Start with Planetary Governor - Chapter 781

Sometimes, variables require patience, but sometimes they happen naturally.

When the atmosphere is right, they come naturally.

In the Eastern Universe, the sky has changed.

A big thing happened on Wuji Star: the chairman of the Universe rebelled!

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The current chairman of the Eastern Universe is named Yin Bashim.

Four years ago, the former chairman Zuo Zhaofeng got promoted as he wished and became a vice premier of the Ministry of Military Affairs.

Generally speaking, it is difficult to do so quickly.

The chairman of the Eastern Universe before Zuo Zhaofeng was promoted to vice premier. He had been working in the local government for a lifetime, and only got a vice premier. He retired every two years, which was equivalent to a retirement treatment.

Although the position of the chairman of the Universe is important, and he is even qualified to be elected as a high lord, not everyone can get a high-ranking official in the central government.

Compared with an ordinary chairman of the Universe, the vice premier of the central department of the empire may need to be debated. There is basically no doubt that the vice premier is a level stronger. In addition, Holy Terra is attractive to “outsiders” and the attraction of entering the power center of the empire… As long as they are not “country bumpkins” who are obsessed with becoming local tyrants, most imperial politicians will still choose the deputy prime minister.

Let alone the deputy prime minister, there are even people who were transferred from the chairman of the universe to serve as assistant ministers. This position is only one level higher than the deputy minister, but in a department, it is also the top seven people.

Theoretically, if the Executive Yuan, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Military Affairs, and the Ministry of Taxation are counted together, there are only eight positions for deputy prime ministers in total, and it is not easy to vacate one. And even if it is vacated, the competition pressure is very high. Not only are there many cosmic domain chairmen eyeing the vacant positions in Holy Terra, but the assistant ministers and deputy ministers of various departments are also eyeing it. It is not that you can get it if you want it.

Although Zuo Zhaofeng has been the chairman of the universe for more than 40 years, to be honest, his position as the chairman of the universe is not particularly stable. It seems that he was forced to rise. His qualifications and achievements are not enough. It is reasonable to say that he cannot compete for the deputy prime minister.

However, this is helped by two aspects.

First, there is Gallardo, the Prime Minister of the Military Affairs Department, who is pushing for it. Zuo Zhaofeng is one of his own people. Even though he has gradually mastered the situation in the Military Affairs Department over the years, it would be very helpful to push one more trustworthy person to take up an important position as the Deputy Prime Minister.

His position is not so stable. His good relationship with Gu Hang has always made him suffer a lot of criticism. Even Prime Minister Qi Bodu sometimes secretly messes with him.

He is also worried that if there is a big problem in the relationship between the Central Empire and the Alliance, he will be the first to suffer.

But he has never considered cutting off ties with the Alliance and Gu Hang.

It is not because of his relationship with Gu Hang.

For a political animal like him, without extraordinary influence, emotions will not replace thinking.

However, even from the fundamental interests, he cannot give up or betray the Alliance.

What is his biggest foundation?

First, when the Sun Lord died, he succeeded in standing up for the party and sold Solaria and the part of the political legacy of the Sun Lord that he could touch for a good price.

Then, he followed the former High Lord and Prime Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Ojuren, to defeat his immediate superior at the time, Norberto, the Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs and High Lord, who was the backstage of the Iron Armored Corps in Holy Terra; and followed the Prime Minister to defeat Ojuren.

In this process, he chose the right position every time and rose step by step.

But he himself knew that such a foundation was very unstable. He was almost a slave of three surnames. No matter what he did next, Qi Bodu would not trust him.

How could a person who always changed his party and even stabbed the former boss in the back be trusted?

Qi Bodu probably wanted to kick him out in his heart.

The reason why he didn’t kick him at first was because he had just helped and overthrew Ou Juren. No matter how much he wanted to replace him, he couldn’t kill him when he just promised to give him benefits, let him come to power and surrender to him. He still had to have some face and wait.

In addition, the Iron Armor War lasted for an unexpectedly long time, and the Military Affairs Department should not have too much turmoil. In addition, his relationship with Gu Hang, the Western Front was a mess, the Northern Front had no achievements, and it was all the Southern Front that rushed forward… For many reasons, Gallardo has been sitting in his position.

But it’s not a good thing to go on like this. If he doesn’t think of a way, Qi Bodu will sooner or later take action against him and drive him out of office.

But why not drive him out now?

On the one hand, because he has gradually grown up in the Military Affairs Department, he is no longer just an airborne leader like when he first came to power. In the past ten or twenty years, he has more or less sorted out the internal affairs of the Military Affairs Department. He is not really a pure politician.

But to be honest, this part of the factor is not enough to keep him in this position.

A bigger part of the reason is the point that he is always criticized for: he and Gu Hang are as close as brothers, and the alliance is now very powerful.

He has a good relationship with Gu Hang, who has a “bad reputation” in the central empire, and he is a slave of three surnames who is not liked by Qi Bodu. What else can be the reason for him not to fall?

Isn’t it because there is a strong enough alliance outside to support him?

He was stupid enough to give up his greatest help for the political opinion field on Holy Terra. If he really listened to those words, cut off ties with Gu Hang, and stood on the opposite side of the Alliance, then the people who were trying to persuade him would be happy in their hearts, praise him a few words, and then find an opportunity in two years, or simply create an opportunity, to drive him out of office.

Absolutely.

If he wants to live well, the more he is scolded outside, the more he should help Gu Hang. The two of them are already too deeply tied together. There is no benefit for him to backstab Gu Hang. He will only be liquidated in the future after losing his greatest help.

Of course, while holding on to the Alliance’s thighs tightly, he must be strong enough.

No matter how precarious his position is, he is always the Prime Minister and High Lord of the Military Affairs Department. It is very important to manage his basic base well.

It can not only stabilize his position, but also play the role of the Military Affairs Department after stabilization to help Gu Hang, killing two birds with one stone.

This is the purpose of transferring Zuo Zhaofeng, who is capable, ambitious, and works hard and according to the arrangements in the Eastern Universe.

Of course, if Zuo Zhaofeng continues to stay in the Eastern Universe, it may be more helpful to the alliance’s next plan.

Gallardo also knows this.

But… there is no way to stay.

This brings up another reason for Zuo Zhaofeng’s special promotion to the central government of the empire: he did “too well” in the Eastern Universe.

In terms of economic construction and creating more imperial taxes, he did a great job. His most core path to success is to bring many star regions in the Eastern Universe together and work hard to get closer to the alliance.

This trade route between the alliance and the Eastern Universe can be regarded as a two-way run, and it has indeed developed to an exaggerated level. The annual trade volume between the two sides soon exceeded one trillion, followed by two trillion, three trillion…

The extremely high trade volume has generated a lot of profits and also made the industries of both sides highly integrated.

The two sides began to invest in each other on a large scale.

This is a big money-making opportunity, especially for the many governors and heads of state in the Eastern Universe.

Needless to say, the Alliance’s investment in them, with one stroke, the development of the planet has risen rapidly. Even if the Alliance also has a share in those industries, is the key to the Alliance’s investment just money?

It is indeed money, the Alliance is really rich.

But in addition to the most critical money and resources, what is more scarce is the orders, trade agreements, and technical support that follow.

This is enough to allow a planet to step into the high-speed channel of development.

As for the many dignitaries in the Eastern Universe, investing in the Alliance is also an incredible opportunity. The Alliance often comes up with very attractive projects to attract investment, and these projects can often make a lot of money.

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Even some of the planetary governors in the Eastern Universe who have invested more and more successfully have gone to live in the Alliance for a long time.

The living conditions in the Alliance, especially in the core economic zone, are much better than those of the planetary governors in remote areas.

They don’t have money, but can they have a good life if they have money?

Not necessarily.

Money can buy almost everything, but… there must be something to sell to them.

Magnificent city landscapes, the ecosystem created by the ‘Garden of Eden’ technology, extremely rich entertainment and leisure products, sufficient supply of luxury goods, high-end social circles… These things, no matter how much money they have, they can’t enjoy them in their own hometowns.

Of course, these things are not only available in the Alliance. However, the planetary governors of the Eastern Universe do not have many other choices. The core reason why they did not leave their planets alone and go on vacation or even live elsewhere in the past was actually because they did not dare.

They may not have a very stable ruling foundation. If they leave for a long time, the people below may not listen to them and are unwilling to contribute wealth to support their luxurious life. Even if the ruling is relatively stable, it is easy to lose power after a long time.

If you lose power, you lose everything.

But the reason why they are not afraid of this when they are with the Alliance is that they will be protected by the Alliance.

The development of the planet depends on the Alliance. After establishing inseparable economic relations and even strong personal interest relations, further relations will naturally come into being.

This is true in politics and military.

They found that hiring government managers directly from outstanding university graduates in the Alliance is quite useful. They are loyal, scientific, and strict in their goals, and are also very good at dealing with the Alliance’s own trade system.

Then, they found that training soldiers in the way of the Alliance is also very reliable. In fact, they can simply do the whole set. Officers, equipment, organization, training methods… all let the Alliance to carry out the full package, they just need to pay the money, and the defense force built in this way is not only stronger than the original old-style army, but also incredibly cost-effective.

Officials use people from the Alliance, officers use people from the Alliance… Then aren’t these planetary governors just empty shells, being sidelined?

It does have that meaning.

But the core difference is that the Alliance’s full set is all exposed.

If you want to save trouble, then you can choose the ‘all-inclusive package’; if you have doubts, then you can reduce the configuration in the all-inclusive package, the army only imports equipment, or even only imports weapons production lines to stimulate development; prohibit Alliance people from being managers, and only conduct trade contacts…

Whatever you want to do, it’s up to you.

Even if you choose the ‘all-inclusive package’, to put it bluntly, the officers and administrative officials are all working for the planetary governor. If they want to go back and intervene in administration or military affairs, they can do so at any time and anywhere. If you want to fire someone, you can fire him. If you want the Alliance to replace someone, you can replace him…

To put it bluntly, it’s a group of ‘workers’ who are not their own people, but are very professional and capable.

What’s there to be dissatisfied about?

Not to mention those planetary governors, even those star domain heads who hold great power, many of them do this.

In fact, there are already three star domains in the Eastern Universe that have signed military contracting contracts with the Alliance. They disbanded all their troops and completely demilitarized, and their own military security issues were completely guaranteed by the alliance, and they only needed to pay some money.

Save money, less pressure, faster development, and the dignitaries can have more income… Why not do it?

It is indeed good for them, but in the eyes of the central government of the empire, this is simply treasonous!

What is the difference between you doing this and handing over the Eastern Universe to Gu Hang?

And the reason why they can do this is very much related to the instigation of Zuo Zhaofeng, the chairman of the Universe.

Zuo Zhaofeng can’t continue to work in the Eastern Universe.

Even under his leadership, the tax amount of the Eastern Universe is rising, and the development is getting better and better. It is obvious that he is a capable minister, but it can’t continue.

Unless the central government of the empire is willing to accept that the alliance’s base will continue to expand.

Anyway, Gallardo is constantly campaigning for Zuo Zhaofeng on Holy Terra, so it’s just right to bring him up and get him out of the Eastern Universe.

By the way, they also sent a new chairman of the universe to the Eastern Universe.

That person is Yin Bashim.

He is responsible for preventing the Eastern Universe from falling into the clutches of the alliance.