Chapter 488, It’s Time for Him to Step Down
Gu Hang was a little surprised by Ou Juren's arrival.
From the previous dinner, Gu Hang could certainly tell that after arriving at the heart of the empire, Gallardo had created a big scene and formed or joined a powerful political faction. Otherwise, his own position would have been improved. It can't be so fast.
However, now that he discovered that the leader of this faction was Ou Kyren, it still exceeded his initial expectations.
It is really powerful to bring in a top official like Ou Juren.
During the imperial government's propaganda and policy formulation in various places, Gu Hang roughly learned that Ou Curen was an upright and selfless person. The position of Prime Minister of the Ministry of Justice also means very high authority.
Among the four major institutions of the empire that have direct access to the high-ranking chairpersonship of the High Council, the work of the Legal Department is mainly to ensure the security and stability of each planet in the empire's borderless territory and the orderliness of the inhabited world, similar to the Supreme Police Department.
The Ministry of Justice also serves as a representative of the High Council of Terra, adjudicating conflicts between the regional administrators and ensuring their loyalty.
The Prime Minister of the Ministry of Justice, as the high lord with direct access to the Imperial Parliament, is responsible for staying in the Great Court of the Ministry of Justice on Terra and planning the overall law enforcement policy.
In fact, not all Imperial law enforcers are affiliated with the Ministry of Justice. The relationship between the Ministry of Justice and local law enforcement agencies on each planet is similar to a cooperative relationship, rather than a superior-subordinate relationship. Only at the two levels of government, the Star Territory and Space Territory, are the Ministry of Justice agencies and corresponding violence agencies directly arranged, and at the star district level government, the Ministry of Justice liaison officers and offices are arranged.
If the case only involves violating the laws of the planet where it is located, it will be handed over to the local police - that is, to the planetary government and planetary governor. Only cases involving interstellar crimes or violations of Imperial law will be reported to the Ministry of Justice's liaison officer in the local sector. The job of this liaison officer is generally to supervise the work of local law enforcement departments. When serious interstellar crimes occur, the liaison officer will first assess the situation and use the star domain or higher-level Justice Ministry police to carry out the work. deal with.
Generally speaking, the empire's regional law enforcement agencies don't want to see the Ministry of Justice get involved in investigations, because this often means that they either screw up or cause a big problem. If it goes wrong, the Ministry of Justice will also clean up the local police station while dealing with the criminals; if it causes a big problem, it will be the same.
What's even more terrible is that the Ministry of Justice may take the case to the trial court, and the trial judge usually allows the law enforcement officers to stay one step ahead of the criminals.
However, for example, Holy Terra, and some other important planets of the empire, will actually have the Ministry of Justice fully in charge of their security work to ensure that the rulers of the planets within their jurisdiction abide by the laws of the empire and supervise local law enforcement to maintain order. If there is a riot on the planet, the Ministry of Justice can declare martial law and dispatch police to control the situation until the situation calms down or the Imperial Guard comes to take over. The Advocate has law enforcement authority over most people in the Imperium, and with the exception of Space Marines, Inquisitors, and Navigator families they can arrest, interrogate, and execute almost anyone within their jurisdiction.
The core of the Ministry of Justice's powers lies in: tax arrears and heresy.
Other matters such as smuggling, organized crime, subversion and treason can be solved by local governments.
Only these two are the least allowed by the Ministry of Justice.
But there is a lot that needs to be said about these two.
It's okay to owe taxes. This is the "core business" of the Ministry of Justice. When the Ministry of Taxation fails to collect taxes to the standard, whether it is to execute the planetary governor or to use violent means to ensure the tax results, it is the Ministry of Justice. They will have their own violence agency. The elite police officers of the Ministry of Justice have weapons such as laser guns and bolt guns. They also have storm shields and power weapons. They have riot-control armored vehicles, police tanks, and police fighter planes when they go out. There are also specially designed legal cruisers in space.
To be honest, the armed police officers of the Ministry of Justice, except for the relatively small number and the lack of artillery support due to the special nature of their work and tasks, can fight better than the ordinary Astra Militarum, especially in small-scale conflicts. Here, especially.
Not to mention the local defense forces.
What's more, the work of the Ministry of Justice generally does not involve fighting, but is more focused on policing, suppression, and planetary security.
And if the police force of the Ministry of Justice cannot handle it, of course they can also use people to do it, usually the Star Wars Army or the Imperial Navy.
However, relatively speaking, dealing with heretics is a bit embarrassing.
The sin of heresy is a classic "pocket sin" that can be pinned on anyone in almost any way. On the surface, the only crimes that will be investigated seriously are heresy and tax arrears. In fact, the crime of heresy alone can be used in almost any place. Whether they are caught or not depends on the mood of the Ministry of Justice.
It seems like such a great power, but in reality it is not.
As one of the most important tasks of the Ministry of Justice, investigating heresy is far more difficult than imagined. Not to mention those little things that are too lazy to take care of, a considerable proportion of the big things that really deserve the Legal Department's attention will go wrong. The entire investigation process of the case can easily change from a suspenseful police film to a horror film involving a chaos cult, the appearance of a green-skinned murderer, and some terrifying alien creatures.
However, this part of the function has been diverted to a considerable extent by various other institutions in the empire. The Inquisition is also a professional counterpart in this regard. When the trouble becomes serious and a war is needed, the regular military forces such as the Astra Militarum and the Navy will meet, and the Space Marines will also come when necessary. When the Mechanicus and the State Church encounter similar things, they will also send forces to intervene...
Everyone can dictate the biggest function of the legal department, and even do it better than the legal department. Who can explain this?
But in fact, this whole process is not very conflicting. In fact, a large number of cult activities, whether Chaos or xenos behavior, will not alert the Space Marine Chapters and Inquisition until they become established. At this time, it’s up to the Legal Department to handle it. If the Legal Department can’t handle it, then it’s a big deal. At this time, the Ministry of Justice is often the last line of defense in the area, and it needs to work hard to maintain the situation as much as possible, waiting for the support of the Space Marines or the Inquisition.
They do the most trivial work, but when something big happens, it becomes a backdrop and a footnote to other people's success... From this perspective, the Legal Department is still a bit miserable.
As an ambitious Prime Minister of the Ministry of Justice who wants to do something, it seems that he will not easily tolerate this kind of thing continuing for a long time.
At least, that's how Gu Hang felt during the meeting.
This group, headed by the Prime Minister of the Ministry of Justice and High Lord Ou Kyren, is undoubtedly a powerful political faction in the central government of the empire. Just Ou Kyren himself, as one of the people who stood at the top of the empire's power, was already very strong. What's more, there is also a deputy prime minister of the Ministry of Taxation and Gallardo, the executive minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs. The remaining dozen or so people are at least senior members.
Together, they are able to draw strength from various agencies of the central government and act toward their common governing goals and interests.
As a political faction, this group of guys headed by Ou Curen had a core idea, and Gu Hang could see it: to take back power and centralize the government.
This centralization of power was not reflected between the central and local governments, but between the government and various other chaotic political organizations within the empire.
Can’t our Legal Department do the work of a judge? With enough resources, we can do the same!
Does the Department of Revenue want to allocate so much money to the Inquisition and Space Marine Chapters? The same goes for some Astra Militarum and naval fleets that make quite independent war decisions.
Can the Ministry of Military Affairs gather the military forces of various imperial forces as much as possible and bring them under unified command at the center of the empire?
Can the Ministry of Government appoint personnel and formulate development strategies that can be implemented in every place?
These are the general directions Gu Hang heard.
Of course, this is impossible to achieve. Not to mention that there are other political factions in the central empire, with various political ideas and demands. Even these gentlemen in the central government of the empire are all united and thinking in one direction. The combined strength wants to deal with it. The objects they want to centralize, such as forging worlds, war groups, and even local powerful factions like Gu Hang, are extremely difficult.
They are not so naive. Some of the specific strategies discussed are detailed rules, and they hope to be promoted in the next period of time.
For example, the Ministry of Justice should allocate more budget to the police force.
As for Gu Hang, although he seemed to be a local powerhouse on the whole, in fact, he was the one they wanted to fight for.
If you join us and are one of our own, then your "local power" is equal to our power and the power of the central government.
After talking about several budgets and several important official position arrangements, their topic turned to Gu Hang.
"Gu Hang, you came in person this time, and your attitude is considered to be on point. With our full support, in the following investiture ceremony, you will be awarded the rank of marshal, and the rear admiral you recommended will be directly awarded the rank of admiral. The military rank should not be a big problem. The corresponding military expansion plan and appropriation, as well as the tax deduction appropriation plan, should be successfully passed with our full promotion. "
Ou Juren said this to Gu Hang, and Gu Hang expressed his thanks.
"There is no need for so many gifts. Since you have joined us, we are friends. Friends should help each other. Of course we will help you and get what you deserve for your outstanding performance in the Iron Teeth War. Not only that, we will also help your alliance to deal with the threats posed by the Silver Tribunal and the 'Iron Fury Stone'."
When talking about this, Gu Hang became serious.
Marshal Angry Bear, General Pegasus, and the supporting benefits are his "guaranteed" for coming to Holy Terra this time; the things mentioned now are the core of his concern.
At the beginning, when Gallardo told him that he would solve these problems for him, he was a little hesitant.
But now, he probably understands.
This is not 'you are one of our own, so I help you', but a naked exchange of interests.
"The 'Iron Furious Stones' are an undoubted cancer within the empire, and they are getting stronger and stronger with the connivance of some people." Ou Curen first determined this, "It is time to put an end to this situation. ”
"Norberto, hehe..."
Ou Curen read the name and then sneered.
Gu Hang knew who this Norberto was.
That was the Prime Minister of the Imperial Military Affairs Department, who was Gallardo's immediate superior.
This man had made many achievements, but the way he got started was to "quell" the Bauhinia Rebellion with his mouth a hundred years ago. He persuaded the Iron Armored Regiment not to continue to expand its actions, and at the same time, he also pulled the Silver Tribunal into the group and cleaned up the three regiments of Bauhinia, Starbreaker Blade, and Phoenix.
"Nobel made a big mistake a hundred years ago, and the bigger mistake was that in the past hundred years, not only was he not punished for it, but he rose to prominence and even reached the position of Prime Minister of the Military Affairs Department step by step. After he was in a high position, he had no way to solve the problems he left behind, but let the situation get worse."
"All parties in the empire are very afraid of the 'Iron Fury Stone'. Now, it's time to deal with them."
"Gu Hang, you have a lot to bear next."
Everyone's eyes turned to Gu Hang.
The price is coming.
Ou Juren will help him solve the problems brought by the Silver Tribunal and the Fury of Flame, at least from the legal level.
With this guarantee, Gu Hang no longer needs to worry that he will be declared a traitor by the Silver Tribunal and the Alliance will not become an illegal organization.
If the Silver Tribunal really does this, it will be that they have missed their last chance, and they will definitely be counted on the side of the Iron Fury Stone by the various forces that Ou Juren said they wanted to solve the "Iron Fury Stone".
That will also be a disaster for the Silver Tribunal.
This is a good opportunity to cut off, and the Silver faction will not miss it.
Even if they don't catch it, the Empire will probably deny the judgment of the Silver Tribunal at the first time. In short, Gu Hang doesn't have to worry.
At the same time, Gu Hang can also hear the implication of their words, that is, the "Alliance", a multi-star political entity that Gallardo had previously created with his own power, is now considered "regularized". The Ministry of Justice should give him another document later to give the Alliance a layer of protection for its legal status.
The price of all this is that Gu Hang will be pushed to the front line against the ‘Iron Fury Stone’.
Will Gu Hang accept it?
Of course!
He was already on the front line.
Does he still have a chance to stand on the other side?
If he can’t get out of it and is already in the vortex, Gu Hang is stupid to stand on the side of the Iron Fury Stone!
Let alone the past grudges, just considering who is most likely to be the final winner, it will not be the Iron Fury Stone.
They have been arrogant for many years, and the Empire is afraid to use force; but when the Empire is really determined to solve this cancer, Gu Hang does not believe that the Iron Armored War Group, which has made countless enemies, will win.
Gu Hang nodded and said, "I have no choice but to do it!"
Gallardo clapped his hands suddenly and said excitedly, "If it weren’t for that old thing Norberto, Wang would have stepped down and the position of vice prime minister should have been mine! Since he is blocking the way and is so ignorant, it’s time for him to step down!"
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Adding more chapters failed... It’s too late to write here. If I write more, it will be dawn.
I must start writing early tomorrow!