Chapter 113: Honorary Citizen (I)

Robin's testimony, along with the handover certificate in his hand, quickly settled the case of malfeasance.

Contrary to what was assumed at the outset, in Judge Tivoni's final verdict, the first offender was not the first defendant at the trial, former Othello Governor of Police Brandon. The one who was really charged with dereliction of duty was the original second defendant, Proxima Centauri Northern Domain Police Chief Alfred? Rex.

As the person directly responsible for the riots, Alfred? Rex will be sentenced to twenty years in prison and deprived of political rights for life. And Brandon, who is the second person responsible? Rex was jointly and severally liable, dismissed from office, and deprived of political rights for life.

With the hammer of Judge Defoni falling, this high-profile case of malfeasance came to an end, although the outcome was different from what the public had originally envisioned. But the people are not dissatisfied with such an outcome. Moreover, the dispute between uncle and nephew in the course of the trial will also become a topic of conversation after tea and dinner for a long time, and will cast an indelible stain on the Rex family, which has always been a glorious image to the world.

In addition to the verdict, the most surprising thing for the public was the appearance of Robin, the unsung hero, and the simply appalling brilliant results of the Charon mercenaries.

Before this trial, there was only one hero in the minds of the people. That is the Anse El who spent a lot of money to hire mercenaries to fight back and go head-to-head with the bloody Harry battleship? Auschwid. But now, Robin's birth is like taking away Ansel? Osvid's aura of heroism above his head. After all, compared to Anse Elle's big counterattack with money, Robin, the predator who stepped on the battlefield himself, is obviously more in line with the heroic image in the hearts of the people.

Soon, Robin's profile was released in an anonymous email. And Robin's status as a free man immediately revealed to the people of the Federation was greatly surprised.

In the wake of the pirate riots, the Freedmen have become the number one enemy in the minds of the citizens of the Federation. Almost all citizens of the Federation became hostile to the freedmen and called on the Autonomous Assembly to issue a decree of their expulsion. But now, when the truth is revealed, these people who call for the expulsion of the freedmen find that they have been saved by a freedman, and the huge gap between the two makes everyone shut up and begin to re-examine the special group of freedmen.

Gradually, rumors began to circulate that Robin was attempting to establish an autonomous region on the Ultra Nebula. And such a rumor once again set off a storm of public opinion among the people in Proxima Centauri.

Some opponents believe that allowing Robin to establish an autonomous region on the Ultra Nebula would pose a huge danger to the security of neighboring star domains, and that he would become another more destructive Bloody Harry. Another group of supporters believes that Robin's inclusion of the Ultra Nebula in the territory of the Federation is an unprecedented initiative, and they believe that Robin, who single-handedly wiped out all the pirates, has the ability to govern the freedmen in the Ultra Nebula, and that allowing the freedmen to pay taxes can also reduce the financial burden of Othello's restoration of the business environment.

In a short period of time, Robin and his miraculous rise became a topic of conversation for everyone in Proxima Centauri. And the ambiguous relationship between him and Martina, as well as the experience of sharing hardships, also made them the hottest topic of conversation.

"Calvin, I don't know what to say about you. Because of your relationship, I don't even dare to meet people now. You've caused me such a big problem! ~" Sitting in Calvin's office, Robin complained loudly to Calvin with a dissatisfied expression.

"Haha...... I don't know how many people in the Federation want to be a topic of conversation. I'm here to help you, you ignorant of what to do. Calvin glanced at Robin with a smile and said in a suppressed voice: "The politics of the federation are often driven by public opinion, don't you want to get citizenship immediately?" Don't you want the parliament to pass your autonomous region establishment plan? This is a great opportunity for me to create an image for you that will help you get everything you want. ”

"Yes...... But it makes me feel weird......"

Robin shook his head helplessly, in fact, Calvin seized the opportunity to announce everything by anonymous email did help him a lot. At the very least, the lawmakers who had asked Robin for money had reached out to Robin to help him get citizenship, and there was no mention of money.

From this point of view, Calvin really deserves the credit. But the problem is that Robin's identity is not as clean as Calvin thinks, he is a soldier from the Republic, and he secretly transported 60,000 Republic prisoners of war out of Bruno Prison. Although all of his plans have been implemented seamlessly for now, there are no impermeable walls in this world, and now, when he becomes a household name, everything he has will be magnified. And in this case, the chance of everything he was hiding being exposed increased countless times.

Robin's worry Calvin naturally didn't know, and he thought that Robin was really not suitable for the life of such a celebrity as he said, so he smiled and comforted: "As long as everything is over, you can hide in the 'City of Chaos'." No one is going to bother you there, can't you even survive for a few days? ”

"I hope so." Robin smiled and didn't say anything more.

Seeing that Robin didn't want to say more, Calvin got up and cleaned up some materials on the table, and asked casually, "By the way, you also received an invitation to observe the Executive Council this time." ”

"Yes, this council is probably going to announce the inauguration of Ansel."

Yesterday, the appointment of the post of Inspector General of Police was already fruitful. Among the nominees, Anse Air? Osvid won the position by a landslide, so if nothing else, it was an ironclad fact that Ansel would take over as Governor of Police.

"Not only that, but this time my boss, Minister Benjamin, will officially submit the plan for the Autonomous Region of Ultra Nebula to the Parliament, so some matters related to you will also be decided in today's Executive Council." Calvin glanced at Robin with a meaningful gaze and said with a smile: "Whether I can be promoted to vice minister of commerce depends on your performance today." ”

"You're going to stress me out about that."

"There's pressure to be motivated! ~" Picking up the briefcase, Calvin pulled Robin out of the office: "Don't mind taking a ride, right?" ”

…… The administrative building is the seat of the Othello Autonomous Council, where the highest power in Proxima Centauri is concentrated. And many of the proposals discussed in the Executive Council of Parliamentarians this time are an unprecedented earthquake for the entire Othello political community.

One of the most notable is the official proclamation by the Parliament that the Anse El ? Osvid's appointment as Othello's official successor to the post of Othello Governor of Police, as well as the decision to dismiss several serving inspectors of the police system.

The passage of this bill means that Ansair has carried out a real purge of the police system, and in one fell swoop has removed all the key personnel that Brandon had inserted into the police system in the early stage.

In addition, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Labor, the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Communications have all undergone large-scale personnel transfers. Including Calvin, a large number of young talents have been promoted, and their positions are generally in deputy positions such as deputy ministers. However, anyone with a keen sense of politics can smell the obvious political weather vane, and it is clear that when these young politicians have developed enough qualifications, the transition from deputy to full-time is almost a matter of course.

But if you carefully investigate the background of these new dignitaries, then you can immediately find that most of these promoted people are hidden blood relatives of major wealthy families. Like Calvin, he has long been with Nitty? Ford is secretly engaged, and as long as the timing is right, Les, the spokesperson of the Ford family in Proxima Centauri? Ford can announce the fact that Calvin and his daughter Netty are engaged at any time, and Calvin can also proudly bear the surname of Ford, becoming the direct spokesperson of the Ford family in Proxima Centauri's political circles.

Such an appointment almost heralded the official entry of the big families into Proxima Centauri politics, and these young men, who had been attending Brandon's birthday party a few months earlier, had come together to carve up the Osvid kingdom. But now, after the fall of the Rex family, who were the leaders, they had to do what they wanted, dividing up the major key departments of the Proxima Centauri Domain one after another.

There is no doubt that except for the Rex family, the rest of the wealthy families have secretly reached a secret agreement with the Osvid family. In this chess game with Proxima Centauri, the Rex family led by Federal President Dawson suffered a complete defeat.

Compared to the seismic political turmoil, what was immediately announced by parliament was much more insignificant.

As Calvin had mentioned beforehand, after discussion, the Parliament decided to grant Robin federal citizenship in the name of special contributions, and to give him the Honorary Citizen Medal. In addition, Robin's application for the Ultra Nebula Autonomous Region plan was also successfully passed. The Autonomous Region is authorized for a period of three years, during which the taxes paid to the Ministry of Finance of Othello Star are 150 million, 180 million and 230 million in increasing increments.

The new Freemen Bill is the last bill to be dealt with by the Parliament, and is voted on by all members of the Parliament. By Martina? Byron and Sean? Alex's motion to revoke the freedman's purchase restriction was dismissed, but the motion was amended along with the dismissal.

In the new Freemen Act, it is stipulated that Proxima Centauri's northern star field will no longer be a completely open free space, and any undocumented freedmen will be evicted and restricted from purchasing any goods, except for freedmen with temporary and permanent residency. Only freedmen with relevant identification are exempt from the purchase order, but any business activity in the federal territory must be taxed twice as much as a federal citizen.

The enactment of this new freeman bill alleviated the existential crisis faced by freedmen to a certain extent, but on the contrary, the parliament was preparing to expel almost all freedmen, and the autonomous region of Ultranem, which Robin was about to establish, became the best freedman penal colony in the eyes of the council.

(To be continued)