Chapter 2058 The Desperate and Powerful Empire (Part 1)

2059, Desperate and Powerful Empire (Part 1)

If Mas-Amedda were to describe the current Galactic Empire, he would say that what is in front of him is just such a Manus berry. It has a thorny, hard shell, but inside is a ball of soft, juicy flesh.

As long as you can crack this shell, you can taste the delicious flesh.

However... he couldn't think of any way to crack 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 fighters, hundreds of millions of clone soldiers, and tens of billions of ordinary soldiers.

There is also the strong support of the major noble families in the core circle, and the huge wealth and resources controlled by these noble families. How huge are these wealth and resources, as well as productivity? It is impossible to calculate. Just according to a senior imperial official, the material resources, financial resources and productivity of the core circle are more than 5 times the sum of all other regions in the galaxy.

Then, there is the unfathomable power of Emperor Palpatine of the Empire.

Mas-Amedda didn't know much about the power of the Force, but he could feel that Palpatine's power was growing day by day and had reached a terrifying level. Not only that, he also recruited a large number of super-powerful people from the dark side under his command and established several mysterious organizations that even he, the minister of the empire, didn't know about.

Indeed, behind the powerful strength of the imperial army, there were uprisings and resistances one after another; behind the superficial flattery of the core circle nobles, there were countless dirty deals and corruption; opposite to Palpatine's incomparable power, there was the light that had been suppressed for too long.

But what about this? Before someone could really break this hard shell, these incomparable forces were still united on the surface and advanced and retreated together.

Who else could crack this hard shell, hurt it, and let them reveal their flaws?

The Principality of Dawn?

Mas-Amedda shook his head. Even though the construction of the star ring was already in front of him, he still felt that the strength of the Principality of Dawn was too far away from the Galactic Empire. This time, without the Confederation of Independent Systems holding back, the Galactic Empire, which is going all out, will not give Tang Xiao any chance.

Perhaps in ten or twenty years, the Principality of Dawn will surpass the Empire and become a stronger and more developed existence, but Palpatine will not give them time to grow.

Palpatine has not done nothing since he ascended the throne. He is also leading the Galactic Empire to solve its own problems.

First of all, for those dignitaries in the core circle of the empire. Palpatine, with the power of persuading the Principality of Dawn to surrender and destroying the Confederation of Independent Systems, continues to strengthen the management of those dignitaries. His approach is to win over some dignitaries and weaken others. He hopes that in the future Galactic Empire, there will only be a few oligarchs with extremely powerful strength.

In such mergers and reorganizations, the Galactic Empire will also benefit from it and divide and devour those failed dignitaries one by one.

Palpatine sent a large number of spies and agents to monitor those dignitaries and observe their every move. As long as there is any abnormal movement, he will immediately mobilize his own forces to suppress them. It is not just about letting other families attack in groups, but also about public opinion, media, judiciary, business and other aspects.

The Imperial Ruling Committee is the sharp knife that Palpatine uses to do this.

The members of the committee are arguing with each other, attacking those targets of suppression in the parliament and in the media, making them increasingly isolated politically, and then looking for opportunities to solve them one by one.

This makes the political arena of the empire a mess, with party-building and conspiracy everywhere, and almost no one can be trusted. Such a political arena has no ideas or beliefs to speak of, but only naked interests. Those congressmen and politicians are like a group of crazy hyenas, looking around, rushing up and biting wildly when they see food, until the prey is eaten up.

The scene where Padmé Amidala, Bail Organa and others fought for freedom and peace in the Republic Parliament will never appear again.

But the emperor Palpatine of the empire is very satisfied with this situation. He believes that only in this way can there be a healthy political arena with checks and balances. He was very happy to watch those people fighting and calculating each other. The more cruel the struggle, the more excited he was.

However, this method was indeed useful for Palpatine.

Because as the most powerful and powerful person in the empire, those families and politicians still wanted to rely on his power in the end when they were fighting each other. So he became the backer of these people, and those family politicians had to do their best to please Palpatine and win his favor in order to fight their enemies, so as to gain the upper hand in the political struggle.

But Palpatine was like a terrible spider, gently moving the spider silk to maintain his so-called balance. He always gave those losers a little hope, and then let them use up their last drop of blood to please themselves, and after completely squeezing them dry, he pushed them into the abyss of despair.

So, Palpatine got what he wanted - fear and "loyalty".

Under his policies, the wealthy families, nobles, and giant companies in the core circle were all silent. They did have powerful 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... These wealthy families didn't know whether Palpatine would be so devastating, but they were sure that if Palpatine really did so, no one would say anything, anyway, they themselves would not see the sun tomorrow.

Therefore, they could only go with the flow under the rules set by Palpatine, and use their own background to accompany the emperor of the empire to play this game that was doomed to despair. They could only hope that Palpatine would one day put away his greed after defeating all enemies and leave them a bite of leftovers.

In order to see this ending, some noble families would not hesitate to pounce on the target Palpatine showed them - the Principality of Dawn, like mad dogs.

'Everything will be fine after defeating the Principality of Dawn. 'This is the illusory, yet delicious and tempting pie that Palpatine painted for them.

That's right, it's all the Principality of Dawn! It's all their fault! As long as they die, there will be no external enemies, and His Majesty the Emperor will not have to be so tyrannical and ruthless! (End of this chapter)