Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!
Strong piano accents came from the television. As the piano song progressed, the sonorous melody became more and more solemn. It was as if black clouds had covered the sky of the city, and snowflakes were about to be painted the color of lead by the smoke. An extremely deep sense of crisis arose spontaneously. In this oppressive atmosphere, a low and solemn voice-over with a strong sense of compassion sounded.
"This is the last few years of the thirty-six constitutional calendar. The cruel Imperial Family has once again launched the extremely inhumane plan of forcibly crossing the space channel. The fierce space turbulence and the torsional data monitoring that they could not control made crossing the space channel an almost suicidal action. Usually, only one out of a hundred spaceships could successfully cross the space channel, and the rest would all become tragic victims.
"However, this time, the cruelty of the Imperial Family was inflicted on themselves. Those spaceships that risked their lives to enter the space channel were all their own descendants. Finally, a spaceship was lucky enough to pass through the Gary Corridor. Like a thief, it avoided the Glory Of The Charter and quietly escaped into the Bermuda Triangle Star Region.
"This spaceship was mainly responsible for the mission of transporting a baby. When this baby was imported into the Federation by the Bermuda Human Trafficking Organization, his luck became the beginning of the misfortune of countless Federation families. The kind Federation man who adopted the baby was surnamed Mai. He gave the baby the name Macklin."
This documentary produced by the Federal military's Venus Documentary Studio was called "Seed of the Empire." It was directed by the famous director Bai Zeming. Today, it officially began broadcasting on the Federation's news channel.
Along with the worrisome voice-over description, the television screen showed a scene of the innocent baby playing in a private house in the Federation, including the beginning when the Imperial spaceship forcibly broke through the space channel. These scenes were all done by the director's imagination. However, this did not affect the effect of the documentary. With just the beginning, it successfully captured the attention of all the Federation citizens.
After years of silence, the government of the Federation began to decrypt the Empire's Seed Plan and told the people of the Federation about the Macklin incident. Although there were vague rumors about it in society, most ordinary people were still shocked speechless by the story described in the documentary.
The old, white-haired senator who had been almost forgotten by many people was no longer a kind-hearted pacifist who had devoted his life to the reconciliation of the Federation but an evil executor of the terrible scheme of the Imperium!
According to the description of the documentary, with the joint efforts of the former president, President Pabre, the Bureau of Proclamation, and the glorious Federal Army, the Federation government wisely saw through Medellin's sinister intentions before he attempted to bring the important data of the space passage back to the Empire. They killed him in the building of the Four States Peace Foundation, which was surrounded by mountains and mountains.
At the same time, because there were still many seeds of the Imperium lurking inside the Federation, in order to avoid alarming them and the evil Imperium, the government carried out a strict intelligence blockade and did not inform the people of the Federation of this information. Until recently, when the Federation confirmed that the purge was completely successful, the operation was officially decrypted.
In this documentary, of course, there were no images or words mentioning the death of the seed of the Imperium, Colonel Xu Le and another man named Shi Qinghai.
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On the terrace of the back mountain of Mochou facing the lake, one could clearly see the reflection on the surface of the lake. On the opposite hillside, layers of green and yellow trees formed a beautiful picture that did not seem to belong to the human world.
Secretary Shen stood behind the high-back chair and said softly, "Mr. Li Yuan Gong just called. He did not understand why the government chose this time to publicize this matter, and wanted to ask what you think."
"That old man who likes to wear funny round hats is not an uncultured burlesque actor. It seems that pretending to be an old fool has become a habit."
Lady Tai put the delicate silver spoon into the Guna porcelain plate, looked at the lake and mountains and said calmly, "The government needs to create momentum, they need an explosive news to attract the attention of the people and make them forget about the Ancient Clock Ship incident. As for the Parliament Hill and the continuous assassinations, they need to be completely forgotten."
"Of course, with Pabre's real personality hidden in his body, now that he has been re-elected, he must be very willing to tear off Macklin's last coat and kick that dead man to the ground and then step on him. No matter how you look at it, Macklin is the most troublesome opponent he has ever encountered since he started his political career."
"The documentary did not mention Colonel Xu Le, if he is really the seed of the Imperium …"
Shen Li asked with an extremely humble attitude, "Since you want to manipulate the people's psychology, why not throw Xu Le out as a target?"
"It takes a process for the ordinary people to accept things, otherwise it is easy to have doubts or even reactions. Once they completely accept the fact that Macklin is from the Imperium, it will be much easier for them to accept it when they find out that the hero of the Federation is also from the Imperium. "
"Pabre, or other people who can influence or control the public opinion, are actually doing the same thing. Feeding the people with delicious and non-dangerous information, just like the farm owner in Bermuda, cleverly and coldly controlling the amount of food he feeds. He wants to let the chickens eat enough to avoid making a fuss, but at the same time, he can't let them die of overeating. "
"Of course, the most important thing is that he can't let those chickens find out that their fate is to be eaten by others."
Lady Tai sneered slightly, put down the coffee cup in her hand, and said, "In my opinion, George Carlin has never really understood these problems. If the amount of information is too complicated, the ordinary people will not have the ability to distinguish what they need at all. They can only eat passively until they are fed until they become idiots in the end."
Shen Li stood silently behind his wife, recalling the similar arguments that had appeared in books before. He just felt that it was a bit strange for these words to come out of his wife's mouth. After a moment of silence, he said, "Now it seems that all the problems are focused on one point, whether Colonel Xu Le is the seed of the Imperium or not."
Lady Tai did not answer this question. She silently looked at the lake under the mountain in late autumn. The autumn feeling in the yellow forest in the lake reminded her of many things from many years ago. She said lightly, "What did Old Tai say?"
"Old Director Tai said on the phone that he enjoyed his retirement life very much. He was very happy playing golf every day. He did not give his opinion on the Xu Le matter, but in the end, he said … an era is over. "
Shen Li paused, looked at his wife's back, and said in a low voice.
"Let him be. He is the only distant relative of the Tai family. It is good for him to rest more when he is old. But back then, he was always unwilling to have more sons, and instead adopted a bunch of daughters. I really don't know what he was thinking."
Lady Tai certainly knew why the former director of the Bureau of Proclamation was unwilling to adopt a son from young to old. But she, who had always been grateful, did not want to point it out.
As for the end of an era that Old Director Tai mentioned, of course, he was not referring to Xu Le.
That era referred to the past of the Federation formed by the former president who truly cherished the Federation but eventually died of illness in office, the God of War Li Pifu, Lady Tai and her husband, the former director, and perhaps the man who was wandering among the stars.
Following the strong rise of Pabre's government, the death of Zhong Suohu, and the impending death of Xu Le, a brand new era, one that no one could see the future clearly, and one that no one knew whether it was a good or bad era, had opened its curtains.
Madam Tai stood up and left the balcony. Her back view still looked young, but it was unknown whether in this new era, she and the rulers of the big families still had the qualifications to stand behind the stage and enjoy the performances under the spotlight or just coldly watch from the sidelines.
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In the late autumn, a closed-door secret hearing was being held on Parliament Hill. Other than the hundreds of members of the Management Committee, even their closest subordinates were forced to leave.
This secret hearing had nothing to do with the documentary, and had nothing to do with Macklin who had already been thrown into the abyss. It was only related to a colonel of the Federation named Xu Le.
Parliament Hill had just started, but it was already in an extremely intense debate, or rather, quarrel. A few male members of the parliament directly launched vicious personal attacks on the national security advisor who had just finished reading the government report on the stage.
"Colonel Xu Le is a hero established by the Federation government, and a trusted aide strongly protected by your president. At this time, you actually want us to believe that he is actually a citizen of the Empire! Do you think that we are crazy, or are you crazy yourself? "
"The people don't know who killed Macklin, but you don't know? Have you forgotten who killed the Butcher County King of the Empire? Mr. National Security Advisor, I really want to know if your shiny head is filled with artificial egg white! "
Sitting at the highest point of the stage, Mr. Zion, the vice-chairman, was clearly unable to control the situation that was currently out of control, and it seemed that he had no intention of controlling the situation.
The old chairman stroked the white hair on his forehead, thinking about the situation that had taken a turn for the worse in recent days. He knew that his hopes of Xu Le blowing up the storm and becoming the vice president, or even the president of the Federation, had been completely shattered. Thinking that his days were numbered, it was already difficult for him not to show disappointment on his face. How could he have the mood to care about anything else?
The members who were angrily criticizing the government, the president, and mocking the national security advisor did not admire Colonel Xu Le, and were even incomparably disgusted or fearful. Today, there were several empty seats on Parliament Hill, reminding the people from time to time that the owners of these seats had died under the guns of Xu Le and his companions.
However, as Li Feng said to Du Shaoqing, no one in the Federation believed that Xu Le was a citizen of the Empire, and neither did the members of the parliament. The shocking demonstration not long ago had directly caused Pabre's government to become more powerful. Parliament Hill, which had been forced to remain silent for too long, did not hesitate to seize the government's extremely stupid mistake and launch a counterattack.
"Pay attention to your demeanor! At the same time, improve your logical judgment! "
At this moment, the situation represented that the government and a considerable number of members of the parliament were about to shed all pretense of cordiality. The national security advisor no longer cared about anything and slammed the seat in front of him with a livid face, reprimanding loudly, "Why can't a hero of the Federation be a spy of the Empire? Macklin was a member of the Federation elected by the people, so he is a citizen of the Empire! "
The noise on Parliament Hill gradually weakened. Some of the members began to seriously consider a certain possibility, regretting that they had reacted too quickly and acted too exaggeratedly.
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