Compared with the people Yu Lian had chopped to death, this man was merely a fairly minor historical footnote. Still, he had made it into the history books, albeit as a rather unglamorous villain.
In the years when the Blue Star Commonwealth was completely torn apart, the Empire appointed a government team to nearly every sector and administrative planet, installing plenty of governors who held both military and civilian authority. Among those who did their jobs well was young Marquis Asenti of Odgar, who had already died in the Far Shore Nebula. Baron Brinka, on the other hand, was one of the worst.
To be fair, his extensive plundering had sent quite a lot of wealth to the imperial center. But compared with the Empire's abundant finances, that income was barely a drop in the bucket. Worse, his excessively harsh policies had turned New Paris into one of the major breeding grounds for continued resistance to the Empire.
In this universe, although the planet was called New Paris, it was unmistakably modeled on Paris in and before the age of Bonaparte, and was iron-willed and unyielding in every way. Citizens of New Paris not only supplied the volunteer army with most of its recruits, but also eagerly waged a guerrilla war against the imperial suppression forces for several years.
And so, the wealth Baron Brinka had plundered wasn't even enough to cover the Empire's annual cost of maintaining order.
After that, His Excellency the governor, who was "three feet from the ground," had his head plucked off in broad daylight by the Count of the Black Moon.
Looking at that refined and strikingly dignified face, Yu Lian once again felt the surreal sensation of history stepping into the present.
Of course, compared with the genuine celebrities he had chopped to