1732. The rise of the Galactic Empire (Part 1)
"Tang Xiao! You betrayed me!" Count Dooku's roar echoed in the communication room.
In the holographic projection, Count Dooku, who has gray hair and gray hair and is wearing a precious velvet cloak, still looks so majestic, but at this moment, the anger on his face can no longer be suppressed, and even his usual indifference and elegance are certainly gone!
betray! Yes, this is betrayal!
"What I don't quite understand is, why did I betray you? Count Dooku." Tang Xiao looked at the lion-like old man in front of him very calmly.
"You actually made peace with Palpatine alone behind my back! Isn't this betrayal?" Count Dooku roared.
That's right, regarding the matter of Dawn Accord, what Palpatine promoted and advocated was naturally that Duchy of Dawn surrendered, but on Confederacy of Independent Systems's side, it was just Duchy of Dawn leaving Confederacy of Independent Systems alone to negotiate peace with Galactic Republic.
Tang Xiao sighed and said helplessly, "Dawn Star Planet has reached its limit... In the previous two-pronged attack by Galactic Republic, they invested more than a thousand capital ships. It is a miracle that they were able to repel them. Their warships even bombed Dawn Star Planet."
"This is not a reason for your betrayal!" Count Dooku said angrily, "Now our fleet is also resisting Galactic Republic's main fleet in Saleucami Planet! And if you betray us like this, this will probably lead to Saleucami Planet's defeat on the battlefield!"
"I have done everything I can do, Count Dooku." Tang Xiao said, "But if we don't seize the opportunity of this miraculous victory, what Dawn Star Planet will face next will be disaster."
"Do you think Palpatine will let you go after you betray like this?!" Count Dooku said, "There is no room for another person under his throne of power! This is what you told me back then!"
"I have no intention of truly reconciling with Palpatine. This is just a ten-year peace agreement. I promise you that although I can no longer continue fighting on the frontal battlefield, I will still do my best to provide assistance to you. As I said before, I am asking the Givin to start immigrating to Lothal (Note 1), and they will also build factories and docks there, which will strengthen your resistance movement," Tang Xiao said.
"It's useless what you say! I won't let you go Tang Xiao! You traitor!" Count Dooku gritted his teeth.
"I'm sorry, Count Dooku." Tang Xiao sighed again.
Count Dooku has closed the communication without explanation.
A sneer appeared at the corner of Tang Xiao's mouth. He looked at the dark screen and said lightly, "That's why... you will always be the loser..."
20BBY, August 10th.
This day is called Empire Day.
Because on this day, Galactic Republic died, and was replaced by the First Galactic Empire, referred to as Galactic Empire.
The original Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic Palpatine, after the reorganization of Galactic Republic, became the head of the First Galactic Empire, and was crowned emperor in the enthronement ceremony held that day!
He will become the first emperor of the First Galactic Empire!
Of course, no one can know at this moment that he will also be the last one.
In almost one day, everything about Galactic Republic has undergone earth-shaking changes!
For the ascension of the supreme and glorious new emperor, a riot called 'the Empire' broke out in almost the entire territory of the former Galactic Republic.
Everything related to Galactic Republic in life was removed almost overnight, even those things that were easily associated with Galactic Republic. This was a premeditated and organized action.
The former Galactic Republic Capital and Coruscant Sector were renamed 'Imperial Sector', Coruscant was renamed 'Imperial Center' (Imperial Center), and Galactic City, the capital of Coruscant, was renamed 'Imperial City'.
Therefore, starting from this day, as Galactic Republic Capital, Coruscant, which has maintained the operation of the entire Galactic Republic for 25,000 years, has also become history. Coruscant, the planet that makes people think of the glory of Galactic Republic, no longer exists.
And Galactic Republic has undergone a complete reorganization in all major institutions.
Galactic Senate was reorganized into Imperial Senate. All members must swear loyalty to the new Emperor Palpatine and Galactic Empire, otherwise they will be directly expelled and driven out of Imperial Senate.
Among the more than 2,000 congressmen who submitted Petition of 2000 at that time, more than 300 were arrested, and the charges placed on them were - anti-the Empire crimes.
In fact, not all the MPs who signed Petition of 2000 are from the Bail-Organa faction. Many of them are MPs who were originally loyal to Palpatine, but they believe that Galactic Republic must make reforms due to the recent series of failures. As a result, these people were also arrested without explanation.
The arrested members include the hot-tempered Fang Zha, Pantora member Papanoida and others. Among them, Fang Zhaning refused to give in. Even if he was arrested, he cursed Palpatine, and finally died in prison.
Although some members signed Petition of 2000, they also used their respective connections to move around, and expressed their obedience and congratulations to Palpatine and Galactic Empire, so they survived. Among them are Meng-Mothma, Bana-Brem and others.
Bail-Organa were not affected at all. This result surprised even Palpatine, because he originally thought that Bail-Organa should be the most positive one, but it turned out that he did not sign Petition of 2000 at all!
For this reason, Palpatine also called Bail-Organa to his office and mocked him severely, saying that his so-called faith and persistence were nothing but a joke. Bail-Organa, on the other hand, endured the humiliation and expressed deep remorse for his previous affairs on the spot. He said that his vision was not long-term enough and he failed to see His Majesty the Emperor's great talents and great plans.
Then he took the initiative to resign and prepared to return to his own planet Alderaan to start his retirement life.
However, Palpatine rejected this proposal. He kept Bail-Organa among Imperial Senate and praised him. He believes that the transformation of Bail-Organa, who was once the core figure of the opposition, is just for others to see and promote as a model.
After the reorganization, Imperial Senate has basically lost its function as a parliament. To put it bluntly, it is just a decoration.
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[Note 1]: (Actually, strictly speaking, the planet Lothal should be translated as the planet 'Lothal' to distinguish it from the other planet Lothal (Lorta). Forget it, since "Star Wars" has been translated this way, let's leave it like that.)