Doctor, I'm really strong!

Liu Jiuli was speechless. What's the difference between your questioning style and Talulah's before? What direction are you guys concerned about? Can't you just give me a clear coordinate axis? Why do you have to use Brownian motion?

For some reason, Liu Jiuli suddenly thought of a joke.

Three things in life:

First, earn money that you can spend.

Second, have a favorite hobby.

Third, find a girl to marry.

The problem is, if you marry a girl and she takes away your first place and ruins your second, then what's the point of getting married? Wouldn't it be better to just lick a virtual character?

Ahem, I've gone off on a tangent. Girls are still necessary; they're better than hands. Life ultimately requires companionship. Men need to learn to be tolerant and understanding. A true man understands responsibility.

Liu Jiuli waved his hand: "Alright, alright, it's late at night, everyone's still sleeping. If a bunch of people come over to join in the fun, that'll be a real problem. First, help me fix Talulah's door. Do you have any Originium Arts that can quickly repair doors? Give me one."

Ling said expressionlessly, "Anything can happen in dreams."

Liu Jiuli: "Isn't your sister's ability just dreams? Just switch to virtual reality, and this door will be fine."

Ling sighed: "Do you have some misunderstanding about my abilities?"

Standing inside the house, Talulah was now in despair at this chaotic night.

What terrible things have I done?

Chapter 63: Can there be a crown prince who reigns for forty years?

(Hello comrades, (～￣▽￣)～)

Fortunately, Liu Jiuli controlled the situation that night, and no fourth person appeared at the scene. Otherwise, given the speed at which the message spread, Liu Jiuli would probably have heard that Talulah was pregnant with his child by the next morning.

You have to trust the imagination of the masses, and their insatiable thirst for gossip.

However, this incident reminded Liu Jiuli that as a strongman politician, he would inevitably encounter the problem of succession. His beloved father had turned the Soviet Union into a revisionist regime because there was no one to carry on the legacy. Unless he became an emperor and made the Terra continent of Arknights sacred, he was prepared to spend ten thousand years sitting on the toilet.

That being said, even if one truly had the willpower, one would still have to consider the issue of succession, in order to ensure the stability of the future regime.

From the day he embarked on the path of leading infected people and ordinary people to resist tyranny, Liu Jiuli knew there was no turning back. The future Red Guards might not have much else, but they would definitely have enough enemies. An excellent successor also needs to maintain internal stability.

This is similar to how, after an emperor in ancient times had a son, the people around him would become more loyal because their interests were guaranteed. Those who received initial shares saw a bright future and were motivated to continue striving.

Moreover, he had chosen a difficult path, and the choice of successor would affect the vitality of the people's regime. Su Suizong and Su Xunzong had squandered the wealth that his beloved father had painstakingly left behind, and Liu Jiuli did not want to see such a scene. Therefore, there must be a successor, or rather, a candidate, and more than one.

But this matter absolutely cannot be announced in advance, otherwise, large and small groups will definitely emerge around these heirs. We don't want to cause an internal split before we've even done anything ourselves, with people starting to say things like "How can there be a crown prince for forty years?"

This isn't a question of possibility, it's an absolute possibility. Human beings' selfish nature determines centrifugal force, while their will to unite generates centripetal force. So tell me, is it easier for a person to learn to be good or to learn to be bad?

Therefore, preparations should be made in secret, preferably starting now, in a way that no one but yourself can discover.

So Liu Jiuli came up with a brilliant idea.

"The Red Guards' cadre selection system requires all civil servants to start from the grassroots level..."

Talulah held the document that Liu Jiuli had just drafted, and she had to admit that his imagination was quite remarkable.

Here we should mention the civil service system in each country of Terra.

In Yan Kingdom, there are two modes of civil service: examination and recommendation. Of the official vacancies each year, one-tenth are filled by recommendation and nine-tenths by examination. The official positions obtained through recommendation are lower than those obtained through examination, but regardless of which method you choose, as long as you do well, your future prospects are very promising.

Colombia, on the other hand, has an electoral system, a democratic voting system, which is basically the same as the American election system. If you want to be a certain person, you have to spend money to get votes. Once you have enough votes, you can be elected. The key is how much money you spend on your campaign.

The two systems mentioned above are considered relatively advanced civil service systems in Terra. In countries like Victoria, Ursus, and Letania, the aristocratic system has a significant influence. If you want to become someone, your family and bloodline will be considered first, followed by your ability and skills. Of course, there are exceptions for promotion, but compared to Yan and Columbia, they are not much better than nothing, but they are basically very difficult to obtain.

Even in countries like Yan and Colombia, civil servants have a starting point; it's impossible to kick someone to a poor mountain village to dig mud from the very beginning. But Liu Jiuli's method of training cadres is definitely to send them to the countryside. Those who can persevere are promoted, and those who can't are kicked out of the civil service.

Is this really okay?

“Of course, no problem,” Liu Jiuli said, slapping the map. “We are rebels against the old order. Since we are rebels, we can’t just know how to destroy; we also need to know how to create a better new world. Our civil servants are public servants who serve the people, so we should start from the grassroots level, from learning how to repair toilets and build roads!”

Talulah considered the possibility and then said, "You have a point, but the question is, are they willing to go?"

Liu Jiuli pointed behind him with his thumb: "If you don't want to, then get lost. There are plenty of people in the world who want to be officials. If you don't want to, there are plenty of people who will. I'm not afraid you won't agree."

The allure of power is always immense. You should know that in ancient China, there was a time when becoming an official required castration. Becoming a eunuch before taking office was quite something, but even so, there were still groups of people who voluntarily rushed forward to be castrated.

At least Liu Jiuli didn't leave them with nothing, and the corresponding treatment will be very good. But if you make a mistake, don't cry when the Ministry of Internal Affairs comes knocking.

Incidentally, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has just been renamed the Cheka, and Liu Jiuli has taken another step forward on the path of becoming a loving father.

From then on, Cheka officials wearing blue peaked caps would come to your door on official business and invite you to Lubyanka for coffee.

Drinking coffee is such a wonderful thing.

The new policy caused a huge uproar as expected. Many Red Guard members said that neither Uzbekistan nor other countries had this tradition. Why should a resistance organization like ours go through all this trouble?

However, the common people fully support it.

Well, there's a bit of a personality cult element to it.

They didn't understand Liu Jiuli's new policy very well, but they knew that the leader was doing it for their own good. Since the leader was doing it for their own good, they should just agree to it. The leader wouldn't harm them. Those who opposed the leader must be bad people. Down with them!

Strongman politics is prone to this situation.

At the cadre meeting, Liu Jiuli stated bluntly: "That's right, other countries don't have this tradition, but we are not other countries either. We are warriors who are to create a new era, so we must look for new possibilities. This is a great social experiment. We are the pioneers of the entire civilization, searching for a path that has never been imagined. Therefore, we must break with past conventions and bad habits and forge our own path!"

The slogan has been shouted, and it must be carried out. Under the supervision of the Cheka, Liu Jiuli will not allow anyone to bargain with him on this issue. History has proven that even those cadres who have been tempered can be corrupted by sugar-coated bullets, let alone those who have not experienced such trials.

Grassroots training is to give each of them an opportunity to participate in the Long March. They must prove their ability and loyalty in this political Long March. Those who are not capable enough, have bad luck, or are opportunistic will be filtered out, leaving only the most outstanding ones.

Incidentally, they can also carry out poverty alleviation work. Future cadres will be selected from these people. Unless there are particularly major events, such as war or disaster relief, don't expect to have a chance for promotion on the spot. They should all be trained step by step. There are also Cheka eyes watching and scrutinizing them in secret.

This is Liu Jiuli's method: sow thousands upon thousands of seeds, let them grow in practice, and eventually the person who comes from the masses and goes back to the masses will surely come to him.

While everyone is watching him and thinking he will decide who the successor is, the true successor will be chosen by the people.

What a perfect plan! I am grateful to our great motherland for providing this experience, which saved me from taking so many detours.

When people are happy, they feel refreshed. Even when sitting in the office reviewing documents, Liu Jiuli felt that the ceiling was blue.

Then Talulah brought news that cast a shadow over Liu Jiuli's mood.

"Our transport truck was stolen."

Section 64: If you don't want to send it, then just give it to me.

Given the level of security on Terra, encountering bandits is quite normal. But the problem is, the transport truck was hijacked in Lungmen, and on Lungmen's main transport route. Who would be so audacious?

“We’re being targeted,” Talulah said.

Liu Jiuli waved his hand: "I already knew about this. How are our people doing?"

Talulah: "Three seriously injured and two slightly injured. The seriously injured are out of danger but are still in the ICU, while the slightly injured are able to move around normally."

"Take good care of them. As for those who are courting death..." Liu Jiuli slammed his fist on the table: "Find them, find them, and kill them!"

Talulah said calmly, "This will cause conflict with the local gangs in Lungmen."

"So what?" Liu Jiuli sneered. "As long as the person is dead, there is no conflict."

"clear."

Talulah was not surprised by the result. A leader who does not allow his own people to suffer losses is welcome everywhere. She had just explained the situation. Now that the leader has made a decision, there is no need to be polite. Let's get started!

Red Guards Longmen Operations Department

"Tighten the laces of your tactical boots, check all the weapons and ammunition, and have two people check each other."

The leader of this operation is ACE. In addition to the original squad members, there are thirty former Reunion Movement members who are now armed personnel of the Red Guard. They have all received good training. Some of them were soldiers in the Ursus regular army, but were expelled because they were infected with Oripathy. Now they have all found their place in the Red Guard.

Some even made arrangements for their own families, so their loyalty to the Red Guards was beyond question.

More specifically, it means absolute loyalty to Liu Jiuli.

ACE picked up his weapon, which was produced by the Red Guard's Chernobog First Arsenal. It was made with the best materials and was custom-made, greatly enhancing the user's combat effectiveness.

As a weapon, it has no flaws except for being too expensive.

When ACE received this set of equipment, he was quite surprised, wondering when Rhodes Island had become so wealthy.

This operation was to crack down on a gang that had attacked a futuristic technology transport vehicle. Liu Jiuli's orders were simple and clear: kill anyone who could be killed.

Considering that the enemy certainly doesn't have the talent of immortality, nor the privilege of resurrection after death, they will all be wiped out without a doubt.

As for the reason why this gang attacked Future Technology, it's because they were working for the Swire Group.

Swire Group has supported many similar gangs, essentially acting as their front men. When it's time to get rid of those who can't be dealt with openly, these social scumbags resort to any means necessary.

Things have developed to this point, which is quite frustrating for Cheng Jiali. In the previous court battle, he was completely defeated by three part-time lawyers who were both medical students. After that, they tried to lower prices. Future Technology did not lower its prices, but they issued shopping vouchers. When calculated, it was equivalent to every similar product being one-third cheaper than his.

Moreover, shopping vouchers are different from price reductions. If the price of a discounted product is then raised again, it can easily lead to customer dissatisfaction. But shopping vouchers are different. Future Technology advertises this as a promotional activity that will not be available again in the future, which actually stimulates customers' desire to consume. In addition, when it comes to issues involving their own interests, everyone is quite quick-witted. A little calculation will tell them which option is more cost-effective. And since Future Technology's products are better, what are you waiting for? Buy, buy, buy!

What made Cheng Jiali even more furious was that in the food sector, whether it was canned meat, fruits and vegetables, or rice and flour, Swire Group was completely targeted. Future Technology was like a four-dimensional pocket, constantly replenishing goods to impact the market and shattering Swire Group's market share.

Do you think your seasonings are free? Why is there so much in the canned goods?!

It was incomprehensible and unacceptable, but the reality was that they still couldn't win. Things had developed to this point, and Cheng Jiali himself was now in a difficult situation.

If he can't handle future technologies, it means he's incompetent and will definitely be taken down. These days, it's not easy for a dog to climb to such a high position, and he doesn't want to lose everything just like that.

Then we'll have to resort to underhanded tactics.

These gangs are dogs kept by the Swire Group. Now go out and bite people!

In the past, this tactic would have been fine; other small companies were no match for it. Even if they managed to hold out through the initial confrontations, they would eventually have to kneel down and beg for mercy. But Future Technology is simply not able to do that; it can't kneel down.

Not only will you not kneel down, but I'll also break your legs.

Liu Jiuli's counterattack can only be described as ferocious. The Red Guards drove armored vehicles into the gang's stronghold. Amidst the exploding crossbow bolts, the gang of less than a hundred people was left with corpses strewn across the ground. Before leaving, the Red Guards officers fired a shot into the head of everyone they encountered, and they trampled rats and cockroaches to death, ensuring that no one was left alive.

When the Lungmen Guard arrived, they found collapsed houses and corpses all over the ground—a truly heinous crime.

Everyone knows who did it. The Lungmen Guard Bureau, for work reasons, naturally wanted to question Liu Jiuli, but Liu Jiuli shut them down with a bunch of dirt on this gang.

We call this acting on behalf of Heaven.

From a legal perspective, both Future Technology and Swire Group have crossed the line, but Wei Yanwu stated that he is emotionally stable.

This was bound to happen sooner or later. Liu Jiuli didn't seem like the type to suffer a loss. Taigu Group had been arrogant in the Book Gate for too long. Even though the Dragon Gate was positioned as a free market, Wei Yanwu had already begun to consider giving Taigu Group a proper warning. Now that someone had directly brought down a big stick, he was overjoyed.

Although Future Technology and Taikoo Group are both unstable factors, Liu Jiuli at least follows the rules and doesn't break them from the start. All his countermeasures are equal, which is really rare for a peerless expert. The face he receives is as big and bright as the sun in the sky.

In contrast, Swire Group went too far, taking themselves too seriously and using their sacrifices to test the strength of Liu Jiuli's forces—a very worthwhile deal.