Walk alone in the abyss

"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, I can't be mistaken, they have indeed come to that step, and I can feel that Daphne has completely fallen into the arms of your knight commander, and your knight commander is against Dave. Although Her Highness Ni is not that caring, she also accepts Daphne's existence.

"Among them, Daphne is attached to Grand Duke Hanton, but they are indeed lovers."

"That's good."

The old emperor laughed:

"Besides being good-looking, dancing and singing, does Daphne have any combat power or coordination ability? No, she is just an ordinary child. Being able to trap ancient god warriors like the white ghost is already something she can show the maximum value of .

"Where are they now?"

"At the door, Your Majesty, according to your request, there will be a simple open-air press conference to convey the news of the white ghost's arrival on the Emperor Star."

"Oh, thank you for your hard work."

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

"I'm going to welcome their young couple at the door. Also, the specifications of the dinner party have been brought up, so my favorite chef can make a few more delicacies."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Hehehe, ah," the old emperor's eyes flashed a little sharply, "This is the best news I've heard in the past few days."

...

As soon as Yang Ming saw the old emperor, he received a bear hug from the emperor of the empire.

"Oh, Hanton! You're finally here! How are you doing these days? Some old people want to suppress your arrogance, and you make them feel uneasy Hanton."

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

If he slapped his spine with a shattered fracture, he, the white ghost, would directly become a kingslayer.

While being a kingslayer isn't a bad thing, it's... not yet.

When the old emperor let go, Yang Ming gave a knight salute, the badge on his chest was very shiny.

He said softly: "Your Majesty, I am worrying you. I actually know who is targeting me. What they are afraid of is not my combat effectiveness, but my appeal to grassroots officers and soldiers, as well as my influence on the people. So the fear of me is probably due to the concept of letting oneself save others and the jealousy."

"Jealousy? Hahaha!"

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

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

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Yang Ming smiled and followed, with his hands behind his back.

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

Time was running out, so Yang Ming decided to get straight to the point.

He glanced around and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the situation is very complicated now, so I won't try to guess your mind, I'm afraid that if I guess wrong, your important event will be delayed... Earl Quigan's death was arranged by you." of?"

"How could it be?" The old emperor smiled, "Although I want to toss the empire, the ones who want to toss are those big nobles who have real power. How can I let class conflicts break out in my own empire?"

"It's not you?" Yang Ming nodded and asked again, "Then you call me over..."

"It's my uncle Ino, director, who insisted on calling you over."

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

"You may not know what happened before, after all, the information is secret and only in a very small circle.

"Sometimes, this country is not up to the emperor, you should already know that, my elders can always impose such constraints on me.

"This time they caused this incident. They feel that you have become a threat to the empire, so they want to solve this problem... In order to protect you, I want you to go to Domingos Star to build a little military exploits. "

Yang Ming smiled and said, "You want me to get my hands dirty so they won't fear me?"

"Hmm," the old emperor squinted and smiled.

The two of them seemed to be chatting about yesterday's fishing harvest, and it was hard to tell that they were talking about something important.

The old emperor continued:

"Unexpectedly, Hanton, you expressed resistance to this matter, and rejected the order to plunder slaves, and reprimanded the military department forcefully, forcing the military department to turn to counter-terrorism.

"There are also a group of old guys in the military department. They have planted their roots in the soil of the military department through the form of mentoring. Some people still hope to become the existence of that small circle... In short, it is very complicated, and then they I was so angry that I held the press conference.

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

"But they were more trying to convince you, because you revealed your identity as the Grand Duke of the Empire and reprimanded them... Tsk, this is so cool!"

The old emperor laughed and said, "If you scold them, it is equivalent to me scolding them."

Yang Ming looked surprised: "I said why they used dreadnoughts to scare me... I really thought I was scared."

"Now they are coming to beg you again," the old emperor squinted and smiled, "wait a while, my six uncles will bring some officials from the House of Elders, the Military Department, the Foreign Affairs Bureau, and the Ministry of Government Affairs. They still want to Putting pressure on you, by the way, Yinuo is also here, he should say a few words for you."

Yang Ming smiled and said, "I just want to ask you this, Your Majesty... What direction do you want things to develop in, and I will try my best to make things develop in that direction."

"Oh," the old emperor raised his hand and patted Yang Ming's arm, "It's still you who will be considerate, Hanton, to be honest, if you let the people below make trouble and chaos, you can find many problems and avoid bigger problems. The problem has no effect on me as an emperor, I just need to stand up at the critical moment and deliver a speech to the whole country, that's enough."

"I understand," Yang Ming nodded, "The authority they hold is indeed too great."

The old emperor smiled and said nothing.

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

"Just say it."

"I want an investigative report on slavery in the empire. The more detailed the better, give me some time to read this report."

"Okay, I'll let them send it here right away," the old emperor said softly, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself, and don't push yourself too hard."

"But Your Majesty," Yang Ming pursed his lips slightly, with a bit of anger in his eyes, "The history books I have studied say that the reform of the new calendar bound the imperial power to the Emperor Star, but I didn't expect that the chains that bound the imperial power were actually That’s what oppresses the people.”

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

"As your knight commander, I will unswervingly support you," Yang Ming said in a low voice, "You have love for the people."

"It must be."

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

Yang Ming rolled his eyes inwardly, but still hugged the emperor seriously.

"Let go and do it."

The old emperor arched the fire to encourage.

...

Yang Mingduan was sitting on a sofa in the corner of a conference hall.

Those old men came over much slower than he thought.

Holding the most official data of the empire in his hand, he was thinking about the way to go next.

Politics is much more complicated than he originally thought.

Even knowing what the weakness of the empire is—the irreconcilable contradiction between the noble class and the civilian class, and the cruel exploitation of slavery by the empire—it is still not an easy task to find an opportunity to bring down the empire.

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

Looking at the commotion outside now, in fact, almost all the anti-imperial forces outside and inside the empire were assembled. It was catalyzed by the death of the Earl, which seemed to be a reasonable move, that the current riot situation came about.

But if you want to rely on this wave, it is not enough to trigger a nationwide revolutionary uprising.

People are dependent on the current life.

No one will take risks on the premise that life can go on;

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

Of course, it cannot be so absolute. After all, there are many people who have been fooled by politicians.

For example, if there is an anger gauge above the heads of the common people in the empire, then the anger gauge is only 10% full now, and this incident continues to ferment downwards, and it can only reach 20% to 20% at most twenty five.

The bottom members of the aristocratic class who are now doing things like crazy, just feel that their interests have been damaged.

Next, the empire only needs to let the big nobles hold the necks of these small nobles, apologize to the people, and then promulgate a law to threaten the people, give some compensation and rewards, and the crisis and turmoil will subside soon.

But at this moment, Yang Ming had to think about how to plant the shadow of the next riot in this turmoil.

He has a plan, but the plan sometimes doesn't necessarily come in handy.

The situation is treacherous and changeable, and the forces of all parties are mixed.

For example, at this moment, he must use the old emperor's chess piece to protect himself, and by the way, look for opportunities to provoke the relationship between the old emperor and the Sherman family.

Just, it's complicated.

Boss Yang felt that he was not suitable for such a conspiracy.

It's just that the dark star-luofeng system he created can't be put on the bright side now, especially the dark star, if it is played up by these powerful countries, it might be the enemy of all mankind and the third natural disaster. Light.

'Forget it, it won't be a few years before we can do this. '

Yang Ming sighed faintly in his heart, and stretched slightly.

There were hurried footsteps outside the main hall door.

Yang Ming originally thought that a group of bigwigs would be there in person, but he didn't expect that only the old men from the military department and elders' house came, and those from the Sherman family still didn't show up directly, but used projection robots.

The old emperor is not here.

Now he needs to show an attitude of not caring about everything, and wait for his uncles and grandparents to ask him to do something.

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

"The Duke of Hunton."

A middle-aged maid stepped forward, slightly bowed to Yang Ming, and said softly: "My lords have arrived."

"Yeah?"

Yang Ming turned his head and glanced at the center of the hall. The oval conference table was already full of people, leaving only the seats at both ends of the long table.

The seat of honor is naturally reserved for His Majesty the Emperor.

Yang Ming took a pleasing fruit from the fruit plate, Shi Shiran got up, gnawed on the apple-like thing, and walked towards the conference table with the middle-aged maid.

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

The creaking sound of gnawing fruit was a little louder, which made the expressions of several old people who participated in the meeting with stereo projection a little ugly.

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

"My lords, His Majesty is in poor health and will not attend this meeting. Today's meeting will be presided over by Director Ino.

"The main topic of discussion today is how to resolve a series of conflicts in the empire, with the focus on how to suppress the conflict between the noble class and the civilian class.

"Now there are new violent conflicts appearing every moment. I hope you can come up with a solution as soon as possible."

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

Her stance is interesting.

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

Yang Ming glanced over, except for director Ino, most people avoided Yang Ming's sight intentionally or unintentionally.

"Since no one has spoken," Director Ino said, "then I'll start with a conversation... Hanton, the white ghost, the center of the previous turmoil, is already sitting here to discuss with us how to solve the current trouble, Everyone should also know how serious the situation has become."

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

These images often have some similarities, chaotic streets, hundreds of thousands of people crowded together, pushing and crowding in a certain direction, at the front of the line, there will be a human wall composed of local security personnel, or The line of defense built by the mechanical guards.

This is still the mildest conflict.

In more pictures, burning objects and explosives have appeared.

In the conflict with the most casualties, it is unknown who attacked the local security team with precision weapons from a distance, and the local security team immediately counterattacked. In the middle of the battlefield where the two sides were fighting, there was a parade group of thousands of people...

A large number of people fell under the rain of bullets, and the ion beam falling from the air directly burned through the building where the attackers were.

"It's just a small snippet."

Director Ino said:

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

"The nature of the parade has also completely changed. This incident has nothing to do with the White Ghost being suppressed by the military. Now the people's demands are to ban the nobility and class equality.

"The area with the most serious conflict is inside the Emperor Star Circle. This is something I didn't expect. Can anyone explain to me first why the conflict is the most serious inside the Emperor Star Circle? Shouldn't this be the most affluent area? ?”

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

"When you have money, you must want more," a general sneered. "What these people think in their bones is that the government should not override their personal interests."

Many people opened their mouths one after another, saying the same thing.

"that……"

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

Director Ino asked: "Are you talking about think tanks? Think tanks are mainly distributed in various departments. This meeting is of the highest standard, so ordinary think tanks are not authorized to participate."

Yang Ming nodded, and said sternly: "Director Yinuo, I just want to draw everyone's attention to a phenomenon. You see, most of the teams parading in the Emperor Star Circle are young faces, and many of them are homeless. , dressed in rags."

A group of people nodded.

Yang Ming said:

"If you don't have a deep understanding of the society, you can go out and walk more. It is true that the Emperor Star Circle is rich, but wealth is gathered in the hands of a small number of people.

"Young people without local household registration are under enormous pressure in life.

"Those middle-aged people who live on the streets have no chance of turning over, and they have no hope of surviving.

"The average wealth index here is indeed very high, and it seems to be the most affluent, but in the rich cities, there are a large number of young outsiders who need to be helped. Their median income is far below the average. The question of stars.

"And in various planets, many groups that conflict with local sheriffs are based on surnames, and local clan forces have always existed.

"Of course, some of them are fans of my white ghost.

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

Director Ino nodded slowly.

An old man beside him frowned and said, "Grand Duke of Hanton, isn't the irony in your tone too strong?"

"Is there anything wrong with mocking you?"

Yang Ming leaned forward slightly, folded his hands on the table, without distinguishing who was from whom, and fired directly at the words on the opposite side:

"Using the image of me as a terrorist to suppress me, a person who can come up with such an idea, I hope he can understand what the current public demands are?"