The Witch's Taste

Chapter 197 I am the governor
Intense quarrels are taking place in the Star District Governor's office.

"Your Excellency, we must not act rashly now." Song Mingyuan said in a deep voice, "In fact, if you look at the history of the Milky Way, you will find that there has never been a country that used force on the first day of a large-scale civil riot. Repressive."

"Don't they know that this kind of riot will destroy social order on a large scale? They know, but they know that the people are ignorant. They will naturally fear the power and violence of the superiors, even if these violence are used to protect them!"

"At least on this point, you are right." Governor Shi Di said in a deep voice, "The violence in our hands is used to protect the people!"

Song Mingyuan let out a short, meaningless breath, but he was actually trying not to sneer contemptuously.

He walked quickly to the window, took a sip from the teacup, and suppressed the fire in his heart.

"Your Excellency the Governor." He turned around again, put his hands on the Governor's desk, and insisted, "It's not that we don't want to protect the people, we just have to do it when the people think 'they need protection'." people!"

"If the unemployed miners are not allowed to carry out large-scale destruction, the people of Extreme North City will not realize that these people are a danger to the social order, but will think that we are in collusion with the Dijing Group to oppress innocent ordinary people in a large joint venture !"

"The vast majority of people in this society are such stupid garbage! They will never know the pain until the knife hits themselves!"

"I want to remind you." Shi Di said with a stern expression, "As the managers of this star area, we have an obligation to prevent the knives from falling on the people!"

"Wrong!" Song Mingyuan retorted fiercely, "As managers, we must first avoid letting knives cut on ourselves, and secondly protect the people!"

"Before the knife falls, you rush out to block the knife for them. Not only will they not appreciate you, but they will resent you in turn... My God! Why did you have to come up with such a head, don't you Worried about the next Governor General election?"

"Your Excellency Governor, with all due respect, the reason why you can sit on the position of Governor of the Star District is not because of how much the people love you, but because of the political prestige accumulated by your father, grandfather and great-grandfather for three consecutive generations! "

"Even if you don't care about your reputation and insist on doing something that won't be appreciated by the public, you should at least care about the hard work of the three generations of the Shi family, right? Gao Tianyuan... Gao Tianyuan is your ancestral foundation! And you are now You are trampling on the prestige legacy left to you by your ancestors!"

"Because it is the foundation of our ancestors." Shi Di slowly stood up and said, "That's why I can't just sit back and watch it get hurt."

"Song Mingyuan, I understand what you mean. But what happened this time is completely different from what happened before."

"In the past, whether it was the bottleneck of economic development, the rising unemployment rate, or some kind of trouble caused by witches... Although we can't solve these problems, we are at least trying our best to prevent the deterioration of the situation and do everything possible to protect the people."

"But this time, according to the plan you proposed, it means that we can do it, but for some other reason, we have given up our obligation to protect the people, and this is the bottom line that must not be broken!"

Song Mingyuan was finally laughed out of anger, raised his teacup again and took a few mouthfuls of tea, then sat down opposite Shi Di, and loosened his neckline forcefully:
"Bottom line? Your Excellency Governor, forgive me for being stupid, can you explain what is the 'bottom line'?"

"My great-grandfather once said a classic sentence." Shi Di revealed a look of reminiscence, and sighed, "He said that the relationship between the ruler and the people is like that between parents and children."

"Children may not understand their parents' intentions, but they still need to obey their parents' arrangements, because their parents are leading them to live in this wilderness."

"This is the standard imperial political thinking." Song Mingyuan commented unceremoniously, "only imperial people who emphasize collective, discipline and obedience can do it."

"But Your Excellency the Governor, the premise of Mr. Shi Zhiqing's words is that Gao Tianyuan was still under the political system of the empire at that time, and the governor of the star region had the power of life and death over anyone, so he needed to defend the interests of the people, just like A shepherd needs to protect his flock."

"However, after Mr. Shi Jintang's reform, today's Gao Tianyuan is a democratically elected system. The governor's power has not only been greatly weakened, but there is no way to guarantee that he will always hold power... because the basis of the democratically elected system lies in games and checks and balances. The manager and the managed They are not completely in the same camp, everyone needs to be responsible for their own interests, and they can only be responsible for their own interests!"

"That's our difference." Shi Di shook his head and said, "Ming Yuan, I'm not a qualified governor. Five years ago, I didn't even know anything about politics, and I didn't even want to take this position."

"The reason why I am here is because I promised my father that I would be responsible for Gao Tianyuan's future... Starting from my great-grandfather, the three generations of the Shi family have worked together to make Gao Tianyuan survive in the gap between the Empire and the Federation. It cannot be destroyed by my successor. This is the bottom line that I must defend."

"To me, the safety and stability of Gao Tianyuan itself is more important than the safety and stability of the power in my hands. If the people choose to misunderstand me, then let them misunderstand. I am just doing something with a clear conscience."

Song Mingyuan was so angry at his stubbornness and paranoia that he was speechless, and it took him a while to get up angrily, and said:
"It seems that we can't reach a consensus, but Your Excellency Governor, as your confidential secretary, I must remind you at the end..."

"You will regret this."

"Unfortunately, we failed to convince each other this time." Shi Di was silent for a while, "Do as I say, Mingyuan. After all..."

"I am the governor."

Song Mingyuan pushed the door angrily and left.After leaving the governor's office, the expression of resentment on his face disappeared as if by magic, leaving only iron-like seriousness and gloom.

Back in his office, he first closed the curtains, then paced back and forth for a while, and finally picked up his cell phone and started making calls.

"Hello, Your Highness, it's me..."

"You are absolutely right. Although His Excellency the Governor has received five years of political education, he is still a sentimental artist at heart... Yes, I tried to convince him, but he has completely indulged in playing the role of a martyr. People who think they are making a great sacrifice that is correct and not understood by others will not listen to me at all."

"Yes, we will issue an order immediately... Hehe, after all, he is the governor, isn't he?"

"Well, tell me, what do you need me to do?"

"Give him a book titled..."Dan Ke's Heart"? Excuse my ignorance... 1895? Most of the books from that era have been dusted on the earth. I'm not sure if I can find them now ..."

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After Chen Ziang bought the food, when he returned home, he saw Chen Xiaozhu sitting on the rocking chair in the living room, and Xia Zili lying on the sofa.

Both of them had their eyes closed, as if they were in a deep sleep.

Xia Qingyu was leaning against the window sill, reading a thin book in her hand. The cover of the book was a crude portrait drawn in crayons, and the style looked like some kind of children's book.

"I'm back." Chen Ziang put on his slippers, walked into the living room and asked Xia Qingyu, "Are you two alright?"

"It's okay." Xia Qingyu replied.

"You don't look very well." Chen Ziang said suspiciously, and then looked at Xia Zili who was lying on the sofa and sleeping.

Xia Zili's condition seemed to be fine, nothing seemed wrong, and she was sleeping soundly.

Xia Qingyu's face was pale, her lips were gray, and she looked sickly. She refused to respond to Chen Ziang's question of concern, but just lowered her head and read the book in her hand without saying a word.

I feel that if I continue to ask, I will be boring myself.

Chen Ziang looked at the book in her hand, and finally saw the title: "Old Lady Yi Zejir".

"What are you reading?"

"fairy tale."

"You are so old, do you still like to read fairy tales?" Chen Ziang joked, trying to ease the dull atmosphere.

"It's better than people who believe in fairy tales." Xia Qingyu said absently, closed the book in her hand, and handed it to Chen Ziang, "You should read it too."

"Wait until I'm free." Chen Ziang put the book on the sofa, "Let's have dinner first, and then I'll tell you about that witch."

(End of this chapter)