Joining the Trinity Association required extremely harsh conditions. Just by thinking about the amazing Shi Qinghai, one could probably agree with what President Pabre had said earlier. The people who drank lightly in the tavern definitely had a superhuman IQ and extraordinary abilities. In short, they were indeed a group of abnormal geniuses.
An unemployed, tanned lawyer who had just been fired from a law firm and wandered the streets in the snowy winter of the capital, drinking until he was dead drunk, actually used less than half an hour to successfully convince this group of abnormal geniuses and make them really start to carry out this seemingly crazy long-term plan. This was a historical event that not many people knew about for the time being, but it would probably be firmly recorded in history books. It seemed so incredible.
This is probably the charisma that Shi Qinghai once talked about, Xu Le thought silently. His right hand tightly gripped the armrest of the leather relic sofa. His fingers felt the cool and smooth touch, and his mood was extremely complicated.
Silently looking at the dark-skinned middle-aged man behind the transparent wall, Xu Le's thick eyebrows furrowed tightly. Why was the gaze in this man's eyes always so calm and deep, giving people a feeling of trust? Why did his straight eyebrows look so calm? Why was his expression so normal, but people could always see the compassion hidden inside?
Was it because he deeply loved the Federation and this starry sky? What a valiant actor. Well, no matter how much people ridiculed him in their hearts, this middle-aged man really had a special quality that could persuade and move people around him. He could influence people around him to stand by his side and bravely and arrogantly move forward towards an uncertain goal.
For example, the members of the Trinity Association who were having a meeting in the tavern back then, or the cold and proud Du Shaoqing, or the former Xu Le and Shi Qinghai.
"There wasn't much in common between the members of the association and Mr. President, except that we were all once in the military. It was just that the military branches and services we served were different. After that, our lives didn't seem to have much in common or connected. "
General Lee Jae-do continued slowly, "After that, we met a few more times in the tavern in Santa Fe. However, we all had our own careers and studies, so we separated very quickly. After that day, Mr. Pabre and I sponsored Mr. Pabre to return to the legal world. After strictly abandoning the so-called mental mysophobia of the so-called liberals, Mr. Pabre successfully entered the Industrial Workers Association, and then he became the appointed lawyer of the three major unions and the Veterans Association. "
"Byron is a little older. He was the first one of us to run for office and step into the political arena. I still stayed in the army, but according to the plan, I left the frontline field forces and returned to No.1 Hospital to teach and educate people again. In the past ten years of teaching, I have discovered some very good young talents. I can proudly say that these young people are the key to the true success of our great cause in the future. "
Xu Le looked at Du Shaoqing, who had been standing by the door.
Du Shaoqing remained silent. The sunglasses on the bridge of his nose reflected the light in the confidential room, clear and inexplicable.
"No, Du Shaoqing entered the association and was able to accept our ideals. It had nothing to do with me." Lee Jae-do said, "Mr. Pabre personally convinced him."
Xu Le knew what he should be feeling at this moment.
The entire Federal forces knew that Mr. President had never concealed his special appreciation and care for two people. Whether it was promotion or related complaints, everything went smoothly under Mr. President's personal care. These two people were Xu Le himself and teacher Du Shaoqing. However, he had never thought about what kind of story was hidden behind this appreciation.
"This is a very simple story. I want to explain to you that our ideas may be a bit crazy, but we are pragmatists. We are doing these things step by step."
President Pabre looked at him calmly and said.
"Doing what? Continuous murder? Including those waitresses lying in pools of blood in the Linhai state gymnasium, including the little girl from the Zhong family who wasn't even ten years old at the time? "
Xu Le stared at the people behind the wall. There was not a trace of emotion on his face. "Don't forget, I was there at the time. I know what you did. I saw with my own eyes those ordinary people who didn't even know what happened to them die painfully."
"Mr. President, there is something that even now I still don't understand."
He spoke particularly slowly and heavily. His brows were furrowed painfully. "At the time of the presidential election, Mo Chou was your partner and supporter behind the scenes. Why did you go and kill Tai Zhiyuan? Why did you let so many people die? "
Then he looked at the silent Du Shaoqing and asked, "You said you were a soldier of the Federation, so you had to follow orders. I won't ask you what happened after that. However, when the Linhai state gymnasium incident broke out, he wasn't the president of the Federation yet. He was only a member of parliament. Why was Ximen Jin involved? Teacher Du Shaoqing, can you and your Iron Seventh Division give an explanation? "
Du Shaoqing was still silent. He didn't open his mouth to explain.
"I will explain. Du Shaoqing didn't know at the time."
President Pabre looked at the loyal general beside him and continued, "As for the first question, the reason is actually very simple. The Tai family was the most powerful of the seven families, but it was also the most difficult to see through. Successive governments couldn't even touch its core area. However, this former royal family had the biggest problem. That is, there were very few people. The fact that there was only one heir for several generations. Sometimes people couldn't help but think that maybe this was some kind of punishment and relief from the heavens for the former royal family. "
"The most powerful Tai family of the seven families was actually the most fragile Tai family. As long as that young man who was called the Crown Prince died, the Tai family would naturally be depressed until it disappeared."
President Pabre narrowed his eyes slightly and said slowly, "As for the election that was going on at the time, I believed that the angry and desperate Lady Tai would continue to help me, no matter if it was to vent her emotions or to strike at the murderer she believed to be."
He looked at Xu Le and said, "And this kind of help would spare no effort, regardless of the cost. This also meant that no matter what happened, I would win the presidential election."
"I always thought that you were a politician, not a politician." After a moment of silence, Xu Le said, "Only now do I know that the thing that constantly leaps and bounds in your chest is still the ambition of a politician."
"It's not ambition." The president didn't get angry. He explained patiently with a smile, "If it was only for this so-called ambition, then the things that happened afterwards wouldn't have happened."
"I am the president of the Federation. General Lee Jae-do is the leader of the military. There is also Teacher Shaoqing, including the deceased Byron and those companions. The people in the tavern back then, as well as the new companions that joined later on, already stand at the pinnacle of the Federation's power. Without more power to pursue, what ambition can we have?"
President Pabre looked at Xu Le and smiled. His voice was deep and resounding, and it was exceptionally moving.
"If we really want to talk about ambition, then our ambition is very simple. It is to completely eliminate the seven families from the social system of the Federation."
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"There is a very interesting statistical fact. After the Federation and the Empire started the war, the First Military Academy's reputation and importance were pushed to its current position. The Trinity Association naturally appeared about sixty years ago, but it has several dozen members. In terms of probability, it is a bit strange. There are many members who didn't join our ranks. We didn't force them, and we didn't even make any major requests. I just want to remind you that none of these members have the background of one of the seven families. "
"So-called geniuses are nothing more than high intelligence combined with hard work that ordinary people can't imagine. Those seven families have long since infiltrated the Federation's society and seized the majority of the top resources. Their children don't need to put in such hard work. The members of the Trinity Association all come from the bottom of society. They innately have the desire and motivation to change this society. "
President Pabre's expression was solemn. His voice was low and powerful. "This system jointly controlled by the seven families and politicians has lasted for 3772 years since the Federation was established. It has lasted for more than ten thousand years since the collapse of the dynasty and the establishment of the republic. This system has already become rigid and is in the process of decay!"
"The best era? The worst era? No, the saddest thing is that if you look at the source of history, you will find that all the eras are exactly the same. There is no progress, no development, just a quagmire where everyone is squeezed together and breathing with difficulty. Meanwhile, generation after generation of people with intelligence and creativity will gradually sink into this great quagmire and then die. "
"In the past, there were people who tried to change all of this. For example, those governments that had already been forgotten by the people, for example, that president who was assassinated. Well, death is eternal in the end, the most frightening thing, so … those predecessors and the government were forced to make concessions before the blood and turmoil."
A faint mocking smile appeared on President Pabre's face. Then, it quickly disappeared, turning into a sentence that smashed into the ground with a muffled sound.
"Because of historical reasons, the people of the past didn't find a way to directly confront those seven families. Now, because of the opportunity of history, this method, or power, has already been firmly grasped in our hands."
"You're talking about the army," Xu Le asked.
President Pabre used silence instead of acknowledgment.
In the history of the Federation, the army had always been a marginalized and extremely weak group. Because the Federation had no enemies in the universe, the politicians who had ideas always seemed to be so restrained when facing the seven behemoths. However, because of the appearance of the people of the Empire, the Federal Army rapidly expanded and became powerful in the first few decades of the 37th Constitutional Calendar. Finally, it became a powerful force that could stand on the political stage independently.
Xu Le rubbed his forehead hard and couldn't speak for a long time. The people who controlled the Federation government were actually a group of staunch George Carlin activists.
This world was too crazy.
He seemed to see the terrifying scene of the Federation's major cities and enterprises being vigilantly guarded by armed soldiers in the future or a few years later. He tightly furrowed his brows. After a long silence, he said, "In Philadelphia … the old man once told me that he went to the Empire and returned to the Federation. He burned his life and every drop of blood to protect the existence of the Federation. It was because he firmly believed that the Federation was a better system than the Empire, and that the people who lived here were happier than the people of the Empire."
General Lee Jae-do behind the transparent wall raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at him.
"I also think so. Putting aside the relationship of birth and blood, the relationship of invasion and anti-invasion, I fight for the Federation precisely because of this."
Xu Le raised his head and looked at the president behind the wall. He said seriously, "Your ideals may be respected and even worshipped by many people of the Federation and the young students of the future, but if the government is really used to relying on the military to solve its internal affairs like a drug, your government … will become a military government. You may succeed, but you will fail in the end."
President Pabre was silent for a moment and then replied, "I understand your worries, but please believe me. I am not Nanshui. We are not the people of Green Dragon Mountain. We are very calm."
"Calm?" Xu Le stood up and stared at the president's face behind the wall. He asked, "You have never been on the battlefield. You have never fired a gun. Perhaps you have never killed someone with your own hands. You don't know what it feels like to pull the trigger and see a living person's head explode like a watermelon in front of you, with brain matter and blood spraying onto your helmet at close range."
"You can ask Du Shaoqing if there is anyone who can maintain absolute calmness on the battlefield. When bullets are fired, when companions and enemies fall, calmness is just a very absurd word, as if it never existed."
"If the Federation is turned into a battlefield by you people, then there will only be what it should be on the battlefield, and that is slaughter."
"There may be danger, but it is controllable." President Pabre still displayed extremely terrifying patience and calmness. "The most important point is that the government cannot make any concessions to those families right now."
"Don't worry that madam in the back of the mountain still has her absurd and outdated ideas. The West Woods Zhong Family controls the military power and does not listen to orders. Those rotten old people are weak and myopic. They cannot see the true danger and are content with controlling everything."
"Your Group Seven once said, 'Why do we have to fight?' Because the enemy is there. ' And now, the people of the Empire are there. These deformed and numb families are here. If we don't fight, the Federation who is content with the status quo will one day become the slaves of the Empire. "
"Other than this, can you think of any other way? No, young man, Schiller once said that trash will never walk into a dustbin by itself. "
This was a famous quote from Schiller. Xu Le had heard Shi Qinghai say it in front of Cao Qiudao's grave. Later, Shi Qinghai rushed into the dustbin-like Parliament Hill in order to clean up the trash and died in the square.
Hearing the president say this now, he felt terrible, as if he had swallowed a fly. His face was a little pale, and he took two steps toward the wall in front of him. He lowered his voice and said angrily, "I don't like the term 'young man'."
"This is the reason you killed Zhong Suihu? Because the West Woods Zhong Family did not listen to the Federation, because you want to gather your forces to fight against the Empire? "
Xu Le stared at the president and the other two behind the transparent wall and said angrily, "But that guy has been fighting the Empire in the West Woods for more than ten years!"
"When the tiger was fighting on the frontline, what were you doing?"
"General Lee Jae-do, you used the pressure of the God of War halo as an excuse to hide in the First Academy to teach and cultivate the ambitious successor!"
"Du Shaoqing, you were practicing. You repeated the practice day after day, cursing the student who was the real hero behind his back!"
"And what about you, Mr. President? You kept on going to court to build your reputation, running for parliament, and making those touching but f * cking useless speeches! "
Xu Le faced the transparent and cold wall and said with a hoarse voice, "You gave the Ancient Clock to the Empire's fleet, and you killed him. This is betrayal … this is betrayal! “
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