Pirates: Beyond Akainu

Chapter 183 The Father of the World
Within the current New World Government, two political forces are the most powerful.

One side is the establishment headed by Amanda Roy, whom he has worked hard to build for more than ten years.The main force is the pen.

The other side is the military officer faction that conquered the world back then and was linked by the Iron Blood Military Academy. Their representative is Zeqing Wang Shuanghu.The main force is the barrel of the gun.

Therefore, Roy's personal order to expel Zeqing from the government was an extremely serious political signal. Not only did the military officers join forces with each other, but core members of the establishment faction also rushed to see Roy.

Roy's newly built presidential palace.

His inner circle gathered and argued while Roy himself looked out the window.

"Mr. President, how can you directly attack Minister Zeqing? He is already an extremely enlightened person among those military men."

"We have to pinch him just because he is a soft persimmon! Isn't it our long-established strategy to suppress the power of soldiers and take away their guns? But the progress in the past ten years has been too slow! It is right for Mr. President to suddenly take this step of!"

This person did not mean literally when he said that soldiers should take away their guns. How can soldiers not have guns?Rather, it is a political metaphor.

It is obvious that there is consensus within the establishment camp.

"We can't let the military interfere with politics anymore!"

"The key is that Minister Zeqing's identity is extraordinary. Although he is only a minister, who in the government dares to underestimate him? According to the latest news from the Qing rebels, Marshal Wang Shuanghu, General Wright, etc. have begun to contact him."

"Not only are they both freshmen from the Iron Blood Military Academy, but they are also in the same dormitory. They have an irreversible relationship. The turmoil surrounding Minister Zeqing's expulsion may be greater than imagined."

"Mr. President, can you tell me why you did this?"

Everyone looked at Roy's back. He was still looking out the window and had not said a word since the meeting.

What are the considerations for doing this?

Roy himself also asked himself that from a practical point of view, this was indeed too reckless and inconsistent with his original idea of ​​slowly removing the power of the military officers over 20 years.

but.

When Roy read Zeqing's thought notes, he knew he had to do this.

Back then, Roy overpowered the navy veterans and insisted on launching a war of national reform to eliminate all kings and nobles. He was criticized as extreme by many people.

However, as long as someone has read Zeqing's ideological notes and seen his underlying logic and top-level design of social transformation, then Roy's so-called extreme behavior will be just childish in front of Zeqing.

Times have really changed, and the radicals of the past have become conservatives.

Roy shook his head and smiled bitterly, then turned around and answered the officials' doubts in one sentence.

"Zeqing wants to create a utopian society that violates the logic of human nature. In his design, no one is spared, and we should all oppose him."

The officials were silent, and they all had a vague feeling that Ze Qing was different from ordinary people.Because what Zeqing often says is: We were wrong. If Marshal Sakaski is still here, he will definitely be disappointed in the new world we created.

The new world is not like this, what is it like?What else could it be?
The officials were puzzled.

At this time, a bald-headed officer stood up. He was a sailor named Fujimoto Taiki who had met Sakaski.

He said: "Let this world get on the right track and enter a world that is not run by personal will but by systems. In the military officer faction, the cancerous thoughts of Sakaski's dictatorship are too serious. He believes in destroying all opponents with the body. It must be done in a civilized society. Destroy them completely!"

"Is it going to war?"

"The situation is serious. The veterans of the navy still have a certain prestige. The new spokesperson they chose is Sakaski's secretary Turan. The latest information Turan has contacted Wang Shuanghu." It was the aging Beria who said this. He is still at the core of the Roy Group, in charge of the dormant Qing rebels.

"Tulan? That guy has always opposed Mr. President being the president!"

"If we start a war, can we win? The new government army has only been established for less than five years. It is not a naval opponent that has been experienced in world wars."

Some officials are already panicking.Because if they completely break up with the military faction, how can the pro-establishment faction have the power to resist the military faction who have mastered the barrel of a gun?

"will not!"

Roy firmly denied this possibility. He must stabilize their confidence at this time.

"The world has been at peace for ten years. Everyone cherishes this hard-won peace. Neither the people of the world nor the soldiers at the bottom will support a war for power and profit."

Roy's control of the situation is still clear.

"On the other hand, my large-scale disarmament back then was effective. It was not about weakening their power but recovering their financial rights. Now without my signature to allocate supplies, they cannot afford to fight a war involving more than [-] soldiers."

Hearing the president's words and confident look, the officials felt relieved.

There is no other reason, because the force of the military officer sect is too powerful all over the world. It can be said that there are people from the Iron Blood Military Academy at every level, and they treat each other as brothers and sisters in private.

Roy sat back in the front chair and tapped his fingers on the smooth tabletop. He felt that this alone was not enough. After thinking again and again, he made up his mind:
"Don't elect me again in the upcoming presidential election. Hand over this position."

When these words came out, everyone was shocked.

"Mr President!?"

"You can't make such a joke!"

Roy chuckled, looked around the officials and said seriously: "We should do this. This will win us over more people. People's hearts are more powerful than firepower. Then I recommend McCarthy to take over."

"McCarthy!? But he was born in the [-]th class of the Iron-Blooded Military Academy!"

Roy smiled: "I just took a fancy to his background in the Iron Blood Military Academy. He was a late graduate and the war ended before he graduated. During the great disarmament, he actively chose to give up military power and switch to the government. I have met him a few times. , is a sensible and elegant person.”

The officials understood the implication of the president's words, and upon reflection, this was indeed a ruthless move.

Daiki Fujimoto added: "But McCarthy's qualifications are too low. He is just a mayor now. Can he convince the public if he can rise to the top in one step?"

Roy spread his hands: "Isn't this the great thing about our system? Everyone has the right to elect the president, and everyone is qualified to be the president. As long as he runs for election, we can build momentum for him and guide the people to elect him. , let McCarthy become a true elected light!"

"I think so."

"That's great! This may be a decisive blow to the military officer faction! People all over the world will support us. This is true democracy! The military officer faction will also be shaken internally."

"Then McCarthy is our party's recommendation this time."

The officials were happy and fully understood Roy's intentions.

then.

A storm that would lead the world for decades to come began with the decision of a few people in this small room.

……

……

Tenth year of the United Government of World Racial Unity.

Meritorious President Amanda Roy announced her resignation and will no longer serve as the President of the World.

The general election unfolded with great fanfare, and one person, one vote attracted the attention of the world. Everyone felt that they were truly involved and could decide the future president.

In the end, to everyone's surprise, a little-known mayor, McCarthy, won the tears of countless voters with his "I Have a Dream" speech.

McCarthy successfully rose to the top and was successfully elected as the second world president.

The first thing he did when he was sworn in was to honor former President Amanda Roy as the father of the world.

The world enters a new chapter.

And some of the waves caused by reading this article, such as the conflict between the pro-establishment faction and the military officer faction, were eliminated by this hand before they happened.

South China Sea.

a military base.

boom!
Big fat Mark smashed the bottle angrily.

"I never expected it! I never expected it! Amanda Roy was even willing to hand over the position of president! Are you crazy!?"

Not only is Mark here, but the personnel in dormitory 502 of the first batch of Iron-Blooded Military Academy students, including Ze Qing, are also here, as well as a large number of Iron-blooded officers and Turan.

The group of them had just connected together, and before they were ready to make any move, they saw that the general trend of the world had changed under Roy's control.

But compared to Mark's anger, everyone else was silent.

The angry Mark suddenly grabbed Wang Shuanghu's thigh again and said excitedly:

"Two Tigers! Let's go to war! It's easy to capture the world's capital with your elite troops. Then we declare their government illegal and we form a new government! A government that belongs to us!"

Mark roared, but Wang Shuanghu was indifferent and just shook his head.

"Why!? We conquered this world! It was us!! Why should we be kicked away after we won the world! Are you willing to do so? I am not willing to do so!!"

Yuffie couldn't stand it anymore and quickly knocked her husband unconscious and dragged him away.

Turan rubbed his brows and was very distressed. He couldn't think of a way to solve it. Do you really want to force a war?In this situation, defeat is certain. Even if Wang Shuanghu succeeds in capturing the capital, final failure is doomed.

Everyone present knew it.

"President Roy is terrifying, and we are no match for him." Brother Wright shook his head.

Brother Wright: "You may not know the new President McCarthy. I am someone who has been in contact with him. He and Daiki Fujimoto wear the same pants. Daiki Fujimoto hates us even more. Because we lost a war that year, we internally The Union responded to the Military Council and removed him from the post of corps commander, and he completely defected to Roy in a fit of anger."

"So?" my brother asked.

The younger brother replied: "So McCarthy will be more cruel to us after he comes to power. We may all gradually turn into Mark and be kicked out of this game of power."

The biggest fear of those in power is that the army will grow bigger, and the soldiers know this very well, but these men who have conquered the world are indeed unwilling to do so.

But Ze Qing, the ignition point of all these contradictions, was sitting in the crowd, silent and distracted.

Turan asked him, "Do you want to say something?"

Zeqing smiled slightly apologetically and said slowly: "You may have misunderstood me. My starting point is not to fight for power and gain. I am not doing it for that."

Others were stunned.

Wang Shuanghu: "What's that for? Fame?"

Zeqing shook his head. He stood up, dragged over a blackboard, erased the important military deployment on it, and wrote on it with new chalk:
"For the freedom and happiness of all mankind."

……

……

The sea breeze is blowing.

on the pier.

Turan saw off Zeqing and couldn't help but asked worriedly:
"Do you think you can succeed?"

Zeqing looked into the distance, with no so-called success or failure in his eyes.

"If I am right, then if I go deep into the grassroots this time, I will definitely find the real fire of revolution. If they are right, then I will be willing to gain nothing."

After listening to Zeqing talk about his thoughts for three days, Turan actually didn't understand it very well, including other officers who were listening.

It's just that Turan felt that Zeqing's eyes when he talked about those things looked too much like the marshal back then.

"Then what do you think of the future situation?"

Zeqing: "For the time being, Roy and the others are victorious, and their New World Government is indestructible, but this does not change the nature of their government to oppress the people, so I firmly believe that they will fall and crash."

"how long?"

"It's hard to say, maybe ten years, 20 years, 30 years." Zeqing looked at Turan solemnly.

"The strength of the army is still important. If the final revolutionary war really comes, guns will be needed, so I hope you can stabilize our strength in the army, although this will continue to decrease."

Turan: "As long as Shuanghu is still in the army, you don't have to worry too much about this, so I hope it will be as soon as possible."

Zeqing stopped talking. He waved to Turan and got on the boat.

(End of this chapter)