Chapter 520: Chapter 515: Are You Two Families Just Going to Let Her Seize Power?
They can now only view information permissions within their authority, and for non-authority information, they need to submit an application to the relevant department.
If they want to appoint or dismiss a public official within the alliance, they also need to check the manager’s level.
They only have the authority to appoint or dismiss managers of A-level and above; appointments and dismissals of officials below A-level are handled by the Huazhou Alliance.
Additionally, they only have voting rights, not the final authority to appoint or dismiss.
All appointments and dismissals require a vote by all S-level and above managers, and the vote must reach two-thirds to take effect.
Their only privilege is having 2 votes, whereas S-level managers only have 1 vote. However, the Supreme Commander has a veto power, and when used, the reason for the veto must be made public.
Moreover, the management authority of thermal weapons at each base, previously solely controlled by the Fu Family’s SS-level manager, now has two additional restrictions: one is Ji Ning, the Supreme Commander, and the other is a person from the Huazhou Alliance who cannot have any relation to the Fu Family.
If two out of the three agree to launch a thermal weapon, the smart brain can initiate the program.
So, this is an overt reduction of the Fu Family’s power.
Ji Ning agreed to give the three families privileges, but they are not allowed to dominate as before.
She wants the 12 round table members of the Huazhou Alliance to play their due role.
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The sea breeze blows, and the waves rise and fall.
A small passenger ship appears and disappears on the sea.
The Water Element users among the Twelve Guards control the impact of the waves on the small passenger ship.
Inside the ship, Ji Ning is modifying the smart brain’s permission rules with [Zero].
Ye Xingyan sits opposite her, listening, and his heart is filled with various shocks.
After gathering the smart brain, the Commander is not thinking about centralizing power, but rather how to decentralize, allowing more citizens to participate in decision-making, forming a new Huazhou Alliance Supervision Committee.
These people are composed of citizen representatives from all walks of life in Hua Continent, with half being superpower users and half ordinary people.
Every five years, the smart brain issues corresponding management permissions based on citizen voting, and the level is A-level, the same as the management level of the main person in charge of each area, but the permissions differ.
Each time the Huazhou Alliance holds a conference, members of the supervision committee must also participate and have voting rights, with the smart brain recording and broadcasting the entire process to all citizens of Hua Continent.
This greatly prevents the situation of noble families or high-level superpower users dictating everything.
"Are you going to change the system?" Ye Xingyan asked in surprise.
Ji Ning had a calm expression, "Different periods have different management systems. In Hua Continent’s history of tens of thousands of years, some systems were very good, now we are just following them."
"But you’ll be taking away a lot of people’s interests. If they all oppose your changes..."
Ji Ning sneered, "Then let them try."
Ye Xingyan, coming from the Ye Family, understands too well the noble families’ emphasis on power, yet Ji Ning now wants to divide their power, it’s a wonder if it won’t cause chaos.
As Ye Xingyan said, when Ji Ning asked [Zero] to allocate various permissions to former managers, the leaders at all levels of the Huazhou Alliance were in an uproar.
Some directly went on strike, others worked sluggishly, while some watched with indifference.
The attitudes revealed all the arrogance of the noble families.
Ji Ning did not cater to them, allowing those who wouldn’t work to have their management rights directly stripped, given to their subordinates, and if those subordinates did not take over, it would be passed down further.
There are always some opportunists with strong abilities but no good background who are willing to seize this rare opportunity.
After the initial turmoil, the Huazhou Alliance quickly returned to normal operation.
Some noble families, seeing their permissions lost, planned to create social unrest, but every time they started planning, the smart brain was a step ahead, notifying and warning all of Hua Continent.
This ruined the reputations of several noble family offspring, making them infamous.
In today’s era where the smart brain is everywhere, information is too transparent, unless they leave Hua Continent to stir up trouble.
The regional Security Bureaus also played a role in this. After Li Wenxin understood Ji Ning’s intention, he thought for two days before resigning as the Security Department Minister and Huazhou Alliance member, handing his position over to a stringent and impartial subordinate.
Therefore, the security department and its subordinate bureaus not only weren’t in chaos but also cooperated with the smart brain to quell disturbances first, capturing many troublemakers from noble families.
Fu Ninghao made his decision slightly later than Li Wenxin, directly resigning his position as a Huazhou Alliance member and handing it over to a subordinate who is not named Fu.
The Ye Family was the latest, even though Ye Xingyan had warned them in advance, Ye Xingming was very unwilling.
The research institute originally held no real power, and giving up the member position weakened the Ye Family’s influence even more.
But seeing that both the Fu Family and Li Family approved of Ji Ning’s adjustments and cooperated, Ye Xingming felt very conflicted.
Additionally, for some reason, his brother obtained control of the smart brain and often knocked some sense into him.
This suddenly made him realize that Ji Ning might be with his brother and is constantly watching him.
Ye Xingming had no choice but to suppress his dissatisfaction, but before submitting his resignation as a member, he visited Li Wenxin and Fu Ninghao to inquire about their thoughts.
"Her intention is clear, she wants the three families to slowly step down, allowing us to continue enjoying Huazhou’s special honors, but we can’t hold real power anymore. In the future, our three families will only have supervisory rights, not decision-making rights."
"Aren’t your two families going to let her take power?"
Li Wenxin glanced at him and said indifferently, "She is the same, only having supervisory rights, not decision-making rights."
"But how long can this last? She holds the highest authority over the smart brain and can modify permissions at any time."
"So what? The Huazhou Safety Zone was originally established by her. Our ancestors inherited the power from her hands. If she hadn’t disappeared, the Huazhou Alliance would have executed the pre-chaos system long ago. Now we’re just returning the power temporarily held."
Li Wenxin sipped his tea calmly.
Seeing that Ye Xingming was still unsatisfied, Fu Ninghao patted his shoulder and said, "The smart brain listens to her now, don’t you think she knows about the things you’ve done before?"
Ye Xingming’s face turned pale, "Uncle Fu, what do you mean?"
Fu Ninghao replied indifferently, "The Commander’s Plan."
"Uncle Fu, you agreed to this too," Ye Xingming immediately refuted, worried that they would blame everything on him.
"Don’t worry, we don’t intend to make you bear it alone." Li Wenxin looked at him and calmly said, "This is just the first step, the next step is to settle accounts with the three of us."
"No, it can’t be?" Ye Xingming’s voice was a little shaky.
"Ji Hong’s fate is the main reason she wants to settle accounts with us. You collaborated with the Qi Family to create Ji Hong, I had someone design a murder scenario for Ji Hong, causing her to really kill someone, forcing her to flee and die tragically at sea. Lao Fu knew all along but didn’t stop it and even gave our plan the green light at the right time. So, for this alone, she won’t let us go."
"But our original intention..."
Fu Ninghao interrupted him, "Grandfather once said, Ji Ning doesn’t tolerate sand in her eyes, especially for the unjust death of innocent people. She allows for sacrifices of individuals for the greater good, but not when others’ lives are disregarded for that cause. She believes that before sacrificing others, one should first set an example, otherwise, it is a hypocritical cause."
Ye Xingming fell silent.
The atmosphere in the room suddenly grew heavy. Seeing Ye Xingming looking defeated and Li Wenxin thoughtful, Fu Ninghao sighed with a hint of bitterness in his voice, "Grandfather also said, she values emotions highly. I think given our three families’ contribution to the Huazhou Safety Zone for over a century, she probably won’t easily take our lives, but lifelong imprisonment is inevitable..."
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Listening to the entire conversation of the three, Ye Xingyan looked at Ji Ning with a complicated expression, "Commander, you promised us to go to Beizhou, do you also plan to eliminate us like you did with The Left?"
Ji Ning had a slight, ambiguous smile, "What do you think?"
Ye Xingyan observed her seriously for a moment, then finally admitted defeat, "Could you allow us to complete the evolution experiment before dealing with us?"
Ji Ning glanced at the research data from the Josen Family scattered by Ye Xingyan’s side and remained silent.
"Commander, the Josen Family has a lot of original data stolen from the Huazhou Research Institute back in the day. If given some time to study, we can definitely find the best human evolution plan."
Ji Ning looked at him for a moment and then said something unrelated.
"I want to know who is behind the Qi Family."
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