Him and their stars

At this moment, the news of the final battle between the Flag of Freedom and General James Picard has not yet reached the Milky Way mainland, and naturally it has not reached the ears of the Gong Gong Lords on Earth - of course, even if it does come. , which is also good news for them.

In short, because of the glorious victories of the Unity Fortress and the Battle of the Blood Gate, the highest authority of the Earth's central government has been completely freed from the gloom and gloom of the Miracle Circle. The Presidential Palace, the Cabinet, Congress, and even the entire Eternal City were all caught up in the excitement caused by the unexpected and brilliant victory.

The third secretary of the Presidential Palace, 21-year-old Killian Sazabi, a third-generation disciple of the Spiritual Research Society with the Taoist name "Yuchang", returned to the Presidential Palace at this time.

He knew that his current condition was not good. Counting from yesterday, he had only eaten two red bean breads and a bowl of vegetable soup. He was hungry, full of depression, and his stiff stomach made his mind and expression stiff.

What's more important is that now I am still full of boredom and mania, which is incompatible with the joyful atmosphere of the entire presidential palace and even the entire city.

This is not good! Killian, this will make you too conspicuous. You are not suitable to be the one in the limelight! He reminded himself in this way, and tried his best to put on a business smile that was not quite appropriate, quickened his pace, and walked through the chatter and laughter of the staff.

Soon, he passed through the corridor and entered the first inspection door on the fourth floor. At this time, he immediately heard the voice of his senior brother "Juque".

"Young man, this is really not good. You have such a face as if there is no holiday for New Year's Eve, but it will make the President unhappy. If the President is unhappy, your secretary will never be happy for the rest of his life." The title is Yang Mingzhao of "Juque" stood at the door of the Secretariat's office with a brighter smile than anyone present.

Killian was so impressed that he fell to the ground. He really felt that, at least in terms of officialdom, there was an entire galaxy between him and his senior brother!

"President Nishita is in a good mood now?"

"When the battle reports from Unity Fortress and Blood Gate came out, it's hard to be in a bad mood." Yang Mingzhao said with a smile: "Mr. President has been very excited these two days. On average, he can eat an extra kilogram of steak and half a bottle of red wine at each meal. . And more than once he said difficult-to-understand words such as my military immortal and my martial arts."

"...Bingxian is talking about General Yang? Wu Mu is talking about Junior Uncle?"

"Maybe it's the other way around."

"...Isn't this an unlucky example?"

It does not matter. As you know, Mr. President's major is actually law. It would be good to know what Bingxian and Wu Mu said. As secretaries, we must understand the spirit. "

It took Killian half a minute to realize that the senior brother was just complaining about Mr. President being uneducated, knowing little about history and liking to use allusions.

"In short, we can see now that His Excellency the President is in a very good mood. The mood of everyone in the presidential palace is also very good. The adults in the cabinet and Congress are in a better mood, no matter how good it is." Yang Mingzhao said.

"But, my mood is not getting better." Killian said with a wry smile.

"Oh? Wasn't the operation very successful?"

“It’s just because you succeeded that you won’t get better!”

"If you don't get better, you have to laugh even more. Killian, my little fish intestine brother, using a smile to hide one's emotions and intentions is a basic method. If you can't even do this, who can you stab with this fish intestine?"

"Senior Brother, does your statement sound a little too dangerous?"

As they talked, the two of them entered the office cubicle. Although there were only two of them in the room, and the offices of the Presidential Palace must have been equipped with strict security equipment, Yang Mingzhao still took out his talisman and pulled out a locking force field, and then asked: "Let's take a look at the details."

They were referring to the Internal Affairs Committee and its subordinate committees, the Coordinating Intelligence Bureau, the Internal Operations Bureau, the Confidential Security Bureau and the Internal Security Forces, which are known as the "court hawks" and have secret police functions. In the past forty-eight hours, A massive operation into the Earth's interior.

During this operation, the House Committee invited 47 media outlets and hundreds of influential social commentators, closed down 24 companies or non-profit organizations, disbanded 2000 dynamic social groups, and arrested Nearly people attended.

According to Chairman Edward Shoner when answering reporters' questions, this is a time of war, a sacred Patriotic war for the community. In this process, the so-called "free speech" and "free trade" must give way to national defense and security.

In a sense, what the old man said was right.

Even when the war started, there were comments in the media, public comments, and even in parliament about "How did we win the war with the Empire?" and "This time the Empire did not conflict with the Alliance and could free up its hands." But it’s very marketable. Therefore, there are expressions such as "surrender early, and you will lose half the money if you surrender" or even "surrender early, and you can still become the master of the empire".

It was even clear that the armies of both sides were fighting in a mass on the Grand Sea, on the far coast, at Nantianmen, and in the New World. The embassy was not evacuated but was only temporarily under house arrest. Some trade transactions were actually going on normally.

This would be too disrespectful of war.

Now, it's time to show a bit of the brutality of a state of war. So, there was such an internal action. Pro-imperial media and public figures were told to shut up, companies that were still trading were seized for "smuggling", and some dynamic social groups were even labeled as imperial spies.

However, the question now arises, why didn't we do this before, but we had to wait until the battle reports from Unity Fortress and Blood Gate came over before we started taking action?

"The Co-Prosperity Party really didn't respond at all?" Yang Mingzhao asked. The reason why Kilian participated in the operation was actually to represent the will of the presidential palace. If the pro-reich Co-Prosperity Party made any moves, he would be the first to know.

"It went very smoothly. The last time we went to arrest the deputy director, it was not as smooth as this time." Killian pondered for a moment, and then said: "On the contrary, two senior sisters, Gan Jiang and Mo Xie, reported that some Co-Prosperity Party members Several congressmen went to visit Mao Yuanzuo’s house, but they were all driven back in disgrace.”

"The two of them are quite well informed. Hahaha, but now they go to Mao Yuanzuo's house as if they are going home, and they should indeed be well informed. Perhaps this is also a small signal sent by Mr. Mao Yuanzuo to us?" Yang Mingzhao said with emotion: "Haha, you are indeed an old monster who was able to thrive in the colonial government during the empire's rule!"

Killian said: "We have seized a considerable number of military weapons from the blacklisted groups, mercenaries and security companies. Their core members have received complete military training, and there are even a small number of psykers. "

"This is not surprising at all."

"From these groups, at least three reinforced companies of armored grenadiers can be formed."

"That's to be expected."

"So, senior brother, can I understand this? The community actually knew that the empire had left these people on earth, and the empire also knew that the community knew, but out of some tacit understanding, everyone wanted to save some dignity and a way out for each other. Now, General Yang and Uncle Master are playing very well, so some adults on this side of the earth think that they are good again?"

Yang Mingzhao raised a malicious smile: "Who are you talking about these big shots who think they are good again?"

Killian was speechless. He gritted his teeth and said:

"...Tsk, it's really ugly. It's clear that the soldiers on the front line are still fighting bloody battles. It's clear that Uncle Shi and General Yang are waiting for the chance and working hard, but the Lords here on the earth seem to have won the victory. My good man, actually Get along with these guys!”

"Take it easy, this is the presidential palace." Yang Mingzhao took out a ruler that seemed to be made of jade from his cuffs like a magic trick, and hit his junior brother on the head three times, causing him to cover his head and hug him. With his head crouched, he asked: "Do you want to go to the front line?"

Killian nodded.

"What a pity, the place is full now. Besides, do you think this is not a battlefield?"

Killian was startled for a moment, then continued to nod dejectedly.

"Killian, what is a secretary's job?"

"Well, you are assisting the President in governing?"

"This is one aspect, but more importantly, let Mr. President follow the right path when necessary." Yang Mingzhao said in a matter-of-fact tone: "After all, excellent secretaries are selected from professional bureaucrats. What is the right path? We are professionals.”

"...Senior Brother, you are not a civil servant. Strictly speaking, this promotion belongs to the president's privileges."

"It's not important." Yang Mingzhao said expressionlessly.

"Also, have you particularly enjoyed chatting with Mr. Bernard Wood from New China recently? I see that you have compiled a "Secretary's Useful" manual."

"It has nothing to do with Mr. Wood, it's all my own work summary." Yang Mingzhao looked at the terminal: "Go and report back to the President. You only have ten minutes. In twenty minutes, the President will give a live speech to the alliance. ”

"Live broadcast speech? Is he really planning to give a remote speech to MPs across the alliance?"

"Yes! The holographic projection and the real-time seismic wave are equivalent to visiting the Alliance Capitol Building in person. This is the biggest battlefield in Mr. President's life, so he is naturally full of fighting spirit. Thanks to his gift, I have written this speech more than once. Ten times..." Yang Mingzhao seemed to have thought of something terrible, and immediately shuddered, and quickly squeezed out a forced smile:

"Look, Killian, everyone is fighting in their own way!"

Of course Killian felt that something was wrong, but at this time he couldn't find anything wrong.