Chapter 2038 Francis Underwood's Dilemma

2039, Francis Underwood's dilemma

Francis Underwood has been the prime minister of the Principality of Dawn for more than 20 years. Even though his title was not prime minister when he was just awakened by Tang Xiao, he actually performed the duties of the prime minister.

But recently, he began to feel that he was a little overwhelmed.

It was not a problem of age. Although he was now in his 70s, he was still very energetic under the maintenance of cutting-edge technology.

Francis' biggest problem was that he had begun to find it difficult to handle the increasingly complicated affairs within the Principality of Dawn.

The Principality of Dawn now has thousands of habitable planets and thousands of intelligent races within its jurisdiction. What's more complicated about the Principality of Dawn is that it also includes unique and most of the time undisciplined races such as Protoss, Vasari, and Geth.

However, there were two things that really made Francis Underwood almost collapse.

The first thing was the migration of the planet Rendili. The migration of 600 billion people is not 600 billion containers or 600 billion pigs.

First of all, you need to ensure that the social development of the planet Lundili will not stagnate or even regress due to the large population reduction. You can't just randomly select a group of people and let them start to relocate. It's impossible. Because modern society, especially the social operation of developed planets like Lundili, can be said to be complicated. Perhaps a worker in City A, his work may affect the operation of City B dozens of kilometers away.

So it is necessary to make a plan to divide the relocation batches, which people to relocate first, and then which people to relocate. This batch is not one or two batches, but hundreds of thousands of batches! Even if they work hard now, they can only compile more than 30,000 batches. The relocation plan in the future can only be handled while moving.

Then you have to organize these people to board the ship, because even if you divide the batches, these people may live hundreds or thousands of kilometers apart. To get them to successfully board the same ship in the same time period, this problem looks simple, but it is also a deadly thing to do.

After boarding the ship, even the latest giant whale-class passenger spacecraft can only transport tens of thousands of people at a time, and even so, it is also very difficult to meet the needs of tens of thousands of people for several days of travel. After all, people are not goods, and you can't just stuff them in. You need to take care of their living space and deal with their emotions.

Then there is also the problem of the destination, because now the star gate from Rendili to Dawn has been built, but those people can't all be left on Dawn first, right? They still need to be transferred from Dawn to other receiving planets. And even if the star gate is built, the previous problems and the problems after that do not mean they no longer exist.

So even if the star gate is built, the hyperspace channel from Rendili to other planets is still running. But in recent years, the Galactic Empire has gradually made some moves on those hyperspace channels. Although they promised not to block these channels on the surface, it is okay to instigate a few pirates to operate in this area from time to time, and then these pirates will suddenly make a fortune in the near future and get a batch of hyperspace blockers.

Then after solving so many problems, the most core difficulty has just begun-you still have to settle these migrants. Give them jobs, give them shelter, give them food and drink, give them hope for life... These things are not something that can be done easily, but are real and huge work.

In fact, there is another problem that is easily overlooked, but in fact it is even more troublesome - the 600 billion people on the planet Rendili are not there unchanged, and these people will also grow old, get sick and die. A large number of babies are born every day, and the relocation of these babies and their families needs to be replanned.

So if someone thinks that the Principality of Dawn can solve the relocation problem of the 600 billion people on the planet Rendili in a few years, Francis Underwood really wants to say, why don’t you come?

The second thing that almost made Francis Underwood collapse was the collapse of the Confederation of Independent Systems three years ago.

Although the administrative core of the Confederation of Independent Systems, the Laxus subplanet, is located in the eastern part of the Milky Way, which is the opposite of the Milky Way for the Principality of Dawn, the collapse of the Confederation of Independent Systems still has a huge impact.

The planet Dawn was once the most powerful warlord in the Confederation of Independent Systems, so when the Confederation collapsed, countless planets that had joined the Confederation immediately looked at the Principality of Dawn.

If they hated their planets because the Principality of Dawn made peace with the Galactic Empire ahead of schedule and withdrew from the war, it would be fine, because these planets would never have any contact with each other again.

But the problem is that even now, there are still many planets that once joined the Confederation of Independent Systems. After the Confederation was destroyed and Count Dooku died, they still regarded the Principality of Dawn as their big brother.

This is very embarrassing.

Of course, for Tang Xiao, it might just be embarrassing, but for Francis Underwood, this is like dropping a nuclear bomb on his head!

Because of this situation, the Principality of Dawn is in a diplomatic situation where it is neither human nor human.

First, Francis must carefully handle the relationship with the Galactic Empire. He must not go to war with the Galactic Empire in advance, and must buy enough time for the development of the Principality of Dawn. Because the Principality of Dawn, which is relocating to the planet of Rendili, is now in a period of pain and low point of development transformation.

But not going to war does not mean that the Galactic Empire will not mess with you. The Galactic Empire has eight thousand hostile actions every year, both overt and covert. Although most of these things are handled by the National Security Bureau and the Military Intelligence Bureau, when it comes to the diplomatic level, Francis has to repeatedly pull with the diplomats of the Galactic Empire. He can neither irritate the Galactic Empire, nor must he express his attitude in a humble manner, so that the Galactic Empire cannot do too much.

Afterwards, most of the member planets of the former Confederation of Independent Systems have now surrendered to the Galactic Empire, and a small number of them are mainly near the chaotic Mandalore star region, or too remote, and the Galactic Empire is too lazy to pay attention to them, so they remain neutral.

However, among these planets, especially those that regard the Principality of Dawn as their big brother, every time they encounter difficulties or are hit by the Galactic Empire, they often ask for help from the Principality of Dawn, hoping that the Principality of Dawn can coordinate with the Galactic Empire.

But the Principality of Dawn cannot really give up these planets, because although the title of "Big Brother" means endless troubles now, if it really fights with the Galactic Empire in the future, the three words "Big Brother" will be really useful!

What's more, among such planets, there are two heavyweight names-Semiers and Dak (Mon Calamari).

Although Semiers surrendered, they were still the focus of the Galactic Empire because of their powerful industrial system and shipbuilding system developed with the help of the Principality of Dawn. They were put under great pressure to dismantle the factory and pay huge taxes. This matter was also solved by the Principality of Dawn dispatching military intelligence agents and using many private relationships to find several senior officials of the Galactic Empire.

By the way, the Principality of Dawn now has many private relationships in the core circle of the Milky Way. In addition to Sanya Tag, the head of the Tag family who ran to Tang Xiao for treatment every now and then and had a negative distance communication, there are many relationships accumulated because of the spice business. After all, the top spices such as Lingguang Jixian and Diesel Bark are currently monopolized by the Principality of Dawn.

In the eyes of the children of some super-rich families in the core area, it doesn’t matter what the Galactic Empire is like. Don’t let the sky fall and affect my spice smoking.

And the planet Dak is dragged down by the recent intensified uprising on the planet Lothal. The Galactic Empire is using the unrest on the planet Lothal as an excuse to ask the planet Dak to accept the direct garrison of the Galactic Empire.

These things make Francis Underwood anxious. Because maintaining the relationship with the Galactic Empire and helping those former independent galaxy confederations to join the planets are contradictory from the perspective of the buttocks! The essence of politics is that the buttocks determine the head. Your buttocks are in different positions. How can you deal with these two things at the same time?

The lucky thing now is that the young man who was valued by Tang Xiao and directly sent to the Prime Minister's Office, Hari Seldon, has not lived up to Tang Xiao's expectations. He has grown very rapidly and has begun to take charge of many things.

Now, Hari Seldon is in charge of the relocation of the planet Rendili in the Prime Minister's Office. He cooperated with the first lady of the principality, Adele Ulan, who was in overall command and management of this super-huge project, to carry out the relocation work in an orderly manner.

In fact, for Francis Underwood, the relocation of the planet Rendili and the diplomatic issues of the former independent galaxy alliance planets are just minor issues. What may really shake him is precisely this Hari Seldon!

Whether it is the personal appointment of Hari Seldon by Grand Duke Tang Xiao of the Dawn or the high evaluation of the first lady Adele Ulan, Hari Seldon's political influence has risen, especially among the immigrants of the planet Rendili, Hari Seldon's reputation is unparalleled.

In this way, Hari Seldon's threat to Francis Underwood is substantial!

With Francis Underwood's political sensitivity, he can almost confirm that Tang Xiao is preparing to let Hari Seldon replace him!

You know, in the current constitution of the Principality of Dawn, there is no clear statement of change of term! The core power institutions in the Principality of Dawn are almost all doing the same thing.

In other words, if there are no other factors, Francis Underwood believes that he should continue to serve as prime minister, at least until he is 90 years old! After all, the prime minister of the empire that Tang Xiao promised when he woke him up is still a long way off, and he is currently only the prime minister of the principality.

There are still more than ten years to be the prime minister, how could he abdicate at this juncture? He came for the prime minister of the empire! Otherwise, why would the young man Tang Xiao 20 years ago let himself, an old fox in the political arena, help him so wholeheartedly?

These things made Francis Underwood very anxious. Under such circumstances, such a huge scandal suddenly broke out in Umbrella Pharmaceutical Group, which immediately made Francis feel like he was ignited by dynamite!

Francis immediately asked Douglas Stamp, his chief of staff and his assistant for 20 years, to directly connect Alexia Ashford's communications.

At this level of the Prime Minister's Office, it is actually clear who the actual power holder is behind the scenes. For the Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister's Office, Douglas Stamp was equivalent to a deputy national figure. Of course, he went directly to Alexia, not the puppet outside, Alfred.

The Principality of Liming has always adhered to the principle that companies and businessmen are not allowed to participate in politics, and the constitution has greater tilt and protection for officials and politicians at all levels, with the purpose of checking and balancing those companies. You must know that in this galaxy, there are super corporations that can destroy a planet and wipe out a race with just a single move.

"Dear Chief of Staff, I wonder why you took the initiative to find me?" Alexia asked knowingly.

"Don't think that because the Grand Duke is not here, you can do whatever you want!" Douglas sternly scolded, "During such a critical time, Umbrella Company has caused such a big problem! This incident on the planet Chalcedon , it was directly hyped as the army opening fire on the people! And what is your answer? Do you want the entire Kingdom of Dawn to take the blame for you?"

"This is naturally impossible. After careful analysis and investigation, the announcement we issued is the actual situation - the spread of infectious disease carriers and the raid by the rebel army. We have also solved this matter very well "Hey, do you want to see the rebel Jedi that we captured?" Alexia said lightly.

"What I'm asking you now is the solution! Don't force us to use administrative measures." Douglas said coldly, "This incident has made His Excellency Francis very unhappy. I advise you that it is best to Take this responsibility well and stabilize the situation on the Chalcedon planet and the boiling public resentment. If you can't do it, we can do it for you."

Alexia snorted coldly, but still gave in. "Umbrella Pharmaceutical Group will handle this incident perfectly and assume corresponding responsibilities."

"This is the best," Douglas said. "In three days, there will be a window for us to make a hyperspace call to the Grand Duke. Based on your response, His Excellency Francis will decide how to report this matter." (This chapter. over)