Guilliman said no more, but just sat in his seat, examining them.
Now that things have come to this, if you agree to join, then agree. If you don’t agree, then you can only exclude it from your plans.
This reform is undoubtedly a huge storm for the current empire, and loyal and obedient people must be selected to carry out it, to ensure as much as possible that his will will not be distorted and will not be taken advantage of by Chaos.
There is no doubt that reform will encounter great resistance. No one likes the feeling of losing rights.
When Terra was still named Earth, ambitious people had launched countless wars for the small dynasty of millions of square kilometers, just to gain the supreme right to look down on all living beings.
There are more ambitious people among the stars. They are eager to gain power, the power to easily decide the fate of a planet or a star region.
After thinking for a moment, Ziller was the first to stand up and bowed slightly. "The Hitel family is willing to serve you. Respected Regent, please accept my humble loyalty. The Hitel family will swear here that its loyalty to you will be as hot as the sun of Terra forever."
With one person taking the lead, other planetary governors also stood up and saluted one after another.
"The Valens family is also willing to serve you."
"The Hitel family is also willing to serve you."
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They knelt before Guilliman, letting their mechanical limbs or flesh and blood kneel on the cold ground to show their loyalty.
Several wandering merchants saw this scene, looked at each other, hesitated for a moment, and then knelt down.
"The William Chamber of Commerce will resolutely implement your will."
"The Nancy Chamber of Commerce will resolutely implement your will."
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Sparsely, half of the people chose to surrender and kneel down.
As for the remaining half of the people, their expressions changed and their eyes became serious. Some of them even held the gun bags at their waists and looked around the hall with serious eyes.
They were afraid that a group of Extreme Marines in blue power armor and carrying power axes would rush out and chop them down. This was no joke.
Guilliman's words crossed the line a bit. It was obvious that he was trying to undermine the Empire's control over Terra and the Solar System.
From Terra's perspective, this was undoubtedly a betrayal.
Guilliman smiled, looking at those who did not tense up to him.
"Don't worry. I don't have any of the thoughts you guessed. For me, the most important thing is how to save this dying empire, rather than indulging in the struggle for power. Over the past ten thousand years, the empire has deviated too much from the path set by my father. I must get it back on track as soon as possible."
"Those who haven't kneeled down please leave first. Please leave some time and space for me and my followers to discuss future reforms. You don't have to worry about any retaliation from me. I am not someone who would do terrible things for the sake of power."
Guilliman kindly asked those people to leave, leaving only him and the members who were kneeling on one knee.
"Everyone, stand up. I'm glad you can stay."
Guilliman asked the men to stand up and find a place to sit.
The human empire is vast, spanning tens of thousands of light years, far larger than any empire ever imagined by humans.
Inefficient navigation and communications, reform is undoubtedly an extremely complex and cautious matter.
Guilliman planned that the reform would slowly spread along with the new technology in Cawl's hands, subtly changing the entire empire within a hundred or two hundred years.
Every policy change will be made as cautiously as possible to minimize the negative effects.
For those officials who did not follow him, their positions and functions in the chamber of commerce would not be replaced immediately, but their value would be gradually undermined like boiling a frog in warm water.
After everyone was seated, Guilliman smiled, making sure he could better integrate into this conversation.
"I'm glad you can stay and help me implement this seemingly outrageous plan. But everything we do is to ensure that our race can continue to survive in this dark universe and to protect the empire created by my father, so that it will not be destroyed and collapse in the tide of chaos."
"We have no intention of disrespect."
"Regent, you don't have to worry. We don't have that idea."
"No matter what you think, it's a good thing that you can stay. During the ten thousand years I slept, I was heartbroken by the development of many planets. The Empire completely abandoned them, leaving them to struggle in ignorance and stupidity, offering the only thing they could offer in tattered clothes. Ignoring that every life is equally important to my father, I am not saying this is a betrayal. War and selfishness will change everything beyond recognition. Some people have everything, fresh food, water, and even a beautiful private garden and a group of slaves, while others can only find food to survive in toxic garbage. This is unreasonable."
"People will only fight for what is worth protecting. If they have nothing and live in hell, why would they reject the hell that Chaos has created for them?"
Guilliman did not hide his inner anger at the current state of the Empire. If anyone else said such words, they would probably be assassinated quickly or declared a traitor.
Human beings are born to obey the Empire and believe in the Emperor. This is an important idea that the state religion has always promoted.
If someone else said something like this today, the body wouldn't be found the next day.
Ziller and others who stayed behind sat in their seats and twisted their bodies uneasily.
They wondered if the court would open the door and offer them warmth directly after the meeting.
For the sake of their own lives, they did not express any opinions and just listened.
"I will sign an order for you. The new wealth distribution system will be implemented in Ultramar and then gradually expanded to the entire empire. At the same time, I will raise funds to establish specialized educational institutions and promote compulsory education in every backward and ignorant world. I will encourage all children to go to school and learn new imperial ideas, and destroy any organization involved in Chaos from the root."
"The imperial laws will also apply unified standards. We will abolish those damned feudal nobles and dictators. We don't need them. We must reduce the possibility of people rebelling and joining chaos."
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Guilliman told his reform ideas one by one, and asked those people to record them all and use them as the basis for future reform plans.
During the Great Crusade ten thousand years ago, in order to speed up the process, the Emperor allowed planetary administrators to remain as they were as long as they were willing to promote the Imperial Truth and pay taxes.
The empire is very deformed. Some planets are socialist, some are dictatorships, and some are slavery, and so on.
The Emperor was severely wounded and was sent to the Golden Throne, and the Primarchs passed away in the subsequent wars. The High Lords Council of Terra that remained did not have the courage to implement such reforms, and as long as taxes were paid on time, they would allow those distorted systems to remain.
The group of Terra's Supreme Lords were useful before, but now they are completely useless.
At every meeting, representatives from various forces are fighting for their own interests. Everything is done slowly, and some even seem a little crazy.
The major families have tried their best to stuff people into Terra, trying to have their own people become officials of Terra, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Ministry of Administration, in order to maintain their interests.
Guilliman doesn't want to play power games with these people while fighting against the Chaos God. He doesn't want to worry about being stabbed in the back. What he wants is absolute control.
After talking for several hours and formulating a relatively complete reform plan, Guilliman dissolved the meeting and authorized these people to form a new organization similar to a parliament to provide services for him and improve the reform plan.
After many Rogue Traders and Planetary Governors walked out, Guilliman rubbed his eyes slightly tiredly.
After waking up, he didn't rest much.
First he repelled the Chaos army, then he summoned everyone to listen to the current situation of the Empire, and now he is summoning representatives from all parties one after another to appease them and make corresponding arrangements.
He stretched out his fingers and took a long, calm breath.
A soft electronic sound rang out, and the voice of Sicarius, the Second Captain of the Ultramarines Chapter, came from the communicator nearby.
"My lord, the other warbands that have heard the news of your revival hope to be received by you."