Imperial officials wearing gray flannel suits and uniforms left the palace one after another and boarded the government-issued flying cars with serious expressions. The Imperial Minister of Justice, Frederick, had a particularly ugly face. In the imperial meeting just now, he
However, Emperor Augustus grabbed his tie and sprayed him for a long time, but now the saliva on his face has dried up.
Walking down the granite steps at the entrance of the palace, Frederick touched his neck with lingering fear, secretly glad that he survived.
Emperor Augustus was not the kind of monarch whose face was always clouded with anger, so ministers who were familiar with him knew how serious the situation was when he was gnashing his teeth.
Comparing the emperor to a lion, he just roared in front of the chicken coop, and the chickens pissed themselves off. Only a brainworm looked behind and smiled.
For the senior officials of the empire, the angry emperor is even more terrifying than the zerg. Even outside the palace, the trembling imperial officials dare not gather together in twos and threes to talk. To be precise, this is not the case at all.
It is not a meeting where the emperor listens to the work reports and opinions of ministers, but a meeting where he receives criticism.
There is no doubt that Emperor Augustus was disappointed with the ability of these ministers. Although there were corrupt elements and anti-imperialists within the government, rebellions, terrorist attacks, and demonstrations were expected during the war.
It is inevitable that things like demonstrations and workers' strikes will continue to happen no matter how hard we try to prevent them.
The empire has fleets and artillery to deal with any external enemy, but what it should worry about most is corruption from within.
What really made Augustus angry was that perhaps the stable life had passed for a long time, and there were more and more overstaffing. The imperial government became gradually bloated and inefficient, and people who lacked ability and courage occupied crucial positions.
position. If things go on like this, the empire will become another federation.
If the emperor is not satisfied with the highly centralized whole of the Tyran Empire, then he will prove that no one in the entire imperial government is indispensable.
The power of the empire is highly concentrated in the government, and the power of the government is highly concentrated in the emperor. The cabinet is just a tool for him to rule the empire, used to convey his own will, and no one dares to violate it.
No one in the Terran Empire can question the authority of Augustus Mengsk. His words are law. Under the current situation, this is the most suitable system for the empire.
The weather in Augustgrad has turned cold this season, and the parks and boulevards between the Royal Palace and the Imperial Parliament Building are full of people and dimly lit. Frederick habitually tidied his tie and gritted his teeth to get ready.
Go back and summon the chiefs of the subordinate bureaus to properly convey the emperor's anger.
"General Jacques Bennett, long time no see." At this time, Frederick noticed a man in an Imperial Navy uniform walking towards him, escorted by guards.
General Jacques Bennett was once a member of the Demons of Heaven squad. He had a very high status in the empire that was founded on military means. He was a patriarch and a meritorious figure who followed Emperor Augustus in expanding the territory. General Bennett was very fond of
I am not interested in politics, but this is what politicians are most willing to get close to.
The army belongs to the emperor, and smart politicians should always avoid dealing with senior officers as much as possible.
"Well, I went on a long trip." Although Jaco Bennett was born into a noble family, he was not a handsome, elegant and elegant nobleman who could talk to anyone.
"There are wars going on everywhere now, and the fighting on the front lines is tense. Not only the zerg, but also pirates and rebel groups are taking the opportunity to threaten the central channel and the edge world." As the Minister of Justice, Frederick naturally knows how turbulent there is outside the core world.
In the past two days, Arcturus has brought tens of thousands of pirates to Korhal's Resocialization Factory, and I heard that this is only the first batch.
"Hey, Frederick, haven't seen you for a while." Bennett was followed by a red-haired man wearing a Marine Corps uniform. He had a chic ponytail and gold skull earrings on his ears. This one
Some frivolous men are covered with battle scars, but to them they are just badges of honor.
Frederick had long recognized who he was, but tried his best not to have anything to do with him.
This is General Harnack Hanke, an old subordinate of Emperor Augustus in the Devil in Heaven. The tempering of the war has turned this former street gangster into a real soldier, but he has a bad character.
Still cannot be ignored.
"Do you know what we did?" Hanak Hank hugged Frederick's neck and laughed loudly: "We didn't do anything. I just took people to the depths of the Milky Way and released the Zerg's hometown.
Got a fire."
"It's so happy! It's so happy!"
Harnak was not bragging, they really led an imperial fleet to Zerus, the birthplace of the zerg.
It is indeed as dangerous as Char. The dense jungle is full of dangers, and there are zerg and primitive zerg fighting each other everywhere. But Harnak is not an ordinary person, and Augustus asked him to go to Zerus to put a hand on it.
Fire, he really set fire to the mountain.
Then, according to the instructions of Augustus, the Tyranids Empire and the Dark Templars of the Dark Priest packed up the original schism pool of Zerus and brought it back.
With Hanak's intelligence, it was difficult to understand why they went to all the trouble of traveling so far to Zerus to bring a pool back. It couldn't be for bathing.
Of course, Augustus must have his reasons for doing this, and he is always right.
Frederick had a dark face and tried his best to break away from the other party's arms: "Let me go!"
The powerful Minister of Justice has an outstanding appearance, with sharp blue eyes like an eagle and a crescent-shaped nose. Frederick always gives people a cold impression, and only when facing Harnack
Only when you become a general will you become disgraced.
As the eldest brother of the emperor, Harnak could not be messed with by anyone in the empire.
Fools are blessed. Unexpectedly, Hanak fell in love with Tara Bennett, the current patriarch of the Bennett family, who is also the biological sister of Jacques Bennett, and actually got engaged.
"You mean the home planet of the zerg?" Frederick finally broke free from Harnak's warm embrace.
This is no secret. The place where the zerg were born was not Char. Their homeland was a warm but dangerous place. Of course, today's zerg are far removed from their ancestors and are more like swarming insects.
Non-reptile.
The Imperial fleet has actually hit the home planet of the Zerg. This incident is bound to cause an uproar among the people. It can be expected that the Empire's media propaganda machine can use this to increase the confidence of the Imperial people in winning the war.
"Yeah, I've been walking for more than half a year. If it weren't for the hibernation cabin, I would have been bored to death." Hanak yawned. He was always talkative: "By the way, I brought some with me."
When I come back with my specialties, do you want to go to my house and have a look?"
"No, no, I still have things to do." Frederick waved his hands repeatedly, thinking that I don't have time to fool around with you.
"What a pity. You should really go take a look at the primitive thunder beast skull I brought back. It's about that big!" Hanak finished gesticulating and saw the other person's expressionless face, and finally lost his relationship with Frey.
Derek showed off his interest as if he were ogling an old woman wrapped in a torn sheet.
"It's boring, I'm going to find the boss."
Frederick shook off the sweat on his face and watched the two imperial generals walk into the palace. He was still a little excited. It was really exciting to see a fleet full of warriors go deep into the galaxy to attack the Zerg home planet and return in triumph.
Compared with the mighty imperial fleet, Augustgrad's bureaucrats were really incompetent. No wonder the emperor was furious.
Frederick shook his head and walked to his flying car. The assistant waiting next to him told him that the Camorian ambassador had just asked to see him and wanted him to rescue a group of Camorians who were mistakenly imprisoned as pirates by the imperial army.
sailor.
"No, under a censorship system presided over by telepaths, no criminal will be innocent, and no one will be wronged." He just dropped this sentence and signaled his assistant to reject the visitor: "
Unless his memory has been tampered with, unless there is a deviation in his perception of his own identity."
It would be better to have less contact with the Camorians.
"Are you familiar with Frederick from the Ministry of Justice?" Jacques Bennett walked into the ornately decorated main hall of the palace and nodded repeatedly at the Royal Guardsmen who were saluting along the way.
The Auguste Gullery is resplendent with all kinds of precious works of art on display, and even exotic flowers and plants are planted in the aisles.
There are still many imperial officials in the palace, but their appearance is very unfamiliar to Jaco and Harnak. Most of the old members of the Revolutionary Army are in the imperial army, and they are incompatible with these elites in suits and ties.
But in the final analysis, the imperial government is much more down-to-earth than the old federation. At least there are no despised nobles here.
Although Jaco was once a noble, he never regarded himself as one of them. In his opinion, Augustus Mengsk was also the same kind of person.
"Who said I'm popular?" Harnak considers himself a popular person.
"Okay, let's not talk about this, let's talk about other things." Yaco thought for a while: "Since you have returned to Augustgrad, why don't you dare to see my sister?"
"Don't you dare?" Hanak grinned: "Is there anything I don't dare to do?"
"It seems that you really didn't go to find her." Yaco said.
"Just no time," Harnack corrected.
"You are afraid of her." Yaco said expressionlessly: "For a scumbag like you who is not afraid of meat and vegetables, this is really strange. After all, she is also very beautiful, and she is one of the few remaining founding families.
leader."
".I can't deal with smart women. Your sister always plays with me." Hanak sighed as he spoke: "You should be able to understand my situation to some extent."
"No matter how much I think, I still don't understand what your charm is?" Yaco sighed deeply.
This world is really strange. It turns out that an heir to a founding family will never have any contact with a soldier.
Time has passed, and every one of the bad boys in The Devil in Heaven who are still alive today has become a big shot. The farm boy has become an imperial marshal, and the street gangster has become a famous general.
Jaco could imagine that if he hadn't met Augustus, the ragtag group of people who came out of the boot camp would have either died in the war or gone their separate ways after retirement. Maybe except for Augustus, at that time
No one could have imagined that they would accomplish great things in the future.
If that hadn't been the case, Harnak had already died in the flames ignited by his Firebat armor, and Tychus might have dragged Raynor to commit the Great Train Robbery.
"Compared with her, I am more happy to stay with the boss." Hanak didn't take it seriously.
"He doesn't have that much time to stay with us anymore." Yaco shook his head: "He is the emperor of the Tyran Empire. There are many things that we can't help him with."
Just as he was talking, Harnak saw Faraday and Tychus, the captains of the Royal Guard, approaching.
"I haven't seen you for a while. Where have you been fooling around?" Tychus asked when they met.
"Go to Zerus and set a fire," Harnak said.
"You have done a big thing." Tychus said happily: "Then what?"
"We moved the original splitting pool of Zerus back. God knows what it is used for." Hanak spread his hands: "The pool is filled with some kind of catalytic liquid. It is said to strengthen the body and accelerate evolution, but most people can't bear that stuff.
Stay, if you jump in, there will definitely be no bones left."
"What the hell are you talking about?" Tychus asked again.
"You ask me?" Hanak waved his hand: "I don't know what I'm talking about."
"Where's the boss?" Hanak asked.
"Who knows." Tychus shrugged.
"Aren't you from the Royal Guard?" Jaco said.
"I'm fired now. It happened not long ago." Tychus' tone was a bit proud.
"What did you do again?" Hanak asked.
"It doesn't matter if you haven't been put in jail." Tychus is a dead pig and is not afraid of boiling water. He had no intention of getting promoted to a noble rank.
"Faraday, the Emperor is looking for us, but where is he now?"
"I'll take you there." Faraday waved his hand and led Jako and the others to a palace elevator.
Finally they came to a hall facing the sun. Statues of ancient heroes stood in the hall, and the four walls were inlaid with gold-framed mirrors.
"What's up with this taped golden wolf statue?" As soon as he entered, Jaco noticed a strange statue at the door.
Golden wolf statues can be seen in many places in Augustgrad. This heavy bronze statue is undoubtedly to show the royal authority to the people of the empire. But this one is strange because it is covered with white tape.
And the technique is very bad, like a mummy covered in bandages.
Sitting next to it was a brainworm who was studying how to repair the statue. Its forehead was covered with big bumps and it was silent than ever before.
Hanak Hank thought it was dead, so he gently kicked the brainworm, and the brainworm immediately bit his boot.
".Leave that brainworm alone, Hank."
Emperor Augustus was sitting on the throne, holding his head in one hand, while Queen Sarah was sitting sideways on his right leg.