153. The Wind in Coruscant

Getting off the shuttle, Alia Isabel looked very cramped, and she followed Tang Xiao with small steps very carefully. He was curious to look around, but he didn't dare to go too far, afraid to provoke people he shouldn't provoke.

Even if the clothes she wears are gorgeous dresses bought at a high price in the commercial center of Planet Corellia, this dress alone is worth tens of thousands of credit points, equivalent to the price of a fighter jet, but walking in the mothership She still felt like a hillbilly in town for the first time.

Tang Xiao sent a message to Daphne Clement, asking her to send a female assistant to settle Alia in her bedroom and go to the office by herself.

The matter of assembling the fleet has already been done by Qi Jian. He came here mainly because he needs to worry about other things.

When the communication was connected, Francis Underwood's holographic projection appeared in it, and Tang Xiao asked, "The situation on the planet Malastar may intensify. Is there any news in Coruscant?"

Francis smiled and said: "Coruscant has a lot of wind every day, manager. The dispute between the planet Maratha and the Enterprise Alliance is the core of the recent storm, but to understand this storm, it must be comprehensive look at the problem.

Tang Xiao nodded for him to continue.

"The root of the Galactic Republic's current problems lies in the financial crisis. You heard it right. Although there is neither a major disaster nor a large-scale war in the Galactic Republic, the treasury of the Galactic Republic is increasingly empty." Francie Sis said with a sneer.

"** and corruption..." Tang Xiao frowned.

"And the root of corruption and corruption lies in the unscrupulous expansion of the oligarchs of the major trust companies. Almost every industry has produced monopoly trusts. For example, the trade alliance in the intergalactic transportation industry, the Interstellar Banking Association in the financial industry, and the manufacturing industry. Enterprise alliances with the processing industry, etc. In order to ensure their monopoly position, these trust companies continue to bribe officials of the Galactic Republic, even to the extent that they cannot stay in Coruscant officialdom without accepting bribes. Francis said.

"So under the large-scale bribery of the upper and lower, the decree of the Galactic Republic has become a dead letter." Tang Xiao shook his head.

"That's right. So, the Galactic Republic is out of money now. The massive bureaucracy and the inefficient administration are filled with a lot of redundancies. If you ask Rosana Goodes, she will tell you, even if Someone helped me get through the relationship, and how many procedures did I go through in the process of applying for the company registration of the Fourth Group and the colonization development license of Dawn Planet."

Tang Xiao nodded and said, "So this is the source of the contradiction. The Galactic Republic, which lacks a strong central authority and cannot even be maintained by a large-scale regular army, has become a cake for those large corporations."

"Yes, and the crux of the problem is here. Many people see the problems of the Galactic Republic, so the call to establish a powerful regime has never stopped. I heard you tell me about the Galactic Council at the beginning. At the time of the political ecology, I once thought that the person with the strongest voice was Schiff Palpatine. Because he will rely on this to become the president of the Galactic Council in the future, I already believe this. Lancis said.

"So...it's not him?" Tang Xiao frowned.

"No, the one with the strongest voice is the representative of the planet Rylos, the Twi'lek Ornn-Fri-ta. He is also the most vehement opponent of the current Speaker, Phines Valorum. And Palpatine Very cautiously hiding behind his back, on the surface, he is supporting Phoenix Valorum, but in fact he has created an image of himself who, despite his lofty ideals, is still loyal to the current Speaker. Ri-Toa sees him as a comrade, and Chancellor Valorum sees him as his right-hand man."

"How did he do that?"

"A long process." Francis shook a book in his hand, "Schiff Palpatine has written many books on politics and power, some of which have even become textbooks in colleges and universities. . And every time something very difficult happened to Speaker Valorum, he was always the one who came forward to wipe his ass. And he also solved the matter satisfactorily every time."

"A satisfactory solution is impossible. From what I know about Palpatine, his method of solving the problem is almost certainly to treat the symptoms rather than the root causes. On the surface, the problem is solved, but in fact it leaves a hidden danger, and detonating this hidden danger The switch is in his own hands."

"If you don't say it, no one knows about it." Francis shook his head. "Come back. Now Phoenix Valorum is in the midst of a bribery scandal. He collected more than a million through a trust fund. A bribe of credit points, and the news was discovered by Orn Free-Ta. After a not-so-difficult investigation, the target was located on the Nebula Front, an illegal organization."

"The Nebula Front is the secret son of Schiff Palpatimbu, no one knows their relationship." Tang Xiao sneered.

"Anyway, accepting bribes from an illegal organization is a fatal blow to the Speaker of the Galactic Parliament. MP Aoun-Fri-ta has launched two impeachments in a row, but Speaker Valorum is in Schiff-Pal. With Patin's help, he got through it."

"Then?"

"Then Phoenix Valorum started his plan~www.mtlnovel.com~ In fact, when he came to power, he has been taxing the outer ring star region and increasing the revenue of the Galactic Republic as his to win votes. But I can think of the difficulty of this matter with my toes. Therefore, when Valorum was ready to make a move, those corporate leaders who had heard the wind for a long time started first. action."

"Is that why the Enterprise Alliance suddenly wants to increase the fuel tax on Marathaar?"

"That's right. The Enterprise Alliance is using this to express an attitude to Speaker Valorum - don't you want to levy taxes? Yes, I will levy taxes too. When the time comes, see who has more influence in the outer ring sector. already."

"So they won't give in on this matter, and must use the planet Malastar to drive Speaker Valorum to a corner?"

Francis suddenly showed a weird smile, "But here's the problem... Just last year, the planet Nylor was besieged by the Bislanka pirates, and the Galactic Republic dispatched the Judicial Fleet with great fanfare to completely wipe out this problem. Pirates (Chapter 7 of this book). And the man behind this expedition...is Schiff Palpatine."