Francois called an emergency meeting with all his cronies.
"Weren't they rescued?" Francois asked.
"Pissel was shot in the head and abdomen in the car and died on the spot. It was impossible to save him even if he went to the hospital," Guard Captain Maguire said.
"Have you confirmed that equality will do it?" Francois sighed irritably.
Maguire nodded: "Confirmed. A hotel tenant said that he saw Morais on the wanted poster. He refused to accept the persuasion to surrender and was shot on the spot by us. After identity verification, it was also confirmed that he was Diaz, a wanted criminal from the Equality Association.
.This was a premeditated assassination targeting General Pisel.”
After listening to Maguire's nonsense summary, Francois rolled his eyes without hesitation: "This is obviously a planned assassination, and you don't need to summarize it. What we really want to find out is that equality will assassinate
What is Pisel's purpose? His death does not mean that the danger of the Equality Society has been eliminated. I can completely support a new general, so they may have a deeper plan."
"Perhaps the situation is not as good as you think. What if we support another general and he is assassinated by them again?" A minister said.
"Is it possible that we don't appoint generals because we are afraid that Equality will assassinate us?" Francois thought this was ridiculous. Several regiments were stationed in Lezein. If they were frightened by the Equality Association, they really wouldn't do anything.
Already.
"If you are interested in appointing another one, I'm afraid no one would dare to accept it." The Finance Minister, as one of Francois's most trusted people, said bluntly, "As far as I know, those with powerful backgrounds in the Corps are now very frightened.
, I am afraid that after you appoint them as generals, they will be targeted and assassinated by the Equality Society."
"Oh, when Pisel was still there, none of them coveted this position, and none of them didn't want to kick Pisel out. Now that there are risks, they are all timid. They are really a bunch of trash who can't do anything big..." Fu
François actually understood this kind of behavior very well. It is human instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, but it only made him feel extremely disgusted when his interests were shaken.
"Our first priority now is to re-select candidates for generals, stabilize the corps, and then study countermeasures against the assassination of the Equality Society," the minister said.
Francois lit up a cigarette: "Do you have any better candidates?"
Pisel's death did not affect François much.
What he really values is the strength of these three corps. After these three corps were stationed in Lezein, Lezein became a lot more stable, while Pisel stayed for more than half a month and did not clean up the Equality Society.
There is no breakthrough in it, which shows that its value is not great.
If it weren't for the big plan to restore the monarchy, Pisel, who had a heavy army, stood by him in order to climb higher and help him stabilize the overall situation, he would not have been willing to let Pisel take over the defense of Lezein.
In addition, he happened to still have a headache on how to check and balance Pisel. Now that Pisel is dead, the problem is solved.
He could have supported a new general with no background and further strengthened his control over military power.
"Since those powerful people don't want to be appointed, let's appoint someone who is capable and has a less complicated background." Francois took a puff of his cigarette and put out the cigarette.
"There really is a suitable one." The minister said immediately.
"who?"
"Colonel Marlon Joseph, commander of the 1st Cavalry."
Francois still had some impression of this man. Joseph did have no background, and he rose from a civilian to the commander of the 1st Cavalry Regiment. Although it was known that Joseph was a close confidant of Pisel, Pisel was dead. Joseph
Not in the military?
With someone to rely on, he can definitely win him over to his side: "I know that this man's prestige in the army is only inferior to that of Pissel, and it would be perfect for him to serve as the new general to command the three corps of Lezeinli.
"
With no background and strong abilities, Joseph just met the two conditions that Francois valued most.
In addition, other powerful people now regard the position of general as a hot potato, so it is natural to support Joseph and there will be almost no resistance.
"What about us?"
"Ask Joseph to come see me at three o'clock in the afternoon, and then arrange a meeting on the appointment of a new general tomorrow morning. All officers above the school level are required to attend the meeting," Francois said.
"clear."
"Let's talk about the Equality Meeting again." Pisel's affairs were quickly arranged, and his death caused no more disturbances except causing concern among everyone present. Francois mentioned the most troublesome thing for them, which simply became
The Equality Society of Bressey's Nightmare, "Leizein is relatively stable now, but the threat is still there. They are in the front line
We launched a night attack to engage in street fighting, and now we have assassinated Pissel. We don’t know how much we will do in the future. We really don’t have much time left. This is no longer our expedition to Bash. We may be taken advantage of when the interior is empty.
If we let them grow stronger, sooner or later they may dare to confront us head-on."
A head-on confrontation is something that none of the ministers dare to think about.
They have nearly a hundred regiments with strong soldiers and horses. If Equality can dare to confront them one day, how far will it have developed?
"Especially since they are most active in Lezeinli, they can't always deploy heavy troops in Lezeinli. They have time, but we can't be constrained like this all the time." The Foreign Minister agreed.
In the past year, Bressy has caused a lot of troubles because of equality, and has been humiliated internationally. However, being embarrassed internationally is already a trivial matter. The biggest problem is Francois's eyelids in Lezein.
There is a huge hidden danger under the sun, which will make anyone feel uneasy.
"We must seize the time to destroy them. We will restore the monarchy and the expedition soon. If we delay it any longer, there will be endless dangers."
"The question is how to eradicate them? How many methods have we used? We just can't eradicate them all, and we can't trace their roots. After all, they can hide wherever they want. They can be in the West District today and the East District tomorrow. We are in this aspect
The disadvantage is too great. It is impossible to turn Lezeyin upside down. At worst, they can leave Lezeyin to avoid the limelight and wait for an opportunity to make a comeback."
"If tough measures are still ineffective, can we change our attitude? For example, accept them. Didn't we have peace talks with them before? If there are some conditions that can be compromised, the situation will not be so serious."
"Accept them? Are you kidding? Our fundamental interests and theirs are completely different. Bringing them in will only breed more problems! It will be very difficult to drive them out of Lezein and Bressy. Waiting for them here is also a problem.
If we have a place, we really have no way out."
"Yes, and the last time the peace talks ended in failure, how could they agree to it again? Even if they agree, do you think they are fools? They also know that it is impossible to solve the problem peacefully with us, and they will only continue to expand when they come in. Knock us down. We have no choice. This is not a multiple-choice question."
"Then what should we do? If we hadn't been able to damage the foundation of the Equality Association for a long time and were harassed by them one after another, no one would want to compromise with them. If you think this won't work, then come up with a better way."
François could hear the arguments among the ministers.
He let out a slight sigh that only he could hear.
Everyone is helpless against the Equality Society. Is it really necessary to compromise? Has the peace talks that were once just to appease the Equality Society come to fruition?
Of course this won't work! Compromise means shaking the interests of the powerful, and what the powerful need is a ruling force that can safeguard their interests. If you can't do this, let alone restore the monarchy, you can't be the current president.
However, the tough crackdown has been carried out for half a year, and the effect is minimal. It is also not the best solution now.
Besides compromise and purge, is there a third way to go?
Seeing a group of losers arguing over and over again with words, Francois felt that even if it didn't exist, it must be opened up.
Gu Rong
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Equality Association Headquarters
The news of Pisel's successful assassination spread to every corner, but there was no celebration in the Equality Society. They just continued to work on the previous task in silence.
Diaz's sacrifice was as unexpected as the destruction of the Old South York branch.
I was not able to see it with my own eyes, but I suddenly heard such news through my ears, which made many people feel unbelievable.
No one can accept that such an outstanding comrade left last night and never came back.
Murphy, Verak, Keating, Nord, Morais, Boyne, Adel and others all came to Diaz's room together without having lunch.
Diaz's room is simple and tidy, with only a flat bed, a hanger with only two changes of clothes, and a shelf with materials from the War Department and books such as "Theory of Equality" and "Theory of Class". Desk for notes.
Murphy stood in front of the desk, sorted out the information from the Operations Department and handed it to Morais.
Morais took it shamefully.
"I'd rather trouble you to hand over my brother's work," Murphy said.
"No trouble." Morais shook his head.
Murphy turned around and picked up "The Theory of Equality" again. This version of "The Theory of Equality" was handwritten by Verak to impress them when they first officially joined the Equality Society.
Each of them had a share.
"I'll keep this for myself." Murphy put away Diaz's handwritten copy of "Equality."
No one had any objections to this, and everyone looked at Murphy silently.
"He probably hasn't had time to read this Theory of Class yet." Murphy picked up the first batch of the Bressian version of "A Theory of Class" distributed to Diaz and took out a cardboard from the title page. "This is His homemade bookmark with his hand-drawn map of Monrego."
Verak looked at the bookmark held in Murphy's hand.
This bookmark seems to have been used by Diaz a long time ago, and it can be regarded as the earliest thing that accompanied Diaz.
"These should be his notes, and I kept them for him." Murphy organized Diaz's things one by one, "There's nothing else. Leave this room to those who need it."
"I will arrange it." Morais wanted to try his best to do something.
"Everyone, go get busy. Even if he's here, he doesn't want his mission to be delayed due to his own affairs." Murphy said to everyone while holding Diaz's relics, and then left the room through the corridor vacated by everyone.
"Tell Murphy not to work today and have a good rest." After Boyne and Keating finished their instructions, they turned to Morais and said, "Don't feel too guilty. Since Comrade Diaz is willing to do this, he must
I hope you can exert greater value."
"Um."
"Um."
Keating and Morais bid.
"Let's go." Boyin sighed and left the room.
"Teacher, you guys go first, I'm going to talk to Murphy." Verak felt that maybe he was the most suitable person to help Murphy come out at this time.
"It's up to you." Keating and others left one after another.
Verak caught up with Murphy who was walking towards his room holding Diaz's relics: "Murphy."
"Verak." Murphy was not surprised that Verak came over.
"I'll get it." Verak took Diaz's belongings from Murphy.
Murphy didn't say anything, he took out the key and opened his door.
After the two of them entered, they placed the relics on the table and sat on the left and right sides.
"I think I may understand how you feel. The more times you are like this, the less you need comfort. You just want to be alone and heal your wounds and come out alone." Verak said softly.
Murphy said nothing.
"I don't know why I came here even though I knew you needed to be alone at this time. I just haven't healed my wounds yet..." Verak felt that the current Murphy was no different from the zombie-like appearance he had before.
The difference is, "Maybe this wound will never heal, it will only hurt in the body. What we can do is to work hard to change the world."
"I know." Murphy knew very well, "My brother has told me before that if he sacrifices one day, let me not feel sad for him. As long as the new world really comes in the end, all this will be worth it.
Yes. I know, but I’m still very sad.”
"I'm sad too."
"Verak, do you know what my brother's dream is?"
"I have no idea."
"If you don't even know, he should have only told me." Murphy took out a bookmark with a map of Monrego: "He hopes to return to Monrego one day and lead the people in his hometown to
Meng Lego gets better."
"He does things very carefully. If he is not well prepared, he will not speak out easily if he has the necessary conditions." Verak understands Diaz's personality. He keeps everything in mind and prepares it first, rather than starting from the beginning.
Just spread the word.
"I really wanted to go back with him and turn my chaotic and backward hometown into an ideal new country. But after he died, I began to feel that it was a very distant thing and something I couldn't do by myself."
"Isn't there still me? There is still equality. This is never a matter of one person. We will change it."
Murphy looked out the window: "I know, I'm just sad."