The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

1218. Civil War of the Banking Association (2)

Hearing what Gross Shelbya said, the core five finally realized the seriousness of the matter.

To say that in the past, the illegal things that the Interstellar Banking Association did were enough to sentence each of their top management ten times to death. But they are still calm and unaffected at all.

Because the Interstellar Banking Association is so rich that it can buy almost everyone they want!

Whenever the Interstellar Banking Association is about to be punished, there will always be countless people who will stand up to oppose it, and will always encounter all kinds of unimaginable obstacles, and finally nothing will happen.

In the end, even the finances of the Galactic Republic depend on the face of the Interstellar Banking Association, so those Republic officials dare not move a finger of them, and can only turn a blind eye.

But now, the situation is different.

Because of this war, the Galactic Republic has an extremely powerful army, and at the same time, the Galactic Republic's behavior has undergone great changes from before. If it was in the past, the Galactic Republic would reason with you, if you can't explain it, forget it. But now, if they find it doesn't make sense, then they'll talk to you about physics...

At the same time, also because of this war, Speaker Schiff Palpatine quietly completed the renewal of the Republic's internal bureaucratic structure in the past two years.

In the past, all the officials who paid for their appointments were replaced by status.

It is the aristocratic class in the inner circle and the inner circle who are beginning to control the bureaucracy of the Republic. They do not lack money, but what they lack is ambition, status, and power!

This is an unconscious class change, the merchant class is gradually marginalized and replaced by warlords and dignitaries.

In other words, in the current political and official circles of the Galactic Republic, money is of course very important, but it has begun to give way to power. Because of power, you can directly deprive you of money and even life!

The quiet change of the rules has also changed the Interstellar Banking Association, which is immersed in it.

Many of them began to move closer to these powerful people, or they themselves belonged to the powerful class. Sharp conflicts began to arise between them and the merchant class who were still superstitious about buying everything with money.

The representative of these people is the human faction of the Interplanetary Banking Association Scipio planet. They hope to use money to gain a higher status in the Galactic Republic, not to use money to make more money.

Therefore, people from these human factions are calling for higher power and more centralized control so that they can get more power. Rather than their previous demands for more relaxed control, their investment behavior is not subject to supervision.

Under this essential contradiction, the rift within the Interstellar Banking Association has been irreparable, so it was given to Schiff Palpatine to use a series of events to win over human factions, and at the same time launched Rush Clovis as an agent Opportunity.

Then under such circumstances, Rush Clovis will have enough power and influence to arrest the core five through the impeachment process within the Interstellar Banking Association!

The core five now think carefully and realize that Rush Clovis, he can really do this!

Seeing that they were silent, Gross Shelbya suddenly thought of a very bad situation, she frowned and asked, "Wait a minute, where are you now?"

"On... Planet Scipio." Core Five Two said sullenly.

"Why are you still on Planet Scipio under such circumstances!" Gross Shelbya was a little angry, her brows were erected, and she stood up as soon as she slapped the table.

"Planet Scipio is where our treasury is located, and the biggest responsibility of the core five, apart from presiding over the election of the co-chairman, is to manage the treasury of the Interstellar Banking Association." The core five said, "We can't leave Planet Scipio."

The core five people are in charge of the inside, and the co-chairman is in charge of the outside. This is the basic management structure of the Interstellar Banking Association.

Gross Shelby combined the story Tang Xiao told her with her own deduction and intelligence during this period, and after understanding everything, she said in a deep voice: "Then let me tell you what will happen next Bar!"

She sat back in her seat and said, "Because the funds requested by the Galactic Republic were not in place, the Republic will send representatives to ask for verification of the bill."

"Our bills are perfect!" Core Five No. 4 said loudly, "We are..."

"...Then, I ask you to open the vault and provide a guarantee that the funds will be in place." Gross Shelby raised her voice and interrupted the other party.

"This is impossible! We have the right to refuse!" said No. 1 of the core five.

"The person who comes is likely to be a combination of a member of Parliament and a Jedi Knight. At the same time, they will hold an executive order from the chairman of the Galactic Council, Schiff Palpatine, signed by himself." Gross continued, "Of course, that's still not enough. So, at the same time as they produce the executive order, Rush Clovis will impeach you at the same time, accusing you of misappropriating funds from the Interplanetary Banking Association to support separatism. "

"So, our only option is to open the treasury." San-Hil said aside, "In recent years, we have been using the form of yin and yang accounts to support Earl Dooku's Confederation of Independent Galaxies, and the clear accounts are for the Galactic Republic. , to grant funds in the form of credit. The dark account was made for the Confederation of Independent Galaxies, and the cash in our inventory was used. The prerequisite for all of this is the perfect cooperation between us. But the only trace is The cash flow of the inventory... If it was before, you held the management authority of the treasury, and no one dared to question it, but now, the situation is different."

"No! This must not happen!" The core five said loudly.

"Now you should find a way to leave the planet Scipio!" Gross Shelbya said.

"We can't leave here. This is our responsibility, and it is also the rule of the Interstellar Banking Association. Once we give up the management of the treasury, it is equivalent to giving up the position of the core five. At that time, who will take over the core five, In fact, I can make a list for you now, and...you will not be willing to accept this list at all." Core Five No. 1 said in a deep voice.

Gross Shelby took a deep breath. If she hadn't come to attend the summit of the Interstellar Banking Association today, she would never have imagined that they had been infiltrated to such an extent that they were even cornered!