Chapter 442: Calling Voice
The military withdrew its troops, but not completely.
It may be that those military leaders were confronted head-on by Yang Ming and were too embarrassed to save face, so the order to withdraw only allowed the Imperial fleet to leave the three planets where the Domingos gathered, maintain the maximum attack distance of the dreadnought to the planet, and continue to put pressure on the Domingos.
Yang Ming also received a transfer order from the empire at the same time, requiring Yang Ming to go to the border area of the empire as soon as possible and complete the connection with the Imperial Military Intelligence Bureau.
No matter how hard you try, you still have to obey the transfer order.
In order to facilitate the next plan, Yang Ming did not board the fleet's escort formation, and let the escort formation follow normal marching orders and go to the designated star field to meet up with the ships of the Military Intelligence Bureau and Border Guards.
He himself boarded the Dongfeng and sailed stealthily near the escort formation.
Yang Ming had just returned to the Dongfeng, and before he had time to have a simple interaction with Xiao Lu, a private communication on an encrypted channel was projected to him by Lu.
"Boss! Admiral Thomas! I saw from his camera that he seemed to be in a very happy mood."
"Pleasure?"
Yang Ming was a little confused, so he raised his hand and clicked OK. Suddenly, a bust of General Thomas appeared in front of Yang Ming.
Admiral Thomas' smile became more obvious. This imperial general with outstanding military achievements had a smile in his eyes and asked in a gentle voice, "Hanton, how do you feel now?"
"Moming? I'm fine. What's wrong?"
"Oh," Admiral Thomas laughed, "Your performance in the meeting just now was really dazzling, hahaha! This is the first time I saw those guys with such pale faces and they didn't dare to say anything wrong."
Yang Ming shrugged, walked to the small refrigerator, got a bottle of happy water, and sat in his captain's chair.
Yang Ming wondered, "Do they really want me to rob slaves?"
"Yes," Thomas smiled, "A lot of people want to get your hands dirty, which will help to gradually weaken your influence within the empire, including your influence on the grassroots of the imperial military."
Boss Yang could only curl his lips.
Thomas stopped smiling and said seriously, "You need to pay attention to this issue, Hanton. People in the empire are both afraid and jealous of you. You have already put a lot of invisible pressure on them."
"Then what can I do?"
"Only you can find the answer to this question."
Thomas laughed, and his tone became more relaxed: "How did you get that list?"
"I used mind control to enter their core and negotiated with their leader."
Yang Ming did not share the relevant information, but said:
"What is the Empire's attitude towards Domingos now? Is it just pure bullying and exploitation?"
"Yes," Thomas said without any reservation, "In the history of the empire, the Domingos tragedy has happened many times, but Domingos should be considered the most special one. The empire was unable to suppress and annex this nation within a hundred years."
"Oh?" Yang Ming asked, "How to suppress and annex?"
"It's very simple," Thomas said. "Some people are recruited as slaves, and some are suppressed until they lose their vitality. Then the slaves are managed separately. After parents give birth to their children, the children are raised together to erase each other's history and culture. Without national culture, national hatred will naturally disappear."
Yang Ming frowned slightly: "Imperial Empire, do you often do this kind of thing?"
"If we look at it over tens of thousands of years of history, the number of times is not small, and the frequency is not low."
Thomas sighed:
“Plundering the population is a necessary condition for maintaining the high material life of the imperial nobility.
“Foreign wars and the incorporation of slaves are relatively radical means, while the system of dependent states is a relatively mild and lasting means.
"Hanton, you are now at the core of the empire, with influence that ordinary nobles cannot achieve. You must accept these facts and learn to be a general with an imperial flavor."
Yang Ming couldn't help but laugh.
What does the empire smell like? Domineering and arbitrary? He also wants to build a large manor and keep a group of beautiful slaves?
Boss Yang sighed: "I may never be able to be completely compatible with this group, but I will try my best to make some adaptive changes."
Thomas asked: "Hanton, answer me honestly, are you dissatisfied with the current situation of the empire?"
"Yes," Yang Ming said seriously, "You don't know the mission I'm carrying. Let me describe it briefly. I want to find a new home for the humans in my hometown after they arrive in the Milky Way... I'm worried about the current environment of the empire."
"I know roughly about this matter."
Thomas groaned for a few seconds and stared at Yang Ming:
"So, you are not actually dissatisfied with the Empire, His Majesty, or the military?"
“Why should I be upset about this?”
Yang Ming also said seriously:
"You have been watching me all along the way. You should know me well. I have a special feeling for the Empire."
"Yes, Hanton," Thomas sighed, "but the current situation is that many people think that you are a time bomb. When the time comes, you will detonate the existing framework of the entire empire."
Yang Ming: …
You know what, these people's feelings are quite accurate.
"Let time prove it," Yang Ming sighed, "General, after I complete the siege of the Domingos terrorist organization, I will find a way to separate myself from the position of power."
"The actual power of the empire is not the key," Thomas said. "The key is the trust of the people, soldiers, and grassroots officers in you, and their expectations of you. They will expect you to make changes to the empire."
Yang Ming asked in return: "Then what can I do? Change my principles as a human being, or degenerate myself in front of the people? General, I just like this little bit of fame. I can give up everything, but I must maintain this reputation."
Thomas raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, then heaved a long sigh.
“Next to fame is influence.”
"If this problem has no solution, then does that mean the problem is not with me?"
Yang Ming laughed:
"General, I know you are thinking about me, but you cannot ask an idealist to give up his ideals, you cannot ask an official who wants to remain honest to engage in corruption, and you cannot ask a soldier to abandon his own honor.
“Thank you, General.
“However, I will keep going on the path I have chosen , and no matter how many obstacles I encounter, I will try my best to overcome them one by one.
"To be honest, the current situation of the empire has nothing to do with me. Now I just need to maintain a good relationship with the Sherman family and His Majesty to accomplish my mission."
"Hanton," Thomas said, "I was once an idealist, too."
"Yes, General, I can feel it," Yang Ming's eyes were a little bright, "but I hope that you will become a new idealist in the future."
"I'll try my best."
"Let's talk about this first. I need to take a break and then prepare a plan to encircle and suppress the terrorists," Yang Ming raised the drink bottle, "I don't want to be an enemy of the military, but if someone in the military wants to trip me up, I won't consider showing any mercy."
"I will convey your meaning to them appropriately."
call out!
The communication screen was cut off immediately.
Boss Yang smiled with his eyes narrowed, leaned back in the captain's chair, and gradually fell into deep thought.
Is the military beginning to be wary of me now?
If one's achievements are so great that they frighten the lord, how can he survive without rebelling?
In the long history of the empire, there must be many secrets that are only known to the royal family and the Sherman family elite in power, and these secrets should contain lessons.
Do you need to speed up your various plans a little?
"law?"
Yang Ming asked: "What do you think? Should we speed up that matter?"
"Boss, don't be impatient," Lu's voice was a little ethereal, "Just think about the huge mecha of the Emperor Star."
"Ah, let's be more cautious," Yang Ming instantly dispelled the urge to take political risks in his heart, "Put more computing power inside the Imperial Star. The old emperor's attitude towards me is more important now."
"Okay boss," Lu asked, "Do you want me to chat with him for you when I have nothing to do?"
"You decide on the arrangements," Yang Ming said with a smile, "You don't need to ask me about such trivial matters. Remember to show me the chat log after you're done."
"clear!"
Lu chuckled a few times, and no one knew what interesting question he thought of.
Yang Ming stretched, stood up and walked to the sofa bed in the corner.
He also needs to have a good rest.
The intrigues within the empire are more tiring than killing the Zerg Queen.
…
Domingos?
Outside the border of the empire, in a hidden cabin of a merchant ship, Catherine and more than a dozen super reformers who rebelled against the empire, as well as some leaders of resistance organizations, held a routine meeting.
Catherine folded her arms, leaned against the shelf, and frowned slightly.
Her tall and slender figure always gives people an inexplicable sense of beauty.
But those present who had seen her fighting in armor had no intention of appreciating this kind of feminine charm. Every time they finished speaking, they would subconsciously glance at Catherine.
Fortunately, Catherine seemed to be in a good mood today and did not ask those sharp and pointed questions.
When it was Catherine's turn to make a summary speech, she took the initiative to walk back to the conference table and opened a projection sand table, revealing the extremely vast border of the Sherman Empire.
"I have listened to your reports. You have all made good progress recently."
A group of people nodded quickly.
Catherine asked slowly, "What do you think of the Domingos? Summarize it in one sentence."
"Uh, big sister, they are a bunch of lunatics, and they are usually very cruel and will not show any mercy to civilians."
"However, they are our important partners and one of the main forces of the resistance organization in the empire."
"The regional brigade I'm in charge of has always maintained a cooperative relationship with them. They are fully aware of the actions of the Imperial Border Guard and have infiltrated the grassroots of the Imperial Army. Moreover, they never seem to be short of soldiers and technicians."
"Behind us is the remote capital of the Free United States, and behind them is the New Federation CIA. Although there are differences between the two, we are all engaged in anti-imperial business, so cooperation is inevitable."
Everyone was talking at once, and the opinions they expressed were all similar.
——The Domingos are their comrades-in-arms.
Catherine nodded slightly and said slowly: "We are now on the same front line in the anti-empire camp, and we will inevitably have dealings with each other in the future."
A group of people nodded.
"Big sister, why are you asking this suddenly?"
"Did they offend you in some way, sister? If they are not honest, we can just beat them up!"
"We used to be super soldiers of the Empire and were not very familiar with these guys. Now we have almost mastered their routines, and the areas where they are active are also under our control. If there is a conflict with them, I suggest we carry out a decapitation operation."
"They are not afraid of the regular army of the empire, they are afraid of us, the cyborgs."
"In fact, there have been several incidents where they intercepted our key supplies. The gene stabilization drugs we need are in the hands of two of their people. They have tried to use this to pressure us."
"Sister, what are you laughing at?"
Catherine said calmly, "It's just that I suddenly feel that you guys are completely different from before. There's nothing wrong with this change. It also makes me feel more intimate."
A middle-aged lady who looked like a think tank laughed and said:
“Chief, we and they are actually two different kinds of people.
“Our ideal is to give this empire a new lease of life through our efforts, so that hundreds of billions of people can build a stable, prosperous, democratic and free ideal country.
"But they are not. What they want is to overthrow the empire. They hate everything about the empire, even the innocent people."
"That's a problem," Catherine nodded slowly. "I'll add another topic for today's meeting. How can we get them to follow the same path as us? And how can we make the Domingos stop hating the people of the empire and focus all their firepower on the aristocracy of the empire."
Everyone looked at each other.
"Big sister, why are you suddenly interested in these things?"
"Besides, the Domingos terrorist organization has always been very radical. Are we going to persuade them? Uh, the moderate Imperial Revolutionary Army is going to persuade the radical international terrorist group. Isn't this a bit absurd to say it out loud."
"What's ridiculous?"
Catherine said seriously, "Everything is done to defeat imperialism and the privileged aristocracy! Now think carefully here. I'll give you half an hour. If anyone can't come up with an idea, you have to fight me in the ring for three rounds."
A group of men and women, including the think tank, shuddered at the same time.
Catherine pulled over a chair, crossed her legs elegantly, opened a book constructed by virtual projection, and waited quietly for her subordinates to contribute a brilliant idea.
Previously, Lu informed her to prepare to take over the Domingos' terrorist organization;
Catherine didn't understand why this happened, but her trust in Lu and her understanding of Yang Ming made her start working on the coordination immediately.
In fact, the most difficult problem is how to recruit these radical Domingos and how to make them obey one's command.
Using force to coerce will only have a counterproductive effect. At this stage, we can only find ways to fool them... ahem, to protect them, gain their trust, and then gradually become their leader.
'He will be near the border soon.'
A slight smile suddenly appeared on Catherine's lips.
The soldier next to her glanced at her, and Catherine quickly regained her calm expression and continued to maintain her dignity as a big sister.
at the same time.
A corner of the bridge of the Dongfeng.
Yang Ming, who had just fallen asleep, frowned slightly. He seemed to have entered a dream, but the dream was very vague and his mind was unusually active.
This wasn't a dream, it was more like some kind of telepathy.
It was a bit like the hallucination I had when I was briefly dizzy after fighting with the Queen.
"Ming..."
A familiar calling voice.
