Chapter 1513: Beating Results

Keluoke Empire Capital Star, Imperial City morning assembly.

Compared to half a month ago, there were fewer Keluoke people in the main hall; those ministers who had frequently stood up to remonstrate were either transferred to idle posts on remote planets or had learned to maintain Silence after several imperial audiences.

Kesi sat on the main seat, looking at the military report that had just been delivered to his hand, the corners of his mouth curling upward.

He placed the military report on the desktop and looked up at all the ministers seated in the hall.

Kusilei of the Southern Border is dead.

The Ministry of Government Affairs in the front row raised his head and looked at Kesi in surprise.

Kesi appreciated the reaction of the ministers below and continued.

Beheaded by his own guards; I heard that his guards and the soldiers in the square mutinied, dragged him to the square at the entrance of his mansion, and cut off his head in front of a crowd.

Kesi picked up the military report and displayed it to both sides of the hall.

This man, one month ago, was still in the Southern Border gathering six nobles and their subordinate forces, claiming he would make Emperor Kesi unable to sit firmly on the imperial throne.

His father, Duke Kusa, questioned the legitimacy of My ascension; he inherited all of his father's ambitions and established a rebel alliance in the Southern Border that could be called the largest in the history of the southern Keluoke Empire.

And the result? His allies all surrendered before him, his own soldiers mutinied, and he had his head cut off in public by his own Captain of the guards.

Now, I am sitting here, sitting on the imperial throne, and his head has already been packed into a bag.

A young minister seated in the front row wanted to respond, but the old minister beside him reached out and touched his wrist, making the young minister swallow the words he had prepared.

Kesi noticed that interaction and continued.

The Southern Border rebellion has been completely quelled; from today on, the southern Keluoke Empire is re-incorporated into the imperial administrative system, and the Military Affairs Department will complete the garrison adjustments and administrative reconstruction for all planets in the Southern Border within one month.

He paused slightly here, then moved on to the next topic.

The matter of the Southern Border is finished, but the things the Empire must do are not yet over. The next target is the Star Spirit Federation in the east.

This time, no one in the court spoke up to interrupt.

Kesi continued.

Since My ascension, the Star Spirit Federation has never made any recognition of the legitimacy of the Keluoke Empire's imperial throne. Their ninety-one Star Spirits each govern themselves, distributed across ninety-one planets, each possessing independent armed forces.

These armed forces are not strong if taken individually, but if they are allowed to continue to develop, the pressure on the Dongjing border line will increase year by year.

He cast his gaze toward the direction of the Deputy Chief of Military Affairs.

The Military Affairs Department should have already compiled the plan for the military expansion program; how is the progress?

The Deputy Chief of Military Affairs stood up and answered.

Your Majesty, the preliminary plan for the military expansion program has been completed. The Central Army establishment will be expanded by forty percent based on the existing foundation, with three new fleet formations added. New recruit enlistment has started, and the number of first-batch registrations has already exceeded the target.

Kesi nodded.

Very good, the fleet of the Xiuluo Holy Star Alliance will provide coordinated support when the Keluoke Empire takes military action against the Star Spirit Federation. The specific joint action plan will be docked by the Military Affairs Department with the command level of the Fourth Fleet of the Xiuluo Holy Star Alliance later.

After Kesi finished speaking, he raised his chin, looked at the Alien ministers below, and asked.

Does anyone have any different opinions on this plan?

Seeing that the ministers were not like they were before, Kesi nodded with satisfaction.

Dismissed.

He stood up, turned, and walked toward the side door.

The ministers in the main hall stood up one after another; the Ministry of Government Affairs looked at the side door where Kesi had already disappeared, turned his head, and said to the Deputy Chief of Military Affairs beside him.

Star Spirit Federation... His Majesty's strides are becoming faster and faster.

The Deputy Chief of Military Affairs tucked his Data Pad under his arm.

At least he didn't mention the permanent stationing of the Xiuluo Holy Star Alliance fleet.

Yushufang.

When Kesi walked into the study, an encrypted communication terminal was placed on the left side of the desk; he sat down behind the desk and raised his hand to press the start button of the terminal.

It connected after a few seconds.

The face of Lu Zhenda appeared on the screen, and Kesi began to report.

Lord Lu, the rebellion in the Southern Border has completely ended; Kusilei was beheaded by his own guards.

All noble territories that participated in the rebellion have been completely disarmed and re-incorporated into the imperial administrative system.

Lu Zhenda nodded slightly on the screen.

I also received news from the fleet on my side; the dissemination effect of the surrender footage of the six Southern Border noble families in the Nanjing Xingyu met expectations, and the remaining planets that were watching have all submitted surrender declarations.

It is just that the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Fleet, Octavius, is a bit dissatisfied; after these Aliens discovered there was a way to live, they didn't encounter any resistance afterward, and the whole process was just accepting the other side's surrender.

However, I will find time to do some ideological work for him.

Kesi's hands were clasped together on the desktop, and he continued.

In addition, I officially announced the start of war preparations against the Star Spirit Federation at the morning assembly today; the military expansion plan has already begun execution, and the first batch of new recruit registrations has reached the target.

Subsequent equipment procurement and fleet organization are proceeding according to the established plan; none of the ministers raised objections, and the beating they received worked.

Lu Zhenda looked at Kesi opposite him and asked.

Beating? Those old ministers who previously insisted on having the Xiuluo Holy Star Alliance fleet withdraw?

Kesi's mouth curled upward, and he explained.

Those few ministers who opposed the most firmly have been successively transferred from their original posts within a month. I also gave the rest a beating; when I asked if anyone objected today, no one in the hall made a sound.

Lu Zhenda said.

That is best; has the military power in your hands been completely consolidated? Are there still officers of Xierta's level existing within the military system?

Kesi answered.

Military power has basically been concentrated within the direct jurisdiction of the Imperial City Military Affairs Department, and all officers who could constitute an independent command chain have been transferred or replaced.

The current Keluoke Empire Central Army no longer has situations of direct mobilization without passing through the Imperial City; the military has only one command hub, which is me.

Lu Zhenda nodded and said.

Well done; the Keluoke Imperium has gone through a round of civil war and a round of purges, and its internal administrative system and military system are both being reorganized. If a large-scale military operation were launched against the Star Spirit Federation at this time, it might place an excessive burden on the newly integrated system.

Kesi listened without interrupting.

Lu Zhenda continued.

His Majesty's meaning is that the Keluoke Imperium needs to restore a certain level of stability to ensure that the Xiuluo Holy Star Alliance has a sufficient buffer zone on the west side of the Bode Star System before a greater catastrophe arrives. If your Imperium experiences new internal turmoil during the war against the Star Spirit Federation, the strategic value of this buffer zone will be discounted.

Kesi nodded slowly.

Understood; military operations against the Star Spirit Federation will be controlled within a range that the Imperium's Dongjing border fleet can withstand, and full military strength will not be committed in the short term to avoid internal emptiness.

The reconstruction and administrative integration of the Southern Border are being pushed forward simultaneously, and it is expected that basic order will be restored within three months.

By then, the Imperium as a whole will enter a relatively stable phase, and then substantive military strikes against the Star Spirit Federation will be launched.

Lu Zhenda stretched his neck.

Coordinate the timing well, and do not let an internal vacuum period occur. We have already conducted a preliminary assessment of the actual military strength of the Star Spirit Federation; their ninety-one planets are scattered across multiple star systems, and clearing them one by one will take time.

The fleet of the Xiuluo Holy Star Alliance will provide necessary support during the Keluoke Imperium's combat operations against the Star Spirit Federation, but the prerequisite is that the front lines of the Keluoke Imperium's homeland must not break.

Kesi said.

I will personally keep an eye on the reconstruction progress of the Southern Border and the status of the Dongjing border fleet; internal stability will be completed within three months, after which combat preparations against the Star Spirit Federation will be initiated.

Lu Zhenda said.

The Ultramarines Fourth Fleet is currently still on standby at the edge of the Southern Border, responsible for supervising the surrender execution of the Southern Border nobles and the verification of subsequent disarmament.

Once all planets in the Southern Border have completed verification, the fleet will adjust its deployment position, move toward the direction of the Keluoke Imperium's Dongjing, and enter the pre-deployment position for the operation against the Star Spirit Federation in advance.