The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

2059. Desperate and powerful empire (Part 1)

If Mas Ameda was asked 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 battleships, millions of fighter jets, hundreds of millions of clone soldiers, and tens of billions of ordinary soldier.

There is also the strong support of the major aristocratic families in the core circle, as well as the huge wealth and resources controlled by these aristocratic families. To what extent are these wealth, resources, and productivity huge? Unable to calculate. However, according to a senior imperial official, the material, financial and productivity of the core circle are more than five times greater than the sum of all other regions in the galaxy.

Then, there was the unfathomable power of Emperor Palpatine.

Mas Ameda 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 superpowers from the dark side under his command, and established several mysterious organizations that even he, the imperial minister, didn't know about.

It is true that behind the powerful strength of the imperial army, there are uprisings and resistances one after another; behind the superficial flattery of the nobles in the inner circle, there are countless dirty deals and corruption; opposite Palpatine's incomparable power, It 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, make it painful, and expose the flaws?

The Principality of Dawn?

Mas-Ameda shook his head. Even though the construction of the stellar ring was already in front of him, he still felt that the strength of the Dawn Principality was too far behind that of the Galactic Empire. This time, without the Confederation of Independent Systems holding back, the Galactic Empire, which was attacking with all its strength, would not give Tang Xiao any chance.

Maybe in ten or twenty years, the Dawn Principality 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 the Galactic Empire to solve its own problems.

First of all, to the powerful people in the inner circle of the empire. Palpatine persuaded the Principality of Dawn to surrender, eliminate the power of the Confederation of Independent Systems, and continuously strengthened 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, the 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 people and observe their every move. If there was any abnormality, he would immediately mobilize his own power to suppress it. Not only do other families join forces to attack, but they also include the power of public opinion, media, judiciary, business and other aspects.

The Imperial Ruling Council was the sharp knife Palpatine used 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.

Doing so has made the empire's political arena a mess, with factions fighting against dissenters and conspiracies abound, 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 in the Republic Parliament 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 brutal the fight, the more excited he became.

However, this method did work for Palpatine.

Because as the most powerful and powerful person in this empire, those families and politicians still wanted to rely on his power in the end when they were fighting against each other. As a result, he became the backer of these people, and in order to fight 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 terrifying spider, gently stirring the 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 blood to please himself. After draining them completely, he will push them into the abyss of despair.

As a result, Palpatine got what he wanted - fear and 'loyalty'.

Under his policy, the wealthy families, nobles, and giant companies in the inner circle 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 If you really do this, if others don’t tell you, they won’t be able to see the sun tomorrow anyway.

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

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

‘After defeating the Dawn Principality, everything will be fine. ’ This is the illusory, yet delicious and tempting pie that Palpatine drew for them.

That’s right, they are 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 need to be so violent! (End of chapter)