Chapter 2058 The Desperate and Powerful Empire (Part 1)
2059, The Desperate and Powerful Empire (Part 1)
If Mas Ameda was asked to describe the current Galactic Empire, he would say that what is in front of him is such a Manus berry. It has a prickly, hard shell, but inside, it is a mass of
Soft and juicy pulp.
As long as you can crack the shell, you can taste the delicious pulp.
However...he couldn't think of any way to crack open this hard shell.
This shell is too powerful... there are tens of thousands of Star Destroyers, hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized battleships, millions of fighter jets, hundreds of millions of clone soldiers, and tens of billions of
ordinary soldier.
There is also the strong support of the major noble families in the core circle, as well as the huge wealth and resources controlled by these noble families. How huge are these wealth, resources, and productivity? It is impossible to calculate. But according to a senior official of the empire, the material resources of the core circle
, financial resources and productivity, more than five times greater than the sum of all other regions in the galaxy.
Then, there is the unfathomable power of Emperor Palpatine.
Mas Ameda didn't understand the power of the Force, but he could feel that Palpatine's power was increasing day by day, reaching a terrifying level. Not only that, he also recruited a large number of supers from the dark side.
The strong man established several mysterious organizations under him that even he, the imperial minister, didn't know about.
It is true that behind the powerful strength of the imperial army, there are uprisings and resistances one after another; behind the superficial flattery of the nobles in the inner circle, there are countless dirty deals and corruption; opposite Palpatine's incomparable power,
It's the light that has been suppressed for too long.
But so what? Until someone can really break this hard shell, these extremely powerful forces are still united on the surface, advancing and retreating together.
Who can crack this hard shell and make it painful to expose the flaws?
The Principality of Dawn?
Mas-Ameda shook his head. Even though the construction of the stellar ring was already in front of him, he still felt that the strength of the Dawn Principality was too far behind that of the Galactic Empire. This time, there was no Confederation of Independent Systems holding back, and he was going all out
The attacking Galaxy Empire would not give Tang Xiao any chance.
Maybe ten or twenty years later, the Dawn Principality will surpass the Empire and become a stronger and more developed existence. However, Palpatine will not give them time to grow.
Palpatine has not done nothing since he came to the throne. He is also leading the Galactic Empire to solve its own problems.
First of all, for those powerful people in the core circle within the empire. Palpatine persuaded the Principality of Dawn to surrender and eliminate the power of the Confederation of Independent Systems, and constantly strengthened the management of those powerful people. His approach was to win over some powerful people and weaken others.
He hopes that in the future Galactic Empire, there will only be a few extremely powerful oligarchs.
In such mergers and reorganizations, the Galactic Empire will also benefit from it, eating and devouring those failed powerful people one by one.
Palpatine sent a large number of spies and agents to monitor the powerful people and observe their every move. As long as there was any abnormality, he would immediately mobilize his own power to suppress it. Not only would other families attack in groups, but also
It also includes the power of public opinion, media, judiciary, business and other aspects.
The Imperial Ruling Council was the sharp knife Palpatine used to do this.
Members of the committee are quarreling one by one, attacking the targets of suppression in parliament and in the media, making them increasingly politically isolated, and then looking for opportunities to solve them one by one.
Doing so has made the empire's political arena a mess, with partisans fighting against dissidents, conspiracy and conspiracy abound, and almost no one can be trusted. There are no ideas or beliefs in this political arena, only naked interests. Those congressmen
Politicians are like a pack of crazy hyenas, looking for food everywhere. When they see food, they swarm it and bite it until the prey is completely eaten.
The scenes of Padmé Amidala, Bail Organa and others fighting for freedom and peace in the Republic Assembly will never appear again.
But Emperor Palpatine is very satisfied with this situation. He believes that only in this way can we have a healthy political arena with mutual checks and balances. He is very happy to watch those people fighting against each other and calculating against each other. The more cruel the struggle, the more he
The more excited you are.
However, this method does work for Palpatine.
Because as the most powerful and powerful person in this empire, those families and politicians still wanted to rely on his power in the end when they were fighting against each other. So, he became the backer of these people.
In order to fight their enemies, those family politicians had to do their best to please Palpatine and win his favor, so as to give themselves an advantage in the political struggle.
But Palpatine is like a terrible spider, gently stirring the threads to maintain his so-called balance. He will always give those losers a little hope, and then let them use the last drop of their blood to please
After draining them completely, he pushed them into the abyss of despair.
Thus, Palpatine got what he wanted - fear and 'loyalty'.
Under his policy, the wealthy families, nobles, and giant companies in the inner circle kept silent. They did have strong wealth and connections, but they were also afraid of an unreasonable person like Palpatine. They
Worried that Palpatine will destroy them at all costs, even if he himself will be destroyed because of it... These wealthy nobles don't know whether Palpatine will hurt both sides, but they are very sure that if Palpatine really
If they do this, if others don’t tell them, they themselves won’t be able to see the sun tomorrow.
Therefore, they can only go with the flow under the rules set by Palpatine and use their own heritage to accompany the emperor in playing this doomed game of despair. They can only hope that one day Palpatine will defeat the emperor.
After all enemies, put away your greed and leave them a piece of leftovers.
In order to see this outcome, some nobles and wealthy families would not hesitate to pounce like mad dogs on the target that Palpatine instructed them to see - the Principality of Dawn.
‘After defeating the Principality of Dawn, everything will be fine.’ This is the illusory, yet delicious and tempting pie that Palpatine drew for them.
That's right, they are all the Principality of Dawn! It's all their fault! As long as they die and there are no external enemies, His Majesty the Emperor won't need to impose such brutal taxes! (End of this chapter)