Chapter 277: Conflict
As the Imperial Royal Family, Hans Ming clearly has a different vision for the Empire’s future than Mai Si.
Just as that saying in Human Civilization says, “Better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix.”
No matter what, as long as the Hans Civilization exists for one day, he is the Emperor of this Empire that has inherited a civilization for thousands of years.
Conversely, if the Hans Civilization joins the Sirius Civilization as a Subordinate Civilization, then according to the Sirius Civilization’s consistent practices, the first thing they do after joining would be to completely eliminate the Hans Civilization’s Imperial Family, in order to break the civilization’s cohesion and thereby eliminate potential threats.
And this method is also the common way among civilizations in the Galactic Alliance to absorb Subordinate Civilizations.
In civilizations dominated by Monarchy, the civilization’s Imperial Family undoubtedly holds supreme rights.
Not only that, to maintain the supremacy of imperial power, even in propaganda, imperial power is aligned toward Divine Right, thoroughly planting the seed in the intelligent lifeforms of that civilization that imperial power is sacred and inviolable.
In this case, the most direct and beneficial way to eliminate the potential threats of a Subordinate Civilization is undoubtedly to physically eliminate the members of that civilization’s Imperial Family.
This is also why there is conflict between the Royal Interest Group and the Prime Minister’s Interest Group among the current Hans Civilization’s top leadership.
To stabilize the emotions of the Subordinate Civilization, after joining the Sirius Civilization, the Prime Minister’s Interest Group will not be purged.
On the contrary, the Sirius Civilization will absolutely take the initiative to maintain the ruling interests of the Prime Minister’s Interest Group side in order to better control the Hans Civilization.
Previously, Mai Er, as a Military headquarters General, was also a member of the Prime Minister’s family, and his expedition was the result of the interest struggle between the Imperial Family and the Prime Minister.
In other words, the Expedition is allowed, but the Commander must be dispatched by the Military headquarters.
However, the result of failure is clearly a heavy blow to the Royal Interest Group.
Looking at Mai Si’s opposition, Hans Ming showed displeasure, frowned, and said: “Prime Minister, since the investigation analysis result indicates that the Expedition Plan must have touched some forces’ sensitive nerves, doesn’t that mean that the previous Expedition was an extremely correct Decision?
Moreover, this can factually prove that the Solar System, as an emerging star system, has resource richness that can fully satisfy our civilization’s continued Development for a period of time; otherwise, they have no reason to stop us in this way!
Prime Minister, I want to know, shouldn’t we actively safeguard the Empire’s interests?
Or do you think in your heart that joining the Sirius Civilization might be a good Decision?”
This was the longest speech he made today; by the end of this speech, his tone had become extremely serious, even carrying a hint of ruthlessness.
Looking at the young Emperor on the throne, who seemed suddenly somewhat unfamiliar in this instant, Mai Si suddenly felt a bit dazed.
Obviously, he had cleverly thrown out the investigation results to try to make the Royal Interest Group fear and retreat, but now it seemed he had outsmarted himself.
Looking at the depths of Hans Ming’s bright eyes, where there was faintly a trace of madness, Mai Si instantly had a realization.
Rather than being forced to proactively join the Sirius Civilization and have them decide whether to purge their Imperial Family members based on their mood, it would really be better to go all out.
And now, obviously, in this extremely backward Star Domain, only the Sirius Civilization possesses Strategic delivery capability and can dispatch a fleet of 5000 Battleship-level vessels at once in Interstellar Space.
So undoubtedly, it must be the Sirius Civilization that wants to prevent this matter from happening.
Although they tried to use the Fox Pirate Group to hide their identity, now it seems that in this Star Domain with resources nearing depletion, it is impossible for any other high-level forces to exist.
Only the Sirius Civilization has the motive to do this.
Mai Si’s face showed some urgency; his mind was rapidly thinking of countermeasures.
According to the current situation’s development, even though the Hans Civilization has now reached a series of Cooperation agreements with Human Civilization, the output from 1 billion scale Mining Miners can only be described as a drop in the bucket for them.
Moreover, don’t forget that a portion of these outputs must be given to Human Civilization as rent and Cooperation shares.
In reality, despite investing such massive human resources, what they gain is not much.
But indeed, their original intention was to use this Cooperation to probe the resource richness of the Solar System Civilization.
And now, this Result is extremely gratifying.
According to the Hans Civilization’s Demand, this newly emerged Solar System is enough for them to barely survive for another two hundred years.
Furthermore, during this time, the resources there can fully satisfy them in equipping sufficient Battleships, as well as procuring Dreadnought Warships, and so on.
Thereby, relying on these Combat Readiness resources, in the future, whether escaping via cross-Star Domain Voyage or seeking other breakthrough opportunities in Scientific Research.
No matter what, they finally have some breathing room.
And now, the resources in the Hans System are only enough for them to continue Mining for ten years.
“They will not tolerate us doing this, Your Majesty! You must consider the consequences of doing this!”
Mai Si really couldn’t think of a rebuttal reason; in his urgency, he disregarded the bigger picture, and his words even sounded somewhat like passing the buck.
Sure enough, Hans Ming on the throne’s face changed abruptly after hearing this buck-passing response.
Of course he knew the Sirius Civilization did not want to see them continue to develop, but similarly.
The Sirius Civilization side has never made any Statement regarding the 7 Second Level Civilizations in this Star Domain.
He knew that, just from this point, this Third Level Civilization with a constitution similar to a Warring Civilization would absolutely not give the Imperial Family of the Hans Civilization any good outcome after they join.
‘Bang!’
Hans Ming’s hand slammed heavily on the armrest of the throne’s seat, his teeth clenched tight.
At this moment, he extremely hated his ancestors for why they let Mai Si, this ungrateful wolf, rise to manage the Empire’s government affairs.
In the current Hans Civilization, although the Prime Minister Group cannot be said to cover the sky with one hand.
But having gathered military power and financial power in one body, if it really comes to a fight, the Imperial Family side might really not have a good outcome.
But correspondingly, the Imperial Family now firmly holds the Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Rites which in fact has no authority anymore, these Departments.
Relying on the alliance between these Departments, both sides can only be said to be at a fifty-fifty situation.
But once a Civil War really breaks out, with the power of current Space Battleships, it would be another scene entirely.
Hans Ming clenched his fists tightly; after thinking through these issues clearly, he took a deep breath and finally forced his ferocious expression into a smile.
