimeters away from his temple.

Using his psionic energy, he gently moved the bullet in front of him.

It's a bullet about the length of your palm and the thickness of your thumb. The warhead is some kind of patina metal, and the tail is a complex mechanism that supports a transparent tube with some green liquid inside.

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

In fact, this sniper bullet that flew out of nowhere put a lot of pressure on him.

This is no ordinary sniping. Breaking free from the blackstone bracelet, with the blessing of subspace power, his spiritual energy strength suddenly reached the alpha level. A conventional sniper rifle simply cannot break through his means of protection.

In Gu Hang's mind, a noun flashed:

Court of Assassins.

It's a mysterious organization within the Empire, as its name suggests, that specializes in assassination. The vast majority of their assassination targets were disloyal elements within the Empire; Occasionally, he will assassinate an alien or chaotic leader.

They act in a mysterious way, and anyone in the Empire, including the High Lords of Terra, can die in place at any time, in varying circumstances. Whenever these things happened, it was probably the people of the Assassin Court who came out to work.

The Assassins in the Assassin Court are all equipped with special skills, have undergone a large number of bio-enhanced modifications, and because the Assassin Court has a special license to "use any means or tools to complete the task", they always have all kinds of black technology or alien equipment in their hands.

This bullet, along with the gun that fired it, is likely to be one of them, with a strong penetration effect on psionic protection and physical armor, and contains deadly poison.

But Gu Hang's spiritual power was weaker, and it didn't reach the alpha level; But he was a little hesitant just now because he was worried that tearing open the subspace and showing his power would lead to uncontrollable consequences; But if he doubts his spiritual warnings for a moment...... He's a dead man now.

However, the crisis is not completely over.

The driver of the floating car stopped in panic and tried to land; The same goes for the several cars that accompany the surroundings.

But Gu Hang, who had completely unsealed, could sense multiple powerful auras on the ground through his spiritual energy. And, another bullet came from a distance.

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

The bullet directly triggered a violent explosion, which directly exploded the armored floating vehicle that Gu Hang was riding in and smashed it into pieces.

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6K!

68k is still owed

It's too late......

(End of chapter)