bullyxtreme Chapter 301 Better to be wrong than to let someone off the hook
Chapter 301 Better to be wrong than to let someone off the hook
Following the Tanlt City Incident.
Under the guidance of the imperial court's public opinion, the hatred and resistance of people all over the world towards these anti-Qian elements who seriously endangered the peace and stability of the Great Qian Dynasty have risen to a new level.
The Imperial intelligence agencies receive tens of thousands of tips from the public every day through various channels!
The public's enthusiasm for reporting and exposing anti-government elements hidden in various places is evident.
There is widespread support among the public for the government's ongoing large-scale purge of anti-Qian elements.
This also made the Daqian Zhenguo Army, which was preparing to go all out in this large-scale eradication operation, even less restrained.
The capital city—the joint headquarters of the three armed forces of the Great Qian Zhenguo Army.
"Old Zhou, you're the commander-in-chief of the cleanup operation. We'll follow your lead this time."
"I can tell—you guys don't want to take responsibility!"
Zhou Guangming, the commander of the Daqian Zhenguo Navy who was in charge of the large-scale purge operation, looked at Lu Jingcheng, the commander of the Daqian Zhenguo Army, and Lu Jingcheng, the commander of the Air Force, who were attending the meeting, and said with a smile: "Let me be the bad guy, you guys stay far away!"
"Right?"
“Old Zhou, if that’s how you put it, then I have to say something.” Lu Jingcheng, the army commander of the Daqian Zhenguo Army, said in a serious tone, “If you’re afraid of taking responsibility and ruining your reputation…”
"Then you should resign from His Majesty's command and give me the position of commander-in-chief of this major purge operation."
"I'll give those orders!"
"For the long-term stability of the Great Qian Dynasty, I, Lu Jingcheng, am not afraid to be a bad guy! Nor am I afraid to take responsibility!"
"Actually, I can do this job too!" Han Yunsheng, commander of the Daqian Zhenguo Air Force, added fuel to the fire: "I'm not afraid of being the bad guy!"
“Old Zhou, why don’t you consider Old Lu’s suggestion—to give up the position of commander-in-chief?”
"Old Lu and I will draw lots!"
"I think it's a good idea! Deciding by drawing lots won't hurt anyone!"
Lu Jingcheng wholeheartedly agreed and looked expectantly at Zhou Guangming, whose face was dark with worry: "Old Zhou, is your chronic high blood pressure problem quite serious?"
"Has your blood pressure gone up again lately due to overexertion?"
"You need to rest more for this illness. Health is the most important thing. You are the naval commander of our Great Qian Zhenguo Army. You must take good care of your health."
"How about Lao Han and I do it for you...?"
"Alright!" Zhou Guangming immediately interrupted Lu Jingcheng, "I thank you both for your 'kindness'!"
"No need! I know my own body best!"
"I called you two here today for a military meeting to discuss the large-scale purge operation, not to have you two 'seize power'!"
"What? Are you two jealous that His Majesty has entrusted me with the task of commanding the large-scale purge operation?"
"Be envious! I'm definitely not giving up this job."
"When have I, Lao Zhou, ever been afraid of being a 'bad guy' and taking responsibility?"
"His Majesty has already said that extraordinary measures must be taken in extraordinary times."
"The imperial court wants results, not processes. As the commander-in-chief, I have only one goal—to complete the tasks assigned to us by the imperial court as quickly and efficiently as possible, while ensuring both quality and quantity."
"Now the whole world belongs to our Great Qian. Those so-called anti-Qian elements are actually rebels."
"To put it bluntly—this is a counterinsurgency operation."
"Since it's about suppressing a rebellion, there's nothing more to say."
"No means are too much for these heinous anti-government elements!"
"As I said before—extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures."
"For the sake of a stable living environment for the future generations of the Great Qian Dynasty, some sacrifices are worthwhile at this time..."
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"In fact, with the whole nation actively involved in this large-scale cleanup campaign, the places where those anti-government elements can hide are already very limited."
"Moreover, with the strict defenses of the various protectorates, it is virtually impossible for those anti-Qian elements to resist us through large-scale hostage-taking."
“Even if some hostage situations occur, it is absolutely impossible for them to escalate to the extent of the Tanlte incident.”
At this point, Zhou Guangming paused, glanced at Lu Jingcheng and Han Yunsheng beside him, and continued, "Regarding this issue......................"
"I make one clear principle in handling this matter: under no circumstances should we make any form of compromise with anti-government elements!"
"We did not compromise during the Tanlte incident, let alone now."
"Furthermore, according to intelligence, although people all over the world are now showing unprecedented enthusiasm for the court to eliminate anti-Qian elements."
"However, there is still a small group of bad apples who try every means to protect these anti-government elements."
"This phenomenon even exhibits regional characteristics."
"In other words, there is a general tendency in a certain region to protect anti-government elements."
"There's nothing we can do about it."
As the saying goes, "A large forest has all kinds of birds!"
"However, the imperial court had already made it clear that harboring anti-Qian elements would be tantamount to treason."
"Since it's a rebellion, then we have no need to be polite..."
"The Secret Intelligence Service has already provided the exact coordinates for these key areas."
"At that time, remote coverage based on the coordinates provided by the secret intelligence agency will be more effective than anything else."
"Regarding this key area, I would like to emphasize here that this large-scale eradication operation is a counterinsurgency operation in this area."
"Suppressing the rebellion only requires coordinates and the region!"
"Those present today are all core high-ranking members of our Great Qian Zhenguo Army, so I will speak frankly about what I have to say."
"For the sake of the overall situation and to eradicate these anti-government elements as soon as possible, the guiding principle of this major purge operation can be summarized in twelve characters."
That is—better to kill a thousand innocent people than let one guilty person go free!
"it is good!"
"Old Zhou, this is a good principle for action!" Lu Jingcheng wholeheartedly supported Zhou Guangming's move: "If necessary, we'll sign it together, and we'll share the responsibility!"
“Yes! I must be included in this joint signing.” Han Yunsheng immediately expressed his opinion.
"Row!"
"Since you two have both offered to sign this jointly, then let's sign it jointly."
“If we’re going to stink, the three of us will stink together!” Zhou Guangming laughed. “However, there’s one thing I should make clear beforehand—this joint signature was your own idea.”
“It wasn’t me, Zhou Guangming, who forced you to sign.”
"Don't even think about using this to get me to buy you drinks!"
"Old Zhou, it's really hard to get a drink from your wine!"
"Who says it isn't?"
"Once the big cleanup operation is over, Old Lu and I will treat you, Commander Zhou, to drinks, okay?"
"Of course it'll work! I've got you two on my toes—don't even think about backing out later!"
The group joked around and decided on the general policy for the large-scale cleanup operation.
Next came the discussion of some details.
It's clear that the senior generals of the Daqian Zhenguo Army are very confident about this large-scale purge operation.
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"Actually, our large-scale cleanup operation this time seems quite difficult."
"After all, the number of anti-government elements hiding around the world is not small."
"According to the Secret Intelligence Bureau's preliminary analysis, the total number of anti-government elements we are going to eliminate this time is definitely more than those remnants of the foreign powers from back then!"
"However, this time we have the perfect combination of timing, location, and people."
"After the Tanlte incident, more than 90 percent of the world's population was filled with indignation at these vicious anti-government elements."
"The power of the people should not be underestimated."
"Under this massive wave of public participation, it would be virtually impossible for these anti-Qian elements to escape the blows of our Great Qian Zhenguo Army."
"With the actions we take, I think it should be no problem to completely eradicate the operation in six to nine months."
Clearly, Zhou Guangming was quite optimistic about this large-scale cleanup operation.
"More or less, I think seven or eight months should be enough, it won't even take nine months." Lu Jingcheng smiled: "Under these circumstances, surviving seven months would be amazing!"
"It would be perfect to finish the cleanup operation before the New Year," Han Yunsheng said with a smile. "If we can finish the cleanup operation before the New Year, the holiday will be quite lively."
"That would be a year of great celebration for the whole country!"
“Then let’s finish this before the New Year!” Zhou Guangming made the decision immediately. “Since you’ve all said so, then we must get this mission done before the New Year no matter what.”
"Consider it a New Year's gift for His Majesty!"
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While the Daqian Zhenguo Army was launching large-scale eradication operations around the world, it was also carrying out these operations with great fanfare.
Daqian's internal oversight department also simultaneously launched an operation to purge internal cancers.
This purge is targeting unscrupulous tycoons who are driven by profit and will stop at nothing for their own gain, corrupt government officials, and traitors whose values are distorted when it comes to matters of national importance.
Moreover, its strength is unprecedented and unparalleled!
Shen Moshen personally issued an imperial decree—to thoroughly cleanse the Great Qian Empire, which had finally achieved unification, of its toxins through this comprehensive purge!
These traitors hidden within the empire are far more heinous and dangerous than the exposed anti-government elements.
This is what people used to say – strong fortresses are often opened from the inside!
Shen Moshen once again demonstrated his decisiveness—personally formulating very strict standards to support this major internal purge.
Under such strict standards, it is inevitable that some cases may be wrongly classified.
But Shen Moshen knew that without resorting to extraordinary measures, it would be impossible to completely detoxify the empire at this time!
He had to let all the unscrupulous clans in the world know that the Great Qian Empire under his rule, Shen Moshen, was completely different from all previous dynasties!
He would not bow down to these powerful families, much less compromise with them.
In the Great Qian Empire under Shen Moshen's rule, those who want to put their personal or small group interests above the interests of the court will pay the cruelest price for their wrong and foolish ideas!
At the imperial meeting personally chaired by Shen Moshen, the person in charge of the internal purge and Zhou Guangming, who was in charge of the large-scale elimination operation, both gave clear deadlines.
Coincidentally, both sides made a pledge to achieve a perfect ending before the end of the year.
Shen Moshen was quite satisfied with this timeframe.
"it is good!"
"You said it yourselves—at most nine months, a perfect double curtain call before the end of the year!"
Shen Moshen, beaming, looked at the high-ranking officials of the Great Qian Dynasty attending the Imperial Conference and said with great interest, "If both sides' actions are completed at the same time..."
"I will host an unprecedented, extravagant victory celebration banquet for you all right here in the palace!"
"It's even more grand than our victory celebration when we unified the world!"
"I've said it before—conquering a country is difficult, but maintaining it is even more difficult!"
"If what you are doing now succeeds, it will be equivalent to protecting our great land and rivers for our Great Qian Dynasty!"
"This achievement is absolutely no less significant than conquering a vast territory!"
"Even bigger and more difficult!"
Shen Moshen sighed, "Actually, everyone understands."
"Although we have so quickly created the current unified world order because we have reaped the benefits from the Western Romans."
"However, with the strength of our Great Qian Zhenguo Army, even if the internal strife in Xiluo did not occur and the fighting did not become so fierce, our Great Qian Zhenguo Army would still have the strength to defeat them and achieve the title of world hegemon."
"However, without the Western Luo people cutting off their own arm, our unification process would definitely be slower."
"But the final result will absolutely not change."
"No matter what, it is an unstoppable trend for the Great Qian to become the master of the world."
"Therefore, given the strength of our Great Qian Zhenguo Army, it is only a matter of time before we create a unified Great Qian Empire."
"However, how to protect this beautiful land is another matter."
"The most troublesome and deadliest enemies are those that are unseen and hidden within us!"
"The main purpose of the court's two-pronged approach this time is not to eliminate those visible anti-government elements."
"Instead, we must eradicate the malignant tumors hidden within the empire as much as possible!"
"These internal problems are the greatest threat facing the empire."
"Only after I get this done can I finally get a good night's sleep."
"If this matter is accomplished, at the very least, it will ensure that our Great Qian Dynasty will be free from worries for a hundred years."
"If we can use this to keep the people of the world constantly alert and make everyone aware of what is permissible and what is not, and what the court absolutely cannot tolerate."
"This will deter those with ulterior motives and malicious intentions from acting recklessly."
Shen Moshen remarked with emotion, "The Great Qian Empire lasting for a thousand years shouldn't be too difficult for it..."