"Oh, Daphne...... Are you sure? ”

The old emperor looked at the middle-aged maid who came back first, and the latter nodded slightly.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I'm sure, you can't be mistaken, they did get there, and I can feel that Daphne has completely fallen to the arms of your Knight Chief, and your Knight Master has accepted Daphne's presence, though not so much for His Highness.

"Between them, Devany is attached to the Grand Duke of Hanton, but they are indeed lovers."

"That's good."

The old emperor laughed:

"In addition to being good-looking, dancing and singing, does Devany have any combat power or coordination ability? No, she is just an ordinary child, and being able to trap the ancient god warrior of the White Ghost is already the greatest value she can play.

"Where are they now?"

"At the door, Your Majesty, at your request, there is a simple open-air press conference to convey the news of the arrival of the White Ghost to the Emperor Star."

"Oh, hard work for him."

The old emperor pressed a button at hand and said with a smile:

"I'm going to greet them at the door, and I'm going to bring up the specifications for the dinner so that my favorite chef can cook a few more dishes."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Hehehe," the old emperor's eyes flashed a little, "this is the best news I've heard in the last few days." ”

……

As soon as Yang Wei saw the old emperor, he got a bear hug from the emperor.

"Oh, Hanton! You're finally here! Are you okay these days? There are a few old men who want to suppress your arrogance and make them feel uneasy. ”

The emperor could pat him the back, but he didn't dare to pat the emperor on the back hard.

If this is a slap down and the spine is crushed and fractured, he, the white ghost, will directly become a monarch killer.

While being a monarch killer isn't a bad thing, ...... It's not time yet.

When the old emperor let go, Yang Wei made a knightly salute, and the badge on his chest was very shiny.

He said softly: "Your Majesty, I worry you, I actually know who the people against me are, and what they are afraid of is not my combat effectiveness, but my appeal to the grassroots officers and soldiers, as well as my influence on the people, and the reason why they are afraid of me is probably out of the concept of self-treatment and jealousy." ”

"Jealousy? Hahaha! ”

The old emperor crossed his hands on his hips, raised his head and laughed, the refined nightgown on his body was constantly shaking, and the old face with loose skin smiled like a blooming chrysanthemum.

"Yes Hanton, they are just jealous of you, come, have a cup of tea first, I have already informed a few of them to come."

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Yang Wei followed with a smile, his hands behind his back.

Devine, who had been ignored by the emperor, watched this scene with a smile at the moment, and then walked to the corner of the main hall on her own, where there was her exclusive rest area in this situation.

Time was pressing, and Yang Wei decided to go straight to the point.

He glanced left and right, and whispered: "Your Majesty, the situation is very complicated now, I won't guess your mind, I'm afraid that I guessed the wrong thing and delayed your big event...... The death of Earl Quegan, was arranged by you? ”

"How so?" The old emperor smiled, "Although I want to toss the empire, but I also want to toss those big nobles who have real power, how can I let my own empire break out into class conflicts?" ”

"Not you?" Yang Wei nodded, and asked again, "Then you call me over......

"It's my uncle Ino who insists on calling you over."

The old emperor's eyes flickered slightly, and he took Yang Wei for a walk by the pool in the center of the main hall, and said with a smile:

"You may not know what's going on before, because the information is secretive and only in a very small circle.

"Sometimes, it is not me, the emperor, who has the final say in this country, as you should already know, my elders can always impose such and such restraints on me.

"They did it this time, they feel that you have become a threat to the Empire, so they have to solve this problem...... In order to protect you, I wanted you to go to Dominguez to build up some military exploits. ”

Yang Wei smiled: "Do you want me to get my hands dirty, so they won't be afraid of me?" ”

"Uh-huh," the old emperor squinted and smiled.

The two of them seemed to be talking about yesterday's fishing harvest, and they couldn't tell that they were talking about something big.

The old emperor continued:

"Unexpectedly, Hanton, you expressed resistance to this matter, and refused the order to plunder the slaves, and also reprimanded the military department very strongly, and forcibly turned the military department to fight terrorism.

"There are also a group of old guys in the military department, who have taken root in the soil of the military department in the form of passing on the bands, and some people still hope to become the existence of that small circle...... In short, it was complicated, and then they couldn't get angry, so they held that press conference.

"In this, they can be said to be for the sake of the stability of the empire, after all, the current order of the empire is formulated by them, and instability is bad for them.

"But they are more to subdue you, because you showed your identity as the Grand Duke of the Empire at that time and reprimanded them...... Tsk, that's so cool! ”

The old emperor smiled: "If you scold them, it is equivalent to me scolding them." ”

Yang Wei's face suddenly appeared: "I said, why do they use dreadnoughts to scare me...... I'm really scared. ”

"Now they are coming to beg you again," the old emperor squinted and smiled, "Wait a minute, my six uncles will bring some officials from the House of Elders, the Military Department, the Foreign Affairs Bureau, and the Ministry of Political Affairs, and they still want to put pressure on you, by the way, Ino is also here, he should help you say a few words." ”

Yang Wei smiled and said, "I just wanted to ask you this, Your Majesty...... Whatever direction you want things to go, I'll try to make things go in whatever direction. ”

"Oh," the old emperor raised his hand and patted Yang Wei's arm, "Or will you be considerate of people, Hanton, in fact, to be honest, let the following make a fuss, mess up, you can also find a lot of problems, avoid bigger problems, it has no impact on me, the emperor, I just need to stand up at the critical moment and make a speech to the whole country, it is enough." ”

"I see," Yang Wei nodded, "the power they hold in their hands is indeed too great. ”

The old emperor smiled and said nothing.

Yang Wei said: "Your Majesty, I have a small request. ”

"Just say it."

"I want an investigation into the slavery of the Empire, the more detailed the better, and give me a little time to read it."

"Yes, I'll let them send them over," the old emperor said softly, "don't put too much pressure on yourself, and don't push yourself too hard." ”

"But Your Majesty," Yang Wei pursed his lips slightly, with a little annoyance in his eyes, "The history books I studied said that the reform of the new calendar tied the imperial power to the emperor, but I didn't expect that the chains that bound the imperial power turned out to be the existence of oppressing the people. ”

The old emperor's eyes lit up: "Your description is very appropriate. ”

"As your Knight Captain, I will unswervingly support you," Yang Wei said in a low voice, "You have love for the people. ”

"It's inevitable."

The old emperor opened his hands: "Come, hug Hanton, my son-in-law." ”

Yang Wei rolled his eyes in his heart, but he still hugged the emperor seriously.

"Let it go."

The old emperor arched the fire and encouraged.

……

Yang Wei sat on a sofa in the corner of a conference palace hall.

The old man came at a much slower speed than he thought.

He had the most official data of the empire in hand, and he thought about the next path in his heart.

Politics is a lot more complicated than he originally thought.

Even knowing what the weaknesses of the empire were—the irreconcilable contradictions between the aristocracy and the plebeians, and the brutal exploitation of slavery by the empire—it was not easy to find an opportunity to bring down the empire.

First of all, this is a galactic empire with a population of hundreds of billions, and its own size determines that it has a strong inertia.

Looking at the excitement outside, in fact, this is a gathering of almost all the anti-imperial forces outside and within the empire, and under the catalysis of the death of the earl, which is suspected of reason, there is the current riot situation.

But it is not enough to rely on this tide to trigger a revolutionary uprising on a national scale.

People are dependent on their current lives.

No one takes risks on the premise that life can go on;

No one wants to sacrifice their own interests for a political slogan when the road ahead is full of hope.

Of course, it can't be so absolute, after all, there are quite a few people who have been fooled and lame by politicians.

For example, if there was an anger gauge on the head of the commoners of the Empire, it would now only be 10 percent full, and this incident will continue to ferment downward, and at most it will only reach 20 to 25 percent.

The members at the bottom of the aristocratic class, who are now making crazy troubles, just feel that their interests have been damaged.

The empire only needs to let the big nobles hold these small nobles by the neck, apologize to the people, and then issue a law to threaten the people, give some compensation and rewards, and this crisis and riots will soon subside.

At this moment, Yang Wei must think about how to bury the shadow of the next riot in this turmoil.

He has a plan, but sometimes it doesn't always work.

The situation is treacherous and volatile, with a mix of forces.

For example, at this moment, he must use the old emperor's chess to protect himself, and by the way, he will find an opportunity to provoke the relationship between the old emperor and the Sherman family.

It's complicated.

Boss Yang felt that he was not the material for this kind of conspiracy.

It's just that the dark star-falling wind system he created can't be put on the bright side on both sides now, especially the dark star, if it is casually rendered by these powers, it will be the enemy of all mankind and the light of the third natural disaster.

Forget it, there's not a few years left to do that. ’

Yang Wei sighed faintly in his heart and stretched slightly.

Hurried footsteps were heard outside the main hall door.

Yang Wei originally thought that a group of bigwigs would be present in person, but he didn't expect that it was only the old men from the military department and the elders' house who came, and those people from the Sherman family still did not show up directly, but with the help of projection robots.

The old emperor is not here.

He now needs to make an attitude of not caring about everything, waiting for his uncles, uncles, grandparents, and grandparents to take the initiative to ask him to do something.

But presumably, the old emperor is now in the hall next door, wearing a loose nightgown, leaning on the girl's arms, enjoying the girl's gentle service, while staring at the projection screen, enjoying the upcoming discussion next door.

"Grand Duke Hanton."

A middle-aged maid stepped forward, bowed slightly to Yang Wei, and said softly, "All the adults have arrived." ”

"Really?"

Yang Wei turned his head to look at the middle of the hall, the oval conference table was already full of people, leaving only the two ends of the long table.

The throne was naturally reserved for His Majesty the Emperor.

Yang Wei took a pleasing fruit in the fruit bowl, Shi Shiran got up, nibbled on something similar to an apple, and took the middle-aged maid and strolled towards the conference table.

He had a leisurely demeanor, as if he had grasped the shortcomings of these old men.

The creaking sound of nibbling fruit was a little louder, which made the expressions of several elderly people who participated in the meeting with stereoscopic projection slightly ugly.

When Yang Wei took a seat at the end of the conference table, the maid said loudly:

"Ladies and gentlemen, Your Majesty is not in good health, so I will not participate in this meeting, and today's meeting is presided over by Director Ino.

"The main topic of discussion today is how to resolve a series of contradictions that have arisen within the empire, with a focus on how to suppress the conflict between the aristocracy and the commoners.

"There are new violent clashes emerging all the time, and I hope you can come up with a solution as soon as possible."

After saying that, the maid bowed and saluted, and then stood calmly behind Yang Wei.

Her position is interesting.

This means that the old emperor is now supporting the white ghost, and the white ghost represents the emperor's will at the moment.

Yang Wei's gaze swept over, except for Director Yinuo, most of the people avoided Yang Wei's gaze intentionally or unintentionally.

"Since no one has spoken," said Director Ino, "then I'll start with that...... Hanton, the White Ghost, the epicenter of the turmoil, is now sitting here to discuss with us how to solve the current troubles, and you should know how serious the situation has become. ”

The director placed a medal-sized projector in front of him, and dozens of projection screens facing all directions suddenly appeared on the conference table, and inside were some scenes of fierce conflict.

These images often have some similarities, with chaotic streets, hundreds and thousands of people huddled together, shoved and crowded in a certain direction, and at the front of the line, a human wall of local vigilantes, or a line of defense constructed by mechanical guards.

This is considered the mildest of conflicts.

In more images, incendiary objects and explosives have appeared.

In the clash with the greatest casualties, it is not known who attacked the local security team with precision weapons from a distance, and the local security team immediately counterattacked, and in the middle of the battlefield of the two sides was a march of thousands of people......

A large number of people fell in a hail of bullets, and the beams of ions that fell from the air burned directly through the building where the attackers were located.

"It's just a small snippet."

Director Eno said:

"Many of these conflicts are caused by agents of foreign forces, but the people who go to the streets cannot tell where the people behind them are coming from.

"The nature of the march has completely changed, and it has nothing to do with the suppression of the white ghost by the military department, and now the people's demand is to abolish the aristocracy and class equality.

"The area with the most serious conflict is the inside of the Emperor Star Circle, which I didn't expect, can anyone explain to me first, why is the inside of the Emperor Star Circle the most conflicted? Isn't this supposed to be the richest area? ”

An old man said in a low voice: "Because of the money, the minds of the people here are the most corrupted. ”

"When you have money, you definitely want more," one general sneered, "and what these people think in their bones is that the government cannot be above their personal interests." ”

Many people have opened their mouths, saying the same thing.

"The ......"

Yang Wei frowned and asked, "Don't we have a corresponding expert advisory group for this meeting?" ”

Director Eno asked, "Do you mean think tanks?" Think tanks are mainly distributed in various departments, and this meeting is of the highest standard, so ordinary think tanks are not authorized to participate. ”

Yang Wei nodded, and said with a straight face: "Director Yinuo, I just want to draw everyone's attention to a phenomenon, you see, most of these teams parading in the Emperor Star Circle are young faces, and there are many people who are homeless and dressed in tatters. ”

A group of people nodded their heads.

Yang Wei said:

"If you don't know much about society, you can go out and walk more, the Emperor Star Circle is rich, but wealth is gathered in the hands of a small number of people.

"Young people who don't have a local hukou have a huge amount of pressure.

"Those middle-aged people living on the streets have no possibility of turning over, and they have no hope of living.

"It's true that the average wealth index here is very high, and it seems to be the richest, but even in the wealthy cities, there are a large number of young outsiders who need to be helped out of poverty, and their median income is much lower than the average, and this is the problem of the Emperor Star Circle.

"And on the planets, many of the groups that clash with the local sheriffs are based on their surnames, and local clan power has always existed.

"Of course, part of me is still a fan of the White Ghost.

"The first thing you should discuss now is how to resolve these conflicts in the Imperial Star Circle, that is, how to appease these oppressed, almost crushed young people, who are the productive forces of the Empire."

Director Ino nodded slowly.

An old man on the side frowned and said, "Grand Duke Hanton, isn't the irony in your tone too strong?" ”

"Is there anything wrong with sarcastic you?"

Yang Wei leaned forward slightly, folded his hands on the table, did not distinguish who was with whom, and directly pointed at the opposite side and fired:

"I can use the image of me as a terrorist to suppress me, and I can come up with this kind of idea, do I still expect him to understand what the current people's demands are?"

(End of chapter)