On the second day of Akumal’s arrival in Alia, he delivered the speech "The World Needs Peace," once again shaking the entire world.
On the third day, as a witness, he observed the communication eting between Alia’s elected representatives and Special Zone officials, such as the Governor.
The two sides sat at tables arranged in two rows, separated by so distance. The elected representatives ca from different cities, and they were the most prestigious individuals locally. They received the trust of the locals, who sent them here for communication.
Akumal sat in a chair between the two sides, but he remained present without participating in any of the proceedings.
Journalists from various countries truthfully recorded the scene with their caras. Under Akumal’s influence, disputes were resolved in an orderly manner through communication.
Issues were addressed one by one, or new developnts occurred, which also shook everyone!
This embodies Akumal’s spirit and his ideology!
Indeed, there are many ways to solve problems; why resort to violence?
Why not try non-violent thods?
No one thought this way before; perhaps using violence was too easy, but now people are starting to value this non-violent approach.
It looks promising, at least for now.
Even problems that couldn’t be solved by violence were resolved, and in this mont, everyone believes that Akumal and his ideas will beco a guiding force influencing the world’s configuration.
Later, after the day’s negotiations concluded, the Governor returned to the Governor’s Mansion, followed closely by the officials.
The Governor worked from his residence, which is divided into five parts: the front courtyard, basically a garden, followed by a locally styled four-story office building.
Exiting the office building leads to the central courtyard garden, and further beyond is the Governor’s living quarters, with a detached three-story house in Gafura’s aristocratic style, and finally the back garden.
He doesn’t need to commute between his residence and office, which is a privilege akin to that of an Emperor.
The Emperor never needs to leave the Imperial Palace to work; his office is within the palace.
The Governor’s authority is exceptionally large; he’s essentially the Emperor of Alie Province, controlling everything here. If necessary, he can even oppose certain requests from Gafura’s Main Island.
As long as he deems those requests "unreasonable" or "rude," he can refuse to implent them.
Throughout history, those who achieved the Governor position were always trusted mbers of the Imperial Family or highly influential nobles.
Back in the office, a group of officials gathered, and soone couldn’t help but ask, "Your Excellency, so agendas clearly exceed our discussion scope; we could potentially ignore these issues."
So topics submitted by elected representatives today were not within the responsive strategies, such as a city’s representative proposing a degree of autonomy.
It’s because the residents of the city harbor fear towards Gafura people; every city was affected during the initial suppression of rebels.
Initially, agreeing to such matters is absolutely impossible; the Gafura spent so much ti and effort stabilizing the situation to where it is now, and suddenly you want autonomy, then granted autonomy?
Who would call the shots then?
But unexpectedly, the Governor not only patiently listened to their argunts but also provided them with a definite answer.
He allowed the locals to appropriately integrate into governnt agencies, such as the police and other departnts.
This displayed the Governor’s sincerity that everyone felt; later ca an array of issues, except for a few cases like locals requesting to form their army being declined, most reasonable, non-extre demands were acknowledged by the President, or at least minor concessions were made for compromise.
The Governor sat in his chair, his right thumb and forefinger resting against his chin and cheek, supporting his face, sitting tilted.
It seed as though he didn’t hear the officials speak; after about twenty or thirty seconds, he looked at that official, "Letting them be police won’t impact our control over locals, and instead, they’ll tend to align more with us."
"They’ll resent cris committed by their compatriots even more, using harsher thods, which won’t affect us, and this matter doesn’t need discussion, let’s see the specific situation first."
The official nodded and closed his mouth, while other officials raised various issues, all patiently addressed by the Governor.
This included topics like reducing existing local taxes, ensuring locals receive as equal treatnt as possible...
After all queries were answered, the officials left one by one, comncing work and preparing operations.
The room was left with only two people.
The Governor and his son.
He had two sons; his eldest son was right before him, while his youngest son was studying abroad and showed no interest in politics, which nicely avoided brotherly conflict over inheritance.
Of course, forgoing power ant the Governor compensating more in monetary terms, to which his eldest son had no objections.
In Gafura, as long as you have a title and privilege, making money is straightforward.
"Father, I don’t quite understand why we’re making so many concessions?" Once everyone left, the eldest son acting as Secretary looked for a place to sit, pouring himself a glass of wine.
The treatnt towards locals before wasn’t as mild as it is now. Although internally within the Empire, as well as the Governor, were leveraging Akumal’s ideology to quell the lingering unrest, his eldest son viewed their concessions as excessive.
So issues could change little by little, like the locals’ craving for autonomy; initially, insignificant work could have been given to them, gradually allowing them to gain so authority.
Rather than instantly permitting them to beco police, inducing further desires.
The Governor glanced at his eldest son, twenty-sothing, appearing to fit the Empire’s aesthetic appreciation for nobility.
Handso, charming, face slightly elongated, rendering a serious countenance, looking appealing even with a wig.
But he still lacked a broader perspective, not entirely his fault, as he was young.
"We must stabilize the situation here as quickly as possible."
The Governor said sothing incomprehensible, and his eldest son didn’t understand, "Why?"
The Governor gazed towards the Empire’s direction outside the window, beyond the horizon, where nothing was visible, no flag-billowing Gafura Main Island, yet his gaze seed to traverse countless distances, overlooking his holand from the sky.
"Because the Main Island is about to be in chaos."
"Once disorder happens there, whether we’re stable here becos very crucial."
The Governor seed sowhat sentintal, who could have imagined the Imperial Family, after reclaiming power for so long, hadn’t inherited over several generations yet before the Pri Minister took it back.
Taking it back aside, they seed intent to sever the Family’s chances of reconnecting power in one stroke. Once this storm begins to brew, it’ll affect all of Gafura’s territory.
If conflict erupts between the nobility and the Imperial Family, massive confrontation, and possibly civil wars could ensue.
Of course, he’s fully aware, the Pri Minister and the Emperor will try their best to contain civil war outbreaks, as evident by the fleet departing port.
The whole world is currently very tranquil and peaceful; when naval ships depart, there’s practically nowhere to go, just aimlessly drifting around the West Ocean.
This will last for a while, about two to three years, not too long.
All matters must resolve before the next war outbreak; it’s generally believed that a new round of war will erupt approximately seven to eight years later!
This isn’t so scholar’s expert guess, but a kind of fact; including the Federation, each country feverishly pushes advancents in military technology, updating and replacing military equipnt.
For example, countries previously opposing Gafura are excessively building various warships and military equipnt.
These things aren’t for show or defense against anyone; their only function is offense!
Given the current industrial level, military equipnt will undergo two cycles of innovation and deploynt in seven to eight years, aning if war doesn’t happen, their efforts during this period will be wasted.
At that ti, whether for their already manufactured military equipnt or past hostilities, they’ll necessarily instigate a war!
The war’s losers will bear the cost, with others plundering wealth, resources, even land from them!
The Pri Minister knows this, and the Emperor knows this, so they won’t delay the "decisive battle" till the outbreak of war as it benefits Gafura nothing.
From political entity change to adaptation needs ti, many modifications, aning at least four to five years for entire Gafura adjustnt.
Whether the Pri Minister triumphs or the Emperor triumphs, it’s the sa.
If the Pri Minister succeeds, he’ll establish a political power institution with the Pri Minister as a new core; the Imperial Family withdraws from the ruling stage.
If the Emperor wins, he’ll indeed reform Gafura’s political system, preventing further occurrences like the Pri Minister seizing power.
No matter who leads these changes, a lengthy habituation ti is needed, followed by war preparations.
Besides, even the Governor himself doesn’t foresee Emperor’s favorable prospects in this ga, as he practically holds no impressive chips.
Stabilizing Alia’s situation is actually the Governor’s most significant support in this ga.
As long as it’s stable here, the Emperor needn’t worry about potential issues; he can focus on Main Island’s matters.
Yet the Governor isn’t worried about whether his power will be affected, as no matter what, within three to five years, no one can shake his position.
And these are things his son doesn’t understand.
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