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Why didn't Berkeley escape? On the one hand, it was because of pride and dignity, on the other hand, he also thought he understood the new alliance and the Shire.

Since August last year, he has ordered the collection of intelligence on the new alliance through various channels, and then conducted a lot of analysis. He has also carefully studied even Ciel's twelve speeches.

In Ciel, he can find a little bit of himself. He is calm and rational, but at the same time full of enthusiasm and vitality. He should also be an idealist.

The New Alliance is supposed to be an organization that robs the rich and gives to the poor, although they don't seem to have shouted out such a slogan yet. After the new alliance occupied the city, it confiscated a large number of wealthy people's assets and confiscated them, which became a source of financial funds.

However, they showed restraint and did not loot or destroy. Instead, they probably wanted to occupy the new territory for a long time, so social order was quickly restored. This is a group that prefers lawfulness, as can be seen from the public speeches given by their leader Ciel.

Their military strength is very strong, their troops are well-trained and well-equipped, and their commanders are particularly capable. Therefore, there are almost no major losses in the process of expansion and advancement, and the battles end quickly.

Although they also suppressed a group of people, the number was very limited and they did not retaliate on a large scale against the resisters.

But perhaps because its main members are from the lower classes and have received little education, they don't seem to know much about safeguarding and respecting human rights. Many of the captured people were sent to transformation concentration camps for so-called transformation, requiring them to obey the rules set by the new alliance.

The New Alliance has launched a movement that, before punishing the enemy, organizes public rallies to accuse and humiliate the enemy in public, stimulating their hatred and recalling their trauma, instead of teaching the people to forgive and heal the trauma.

In Berkeley's view, even criminals have human dignity and can be tried and convicted by the court. The new alliance has undoubtedly adopted a method of character humiliation to stir up public hatred, which will intensify social conflicts.

Many of those who were humiliated were respectable social elites, but they were usually the most hated people at the bottom of society. The New Alliance may be doing this because they want to prove the justice of their actions, and it is also a way to coerce the people.

But from a higher level, doing so will only spread hatred and fail to solve the real problem. If the country and society want to develop, they still have to rely on the elite class who have mastered knowledge and wealth and know how to use this knowledge and wealth.

But in any case, the New Alliance is also an orderly military and political organization, and there are various signs that they also have the will to build this country well.

The assets confiscated by the new alliance were not destroyed and looted, but were taken over and continued to be maintained and operated. Although they still lacked knowledge in economics, they were working hard after all.

When suppressing the enemy, although there were deviations such as humiliating personalities and provoking conflicts, the new alliance generally followed the principle of procedural justice. The few people who were suppressed had certain crimes and charges, which was what Berkeley appreciated most.

Therefore, he felt that Ciel could communicate and could sit down and have a good talk to find the best result for both parties and the country.

Berkeley believes that he has been honest and upright since he took office, more incorruptible and upright than almost all officials in the country. After deeply understanding the new alliance's style of doing things, he has a little more confidence to dare to stay.

Of course, he also has another source of confidence from Tiga City, which is his sphere of influence. Even if others are here, he still has a strong enough force behind him.

The new coalition captured the capital, but Pakatan Harapan can still negotiate with it to form a more collaborative government that would make the fragmented country more whole.

The original central government had the weakest control over the three states in the northern part of the country, and the new alliance has already occupied these three states. If they want to integrate this country, they still need the help of more experienced and knowledgeable people. At least at the level of governing the country, Berkeley still has a lot to teach Ciel.

After the presidential palace came under the control of the new alliance, Berkeley didn't even know if he was a prisoner of war, because he was still living here. In addition to having his weapons taken away and his former service personnel removed, no one restricted his freedom of movement. , he just couldn’t get out of the presidential palace.

Although living conditions have become much more difficult, at least three meals a day are still provided, so he has enough time to organize his thoughts and think about various problems. Many times when he thought about it, he was almost moved by his noble feelings.

He is now unable to communicate with the outside world and is cut off from news. The computer in the presidential palace has been moved away, and his mobile phone has been taken away. He can only read some books and magazines on weekdays.

After applying for an interview with Charles, he waited for a long time without receiving a reply. He didn't understand what was going on. Was Charles so inexperienced in politics? Now that he had caught himself as the president, didn't he understand the political value of it? Whatever he wanted to do, he should have done it long ago!

There is another thing that is even more strange. Why did Charles himself not move into the presidential palace, but instead continued to put him under house arrest here? Could it be that you think this presidential palace is not good and want to build another presidential palace? But this presidential palace is already grand and majestic enough. Even if it is built separately, it will not be possible in a short time!

Could it be that the new alliance has encountered another change? Is it because the armed forces in the south saw the turmoil in the capital and seized the opportunity to go north to fight for central power. The result has not yet been decided?

Or maybe the new alliance is organizing a new presidential election, and after everything is settled, it will push itself out to achieve a seemingly smooth transfer of power?

This would be wrong. He lacks political wisdom. Berkeley even wants to tell Charles face to face how to better control the process of power transfer. He is the most experienced in this...

When people have nothing to do, they will inevitably have all kinds of random thoughts, and Berkeley really thinks too much. The reason why Ciel didn't come to see him is because he didn't care at all.

The new alliance not only captured the main urban area of ​​Mowang City, but also liberated the entire Mowangbang District. Another army liberated the Digabang District, and then continued south to liberate the entire Kilili Country.

During this period of time, Ciel was almost as busy as an octopus. He had food and accommodation in the office building of the new alliance's temporary command headquarters. If he didn't have a strong physique and extraordinary energy, he might not be able to sustain such intensity of work. As for President Berkeley, he has always been an insignificant figure. Let him stay for now and deal with it when he has time.

Unable to wait for Ciel, Berkeley asked the service leader sent by the new alliance. As a result, the other party told him very seriously that he was not a person serving him, but the person in charge of taking over the work of the presidential palace. Any information involving military operations could not be disclosed to Berkeley according to discipline.

But at least they had become familiar with each other these days, so Berkeley asked about some situations that should not violate discipline. Only then did he learn that Charles had not announced his inauguration as interim president, and the new alliance had not announced a "takeover" of the central government.

In other words, during the current period, the country of Kilili is actually in a state without a central government. But the actual situation cannot be said to be anarchy. The new alliance has controlled order and initially achieved effective management of various regions.

However, there is still a great influence of the central government without a name. For example, if diplomatic envoys from various countries want to submit credentials, who should they contact? In another sense, it seems that Berkeley is still the president of the country, because no one announced his resignation, and he himself did not announce his resignation. What kind of drama is this? The New Alliance is an act of complete political idiocy!

The confused Berkeley wrote a long letter to Charles, with tens of thousands of words in total.

He first introduced his resume and life in detail, mainly his experience of studying abroad and working after returning to China, focusing on his ideals, ambitions and aspirations, as well as the many efforts he has made for this.

He analyzed the situation of Jili Country, including its history and current situation, and then talked about ideas and methods for building and developing the country. The most space in the letter is used to introduce his governance experience and philosophy of governing the country.

In the letter, he admitted that the new alliance had obtained central power, and as the previous president, he expressed his willingness to cooperate with Shire to carry out a smooth transfer of power, which was at least nominally smooth and legal, making it procedurally unsound. A military coup.

He also represents the Hope Front and the local government of Tigabon District, hoping to establish a closer cooperative relationship with the new alliance, or to unite to build the country.

He also provided suggestions for policies in various aspects such as political, economic, and military perspectives, as well as government organization, official appointment, central and local relations, etc. after Charles became president.

He implicitly expressed the hope that his successful governance strategies would not be in vain. Although he is no longer the president, he is still willing to use his knowledge and experience to help the new president govern the country.

The more Berkeley wrote, the more emotional he became. The time God gave him was too short, only three and a half years. He had too many things to do before he could do it. The country had not yet been saved. If possible, he really wanted to pray to heaven again. Borrow five hundred years!

Of course, he couldn't write this in the letter. He just wanted Charles to accept his suggestion, so that even if he temporarily left the position of president, his political wisdom and governance ideas could continue to benefit the country.

His letter was written in English. Xia should be able to understand it, right? Even if you don’t understand some parts, there should be professional translators around you.

There were indeed some words in this long letter that Charles didn't recognize, but Charles didn't find a translator. He took out his mobile phone and scanned it with a translation software, and he figured it out. There wasn't anything too complicated.

However, after reading it, Charles was completely confused!

What shocked him was that, whether in name or in reality, President Berkeley, as the former supreme leader of the Kingdom of Gila, was so disconnected from the people of this country and the real status quo that he was blinded. To the extent?

The United Nations has a survey report, which is based on 2019 data. Among the economies of more than 200 countries and regions in the world, the development level of Gila ranks second from the bottom! In the 1970s and 1980s, Kilili Country was still ranked in the bottom 20.

Berkeley cannot be entirely blamed for this, as he took over such a country. But what did Berkeley do after he became president, and what was the country like under his governance?

Ciel has lived in the most ordinary and representative neighborhood in the Kingdom of Miles since he was a child. He himself is not considered to be at the lowest level of the people, because his uncle was once the second-in-command of the Big Head Gang, and he himself later became the backbone of the Big Head Gang.

Charles has never been malnourished since he was a child. He is strong and strong and has not grown more than 1.9 meters tall in vain. He also owns a banana orchard, a winery and a liquor store, so he can be considered a "neighborhood bourgeois".

But Ciel also knows what the world he lives in is like, it is a hell on earth! It is so full of despair that many people are completely unaware of hope, have long been numb to a lot of pain, and have no guarantee of life and wealth.

The gangsters around him all claimed that they were not afraid of death, and this so-called brave declaration seemed so sad. Indeed, is there any use in fearing death in a place where corpses can be found on the streets at any time?

If Ciel's childhood experience only represents Port Fiso, then during the process of the New Alliance Army's liberation of Kilili Country, Ciel also followed the actions of military and political cadres. He not only studied the information of various places, but also witnessed the scenes of various places with his own eyes.

Doesn't Berkeley know what kind of country the country he governs is? If he knew this, how could he still have the nerve to claim to have "outstanding political achievements" and "the best in history"?

The sigh of unfulfilled ambition is all due to the new alliance popping up to cause trouble?

The confused Charles read this long letter for a long time, and finally came to the conclusion that Berkeley should really not know the situation. At least the tone and attitude in this letter were serious, which made Charles even more confused. Confused.

The New Alliance has long been collecting all kinds of intelligence information about the Gilguan government, not just military matters. Charles is actually very familiar with the various policies and measures adopted by the president during his term of office.

Berkeley should be relatively familiar with the operation of the modern Western financial system, so he promptly took control of the financial system of the country after taking office, focusing on the data exchange and settlement center, thus stabilizing the central finance and also controlling some customs and taxation.

This is the first thing a central government should do. If evaluated on a 100-point scale, Berkeley could score forty-five points. Although it is still not up to the passing line, it can be considered as fooling around based on the current situation of the country. .

But other than that, the president seems to have few other achievements to talk about. Some things he has done are worse than not doing.

For example, the president mentioned in his letter that he is well aware of the importance of talents. Only by cultivating more talents can we build this country well. Therefore, since he took office, he has devoted himself to building the best university on the east coast of the Black Wasteland—— Kiriland Public University.

When he saw this, Ciel was so shocked that he almost kicked over the table in front of him. Because he has known about the situation of this university for a long time. What kind of weird president is he to invest half of the national education funds in a university? He actually took credit for this!

Kiri State Public University, referred to as Kiri University, used to enroll only a few hundred freshmen each year. After Berkeley became president, it expanded its enrollment and currently enrolls 1,500 freshmen every year. It is said that there are plans to reach two in the future. There are more than 1,000 students. Currently, according to the student roster, there are 6,217 students on campus.

After Berkeley took office, he not only expanded the scale of teaching, but also waived all fees such as accommodation, tuition, and textbook fees. Even the restaurant is free, which greatly improved the living and teaching environment.

As far as Charles knows, those who can enter this university are the second generation with the least money in the country. To be more precise, there is a Garden of Eden specially created for the second generation of evil, a training ground for the next generation of syndicate crime bosses.

It is impossible for a "community propertied class" like Charles to enter such a university. Fiso Port was originally located in the southern coastal area. There was one and only elite school, New Pastoral School. Only a few of its best graduates or those with the most background had the opportunity to attend Jili University.

In the past few years, the university has become even dirtier under President Berkeley's care. The latest survey report by community cadres shows that people in the neighborhoods surrounding Jili University “all change their colors” when they mention this university, especially the students there!

This university actually has a heavily armed security team who protect the "freedom of academic research" within the university. If students commit something outside, the local police have no power to enter the campus to enforce the law.

There is a group of lawless second-generation ancestors living in the campus, and no one dares or can control what they do. Its early graduate Dong Zegang, compared with most current students, is already a white lotus with high moral character!

The only thing that Charles envied about these students was that they were all in their twenties and all of them had fathers. In the country of Jili, this is a group that has a father who has survived to adulthood, and the father is still alive. How lucky they are.

I heard that more than three-quarters of the graduates from this university managed to go overseas after graduation. This is really thankful!

The New Alliance's working group also entered the university, but was stopped by the school's security forces. The other party claimed that it was not subject to interference from the government police department and was exercising completely independent duties.

The new alliance working group did not take this trick and notified the army to come and disarm the armed forces.

The disarming process went smoothly and there were no casualties. However, when the working group was preparing to enter the campus, someone fired with a submachine gun from a building not far outside the school, causing five cadres to die on the spot! For the new alliance, this was a major casualty event.

The angry accompanying troops almost called the demolition team to demolish the building, but the calm commander stopped him. He only ordered the bombardier to throw a grenade into the room through the window, and then sent a combat team to rush into the building. …

Of course all the people in the room were shot dead, but the scene was shocking. Twelve corpses of four men and eight women, all of them C and L.

Afterwards, the investigation revealed that a group of students brought in several girls to have fun while smoking and having sex, and finally got high. What they suck at is their status. Many of their products are high-end goods that ordinary people in the country have never seen or even heard of.

Before Charles read Berkeley's long letter, he had just received a report on the situation of the working group stationed at Jili University, and had just signed an order to temporarily control all teachers and students of the school, conduct a comprehensive screening and review, and at the same time search for drugs in the school. and weapons.

It is necessary to identify clearly who should be suppressed, who should undergo forced transformation, and who should receive re-education. If all these people were sent to be shot, they might be unjustly accused, and the new alliance could not unjustly accuse innocent people.

When looking at this phenomenon, we cannot just emphasize the identity of school students. Everyone has multiple identities.

Let's make a hypothesis from Charles's point of view. If Jin Datou is not dead, he has a son who is in his twenties, and Jin Datou is still the leader of the Datou Gang. So do you believe that this person is a bad-mannered, ruthless second-generation black man, or a white lotus with both ability and political integrity, who can emerge from the mire without staining? Which is more likely is actually self-evident.

And with Jin Datou's identity, even if he is not dead, if the Datou Gang cannot continue to "grow and grow", his son may not be able to enter Jili University. The student body of Jili University is composed of people with higher "levels".

In President Berkeley's letter, he sincerely suggested that Shire should reuse graduates of Jiuli University in the future, try to provide them with generous remuneration and important jobs, and create various opportunities to keep them, because they are the future. The hope of building a country of several miles.

President Berkeley also suggested that although the new alliance had obtained central power through military means, it would still rely on the original officials at all levels to govern the country, especially the officials he had promoted since he took office. They are the few elites in this country. Without them, this country will be completely out of control.

Berkeley also earnestly urged that the current system of this country must be maintained. This is a political and legal system drawn from the most advanced civilization in the world. It can be said that it is close to the most perfect ultimate form of human civilization. All the problems in the Kingdom of Kilili can be traced back to the fact that they have not implemented this institutional system well.

President Bekele hopes that his ideas on governing the country and the various policies he implements can continue to be implemented, which will eventually bring bright prospects to the country.

In terms of diplomacy, he also hopes that Shire can continue to maintain and consolidate the results achieved so far. The country of Gilly is so poor and weak, and any improvement in the diplomatic environment is hard-won.

When providing "foreign policy guidance," Berkeley also mentioned what kind of advice he hired as a military adviser, but how he decisively rejected it and sent the last presidential guard to protect the embassy area.

Before receiving this letter, Charles had actually known about this for a long time. The new alliance taking over the presidential palace did not just occupy a building. But when he read this, Charles was convinced that Berkeley was not a retarded person and that he was sane when he wrote this letter.

But how can a person who is sane and has a normal IQ face an opponent who crushes him in all aspects of politics, economy, military, and even grassroots organizations, social mobilization, production and construction, government management, and citizen education? That kind of superiority, actually assuming the posture of a guide and a teacher?

What kind of... arrogance and ignorance, Ciel really can't find a suitable adjective! Did Berkeley take the wrong medicine, or did he grow up taking this medicine?

Across the letter, Charles seemed to be able to see another person, telling him earnestly: "It is enough for the New Alliance to conquer the country and you to establish a political power. If you want to rule this country, you have to rely on us and people like us. This This is proven by history and determined by reality..."

Charles was not angry, really not angry, he just felt a sense of shock from deep within!

With this letter in hand, he deliberately took advantage of his busy schedule to convene a special meeting with the top leaders of the New Alliance in Mowang City. The focus of the discussion at the meeting was not on Berkeley himself, but on people like Berkeley, why there are such people, and how to deal with such people.

After the meeting, Charles specially said hello, and at the same time notified the new alliance team in Diga City to collect background information about Berkeley and his family and compile a briefing.

A week after sending the long letter, Berkeley finally received a reply, including good news and bad news.

The bad news is that the city of Tiga was also liberated. The new alliance not only liberated the cities of Mowang and Tiga, but also continued south to liberate the entire country of Kilili. The reason why President Charles didn't take time out during this period of time was because of the complicated military and political affairs.

The good news is that President Charles finally responded and will receive Berkeley at the former Presidential Palace tomorrow night. He gave Berkeley a whole night to say whatever he wanted.

After learning that the city of Tiga had also been captured by the new alliance, Berkeley felt depressed deep down. Some of the cooperation proposals mentioned in his letter could not be negotiated. But on the other hand, he still has a lot to say to Charles face to face. Some suggestions cannot be explained clearly in letters and require a process of communication and discussion.

The day that Berkeley waited for a reply was December 31, 2021, and the day that Shire officially met with Berkeley was January 1, 2022.