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Chapter 4845 [Do your best and leave the rest to fate]

Governor Slater Chaka sent people to take over the Skywalker factory, and all limb repair potions were classified as "strategic resources" and were no longer allowed to be sold at will.

In addition, Slater also wants to get his hands on Skywalker Laboratory, hoping to obtain all of Xiang Nan's scientific research results over the years.

After all, Xiang Nan had already developed a limb repair potion when he was twelve years old. Now that ten years have passed, who knows what amazing products his laboratory has in store.

But Xiang Nan had guessed his thoughts long ago, and closed the laboratory and factory early, laid off all the staff, destroyed all the confidential information, and then came to Coruscant.

"Now Chancellor Palpatine's power is growing, almost the same as the emperor." He told Padme about what Governor Slater Chaka did on Naboo. "If he continues like this, I'm afraid no one will be able to check him."

"I am also worried about this, so I plan to propose a motion with everyone else, hoping to limit the power of the Speaker." Padmé nodded.

"It's best to talk to Master Yoda, Master Windu and others." Xiang Nan reminded.

He knew that proposals from just a few members of parliament would be useless.

Because Palpatine already had the upper hand in the Senate.

He has been the Speaker for twelve years. During this time, he has excluded dissidents and supported his cronies.

Especially in the past two years, he has monopolized power. Therefore, he has become a powerful figure in parliament.

Even if Padmé and other minority members proposed to weaken the power of the Speaker, they would not get the support of other members.

Moreover, political power comes from the barrel of a gun, but these congressmen do not have any guns in their hands.

The Republic's military power is now entirely in Palpatine's hands.

Even if their proposal was passed, Palpatine still held the military power. If he refused to give up the power in his hands, they would have no way to force him to step down.

Just like in the early years of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai forced the parliament to elect him as president. He sent thousands of soldiers, police, ruffians, and gangsters to surround the Congress and demanded that the members must elect a president today.

The election lasted from morning until midnight. The congressmen were so hungry that they saw stars. In the end, they had no choice but to vote to put Yuan Shikai on the stage.

Now, the only group in the Galactic Republic that has a "gun" is the Jedi Order.

Although there are only 5,000 Jedi Knights left after two years of war, it is still the most powerful armed organization in the Republic except for the army.

So if Padme wants to fight Palpatine, she must have the assistance of the Jedi Knights. Otherwise, the proposal alone is useless.

……

Afterwards, Padmé, as Xiang Nan had said, discussed with Master Yoda, Master Windu and others about limiting the power of Chancellor Palpatine.

Master Yoda and Master Windu also have the same anxiety.

They could also see that in the past two years, Palpatine's power had been expanding rapidly.

He first obtained the power of emergency through a proposal, which allowed him to dispatch the Republic's army, appoint and dismiss the Republic's officials, and restrict freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of association, etc.

Later, by appointing planetary governors, he transferred the military and political power that originally belonged to the local areas to the hands of him as the speaker, thus further strengthening his power.

Therefore they also want to tighten the power in Palpatine's hands.

It's just that they've only just realized it now, but it's actually too late. Because it doesn't count the preparations that Palpatine, his master Darth Plagueis, and the generations of Sith had made for thousands of years.

The Clone Wars alone had lasted for two years, and during those two years, Palpatine had used the "State of Emergency" to make the entire parliament an ironclad entity.

The vast majority of senators supported him, with only a few, including Padmé Amidala, Bail Organa, Gideon Daniu, Tel Taniel, Kai Ekwe, Bana Brimmer, Fang Zha, etc., believing that Palpatine's power should be limited.

But they are still relatively supportive of Palpatine himself and have no intention of overthrowing him.

Therefore, in parliament, their proposals were difficult to gain support from the public, and naturally could not weaken Palpatine's power.

Although the Jedi Order has a high status, it cannot influence the operation of the parliament because the Jedi creed requires them to stay away from politics.

Jedi Knights are like the heroes in Jin Yong's martial arts novels. They are strong in individual combat and can even play a certain role on the battlefield, but they are always outsiders in the political arena and cannot influence the overall situation of the country.

Therefore, although Padme, Master Yoda, Master Windu and others believed that Palpatine's power was now too great and intended to weaken it, it was ultimately futile.

……

"What should we do? Are we just going to sit back and watch his power grow?" Padme said helplessly to Xiang Nan.

She clearly saw that this was wrong, but she couldn't make any changes, which made her feel very uncomfortable.

"It is painful for people who are awake, because they realize their mistakes but cannot make changes. It is like a closed house, the people inside are fast asleep, but someone is setting fire outside. At this time, only you wake up and find the fire, but you can't wake those people up no matter what." Xiang Nan nodded and said, "So a philosopher once said, 'It is rare to be confused.'"

"You said it very well. I am in pain now. How can they not realize that if they don't tighten his power, he will become the emperor?" Padmé sighed.

"There's a good philosophical saying, 'Do your best and leave the rest to fate.'" Xiang Nan comforted her, "We just need to do our own thing well, and then no matter what the result is in the future, we can just accept it calmly.

Man proposes, God disposes. It's not that we don't work hard, but it's fate's arrangement. "

Hearing him say this, Padmé nodded and said, "You are right. No matter what the future holds, I have tried my best."

"That's it. Don't be too hard on yourself." Xiang Nan advised, "If you are really unhappy with what you are doing, you might as well take a break first."

"It's okay, I can still hold on." Padme nodded, "Now someone has set fire outside the iron house. Although I'm the only one awake, I can still call for help and wake up others.

With my strength, I can wake up as many people as I can. Otherwise, there will be no one to control him. "

Xiang Nan nodded.

……

Over the next year, Padmé continued to propose bills in Parliament, calling for tighter powers for the Governor-General.

Moreover, she and senators such as Bail Organa, as well as Master Yoda and Master Windu, have been constantly persuading other senators to realize that Palpatine's power has become too great and must be tightened.

Through their unremitting efforts, more and more senators are now aware that Palpatine's power is too great.

Of course, this is also because the governors sent by Palpatine are acting more and more arrogantly.

Originally, those governors only played a coordinating role, but now they interfere in the internal affairs of the planet at every turn, causing complaints from the people and many congressmen have begun to wake up.