2668. What is a powerful person?
After the Imperial Intelligence Bureau brazenly arrested a group of Imperial Senator headed by Meng-Mothma, it caused an uproar throughout Core Worlds!
Because the arrested members are not ordinary members, but members from Core Worlds.
Since Galactic Republic was founded, more than 25,000 years ago, such a thing is unheard of!
Member Core Worlds represents two identities - Core Worlds and Member. The first is Core Worlds. The planets here are basically the most developed and prosperous planets in the galaxy. It can be said that among the habitable planets in Core Worlds, the lowest and least developed ones have economies that are more than a hundred times that of the capital of Outer Rim Territories!
Over the past 25,000 years, countless races have arisen in the Milky Way, and they have also brought countless enemies to Galactic Republic - Infinite Empire, Legions of Lettow, Hutt Empire, Dion Alliance, Eternal Empire, Sith Empire, Mandalorian Crusaders, Confederacy of Independent Systems.
Each of these enemies is extremely dangerous and powerful. However, in the war with them, the Galactic Republic regime has always been as stable as Mount Tai. Why?
It's because Core Worlds's economic and industrial size occupies more than 80% of the entire galaxy! In other words, the industrial output value of the other Inner Rim, Mid Rim, and Outer Rim Territories in the entire galaxy combined is only a quarter of that of Core Worlds.
The strong economic and industrial strength allows Galactic Republic to lose countless battles in foreign wars, but their enemies can only withstand one defeat.
Core Worlds can build powerful fleets one after another, but their enemies can only be cautious with the little wealth they have accumulated over decades and hundreds of years.
Although now with the generalization of the galaxy's economic system, Core Worlds's industrial chain has expanded to the entire galaxy, including the import of labor, the cultivation of talents, the extraction of resources, the relocation of processing industries, market expansion, product dumping and a series of economic activities. It seems that they have been transferred to other places. It seems that Core Worlds's presence is not so strong?
But in fact, if we look at those enterprises and companies that have expanded overseas, it is clear who the shareholders are behind them.
It's not that Core Worlds has transferred its industrial division, but that Core Worlds has expanded its scope of control. This is called secondary colonization.
First, under the geographical environment, those planets will be included in Galactic Republic and become franchise members, and then in the economic field, these planets will be completely controlled, so that these planets will be without the input of Core Worlds capital, and even food and clothing will be difficult to solve!
If a family from Core Worlds in the Milky Way galaxy has a similar time heritage as Galactic Republic, and accumulated over 25,000 years, their assets will reach a very terrifying level.
With such a flourishing family, they may control thousands or even tens of thousands of planets! Then families united through marriages and alliances, giving birth to increasingly terrifying family entities.
Then, such a behemoth must gradually sink and split into countless new families and new entities as it continues to develop.
These new families may have little contact with each other after a few generations, but no matter what, they all come from the same source, and there is nothing difficult to do if they say hello to each other.
Another example is Tagge family, the most popular family in the past 200 years.
The reason why Tagge family is known as the most powerful family in the galaxy is because they are still on the rise. Compared to other wealthy families in Core Worlds, they are still in the first stage of development - that is to say, all spheres of influence are still under the direct control of the family, and the family members are united and integrated.
Therefore, at this stage of Tagge family, the size of the economy, industry, scientific research, manufacturing and other industries they directly control is indeed the largest among the direct forces of the major families in the entire galaxy.
This is because those super families that have existed for thousands, even tens of thousands, or even 25,000 years have already split into countless small families.
Because of this, Tagge family is strong but their personal connections are very limited. It can be said that if it were not for the good reputation accumulated by the first-generation family heads Tarzan-Tagge, other Core Worlds families, or Galactic Empire's senior officials, would not look at them at all.
Therefore, whether it is the former head of the family Sanya-Tagge or the current head of the family Orman-Tagge, although their routes and policies are completely opposite, they have one thing in common, which is trying to expand their network of relationships. Whether they are developing into the military or the political arena, they do not hesitate to invest huge sums of money to build their own foundation.
Moreover, Tagge family has developed to this point, and there are actually signs of splitting. For example, Adelaide-Tagge is a side branch. If it develops like this normally, her descendants will almost split into another family in a few generations.
There are also Blaise-Tagge-Falken and Leila-Tagge-Falken. They have even introduced other surnames, and it is even more foreseeable that they will split up and become a new family in the future.
So if this continues to develop, Tagge family may, like other families, gradually branch out and be classified into countless families. Their strength will continue to weaken, but their relationship network will continue to strengthen.
Therefore, in the midst of such repeated precipitation, rebirth, elimination, and competition, those who have always stood at the center of power in the Galaxy Core Worlds are the truly top dignitaries, wealthy families, and Noble House in the Galaxy.
These families may not have great strength, but if they stand up and roar, countless planets will immediately stand up and respond.
At the same time, to say that they have no strength is relative.
Indeed, the manufacturing and industry in Galaxy Core Worlds are not as concentrated as before, but the intensity of capital is still increasing day by day. These Core Worlds families still control the largest capital market.
This is the real core of power in this galaxy. This is the power controlled by the top Noble House wealthy family!
If they want to become an official, people from the corresponding department will immediately give them the green light, and they will go straight to the pinnacle of their connections.
If they want to start production, they will immediately have corresponding educational institutions and headhunting agencies to fully equip managers and technical personnel, from raw material extraction to labor supply to final goods sales, one-stop service, all done.
If they want to do business, a large number of brokers will immediately gather to open up countless sales channels for your products and find the most suitable suppliers for the goods you want to buy. And don't worry, the price you can get is definitely the cost price. And this cost price is often a figure that those Outer Rim Territories idiots can't even imagine!
Therefore, no matter what happens in the 25,000 years since the founding of Galactic Republic, Galactic Republic will not touch those families of Core Worlds. At the same time, basically nothing will happen to these families.
spices? smuggling? kill? Kidnapping? Noble House The rich people said that we need to do this kind of work ourselves? With just one look, the people below made arrangements at all levels to get things done, and you can't even find them.
corruption? corruption? bribery? Sorry, this is normal friendly communication between our families. As for whether you can understand the flow of millions and tens of millions of funds? It's just poverty that limits your imagination.
Selling an official position to get a title? Forming a party for personal gain? Sorry, this is a normal relationship. Anything you might think is illegal, the law will proactively make it legal.
Therefore, the Noble House dignitaries of Galactic Republic and Core Worlds have long formed a community of destiny, regardless of each other.
Including Palpatine reorganizing Galactic Republic into the Galactic Empire, he actually accepted everything about Galactic Republic, including the intertwined interests of Core Worlds and those Noble House nobles.
Galactic Empire cannot withstand the riots of Core Worlds, because once those Core Worlds families start a riot, if the whole body is affected, maybe thousands of planets will also make trouble together!
Moreover, there are too many things that the Core Worlds family can do. If they go on strike or withdraw capital, production will stop. The education industry, public utilities, manufacturing, logistics and transportation, and other industries controlled by families can be paralyzed with just one sentence.
Galactic Empire simply cannot afford such a riot!
But accordingly, those families are unwilling to do so. Because if they do this, they themselves will also suffer heavy injuries, which is equivalent to perishing together.
After understanding this, you can understand that when Meng-Mothma was invited back to drink tea by the Imperial Intelligence Bureau, was she calm about He Ru?
Because for 25,000 years, the central government of the Milky Way has never dared to touch the Core Worlds powerful people. And for the powerful people, what is illegal? Shouldn't it be the law that adapts to us?
And Chandrila is one of the founders of Galactic Republic in its early days! Needless to say, the first family on this planet - House Mos Eisley, has such a strong foundation.
You know, this is a business of 25,000 years!
Meng-Mothma If you stand up and raise your arms, it will definitely shake the whole galaxy! It's a good thing that she is a person of noble character, otherwise, with her power, it would be really easy to do something bad.
That's why Palpatine has always tolerated all kinds of attacks from Meng-Mothma on the Empire. The situation Isanne-Isard mentioned before naturally exists, but the bigger reason is that Galactic Empire cannot move Chandrila.
You can imagine how much trouble the arrest of Meng-Mothma caused in the Galactic Empire!
Of course, there has been a constant game between the Galactic Empire and these Noble House nobles. Palpatine knows that he can't touch these people, but that doesn't mean he doesn't want to do it.
The first thing Palpatine needs is to stabilize these Noble House nobles, and Imperial Senate, a strange institution that is neither democratic nor centralized, is used to accommodate those Noble House nobles, so that they think they have such a channel to talk directly to His Majesty the Emperor.
At the same time, he continued to support the new generation of officials, continued to nationalize those enterprises, and at the same time introduced Dark Side Theocracy Group into the core of the Empire's power. The purpose is to divide the power of the Noble House nobles.
He established dog-leg organizations such as Loyalty Committee and New Order Maintenance Committee in order to cultivate his own political power.
He continued to expand his army and always held military power in his own hands, and it could be seen that the people with actual military power among the Galactic Empire were not the top Noble House nobles. For example, people like Dunn-Vesex, Wilhuff-Tarkin, their families actually had a certain strength first, and then developed rapidly through the military power given by Palpatine.
The rapid development of Dunn-Vesex originated from Geth's rampage in Northern Territory, while Wilhuff-Tarkin established a friendship with Palpatine very early on.
By the way, during the Galactic Republic period, because of the existence of Jedi Order, things like violent organizations and military power were naturally beyond the control of the Noble House nobles. It can be said that Jedi Order helped Galactic Republic solve many of the most difficult problems.
In order to fight against the Noble House nobles, Palpatine's most important means is to promote Gouvernorat.
The governor became a local official who integrated military and political affairs because of the "Military Creation Act" that he went through all kinds of hardships to launch during his tenure as Chancellor of the Galactic Republic. Through this bill, Galactic Republic established Grand Army of the Republic, and in order to deal with the simultaneous outbreak of Separatist Movement in various parts of the galaxy, the galaxy was divided into twenty legions.
The leader of these legions is the Governor, to be specific, High Sector Governor.
Governors have absolute power within their own jurisdiction, including administrative and military power. They can independently decide whether to launch a campaign, and they can also independently decide on the appointment and dismissal of officials. At the same time, there is also a relatively independent industrial and economic system within the legion.
Then, Sector Governor was established under High Sector Governor, and they shared part of the governance functions for High Sector Governor.
Gouvernorat is equivalent to a non-hereditary, disguised feudal system.
In this way, these military and political governors will greatly divide the power of those Noble House nobles. After all, the small families they branched out from did not dare to resist the governor who held military power at the local level.
Coupled with the Galactic Empire's own rapidly expanding military power, when this power expands enough to destroy the foundation of those Noble House nobles, it will be when these nobles completely fail.
In the original plot, this node is the completion of Death Star.
In fact, in the original plot, Palpatine's set of methods succeeded in the end. Those major warlords born from Gouvernorat have indeed destroyed the foundation of the Noble House aristocracy. In the end, countless civil wars and foreign enemy invasions completely shattered the original political and economic structure of the galaxy. After reorganization, the more enlightened regime Galactic Alliance was finally formed.
At that time, the Core Worlds monopoly and the Noble House aristocratic privileges no longer existed. The galaxy is thriving again.
However, at that time, Galactic Empire had been extinct for nearly a hundred years.
But now, with Meng-Mothma being officially arrested, Palpatine and Galactic Empire are about to face the final counterattack of the Noble House nobles who have lasted for 25,000 years!
In a sense, Rebel Alliance at this stage is just a tool for the Noble House nobles to counterattack.