Chapter 274: Jiang Yu's Plan_1

Jiang Yu helped Gu Cheng up, "It's good to have you back!"

Then he said to everyone, "Go and rest for a while, we will have a meeting in two hours."

Gu Cheng could naturally guess the purpose of this meeting, "I hope to have a chance for redemption."

"As long as you want to atone, you will have the opportunity!" Jiang Yu said with a gentle smile.

In the past two or three months, Jiang Yu had found very few people in the human world who felt guilty; they had all channeled their energy into their despair.

Especially after Jiang Yu and Logic became Wallfacers again, even fewer people felt guilty. Many believed that the Wallfacers must save them, or else they were incompetent.

What disappointed Jiang Yu was that, apart from the consortiums that were willing to gamble with their lives, nobody thought of escaping before other "The Waterdrops" arrived in the Solar System.

They just foolishly looked up to the Wallfacers, waiting for them to save the day.

Previously, Jiang Yu was puzzled why the second The Waterdrop, upon reaching Jupiter, had not simply destroyed the space docks where the interstellar warships were being built.

At first, Jiang Yu thought that the Trisolarans believed humanity was too terrified by "The Waterdrop" to dare boarding any spacecraft again, which made them easy to dismiss.

Jiang Yu even mocked the Trisolarans in his heart for a while, thinking that they had made a grave misjudgment at such a crucial moment!

It turned out that the Trisolarans acted this way because they had thoroughly studied the human world.

It wasn't that people were too scared to board spaceships, but rather, in a situation where all of humanity couldn't unify to escape the Solar System, people did not allow any escapist sentiment to surface.

Thus, Jiang Yu's escape plan was referred to by Bai Pingjun as: the retreat plan into deep space!

Jiang Yu had also just received the news that, before "The Waterdrop" approached Earth, the escape of humanity was not allowed!

Jiang Yu was furious. With "The Waterdrop" already reaching Earth, what was there to run for?

Jiang Yu had envisioned everyone eagerly converting the existing cargo ships and passenger ships into interstellar vessels, but it hadn't happened.

The plea for Jiang Yu to zealously build interstellar ships also hadn't occurred.

Now, people were just fixating on Jiang Yu and Logic's salvation plan, waiting to die!

It was only after experiencing it himself that Jiang Yu was shocked by the apathy of people in a high-welfare society.

He would have preferred that people fought tooth and nail for a chance to escape, even if it caused bloodshed or loss of life.

As You Ze had said, "Humanity is seriously sick."

Jiang Yu was prepared to administer a strong dose of medicine to human society!

He just had to be careful with the dosage of this strong medicine; one wrong move, and he feared his subordinates wouldn't carry out his orders, or they would even force him to step down through a coup or a military rebellion.

Jiang Yu sadly found that the people with the most rebellious and survival instincts, the ones who knew how to adapt to changing circumstances, were those from the consortium families.

Unfortunately, these consortia represented capital interests, not the public interest. If left to their own devices, they were likely to make things worse and worse.

The key issue was that Jiang Yu's goals were far removed from theirs, a classic case of "irreconcilable differences," making them natural adversaries.

With this in mind, Jiang Yu let out a grim smile. His next move would ensure that the forces of capital wouldn't dare to oppose him for half a century.

Suddenly he came back to his senses and put away the grim smile as over twenty high-level members of the Solar System State had gathered in the meeting room.

The scene reminded Gu Cheng and the others of the power struggle meeting held in Yinghuo City on Mars a year and a half ago.

Back then, they each had felt invigorated, but now they were listless, most of them with their heads hanging down.

However, some did not show these negative emotions; these were Jiang Yu's own people, whom he had placed in their positions.

Jiang Yu glanced at the electronic clock on the wall, "Let's begin!"

Gu Cheng and the others all tensed up, involuntarily sitting up straight.

Jiang Yu (used as the character's name in this context) continued, "There is a saying I hope everyone will always remember in their hearts:

"Weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival, arrogance is!"

This statement sent a shiver through those present, particularly Gu Cheng and a few others, who felt a chill down their spines.

Jiang Yu continued as if pronouncing a verdict, "The performance of the Gu Cheng Governing Council before the Uranus battle was very disappointing, with a complete lack of crisis awareness and arrogance.

"The failure of the Uranus battle, you must bear the primary responsibility!

"At the same time, it made me realize that it's impossible to expect you to shoulder the burden of humanity!

"I now announce the removal of Gu Cheng from the Governor's position, to be replaced by Tao Yue as the eighth Governor of the Solar System State!"

Tao Yue, the granddaughter of Tao Jingxing, was already over seventy and was a staunch Wallfacer.

Before Jiang Yu came to power, she had been marginalized by Gu Cheng and had always been the mayor of Guanghan City.

In terms of capabilities, hers were not outstanding, but she was valued for her steadiness and loyalty to the Wallfacers.

Jiang Yu was preparing to make sweeping changes, and having a steady and obedient Governor was very important.

Jiang Yu then in one breath appointed and removed sixteen high officials of the Sun Nation, giving the upper echelons of the Sun Nation a major overhaul.

Ai De argued resentfully, "I am completely at odds with Gu Cheng! Why remove me from office too?"

Jiang Yu's actions left Gu Cheng somewhat perplexed.

With the Wallfacers' influence being so weak within the Solar System State, it would have been logical for Jiang Yu to rely on the power of the Old Faction to stabilize the situation of the Solar System State after the New Faction, represented by Gu Cheng, was removed from power.

After all, the dispersed power of the Old Faction was easier to control than the united New Faction, which was like a rope.

Jiang Yu smiled and said, "That's not for you to worry about!"

He then said seriously, "I now declare, in order to unite the entire strength of the Solar System State for battle against the Trisolarans, the nation will enter into military control!"

Ai Qi led the cheer, "Long live humanity! We vow to defend the Solar System to death!"

Those who had just become part of the high echelon of the Solar System State shouted in unison, "Long live humanity!"

Gu Cheng and Ai De and others then realized that half of Jiang Yu's newly appointed high officials were military personnel!

Gu Cheng was once again somewhat perplexed about what exactly Jiang Yu intended to do.

But Jiang Yu faced everyone's cheers with a smile, providing a counterbalance to the strong medicine he was about to administer to the Solar System State:

Taking advantage of the imminent threat of "The Waterdrop", transition through a military government to restore the original democratic centralism of the Solar System State! He had never planned to balance between the New Faction and the Old Faction.

At the same time, he aimed to awaken the average person's spirit of progress through compulsory development of new colonies.

Jiang Yu declared, "This is bound to be a tough fight, but we must show humanity's last bit of backbone!"

This was the underlying logic of establishing a military government: we're gearing up for a tough battle, so we need to enter military control!

However, operating a military government required extra caution, and Jiang Yu had made additional preparations.

Before Gu Cheng and the others returned, a large number of grass-roots officials from Guanghan City and Yinghuo City, as well as recent graduates hoping to enter politics, had been placed in various administrative positions.