The Imperial Palace, in front of the palace gate.
"Great Elder, the special operations team has stopped White Phantom. The twelve of them are the strongest ones we carefully selected. White Phantom should be seriously injured and has not recovered yet. He will definitely be able to solve this problem."
"Well, go back and kneel down," the elder said in a deep voice.
The old man who came to report immediately nodded, retreated several dozen meters away, and knelt in his original position.
In front, Palace Gate No. 6 was still closed. Thousands of palace guards stood in twelve rows, with the laser guns in their hands all with the safety turned on.
In front of these kneeling elders, a group of super reformers stood quietly, most of whom had activated their stress-type defense shields.
Although the palace guards are numerous and elite, they are still just ordinary people.
If a war really breaks out, this will become a massacre of the minority against the majority.
Of course, there is still one-third of the super-changers who are standing beside the "kneeling team". They are all waiting for the orders of the super-changer organization, and most of them have some doubts in their eyes.
They will not unconditionally carry out the orders of the Council of Elders.
The reason why they were transferred here was actually for the Great Elder to show that he had no intention of forcing the emperor to abdicate by force.
This was not expressed to the emperor, but to the group of old people behind him.
The powerful defense fleet outside the Imperial Star has completed its assembly.
The emperor holds military power.
Even if they temporarily gained an advantage in local combat power, there was no possibility of forcing the emperor to abdicate by force.
Political issues should be resolved through political means.
Three minutes are almost up again.
The Council of Elders continued to shout with a hoarse voice: "All members of the Council of Elders stationed on the Imperial Star, please punish us, Your Majesty!"
This group of old nobles who usually lived a life of luxury shouted in unison: "Your Majesty, please punish me!"
In the array on the side, Catherine crossed her arms, and a sneer flashed across the corners of her mouth behind the golden mask.
A bunch of hypocritical old things.
boom!
Suddenly there was an explosion in the distance.
A "fragment" of a building more than ten stories high fell downwards.
The super-modifiers looked up, and those with enhanced vision saw figures flying around the building, as well as two or three figures flying upside down in the sky. ——They were equipped with anti-gravity thrusters.
Catherine asked the button near her collar, "What's going on over there?"
"The information has been blocked. There is electromagnetic interference in the area, which seems to be released by an external satellite."
"Captain, I'm closer here...someone is sniping the White Ghost, but...your boyfriend is pretty strong."
"What the hell! White Phantom blew up the special defense shield with one punch!? Is he still a human? He was beating up a group of cyborgs with his bare hands!"
"Captain, does your boyfriend still need a boyfriend?"
Catherine: …
"Guard the intersection and don't do anything beyond your orders. The security team will come over to support you. Don't worry about it."
Then, she looked into the distance worriedly.
The smoke and dust from the smashed building was rolling, and several sections of the blown-open suspended driveways were falling down.
The battle became a little more intense.
…
The palace module, the emperor's hall.
The emperor, wearing a simple robe, sat on the self-floating throne, with his eyelids half-closed and breathing steadily, seemingly oblivious to the people standing and kneeling below.
The guards have surrounded the entire hall.
Three military leaders stood in a corner on one side, quietly watching the nobles in front of them.
From the time they had risen to the position of being able to meet the emperor in the army until now, there had never been such a scene.
The empire's system is backward, but the core power layer of the empire is extremely stable.
Where did this great earthquake begin?
It seems that the white ghost has arrived at the Imperial Star again.
This is really a plague god.
The emperor suddenly said: "Don't you want to say something?"
The princes, princes, and princesses below all lowered their heads, not daring to breathe.
The emperor laughed and said, "Look at you. You are either my brothers or my sons and daughters, and your names all have Sherman after them. Now you are kneeling or standing here without saying a word. If outsiders see you, they will think you are forcing me to abdicate."
An old prince shouted: "Your Majesty, please punish me!"
"Punish me?" the emperor said calmly, "You are my third uncle, what crime have you committed?"
The old prince sighed, just lowered his head and looked at the ground, without answering.
"Why," said the Emperor, "what do you want to do today? You have to give me a set of rules. Although I am the Emperor of the Empire and the head of the Sherman family, you can't let me guess your thoughts. Rona, my daughter, you tell me."
Princess Rona, who was standing almost at the end, looked up at her father the Emperor, then immediately lowered her head and knelt.
"Father, please punish your daughter!"
The emperor's nose trembled slightly: "Then tell me, what crime do you want!"
Princess Rona trembled a few times: "My daughter, my daughter is guilty of the same crime as them!"
The emperor closed his eyes and raised his head, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I think you are just here to cheer on the elders outside the palace gate today, to show me how big a force you have gathered!"
"Your Majesty! We are loyal to the Empire and to you!"
"Father, please think twice!"
"Prince Venos died tragically first, and Count Ente died tragically later. Now the people of the Imperial Star are in a panic. We should go all out to catch the internal thieves and foreign saboteurs who are causing trouble. At this moment, it is unwise to push the Council of Elders into a dead end, Your Majesty!"
"Father, the Council of Elders is related to every aspect of the nobility of the empire and the daily operation of the entire empire. A single move can affect the entire body..."
"Shut up, everyone."
The emperor's eyes were grim, and the group of Sherman nobles below fell silent instantly.
But they knew that the emperor would not punish anyone today, and they had to make concessions and compromises from the perspective of maintaining stability in order to smoothly get through this political crisis.
That's true.
Although the emperor was extremely angry at the moment and wanted to drag down these members of the Sherman family who had been corrupted by the aristocracy to fill the foundation one by one, he still needed to remain restrained.
Only by gradually taking back daily government affairs can the return of power be smoothly accomplished.
The empire may seem strong, but in fact it is riddled with holes. You can mess around with it, but you cannot directly cause national unrest.
The point is that he can't find a good way to break up the interest groups of these great nobles.
Without a knife in your hand, you are restricted everywhere.
"you……"
"His Majesty!"
Suddenly, a middle-aged maid outside the palace shouted, and she shouted nervously: "There is a sudden fight between cyborgs near the palace! It may affect the palace! Please retreat to a safer area temporarily!"
The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly.
He naturally knew his subordinates, and at this moment, it was impossible for them to report such a small matter casually.
The emperor asked: "Creatures? Who are fighting?"
"On one side are a dozen super-transformers whose information cannot be found and who are probably unregistered. Judging from their strength and the weapons they use, they are all powerful super-transformers! On the other side is the hero of the Empire, the Royal Guard Knight appointed by you personally, Viscount White Ghost Hanton!"
"Hanton?" The old emperor's eyes lit up. "He's not dead?"
"Yes, Your Majesty. In the current battle, Viscount Hanton has gained a clear advantage, and the security team has arrived to provide support!"
"You are fighting one against many and still have the upper hand," the old emperor laughed. "You are worthy of being the White Ghost who saved countless lives during the insect plague... I remember that there seemed to be a large number of Transformers outside the palace gate. Send them over and make sure to protect the heroes of my empire!"
The middle-aged maid immediately knelt down and shouted, "Your Majesty, please forgive me! I'm afraid you can't mobilize these super-transformers! Most of them obey the orders of the Council of Elders! You need to give orders to the Council of Elders first before you can let these super-transformers take action!"
The group of nobles in the palace felt a jolt in their hearts.
It turns out he was waiting here.
"Humph!" the old emperor said angrily, "Is this Council of Elders above me, the emperor?"
The middle-aged maid just sighed.
The old emperor was about to rise up and directly denounce the Council of Elders.
This was actually a way for him to save face. He scolded the Senate for a while, maintained the emperor's face, and then verbally pardoned the Senate, saving the Senate from the worry of being punished later. This was the Senate getting the "inside".
But when the old emperor thought about it, this double act of backing down the stairs was performed by the old maids who had served him for decades, and there was not a single one of these losers who could be used!
Suddenly, a young maid ran in from outside the hall. She looked exhausted and tired. Seeing the solemn atmosphere in the hall, she immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty! I, the maid Hanyin, have something important to report to Your Majesty! I beg Your Majesty to allow Hanyin to come closer and talk."
"It's Hanyin, come here."
The old emperor waved his hand.
Han Yin quickly stood up, and under the puzzled gaze of her teacher, she lifted up her skirt and walked quickly to the emperor's throne, whispering a few words.
The old princes who were closest to the throne only heard the words 'white ghost', 'he is sure to resolve it', 'let the Council of Elders accept defeat sincerely', and 'although there will be turmoil, it will enhance the prestige of the royal family'.
After Han Yin finished speaking, she lowered her head and waited on the side.
The old emperor's expression was obviously uncertain and he was obviously undecided.
After a long ten seconds, the old emperor suddenly laughed.
He was the emperor of the most powerful force in the Milky Way, so what was there to worry about? At most, he would be cursed for eternity, which was better than those emperors who existed but whose names could not even be remembered.
"Then let him try," the old emperor said calmly, "Young people are enterprising and dare to gamble, which is a good thing. It is better than this empire being tightly controlled by a group of old stubborn people and then slowly decaying."
Hanyin didn't know why, but she felt a little happy in her heart.
The old emperor said directly in front of everyone: "Pass on my order, give him the highest temporary authority, and cooperate with him fully. I want to see how he can help me resolve this abdication."
"yes!"
Hanyin bowed, turned around and left in a hurry.
More than ten seconds later, a series of explosions were heard in the distance. An attack array composed of thousands of micro-drones surrounded the fighting cyborgs, and laser cannons fired at the same time.
That is the defense system of the Emperor Star module.
Half a minute later, a hoverboard swaggered past more than a dozen checkpoints in front of the palace module, with green lights at every checkpoint, and headed straight for Palace Gate No. 6 guarded by the Council of Elders.
When the guards saw the situation on the skateboard, their pupils dilated and they were extremely shocked.
…
In front of Palace No. 6.
The two elders looked at the vibrating communicator, then their faces changed drastically. They stood up and hurried to the chief elder to report the latest situation.
But before the two elders could get to the chief elder, the hoverboard had already landed directly into the line of guards in front of the palace gate.
The guards quickly separated;
The super reformers here are facing a formidable enemy.
When the skateboard fell, many of the kneeling elders and great nobles looked up, more than a dozen women lowered their heads and retched, and half of the elders looked a little panicked.
On the skateboard, Yang Ming's half body was covered in blood, and on his shoulders were four men and women whose bodies were beaten and deformed, but still breathing.
Most of Yang Ming's blood came from these four people.
He threw the four seriously injured super modifiers to the ground without panic and said to the people around him: "These are the terrorists who tried to attack the palace. They should have a New Federation background. They can't be found in the Imperial database. You can take the credit."
Several guard captains stepped forward immediately: "Mr. Ghost! According to His Majesty's order, you will be in charge of this place temporarily!"
Yang Ming moved his bandaged right arm, took out his watch from his shirt pocket, put it on himself slowly, tapped the dial of the watch, and typed four words.
【Take action】.
He laughed and said, "Why are these elders kneeling here? Oh, isn't this the chief elder?"
The captain of the guard looked at each other, lowered his head and dared not answer.
"Okay, go deal with these cyborgs first. Pay attention to their body's self-healing speed. I broke all their joints, but they still bite people. Ask them who is behind this."
"Don't worry! We have professional interrogation procedures!"
The captains of the guards retreated with their heads down, their gratitude to Yang Ming almost written on their faces.
Then, Yang Ming turned his head to look at the direction where the Great Elder was kneeling, put his hands behind his back, and walked towards the group of super reformers in front of him with blood all over his body.
He just approached with the attitude of "uncle taking a stroll", but the faces of the group of super-modifiers gathered in front of him changed drastically.
"stop!"
Four fully armed strong men formed a human wall, blocking Yang Ming.
Yang Ming laughed and said, "Are you provoking me?"
The four strong men clenched the shield generators in their hands.
One person said, "Mr. White Ghost, these are the elders of the Council of Elders and heroes of the empire. Please keep a certain distance."
"A hero of the Empire? Keep your distance? Why?"
Yang Ming said coldly: "Am I not a meritorious official of the empire?"
"this……"
Yang Ming added: "How many people have these heroes saved, how many bugs have they killed, and how many warships have they destroyed?"
A super reformer not far away said: "The stability of the empire's rear should be as important as the empire's expansion of territory."
"Stability of the rear?" Yang Ming said calmly, "Besides tax evasion, embezzlement, and profit sharing, what contribution can you make to the stability of the rear? I respect that you are all soldiers of the empire, so I will speak to you in a friendly way here, and don't force me to take action against you."
"White Ghost, don't be so arrogant!"
"I just have the capital to expand!"
Yang Ming glared to the left, the blood foam on his body almost being shaken out, and powerful mental power naturally gushed out, and twisted blood-colored light curtains seemed to appear around him.
In the eyes of those elders who were just ordinary people, the light around them suddenly dimmed, and Yang Ming was like a murderer who walked out of the abyss of hell!
Some of the super-modifiers were so scared that they clenched their weapons tightly.
Yang Ming took two steps forward.
Four super-modified strong men stretched out their hands to stop him, but Yang Ming directly knocked their arms away.
A group of super reformers came, and a few of them looked at Yang Ming with complicated expressions. They formed a thick human wall, as if to block Yang Ming's way, but when Yang Ming took a step forward, they had to take a step back.
There was no physical collision, but it seemed as if Yang Ming was pushing him backwards.
"Let him come over."
The voice of the Great Elder was heard suddenly, and the Super Reformers separated to the left and right.
Yang Ming didn't even look at this group of cowards. He looked towards Catherine's team in the distance, then lowered his head to look at the great elder in front of him.
Yang Ming took a deep breath, and the fierce aura just now dissipated like an iceberg as he smiled.
The Great Elder slowly straightened up.
"Great Elder, nice to see you again," Yang Ming squatted two meters in front of the Great Elder and said with a smile, "We haven't seen each other for just a few days. How come it has come to this?"
The elder said calmly: "Some are willing to be butchers, and some are willing to be running dogs."
"I don't want to talk politics with the Great Elder today," Yang Ming said with a smile, "I am not familiar with the disputes in the empire, nor am I interested in them, but I know one thing."
The elder asked back, "Do you want to lecture me?"
"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. Whoever has the bigger fist has the final say."
Yang Ming stared at the Great Elder:
"You are forcing the emperor to abdicate today just to make the emperor promise you and let some of you go.
"This is actually your last resort, right? The accounts I took away hit your sore spot, right?
"Yes, you must feel unconvinced. I guess that raising assassins is something that every council of elders does. Why is it that you can't do it?
"Isn't it just embezzling some project funds, colluding with some military industries to cook the books, selecting concubines and killing people in some remote areas? Isn't this what all the nobles do? Why is it a problem for you?"
The Great Elder stared at Yang Ming and whispered, "The stability of the nobility is related to the stability of the empire."
"What nonsense," Yang Ming said with a smile, "The stability of the people's thoughts is the foundation of the stability of the empire. The aristocracy is just a tool of rule and is not irreplaceable. If the empire loses its title as the most powerful country in the galaxy, the people will lose this sense of superiority and the aristocracy will be overthrown long ago."
"Do you know what you are saying?" the Great Elder said firmly, "You are trying to shake the foundation of the empire!"
"Productivity has developed to this level, are you still dreaming of fooling the people?"
Yang Ming smiled and said:
“Then you should at least learn from the New Federation. The New Federation is meticulous and has invested a lot of money in modifying public perception.
“Your generation is just sitting back and enjoying the fruits of others’ labor.”
"What do you want to say?" The Great Elder seemed to have lost interest in the conversation. "White Ghost, you are too impatient after all. You want to climb up by taking advantage of the problems in the Council of Elders, but you don't understand the political ecology of the empire at all. In the end, you just made things worse."
Yang Ming wondered, "What do you mean?"
The Great Elder sneered and said nothing .
Yang Ming clicked his tongue and said with a smile, "In the final analysis, you just want to ask His Majesty the Emperor to pardon the sins of your class today. Why are you still being so stubborn?"
"We must find a new balance," the Great Elder said calmly, "Soon, there will be demonstrations in various places, and there will also be appropriate parades on the Imperial Star, so that Your Majesty can hear the voices of the people and understand the significance of our daily work."
Yang Ming's smile was a little stiff: "You want to take advantage of public opinion?"
"Your Majesty, your kind-hearted Majesty, may be able to kill a prince directly, but you cannot ignore the voices of the people in every corner of the empire."
The great elder smiled and said:
“You just said that the stability of the empire lies in the people. The empire has existed for tens of thousands of years, so how could it not understand this truth?
"Don't always think that you are smarter than others, White Ghost. You are a qualified warrior, but not a qualified politician. You only know how to use your ridiculous force."
Yang Ming raised his hand, rubbed his nose, and slowly stood up.
The Great Elder sighed softly: "I could have given you everything you wanted, Hanton, but you were too impatient after all."
“You organized those marches?”
"It was just a spontaneous demonstration by the public. I got the news in advance."
"Taking advantage of public opinion is a great idea," Yang Ming suddenly laughed. "Great Elder, I felt that we were a perfect match the first time I met you, and we could think of the same solution."
The Great Elder frowned and looked at Yang Ming.
Yang Ming smiled and pointed at the communicator hanging on the Great Elder's waist:
"Why don't you go online first, the Imperial Star Network, the Imperial Grand Unified Network, or the Interstellar Network. I got the news in advance, and the first hot search should be out now.
"Why do you think I came here to talk nonsense with you? To persuade you to go home?
"It's just to distract you so you don't leave early."
The Great Elder's fingers trembled slightly.
Several elders nearby had already hurriedly turned on their communicators and used the exclusive line of the Council of Elders to open the external network of the Imperial Star. They randomly clicked on a comprehensive search engine, and the search terms that popped up next to them made their eyelids twitch.
The top three are:
【White Ghost reveals explosive information】;
[Empire, Legislative Council elders, sex scandal];
[A case of aristocratic sex party resulting in multiple deaths].
Yang Ming came over, looked down, and said with a smile: "Is it so popular? It seems that my technical team knows how to arouse everyone's curiosity. Take a closer look. I remember that in the plan I made, the first batch of explosive materials only targeted three elders."
"White Ghost!"
The great elder supported his knees and tried to stand up tremblingly: "If you do this, the empire will be in turmoil!"
"You think too highly of yourself."
Yang Ming glanced at the Great Elder:
“Everyone says that His Majesty the Emperor is out of touch with the masses, but everyone in the empire knows that His Majesty the Emperor is the ruler of the empire, and it is you, the Council of Elders, who are truly out of touch with the masses.
“Everyone knows that you are the legislative body and the privileged representatives of the empire, but does anyone know your names?
"You guys have a shitty reputation."
Yang Ming waved his hand, walked leisurely towards the palace gate, and under the gaze of the super reformers, he walked to the line of guards.
Yang Ming waved his hand and took the intercom from a captain. His voice echoed around the perimeter of the palace module:
"Surround the scene, block the traffic, and aim all firepower at the group of super-modifiers. From now on, anyone who dares to leave here will be shot in the legs.
"What kind of place is the Imperial Palace? You can come and protest if you want, and leave if you want. Do you still have our Emperor in your eyes?"
The guards shouted in unison, "Yes!"
Although they were just ordinary people, due to their large numbers, they roared with the momentum to crush the super-modified ones.
Yang Ming waved his hand and stepped directly into Palace Gate No. 6.
All the elders on the ground had raised their waists, looking at the projection screens projected by their communicators, staring at the constantly jumping entries. As long as they clicked on one, they would feel cold all over.
Under each entry, the corresponding videos, pictures, and three-dimensional projection images are direct and irrefutable evidence of the crime.
Lu understands human nature, and most of the evidence she selected came from the palace's tentacles.
The class equality that the empire has always whitewashed was completely torn apart in these videos of 'nobles torturing and torturing civilians to death'.
The nobleman's frail body and ferocious face made him look like a ghost from hell.
Originally, when this news appeared, the first reaction of the imperial officials was to suppress the heat and avoid social division.
But now, the imperial officials have fallen silent in the face of the continuous orders issued by the Imperial Star. The local government tried to suppress the heat, but the super traffic brought by the White Ghost and the invincible navy created by the Dark Star mechanical thinking bodies easily broke down the defenses built by the local government.
The legal content is published through a discrete server cluster, and taking down a server will have no effect at all.
The only thing that can stop Yang Ming now is to cut off power and the Internet throughout the empire.
How does this end?
In the plan that Yang Ming submitted through Hanyin, he has already made follow-up plans.
Now, let public opinion boil for a while and ferment fully.
The Tentacle Organization is already rushing to produce White Ghost's iconic costume. It would take less than a few dozen minutes to design and print a set.
…
Hanyin felt that she was probably crazy.
She stood at the command center of the Tentacle Headquarters under the palace module, looking at the constantly refreshing hot searches. Seeing the ironclad evidence that could nail nobles of all levels, she wanted to find a sister with big breasts to suffocate herself.
This is almost all the information that the Tentacle Organization has!
It all started with her pendant!
The technical team behind White Ghost has now gone crazy and created a public opinion storm in a short period of time, causing the entire empire to start paying attention to the breaking news of "the elders of the Elders' Hall killing civilians."
It has been less than half an hour since the white ghost entered the palace and basked in the sun near the palace gate, and twelve powerful elders in the Council of Elders have already been disgraced.
The guards surrounded the elders outside the palace gate. Before, they couldn't even drive them away, but now no one could leave.
In the hall, His Majesty the Emperor stretched himself lazily and said to the princes, princes, and princesses below with a smile:
"From now on, anyone who leaves this hall will be sentenced to severe punishment according to the Sherman family rules, but I, the emperor, can still provide for your food.
“Everyone look out, watch carefully, and learn well.
"Look at how the heroes of the empire are tormenting these parasites of the empire, haha, hahaha!"
The old emperor's laughter was extremely hearty.
Yang Ming did not go to ask for an audience with the old emperor. Everything he did at this moment was extremely beneficial to the old emperor.
The time dimension develops evenly forward at the scale set by humans.
During the first hour of the public opinion storm, the twelve elders involved were generally calm, as they still wanted to force the emperor to abdicate and have their sins forgiven.
The public opinion storm lasted for three hours, and a total of 26 powerful elders in the Council of Elders and core members of the great elders' interest group were all forced into a corner.
Public opinion on the Internet was completely one-sided, demanding that the Imperial Ministry of Justice arrest this group of privileged nobles and that the Council of Elders give an explanation.
It is most appropriate to describe the situation as public resentment is boiling.
How could the New Federation miss such an opportunity?
The New Federation, which had been filled with anger over the previous war, began to take advantage of the opportunity to add fuel to the fire, contributing money, manpower and effort to organize and incite large-scale demonstrations in various places, publicizing the backwardness of the imperial system and the oppression of the people by the imperial aristocracy.
A public opinion war quietly began.
Lu, who was originally the igniter, began to organize a navy to compete with the New Federation CIA under Yang Ming's instructions.
This was already a major event at the moment, but the empire did not activate the almighty 'Imperial Defense System', and the old emperor even... went to sleep.
Six hours after the online public opinion broke out, the Empire Network was blocked.
White Ghost stepped forward in time, and a huge headline made the headlines of major portals and social software.
【See you tonight at the Imperial Star. White Ghost stays.】
White Ghost will start live broadcast on Emperor Star in eight hours.
These eight hours are very important.
This would give him time to kill more elders of the Council of Elders, and would also allow the Emperor to control the impact of the incident and the number of elders to be purged this time.
The old emperor's reaction almost made Yang Ming laugh.
The old emperor slept for most of these eight hours. When he woke up, the three highest-ranking commanders of the military and heads of various government departments gathered together to plead for the Council of Elders.
Now no one dares to mention the issue of pardon or not.
Now they just hope that there won’t be a river of blood on the Imperial Star.
The emperor just shook his head and smiled. Instead of making any promises, he even had people bring in tables, chairs, speakers and barbecue grills and set up a banquet inside the palace gate No. 6.
The princes, emperors, and princesses, who had stayed in the hall for more than ten hours, were called over one by one and seated on both sides.
The palace chef team began to cook on the spot, and the aroma of barbecue was blown out of the palace by the blower.
The old emperor's face was wrinkled with smiles. He enjoyed the music, tasted the delicious food, looked out at the messy scene outside the palace gate, and stared at the great elder who was too weak to kneel on the ground from afar.
Time moves backwards second by second.
The eight-hour agreed deadline had entered its final minutes.
Yang Ming, who had already made plans for the live broadcast, put on a ghost suit that had little protective effect, held the helmet in his arms, appeared above Palace Gate No. 6, and sat on the high metal wall.
Three projection spheres flew over and surrounded Yang Ming.
In the command hall of the underground tentacle organization, Han Yin bit her lip and pressed the button in front of her.
The signal was connected, and the Emperor Star outputted a video signal to the outside world. Yang Ming appeared on the official channels throughout the empire. Lu, who had been waiting for a long time, opened 120,000 live broadcast rooms to ensure that the people of the empire in all regions could watch this live broadcast smoothly.
According to subsequent statistics, up to 12% of the various electronic screens and projection devices commonly used in the empire were broadcasting the live broadcast of White Ghost.
The average number of screens per capita in the Empire is 3.6.
The eyes of the whole country are focused on the Night of Imperial Star!
"Hello, everyone."
Yang Ming finally put away his playful smile, his expression became extremely serious, and his eyes were filled with fire.
The old emperor, who had been sitting there slouched, now sat up straight. The maids behind him withdrew one after another, and were replaced by a group of old generals who had been prepared in advance.
Yang Ming's voice spread simultaneously throughout the Imperial Star.
"I am White Ghost, Lieutenant Colonel of the Imperial Army, Hanton."
“I once thought that the Empire’s greatest enemy was the New Federation, which had been trying to overthrow the Empire’s political system.
"So, in the Empire's self-defense counterattack against the New Federation, I risked everything to board their ship and destroy their firepower fortress.
“Now that the New Federation has been severely damaged by the Empire, they will not be able to hold their heads up in front of the Empire for at least the next hundred years.
“I used to think that the greatest enemy of the people of the Empire was the space bugs that competed with humans for living space.
“So, when I was facing the Zerg swarm across the territory, I faced the Queen Zerg alone three times. After each battle, I rushed to the next battlefield with all my might.
"But I could only save some planets from the Zerg tide. My personal strength was greatly limited. It was the defense forces and main fleets of the military from all over the empire who stood up and made great sacrifices to defeat the Zerg tide and the sixth-order queens from outside the territory."
Yang Ming paused, and veins bulged on his neck as he pursed his lips.
“But I didn’t expect that today, when the people of the empire are defending the glory of the empire and the imperial army is swearing to protect the people, there are still so many parasites. They are persecuting the people, wantonly destroying the credibility of the imperial government, insulting the soldiers who are fighting desperately for the empire, and trampling on the dignity of each of us!
"Yes, I have been in the Imperial Star recently. I was recruited by His Majesty the Emperor to be an investigator.
“I kept telling myself that the ancestors of these old nobles were all heroes who shed blood and made great sacrifices for the empire, but in the end I still couldn’t tolerate what they did!
“I guarantee the authenticity of all the news you saw today and all the revelations with my name on them with my personal integrity!
“Yes, I am now trying to morally blackmail His Majesty the Emperor, but now, I have to do this. I will bear the negative impact caused by this incident. I have to use public opinion to put pressure on these powerful nobles who have the final say.
"Everyone, look forward!"
Yang Ming pointed forward.
In front of the dim palace gate, beams of spotlights shone down, circling out the forty-six elders of the empire.
Their faces were pale and terrified, and they were trying to struggle to say something, but their voices... were not being heard.
“They are all elders of the empire and have seats on the Legislative Court!
“If you hadn’t supported and criticized them, they wouldn’t have been caught in front of the palace gate!
"The moment of judgment is coming soon. Every citizen who has participated in denouncing them today is a witness and a pioneer of history.
"Moreover, you have given me the most precious microphone connection opportunity in the galaxy. Next, the person who will appear before you is the current emperor of the Sherman Empire and the tactician who formulated the military's strategy to resist the Zerg and expedition to the New Federation.
"His Majesty the Emperor will personally judge these elders of the Council of Elders and give an explanation to the people of the Empire."
The scene switched and the emperor appeared on the screen.
The number of people watching the live broadcast, who were originally attracted by the white ghost, increased again.
In fact, in the empire, the biggest traffic star is always the contemporary emperor.
On the high metal wall, Yang Ming listened quietly to the emperor's speech and admired the expressions of the elders and nobles outside.
The emperor naturally could not let down his guard at such a moment. He first sighed, and then began to reflect on himself, saying that he had followed the imperial code too much, which led to the loss of supervision of the Elders Council responsible for the daily affairs of the empire, causing the Elders Council to become corrupt, disregarding human lives, encroaching on imperial assets, squeezing people's welfare, and persecuting the pillars of the empire.
The emperor promised that he would gradually strip away one of the legislative and supervisory powers from the Council of Elders, establish a new department, implement the separation of military, political, and regulatory powers, and thoroughly investigate the illegal activities of the Council of Elders and local nobles.
At the same time, the emperor issued the first law after he ascended the throne, which was the National Reporting Law. Civilians would be rewarded for reporting, and reports by nobles would be considered merits.
At the end of his speech, the emperor praised the majority of the law-abiding nobles in the empire and recognized the contributions made by these people or their ancestors to the empire.
Yang Ming actually felt quite regretful.
The emperor eventually restrained him and limited the final purge list to forty-six people.
But each of these forty-six people is a direct descendant of the great elder, and each is a member of the Legislative Council of the Council of Elders.
Now, the only trouble is the last step.
Arrest someone.
The live broadcast did not end, but switched to a bird's-eye view.
A large number of guards surged forward. The great nobles who had been kneeling behind the Grand Elder and the elders in the Council of Elders who had not been exposed for any problems, had now moved away from the forty-six people.
Only the Great Elder still knelt before these forty-six people;
Only a small number of super reformers are still standing in front of these forty-six people.
The nature is different.
The original attempt by the Council of Elders to force the emperor to abdicate was a political game within the Imperial Star and was considered a common practice.
At this moment, public opinion throughout the empire is boiling. The emperor has sufficient reasons to move against them, and it will not cause the aristocracy to collectively shake, but will form a strong deterrent to the aristocracy.
The situation has completely reversed.
Faced with the combination of imperial power and public opinion, faced with the combination of the old emperor and the white ghost, they had no power to fight back.
The elder, who had accepted his fate, had bowed his head and was waiting for death.
The elder who refused to admit defeat was still shouting:
"This is persecution! This is political persecution!"
"Your Majesty! We are all loyal to you! Please don't listen to the slander of villains! Public opinion is ruining the country, Your Majesty!"
"White Ghost, you are a running dog of the imperial power!"
"That's enough!"
The Great Elder suddenly roared, and all the elders gathered around him fell silent.
He had been kneeling there, and now he held his knees and tried seven or eight times before he stood up with difficulty.
He sighed softly and whispered, "Now that things have come to this, the state is the most important thing. What's the point of crying? Will it bring shame to your family name?"
There are only sighs everywhere.
The great elder looked inside the palace gate, stared at the old emperor, bowed his head and performed a gesture commonly used by nobles.
"I am ashamed of your majesty and the people."
After saying this, the Great Elder suddenly raised his right hand and crushed a pill between his fingertips. The medicine splashed into his mouth and tongue, and he crawled forward with his body twitching.
The palace guards rushed forward, and the super-modifiers who did not launch an attack were immediately dispersed and subdued.
On the metal wall, Yang Ming looked at the figure of the Great Elder and shook his head slightly.
You have a dishonest character and unclear background, yet you still want to manipulate public opinion and force the emperor to abdicate?
A group of old people who brought their own ropes.
…
Deep inside the Imperial Star, inside and outside the black box, one of the several chains quietly dissipated.