Chapter 742: Arrogant at First and Respectful Later

Luo Fei couldn't refuse anymore.

Continuing to oppose the advancement of the Alliance Plan would be like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

Now, the tax department is blocking his administrative budget, and he is already very uncomfortable. In the Supreme Council, the other high lords are relatively neutral, but when it comes to the budget, they all want to take a bite of the pie of one or two trillion tax coins per year given by the alliance.

In addition, Gu Hang made a lot of friends during the last war. There were also quite a few people in the Astra Militarum, the Navy, the Space Marines, and the Inquisition who spoke for him openly or secretly.

And Gallardo's strong support...

He has been very sad these days.

Sometimes he couldn't help but wonder if he was too sensitive and imaginative.
If he thinks carefully, is there any benefit for him to stop the alliance? Why should he fight for the Spider Web Universe, a place that has been destroyed? Even if he wins it, all he can do is to control the power of personnel appointment in this star region.

According to past experience, those appointed by him as the president of the universe domain and the head of the star domain would be more obedient at the beginning and would be strong supporters of the Central Executive Yuan. However, as time went on, it was unknown whether the local officials who had already formed their own forces and established a firm foothold would still be so obedient.

Unless there is a floating official system with regular rotation of posts, but under the current status of the empire, this is basically unrealistic.

Of course, in general, a new universe with so many locations is indeed a huge benefit. But the political price paid to fight for all this has been delayed until now and has become too high.

Gradually, he began to feel that the loss outweighed the gain.

In addition, he actually had a fundamental idea, which was to let Gu Hang, the leader of a local separatist regime, become the chairman of the universe domain and untie the shackles on his separatist forces...

It's not a blessing in any way.

Whether Gu Hang is loyal or not, whether he will rebel in the end or not, is irrelevant. From the perspective of system design, this situation should be prevented from happening.

The safety of the entire empire cannot be left to the thoughts of one person.

As the Prime Minister of the Imperial Executive Council, he always had this idea in mind. Therefore, he was most alert to Gu Hang's current situation.

However, it seems that there are people in the High Lords' Council who think like him, but these ideas are usually not their top priority when making decisions.

Sometimes he would also feel a little tired: Why am I the only one who needs to think this way?
Of course, at this time, he would selectively forget what choices he would usually make when departmental interests, personal interests and imperial interests conflicted with each other.
Anyway, he feels tired now.

Since you don’t want to, then I don’t want to either.

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From the perspective of interests, it is not certain that there will be profit in fighting for the Spider Web Universe; from the perspective of fighting for the interests of the empire, it is no longer possible to achieve.

But these are only secondary.

The most fundamental blow to him is that the Prime Minister’s attitude has also changed.

The Prime Minister is the one who ultimately decides everything.

When he felt that the whole world was against him, only the Prime Minister's full support could enable him to overthrow Gu Hang's rule in the East.

In the past, the Prime Minister was quite supportive of him.

Especially since he had clearly told the Prime Minister about Gu Hang's threat in the East, Gu Hang's possible disloyalty to him, and the loss of that little bit of tax money was not worth the damage to the Prime Minister's authority...

Through these remarks, he clearly felt that the Prime Minister's attitude was biased towards him.

But he didn't know why the Prime Minister's attitude suddenly changed 180 degrees.

This matter could not be done immediately. When Gu Hang's people sent him an invitation letter and asked him to meet, he wanted to refuse.

However, an order from the Prime Minister forced him to lower his head and meet Gu Hang with reluctance.

He has resigned himself to his fate.

However, in terms of attitude, he is still not very good.

He had made up his mind that he would not give Gu Hang a good face during this meeting!

……

"What?! That's great!"

Luo Fei raised his glass towards Gu Hang with a smile on his face, and even felt that this was not intimate enough, so he simply sat next to him from across from him and put his arm around Gu Hang's shoulder.

"I knew that someone like Governor Gu Hang must be the most loyal person in the empire. Solaria is already the biggest concern of the empire. The expedition of the Sun Lord in the past did bring him great reputation and also brought the empire a rare opportunity to expand its territory. However, it really cost too much money, and now it is even more chaotic."

"With your words, Governor Gu, I feel relieved."

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"The Alliance's combat effectiveness has been tested by Iron Armor and the Void Zerg, and can be said to be the Empire's elite. Those elite Astra Militarum legions with such great reputations are all boasting. How can they be as powerful as the Alliance Army?"

"And those war groups have also seen a new look thanks to the support of the Alliance. In the past, who would have known what Phoenix and Blood Shark were?"

"With the help of the Alliance army, Solaria is saved! Come on, let's have another drink for the future of the empire!"

……

Luo Fei's attitude was somewhat ridiculous, being arrogant at first and respectful later.

But Gu Hang would not underestimate him.

After Qi Boduo's change of attitude, the promotion of the "Alliance Plan" has become a foregone conclusion.

In this case, holding on is a pure loss. As long as Luo Fei is not stupid, he will not do this.

Moreover, since the matter has been decided, why create an enemy like Gu Hang?
He is very powerful, has a huge influence, seems to have some unclear relationship with the Prime Minister, and has a wide network of contacts...

It's so hard to be an enemy.

However, the previous contradiction was there, and he wanted to resolve it, but there was no way.

However, during this meeting, Gu Hang did not show off his victory, but talked sincerely about some personnel appointments and arrangements in the Spider Web Universe, as well as the prospects for future development.

These are all empty talk. Even if Gu Hang really offered some positions within the Spider Web Universe, the Universe Government, and the various Star Domain Governments, and invited the Executive Yuan to assign people, the number would be small, and they would all be marginal and idle positions that would be of no use at all.

But it doesn't matter, both of them know that this is a way to get to the point.

At least, Luo Fei felt that Gu Hang was trying to be friendly.

Okay, let’s do this, there is a step that everyone can take.

But what Luo Fei didn't expect was that Gu Hang then mentioned that the alliance army could enter Solaria to participate in the war.

This is the big surprise!
(End of this chapter)