Amidst the hustle and bustle of the council hall, Chairman Shiv Palpatine's impassioned speech, and the deafening applause of the councilors, the Galactic Republic Council quickly passed three bills.
First, immediately apply for a loan of 100 billion credits from the Galactic Banking Group.
Second, place a new order with the clone factory in Kamino, requesting them to provide another three million clone soldiers. At the same time, place an order with the Kuat Power Dock, requesting them to build another 200 battleships, including the Hunter Class Cruiser and the Cheerleader Class Assault Landing Ship. Place an order with the Ulshaos Manufacturing Company, requesting them to immediately manufacture one million sets of mechanized exoskeletons.
Third, from today onwards, the commanders of each theater could, with the consent of the Galactic Congress, conduct limited orbital bombardments on the planets in battle. If the situation was urgent, Chairman Palpatine could also exercise his emergency ruling authority and directly authorize orbital bombardments.
After that, Chairman Shiv Palpatine and the new leader of the Jedi Knights, Master Mace Windu, had a face-to-face conversation. Once again, the Republic reaffirmed its full support for the Jedi Knights, stating that victory and defeat were common in war, and that this failure would not affect the council's evaluation of the Jedi Knights. The Jedi Knights were still the pillars of the Republic. At the same time, he said with tears in his eyes that he hoped to see the return of Master Yoda one day.
Then, Palpatine and Mace Windu issued a joint statement, once again emphasizing the brutality of the Separatists, as well as their atrocities of starting a war that caused the destruction of countless families. They also stated very sternly that the Republic would fight for the unity of the Milky Way Galaxy, for the ultimate peace, and would not rest until they achieved their goal.
The war machine of the entire Milky Way Galaxy operated faster and faster, and more galaxies began to be involved in the war. Moreover, in order to maintain the exponential increase in military strength, the Republic began a new round of tax increases, which increased the burden on the participating galaxies.
The representatives of the powerful planets went to the tax officials with bags of money, and then with tears in their eyes, they complained about their poverty. Then, under the tacit smiles of the officials, both parties shook hands and reached an agreement …
As for the super capitalists like Planet Kuat, the Corellian Sector, and Planet Rundili, they just kicked the tax officials out of the door with their noses in the air, and the officials bowed and flattered them, saying that it was a good kick, a good kick, a good kick, and that they would be kicked again if they were lucky enough …
On the other hand, some planets that could not afford to pay the bribe were once again being subjected to exorbitant levies. The security forces of the Republic drove those old battleships around the Central Sector, collecting high taxes from one galaxy after another. They took away ship after ship of wealth, leaving behind wailing and starving people …
As for the Outer Ring, the officials in charge of collecting taxes did not dare to go there because it was now the territory of the Separatists, which was the Independent Star System Confederation.
But was the Independent Star System Federation really heaven? Did it really represent freedom and justice? Did it represent the cries of resistance against exploitation and injustice? Not at all.
After the end of the Guardian Planet battle, this victory inspired the upper echelons of the Confederacy, including Count Dooku. In their eyes, victory in the war was just around the corner. And in this madness, news of the Republic's further military expansion came, and they did not hesitate to continue to expand their military to deal with it.
The Independent Star System Federation also borrowed 100 billion credits from the Galactic Banking Association, and then ordered an additional 10 Rukelihouk-class battleships, 50 million B-1 combat robots, and 300,000 other robots from the Trade Alliance. They also ordered 100 battleships of various types from the Galactic Banking Association, Technology Alliance, Enterprise Alliance, and other commercial giants.
Without a doubt, these increased military expenditures were directly distributed to every member planet of the Independent Star System Federation. The only difference from the Republic was that everyone in the Confederacy had a share. This was because the ones who truly held the right to speak in the Confederacy were the commercial giants, not any of the planets.
The high taxes still overwhelmed the Confederacy's member planets, but because of the dissatisfaction with the Republic and the victory of the Guardian Planet battle, the Confederacy's enthusiasm for war was unprecedentedly high, temporarily covering up many contradictions.
The commercial giants led by the Trade Alliance, the Galactic Banking Association, the Commerce Alliance, the Technology Alliance, and the Enterprise Alliance took the opportunity to request loans from some planets that could not pay the taxes, forcing them to take loans with extremely high interest rates, and using the planet's resources, industrial capacity, and even population as collateral. Through such means, these commercial giants turned a large number of star systems into a dumping ground for their goods and raw material supply.
Now, the Independent Star System Federation's war operations in the Outer Rim Sector were starting to go very smoothly, and the Confederacy's army occupied one planet after another. However, it was not the same as the freedom and justice they preached. Wherever the robot army went, they would burn, kill, and loot. As long as there was the slightest bit of resistance, the entire city would be taken away as slaves. Sometimes, when the commanders of the commercial giants were in a bad mood, they would directly massacre the entire city!
Everywhere the Confederacy's army went, it was almost like the Japanese. The nature of the commercial giants was completely exposed. They did not participate in the war to promote justice for the Confederacy, but for wealth! More wealth!! They built battleships, built robots, and sent out commanders for the Confederacy. Although the Confederacy paid for these, they still took advantage of the fact that they were the Confederacy's only supplier and were extremely arrogant.
In order to pull these greedy merchants onto his chariot, Count Dooku had no choice but to give them great power. Because this was the only way the Independent Star System Federation could compete with the Galactic Republic, which had terrifying industrial giants like Kuat Power Dock, Lendili Interstellar Dynamics Company, Sina Fleet Technology, and Corellia Sector.
Fortunately, this war disaster that had spread throughout the entire galaxy had not fallen on Tang Yu's head for the time being. Although the Guardian Planet had just experienced a large-scale battle, after the battle ended, Tang Yu found that everything around him had changed.
The Trade Federation's Governor Newt Gunray, the Galactic Banking Association's Governor San Hill, and the Technology Federation's Governor Wat Tambor all took the initiative to contact Tang Yu, and they spoke humbly and shamelessly to establish a relationship.
Indeed, although the Guardian Planet had just been tormented by the flames of war, everyone knew that Tang Yu had found the Blade Fleet. A total of 200 Dreadnaught-class Heavy Cruisers had made the Guardian Planet's fleet second to none in the Independent Star System Federation.
Moreover, in the battle that had just happened, the Guardian Planet's army had actually confronted the Republic's elite Thirteenth Army head-on without the support of battleships and had actually beaten the Thirteenth Army to a pulp! One had to know that in the previous wars, the Confederation's robot army had always been the side that was beaten up by the clone soldiers!
With such a strong backing, the Guardian Planet had finally enjoyed the treatment of a privileged class, and the benefits that this brought to Tang Yu were unparalleled.
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