Chapter 376: The Loser's Reckoning
374. The Loser's Reckoning
After the celebration and commendation of the winner, the loser will naturally stand on the bench for trial.
In this vicious incident of the Trade Federation's invasion of the planet Naboo, several direct participants have been captured. Among them, the senior sector director of the Trade Federation, Daltai Dauphin, died when the robot control ship was destroyed during the battle. The Governor of the Trade Federation, Newt Gunray, and his adjutant, Rune Harko, were in the palace on the planet Naboo. Captured.
Being captured at the same time was Xiao Guanghua, a military observer of the Fourth Civilization.
Of course, the term "Fourth Civilization" was not used in the Galactic Republic. At this time, Xiao Guanghua's identity was the operational advisor of the Fourth Group. He appeared in this battle, and according to the confession of the Gungan army commander, Xiao Guanghua appeared as the commander of the robot army.
This situation immediately made the fourth group passive in terms of public opinion in the parliament.
Because of this incident, Tang Xiao originally wanted to visit the planet Naboo and attend the celebration of the planet Naboo and have a meal by the way, but because of the ambiguous relationship between the Dawn Planet and the Fourth Group, Being directly rejected by Queen Amidala made Tang Xiao, who thought he was extremely handsome, a little disappointed, so he dismissed Xiao Guanghua from his post in anger.
During the trial against Newt Gunray, Rune Harkor and Xiao Guanghua, Chancellor Sheev Palpatine immediately came up with a completely different idea from Fenis Valorum before. Out of courage, he decisively demanded that the three be prosecuted for war crimes, and that the Trade Federation and the Fourth Group pay huge compensation.
But the corruption in the Republic cannot be solved in a day or two. The Trade Federation refuses to admit that Newt Gunray is guilty of his actions. Their representative Lot Dude has repeatedly emphasized that it was the planet Naboo that breached the contract. First of all, the behavior of the trade alliance is just normal business behavior.
He also took out the unequal treaty signed by the former king of the planet Naboo, Als-Veruna, as evidence, showing that the planet Naboo has not fulfilled its treaty obligations in the past year, causing a loss of 1.24 billion to the Trade Alliance. Loss of tens of millions of credit points.
However, the planet Naboo refused to recognize the validity of this treaty. Queen Amidala said that this treaty was signed under the pressure of strong power, and the treaty itself violated the constitution of the Republic.
Then several parties began to argue over this treaty, endlessly.
The Fourth Group’s attitude towards Xiao Guanghua was even simpler. Gross Shelbia, who had been promoted to the director of the Fourth Group, did not attend the hearing. The Fourth Group who had also been promoted did. Representative Rosanna Goodes.
Rosanna just said lightly, "Xiao Guanghua went on vacation. He didn't do anything. He was just watching for fun."
Gungan representative Jar Jar Binks said loudly: "I also participated in this battle as a general. I saw Xiao Guanghua commanding the robot army with my own eyes!" However, his appearance was not very convincing.
"As we all know, the robots of the Trade Federation are controlled by robot control ships. What do you think Xiao Guanghua should do to command this battle?" Rosanna looked at Jar Jar Bink coldly. Si, "And you are actually the general of the Gungans? Haha, I think I can imagine why the Gungans' 100,000-strong army was beaten to pieces and lost their armor."
Now I can't even lose my temper. The good Jar Jar Binks was also angry. He jumped and said: "The Gungans have no cowards! More than 10,000 of our warriors lost their lives in the Battle of the Prairie! I will not allow you to insult the Gungans like this!"
"No offense, I'm just stating the facts." Rosanna said.
Her sharp words made Jar Jar Binks, who had never seen such a big scene before, almost collapse emotionally. He tried to hit Xiao Guanghua with a water glass but was stopped, and the hearing ended in vain again. .
Finally, because the 48-hour detention period has expired, the Republic's law enforcement agencies have no reason to continue to detain the three people. They can only temporarily release them and require them to be on call at all times. They are not allowed to leave Coruscant and must be on call.
Then Xiao Guanghua got on Newt Gunray's spaceship that day, and the three of them left directly and went back to their respective homes. But the matter was not over yet. Speaker Sheev Palpatine convened an enlarged meeting the next day and immediately put a bill on sanctions against the Trade Federation and the Fourth Group on the table.
According to the content of the sanctions, the Trade Alliance will be completely deprived of its trade privileges. The Trade Alliance that has lost its trade privileges will no longer be a member of the free trade zone. All their businesses in the Outer Rim Star Region Activities will be heavily taxed.
Not only that, this bill requires the Trade Federation to completely disband their defense fleet, and the job of protecting their routes will be handed over to the Republic's local defense fleet, and the Trade Federation needs to pay a lot of money to maintain the local defense fleet. work.
For the Fourth Group, Chancellor Palpatine also proposed a direct fine of 5 billion credits, free post-war reconstruction of the planet Naboo, the withdrawal of insulting advertisements to the Republic, and the disbandment of the defense fleet, stopping the production and production of combat ships. Sale.
If these sanctions are implemented, it will basically be the death sentence for the Trade Alliance and the Fourth Group.
But the two companies have no intention of accepting sanctions at all. Not only that, their representatives Lott Dude and Rosanna Goodes did not withdraw from the Galactic Parliament as many people imagined. , but continued to stay in the parliament and engage in various wranglings.
And at this time, a very delicate situation also emerged in the Galactic Parliament.
Most of those who strongly demand severe punishment of the Trade Alliance and the Fourth Group are representatives of the inner ring and core planets, while most of the representatives of the outer ring planets have ambiguous attitudes, or simply openly support the Trade Alliance and them.
But Speaker Palpatine was also very straightforward. He publicly declared at a meeting that those planets that support corporate giants such as the Trade Federation are bribed by them and are the source of corruption in the Galactic Parliament.
He attributed all the corruption during Finis Valorum's tenure to the bribery and bribery of corporate giants such as the Trade Alliance, and he began to guide the direction of the wind in Parliament. All members who supported the Trade Alliance, They were all bribed and corrupted, and were sinners of the Republic.
Chancellor Palpatine intentionally or unintentionally ignored the fact that the economic lifeline of many planets in the outer ring star region relies on corporate giants such as the Trade Federation. Some planets that are not capable of interstellar navigation also rely on trade alliances to connect with the Republic.
Even if there is exploitation in this process, it is at least a guarantee for their economic development and star domain security, which is precisely what the Republic cannot provide. These planets support the trade alliance, which is actually understandable and is a normal political behavior.
But Palpatine's approach is to please those developed planets in the inner and core circles that are truly profound, and to label the backward planets in the outer ring and kick them aside.
Soon, the Outer Rim Star District Councilors, including Councilor Ainle-Tim, began to find that they were becoming more and more isolated in the parliament, and their voices became smaller and smaller. The former Ring faction group also fell apart due to the betrayal of leader Orn Free Tower.
But at this moment, a person stood up.
Dawn Planet Councilor, Francis Underwood.
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