The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

1319. Deepening of Centralization

Hearing Palpatine's words, Padmé Amidala's blood rushed straight into her brain, and she yelled, "This is not a question of whether it should be or not! Now the Galactic Republic has no plan for such a situation at all! If If the local defense fleets of all planets are directly owned by the central government of the Republic, the result will be that all our local defenses are useless!"

"But you must understand! During the battle of the Rendili galaxy, the local defense fleet became an accomplice of the separatism!" Aoun Free-Ta said loudly.

"This is the problem of Lundili's interstellar power company! And if you want to expand this problem to the entire galaxy, then I want to ask you, why do you allow those planets to nationalize the defense fleet formed through local finance! And don't give any security after that!" Padmé said sharply.

"And what we are facing now is that a series of provisions of the Rusan reform cannot adapt to the current war." Palpatine said with a smile, "The Rusan reform is a great resolution of the Galactic Republic. Any criticism of the decision-making of the Rusan reform. However, in the current completely different environment, we need to rethink whether these decisions 1,000 years ago can meet the conditions we are facing now."

"But what you have to do is to nationalize the last line of defense of many planets and directly withdraw them, and then let them pin all their hopes on the reaction of the Galactic Republic!" Padmé said loudly, "If you already have a The whole set of plans, then I will not raise any doubts! But under the current situation of the war, how do you ensure the safety of these planets!"

"That's exactly what we need to work on, isn't it?" Palpatine asked back with a smile.

However, he did not answer any targeted questions.

"This will be a rogue-like resolution! This means that the Galactic Republic has taken the local defense fleet into the central ownership without any commitment, and has not given any security guarantees to these planets!" Padmé said loudly .

"I understand your thoughts, Senator Amidala." Palpatine still had a warm smile on his face, "But now that the separatism is aggressive and has even occupied half of the galaxy, under such circumstances, can it be Can we have other more moderate means?"

"You are putting the power of the entire Galactic Republic in a state of complete loss of control!" said Councilor Padmé Amidala.

"I can assure you that every power in the Galactic Republic is under strict supervision, without exception." Palpatine said with a smile.

Padmé still wanted to argue, but there was a news vibration from the anti-gravity platform in front of her. She looked at the content of the news, and then looked at the direction of Alderaan Planet Councilor Bail Organa in the other direction, His face was gloomy.

Bail Organa told her through a message that the general trend has come, and continuing to argue will only reduce her prestige in the parliament. A little political capital, and then concentrate their strength, and suddenly launched an attack at a critical point in time, causing a fatal blow to Palpatine's position as speaker.

Padmé Amidala's face turned pale, but based on her long experience in politics, she knew that what Bail Organa said was correct.

However, this does not mean that in her conscience, this test can pass.

There is no doubt that Shiv-Palpatine is taking advantage of the betrayal of the planet Rendili to make a big fuss by nationalizing all the local defense fleets. But as Padme said, if there is a plan, this is not a problem, but now, when these planets have no preparations at all, the sudden announcement of the nationalization of the local defense fleet will only make these planets In an undefended state.

From another perspective, these planets can only be forced to pin their safety on the Republic Fleet.

And this point means a subversion for the existing Galactic Republic as a whole!

This will mean that the safety of many planets rests on the Republic Fleet! The actions of the Republic Fleet are placed in the executive order of the speaker himself!

So in the final analysis, the essence of this bill is to strengthen the power of the Speaker, who already has the power of emergency ruling - Schiff Palpatine!

Whether he admits it or not, Shiv-Palpatine has grown in power over the course of the war.

He has the power to build an army, and according to the continuous expansion of the scale of the war, he can continue to expand the size of the army. He can conscript against all planets as he deems necessary by the circumstances of the war. He can mobilize the resources and power of any planet within the rule of the Republic, as long as he thinks this is the necessary material demand for this war.

And now, he will be able to control the defense fleet of every planet under the jurisdiction of the Republic!

In other words, these defensive fleets will be completely owned by the Republic military, and there is no doubt that these fleets will be drawn out to supplement the Republic Navy. So if these planets are attacked by Separatists, they must call in the Republic Navy for help!

In other words, the life and death of these planets rests in the control of Schiff Palpatine alone!

No matter how Heev-Palpatine promises to return power to the parliament, but right now, right now, his power is getting bigger and bigger, and there are no restrictions at all.

This is what Padmé Amidala wants to oppose!

But as Bell Organa said in the message, the current situation is irreversible.

Lundili planet - the second largest planet in the entire galaxy, with a population of 600 billion!

Lundili Interstellar Power Company, one of the three largest industrial giants in the Galactic Republic, many people call it one of the Big Three, a company with strong industrial production capacity!

Now these two have definitely betrayed the Galactic Republic and thrown themselves into the embrace of Separatism!

And now, under Schiff-Palpatine's exaggeration, the reason why the Republic Fleet failed in Lundili was because the Lundili Local Defense Fleet took refuge in Separatism!

In such an environment of public opinion, any refutation made by Padmé Amidala is pale.

She was powerless to turn the tide.

...

After the meeting was over, Padmé Amidala came in front of the beneficiary Organa, and the two exchanged a look, their faces full of exhaustion.

Because they found that they couldn't stop Shiv-Palpatine from getting more and more power.

Everything is because of this war!

As long as this war is laid out, all of Palpatine's demands are reasonable and legal! Any voice against him will put the safety of billions of people of the Galactic Republic at risk!

This is the conspiracy...

A conspiracy to concentrate the powers of the entire Galactic Republic that once restrained and dispersed each other on Palpatine alone!

Whether it is Padmé Amidala or Bail Organa, they are powerless to stop!

As long as there is this war ahead, everything will give way!