I'm in Warhammer, please don't praise Doraemon

Chapter 423: Only one person can protect the empire from wind and rain
As a member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Irtu believed that the Emperor's will did not come from any state religious texts, but from the actual laws of the Empire.
He devoutly believed that the Imperial Law was the true Word of God and the true embodiment of the Emperor's will. As long as the Empire could operate strictly and impartially in accordance with the provisions of the Imperial Law, it would surely allow the Empire to develop in accordance with the Emperor's ideas.

All the tragedies in the empire today are essentially due to the fact that the imperial laws have not been implemented.

But Irtu still felt sorry for the sudden death of the former Ecclesiarch Bardo Sleister, and understood why Guilliman wanted to eliminate the Ecclesiarch first.

The Pope holds the power to interpret the Emperor's will in terms of faith. The previous Pope shared Irtu's view that the Imperial Law is the embodiment of the Emperor's will, which gave Irtu an advantage.

Anyone who opposed Irtu had to bear the psychological burden of going against the Emperor's will, which made many centrist high lords and secondary lords lean towards the conservative side.

Now, on the contrary, those who support Irtu have to bear this psychological burden.

He had to launch a more direct and fierce attack before Guilliman and his gang completely twisted the Emperor's will into some kind of expedition.

"Sir, I think matters of faith should be discussed within the state religion after the meeting."

"I heard that there is some discussion within the state religion about Saint Doraemon."

Irtu laughed and said:
"We understand your desire to pursue the Emperor and gain glory through a grand expedition, but this must be approved by the Council of High Lords."

Irtu first pointed out that there was still a lot of debate within the Ecclesiarchy, and then cleverly twisted Guilliman's promotion of the expedition into a desire for personal glory.
Most importantly, Iltur wanted the expedition itself to be vetoed by the High Lords Council directly to prevent Guilliman from using the salami-slicing tactic.
The early actions of the expedition, such as assembling fleets and retaking the star systems near Terra, were relatively easy to be approved by the High Lords Council, but the grand expedition itself made people hesitate.
Originally, Guilliman could have taken his time, but now Irtu had cut off this opportunity. This small victory made Irtu a little complacent.

"I am in favor of a vote on the Crusade itself." Guilliman smiled.

"Then let's get started." Irtu said instinctively and impatiently after hearing this.

But he soon realized that Guilliman did not seem panicked, as if this development was exactly in line with his plan.

"No." Guilliman glanced at Irtur. "This is not the first issue we will vote on today."

"Lord Tirian, please tell the high lords what the first topic of today's meeting is."

The eyes of all the high lords were instantly focused on Tirian.

"This is a topic submitted by His Excellency Els, the Chief Inquisitor of the Inquisition. After investigation by the Inquisition, a large number of heretics and cultists have infiltrated the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This is the specific evidence."

Tirrion spoke calmly, and the cartload of documents was pushed into the council chamber by the Cadia 184th Regiment as an escort.
The Lucifer Black Guards who were originally responsible for protecting the high lords were forced by Reina to run circles around the equator for training because they were unqualified. The entire palace guards were replaced by the Cardia 184th Regiment.

Irtu stared at the whole car of documents in amazement. He looked at Ers, who had just taken office as the Chief of the Tribunal, with disbelief.
"Ers, you..." He trembled with anger.

Ers' expression remained unchanged and he didn't even look at Irtu.

In fact, these documents were not obtained from the investigation of the Tribunal at all, but were rushed out by those clowns wearing blind spot stars who worked overtime these days.
They uncovered a large number of traitors, Tzeentch followers, Slaanesh followers, and various heretics who had infiltrated Imperial institutions, and compiled them all into documents.

At this moment, more than a hundred clowns who had hidden their figures behind the blind spot stars were surrounding the High Lord.

Seeing that their work finally had an effect, the clowns began to wipe away their tears with moved expressions.

"What do you mean?! How could you investigate the Ministry of Internal Affairs without telling me?"

"You doubt the loyalty of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?! How could you do that!"

Irtu shouted in extreme anger.

His liver ached. How could he not know that there were traitors, cultists and spies in the Ministry of Internal Affairs? But the Ministry of Internal Affairs was a huge department with hundreds of millions of employees. How could it be possible to completely eliminate corruption?

Besides, what about traitors, heretics, spies, and heretics? Don't they work?!
"How can you investigate everything!!! If you investigate the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who will work?!"

"Have you forgotten?! Every one of your decrees is implemented through the Ministry of Internal Affairs!"

"The empire's present status is built on the hard work of hundreds of millions of Ministry of Internal Affairs officials. It is the Ministry of Internal Affairs that is protecting you from the wind and rain!"

"There is only one person in this galaxy who can shelter you from the wind and rain, and that is the Emperor, not you." Zhou Yun glanced at Irtu and said calmly.

Irtu immediately fell back into his chair: "What do you mean?"

With shaking hands, he flipped through several documents and found that the list included many high-ranking officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which made him break out in a cold sweat.

How could he be unaware of the Inquisition's large-scale investigation of its top brass?
Is there a spy in the Ministry of the Interior? Or is there a traitor among the conservatives?
"Lord Ers believes that Lord Irtu has failed in his duties and is no longer suitable for the position of the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs." Tireen slowly pronounced:

"She filed a vote to remove you from office."

"You want me to be fired?" Irtu shouted.

Then he quickly realized why only he,

Without him, the conservatives can still exert influence on the High Lords Council through the senior admirals and the Lord Advocate.
If the high lords can vote to dismiss Irtu, then the other two conservative high lords can also vote to dismiss them.
Why only dismiss him? Irtu looked at the Minister of Justice and the senior admiral.

The Minister of Justice and the high-ranking admiral also looked at each other.

Irtu gritted his teeth, looked at Guilliman, and growled, "In that case, let's vote."

"If it was the High Lords' Council that removed me, I have nothing to say. This is in accordance with Imperial law."

If Guilliman really instigated the Minister of Justice and the High Admiral to rebel, then Irtu would be really finished.

There are now eleven members of the High Lords Council, with two empty seats.
If they could get more than half of the votes, that is, six votes, they could surely remove Irtu from office.

The first person to cast a vote in favor was the Chief Justice of the Tribunal, Els.

Then came the Battle Sisters, the Grand Sister Morwen Val, the Star Whispering Court Chief, Kelaplin, and the new Pope of the State Church, Eos Litra.
These four people are all die-hard original body and Doraemon fans, and they all voted in favor.

Guilliman himself naturally voted in favor.

At this moment, the number of votes in favor of removing Yiertu from office has reached five. Yiertu was sweating profusely,
He looked at the Minister of Justice, the senior admiral, and the commander of the Imperial Guards with some panic.
The commander of the Praetorian Guards, Trajan, maintained his usual style and abstained from voting to show his neutrality.

Minister of Justice, senior admiral. If one of them was really turned by Guilliman
Irtu's palms were sweating and half of his body was shaking uncontrollably.

But the Minister of Justice and the senior admiral still voted against it.

This made Irtu breathe a sigh of relief.

Is it just a simple plot to sow discord by merely proposing the removal of Irtu? Isn't that a little too cunning?

Irtu himself voted against it.

The situation now became three against five, and Yiertu couldn't help but smile.
Perhaps in the eyes of Guilliman and his men, this would still be their victory.

After all, since the Vagoric Rebellion, the Grand Master of the Assassin Court usually only abstained from voting to show neutrality and stagnation.
In this way, the votes supporting the removal of Irtu will still constitute the majority and will be passed.

but.
The Grand Master of the Assassin Court, Fadix, raised his head slightly.
"Objection." Fadix's voice was as light as a feather, but
A slight surprise came over the council;

The head nun Morwen Val, the chief minister of the Inquisition, the chief minister of the Star Tongue Court, Kelaplin, and the new pope of the state religion, Eos Litra, all stared at Fadix with wide eyes.

Even the Minister of Justice and the senior admiral on Irtu's side did not expect such a dramatic scene to occur.
Their stunned voices sounded like heavenly music to Irtu's ears.
Irtu certainly did not do nothing during these days. He enlisted the help of the Grand Master of the Assassin Court and made Fadix stand on the side of the conservatives.
This is his stab, his dagger, his fatal blow,
Although the Grand Master of the Assassin's Court has traditionally abstained from power, this is only a tradition, not Imperial law, and is not unchangeable.

Now the conservatives have four votes from the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Justice, the Navy, and the Assassin's Court. Counting Mars, who will never turn to Saint Doraemon, there are five in total.
Five votes against five votes means a tie, which means that neither the conservatives nor the reformists can implement any policies.

But this is what the conservatives want. The conservatives want the imperial law to remain unchanged.
Irtu was smug about his victory, joy welling up in his chest.

He won, really won, he defeated the Primarch and Saint Doraemon!
He wins——————

"Support." A cold, dry voice suddenly came from the huge machine that occupied half of the council hall.

Mars Casting General cast his vote in favor.

"Ude. Udiya. Lasky!" Irtu roared and turned his head away: "You voted for the wrong one! You should object! You should object!!"

The dwarf terminal of the Mars Casting General turned his head slightly and looked at Irtu.

"Please call me Uwula, the name bestowed upon me by Saint Doraemon himself."

(End of this chapter)