"Your Majesty, Speaker, this is the preliminary intention survey of the members of the Parliament that you want." Mas Ameda, the deputy speaker of the Galactic Republic, curled up his burly body and respectfully submitted a document to Sheev Palpatine.
His attitude now and that of Palpatine when he first took office have become completely polar opposites.
Once upon a time, Mas-Ameda was also a very strong politician. He served as deputy speaker for about 2 years longer than Palpatine became speaker.
After two years of operation, when Palpatine ascended to the throne of Speaker after the Battle of Naboo, Mas-Ameda once hoped to rely on his older qualifications to exert influence on Palpatine, and even
Become a puppet.
But Sheev Palpatine used very sophisticated political skills and excellent political wisdom to easily defeat him and seize his handle. From then on, Mas Ameda became Palpatine's second subordinate.
A loyal dog.
He has always had a fear of Palpatine in his heart, and he is also one of the few people who knows Palpatine's other true face. After seeing Palpatine reveal it inadvertently, or perhaps deliberately
After unleashing the terrifying power, Mas Ameda was unable to resist at all.
Because of this, he also had a prosperous official career under Palpatine. Although his position is still the deputy speaker, in fact, the power and resources he holds are no longer the same as before.
Palpatine has always been very generous to his loyal dogs, and he never begrudges rewards.
Therefore, from such a high position, Mas Ameda really watched step by step how Palpatine turned the Galactic Republic into his own private property, and then forced the Jedi Order into a lonely family. It was so terrifying
His political skills also made Mas-Ameda, who is also a politician, more and more frightened.
After Palpatine directly admitted his identity as the Sith Lord, Mas Ameda did not even have the courage to look at Palpatine.
At this moment, he kept his bent posture and did not dare to straighten up. He only dared to take a sneak peek. From his current angle, he could only see Palpatine's mouth, and he no longer dared to raise his eyes any further, because he could only glance up.
Looking up, you will see those eyes that he dare not face at all!
But at this moment, Palpatine was looking at the investigation report with a relaxed and warm smile, but he had no intention of letting Mas Ameda get up.
This survey report details the political leanings of at least half of the current members of the Galactic Parliament, as well as their views on recent events.
Palpatine read at an extremely fast speed, but it did not affect his careful inspection and understanding of every piece of information. However, the content displayed on this information was not so optimistic.
That's right, he didn't take control of the Jedi Order as easily as he appeared on the surface. On the contrary, he is now suffering huge backlash from his actions against the Jedi Order.
Among the Galactic Parliament, more than 70% of the people opposed this matter! For the parliamentary structure of a political power, this is already an extremely fatal number!
Fortunately, many of these people are still intimidated by Palpatine's current power and dare not take any substantive action. However, some of them have already started their own actions.
For example, the group of congressmen led by Padmé Amidala and Bail Organa, according to the newspaper, are brewing a political turmoil as a way to fight back.
In fact, this is exactly what Palpatine is worried about.
His political foundation is still too shallow. Compared with those wealthy families who have been operating in the inner and core circles for tens of thousands of years, he still lacks the foundation and accumulation.
In the original plan, if his master Darth Plagueis was still there, and with Plagueis' accumulated reputation in the Interstellar Banking Association, the two of them would cooperate internally and externally, and the accumulation of political capital would be faster and better.
But the problem is that Palpatine himself had to take action at that time. Because if Darth Plagueis was not killed, he would ask himself to nominate him as co-speaker. This condition is absolutely unacceptable...
This is the shortcoming of the relationship between two people who use each other. The result of mutual use is that once their interests conflict, it will turn into stabbing each other.
Because of this, even if he knew that people like Bail Organa and Padmé Amidala were plotting against him behind his back, he would never dare to take action against them directly. In the original plot, he became the Emperor of the Galactic Empire.
After 20 years and the completion of the construction of the Death Star, he dared to blow up the entire planet of Alderaan and kill Bail Organa, whom he had always regarded as a thorn in his side.
From this point of view, we can understand the profound heritage of the powerful planets in the core circle and inner ring of this galaxy. This heritage does not necessarily lie in how many fleets or tanks they have, but in what they have mastered.
Resources and connections.
Maybe you ignored the rules of the game today and directly killed one of them. Then the backlash may be that dozens or hundreds of planets will jump up and turn against you. Even if they don't directly set off an anti-flag rebellion, they will just do something about the tax issue.
His hands and feet were enough for Palpatine to drink a pot.
And don’t forget, even Palpatine himself was able to ascend to the position of Speaker only with the support of the elders in the inner circle.
Looking at the contents of the document given to him by Mas Ameda, Palpatine was already filled with rage!
It's too early!
That’s right! It’s too early!
Now is simply not the time!
His control over the Parliament is not yet complete! There are still several disobedient factions in the current Parliament that have not been dealt with, but he has to forcibly eliminate the Jedi Order.
And to achieve this goal, he even sent 100,000 troops to the Jedi Temple!
Regardless of how majestic and powerful the 100,000-strong army is, you must know that this is Coruscant! And the place where the Jedi Temple is located is the core of Coruscant!
If you directly mobilize troops in such a place, the nobles and wealthy families of the Galactic Republic will watch! This is equivalent to shitting on their faces!
When a family controls wealth measured in galaxies, what do they care about most? One is safety, and the other is immortality! How will these nobles view themselves as the Speaker if they directly use force at the core of Coruscant?
But the problem is that he must do the same. Because the Jedi Order has already mastered very key evidence, and they must not be allowed to continue investigating along this evidence! Because if they follow this evidence and investigate further, he and Count Dooku will
Those who once colluded to trigger a galactic civil war will be made public!