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Chapter 103 Prime Minister's Cabinet, Hero?

The capital Downing Street is a collective name for a group of buildings. Although the streets here are located near the bustling central square, the entrance to the street is guarded by strictly prohibited grille doors and posts.

The 10th building in Downing Street looks not at all elegant, just like an ordinary residence. If this is not enough to distinguish the function of this building, the iconic black and white chess board plaid floor on the porch and the famous lion-headed knocker on the door are enough to find the answer from every three-year-old in the Empire in their textbooks.

In fact, the members of the Imperial Cabinet that often gather here have already demonstrated a certain distinctiveness of this building.

In the office on the second floor of No. 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister of the Empire was writing the bills in his hand on the precious purple-shirted wooden table. Opposite were several confidential cabinet personnel, including the office director, the head of the majority party of the House of Commons, and the noble senator who played an important role in the parliament.

At this moment, in the conference hall outside the same floor as the Prime Minister's Office, there are more cabinet members who are holding discussion meetings in full swing to deal with the impact of the New South Star incident immediately and on the cabinet government.

But at this moment, the cabinet members in the conference hall were filled with sad faces.

There is no doubt that in the face of the pressure exerted by the House of Lords and the House of Commons, the Imperial Bureau of Investigation, led by the Cabinet government, needs to pay a lot of responsibility in this incident. The intelligence department has launched a purge of internal traitor spies against the Bureau of Investigation, and the Cabinet government has also paid a price for it. In this game between the Cabinet government and the great nobles, they have indeed fallen to a low point.

"The Deputy Director of the Bureau of Investigation committed suicide by drinking a shot this morning. At the same time, Senator Luo Dahua disappeared and his whereabouts were unknown. After a forced breakthrough, Wang Bingde from the Secretariat had already committed suicide by cutting his wrist in his bathtub. In the previous investigation, these three people were suspected of selling intelligence to Xipang and causing the New South Star raid... In addition, more than 30 people are related to this incident..."

In the office, the Prime Minister's eyebrows have never been stretched in the face of such a report.

He had to watch these once familiar names turn bright red and dazzling reds representing suspicion and treason. What made him feel more and more depressed was that the Imperial Bureau of Investigation, which was originally controlled by the Cabinet government and had great power in the Empire, had such a big mistake in this matter, which could only make the power of the Imperial Bureau weaken again. In the next Congress, perhaps several clauses that restrict the authority of the Imperial Bureau would have to cut off a lot of sharp edges.

Office Director Wang Yuanxu said, "The Bureau of Investigation has made such a big deal, which is undoubtedly a blow to the government and the cabinet, but we are not without the possibility of counterattack. The trial against Xu Teng will be the final game between us and the great nobles of the House of Lords. We have made the best accusations and sentenced Xu Teng in the Imperial Court, which is also the best way to reshape the prestige of the cabinet..."

The Prime Minister waved his hand and interrupted his office director's speech. Facing his confidants looking at him, he frowned and said, "I think everyone must first understand that the trial of Xu Teng is not the purpose of declaring war against the great nobles of the House of Lords... but for justice reasons... If justice no longer exists, the government will be a large group of robbers, and when a country no longer needs justice, then a group of robbers is a small country."

Sighing, the Prime Minister's eyes looked out through the window on the second floor. Here you can look directly at the Guard Parade Ground, you can see St James' Park, you can see the lawns with long grass and birds of warblers and the outlines of majestic buildings through the spring sunshine, and the center of the empires gathering power. "This summer, I went to Trek County Star to comfort the families of the victims of the Starship that year, saw the carnations planted at the door of every household, and after many years, there were still people silently condolences in front of the tombstones of the martyrs. I saw the golden wild chrysanthemums blooming all over the mountains of Trek County. At that time, I was thinking, if justice was sprinkled with each one like these golden wild chrysanthemums

In the corner, such a world will definitely be King Arthur's evergreen land, the ideal land of the fairy country... So many years have passed, and seeing that the events of that year still have scars on people's faces and hearts, I realized that I will seek justice for them. If the interests of the people can be squandered so casually, the descendants of the people will be buried in the stove so ruthlessly. What is the difference between such behavior and national terror? The judgment of Xu Teng can free the victims, alert the later generations, and even sound the alarm for the great power of the House of Lords. I hope that this is a big step for the empire to move forward with enlightenment."

"Someone always needs to pay the price for the lives of those three starships and more than 300 officers and soldiers. Whether it is the executor or the decision-maker.

Everyone was silent, and it was clear that the Prime Minister in front of him had climbed from a small government official to the point where he had gained the support of the majority of the House of Commons, and indeed had his desirable ideals and ambitions. But despite this, he was still just a supreme leader elected by the majority of the House of Commons to represent the administration of the government. His power has not been considered the most powerful in this empire since ancient times, and he still had his own limitations.

A prime minister, a government, and a majority in the House of Commons want to compete with the House of Lords, which has been unshakable since ancient times. Isn’t this a difficult act of taking the jaw from the fire?

Because of a slight mistake, they might step down. How could they easily compete with the great nobles of the House of Lords of the Empire and even the old woman who holds the royal powers of the emperor, and how could they easily fight against the power they had accumulated over thousands of years?

Perhaps sometimes there is no justice or evil in the game between the two sides. Perhaps it is just a difference in position, which can cause bloody storms.

And the imperial prime minister in front of him seemed to be leading his cabinet army in a crazy direction.

"We also found the shadow of that man in Xu Teng's incident." After hesitating, the office director handed in a newspaper.

When they heard "that man", the big guys in the prime minister's office frowned slightly.

"It turns out that the mecha code-named "Gondola" has been preserved by this man, but in the New South Star incident, he did not come forward in person, as if to avoid intervening in the dispute between the cabinet and the House of Lords. However, although he did not take action, he let the man named Lin Hai take over with Xu Teng instead."

A member of the lower house said, "Does Lin Hai respond to Xu Teng mean that he has made a choice, not on the Prime Minister's side, but on Wang Quanshan? Then Lin Hai, perhaps we can also associate him with Xu Teng together. If Xu Teng has problems, he will not be able to escape. Controlling him as a relevant person may be less trouble."

"It may not be... that man has always had his own opinions and opinions. As we all know, his relationship with Wang Quanshan has always been not that good. Maybe he is just standing on Xu Teng's side." The Prime Minister looked through the window at the hill where the king's palace was located on the left bank of Jingyue River. "As for this young man named Lin Hai, no matter what his original intention of being involved in the New South Star incident, the truth is correct, but there is always one thing that remains unchanged, that is, because of his existence, the situation has not been severe. Otherwise, the mistakes made by the Investigation Bureau were not as simple as this raid. Maybe, because of this, we will still go to war. At that time, we may have become sinners of the empire."

Everyone looked at each other and had to admit the Prime Minister's view.

"So, you mean..."

"He is the illegitimate son of the Lin family on the Riverside Star. Before that, he was just living in the garbage star in the Empire. I don't think he knew that man from that time on. Of course, I don't care what enlightenment or hope that the man has for him, and what kind of connection he and Xu Teng have. Just by just talking about the matter, we should be grateful to this young man named Lin Hai in our hearts."

The Prime Minister's words were broken here, and the office director Wang Yuan had already understood them, "What the Prime Minister means is that we may be able to win over and guide this young man correctly?"

"I always believe that the young people of the empire have their own vitality and vitality and their lofty ideals. They will be happy to see a progressive empire with a bright future. If this construction process is involved through them, it is not the greatest ambition for a young man." The Prime Minister murmured, "Tell him the truth of the matter, and then, a top student who is about to enter Qingyuan College, this government needs many young people like him who are capable and passionate to join in the future to build and strengthen our careers."

The office director nodded with his eyes shiny, "And maybe he can let us know what the man really thinks."

Just when the two empires were high-ranking forces fiddling with the storm, they turned their attention to the unknown young man in the New South Star incident, the New South Star incident finally fermented.

After the crash of the famous Seagull passenger ship caused a stir in the empire, and the survivor of the accident revealed the horrific attack, the empire finally stood up and announced that in this spring of the 14th year of the Ephemeris, a vicious terrorist incident in which air pirates attacked the imperial ships did occur in the distant empire border New South Star...

Of course, the two major air pirate forces involved in the attacking ships eventually disintegrated under the force of the Fifth Fleet of the Empire.

On this incident, the Imperial State Television, which has always released official news, was surprisingly silent and did not publish any special commentary on the ins and outs of the terrorist incident.

On the contrary, other mainstream media in the empire spread the whole process of the "New South Star Incident" they obtained. It is reported that the two old air pirates Tavassi and Raphael have been engaged in horrific acts in the border areas all year round. The Fifth Fleet of the Empire rushed to the front line as soon as the Seagull and Tianma were killed, destroying the lairs of the two major air pirate forces in one fell swoop, annihilated the two arrogant air pirate groups with thunderous force, and eradicating the stubborn diseases of these two terrorist organizations for the people of New South Star.

While the waves of anger of the people in the empire gradually eased due to this news, the Empire's Ministry of Defense broke out again. In this operation of the Fifth Fleet, the former Brigadier General of the Sipon Empire, Alessandra Stan, restored the fact that he was a native of the Eagle Empire and his real name was Xu Teng, and surrendered to the Great Eagle Empire.

As soon as the news came out, the empire entered an uproar again.

According to national news reports, Alessandra Stan was a general-star talent that the Sipon Empire focused on cultivating, and was also the successor of the famous warrior Cao Shidao, with a bright future. But in fact, Stan's real name was Xu Teng, and his parents were farmers of the Great Eagle Empire. Because of his miserable family background, he fell into the Sipon Empire when he was young. Although he was a soldier of Sipon and his training from Sipon, he never forgot the fact that the blood of the Great Eagle Empire was kept in his body. Because of the blood of the Eagle people and the memory of the motherland when he was young, he was even an idealist who yearned for freedom. He was oppressed by the autocratic and arrogant Sipon dogmatism and militarism for many years. Finally, he respected his inner choices at this moment, broke free from the shackles of Sipon, gave up Sipon's immense future, and turned to a free and democratic motherland.

This fully proves the superiority and advanced nature of the Great Eagle Empire system, and more inversely proves how barbaric and inhumane the Xipang militarism on the other side of the starry sky, how suppressed the sky over the people's heads is.

But before people were excited about this news, the Imperial Bureau of Investigation announced the prosecution document against Stan, prosecuting Alessandra Stan. While serving as General Sipon, he had committed multiple murders against the starship officers and soldiers of the Great Eagle Empire. He should not be a hero, but a war criminal. He hopes to judge the war criminal through the Imperial Military Court.

The announcements followed one after another, immersing the Empire in one shocking and explosive news. In this spring, the people of the Empire generally felt that they had entered a turbulent autumn.

Just as these news took turns to bomb the people of the empire and caused a huge response among the people, every star area, every planet, and even people traveling in the spaceport would gather with strangers who didn't know each other to discuss these popular social events.

Inside New South Starry Skyport, Lin Hai, one of the few people who experienced and knew the whole incident, was put down by a transport plane. Under the guidance of several airport rescue officers and soldiers, he walked into the airport as a passenger ship survivor.

When you enter the airport, you will see countless officers and soldiers stopping to watch the Second Military Base that welcomes the fight against the air pirates, as well as the return ceremony of the imperial idol Xia Ying.

Lin Hai saw through the crowds of people, on the temporary ceremony stage built by the airport, led by the commander of the Second Military Base, such familiar faces as Du Ziqiang and Chen Yu, among which the surviving officers and soldiers of the Second Military Base, facing the salute of a general, were heard with sky-high applause and cheers. He seemed to vaguely hear people calling their names, which was a word of thousands of words - "hero."

Among these soldiers, Xia Ying, wearing a coat and a bit outstanding in appearance, stood in the center and bowed deeply to the people. And directly in front of her, many elderly imperial generals and officials looked at her with kindness and compassion.

The daughter of the Imperial Defense Minister, not to mention that she had experienced a life-and-death struggle, was naturally highly sympathetic and caring by these affinity generals.

On the deserted glass passage separated by the hall, Lin Hai was standing alone on the clear-cut end with a luggage bag, facing an official from the accident rescue command.

"Are you also a survivor of the Seagull?...Tell me your name and we will notify your family immediately." The official took out the record book.

"My name is...Lin Hai."

"I've written it down, okay, please come with me." The official put away the list of survivors. He wanted to walk forward, but found Lin Hai stopped in place.

Following his eyes, I found that Lin Hai was looking at the banner on the ceremonial platform surrounded by countless people, surrounded by people, at the other end of the hall separated by high-strength glass of the aisle.

The banner reads: "The Empire welcomes your return, hero"

Looking at Lin Hai staring for a long time, the official explained, "Haha, that end is a fight against the air pirates, all the officers of the Second Military Station of the New South Star, and Xia Ying, one of the survivors of the Seagull, know, that the imperial idol was on the same boat with her. This is probably a kind of luck in misfortune. Then again, those damn air pirates are really hateful. They dare to attack even the ships of the Empire. This is really a crime... These officers who fought against the air pirates are indeed the cutest people. This is just a temporary welcome ceremony held by the Fifth Fleet in the Airport... The real commendation ceremony will be held by them when they return to the Capital Star with the fleet and are broadcast throughout the entire broadcast on major TV stations. These are real heroes."

Lin Hai was speechless, but his pupils were trembling slightly. Hero, did he long for this word? I still remember his mother's education that she hoped to become a hero who stood up. The young Lin Hai didn't know what a hero was, but from his mother's eyes, he knew that this was an amazing existence, almost at the pinnacle of his life, such as those "successful people" mentioned in countless books on success.

Such "successful people" love to control the injustice of the world and stand up for injustice. They can have the ability to make unfairness become fair, and can stand up without being weak when the weak are bullied and swing their fists at the strong. Every young man has a dream of heroism. When facing bullying, when facing the fate that cannot be broken free, when feeling that he is small...

Whenever he thinks of this magical word, he will tremble slightly. Because in that way, he may not be busy with survival and worry about supporting his mother. A hero can easily cure his mother's illness and solve all injustice.

But as he grew up slowly,

He began to discover that the so-called hero is like the stars in the sky, an existence that cannot be touched by ever.

Under the gaze and doubt of the officials in front of them.

The burning tremor in Lin Hai's eyes finally subsided. He shook his head, looked away from the ceremony table and the familiar faces, and walked with the guidance officials, passing by the noise in the hall, but in his heart he felt a little sorry and sad about the appearance of the woman who was floating...

Sorry, mom, I finally failed to become the hero you mentioned.

The two-in-one chapter is written slowly, and I drank some wine with my parents, so I only posted it now.
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