Blackstone Code

"I heard that the Chancellor of Finance has been very distressed recently. Many people have gone to his place to demonstrate?"

In the office, the assistant who was packing documents was stunned for a moment by the Prime Minister's sudden question.

In the past, the prime minister didn't care much about things (the number of times he appeared in the previous article was also rare). Most of the time, he would read newspapers, drink coffee or scented tea, and then participate in some field work on behalf of the emperor when necessary.

He would sit or stand on the spot and read the speech the emperor had commissioned him to deliver.

This is also the origin of his nickname "Mascot". He hardly expresses his own thoughts. Many times he is just a decoration and a symbol.

Now that he suddenly asked this question, the assistant was a little uncomfortable, but he quickly responded, "Yes, it is said that someone also used stones to smash the glass of the finance minister's house."

"That's really terrible!", the Prime Minister's face showed a kind of... anger?

The assistant was not sure that what he saw was anger, because he vaguely noticed that he smiled when he lowered his head first, and soon, when he looked carefully, it was gone. He didn't know if it was his hallucination.

The Prime Minister frowned slightly and pondered for a moment, "Marchs and demonstrations are normal, but there should not be such violent acts. Notify the police station, disperse these crowds, and tell them the reasons."

The assistant's answer was a few seconds late. His thinking obviously couldn't keep up with the Prime Minister's thoughts. He needed to think carefully for a few seconds to discover some of the hidden problems.

When he thought about it, he suddenly felt a little hot, "Will doing this...will anger the people who are marching?"

His voice was very soft and low. What he wanted to express was not his resistance to this order, but a supplement.

The Prime Minister raised his head and glanced at him, "Do you think that allowing these irrational demonstrations is the right choice?"

"They can throw rocks in there today, and they can shoot in there tomorrow, just do what I say."

The voice was not loud, but the pressure it brought was not small. The assistant knew that he had made a mistake, so he immediately agreed and trotted out the door.

The Prime Minister looked at the slowly closing door and shook his head. The silence over the years had not only changed him, but also the sensitivity of the assistants around him had become so low.

What he wanted to do was to anger those who were marching. Otherwise, how would the next drama start?

A few minutes later, the chief of the Imperial Police Department received a call.

"Hello, I am..., Your Excellency the Prime Minister is very concerned about what happened yesterday."

"The demonstrations of the citizens of the empire should be a way to express their attitudes and opinions, and should not be a way to cause violence. I hope you can disperse the crowds gathered as soon as possible and bring stable order to the imperial capital."

The police chief holding the phone receiver didn't have much expression. He was talking nonsense. However, out of politeness, he still dealt with it a little bit, "It's not that we don't want to do it, it's just that there are too many people and it's easy for riots to occur."

"We have dispatched police officers to guard the area and nothing like this will happen again."

The person on the receiver was not satisfied with his answer, "You don't need to explain what you did. All you have to do is disperse those people. They have broken away from the definition of demonstrations under imperial law, and they are evolving into a violent group." .”

"For the safety of ministers, you should assume the responsibility of police chief. This is not a discussion, this is an order."

"Or are you unwilling to execute it?"

The attitude was unprecedentedly tough, which also made the police chief sense that something was wrong. Everyone knew that the Prime Minister was just a decoration now.

Almost all discussions and decisions on national policies and political affairs are the result of direct discussions between His Majesty the Emperor and his ministers. The Prime Minister often just listens in and occasionally expresses his own opinions, but not many people adopt them.

Now that the Prime Minister's Office is suddenly showing such strong aggression, the police chief realizes that a storm is coming.

He was inspired. A small person of his level had no ability to resist such a struggle. He immediately said in a deep voice, "I think I know what to do. I will disperse the crowd outside the Chancellor's house as soon as possible and ensure that the Imperial Minister safety of our lives and property.”

Three minutes later, orders were issued from the Imperial City Police Department, including the Second Police Department, who also received requests for coordination.

There are nine police departments in the Gaevra Empire, among which the First Police Department is responsible for the daily work of the police.

The Second Police Department is an armed police force, and their job is to suppress riots. After all, this is not a free country, and sometimes some unruly people will cause trouble.

The Seventh Police Department is a secret police force responsible for arresting domestic criminals who may threaten national security.

Various other police departments also have their own responsibilities, and they have replaced the military's position in the country to a certain extent.

During the previous war, there was even a call from society that instead of letting the army go out to lose face, it would be better to release the police as soldiers.

Of course, this statement is not supported by the police, who do not want to die, but this also reflects that in the mainland of Gafra, the police is still a very powerful department, even surpassing the army.

First, the Second Police Department responded quickly and dispatched some armored vehicles and armed police officers to the incident site to deal with the incident.

At the same time, the Chancellor of Finance is not sitting at home in fear as the outside world imagined.

Although he didn't go anywhere at home, there was no sign of panic or anxiety on his face. There was no panic except for the sullen anger at the slow speed of those under him.

He didn't believe that people would attack his mansion. Attacking a noble's private mansion was a serious crime in the empire and was punishable by life imprisonment.

If serious consequences are caused, he may directly enjoy the penalty of hanging that only nobles can enjoy.

He was still hanged in the Imperial Plaza in front of many people. Although this kind of treatment seems to be an honor for some people, it does not mean that some people are really willing to be hanged in front of people.

Many, many years ago, there was a saying among some gangs that "you will be hanged even if you die" to express their ambitions for their professional future.

Not only did the Chancellor not care about those at the door, he was even arranging some people to think of ways to push for further action. He was now racing against time, and he would do anything he could to gain time, no matter whether it was despicable or not.

He wanted to portray himself as a victim and get sympathy points. It would be better if he could get hurt. Of course, it was really not suitable for him to show up now.

It's like someone punching you in the face and then saying sorry immediately. When you are angry, you will never forgive this person and you must punch him back.

But if this person runs away after beating you, and someone comes to tell you to forget it after three or five days, and this person comes forward and takes the initiative to apologize, you will feel that it is nothing. In addition to showing his generosity, Maybe even have a few words with the other person.

Now the people's money has just been defrauded due to mistakes made by finance department personnel in accepting black money. These people are angry. Even if the finance minister kneels down at this time and begs these people to forgive and return their money to them, they will not listen. I also want to scold him a few times.

But wait, wait for these people's emotional peak to pass, and then cooperate with the investigation results, and appear aggrieved or even injured, and ask for people's forgiveness, and people will most likely forgive him.

Of course, he will also come up with corresponding disposal methods to deal with the remaining money that has not yet been transferred away, as well as disposal plans for other people.

So the top priority now is not to show anything, that will only make things more chaotic.

As long as he buys this time and can win the support of some people through hard work, he will have more time to solve some problems.

Clean it from the inside, throw some people out, and things work out.

He has arranged for people to interview some listed companies with heavyweight stocks, hoping that these people can cooperate with him and pull up the index.

As for the operation method, it is also very simple. It is to change hands frequently to maximize the factors, and then pull up the stock prices of these heavyweight stocks, stop the downward trend of the financial index, and pull it up again.

This is beneficial and harmless to those listed companies. As the company's stock price increases, the value of their shareholders will increase, including the nobles behind them, and their wealth will also expand.

After this matter is settled, he will find a few unimportant subordinates and throw them out as scapegoats, and appropriately accept interference from some external forces, such as the emperor wanting to install his own confidants, etc., in order to solve the dilemma first.

He has plenty of ways to turn the situation around bit by bit.

He had been conceiving the whole plan for a whole day. He thought there was no problem with this plan, as long as he waited quietly for the results.

But at this moment, the noise coming from outside the window made him frown. He heard the neat steps. This kind of sound could not appear in ordinary people. Other forces had intervened.

He immediately stood up, walked to the window, and then saw the armed police...

The policemen held a weapon similar to a long hammer, except that the hammer head in the weapon was made of metal. Now their hammer head is made of metal covered with a layer of rubber.

Hitting a person's body is very painful, but it is unlikely to cause irreparable consequences, such as smashing the head, etc. It will only make people faint.

The neat police formation moved forward step by step, and the patrol cars that followed started broadcasting, asking people to disperse immediately and leave the place, otherwise these people would be held legally responsible.

The Chancellor of Finance stared at these people dumbfounded. He could never have imagined that he, the "victim", did not call the police. Why were the police meddling in their own business?

He turned his head suddenly and returned to the table with a cannibalistic expression on his face. He picked up the phone and called the police chief, but unfortunately, no one answered.

If he could look at the window for a moment, he would find the police chief in the square...