Chapter 335: Your Majesty, please abdicate
The old king's expression was full of disbelief.
He really didn't understand what was happening.
There are two factors behind his misunderstanding.
First, he didn't understand why his most heroic son would rebel.
Second, he didn't understand why the rebellion was successful.
This "rebellion" was undoubtedly successful. The old king Altai was not mentally prepared for it and knew nothing.
His son Eureka personally led his troops into the hall, and outside one could even hear the roar of the last remaining Knight Titan of the Kingdom Army.
There is no doubt that these military forces are under the command of Eureka.
This declared that no matter what Eureka wanted to do in this hall today, he would succeed.
Looking at the other people in the hall, except for a few who seemed extremely panicked and didn't know why, at least half of the remaining people had solemn and nervous expressions without any surprise.
Obviously, what Eureka did was not a simple betrayal or a military rebellion by a small number of people. On the contrary, it was a coup d'état that was widely supported.
In other words, even if there was no fighting, he would still be a loser.
In a very short time, King Altai realized this and felt relieved.
Since nothing you do will change the situation, what else is there to say?
At this time, he just had a question that he wanted to get answered:
"Eureka... Since the day you were born, the entire palace has been celebrating. The royal family has gained another outstanding descendant. Although you will not inherit the throne of this country and will not become the ruler, you are still the master of this country, and you should shoulder your responsibilities."
"I have watched with pride as you grew up and became the embodiment of bravery."
"We have always ruled this country with wisdom and strength. I fully expect your brother to master wisdom, and you will be the greatest strength in this country. Together you will bring Pampas to prosperity."
"Until the Alliance came, he destroyed the order we built in this world and wanted to destroy our country. Eureka...what on earth are you thinking? I don't believe you are afraid, because of fear, my son will not be like this. What exactly drives you to choose to betray your father and your motherland?"
As he spoke, King Altai leaned forward slightly, his emotions becoming more and more excited, and his royal majesty also increased.
Salihovic, standing in the center of the hall, sighed slightly.
It is said that no one knows a son better than his father, but it seems that this is not always the case.
During Prince Eureka's life, he experienced many hardships, but he had never experienced real failure.
And this failure is too unforgettable for him.
It's like a small sampan that has only experienced light breeze and drizzle, and suddenly it has to experience the strongest storm on the ocean.
After being defeated and captured, Prince Eureka's mentality had already begun to collapse.
The most important reason why he was able to convince himself was that the prince was already scared by the beating.
It was because of fear that he finally turned to the Alliance. This was a fundamental premise, and his past beliefs collapsed.
But...it doesn't matter. In the long period of communication with Prince Eureka, Salihovic has rebuilt a new belief for the young prince.
Salihovich looked at Prince Eureka and saw that the young man had a very determined look on his face. As expected, he was not frightened by his father.
Eureka took a deep breath and said, "Father, you are wrong. I have never betrayed my country."
"For a person, the first and foremost identity is human, a citizen of the Empire, a subject of the Divine Emperor; the second identity is the so-called Black Arrow Starman, a Panbosian."
When he said this, many people around him nodded.
This is not entirely due to Salihovic's brainwashing.
Don't forget that Black Arrow Star has always been an imperial world. Although the state religion does not directly control it, many churches have been built here. People are generally taught that the empire comes first and the emperor is above all.
However, this point has not been taken seriously for a long time. The Empire comes first, the Emperor comes first, they are too far away, and they cannot affect the power status of the many kingdoms on the Black Arrow Star.
However, it was not until now that they suddenly realized that all this was not so far away.
"The Alliance is already the ruler of Black Arrow Planet recognized by the Empire. This is written in black and white in the documents issued by the Holy Terra Center. Why on earth should we fight the Alliance with all our might? To fight a war with our compatriots and our masters that we can never win, what else could it be but a huge mistake?!"
"Father, tell me, what is the meaning of our fight?"
"You always say it's for the country, but our 'country' itself is a false proposition. We are human beings, so we should fight for the Empire under the inspiration of the God-Emperor, but the Alliance represents the Empire, not us."
"For the people of Panpos? But whether it's the people on the Wrathful Owl or the Kingdom of Luman, which essentially accepted the Alliance's jurisdiction a year or two ago, the people there live a much better life than the people of Panpos."
"All I can think of is the power of the family."
"But I want to ask again, for one's own selfish desires, putting the lives of countless people and soldiers in the entire kingdom on the gambling table, and even becoming a traitor to the empire, is all this really worth it?"
"This is a betrayal of the Empire. We cannot possibly win! Even for the sake of our family, we should fully accept all the demands of the Alliance Government that represents the will of the Empire. I also firmly believe that the Alliance will give us a good explanation."
"I am a warrior of the kingdom, but I am even more of a warrior of the empire! Father, I cannot bear to see you continue to make mistakes. You will bring the entire country and everyone into an abyss of no return."
Having said this, Prince Eureka knelt on one knee and said in a sad voice:
"Please abdicate, father!"
After he spoke, half of the ministers, generals, and lords in the room also knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please abdicate!"
The old king of Altay slowly put back his forward leaning posture. He sighed deeply, sat down weakly in his seat, unable to speak.
…
"…Formal terms of the armistice have been signed, Altay Pampos will abdicate and the Pampos Kingdom will be inherited by Eureka Pampos. Altay will be tried by the Alliance Military Court, and he has been accused of multiple war crimes."
"After the signing of the armistice agreement, the remaining nearly two million royal troops under the control of Panpos will surrender to our army unconditionally in batches and accept all control."
"The Alliance's government officials and envoys can smoothly enter the new government of the Kingdom of Panbos to assist them in reforming the government and overseeing policy implementation."
"After the surrender of the Kingdom of Panbos, we have already controlled more than 60% of the population and 72% of the available land area on this planet. The remaining countries will no longer have the power to fight against us."
"Governor, I am sure that we have now achieved a complete victory!"
Gu Hang put the document he had finished reading aside.
The situation is always moving in the direction planned by the Alliance's General Staff.
The war ended here and can be considered to be basically over.
Although there will certainly be some suppression and clearing operations in the future, and even most of the remaining countries will probably follow Panbos's footsteps and surrender together - after all, they don't even have the Knight Titan. However, it is possible that some small countries will continue to resist stubbornly due to various possible factors.
But after all, those are just minor issues.
The entire Black Arrow Star can now be considered to have officially become a part of the alliance.
Gu Hang paid a heavy price for this.
Especially looking at the so-called decisive battle before.
Although the Allied forces, under the command of Perbov, were unstoppable, annihilated various enemies along the way, and won the final victory, in fact, as a price, the losses of the Allied forces were also not small.
The Alliance suffered a total of more than 200,000 casualties.
Of course, most of the 200,000 losses came from the vassal troops.
But the alliance's main forces were not actually feeling very comfortable.
The alliance lost a total of more than two thousand armored vehicles, including 477 Lion tanks; more than forty Falcon fighters were shot down; in terms of casualties, nearly 80,000 people permanently withdrew from the military sequence, including more than 40,000 deaths.
This was almost the battle with the largest single loss since the establishment of the alliance.
Of course, there are certainly gains from this victory.
In other words, the gains are far greater than the losses.
First of all, Gu Hang received more than 20,000 grace points as a reward in a series of battles after the alliance army entered the Kingdom of Panpos.
Moreover, it was through this decisive battle that the Alliance finally laid the foundation for the task of conquering the entire planet.
In addition, there are documents legalizing the "alliance" issued by the imperial center.
Gu Hang can now say that he is the master of Black Arrow Star both in name and in fact.
The reason for such urgent expansion is that Gu Hang believes that this planet has huge development potential.
First of all, the natural conditions here are actually much better than those on the Angry Owl Star.
Wrathful Owl might have been a good place in its heyday, but now it is a wasteland planet. Compared with agricultural planets like Black Arrow that have not been overdeveloped, there is still a big gap.
There are still 400 million people here, which is also ten times that of Angry Owl Star. Although there is a big difference in population quality, the population quality of Angry Owl Star is not good from the first day. Isn't it that after more than three years of tireless promotion of adult education, it has been pulled up a little bit?
Even though Black Arrow Star might be even worse in terms of population quality, Gu Hang believed that all problems could be solved.
Afterwards, Gu Hang will transfer Ossena from the Angry Owl Star.
That lady is the Prime Minister of the Alliance Government, not just the Prime Minister of the Wrathful Star. Now that the Alliance has become an interstellar organization that directly controls the binary stars, Ossena must also supervise the Black Arrow Star.
Gu Hang hopes to further promote political reforms on Black Arrow Star.
In the past, the model of the Luhmann Kingdom was no longer applicable.
To put it bluntly, Gu Hang’s previous rule on Black Arrow Star was not very legal, so the approach he adopted was more like the way a suzerain country governs a colony.
But Gu Hang thought that this thing would not last long.
If you don't treat others as human beings, it will be difficult for them to regard the alliance as their "motherland" and have a sense of belonging to the alliance.
The biggest problem facing the alliance now is that its core population is still small.
This was especially the feeling after Gu Hang had seen a "big place" like Koroja 3 with a population of tens of billions.
Therefore, the next reform on Black Arrow Star must strive to be "localized". He needs to establish a highly centralized political structure on Black Arrow Star that recognizes him, so that he can mobilize the power of Black Arrow Star as easily as he mobilizes the power of Angry Owl Star.
At the same time, some economic and productivity development models that have been proven to be effective on the Angry Owl Star must be replicated as soon as possible.
At that time, we will select several suitable locations on Black Arrow Star to build an industrial center similar to Weixing City.
At present, Black Arrow is still a backward planet that mainly relies on agricultural production. And agriculture should never require so many people.
Although there is still a large amount of land that has not been cultivated, the serfs on Black Arrow Star are restricted to working hard on only a few acres of land per person, and most of their labor income is exploited by the lords and nobles.
In Gu Hang's opinion, this is a huge waste of productivity.
Large-scale farms, mechanized production, liberation of the agricultural population, construction of industrial industries... this series of actions must be implemented and completed on Black Arrow Star.
And in this process, the class of "aristocracy" and "landlords" must be eliminated.
Of course, at present, this so-called "annihilation" should not be too cruel, and it should not be a physical annihilation. After all, they surrendered.
But the league also has some existing experience to draw on.
When the Beiqinggu area was recovered, the original manor owners were retained; when the eastern provinces were recovered, the local rulers were retained.
The experience of the alliance is to incorporate the original rulers into the government management agencies of the alliance, and perform similar duties, but deprive them of property rights and ownership. People who own land will convert the land into ranks and enjoy the welfare policies of the alliance, but in the end the land will belong to the official ownership of the alliance, and the nobles will continue to manage the land and the people on it as officials of the alliance.
But after this change, those former landlords and current officials can no longer act recklessly, but must follow the rules of the alliance.
And breaking the rules...
The Alliance will start to build an anti-corruption system from now on. Alliance Chief Justice Lambert will also arrive at Black Arrow Star soon.
To put it bluntly, the top leaders of the alliance are not so naive and do not think that those noble lords can be qualified officials.
But first, we have to fulfill our promises to them and give them a chance to reform; second, we have to get through the initial stage when no one is available; finally... we can fatten them up and then kill them.
(End of this chapter)
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