Tirian raised his head and stared at the confidential secretary in front of him with one eye, his face full of "Are you kidding me" expression.
The biggest pirate in the Lenglie Sea only showed such a shocked expression when facing his own father.
He did not touch the pages pushed over by the other party, but after calming down a little, he turned his head and glanced at General List opposite.
The shock in General Frost's eyes seemed to be no less than his own.
"It seems like this is really 'unexpected news'," Tirian breathed out softly and said calmly, "Even the 'general' in front of me doesn't know about this arrangement."
"Because this is not an 'arrangement' - it is just a suggestion, and it is a suggestion that has just been made," the confidential secretary adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses and looked at Tirian solemnly and said, "At present, Hanshuang
The situation is complicated, and we don't have much time to discuss everything before executing it, so I simply brought the 'suggestions' directly here. Under the witness of General List, we discussed the feasibility of this matter together.
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"Feasibility? You really think this is feasible?" Tirian almost laughed out loud. He looked at the confidential secretary as if he were looking at a madman, "I, the leader of the Sea Fog Fleet, on the cold sea
The most vicious pirate leader, almost all the horrific legends that you Frost people have frightened children in the past fifty years have been adapted from me - now you tell me that you want me to be the governor of this city...
...Sir, we just fought side by side for a while, so you may have misunderstood the relationship between us, right?"
"Fighting side by side and jointly resisting a crisis that could lead to the destruction of the city-state, many people now know that it was the Sea Mist Fleet that stood up at the last moment and defended the city together with the navy. At this time tomorrow, this news will be passed to Han
In every corner of Frost, the city hall will tell people that the departure of the Sea Fog Fleet half a century ago was just a divergence of routes, and Vice Admiral Steel who left angrily never actually completely gave up his responsibility to defend the city-state."
The confidential secretary paused here, and after confirming that Tirian did not mean to interrupt, he continued: "Everything can have a new explanation, and all changes will be arranged with appropriate reasons. You may think that this
Change is unacceptable to Frost people, but in fact... most ordinary people are not so easy to maintain their 'original aspirations' and achieve real improvement in the stability and order of their lives in the face of continuous and single-caliber propaganda.
It will soon overwhelm everything. People's ideas can be 'customized', it just takes a little time."
Tirian listened patiently to all this and looked into the eyes of the confidential secretary with a calm expression: "It seems that you are very good at this kind of thing."
"Every city-state is good at it - including the frost of the Queen's Era," the confidential secretary said expressionlessly, "Creating a set of 'concepts' for the people that adapts to the current social environment and can reduce the psychological burden of most people is not a
It is a dirty thing. After saying beautiful words, it is impossible to maintain social order and ensure the stable life of most people.
"Captain Tirian, City Hall's job has never been to do justice - City Hall's job is to keep as many people alive as possible."
"...Let as many people as possible survive, she also said this back then."
"Yes, this sentence is still engraved on the door of the dome office - what we overturned was only the queen, not those things that were inherently correct."
Tirian didn't speak for a while. He thought quietly. After a long time, he slowly spoke: "Why do you think I am suitable for this position?"
"It was originally a suggestion brought by Ms. Agatha, but she only mentioned that you and your sea fog fleet might be able to help the city-state restore order - further decisions came from urgent discussions within the city hall," the machine Secretary Yao said, "Personally, I'm not sure whether you are a suitable candidate. In fact, I even have doubts about this matter, but other people's views are... you are acting as a Before a 'pirate', he was first a general of the Frost City State, and since the history of this city, one-third of the monarchs or consuls came from the military."
"You still think of things too simply," Tirian shook his head. "This is not a question of whether the candidate is suitable or not, but the sum of a lot of 'problems left over from history'. Even if, as you said, people The concept can be customized, but you also said that this takes time - Hanshuang does not have this time, the city must restore order as soon as possible, so you still have another..."
"Captain Tirian," the confidential secretary suddenly interrupted him, "before you explicitly refuse, you should take a look at what I have brought. This may give you some new ideas about the 'feasibility' of this matter. view."
Tirian was stunned for a moment, and then for the first time he carefully examined the few pages of documents that the other party had just put on the table.
Those documents did not have gorgeous titles or exquisite covers. After opening the simple folder, there were just a series of "suggestions" written plainly, as if stating facts.
Tirian glanced twice, and his expression changed visibly.
He quickly turned to the end, closed it with a snap, and stared up at the confidential secretary in front of him.
The latter, however, still maintained a calm expression and nodded slightly before Tirian spoke.
"First, the anomaly disaster that Frost City State encountered was caused by Annihilation Cults, but its root cause was the unsafe mining of mines deep underground in the city state by the old city hall in the past few decades, and insufficient safety measures were taken in the dark. The main reason for the deterioration of the situation is the negligence or even concealment of abnormal warnings.
"Second, successive consuls knew about this matter and chose to conceal it for their own benefit.
"Third, the Sea Mist Fleet chose to leave Hanshuang fifty years ago due to differences in routes. The reasons for the differences were related to such 'illegal mining' and different attitudes towards foreseeable anomaly disasters.
"Fourth, successive consuls have systematically and continuously smeared the Sea Mist Fleet, concealing the truth to cover up the real differences between the two sides, and channeling public hatred to General Tirian personally, thus diverting people's attention from the mine issue s concern.
"Fifth, Archon Winston is seriously suspected of colluding with the Annihilation Cult. Before the disaster, he had received the news, but he did not make any effective response. Instead, he chose to defect. He will become a public enemy of the city-state. We believe
He has become a member of the Cult of Annihilation and will be forever wanted by Frost.
"Sixth, the new consul will reshape the order of the city-state, the mine investigation will begin immediately, and the liquidation of the responsible persons who are still alive will also begin immediately."
Tirian did not speak, but just sat there like an extremely cold ice sculpture, staring into the eyes of the confidential secretary. The heavy pressure in his eyes almost made people breathless.
However, the confidential secretary just took a breath and took out another pile of documents from the briefcase he carried with him.
This document is thicker and has more content.
"This is the list," he raised his head and met Tirian's heavy gaze. "The first half is the evidence needed for liquidation, including some records of illegal mining in the mine, the cover-up of abnormal warning signs, and the investigation of the Sea Mist Fleet.
Instructions to distort and vilify, this part of the file currently only has a directory, but within three days, all the evidence will be available.
"The second half is mainly a list, including those responsible for arrest and trial, as well as their corresponding 'evidences'. Don't worry, they are not innocent people, they are just guilty of other crimes - but it doesn't matter, their real crimes
It is no longer important, now the city-state needs them to "collude with the Annihilation Cultists". These people can be regarded as the "criminal reserve" of the city hall.
"Finally, there are letters and part of the diary, evidence of Archon Winston's collusion with the Annihilation Cult, and some of the documents bear his signature."
Tirian did not look at the second pile of documents handed over.
Cold mist slowly emerged around him, and the coffee table was gradually covered with a layer of fine ice crystals. The breath of everyone who could breathe in the room was condensing into white mist.
"...Who prepared these things?"
"Successive consuls," the confidential secretary said calmly, "each government will prepare one and many 'alternative plans', which are not necessarily prepared for you, but may also be for other successors, such as the next one.
'Rebel Army'. The last information in front of you was left by Governor Winston. Coincidentally, he also listed the Sea Mist Fleet as one of his 'alternative plans', which is consistent with Agatha
The 'suggestions' brought by the lady coincided with each other."
Tirian slowly put his hand on the document, and the fine ice crystals almost froze the document into an ice sculpture. He raised his head and stared into the eyes of the confidential secretary: "So, this can be used to characterize Winston.
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"There is a saying in Frost: The dead must make way for the living," the confidential secretary said slowly, "General Tirian, you are not a native of Frost, but you should also understand this sentence very well. If you give it to Winston
The 'definition' of the consul and the previous city halls can quickly restore order to the city-state, so I think he and the previous consuls will not mind."