After getting off the shuttle, Alia Isabel looked very embarrassed. She followed Tang Xiao very carefully with small steps. She wanted to look around curiously, but she didn't dare to go too far for fear of provoking someone she shouldn't.
people.
Even if the clothes she is wearing are gorgeous dresses bought at a high price in the commercial center of the planet Corellia, this outfit alone is worth tens of thousands of credits, which is equivalent to the price of a fighter jet, but walking in the mothership
She still felt like a country bumpkin entering the city for the first time.
Tang Xiao sent a message to Daphne Clement, asking her to send a female assistant to put Aaliya in her bedroom, and then went to the office.
Qi Jian has already been asked to assemble the fleet. He came here mainly to worry about other things.
After the communication was connected, Francis Underwood's holographic projection appeared in it. Tang Xiao asked: "The situation on Malastar Planet may intensify. Is there any news on Coruscant?"
Francis smiled and said: "There are a lot of rumors every day in Coruscant. The dispute between the administrator. Malastar planet and the Enterprise Alliance is the core of the recent storm, but to understand this storm, we must comprehensively understand it."
perspective on the problem.”
Tang Xiao nodded and motioned for him to continue.
"The root cause of the Galactic Republic's current problems lies in its financial crisis. You heard it right. Although there have been no major disasters or large-scale wars in the Galactic Republic, the treasury of the Galactic Republic is becoming increasingly empty." France
Si sneered and said.
"Corruption and embezzlement..." Tang Xiao frowned.
"The root cause of corruption and embezzlement lies in the unbridled expansion of major trust enterprise oligarchs. Monopoly trusts have emerged in almost every industry. For example, the trade alliance in the inter-galactic transportation industry, the Interstellar Banking Association in the financial industry, manufacturing and
Enterprise alliances in the processing industry, etc. In order to ensure their monopoly status, these trust companies continue to bribe officials of the Galactic Republic, even to the point where they cannot stay in the officialdom of Coruscant without accepting bribes," Francis said.
.
"So under the large-scale bribery that worked both up and down, the decree of the Galactic Republic became a piece of paper." Tang Xiao shook his head.
"That's right. So, the Galactic Republic is now out of money. The huge bureaucracy and inefficient administrative agencies are filled with a lot of redundant staff. If you ask Rosanna Goodes, she will tell you that even if
Someone helped me get through the process of applying for the company registration of the Fourth Group and the Dawn Planet colonization and development license."
Tang Xiao nodded and said: "So this is the source of the contradiction. The Galactic Republic, which lacks a strong central authority and cannot even maintain a large-scale regular army, has become the cake of those large enterprises."
"Yes, and the crux of the problem is here. The problem of the Galactic Republic is seen by many people, so the call for establishing a powerful regime has never stopped. When I first heard you tell me about the Galactic Parliament,
When looking at the political ecology of the world, I once thought that the person with the strongest voice was Sheev Palpatine. Because he will rely on this to become the speaker of the Galactic Parliament in the future. I already believe this."
Rancis said.
"So...it's not him?" Tang Xiao frowned.
"No, the one with the strongest voice is the representative of the planet Rylos, the Twi'lek Orn Free-Tower. He is also the person who is currently the most fiercely opposed to the current Speaker Finis Valorum. And Palpatine
He hides very carefully behind the scenes, ostensibly supporting Finis Valorum, but in fact he has created an image of himself as someone who, despite having lofty ideals, is still loyal to the current Speaker. Orn-Fur
Ri-Tar sees him as a comrade, and Chancellor Valorum sees him as his right-hand man."
"How did he do that?"
"A long process." Francis shook a book in his hand, "Sheev Palpatine has written many books about politics and power. Some of these books have even become textbooks in colleges and universities.
.And every time something very difficult happens to Speaker Valorum, he is always the one who comes out to wipe the mess. And he resolves the matter satisfactorily every time."
"A perfect solution is impossible. Based on my understanding of Palpatine, his method of solving the problem is almost certainly to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause. On the surface, it solves the problem, but in fact it leaves hidden dangers and detonates them.
The switch is in his own hands."
"If you don't say it, no one will know this." Francis shook his head, "Come back. Now Finis Valoran is involved in a bribery scandal. He received more than 1 million through a trust fund.
A bribe of credit points, and the news was discovered by Orn Free Tower. After some investigation that was not difficult, the target was locked on the Nebula Front, an illegal organization."
"The Nebula Front is a trap set up by Sheev Palpatine. No one knows their relationship." Tang Xiao sneered.
"No matter what, accepting bribes from an illegal organization is a fatal blow to the Speaker of the Galactic Senate. Senator Orn-Free-Tower has initiated two impeachments in a row, but Speaker Valorum has been in Sheev-Pal
With the help of Patin, we managed to get through it."
"Then?"
"Then Finis Valorum started his plan. In fact, when he came to power, he has always regarded taxing the Outer Rim Sector and increasing the financial revenue of the Galactic Republic as his policy agenda.
To win votes. But you can imagine the difficulty of this matter with your toes. Therefore, when Valoran was preparing to take action, those corporate leaders who had already heard the news took action first."
"Is this why the Corporate Alliance suddenly wants to increase the fuel tax on Malastar?"
"That's right. The Enterprise Alliance is using this to express its attitude to Speaker Valorum - don't you want to tax? Yes, I will tax too. Then we will see who has more influence in the Outer Rim Star Region.
Already."
"So they won't give in on this matter, and they must use the planet Malastar to push Speaker Valorum into a desperate situation?"
Francis suddenly showed a weird smile, "But here's the problem... Just last year, the planet Nile was besieged by the Bislanka pirates. The Galactic Republic dispatched the Judiciary Fleet with great fanfare to completely eliminate this group of pirates.
Pirates (Chapter 7 of this book). And the person who promoted this expedition...is none other than Sheev Palpatine."