Chapter 275: National Humiliation Day_1

Number Three had reserved a large number of administrative talents for Jiang Yu in advance in Yinghuo City, who would only need a little experience to be of great use.

As soon as the Three-body crisis eased, Jiang Yu would immediately utilize this group to replace the military government.

The meeting had reached this point when the gendarmes escorted Gu Cheng and others away; they were not only facing dismissal but also had to stand trial in a military court.

After Gu Cheng and his colleagues had left, the high-level meeting officially began.

Jiang Yu said with heavy sorrow, "The Battle of Uranus is the greatest military defeat in the history of humanity, caused entirely by our own negligence.

"I declare the day of that battle a Day of National Humiliation!

"New recruits, after completing their basic training, will all visit the battlefield relics to pay tribute to the fallen, to forever remember the cause of this failure!"

After a moment of silence lasting about a dozen seconds, Jiang Yu began to assign specific tasks.

The first task was the trial of the "Dongguo Clan"!

According to Jiang Yu's understanding, apart from the Solar System State, other political forces had no intention of trying the "Dongguo Clan."

This was because the clan was indeed not small, and mishandling could easily cause new social problems.

However, Jiang Yu planned to use the trial of the "Dongguo Clan" to drive these people to Saturn and Uranus to build colonies on these two planets.

At the same time, he wanted them to pay for their previous stupidity and make everyone remember the lesson.

At the meeting, Jiang Yu set the tone: anyone from the "Dongguo Clan" would be sentenced to one to three years of compulsory labor rehabilitation.

After the rehabilitation, they would still have to stay at their posts and continue to work for another ten years with a salary.

If after those years, they still wished to leave the homeland they had built with their own hands, Jiang Yu would no longer restrict their freedom.

At the meeting, Jiang Yu made it clear to the political novices and military personnel, "Currently, the population of the Solar System State is mainly divided into three categories.

"The first is the military, including the 400,000 officers and soldiers who will be withdrawn in the future, the people of Guanghan City and Yinghuo City who have always supported the Wallfacer project, and those who heeded my call to stay in Space City, or 'went against the current' to come to Space City.

"The second is the 'Dongguo Clan' as well as those called the 'Old Faction' and 'New Faction.'

"The third is the people now anxiously unsettled in the various terrestrial colonies!

"For the first category, we must make use of them and let them become the backbone of the Solar System State!

"At the same time, we should let them become the first batch of grassroots leaders in the construction of planets like Saturn; once these places are built up, they will be important local representatives.

"The second category is an unstable factor in the Solar System State, and we must resolutely resist and suppress them!

"For the third category, we need to take a gentle approach to management, getting them back to their positions as quickly as possible.

"At the same time, we should encourage them to migrate to the outer planets of the solar system, but not use coercive means.

"This category has the largest number, and in the near future, I will change their main demographic.

"In the future, the Solar System State will represent their interests, so we should not see them as enemies; only by gaining their support through reforms, can we make long-term progress.

"From now until the next ten to twenty years, we need to win their support through the redistribution of social wealth.

"As for now, those among them who have a sense of self-blame and are serious about their work can be of use to us.

"But those who are mired in despair, or who want to continue living on government benefits, will need some methods to get them back on their feet.

"For example, by reducing welfare distributions, making their lives difficult, forcing them to work.

"That's when we can persuade them to migrate or propagate how wonderful life can be with work."

In Jiang Yu's view, those who still had feelings of self-blame and thoughts of reflection at this time were still redeemable.

Jiang Yu's thinking was very clear: recruit some, strike some, and reform some!

"From now on," Jiang Yu said to Tao Yue, "we need to recruit quickly and take good care of the space city we just bought.

"At the same time, actively build new space cities and provide new job opportunities.

"Prepare for a large number of migrants to come to Jupiter! Temporarily transfer most of the robots maintaining order in Guanghan City and Yinghuo City to the Desert North Farm.

"At the same time, produce a large number of security robots and send them to the Desert North Farm, Guanghan City, and Yinghuo City."

Tao Yue was taken aback: "According to news from Earth, our immigration propaganda for Saturn and Uranus has met with no response!"

Jiang Yu smiled and said, "Soon, people will be breaking down our doors to migrate!

"Alright, meeting adjourned!"

Thus began Jiang Yu's sweeping reforms within the Solar System State, where he appointed a large number of military personnel in politics.

In the economic field, he forcibly reclaimed many national industries and confiscated those that had been monopolized by capital forces like Ai De.

For a time, the rich in the Solar System State felt precarious. Fortunately, the Three-body Crisis was causing widespread decline in the human world, covering up what would otherwise have been a massive economic disaster.

Jiang Yu had the financial and commercial departments dismantle many monopolistic companies. Some were nationalized, while others were sold to businessmen at low prices.

The wealthy breathed a sigh of relief, realizing that Jiang Yu was aiming to strike at economic monopolies.

Jiang Yu knew that no matter what the reform, it would always start very roughly and be accompanied by a great deal of unfairness.

However, only after the initial "painful period" would the Governing Council have the strength and energy to "cultivate in detail" the social nuances.

These were the insights he had gained from the great change he had experienced in his early years.

Now, Jiang Yu's greatest advantage was that most people were still living in fear of "The Waterdrop," which slowed their reaction to the changes. By the time people realized what was happening, it was already a done deal.

On the issue of livelihood, Jiang Yu encouraged everyone to look for work rather than always hiding at home waiting for government relief.

He also encouraged people to develop new colonies.

Externally, Jiang Yu announced a groundbreaking piece of news: the Solar System State had hastily built ten interstellar spacecraft, which were to flee in two batches! More new ships were in the production line, and the escape plan would continue until "The Waterdrop" destroyed all of the Solar System State's industrial systems!

Overnight, Jiang Yu went from being humanity's prophet to a devil.

The masses cursed Jiang Yu for not respecting human basic morals, and a global protest erupted, seeking to have the PDC revoke Jiang Yu's Wallfacer status and bring him to trial.

In the face of such pleas, the PDC and Fleet International could only smile bitterly. What could they do with Jiang Yu now?

After all, more than eighty percent of humanity's space armed forces were in Jiang Yu's hands!

And the remaining twenty percent of the space armed forces were virtually non-existent, as no one dared continue to man the warships.

They didn't oppose Jiang Yu's escape plan, but they really couldn't understand why he had to make such a big fuss about it.

Some were already preparing to watch the drama of Jiang Yu being brought to trial by his own people, because these ten ships only had a little over ten thousand escape slots, whereas the Solar System State had a population of one hundred and fifty million – who would be the proper ones to leave?

Even if Jiang Yu, in all fairness, was willing to stay behind while commanding some to leave and others to stay, those who stayed would surely bear a grudge against Jiang Yu.

It seemed that the collapse of the Solar System State was imminent!

The masses could hardly conceal their intense dissatisfaction with Jiang Yu. Many Earthlings stormed into the Desert North Farms, smashing crops to vent their anger.

Because the whole of Earth was now quite chaotic, the global demonstrations had caused government functions to come to a standstill once again, and surprisingly no one noticed that those who went to the Desert North Farm to vent their frustration had not returned.