Francis Underwood has been the Prime Minister of the Dawn Principality for more than 20 years. Even though his title was not Prime Minister when he was just awakened by Tang Xiao, he actually still performed the duties of Prime Minister.
But recently, he has begun to feel a little powerless.
It's not a matter of age. Although he is now in his 70s, his energy is still very strong thanks to the maintenance of cutting-edge technology.
Francis' biggest problem is that he has begun to have difficulty handling the increasingly complicated affairs within the Dawn Principality.
The Principality of Dawn currently has thousands of habitable planets under its jurisdiction, and there are thousands of intelligent races. What’s even more complicated about the Principality of Dawn is that it also includes the Protoss, the Vasaris, and the Geth, who are so unique.
, and most of the time they are a race that is disobedient to discipline.
But what really made Francis Underwood almost collapse were two things.
The first thing is the migration of the planet Rendili. The migration of 600 billion people. This is not 600 billion containers or 600 billion pigs.
First of all, you need to ensure that the planet Rendili will not fall into stagnation or even regression of social development due to a large reduction in population. You absolutely cannot randomly select people and let them start relocating. It is impossible. Because in modern society,
Especially the social operation of a developed planet like Rendili can be said to be intricate. Maybe a worker in City A may have an impact on the operation of City B dozens of kilometers away.
Therefore, we need to make a plan to divide the relocation batches, first who will be relocated, and then who will be relocated. This batch is not one or two batches, but hundreds of thousands! Even if they work hard now, they can only prepare more than 30,000 batches.
In this way, future relocation plans can only be dealt with while moving.
Then we have to organize these people to board the ship, because even if they are divided into batches, the places where these people live may be hundreds or thousands of kilometers apart. It seems simple to let them successfully board the same ship within the same time period.
It is also a fatal thing to make.
After boarding the ship, even the latest whale-class passenger spacecraft can only transport tens of thousands of people at a time, and even so, it is also necessary to satisfy tens of thousands of people during the journey of several days.
It is very difficult. After all, people are not goods and cannot be stuffed with things. You need to take care of their living space, deal with emotions, etc.
Then there is also a problem at the destination, because now the star gate from the Rendili planet to the Dawn planet has been built, but it is impossible for all those people to be dumped on the Dawn planet first, right? They still need to be transferred from the Dawn planet and sent to other receiving planets
Go. And even if the star gate is built, the problems before and after do not mean that they will no longer exist.
Therefore, even after the construction of the Star Gate is completed, the hyperspace channels from Rendili Planet to other planets are still in operation. But in recent years, the Galactic Empire has gradually tampered with those hyperspace channels. Although they promised not to block these hyperspace channels on the surface,
channel, but it is okay to instigate a few pirates to operate in this area from time to time, and then these pirates will suddenly make a fortune in the near future and obtain a batch of hyperspace blockers.
And after solving so many problems, the core difficulty has just begun - you still have to settle these relocated people. Give them jobs, give them shelter, give them food and drink, give them hope in life...
These things are not just words, but real and huge work.
In fact, there is another problem that is easy to ignore, but in fact it is even more troublesome - the 600 billion people on the planet Rendili are not there unchanged. These people will also get old, sick and die. There are huge numbers every day
When babies are born, the relocation of these babies and their families needs to be re-planned.
So if anyone thinks that the Dawn Principality can solve the problem of relocating the 600 billion people of the planet Rendili in a few years, Francis Underwood really wants to say, how about you come?
The second thing that almost caused Francis Underwood to collapse was the destruction of the Confederacy of Independent Systems three years ago.
Although the administrative core of the Confederation of Independent Systems, the Laxus subplanet, is located in the eastern border of the Milky Way, which is on the opposite side of the Milky Way to the Principality of Dawn, the fall of the Confederation of Independent Systems still has a huge impact.
The Dawn Planet was once the most powerful warlord among the Confederation of Independent Systems, so after the fall of the Confederation, countless planets that had joined the Confederation immediately turned to the Principality of Dawn.
If it is because the Dawn Principality made peace with the Galactic Empire in advance and withdrew from the war, it would be fine if they hate their planets, because these planets will never interact with each other until death.
But the problem is that even now, there are still many planets that were once members of the independent galaxy confederation. After the collapse of the confederation and the death of Count Dooku, they regard the Principality of Dawn as their big brother.
This is very embarrassing.
Of course, for Tang Xiao, it might just be embarrassing, but for Francis Underwood, this is completely like dropping a nuclear bomb on his head!
Because of this situation, the Principality of Dawn was placed in a diplomatic situation where it was inhumane inside and out.
First of all, Francis must carefully handle the relationship with the Galactic Empire. He cannot start a war with the Galactic Empire in advance, and must buy enough development time for the Principality of Dawn. Because the Principality of Dawn, which is relocating the planet Rendili, is now in a
A period of pain and trough in development and transformation.
But not starting a war does not mean that the Galactic Empire will not fight against you. Overt and covert hostilities in the Galactic Empire number not 10,000 but 8,000 every year. Although most of these matters are handed over to the National Security Bureau and the Military Intelligence Bureau to handle, but
When it came to the diplomatic level, Francis had to repeatedly argue with the Galactic Empire's diplomats. He could not offend the Galactic Empire, but he also had to express his attitude in a neither humble nor overbearing manner, so that the Galactic Empire could not act unscrupulously.
too harsh.
After that, most of the former member planets of the Confederation of Independent Systems have surrendered to the Galactic Empire, and a small number of them are mainly near the chaotic Mandalorian sector, or are too remote, and the Galactic Empire is too lazy to care about them, so
Still remain neutral.
But among these planets, especially those that regard the Principality of Dawn as their big brother, every time they encounter difficulties or are attacked by the Galactic Empire, they often turn to the Principality of Dawn for help, hoping that the Principality of Dawn can succeed in the Galactic Empire.
Coordinate there.
However, the Principality of Dawn cannot really give up on these planets, because although the title of 'Big Brother' now means endless troubles, if it really starts to fight with the Galaxy Empire in the future, these three words 'Big Brother', then
But it really works!
What's more, among such planets, there are two heavyweight names-the planet Semels and the planet Dark (Mon Calamari planet).
Because of their powerful industrial system and shipbuilding system developed with the help of the Dawn Principality, the planet Samirs surrendered, but it was still focused on by the Galactic Empire, which put huge pressure on them, asking them to dismantle their factories and pay huge sums.
Taxes. This matter was also solved sideways by the Principality of Dawn dispatching agents from the Military Intelligence Department and using many private connections to find several high-ranking officials of the Galactic Empire.
By the way, the Principality of Dawn now has many private relationships in the core circle of the Milky Way. In addition to Sonja Tag, the patriarch of the Tag family who runs to Tang Xiao every now and then to seek medical treatment and communicate at a distance, there is also
There are many relationships accumulated through the spice business. After all, the inspiration suddenly emerged, and the top spices such as Diesel bark are currently monopolized by the Principality of Dawn.
In the eyes of some of the children of the super wealthy families in the core area, it doesn't matter what happens to the Galaxy Empire. Even if the sky falls, it won't affect my ability to smoke spices.
As for the planet Dark, it has been dragged down by the recent intensifying uprising activities on the planet Lotar. The Galactic Empire is using the unrest on the planet Lotar as a reason to require the planet Dark to accept the direct garrison of the Galactic Empire.
These things make Francis Underwood very worried. Because the two things of maintaining the relationship with the Galactic Empire and helping those planets that have joined the former Confederacy of Independent Systems are contradictory from the bottom of their heads! The nature of politics
The butt determines the head. Your butt is in a different position. How do you deal with these two things at the same time?
Fortunately, the young man who was valued by Tang Xiao and was directly sent to serve in the Prime Minister's Office, Hari Seldon, has lived up to Tang Xiao's expectations. He has grown very rapidly and has achieved great success in many things.
Already started to stand alone.
Hari Seldon is now in charge of the relocation of the Rendili planet at the Prime Minister's Office. He cooperates with Adele Ulan, the First Lady of the Principality who overall commands and manages this huge project, to carry out the relocation smoothly.
Well organized.
In fact, for Francis Underwood, the relocation issue of the Rendili planet and the diplomatic issues with the former Federation of Independent Systems alliance planets are just scabies that may really shake his fundamentals.
It is precisely this Hari Seldon!
Whether it was the personal appointment of Hari Seldon by Grand Duke Tang Xiao of the Dawn, or the high praise of First Lady Adele Ulan, Hari Seldon's political influence has increased, especially among those in Lundili.
Among the immigrants of the planet, Hari Seldon's reputation is unparalleled.
In this way, Hari Seldon’s threat to Francis Underwood is substantial!
With Francis Underwood's political sensitivity, he can almost confirm that Tang Xiao is preparing to replace him with Hari Seldon!
You must know that in the current constitution of the Principality of Liming, there is currently no clear term for a change of office! Almost all of the core power agencies in the Principality of Liming are currently in charge.
In other words, if there are no other factors, Francis Underwood believes that he should always serve as Prime Minister, at least until he is 90 years old! After all, Tang Xiao promised to be the Prime Minister of the Empire when he woke him up, and he is still not there yet.
Far, at present he is only the Prime Minister of the Principality.
There are still more than ten years left to be prime minister. How can he abdicate at this stage and make way for someone better? He came here to be the chancellor of the empire! Otherwise, why would Tang Xiao, the stupid young man 20 years ago, let himself, an old political fox, be like this?
Help him wholeheartedly?
These things made Francis Underwood very anxious. Under such circumstances, Umbrella Pharmaceutical Group suddenly broke out such a big scandal, and Francis was immediately ignited like dynamite.
!
Francis immediately asked his chief of staff, Douglas Stamp, who had been his assistant for 20 years, to directly connect Alexia Ashford's communications.
At the level of the Prime Minister's Office, it is actually clear who the actual person in power is hidden behind the scenes. As for the Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister's Office, Douglas Stamp is equivalent to a deputy national figure. Of course, he went directly to Alek
West Asia, not that puppet outside, Alfred.
The Principality of Dawn has always adhered to the principle that companies and businessmen are not allowed to participate in politics, and has greater tilt and protection for officials and politicians at all levels in the constitution. The purpose is to check and balance those companies. You must know that in this galaxy, there are
This kind of super enterprise can destroy a planet and wipe out a race with just a single move.
"Dear Chief of Staff, I wonder why you took the initiative to find me?" Alexia asked knowingly.
"Don't think that you can do whatever you want without His Majesty the Duke!" Douglas sternly scolded, "During such a critical time now, Umbrella Company has caused such a big problem! This incident on the planet Chalcedon
, it was directly hyped as the army opening fire on the people! And what is your answer? Do you want the entire Principality of Dawn to take the blame for you?!"
"This is naturally impossible. After careful analysis and investigation, the announcement we issued is the actual situation - the spread of infectious disease carriers and the raid by the rebel army. We have also solved this matter very well
Now, do you want to see the rebel Jedi that we captured?" Alexia said calmly.
"What I'm asking you now is the solution! Don't force us to use administrative measures." Douglas said coldly, "This incident has made His Excellency Francis very unhappy. I advise you that it is best to
Take this responsibility well and stabilize the situation on the planet Chalcedon, as well as the boiling public resentment. If you can't do it, then we can do it for you."
Alexia snorted coldly, but still gave in, "Umbrella Pharmaceutical Group will handle this incident perfectly and assume corresponding responsibilities."
"This is the best," Douglas said. "In three days, there will be a window for us to make a hyperspace call to the Grand Duke. Based on your response, His Excellency Francis will decide how to report this matter." (This chapter.