Blackstone Code

"Those people are a little dissatisfied with some of our practices. Do we need to..."

A core member of an interest group was relaying to Peleus's father a well-intentioned "warning" from some senior managers of a military industrial group. Someone reported that a certain military industrial company obtained military orders by bribing naval generals.

In fact, this kind of thing... is not uncommon in the federation. There are even special departments to investigate these issues for job-related crimes.

However, cases related to federal and official crimes are always emerging, and it seems that they will never stop!

It’s not just the military that’s doing this, almost anyone who has a little bit of power in their hands and can bring benefits to the capitalists is doing this!

For example, the labor protection clothing products purchased by the workers' union, products with no technical threshold, are available all over the streets in the Federation.

And it is difficult for you to choose one with particularly good quality or one that is particularly outstanding in a certain aspect among products with the same price range.

There is basically not much difference between most products of the same price range, but why do they only purchase a certain brand among them, or for what purpose do they purchase products of a certain brand?

These people may say that these products have such and such advantages, but in fact everyone is similar.

In the final analysis, it is still a matter of benefit transmission.

This issue cannot be banned in the federation, and has even become an implicit unspoken rule.

As long as the top federal politicians are investigated carefully, at least half of them are suspected of official crimes.

Especially the men in Congress, who hold the bonds, financial products, and shares of various foundations in their hands, and enjoy huge dividends every year without doing anything.

It may seem like there's nothing wrong with this, but anyone in their right mind would know that something is obviously wrong.

As long as these politicians become members of Congress, they seem to have mastered superb investment skills overnight!

Various interests are channeled throughout the federation, including the military.

Lynch ceded part of the profits from military procurement to the commanders of the Western Military Region and the Central and Southern Military Region every year, in exchange for them purchasing large quantities of military products under Lynch's command.

The same principle applies to the Naval District. They use various methods to give money to the Peleus family and then sell the products.

The generals don't care that much about what the incoming products look like. They are not the final users anyway, as long as they are provided in place.

And the soldiers don't care that much. They don't need to buy their own weapons anyway. They are all given out for free, and they can use whatever they are given.

At most, some of the weapons are not very easy to use, but everyone is using them, so we can make do with them.

If a war does break out, just replace it with a batch of more useful ones.

What the Peleus family is doing now is to pass on part of their troubles to these military-industrial groups and shipping groups.

The federal government seems to have been stabbed in the waist when dealing with the capitalist group and cannot use its strength.

But this is normal. In a capital-first society, there is great pressure to investigate large group companies.

From political pressure——

These capitalists, big capitalists, have many good friends in the political circles, including members of Congress, cabinet ministers, and ministers of important departments.

The power in the hands of these people can make the staff responsible for specific investigation work very helpless, because the person who obstructs their work may be their boss!

There is also pressure from the public——

Once a large enterprise begins to enter the process of being investigated, many capitalists will directly stop work and production in order to protect the enterprise itself.

It seems stupid to do this and lose a lot of their own interests, but they are able to protect the company from accidents!

Workers who have temporarily lost their jobs will seethe and blame stupid federal decisions for ruining their jobs, and their weekends!

A large number of workers demonstrated, and some people were arranged to attack the office. It was difficult to fight back after being beaten.

Ultimately, there is pressure from all aspects of society——

It is impossible for people to live in this society without social interaction. As long as there is social interaction, there will be people with whom you have a good relationship.

Capitalists can spend money to bribe most people to help them and become their lobbyists.

Maybe you don't take the lobbying of ordinary friends and colleagues that seriously.

But when you work for a whole day, both physical and mental fatigue reaches the limit.

When you come home after taking leave and want to have a good and quiet sleep.

Just before you fell asleep, your wife gently put her head on your chest and told you: "You must do those things..."

No one can get rid of these. The power of capital is endless in the Federation. When the power of capital is fully exerted, even Connor will have to step aside!

Because this is a capitalist society, everything has value!

Their religion is money!

So, there is nothing money can’t do!

Obviously the people in this kind of society and country don’t have too many beliefs, it’s not like...

It is precisely because the capitalists are very difficult to deal with that Peleus's father directly makes decisions, dragging down those big capitalists and big consortiums.

Even if they eventually reach a settlement with the federal government, it will take a long time.

Time is now very important for the Peleus family, and they have begun to transfer family assets.

Although money will become like waste paper in more than ten years, until that day comes, money is still full of great power in this world!

It takes money to transfer assets, it takes money to secretly send people out, and it also takes time to eliminate many remaining traces and evidence.

Although the big capitalists and financial groups would be very dissatisfied with their family, how could Peleus's father, who had already determined that he must die, care about these dissatisfactions?

"Organize some disabled veterans of our navy. I don't care where they are now. Find them as soon as possible and let them go to the Presidential Palace to march and petition."

"In short, let them do something instead of doing nothing. If anyone can buy time for us, then we will do it!"

"Find someone you can trust..."

Peleus's father lowered his voice slightly, "Let them attack our soldiers. Remember, this is a show, but it must be real. Do you understand what I mean?"

"As long as no one is killed or maimed, everything else doesn't matter!"

He paused as he spoke, and his voice rose again, "Also, find those people in the army who are not of the same mind as us, and find a way to find something for them to do, and don't let them snitch."

Peleus's grandfather was sitting next to him. The old man's eyes were half-open and half-closed, as if he was not awake.

After Peleus's father's assistant left, his eyes opened slightly and he looked at his son, "We all did something stupid back then."

Peleus's father was stunned for a moment, "Is there anything I should know that I don't know?"

He didn't know what his father was talking about. He had never heard anything like it before.

Peleus's grandfather sighed softly, "Actually, we should let you enter the political arena. You are better than others in this aspect."

"Truman is also a waste. I admit that he did a lot for us, but he died too early and even left behind the means to use against us."

"We should not have been deceived by what he showed in the first place. He was not of the same mind as us from the beginning."

It was their joint decision to promote Mr. Trueman to power. On the one hand, Mr. Trueman performed very well, both in terms of military capabilities and administrative work.

He is very smart and has a quick mind. He can be said to be the best among Peleus's generation.

It is precisely because of his very close relationship with Peleus. Considering that Peleus will inherit the "legacy" of the two military forces in the future, he needs a political partner that he can trust and rely on to help him.

So Mr. Trueman, who had always performed well, was pushed to the forefront.

In fact, it does not require too troublesome means for the military to bring a person to power, even if the military was not as valued as it is now.

But just the annual arms purchase plan is enough for the military-industrial complex to pave all the paths for promotion for Mr. Trueman.

They arranged for Mr. Trueman to be President Bowling's staff and adjutant, which paved the way for his subsequent campaign.

First of all, President Bowling is not a tough person. Secondly, as long as he has enough money, he can have no position or bottom line.

This gave Mr. Trueman the opportunity and possibility to quickly cross class and successfully run for office!

But no one expected that in the second half of his ruling career, not only did he not help his close friend Peleus, but he also made some arrangements for them!

This is what makes the old general the most angry. They gave sincere and practical things, but in exchange for this result, their original plan did not work at all!

You know, that was a fucking wartime president. As long as he signed, many problems could be solved, but he always found reasons to delay it or refused to sign.

Every time he thought of this, the old general felt itchy with hatred.

After the old general calmed down a bit, he looked at his son and said, "I'm glad that you can support the operation of the entire family now. When do you think we will be needed?"

"We are ready!"

Peleus's father was somewhat silent. In the whole plan, the first person to die was his father, the federal army general.

His personal prestige was okay, but far inferior to that of his uncle, Peleus's other grandfather, the Federation Admiral.

Therefore, the one with less prestige should be killed first to attract people's attention, and then the one with very high prestige should be killed.

Although this is cruel, it does work!

But, as a son, how could he say this?