1997, One-Day Rebellion (Part 2)
That was right! They were using the lives of tens of billions of Chiss territory residents to threaten the Duchy of Dawn!
It was painfully obvious. That was why Lieutenant General Brent had directly asked High Templar Rassidan during the Cabinet meeting whether those Cabinet members had been controlled.
Since the answer was no, the conclusion was clear.
Lieutenant General Brent had also achieved great things in diplomacy, and his political instincts were naturally beyond comparison. He immediately understood what the Chiss Cabinet was thinking.
The Chiss Cabinet was certainly making an issue out of the Sabosen family. First, they would use it to prepare the Chiss populace. They would not reveal everything outright and leave no room for reconciliation between the Chiss people and the Duchy of Dawn, but they would definitely leak some information, suggesting that the Duchy of Dawn was doing some dishonorable things in order to control Chiss territory.
That had already been confirmed by the news currently being broadcast.
The second step would be to utterly suppress the Sabosen family, nail them firmly to the pillar of shame, and tell the public that they had colluded with the Duchy of Dawn and sold out Chiss territory's interests. Then, the eight great families would join forces to completely wipe out the family. Even though the Sabosen family was one of the four largest ruling families, they would have absolutely no ability to resist!
Through that process, the Chiss Cabinet would establish its lofty image as selfless patriots who feared no power.
In fact, even if the Sabosen family's representative had been assassinated, only that representative—the one who used the family name in place of his own—would have died. With so many members in the Sabosen family, how could they possibly fail