Start with Planetary Governor - Chapter 787

Yin Bashim’s hair was disheveled.

He had always been a man who cared about his image, showing off with a mustache and meticulously combed hair. His stern appearance was part of his display of authority.

But now all of this was gone.

When the Space Marines pulled him out of the underground safe house, they did not intentionally abuse him, but they did not give him any special treatment.

Want to ensure that he was dressed neatly when he was pulled out? That’s fine.

Yin Bashim’s expression was completely unable to remain calm and composed.

He wanted to do this.

Even as a loser, he remained decent. Just like the tragic heroes in those movies and TV dramas, before dying, he died heroically and tragically, which was also a good ending when he was helpless.

But when he was really pulled out and looked at the hundreds of death angels in two costumes, looking at him indifferently, the two trembling states were a pure physiological reaction that could not be contained.

His face was pale, his lips trembled unconsciously, and he had no ability to resist if someone grabbed him. Any warrior here could crush his skull at will. Every time he thought of this, he could not have the slightest resistance, and his heart was tightly grasped by fear.

He could not help but speak and beg for mercy, but all he got was the deathly silence of the Space Marines.

No one paid attention to him, unless his voice was too loud, then a finger would gently “tap” his head.

It was really light, for the Space Marines. Otherwise, if it was a little heavier, he might have a hole in his head.

At this stage, Yinbasim could only follow the Space Marines tremblingly.

In fact, he did not walk far. In his Wuji Palace, in his largest and most magnificent hall, he met the person who could decide his fate on this trip.

He was very familiar with this hall. In the past three or four years, he had been working and living here.

But at this time, it was a little strange.

Many people were lying dead, and someone was cleaning up the bodies. Blood was splattered everywhere, and the originally magnificent palace was now in chaos, but there was no time to clean it up.

Even the bodies were not cleaned up, let alone anything else.

And in this chaos, someone was arranging new things.

A banner was being hung.

It read “Provisional Acting Government of the Eastern Universe”.

Under the banner, two people were standing and talking to each other.

Yin Basim knew both of them.

One, named Xie Lihong, was the ambassador of the Alliance to the Eastern Universe.

The second, named Cui Ru, was from the Cui family of Wujixing. The Cui family was the top family among the local dignitaries. Cui Ru was a marriage between the contemporary Cui family and another local dignitary, the Jiang family. Her brother was the head of the contemporary Cui family, and her husband was the head of the Jiang family. She herself also held many important positions during the reign of the former Chairman Zuo Zhaofeng.

Born into a powerful family and holding an important position, Cui Ru is undoubtedly an important political figure in Wuji Star and even in the entire Eastern Universe. She is indeed capable, especially good at dancing with long sleeves and uniting various forces.

During the era when Zuo Zhaofeng was in power, she was the one who advocated good relations with the Alliance and promoted and signed a series of economic, political and military cooperation agreements. She herself also gained greater political prestige because she brought wealth and booming economic development to many places in the Eastern Universe.

In the past ten years, the Eastern Universe certainly could not achieve an annual growth rate of more than 8% like the Alliance. But their total social output value increased by 40% in fifteen years, which is still a very rare achievement.

Before this, the economy of the Eastern Universe had stagnated for at least two hundred years. It increased by 1%-3% every year, accumulated a few years of wealth, and then encountered unrest or economic crisis, in short, natural disasters and man-made disasters, and sent it back again, and it might even fall back.

Like this, continuous growth for more than ten years is rare.

Not to mention, after strengthening the trade between the two sides, everyone can not only benefit from economic development, but also make a lot of money directly; many planets can save a lot of money after outsourcing their defense to the alliance.

During that time, Cui Ru was affectionately called “Madam Cai”, which shows her status in the political arena of Wuji Star and the Eastern Universe.

After Yin Bashim came to the Eastern Universe to govern, he wanted to take action against the pro-alliance faction in the Universe, so there is no doubt that “Madam Cai” would be the first to be beaten.

Soon, her various positions in the Universe government were relieved.

But many things do not necessarily require formal positions to be done. Madam Cai can still use other means, even just private connections and communication, to make the business between the dignitaries and the alliance go smoothly.

Not to mention, she has the blessing of the two top dignitaries in Wuji Star behind her. The Cui family and the Jiang family not only have their own power, but also have students and old officials all over the universe, which makes it very convenient to do things.

This situation is definitely unacceptable.

Therefore, Yin Bashim’s persecution of Madam Cai, her natal family, and her husband’s family became more and more severe in the following period.

In the following two years, many people from the two major families were framed and suffered a miserable end.

Even in order to kill the chicken to scare the monkey – or simply to kill the monkey to scare the monkey, the Cui family and the Jiang family suffered a devastating blow in just a few years. Their overt forces, the clansmen who held public office were swept into prison; the property was confiscated; the leaders were persecuted to death…

Mrs. Cai’s brother died; her husband died less than a month later.

She would have died if she was caught by Yin Bashim.

But fortunately, she ran faster, and the alliance focused on rescuing her and her descendants.

Cui Ru did not expect that she would suffer such a tragedy of family destruction at the age of more than 200.

It is conceivable what kind of emotions she had towards Yin Bashim.

When she saw the blood enemy, a dangerous smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

“Long time no see, Chairman Yin Bashim, I miss you very much.”

“Hello, Ms. Cui Ru.”

Seeing these two, Yin Bashim came back to his senses a little.

It was different from the state when he was in front of the Space Marines. Although the angels of death were still standing behind him, when he saw the two “acquaintances” and “politicians”, he felt as if he had returned to the state of political struggle.

That was a more familiar state for him, at least he was not as helpless as when he was with the Space Marines.

At least his mind began to clear up a little.

He quickly analyzed that he had been caught; according to the outside news he received before he was caught, he could also judge that his troops were basically finished.

Even if they were not finished now, and even if the outside troops fought well, what was the use?

The Alliance took action.

They actually dared to take the risk of the world and attack the chairman of the universe sent by the empire.

Then there was no room for escape.

His troops were destined to perish.

Especially when he himself had been arrested by surprise.

Then what way out was he?

To be honest, it was very slim.

However, when he met Cui Ru, he had a new idea.

When Cui Ru ran away, the Alliance must have played a great role in it, and it was even the Alliance’s special agent team that rescued Cui Ru.

Now, the Alliance has released her, and thinking about the banner of “temporary acting government” that was just hung up, it probably means that after killing himself, the newly established acting government will let Cui Ru lead it, right?

From the perspective of identity, prestige, and the degree of support from the Alliance, it is very logical.

However, here, he feels that he can provide a new choice for the Alliance.

No mistakes, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!

He did not look at Cui Ru again.

This person, there is a blood feud that cannot be settled. At most, he should not show any high-profile at this moment, and should not confront others.

His eyes clearly looked at another man, whose smiling appearance made him look very elegant.

That was the Alliance ambassador, Xie Lihong.

Xie Lihong has been the ambassador in the Eastern Universe for a long time, and the two must be familiar with each other. Before this, of course, there were many conflicts between them, and they had quarreled at the negotiation table.

But in the end, they were members of the alliance, and he had no business dealing with them. Before this, no matter how they fought, they would not do anything to the envoys until they really turned against each other.

This was something that could be said.

He said to Xie Lihong: “I can also talk, and I can also love the alliance.”

“Oh?”

Xie Lihong chuckled and didn’t say much.

Yin Bashim’s heart sank for a moment, but he was still trying to find a way out for himself.

He further added: “If I cooperate with you, there will be many benefits. I can report to the central government of the empire that what happened tonight was just an ordinary riot and has been dealt with.”

“In the future, I can cooperate with the alliance in the Eastern Universe.”

“I will be very useful. The value of my cooperation with the alliance is greater than anyone else!”

“Don’t worry about what will happen to these local powerful forces. After we unite, they will have no room for resistance. Even if they are dissatisfied, we can suppress them.”

At this point, he turned his eyes to Cui Ru and continued: “I know I have let you down before, but that was not my intention. I have no way to fulfill the duties given to me by the central government of the empire… I don’t ask for your forgiveness, but at least give me a chance to make up for it. I will make up for it in the future.”

The words were spoken very sincerely.

In the last struggle to survive, Yin Bashim showed 100% of his ability.

Although he was frightened before, his legs were shaking and his words were inevitably trembling. At the same time, because he had too little time to think at the moment, his thoughts might not be comprehensive enough, or his words might not be organized particularly well.

However, this is the result of his full efforts.

The core of this matter is whether the entry point he found can really impress the alliance.

As for the local forces represented by Cui Ru, that is secondary.

He knows very well that the opinions of local forces such as Cui Ru are only for reference. The one who can really make the decision is the ambassador who represents the will of the alliance.

Cui Ru couldn’t help but look at Xie Lihong.

She was also afraid that Xie Lihong would agree.

But on the other hand, she also wanted Xie Lihong to agree.

Because this matter also has two sides.

If the alliance agreed, she would not be able to take revenge. At the same time, because Yin Bashim became the most important partner of the alliance under this mechanism, he could help the alliance conceal and deceive Holy Terra while stealing more strategic time, so that they could have more time to develop before the situation finally got out of control. In this way, the alliance’s reliance on the local forces in the Eastern Universe would be greatly reduced, and a large part of the resources invested by the alliance would fall into the hands of Yin Bashim, rather than being eaten up by the local forces.

But in the same way, if Yin Bashim took all of these, the pressure on her and the series of local forces she represented would also be suddenly reduced.

After all, according to the alliance’s plan, this action tonight has nothing to do with the alliance, and it was all initiated by these local forces.

The alliance will define it as an “uprising”, but no matter what, in the eyes of Holy Terra, this is an outright rebellion.

What will be their final outcome depends purely on the game between the Alliance and the Central Empire.

The best outcome, of course, is that the Central Empire will admit it, and take Yin Bashim’s crime of inciting the “civil uprising” as the crime, and recognize the interim acting government that is about to be established as the legitimate one.

But the probability of this is really not high.

The worst outcome is that the Alliance loses in the end. Let’s not talk about what price the Alliance will pay. That is your own business. At least the people who started the rebellion must be the culprit and the scapegoat, and they are the first to be operated on.

Is this probability high? In Cui Ru’s opinion, it is higher than the best outcome.

Even if the result is neither good nor bad, the game between the Alliance and the Central Empire is always going on. In fact, they are quite uncomfortable. It is equivalent to becoming the sandwich between the struggle between the Alliance and the Central Empire, and the future is precarious.

This is not a good thing, but the Eastern Universe has reached the point where it has become the main battlefield at the core of the struggle between the two sides, and they have no choice. Regardless of whether there were problems with past decisions, at least for now, they had no choice but to follow the alliance.

Whether the alliance agreed to Yin Bashim was nothing more than deciding how to go about this path.

It was hard to say, and Cui Ru herself was also very conflicted.

But at this moment, Xie Lihong said to her: “Our promise to you is to hand Yin Bashim over to you and let you deal with it as you wish. As for how to deal with it specifically, it’s up to you.”

With the right to choose, Cui Ru became even more conflicted…