2059. The desperate and powerful the Empire (Part 1)
If Mas-Amedda were to describe the current Galactic Empire, he would say that what is in front of him is such a Manus berry. It has a prickly, hard shell, but inside is a ball of soft, juicy pulp.
As long as you can crack the shell, you can taste the delicious pulp.
However... he couldn't think of any way to crack open this hard shell.
This shell is too powerful... There are tens of thousands of Star Destroyers, hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized warships, millions of fighter jets, hundreds of millions of Clone Troopers, and tens of billions of ordinary soldiers.
There is also the strong support of Core Worlds major noble families, as well as the huge wealth and resources controlled by these noble families. To what extent are these wealth, resources, and productivity huge? Cannot be calculated. But according to a senior the Empire official, Core Worlds's material resources, financial resources, and productivity are more than five times greater than those of all other regions in the galaxy combined.
Then, there is the unfathomable power of Emperor Palpatine.
Mas-Amedda didn't understand the power of the Force, but he could feel that Palpatine's power was increasing day by day, reaching a terrifying level. Not only that, he also recruited a large number of Dark Side superpowers under his command, and established several mysterious organizations that even he, the the Empire minister, didn't know about.
It is true that behind the powerful strength of Imperial army, there are uprisings and resistances one after another; behind the superficial flattery of the Core Worlds nobles, there are countless dirty transactions and corruption; opposite the extremely powerful power of Palpatine, is the light that has been suppressed for too long.
But so what? Until someone can really break this hard shell, these extremely powerful forces are still united on the surface, advancing and retreating together.
Who can crack this hard shell and make it painful to expose their flaws?
Duchy of Dawn?
Mas-Amedda shook his head. Even though the construction of Heng Star Ring was already in front of him, he still felt that there was a big gap between the strength of Duchy of Dawn and Galactic Empire. This time, there is no Confederacy of Independent Systems holding back, and Galactic Empire, who attacks with all his strength, will not give Tang Xiao any chance.
Maybe in ten or twenty years, Duchy of Dawn will surpass the Empire and become a stronger and more developed existence. However, Palpatine will not give them time to grow.
Palpatine has not done nothing since he came to the throne. He is also leading Galactic Empire to solve his own problems.
First of all, to the dignitaries inside the Empire and Core Worlds. Palpatine persuades Duchy of Dawn to surrender, eliminates the power of Confederacy of Independent Systems, and continuously strengthens the management of those powerful people. His approach is to win over some powerful people and weaken others. He hopes that in the future Galactic Empire, there will only be a few extremely powerful oligarchs.
In such mergers and reorganizations, Galactic Empire will also benefit from it and eat and devour the failed powerful people one by one.
Palpatine sent a large number of spies and agents to monitor the powerful and observe their every move. If there was any abnormality, they would immediately mobilize their own forces to suppress it. Not only does it allow other families to join forces to attack, but it also includes the power of public opinion, media, justice, business and other aspects.
And Imperial Ruling Council is the sharp knife used by Palpatine to do this.
Members of the committee are quarreling one by one, attacking the targets of suppression in parliament and in the media, making them increasingly politically isolated, and then looking for opportunities to solve them one by one.
This has made the Empire's political world a mess, with factions fighting against each other and conspiracy and conspiracy happening everywhere, and there are almost no people who can be trusted. In this kind of political arena, there are no ideas or beliefs at all, only naked interests. Those congressmen and politicians were like a pack of crazy hyenas, looking around for food. When they saw food, they swarmed up and bit it madly until the prey was completely eaten.
The scenes of Padmé-Amidala, Bail-Organa and others fighting for freedom and peace on Republic Senate will never appear again.
But Emperor Palpatine is very satisfied with this situation. He believes that only in this way can we have a healthy political arena with mutual checks and balances. He was very happy to watch those people fighting against each other and plotting against each other. The more cruel the fight, the more excited he became.
However, this method is indeed useful for Palpatine.
Because as the Empire is the most powerful and powerful person, those families and politicians still want to rely on his power in the end when they are fighting against each other. As a result, he became the backer of these people, and in order to fight against their enemies, those family politicians had to do their best to please Palpatine and win his favor, so as to give themselves an advantage in the political struggle.
But Palpatine was like a scary spider, gently stirring the spider's threads to maintain his so-called balance. He will always give those losers a little hope, and then let them use the last drop of their blood to please himself. After draining them completely, he will push them into despair Abyss.
Thus, Palpatine got what he wanted - fear and 'loyalty'.
Under his policy, Core Worlds's wealthy families, nobles, and giant companies kept silent. They did have strong wealth and connections, but they were also afraid of an unreasonable person like Palpatine. They were worried that Palpatine would destroy them at all costs, even if he himself would be destroyed because of it... These wealthy nobles didn't know whether Palpatine would hurt both sides, but they were very sure that if Palpatine really did this, they themselves would not be able to see the sun tomorrow anyway without others telling them.
Therefore, they can only go with the flow under the rules set by Palpatine, and use their own background to accompany Emperor of the Empire in this doomed game of despair. They can only hope that Palpatine will one day put away his greed after defeating all the enemies and leave them some leftovers.
In order to see this outcome, some nobles and wealthy families would not hesitate to pounce on the target Palpatine pointed out to them - Duchy of Dawn like mad dogs.
'Beat Duchy of Dawn and everything will be fine. ' This is the illusory, yet delicious and tempting pie that Palpatine drew for them.
Yes, they are all Duchy of Dawn! It's all their fault! As long as they die and there are no external enemies, there will be no need for His Majesty the Emperor to be so violent!