Chapter 1280: Chapter 1279: I Have a Good Idea
In the Federation, there is always a group of people who take the research funds given to them by the Federation Government to do some research that makes people wonder what its meaning is.
For example, some of these people have discovered through research that deterrence usually occurs before the bullet is fired from the gun’s chamber!
In simpler terms, when confronting with force, both sides will show significant restraint, and there exists a certain fear. They will be inclined to make compromises and choose actions that may humble them, seeking not to be harmed.
However, when one side launches an attack, such as drawing the blade from its sheath and swinging it, or pulling the trigger to fire a bullet.
Most people’s tense nerves will short-circuit in that moment, and many will switch to a different emotion, even a different personality.
They begin to not fear death, and even if they are heavily injured, they won’t let the other side easily win.
This kind of thing has happened many times, from gang fights on the streets to a hunter encountering a lone wolf in the jungle. Before truly facing life and death, fear is most people’s instinct.
But when truly facing death, people become angry, and in anger, forget fear, forget death, thinking only of defeating their opponent.
This phenomenon, from the individual, magnifies to the collective, magnifies to a country, is the same.
The Federation’s fleet is hovering near Gafura’s Main Island. When this news came out, those nobles who were clamoring to kick the Emperor off the throne using force fell silent.
Once war breaks out... many things leave no room for choice.
Before war breaks out, they will still feel deep fear, so they compromised.
To launch a coup without using force sounds like a joke.
Starting with the Secretariat impeaching the Emperor, a large number of scandals regarding the Imperial Family frantically emerged from every corner of Gafura’s Main Island.
The most damaging one is about the Emperor’s identity.
Actually... this issue was discussed by the previous generation of Princes and Princesses before. They did not think the current Emperor is the son of the previous Emperor.
The reason is simple, the Emperor had an accidental relationship with a low-status maid. How could it produce a Prince?
Some nobles dream up various ways in their homes just to produce offspring, and as a result, often no offspring are born for years, decades, or even a lifetime.
Not to mention those extreme cases, even for ordinary people, ordinary families, often it requires at least several times, at the most a dozen times or dozens of times of chances to conceive and produce.
These people have reason to think that the child in the maid’s belly is actually not the Emperor’s bloodline, possibly a bastard.
This argument was very popular during that time, and the current Emperor is also called "Shame of the Imperial Family."
The old Emperor did not delve deeper into the truth. He only asked the current Emperor if he had any desire to be Emperor.
His Majesty directly said no. He was merely a low-status member of the Imperial Family, a hybrid, not pure blood Royal Family, not even pure blood noble, he was not qualified to be Emperor.
Perhaps the old Emperor discovered he had accepted his position, instead trusted him greatly, provided him with much support, and let him begin to work on tasks within the Imperial Palace and handle palace security.
This meant he was excluded from the "candidate" list, and the harsh gossip about him quickly faded, his siblings forgot about him.
Until... he picked up the butcher’s knife.
No one knows what kind of brilliant performance and psychological journey the Emperor had during this process, no one sought to explore these.
The victor’s words are always correct.
Years later, his identity, the appropriateness of his bloodline, was once again thrown out by the nobles, and by this time, there were not many standing by him, the noble-stirred public opinion almost pinned him down!
Some with darker hearts even spread rumors that the Emperor is a bastard and that he used ugly means to seize the throne.
Their only goal was to remove this illegitimate Emperor and before the new Emperor ascends, let the nobles govern.
A very naive thought, despite these indeed troublesome attacks, the Emperor’s counterattack was rather formidable, investigating one by one, capturing one by one.
There are always some people with dirty secrets, as long as he grabbed these handles, he would strip their titles.
The animosity between both sides continuously escalated, some nobles even threw stones and other objects at the Imperial Palace from outside to express their inner anger!
It was during this tense time that Lynch went to another country southeast of Gafura’s Main Island, only a day’s journey.
The reason for going to another country was still for communication security.
On Gafura’s homeland, it is difficult to ensure the Gafuran will not eavesdrop on the Federation’s diplomatic calls, but on land in another country, no one would know whether a call to the Federation is a diplomatic call or a regular international call.
As the World Development Committee’s role in international trade grows more influential, there are increasing numbers wanting to join, and non-member countries having trade relations with the World Development Committee are also increasing.
We certainly can’t refuse trade with these non-member countries, such relationships are evidently abnormal.
Trade is possible, but sensitive goods and technology cannot be traded; this is the gap between member states and non-member states of the World Development Committee.
For example, non-member states cannot purchase Darkstone Airlines’ "latest" engine technology, but member states can.
Whether or not a country is a member, most countries in the world, to some extent, have frequent trade exchanges with the Federation.
An ordinary phone call, no one pays attention to it.
After about five minutes of "safe idle talk," the call was transferred to Mr. Truman’s desk.
"I didn’t tell you about the fleet issue; communication isn’t very secure, and I also thought it wouldn’t affect your work over there."
Mr. Truman explained, though the reason was somewhat far-fetched, Lynch accepted it.
Whether the fleet comes or not doesn’t greatly affect his plans.
After responding casually twice, the two continued onto the next topic.
"The domestic situation in Gafura also draws attention; recently, I’ve noticed something interesting: initially propelled by the Prime Minister, the anti-monarchy movement now finds him retreating to the background, which we find very intriguing."
The Prime Minister was the first to propose the abolition of the monarchy. He has competed with the Emperor for power for many years, remained silent for decades, and suddenly gained global fame.
He further proposed the idea of abolishing the monarchy, with many people viewing him as a vanguard of the era.
But such a vanguard suddenly went silent, prompting people to think of more possibilities.
Instead, a group of nobles began jumping up and down, of course, the Prime Minister also played a role here.
Mr. Truman’s wording was careful: "We suspect there might be some other changes within..."
Lynch immediately gave him an affirmative answer, "Yes, I had a private discussion with the Prime Minister and talked about the terrible consequences of noble power abuse, so..."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Truman showed a face that could only be described as "you’re at it again," since from the moment he met Lynch, Lynch had never done anything good.
That’s how he felt; every decision made, every idea conceived, could bring misfortune to a group of people or those within a certain field.
It was like this before and remains so now; he seems to be a natural-born conspirator, yet he succeeds each time, which truly brings... satisfaction.
After all, he is causing trouble for the people of Gafura, which doesn’t evoke dislike.
"They must hate you deeply now, if they knew you’re constantly pushing for these things to happen," Mr. Truman laughed, "I’ll have the Navy arrange a submarine; if necessary, it can take you away."
Lynch considered it briefly and didn’t refuse.
"I suspect the major nobles and the Imperial Family have reached some agreement, causing the Prime Minister and the major nobles to suddenly retreat, putting the nobles on the forefront."
"The Emperor of Gafura is not a foolish person; he possesses sufficient wisdom and decisiveness."
"But facing a ’trap,’ he still jumped in without any precaution, which I find very irrational."
"Among the many possibilities I can think of, the likelihood of them reaching some agreement is the greatest."
"The Imperial Family retains privileges, and then purges some nobles, with the major nobles and ministers representing the nobility, ultimately dragging the Emperor down."
"In this way, the reform of the monarchy would succeed, reducing the number of Noble Groups significantly, while the Imperial Family maintains some privileges..."
Mr. Truman, upon hearing this, began to seriously ponder.
After about twenty or thirty seconds, he had some thoughts, "In this sense, the turmoil in Gafura will only last a short time, and will emerge in a way we don’t like."
Mr. Truman’s expression was complicated at this moment; a monarchical Gafura is indeed too dangerous.
The danger lies in the entire nation’s will being vested in the Emperor alone; he could initiate war against Peng Jieao due to a minor issue, triggering a world war, or even stand against the Federation for a small reason.
Even nothing "minor" needs to happen, just a bit of "neurosis"!
Removing Gafura’s Emperor from the decision-making core is the most beneficial choice for Federation safety; a rational Gafura is easier to understand than a despot’s whims.
But this also requires facing an unavoidable truth: after this change, Gafura... is likely to curb its decline and begin considering its ascent.
Lynch also affirmed Mr. Truman’s judgment, "So I plan to give them a little surprise; in a short time, it will be difficult for Gafura’s ruling class, nobles, and commoners to unite."
"Even if they manage to stop the downward trend, want to start climbing again, it’ll take some time!"
Mr. Truman didn’t think about what Lynch was going to do; he knew he certainly wouldn’t figure it out, so he straightforwardly asked, "What do you plan to do?"
