Why didn't Berkeley escape? On the one hand, it was because of pride and dignity. On the other hand, he also thought he understood the New Alliance and the Char.
Since August last year, he has ordered the collection of intelligence on the new alliance through various channels, and then conducted a lot of analysis. He also carefully studied even the twelve speeches of Charles.
In Charles, he can find a little bit of himself. He is calm and rational, but at the same time full of enthusiasm and vitality. He should also be an idealist.
The New Alliance is supposed to be an organization that robs the rich and helps the poor, although they don't seem to have shouted out such a slogan yet. After the New Alliance occupied the city, it confiscated a large number of rich people's assets and confiscated them, which became a source of financial funds.
However, they showed great restraint and did not loot or destroy. Instead, they probably wanted to occupy the new territory for a long time, so they quickly restored social order. This is a group that prefers lawfulness. From the public statement issued by their leader Ciel
You can see it in the speech.
Their military strength is very strong, their troops are well-trained and well-equipped, and their commanders are particularly capable. Therefore, they suffered almost no major losses during the process of expansion and advancement, and the battles ended quickly.
Although they also suppressed a group of people, the number was very limited and they did not retaliate on a large scale against the resisters.
But perhaps because its main members are from the bottom and have received almost no education, they don't seem to know how to safeguard and respect human rights. Many of the captured people were sent to reform concentration camps for so-called reform, requiring them to
Obey the rules set by the new alliance.
The New Alliance launched a movement that organized people to hold public rallies before punishing their enemies, allowing people to accuse and humiliate their enemies in public, stimulating their hatred and recalling their traumas, instead of teaching people to forgive and heal their traumas.
In Berkeley's view, even criminals have human dignity and can be tried and convicted by the courts. The new alliance undoubtedly uses personality humiliation to stir up public hatred, which will intensify social conflicts.
Many of those who were humiliated were respectable social elites, but they were usually the most hated people at the bottom of society. The New Alliance may have done this to prove the justice of their actions, and it was also a way to coerce the people.
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But looking at it from a higher level, this will only spread hatred and cannot solve the real problem. If the country and society want to develop, they still have to rely on the elite who have mastered knowledge and wealth and know how to use it.
to push.
But in any case, the New Alliance is also an orderly military and political organization, and various signs indicate that they also have the will to build this country well.
The assets confiscated by the new alliance were not destroyed or looted, but were taken over and continued to be maintained and operated. Although they still lacked knowledge in economics, they were working hard after all.
When suppressing the enemy, although there were deviations that humiliated the character and provoked conflicts, the new alliance generally followed the principle of procedural justice. The few suppressed people had definite crimes and charges, which made Berkeley
The most appreciated.
Therefore, he felt that Charles could communicate and could sit down and have a good talk to find the best result for both parties and the country.
Berkeley believes that he has been incorruptible and upright since he took office, more incorruptible and upright than almost all officials in the country. After deeply understanding the new alliance's style of conduct, he has a little more confidence to dare to stay.
Of course, he also has another source of confidence from Tiga City, which is his sphere of influence. Even if others are here, he still has a strong enough force behind him.
The new coalition captured the capital, but the Front of Hope can still negotiate with it to form a more cooperative government and make the fragmented country more whole.
The original central government had the weakest control over the three states in the northern part of the country, and the new alliance has already occupied these three states. If they want to integrate the country, they need more experienced and knowledgeable people.
Come to help, at least at the level of governing the country, Berkeley still has a lot to teach Ciel.
After the presidential palace came under the control of the new alliance, Berkeley didn't even know if he was a prisoner of war, because he was still living here. In addition to having his weapons taken away and his former service personnel removed, no one restricted his freedom of movement.
, he just couldn't get out of the presidential palace.
Although living conditions have become much more difficult, at least three meals a day are still provided, so he has enough time to organize his thoughts and think about various problems. Many times when he thinks about it, he is almost moved by his noble feelings.
He is now unable to communicate with the outside world and is cut off from news. The computer in the presidential palace has been moved away, and his mobile phone has been taken away. He can only read some books and magazines on weekdays.
After applying for an interview with Charles, he waited for a long time without receiving a reply. He didn't understand what was going on. Could it be that Charles lacked political experience? Now that he had caught him as the president, couldn't he
Do you understand the political value of this? Whatever he wants to do, he should have done it long ago!
There is another thing that is even more strange. Why did Charles himself not move into the presidential palace, but continue to keep him under house arrest here? Is it because he thinks this presidential palace is not good and wants to build another presidential palace? But this presidential palace is already grand enough
It has lost its majesty, even if it is rebuilt, it will not be possible in a short time!
Could it be that the new alliance has encountered another change? Is it because the armed forces in the south saw the turmoil in the capital and seized the opportunity to go north to fight for central power. The result has not yet been decided?
Or is the new alliance organizing a new presidential election, waiting for everything to be settled, and then pushing itself out to achieve a seemingly smooth transfer of power?
This would be wrong. He lacks political wisdom. Berkeley even wants to tell Charles face to face how to better control the process of power transfer. He is the most experienced in this...
When people have nothing to do, they will inevitably have all kinds of random thoughts, and Berkeley really thinks too much. The reason why Charles didn't come to see him is because he didn't care at all.
The new alliance not only captured the main urban area of Mowang City, but also liberated the entire Mowangbang District. Another army liberated the Digabang District, and then continued south to liberate the entire Kingdom of Kilili.
During this period, Ciel was almost as busy as an octopus. He had food and accommodation in the office building of the new alliance's temporary command headquarters. If he didn't have a strong physique and extraordinary energy, he might not be able to sustain such intensity of work. As for
President Berkeley has always been an insignificant figure. Let him stay for now and deal with it when he is free.
Always unable to wait for Charles, Berkeley asked the service leader sent by the new alliance. As a result, the other party told him seriously that he was not a person serving him, but the person in charge of taking over the work of the presidential palace, involving military matters.
According to discipline, it is impossible to disclose any information about the operation to Berkeley.
But at least they had become familiar with each other these days, so Berkeley asked about some situations that should not violate disciplines. Only then did he learn that Charles had not announced his inauguration as interim president, and the new alliance had not announced a "takeover" of the central government.
In other words, during the current period, the country of Kilili is actually in a state without a central government. However, the actual situation cannot be said to be anarchy. The new alliance has controlled order and has initially achieved progress in various regions.
Effective management.
However, without a nominal central government, the influence of the central government is still very great. For example, if diplomatic envoys from various countries want to submit their credentials, who should they go to? In another sense, Berkeley still seems to be the president of the country, because no one has announced
He resigned, but he himself did not announce his resignation. What kind of drama is this? The new alliance is a complete act of political idiots!
The confused and uneasy Berkeley wrote a long letter to Charles, which contained tens of thousands of words.
He first introduced his resume and life in detail, mainly his experience of studying abroad and working after returning to China, focusing on his ideals, ambitions and aspirations, as well as the many efforts he has made for this.
He analyzed the situation of Jili Country, including its history and current situation, and then talked about ideas and methods for building and developing the country. The most space in the letter was used to introduce his governance experience and philosophy of governing the country.
In the letter, he admitted that the new alliance had obtained central power, and as the previous president, expressed his willingness to cooperate with Shire to carry out a smooth transfer of power, which was at least nominally smooth and in line with legal principles, making it procedurally unsound.
A military coup.
He also represents the Hope Front and the local government of Tigabon District, hoping to establish a closer cooperative relationship with the new alliance, or to unite to build the country.
He also provided suggestions for policies in various aspects such as political, economic, and military perspectives, as well as government organization, official appointment, central and local relations, etc. after Charles became president.
He implicitly expressed the hope that his successful governance strategy would not be wasted. Although he is no longer the president, he is still willing to use his knowledge and experience to help the new president govern the country.
The more Berkeley wrote, the more emotional he became. The time God gave him was too short, only three and a half years. He had too many things to do before he could do it. The country had not yet been saved. If possible, he really wanted to pray to heaven again.
Lend five hundred years!
Of course, he couldn't write this in the letter. He just wanted Charles to accept his suggestion, so that even if he temporarily left the position of president, his political wisdom and governance ideas could continue to benefit the country.
This letter is written in English. He has seen Charles's speech. Charles speaks English fluently, so everyone should be able to understand it, right? Even if he can't understand some parts, there should be professional translators around him.
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There were indeed some words in this long letter that Charles didn't recognize, but Charles didn't find a translator. He took out his mobile phone and scanned it with a translation software and he figured it out. There wasn't anything too complicated.
However, after reading it, Charles was completely confused!
What shocked him was that, whether in name or in reality, President Berkeley, as the former supreme leader of the Kingdom of Gila, was so disconnected from the people of this country and the real status quo that he was blinded.
Is it to the extent?
The United Nations has a survey report, which is based on 2019 data. Among the economies of more than 200 countries and regions in the world, the development level of the country of Kiri ranked second from the bottom! In the 1970s and 1980s, the country of Kiri ranked second from the bottom.
Still ranked in the bottom twenty.
This cannot be entirely blamed on Berkeley. He took over such a country. But what did Berkeley do after he became president, and what was the country like under his governance?
Charles has lived in the most ordinary and representative neighborhood of Kilili Country since he was a child. He himself is not considered the lowest class of people, because his uncle was once the second-ranking figure of the Big Head Gang, and he himself later became
The backbone of the Big Head Gang.
Charles has never been malnourished since he was a child, and he is strong and strong, not taller than 1.9 meters tall. He also owns a banana orchard, a winery and a wine shop, so he can be regarded as a "bourgeois member of the neighborhood".
But Charles also knows what the world he lives in is like, it is a hell on earth! It is so full of despair that many people are completely unaware of hope, have long been numb to a lot of pain, and have no guarantee of life and wealth.
The gangsters around him claim that they are not afraid of death, and this so-called brave declaration seems so desolate. Indeed, in a place where corpses can be found on the streets at any time, is it useful to be afraid of death?
If Ciel's childhood experience only represents Port Fiso, then during the process of the New Alliance Army's liberation of Kilili Country, Ciel also followed the actions of military and political cadres. He not only studied the information of various places, but also witnessed the scenes of various places with his own eyes.
Doesn't Berkeley know what kind of country he is governing? If he knew, how could he have the nerve to claim to have "outstanding political achievements" and "the best in history"?
The sigh of unrealized ambitions, all because of the new alliance popping up to cause trouble?
The confused Charles read this long letter for a long time, and finally came to the conclusion that Berkeley should really not know the situation. At least the tone and attitude in this letter were serious, which made Charles even more confused.
Confused.
The New Alliance has long been collecting all kinds of intelligence information about the Gilguan government, not just in the military field. Charles is actually very familiar with the various policies and measures adopted by the president during his term of office.
Berkeley should be relatively familiar with the operation of the modern Western financial system, so he promptly took control of the financial system of the country after taking office, focusing on the data exchange and settlement center, thereby stabilizing the central finance and also controlling some customs and taxation.
This is the first thing a central government should do. If evaluated on a 100-point scale, Berkeley could score forty-five points. Although it has not reached the passing line, it can still be considered as a fool based on the current situation of the country.
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But other than that, the president seems to have few other achievements to talk about. Some things done are worse than not done.
For example, the president mentioned in his letter that he is well aware of the importance of talents. Only by cultivating more talents can we build this country well. Therefore, since he took office, he has devoted himself to building the best university on the east coast of the Black Wasteland.
National public university.
When he saw this, Charles was so shocked that he almost kicked the table in front of him. Because he had known about the situation of this university for a long time. What a weird president it is to invest half of the national education funds in this university.
A university actually takes credit for this!
Kiri State Public University, referred to as Kiri University, used to only enroll a few hundred freshmen each year. After Berkeley became president, it expanded its enrollment and currently enrolls 1,500 freshmen every year. It is said that there are plans to reach two thousand freshmen in the future.
There are more than 1,000 students. Currently, according to the student registration list, there are 6,217 students on campus.
After Berkeley took office, he not only expanded the scale of teaching, but also waived all fees such as accommodation, tuition, and textbook fees. Even the restaurant was free, which greatly improved the living and teaching environment.
As far as Charles knows, those who can enter this university are the second generation who are the least expensive in the country. To be more precise, there is a Garden of Eden specially created for the second generation of evil, where the next generation of group crime bosses are trained.
base.
It is impossible for a "community property owner" like Charles to enter such a university. Porto Fiso used to have one and only elite school, the New Pastoral School, in the southern coastal area.
Only graduates with a certain background have the opportunity to study at Jili University.
In the past few years, this university has become even more polluted under the full care of President Berkeley. The latest visit survey report of community cadres shows that people in the neighborhoods around Jili University, especially when it comes to this university, have become more and more dirty.
When the students inside, "all change color"!
This university actually has a heavily armed security team with guns. They protect the "freedom of academic research" within the university. If students commit something outside, the local police have no power to enter the campus to enforce the law.
There is a group of lawless second-generation ancestors living in the campus. No one dares or can control what they do. Its early graduate Dong Zegang, compared with most current students, is already regarded as a white lotus with noble conduct.
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The only thing that makes Charles envious of these students is that they are all in their twenties and all of them still have fathers. In the country of Kiri, this is a group of people who have fathers who have survived to adulthood, and their fathers are still alive. How amazing.
Lucky.
I heard that more than three-quarters of the graduates from this university managed to go overseas after graduation. Thank God!
The New Alliance working group also entered the university, but was stopped by the school's security forces. The other party claimed that it was not subject to interference from the government police department and was exercising completely independent duties.
The new alliance working group did not follow this trick and notified the army to come and disarm the armed forces.
The disarming process went smoothly and there were no casualties. However, when the working group was preparing to enter the campus, someone fired with a submachine gun from a building not far outside the school, causing five cadres to die on the spot! For the New Alliance,
This is a serious casualty event.
The angry accompanying troops almost called the demolition team to demolish the building, but the calm commander stopped him. He only ordered the bombardier to throw a grenade into the room through the window, and then sent a combat team to rush into the building.
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Of course, all the people in the room were shot dead, but the scene was shocking. There were 12 corpses of four men and eight women, all with C and L bodies.
Afterwards, the investigation revealed that this was a group of students who brought in a few girls to have fun while smoking and having sex, and finally got high. They were also doing it because of their identities, and many of the products were from several countries that ordinary people had never seen before.
High-end products that I have never even heard of.
Before Charles read Berkeley's long letter, he had just received a report on the situation of the working group stationed at Jili University, and had just signed an order to temporarily control all teachers and students of the school, conduct a comprehensive screening and review, and at the same time search for drugs in the school.
and weapons.
Who should be suppressed, who should undergo forced reform, and who should receive re-education must be clearly identified. If all these people are sent to be shot, some may be unjustly accused, and the new alliance cannot unjustly accuse innocent people.
When looking at this phenomenon, we cannot only emphasize the identity of school students. Everyone has multiple identities.
Let's make a hypothesis from Charles's perspective. Suppose Jin Datou is not dead and has a son in his twenties, and Jin Datou is still the leader of the Datou Gang. Then do you believe that this person is a second-generation gangster with bad conduct and cruelty, or is he?
A white lotus that possesses both political integrity and talent, and is harmless to humans and animals? Which one is more likely is actually self-evident.
And with Jin Datou's identity, even if he is not dead, if the Datou Gang cannot continue to "grow and grow", his son may not be able to enter the level of Jili University. The student group of Jili University is composed of higher "levels"
composed of people.
In President Berkeley's letter, he sincerely suggested that Charles should reuse the graduates of Jili University in the future, try to provide them with favorable treatment and important jobs, and create various opportunities to keep them, because they are the most talented people.
The hope of building a country in the future.
President Berkeley also suggested that although the new alliance has obtained central power through military means, it still needs to rely on the original officials at all levels to govern the country, especially the officials he has promoted since he took office. They are one of the few in the country.
Elites, without them, this country would be completely out of control.
Berkeley also earnestly urged that the current system of this country must be maintained. This is a political and legal system drawn from the most advanced civilization in the world. It can be said that it is close to the most perfect ultimate form of human civilization. The country of Kilili
All problems, in the final analysis, almost all lie in the failure to implement this institutional system.
President Bekele hopes that his ideas on governing the country and the various policies he implements can continue to be implemented, which will eventually bring bright prospects to the country.
In terms of diplomacy, he also hopes that Shire can continue to maintain and consolidate the results achieved so far. The country of Gilly is so poor and weak, and any improvement in the diplomatic environment is hard-won.
When providing "foreign policy guidance," Berkeley also mentioned what kind of advice he hired as a military adviser, but how he decisively rejected it and sent the last presidential guard to protect the embassy area.
Before receiving this letter, Charles had actually known about this for a long time. The new alliance had taken over the presidential palace and it was not just a building. But when he read this, Charles was convinced that Berkeley was not a retard.
, he was sane when he wrote this letter.
But how can a person who is sane and has a normal IQ be able to defeat his opponent in all aspects of politics, economy, military and even grassroots organizations, social mobilization, production and construction, government management, and citizen education?
That kind of superiority, actually assuming the posture of a mentor and instructor?
What is this... arrogance and ignorance, Charles really can't find a suitable adjective! Did Berkeley take the wrong medicine, or did he grow up taking this medicine?
Across the letter, Charles seemed to be able to see another person, telling him earnestly: "After the New Alliance has conquered the country, it is enough for you to establish a political power. If you want to rule this country, you have to rely on us and people like us. This
This is proven by history and determined by reality..."
Charles was not angry, really not angry, he just felt a sense of shock from deep within!
With this letter in hand, he deliberately took advantage of his busy schedule to convene a special meeting with the top leaders of the New Alliance in Mowang City. The focus of the discussion was not on Berkeley himself, but on people like Berkeley and why he was like this.
How to deal with such a person?
After the meeting, Charles specially said hello, and at the same time notified the new alliance team in Tiga City to collect background information about Berkeley and his family and compile a briefing.
A week after sending the long letter, Berkeley finally received a reply, including good news and bad news.
The bad news is that Tiga City has also been liberated. The New Alliance not only liberated Mowang City and Tiga City, but also continued southward to liberate the entire Kilili Country. The reason why President Charles did not take time out during this period is because
Because many military and political affairs are complicated.
The good news is that President Charles finally responded and will receive Berkeley at the former Presidential Palace tomorrow night. He gave Berkeley a whole night to say whatever he wanted.
After learning that the city of Tiga was also captured by the new alliance, Berkeley felt depressed deep down. Some of the cooperation proposals he mentioned in the letter could not be negotiated. But on the other hand, he still had a lot to say to him.
Charles said face to face that some suggestions could not be explained clearly in the letter and needed a process of communication and discussion.
The day that Berkeley waited for a reply was December 31, 2021, and the day that Shire officially met with Berkeley was January 1, 2022.