Chapter 454: The Beginning of Civil Disturbance (Part 1)
Chapter 454 The beginning of civil strife (Part 1)
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Chapter 454 The beginning of civil strife (Part 1)
Parades, clashes, confrontations.
Most people in the Empire did not expect that this kind of scenery that often appears in parts of the New Federation would one day be staged in the Empire.
The cause of this incident has appeared to be very complicated, including the continued influence of public opinion, the intensification of public sentiment, and the promotion of relevant organizations behind it...
When a dreadnought, representing the pinnacle of human standing armed forces in the galaxy, arrived at the White Ghost's territory of Sakaar and aimed its main guns at the White Ghost, the emotions of the people of the Empire were completely detonated.
In this huge empire, nearly one-fifth of the administrative planets experienced varying degrees of turmoil in just three galaxies.
Yaha Star was the first to erupt in demonstrations in support of the White Ghost March.
Three galaxies have passed, and millions of people have gathered in more than a dozen major cities on the Yaha planet. They chanted "Ghosts are not guilty" and held up slogans like "White ghosts are messengers of justice." From a sign
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Among them, at least tens of thousands of people have started live broadcasts in various forms.
The demonstrations here were relatively restrained. People did not smash, destroy or loot. They just walked on the streets, occupied some public transportation spots, and called on more people to join the queue to support the White Ghost.
Most of the areas where demonstrations broke out in the empire were relatively peaceful scenes.
The Sherman Empire did not have a tradition of mass demonstrations, but this time, people took to the streets, driven and guided by a certain force, and used their spontaneous actions to speak out for the White Ghost.
What’s even more interesting is the ‘self-learning and evolution’ of these parades.
I don’t know who came up with the idea, but a group of demonstrators entered the spaceport of their planet and blocked all access to the spaceport with human walls, successfully putting tremendous pressure on the local government.
This way of blocking space traffic can affect local order and operation, and also force local governments to stand up and express their appeasement.
Seeing that this method was effective, more and more parades began to follow suit. Crowds of people gathered towards the spaceport of their planet, causing 5% of the empire's passenger routes to be paralyzed, and as time moved forward, this number continued to increase.
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This kind of news is extremely difficult to suppress no matter who it is or who uses it.
What's more, at this stage, the empire has no initiative at all in the unified network world it has built.
The sixth galactic hour after the start of the Yaha Star Parade.
The demonstrations within the empire have spread to one-half of the administrative stars in the empire. Logically speaking, it should be the most stable empire star circle in the empire, but at this moment, it is the 'hardest-hit area' with the largest number of demonstrators.
Some of the edge planets located on the borders of the empire should have been the areas with the most intense conflicts, but in fact, a considerable number of planets with a population of more than 300 million failed to attract more than 100,000 people to march.
After getting the relevant data, Boss Yang didn't understand it at first, but he quickly figured out the key issues.
——The prosperous planet in the Imperial Star Circle has the most obvious intra-class shear, with more aristocrats and capitalists. The youth groups and student groups gathered from various regions of the empire maintain a high level of intellectual vitality.
Regarding the riots that occurred within the empire, the New Federation, the United Free States, the Guel Alliance, and the younger brothers behind the three hooligans were naturally happy and excited.
A critical news commentary began to spread wildly within and outside the empire.
This is an article written by a New Federation interstellar reporter, and the title of the article is very eye-catching.
"The Empire is on the Brink of Civil War".
The subtitle is more pragmatic:
"The essence of White Ghost's resistance to the empire is the resistance of the people of the empire to imperial power."
This article sharply pointed out that the core power group of the empire wanted to assimilate the White Ghost, but became angry when it was rejected by the White Ghost, so there was the absurd scene of the dreadnought gun pointing at the Sakaar planet.
The article also gives a series of examples, describing how the imperial aristocracy maintains its own privileges, and the necessity and urgency for them to assimilate the white ghost.
By the way, this article also clearly explains the causes and consequences of the Dominguez tragedy, as well as the miserable slave life of the Dominguez people in the empire today, and lists more than ten similar tragedies that the empire has committed in the past thousand years.
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If you just read this article, people can probably come to the conclusion that a bottom-up revolution is about to break out in this empire.
Overseas media have started celebrating in advance.
And the empire has hundreds of billions of people...
Most people just pay attention to this matter, and their lives are not greatly affected.
According to the law, the empire is generally stable at this stage, and there are no conditions for large-scale uprisings. If you want to cause conflicts within the empire in a short period of time, you can only start from multiple angles and aspects.
The most direct way to meet the most basic conditions for an uprising is to inject a large number of unemployed young people into society.
Just like now, people will be filled with indignation over what happened to the White Ghost, complaining on the Internet, and scolding their friends that the aristocracy of the empire must die a good death; but we really need the majority of people to stand up and resist the empire and face it with their own flesh and blood.
Starships and ion cannons can only be fanciful.
Boss Yang is not in a hurry.
This is just the beginning.
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A conference room in the Skywrath Fortress.
Gris sat in front of a projection screen with a sad face, holding a communicator and kept shouting:
"We must make it clear to the members of the support associations in various places that demonstrations must not develop into violent conflicts, and there must be no beating, smashing, burning, and looting! Let alone crimes! That is to discredit the white ghost!"
"Uprising? What a nonsense! Do you think this is primitive civilization? This is the interstellar age. Do you have a fleet? Even though the empire has gone too far this time, everyone's life is not impossible. We only need to support the white people
Ghost, do you understand the support?"
"Hey, let me go, why did I accept this mission?"
Captain Gris wiped the hot sweat from his forehead, turned to look at his team members, and yelled angrily:
"Hurry up! Now you are all the official staff of the White Ghost Fans Support Club! Make sure that these messages can reach the ears of most White Ghost fans! Let the White Ghost fans maintain order instead of becoming radical
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"Captain, is this really the mission given by the white ghost?"
"Ah, his assistant ordered it," Captain Gris grinned, "Don't worry, this is a political game. Both sides are playing tricks on each other. How can the White Ghost really cause civil strife in the empire?"
A group of transformation warriors nodded in understanding.
"Hurry up and work! Our work now is of great significance. We must control the level of riots!"
"Captain, are we doing private work?"
"Not counting! I received two orders, one from the president of the Support Association, who is White Ghost's assistant, and one from the military department. Both orders have the same content, which is to avoid bloody conflicts as much as possible."
Gris sighed and said with emotion:
"That's right. Let's make a scene and vent our emotions."
"But Captain, there are already casualties on some planets, and some people have begun to besiege the nobles' estates."
"Captain, there has just been news here about some minor nobles being attacked by civilians."
Gris frowned tightly.
Demonstrations in support of the White Ghost are more about people expressing their support for the White Ghost.
But if the demonstrations gradually turn into violent conflicts against the aristocracy, and there are really vicious incidents in which aristocrats are beaten to death by the people, then the problem will be serious.
Gris cursed: "What are the Imperial Military Headquarters thinking? Why did they suddenly start forcing the White Ghost? Mader! If these bastards really cause big trouble, the unlucky ones like us won't be the ones who end up unlucky!"
"Captain! White Ghost's official website live broadcast screen has something new!"
"What?"
"Well, the empire has sent another fleet, about two hundred capital ships, to guard the dreadnought. The main gun of the dreadnought has been charged."
"The Imperial Military Department will hold a press conference in fifteen minutes!"
Gris:……
"Have the worm kicked the brains out of these old guys?"
Gris cursed a few words, and none of the young transformation warriors in the conference room dared to answer the question.
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Saka Star, outside the Lord's Mansion.
A large number of people arrived here a few galaxies ago. They made no noise or raised any flags. They just stood quietly on the street outside the Lord's Mansion, with their backs to the Lord's Mansion, holding hands and forming several human walls.
When Sakaar faced the crisis of extinction, the White Ghost never gave up on them.
When the dreadnoughts targeted the White Ghost, they were unwilling to give up the White Ghost.
Behind the window of the bedroom of the Lord's Mansion, Yang Ming looked at this scene with infinite emotion in his heart.
Although these were all his plans to challenge the imperial hegemony, he was indeed deeply inspired and felt that he was on the right path.
Law's report sounded in his ears from time to time.
Most of what Yang Ming heard was good news.
So far, the best news is that "the Sherman family's attempt to activate the Empire's entire defense system was denied access." The scientific researchers responsible for maintaining the core black box are sweating profusely at this moment.
Yang Ming raised his head and looked at the next room.
Daphne is there, using a special encrypted communication device, to participate in the Sherman family's roundtable meeting.
Yang Ming now wants to know what other tricks these people can come up with.
As long as the Sherman family does not go crazy collectively, they will not dare to bombard Saka directly, otherwise the division of the empire will be irreversible;
The Sherman family may feel that the tens of millions of people on Sakaar will be a drag on his white ghost. In fact, on the contrary, this place actually provides "political protection" for Yang Ming.
Next room.
Daphne is sitting in a gray projection space, her facial expression is a little tense, and she clenches her fists from time to time.
Apparently, she heard some arguments that struck her as ridiculous.
At this meeting, there were indeed many elderly people from the Sherman family who were a little excited.
"...You want to crush us with demonstrations?"
"This is the Empire, not the New Federation!"
"These despicable untouchables have no idea why they can survive safely in the galaxy!"
"Does these angry words have any practical significance now? We must be wary of the possibility of peaceful evolution by foreign forces against us at this moment! Especially the two camps of freedom and democracy, they will definitely use these problems in the current empire to further divide us
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"Then what should we do? The dreadnought can't scare the white ghost, so we just surrender?"
"Of course not. We don't need to be soft. The disastrous consequences of being soft are far greater than the threats from foreign forces."
"Imperial royalty cannot fail."
The virtual conference room gradually became quiet.
Director Ino said calmly: "Are you all at a loss now?"
"Ino, the dreadnought was transferred there through intervention, what are you going to do next?"
"I admit that I did underestimate Hanton's advance preparations on this matter," Director Ino's eyes flashed a little brightly, "He should have anticipated the method we would use and prepared in advance.
We have developed a response strategy, which makes us very passive now."
"Give me a solution," Director Ino's grandfather said in a deep voice.
Director Ino nodded: "The solution is very simple, just summon the white ghost and take the traitor away from Sakaar on the grounds of letting the traitor of the empire go."
Someone immediately raised an objection: "Wouldn't this mean that the empire is persecuting the white ghost?"
Director Ino asked: "Does it have any practical significance to care about this kind of name and reputation now? Isn't it a fact that the people of the Imperial Military Department have accepted and recognized that the high-level officials of the Imperial Military are trying to persecute the White Ghost?"
A few people were thoughtful.
Director Ino said seriously:
"We must not make any concessions. Now we and Hanton have reached a critical stage of the game. If the people scold them, let them scold them. Their living environment is in our hands and there will be no big trouble.
"The real threat now is Hanton itself.
"He can be resurrected indefinitely, which means that he can use this characteristic of his to launch thousands of attacks on us. As long as one or two succeed, we will face disaster.
"His own danger is a hundred times greater than that of the Valkyrie.
"Don't be scared by the people's demonstrations. The people have no ships or cannons. They can't even leave the planet where they were born without our permission... What are you so anxious about here? The Sherman family already controls this empire with tens of thousands of people.
Year, can't you even deal with this storm?
"I suggest that we adjourn the meeting temporarily and don't discuss what to do so early. Let us finish a set of punch combinations first."
An old man asked: "Ino, what's behind this combo of yours?"
"Locking the dreadnought is the first step. Secretly hyping up the White Ghost's plan to mentally control His Majesty the Great Emperor. This is the second step... Next, release a signal of goodwill and ask the Grand Duke Ghost to go to the Emperor Star to explain to His Majesty how to let Catherine go.
reasons and see how he responds.
"He is on Sakaar. We must not fire cannons, unless you want the empire to fall into a wave of panic-driven struggles among hundreds of billions of people. But as long as he enters a ship, we will take the initiative.
"Then, we have to come up with two conditions. The first is his home planet, and the second is the video data of us defeating a real ancient god to put pressure on him.
"There is no way to plan what happens next. We have to formulate strategies based on his reaction. Our goal is to get him to leave the people of the empire and break away from the popular base. The rest is a matter of course."
The group of old people nodded slowly.
From this moment on, Director Ino gained more say in the family.
Enoch looked at the corner: "Daphne, what is Hanton doing now?"
"Reading a book, an interstellar adventure novel."