Chapter 153
On this day, the scene at the auction house was just a tiny microcosm of it. When Yue Wei and Mu Xiaohu were coaxing A-Xia to sleep, huge explosions and continuous gunfire were heard in many places in the city, taking away fresh lives, screams, roars, struggles, chases, and deaths.
Until late at night, all the sounds gradually subsided, leaving only the heart-wrenching silence.
Many people underestimated Lin Qingsi. First, they underestimated his ability, and then they underestimated his ruthlessness.
Lin Qingsi, like many people with normal values, cannot stand and tolerate many things in this world. However, some people choose to continue to endure when they can no longer bear it; some people choose to go along with the crowd to benefit themselves; some people choose to gain some power and then work hard to gain some voice, wanting to let those in power see the suffering of a race and the deformity of society, and want to change the world from the bottom up.
Lin Qingsi's idea was more extreme. He believed that such a change would be too slow and take too long, like cutting flesh with a blunt knife. Although it would not hurt so much in the short term, it would cause more suffering. Instead of doing that, it would be better to cut the Gordian knot.
The fastest and most thorough way to change a chronic social disease is to kill all the carriers of the old system. Without people, no system can continue.
Lin Qingsi's ideas were followed and recognized by many people, but there were certainly more people in the world who could not accept such brutal and unreasonable killings. Therefore, he pretended to be assassinated, temporarily withdrew from the stage, and secretly instigated other forces to appear on the stage. However, the forces that were unprepared and faced many enemies in a hurry to gain greater benefits did not care about showing themselves a hypocritical or righteous face, and could not wait to show their stupidity, greed, brutality, ambition and cruelty to the world.
——Of course, if one party can finally be tempered into steel and stand out in this melting pot, then he will naturally whitewash his past to make it clean and pure, and then throw everyone else into the mud. But unfortunately, Lin Qingsi did not leave anyone the opportunity to whitewash themselves. They are destined to be recorded in history as a clown-like ridiculous and shameful image, and become the background board of the one who cleansed the wind and cloud of this era.
From that day on, the flames of war spread from the imperial capital to all directions like a blooming flower. The Special Investigation Division troops dressed in black and equipped with weapons that were beyond their time attacked in all directions. The dark fighter planes that emerged from the tunnels deep underground were like demons released from hell, spreading death in all directions in the dark night. Even though the number of enemies was ten or even a hundred times that of the Special Investigation Division, they still fell without any resistance under the weapons that were so powerful that they were beyond their imagination. In just less than three days, everything changed, and many ambitious people still didn't understand what was happening even at the moment of their death.
After wiping out most of the resistance forces, the Tulip Empire was actually completely under the control of Lin Qingsi, but he neither took office as the head of the empire as his subordinates or many opportunists petitioned, nor did he stop his butcher knife. In the seven years of being in charge of the Special Investigation Department, Lin Qingsi not only developed this dark organization to an extremely large level, but also secretly collected a large amount of personal criminal information - traitors, those who made money from national disasters, instigated wars, stole and killed, abused and abused, bought and sold people, embezzled and perverted the law, bullied the weak, spread rumors, hoarded goods, adulterated and faked, and took human lives lightly... A large part of them were high-ranking officials, wealthy merchants, nobles, and their relatives. In the past, due to power, laws, responsibilities, etc., Lin Qingsi could not bring those people to justice and could only endure. But now, there is no one in the world who can make him continue to endure, so he unceremoniously combed the entire empire over and over again with guns and blood.
Many people might be sleeping, entertaining guests, or working, when suddenly a group of men in black broke in. The Special Investigation Officers with murderous looks on their faces took a thin list and searched for the people by name. All those named on the list were taken away. After a simple trial, only a small number of people were sentenced to jail, while most people were taken out of the courtroom and directly sent to the execution ground.
Everyone was silent, secretly calling those black-clad death messengers "black devils", but even in private they dared not express any opposition, fearing that they would end up like those who were captured. It's not that no one wanted to resist, but after dozens of armed forces across the country were completely eradicated by Lin Qingsi in just three days, there was no force in the country that could oppose him. Anyone who tried to resist could only find a grave for himself in advance, and use the powerless and resolute way of "dying in front of you" to declare his opposition to tyranny.
Not to mention these ordinary people, even the neighboring countries were terrified by the strength of Lin Qingsi's power. Before they were sure of being able to completely destroy him both physically and mentally, they could only pray that the tyrant had no interest in invading other countries and dared not interfere in Tulip's internal affairs. They even recalled most of the spies they had sent to Tulip.
For months, the whole country was immersed in this black terror. There was no entertainment , no wedding banquets, and even no desire to consume. Most stores were on the verge of bankruptcy. People put most of their energy into working hard to prove that they were valuable and should not be treated like garbage. Except for simple-minded children, almost no one could smile in such a dead and trembling atmosphere.
During this period, Lin Qingsi did not block the information exchange platform, but only implemented stricter control. There were still a lot of current news in the news media and on the Internet, and even some gossip about celebrities and politicians. But what people were most concerned about at this time was naturally not the trivial matters of strangers falling in love or breaking up, but the various policies and changes that were vital to their lives.
Although Lin Qingsi's Special Investigation Division has always been an organization walking in the dark, he himself does not pursue mysticism. Mystery will certainly bring deeper awe, but it will also cause unnecessary fear and suspicion. Therefore, under Lin Qingsi's instruction, the news every day will have the latest policy changes, official appointments and removals, government agency changes, etc., and professionals are arranged to explain what laws and policies have changed in society from now on, what can be done and what cannot be done, why someone who the public has never heard of can take on important responsibilities, why a certain senior official was dismissed and convicted, etc. Although there is no passionate encouragement, no emotional review of history, and no tearful accusations, people have been effectively comforted.
Although many people are resentful of Lin Qingsi's brutality, they have to admit that Lin Qingsi and the Tulip Government under his leadership are rule-abiding leaders. Many things have been clearly defined. As long as you do not cross this line, whether you are a human or an alien, you can get protection from the government. People who make mistakes will be sanctioned regardless of their identity.
The empire in the past was not without laws, but those laws were only tools used by the privileged class to protect themselves. Not many people took the constitution, which was full of loopholes like a sieve, seriously. Because everyone knew that even if humans, especially nobles, broke the law, they would have many ways to escape the crime, and at most they would just spend some money. However, the alien races without status were subject to "harsh laws and harsh punishments". If they made the slightest mistake, they would face extremely harsh punishments.
But now, humans will not be exempted from punishment after abusing aliens, and aliens cannot be hailed as heroes for resisting humans. Criminals are criminals, regardless of their identity or race. Everyone must understand that the most sacred and inviolable thing in this country is the supreme new imperial constitution.
The previous imperial constitution only stipulated a general direction, and there was a lot of flexibility in terms of what extent a violation of the law should be considered, how to punish after breaking the law, etc. But now the new constitution has added thousands of articles, almost restricting all aspects. It is said that many famous scholars are discussing new laws and regulations in the newly established Legislative Department in Kyoto. Every two or three days, one or two new laws will be read out on the news channel, ranging from murder and arson, selling out the country for personal gain, to spitting and verbal disputes. At the beginning, people found it difficult to accept that some behaviors that they turned a blind eye to in the past are now regulated and restricted, as if they were wearing a yoke around their necks. But gradually, after getting used to this kind of restriction, people began to feel the benefits of doing so. At least now, the streets have become clean and tidy, and inexplicable disputes and chaos are rare. There is no need to worry about seeing your family leave every time. This is a farewell forever.
So after several months of chaos, people began to go back to work, children went back to school, and bars, dance halls, and amusement parks began to open tentatively. The aliens walked on the streets nervously, and although they still faced many people's disgusted or fearful eyes, they would no longer be beaten or even killed suddenly.
The Special Investigation Division, with a gaze as cold and sharp as an eagle's, not only intimidates everyone, but also protects everyone.
