Shadow Empire

Chapter 884 Awakening Plan
In the congressional meeting room, Senator Cleveland sat in his seat smoking a cigarette while looking at some intelligence collected from the Yalan region.

Since they have decided to take action in the Yalan region, it is impossible for them to rush in so foolishly without doing any preliminary investigation.

Since last year, Congress has begun infiltrating the Yalan region through the Ministry of Defense and the Federal Intelligence Agency, and some intelligence personnel have already entered the Yalan region.

Yalan is a poor, backward and very chaotic place on the planet with people of all races, so it is not surprising that federal intelligence personnel would infiltrate there.

According to unofficial statistics, some countries in the Asia-Pacific region are actually countries that tourists from developed countries believe they must visit once in their lifetime.

Of course it’s not because the scenery here is so beautiful, it’s simply because the girls here are cheap. You don’t need to spend any money, you can just simply chat up one or several girls and bring them back to the hotel.

They call it the "land of romance," but some also call it the "capital of lust" or "nature's delivery room."

So it's not surprising that some foreigners appear here.

Senator Cleveland looked at the intelligence in his hands, his brows slightly furrowed.

Judging from some of the content, there seemed to be signs of contact between these countries after the Chinese New Year, but the intelligence agencies have not given any substantive reports so far.

This may be related to the fact that it is difficult for these federal intelligence personnel to contact the top leaders of Yalan.

The ruling groups like Yalan all originated from the original tribal chiefs and are hereditary. They only trust their own people.

Throughout the eleven countries of Asia, there are basically no outsiders to be seen, and the political power is firmly controlled by local prominent families.

It is basically impossible for an outsider to enter the ruling group.

While he was looking through the documents, some government officials started typing this and that.

The last person to come in was the President’s chief of staff, who was also very concerned about this issue.

If he could expand the territory of the Federation during his tenure, then perhaps his portrait would be printed on the Federation's banknotes!

Occasionally, after satisfying their greedy appetites, the top politicians of the Federation will have the ambition that some politicians, or statesmen should have - to change the world!
So he asked his chief of staff to come over. If he wasn't so busy and it wasn't appropriate for him to be here, he would have come here himself.

After everyone sat down, people's eyes turned to Senator Cleveland because he was the one who proposed this meeting.

"The document is in front of you. I just received news that the eleven countries of Asia are going to form a 'United Alliance of Asia Countries' to counter some of our upcoming actions."

"You guys take a look at the document first."

He just gave a brief introduction and the others then started reading the documents in front of them.

Everyone has a copy, and the content is the same.

Different colored pens are used in the document to highlight some key points, which makes it easier for people to read.

For example, green means there is a small amount of reading value, yellow means there is some reading value, orange means it needs to be read, and the last red means it must be read carefully.

With these highlighted paragraphs, content that is of no value will be ignored.

It would take at least half an hour to read all the documents together, but with this kind of assistance, it can be finished in seven or eight minutes, and it is very profound, and they can get what they want from the reading.

After everyone put down the documents in their hands, Senator Cleveland began to speak, "The Asian Blue National Alliance will have a great impact on our future strategy in Asia. Before the Asian Alliance officially appears, we need to confirm some things."

The president's chief of staff nodded and flipped through a few more pages of documents, more like a casual gesture than something he was looking for.

"Is there any way to prevent the formation of this united alliance of Asian and Blue nations?"

"For example..." He loosened his hand and let the documents fold together again, "Use some human intervention to prevent them from reaching an agreement?"

Senator Cleveland shook his head. "I'm not sure if or how it can be done."

"It is mentioned in the documents here that, except for a few countries, the political power of most countries in Asia is in the hands of the ruling group, not the rulers."

"This means that even if we manage to get rid of one ruler, there will still be a second ruler, and a third ruler will appear and disrupt our plans."

He turned to a certain page of the document and said the page number. Then everyone turned to this page and saw the list of the ruling groups of eleven countries.

Just as Senator Cleveland said, in a country like Lapa, the ruler is the President on paper, but in fact there are four families that control Lapa, not the President alone.

"I actually thought about crossing these people off the list, but there's a problem with that as well."

"As long as we can't get rid of them all in a short period of time, then in a country with four or five, five or six rulers, the power of the remaining rulers will increase tremendously."

"They will oppose us more resolutely and safeguard their own interests more resolutely!"

"It's not a good idea to solve all the problems by just killing them. Doing so will only anger the Yalan people."

"Even if we don't like our president, I believe no one wants to see someone else get rid of him!"

Everyone in the room, including the President's chief of staff, couldn't help but laugh because Senator Cleveland was telling the truth.

The president is indeed unlikable, and his first term can be said to be the result of political compromise.

During the years that the Socialist Party has been in power, the federal economy has continued to decline and everything has been getting worse, so his approval rating is not very high.

He has used some tricks to survive until now. There are many people in Congress who don't like him. Some think he is a lucky clown, while others think he is a fool pretending to be smart.

But if at this time, someone from another country said, "I will help you kill this idiot!", then the person who said this and the person who actually did it, he and his country would become enemies of the Federation.

Just like many people in Yalan may not like their ruling group, but if the Federation really uses force to invade their homes, occupy their territory, and kill their rulers.

They will also be full of hatred towards the Federation, thus forming a long-term hatred confrontation.

This is not what the Federation wants. What they want is a stable Yalan, rich mineral resources, and obedient human resources.

These gentlemen in the room are not amateur politicians working on a factory assembly line, earning $43.50 a month and worrying about Congress all day long. They can interpret a lot of things.

So Senator Cleveland's words were recognized by some people.

Just as people were talking and discussing in low voices, the Speaker of the House made some small movements. He shook his head and raised his shoulders slightly, attracting people's attention.

"If we don't consider the direct use of force, then can we work our way into getting some pro-federal politicians to power and let them play an important role."

"By making them important officials of the Yalan United Alliance, or even the chairman, you want to create divisions within the Yalan region?"

"If there are people who don't like us, there must be people who like us, and I believe that there must be more people who like the Federation and like us than those who don't like us."

"We actually have a very good foundation, but we just lack some people to guide people and release their emotions and energy!"

"It's too bad for us to fight with them, so let them fight with themselves, what do you think?"

This proposal was very constructive. Senator Cleveland discussed it with the Senate President next to him, and both felt that there was some possibility of implementation.

The main reason is that they learned the news too late.

If a ruler proposes to form an entire Asian community and just starts to have this idea, use force to eliminate them.

If we don't allow this "dangerous" thought to spread, there won't be any problem.

Now that this idea has spread and should have gained a certain amount of support and market, taking action against any one individual would be equivalent to taking action against the entire Yalan region.

The price to pay is too high, and the gain is too small.

The Federation’s main focus now is still on the war on the Tanfit continent and the struggle for power behind the war.

They do not have enough energy to take care of the Yalan region. After all, compared with the layout of the entire world, this small area at their doorstep cannot occupy their main attention now.

In addition, the federal government does not intend to expose its ugly face to the world, so they have to think of other ways.

Senator Cleveland was positive about the Speaker's idea. "The person who provided me with the information this time was Lapa's ambassador to the United States."

When they heard the senator mention the source of this intelligence, they all found it a little unbelievable. After all, those who can become diplomatic ambassadors are often the kind of people who are more "loyal" to the country.

At least, they have been thinking about this country and their responsibilities in the past. It is really unexpected that an ambassador would take the initiative to approach them.

He looked at the chief of staff and said, "I may need your help. Help him and his family get naturalization as soon as possible."

The chief of staff was stunned for a moment, then nodded and agreed, "This is an easy thing to do."

The senator continued, "The Speaker's idea just now is very good. Based on his idea, I have some new ideas."

Everyone else stopped talking and looked at him.

"Our main focus right now is on the Tanfit continent and the dominance of the Slade Military Alliance."

"Even if we want to spare some time to deal with Yalan, we need to wait until the war is over and we have gained our own interests before we consider shifting our focus."

"Also, Yalan is too close to our mainland. It can be reached in one day. Once the conflict between our two sides continues to escalate, they are likely to harass our shipping and coastal areas."

"So my current idea is to let them form this Asian Blue Country Alliance."

"Then we try to find more people like Ambassador Cassia and promote them to high positions."

"After they occupied high positions in the ruling group and the Asian Alliance, when we decided to take action against Yalan, they were able to not only provide us with a lot of confidential intelligence, but also help us calm the emotions of the people."

"Ultimately what we need is to turn them into new states of the union, not to turn them into our enemies."

"What do you think?"

The others discussed it quietly for a while and agreed that there was nothing wrong with Senator Cleveland's idea.

The fact that countries like Yalan formed an alliance was indeed beyond the Federation's expectations, and it also caused great trouble for annexation.

Since you can't swallow it now, don't be in a hurry to swallow it up. Make yourself fat first, and then swallow it up.

This plan was originally proposed by the Speaker of the House and improved by Senator Cleveland. He will certainly not object to it.

The Senate President had no intention of objecting because this method was indeed very safe.

The chief of staff had no objection, and no one else would object either.

"Then let's finalize this matter. You need a written document so I can give it to Mr. President."

This kind of national strategy will definitely involve a lot of resource and personnel mobilization, and will require the President's signature.

Although Congress can implement this plan on its own without going through the President, it is not a good idea to do so.

As long as there are no unresolvable conflicts between the two sides, they should respect each other.

The discussion soon came to an end, mainly because they did not have any good way to interfere, and it would be better for them not to be so radical at this time so as not to trigger an anti-federation wave in the Yalan region.

After the meeting, Senator Cleveland returned to his estate, thought for a while, and decided to call Lance.

His original plan was to arrange for Lance to go, but now the situation might change, so he had to let Lance know.

It must be easy to get through to Lance's phone. It only rang twice before the call was picked up.

Lance's voice also appeared in the receiver, steady and powerful, "I'm Lance."

"it's me."

"senator?"

"Yes, you are not mistaken. My voice should not be so easily misidentified!"

He paused, "Have you contacted Cassia?"

"That Lapa friend of yours."

Lance didn't know what happened for a moment, "We haven't been in touch for a while, what happened?"

The senator recounted what had happened. "So some of the plans may change. Originally, I wanted you to go over and do some 'career', but now it seems that this plan is not feasible."

If there was no Asian Union, and they remained in chaos, Lance might have almost overthrown a country's regime and pushed it towards the Federation.

But now the emergence of the Asian Union has changed all this. Even if the ruling group in Lapa is destroyed, as long as the Asian Union is still there, they can interfere in the internal affairs of the Lapa region in their own way to achieve stability.

Lance, as well as the choices of others, actually play a less important role in these matters.

Lance listened to what he said carefully and analyzed it for a while, but did not show any disappointment.

"Senator, I don't think this is any different than in the past. It's just that what we need to do needs to be upgraded accordingly."

"My idea was to have Gomez be an ambitious coup plotter, but now it's clear that this plan is no longer suitable."

"As soon as Gomez showed any ambition, he would be suppressed by the Eleven."

"The Yalan United Nations can suppress any ambitious person, but they cannot suppress the people, Senator."

The sound of a lighter came from the receiver, as well as the slight crackling sound of dry tobacco being lit, and then after a burst of exhalations, the senator's voice came -

"Tell me more about it."

Senator Cleveland vaguely realized that Lance had once again grasped the "correct answer"!
Honestly, it's amazing.

Most of the time he was reluctant to admit that he had a talent, mainly because he had never seen anyone who could continue to amaze him, until he saw Lance.

"Mr. Senator, the people are like the ocean, boundless, and the rulers are the ships sailing on the ocean."

"When the ruling groups of the eleven countries of Alan formed a fleet, any single small boat or enemy ship that appeared around them would only end in silence."

"But they are no match for the sea. They are above the sea. The sea water supports them, but it can also swallow them up!"

"Against them are careerists like Gomez who have a clear goal."

“But what if it’s their people who are against them?”

"When their people are eager to overthrow them, the more they kill, the more angry the people become, and the stronger their desire to overthrow them becomes!"

"If you don't resist, you will be overthrown."

"Resistance will only lead to faster destruction. That's what I think, Senator."

Senator Cleveland took another long puff of his cigarette. Instead of exhaling immediately, he fell into deep thought.

After a while, he exhaled smoke and asked, "So what exactly do you plan to do?"

Lance thought for a moment, "When people don't have enough food to eat, don't have warm clothes to wear, don't have jobs, and don't have hope, but the people who rule them oppress and exploit them to live a life they can't even imagine, then people will despise him."

"Then we only need to give them one more push, to push them, the ruling clique, against the people, and the people will overthrow them!"

"Of course this cannot be done in a day or two. This is a long-term effort and strategy. One or two years?"

"Or longer."

“But I believe it will work well.”

The Senator took another drag on his cigarette. "That sounds great. What's its name?"

"If I want to introduce it to others, I have to have a name for it."

"Yes, Senator, it has a name—"

"Awakening Plan!"

(End of this chapter)