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The Disciplinary Council was busy arresting people and conducting audits, while the Executive Council’s Alliance Police Department, Security Bureau, and Penitentiary Bureau all had to take action to assist with arrests, reviews, and incarceration; the courts had to conduct trials…
Everyone was swamped with activity.
Osenia and Jason Morgan were not exactly having an easy time either.
The relevant coordination work had to be done; the relevant aftermath work was even more critical.
The anti-corruption campaign certainly cleared out the rot, but it was also unavoidable that it would cause political turmoil, bound to impact production and development across various regions.
What they both needed to do was to prevent, or at least try to minimize, this kind of situation from occurring.
The two talked for quite a while, mainly about how, after Jason returned, he should ensure political stability and how to implement the plans he had previously reported to the governor.
Osenia had a lot to say, earnestly relaying her ideas.
Morgan listened attentively.
Although he was the leader of the Beiqing Valley Province, Osenia was his direct superior, and it was only natural for her to guide his work.
When the provincial government was established, Osenia used to run back and forth to Beigu City quite frequently. The entire framework of the provincial government was built with this female prime minister’s help, and at the time she even personally inspected several farms.
This prime minister was originally from the Green Valley Region, and she knew the land very well.
Even the proposals that Jason Morgan had confidently discussed before Mr. Gu were not conceived by himself alone; the female prime minister had provided considerable assistance.
In Osenia’s office, after they finished discussing official matters, Morgan sincerely said, “I really can’t thank you enough for your support this time, Prime Minister. Without you, I definitely couldn’t have made it through.”
Osenia waved her hand casually and said, “Actually, Mr. Gu had no intention of dismissing you. He can understand your difficulties and can see the remarkable results of your work in Beiqing Valley. The growth of corruption is indeed your responsibility, it’s a stain, but it does not completely overshadow your abilities and achievements.”
Stopping there for a moment, she continued, “However, since it’s a blemish, we cannot neglect to take action. Although Mr. Gu didn’t mention it specifically, I have decided to demote your rank from C2 down to C1; you are not eligible for a rank increase for one year; and the role of the head of the province is eliminated, reduced to acting head for a period of one year.
After a year, we will reassess the situation in Beiqing Valley and decide whether to restore your official position. Do you have any objections?”
“No, this is already very lenient.”
Jason Morgan truly had no objections.
The punishments were largely nominal. The rank demotion and the year-long prohibition on advancement definitely impacted his personal treatment, but there were no substantive changes to his position.
Although he was reduced from head of the province to acting head, he was still in that position, not sidelined, and retained his actual authority, which wouldn’t impede his ability to work.
If he achieved results in the future, he would still be eligible for promotion and rank skipping as deserved.
If he failed to produce results, or even more ludicrous situations arose, he couldn’t blame anyone but himself, acknowledging he had not seized the opportunity.
Seeing that Morgan fully understood her intentions, Osenia nodded in satisfaction and said, “Then work hard. Both I and Mr. Gu hope you will continue to advance our cause in Beiqing Valley. Don’t disappoint us.”
“I will not fail the mission. I’m heading back to Beigu City shortly, and the related production and development work won’t fall behind, I assure you.”
“Good. However, there’s no need to rush back. Stay, and accompany a guest with me to visit the workshops at Weixing City. After the guest finishes visiting, they would probably like to see the Green Valley Region as well, and I won’t be joining then. You continue accompanying them. “
“A guest… an inspection?” Jason Morgan felt somewhat puzzled.
The fact that the Prime Minister referred to them so formally as a guest meant the visitor’s identity was surely no small matter.
On all of Rage Owl Star, there likely wasn’t anyone else who could be addressed in such a manner.
He cautiously asked, “May I know in advance who this so-called guest is?”
“Of course, it’s not particularly secret… Mr. Gu’s mother is coming to Rage Owl Star.”
“Mr. Gu’s… mother?”
Jason Morgan seemed puzzled, as if thinking, does Mr. Gu really have a mother too?
Of course, as long as one is a person, they have a mother.
His confusion stemmed mainly from the fact that he had never heard such information in the past; he only knew that Mr. Gu had come from beyond the skies, appointed by the Imperial Star Sector Government as ruler. Morgan did not know much about Mr. Gu’s past or history and certainly did not expect that one day he would be asked to accompany Mr.
Gu’s mother on an inspection of the planet’s work conditions.
What kind of person is the great mother who raised a governor of such grand strategy and prowess?
What should he say when the time comes?
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How should the Rage Owl Star People display their grace so as not to be looked down upon by visitors from other stars?
The issue brought up by Osenia had caused Jason Morgan to become inexplicably anxious.
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When Gu Hang was listening to the report, Miss Wang Qi’s Fleet had already arrived at the orbit of Rage Owl Star.
As one of the important controllers of the Gu Family, Miss Wang Qi still had to engage in some diplomacy. Luckily her son said that the troops accompanying her to Heijian Star were gathering, and she was not in a rush, so she decided to meet with two Imperial Navy officers aboard the starship first.
Especially to meet with Yelisia.
The Fufana Family’s operation was trustworthy, and after six months of fermentation, the fame of Yelisia, the Navy’s rising star, had also been established.
With enough dependable military accomplishments laid out clearly, she had not only secured her position as one of the seven captains of the forcefully promoted Tianma Fleet but also her reputation began to spread throughout the entire region, and even throughout the entire Eastern Cosmos Domain.
She was originally a key nurturing target of the Fufana Family; otherwise, she would not have been promoted to the position of a brigadier captain at such a young age. And now she had done herself proud with verified military accomplishments, which meant her status within the Fufana Family had become even more significant.
After all, if the family had been dissatisfied with her in the past, or if she had done something wrong, they could have replaced her; but now, her name was hung up at the Imperial Navy department, and it wasn’t so easy to change.
And they wouldn’t change it.
The reason the Fufana Family could become a Navy family was precisely because four generations ago, one of their ancestors had been an admiral of the Navy, right?
Yelisia could potentially break through this limit.
Without any accidents, she would become the symbolic figure of the Fufana Family, the destined next-generation leader.
Such a person was, of course, worth making a good connection with.
Even considering a marital alliance… if it were Yelisia, then the quality of the offspring should be quite good, right?
Wang Qi didn’t think there was anything wrong with contemplating this.
As an old mother, isn’t it only natural to think about these things?
But there was no need to rush.
Miss Wang Qi still skillfully maintained her status as an elder. As a family friend, she had a good chat with the female brigadier about the past events on Flying Wing Star.
“When I came, your mother asked me to bring you a few things,”
“There’s also a gift from your aunt. Don’t refuse it; no preciousness can compare with the friendship between our two families.”;
“You and Gu Hang are peers and work together. Besides official business, you should socialize more.”;
“You haven’t visited the planet’s surface as a guest yet? What’s Gu Hang doing! Sometimes that blockhead is quite silly; you must be more understanding.”;
These kinds of words streamed one after another.
In any case, the exchange between the two was quite joyful.
After spending a ‘wonderful’ day with Yelisia, the next day Miss Wang Qi boarded the landing craft and came to the planet’s surface.
As the spaceship’s hatch opened, she walked out with confidence. Her sharp and dignified attire made her appear noble and authoritative.
But when she caught sight of the young man standing some ten meters outside the hatch, waiting with head held high, her steps involuntarily slowed somewhat.
This was her son, whom she hadn’t seen for nearly two years.
The eyes and brows were still so familiar. That face, inheriting the best features from both herself and her late husband, looked exceptionally handsome.
But the somewhat weak, aggrieved air of the past was gone, and the resentfulness that always seemed to hover on his expression in the last few years had also dissipated.
In its place was a confident, spirited, calm, and restrained young man.
On closer inspection, one could even feel a kind of subtle authority emanating from him.
In terms of temperament, he was completely different from what she remembered.
This is my son?
Wang Qi seemed a bit bewildered.