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The monarch not only has the power to appoint the prime minister and cabinet ministers, but also all major laws must be signed by the monarch.

The reason for all this is that... the Sixth Sanctuary is not formed by the merger of several factions like the Eighth Sanctuary.

Instead, it was built by a powerful leader, "King Kang," who relied on the resources and talents left by his ancestors, and then on his own strong personal strength and charisma.

From its inception, the core members of the Sixth Sanctuary have been united around "King Kang," exhibiting a very clear vassal-like nature.

Therefore, at the very beginning of the establishment of the Sixth Sanctuary, "King Kang" directly declared himself king, thus forming a de facto monarchical autocracy.

Later, other shelters intervened in the internal affairs of the Sixth Shelter, demanding that it abandon this backward feudal system.

With the intervention of other sanctuaries, the political system of Sanctuary VI eventually became a "dualistic constitutional monarchy".

After figuring out the situation at the Sixth Sanctuary, the identities of Princess Xi and Kuo Yu became obvious.

Princess Xi is the current wife of "King Kang" and is also a queen with real power.

As for Wu Yu, he is one of the cabinet ministers of the Sixth Sanctuary, directly responsible to "King Kang", and is also a figure standing at the top of the power pyramid.

With two such important figures visiting the Eighth Shelter, the Eighth Shelter naturally has to ensure their safety, both morally and logically.

As Qiu Tu was thinking this, Huang Shangzong glanced around at the people present.

He was already tall, standing at 1.95 meters, and with his muscular physique, he appeared both imposing and profound.

"Therefore, our task ahead is very important!"

"All targets must be achieved within two months!"

After speaking, Huang Shangzong paused for a moment, and then gave a detailed explanation of the tasks to be carried out next.

Qiu Tu listened carefully to Huang Shangzong's explanation, and then took out his pen to write it down in his notebook.

Previously, he was just the director of the New Territories City Investigation Department and had no access to this classified information.

Now that he has become the vice speaker, he has learned that Huang Shangzong's infiltration plan had already begun long ago.

Huang Shangzong was well aware of a military principle: speed is of the essence in warfare.

Therefore, even before obtaining the shelter's consent, they were secretly training spies and agents there, and regularly sending them to the disaster zone to familiarize themselves with the environment and obtain identities; and secretly turning some of the middle and high-ranking officials in the disaster zone against their cause.

But he carried out all these actions secretly.

Only after the shelter approved his plan did he officially send out all these spies and agents to carry out infiltration work and... conduct the final subversion operation.

It was precisely because he had done everything in advance that he was able to wipe out the "trade market" in one fell swoop and reverse the previous dangerous situation...

......

Meanwhile, the state legislature was holding a speaker-level meeting in full swing.

Satellite villa area around Lung Shan Road, New Territories.

Chen Feng glanced at his watch, then gave a soft shout, "Action!"

The next second, agents from the political department, armed with heavy weapons, rushed toward the surrounded villa.

The people inside the villa were clearly on guard, so they started firing directly through the windows.

Fortunately, this group of agents were all recently trained and have high overall quality.

In addition, having been mentally prepared, there were almost no injuries.

So, when the gunfire subsided inside the villa, they charged forward again.

Although there were seven other people in the villa besides "Scarface," they were all professionally trained soldiers. So when they saw the political department personnel rushing in, they immediately raised their guns to fight back.

Suddenly, the entire villa was filled with a continuous barrage of gunfire.

Immediately afterwards, a figure jumped out of the window and left the villa under the protection of three people.

Upon seeing this, Chen Feng took out his walkie-talkie and, while reminding the agents on the perimeter to take precautions, made a phone call to a number that Qiu Tu had left behind.

Soon enough, several figures approached "Scarface"...

.......

Meanwhile, just as Chen Feng was arresting Scarface.

In Dongye State, at the Speaker's meeting of the State Legislative Assembly.

Huang Shangzong glanced at everyone present and then said, "Coincidentally, Elder Wang also reminded me yesterday that Speaker Tang and Speaker Qiu, being newly appointed vice speakers, have not yet been assigned any duties."

"I think... today is a good day to discuss their division of labor."

At this point, Huang Shangzong looked at Tang Feifei first and then asked, "What are your thoughts, Speaker Tang?"

Tang Feifei had actually discussed this topic with her family and Qiu Tu many times before.

Therefore, upon hearing Huang Shangzong ask for her thoughts, Tang Feifei, following the agreement she had reached with her family and Qiu Tu, spoke frankly.

"Speaker, Dongye Prefecture has just stabilized, and each speaker is fulfilling their duties."

“I think it’s not appropriate for Speaker Qiu and me to ask the other speakers for a division of labor.”

"But... as vice speaker, we really can't just sit here and do nothing."

“So…” Tang Feifei paused for a moment, then said, “I think, could we be given the cities in the area we control directly?”

"To become something like a municipality or a city with independent status."

"With the support of the city's three major institutions, we can better carry out the 'Boundless Ocean of the Mind Expansion Project.'"

Upon hearing Tang Feifei's words, Huang Shangzong's face showed a thoughtful expression.

He wasn't a particularly selfless person, but... in many things, he could indeed temporarily forget his personal feelings.

So... the most important reason why he hasn't assigned Tang Feifei any work during this period is that he hasn't found the authority to delegate tasks to her.

After all... taking away a portion of the responsibilities assigned to any speaker would weaken that speaker's power and would certainly cause a backlash.

Now, Tang Feifei has taken a different approach, giving Huang Shangzong an alternative choice, which Huang Shangzong finds quite interesting.

This plan not only allowed Tang Feifei and Qiu Tu to have a reasonable division of labor.

More importantly... it also restricted the power of the two individuals.

If the tasks are assigned to separate cities, it's essentially equivalent to locking the power of both individuals into a single city.

If the two wanted to infiltrate other cities or departments in Dongye Prefecture, it would seem illegitimate.

Thinking this, Huang Shangzong looked at Qiu Tu with a knowing look and asked, "Speaker Qiu, what do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Qiu Tu smiled and said, "I have no objection. But..."

Upon hearing the first half of Qiu Tu's sentence, Huang Shangzong assumed that Qiu Tu had agreed, but then he was surprised to hear a "but".

So he couldn't help but look at Qiu Tu and ask, "But what...?"

Qiu Tu said methodically, "But... I feel that simply building 'Langyue City' is too easy."

He said, "Could you give me some other work at the same time?"

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's words, Huang Shangzong looked at Qiu Tu expressionlessly and then asked, "What kind of job?"

Upon hearing this, Qiu Tu smiled and said, "For example... I'll help you, Speaker, eliminate those anti-government armed scoundrels."

"The time and energy you save can be spent on the infiltration plan."

Huang Shangzong was genuinely surprised to hear Qiu Tu's words.

He looked at Qiu Tu carefully for several moments, as if he were seeing him for the first time, before saying in a deep voice, "Speaker Qiu, do you know what you're saying?"

"Clearing out those anti-government armed groups is no easy task."

"They have broken up into smaller groups and are now scattered in various corners of the 16 cities in Dongye Prefecture."

"Finding them all would be extremely time-consuming and require a tremendous amount of energy..."

Hearing Huang Shangzong's words, Qiu Tu nodded slightly and then said, "So, I'm willing to do these things."

"Isn't sharing the burden of the speaker exactly what we vice speakers are supposed to do?"

At the same time, just as Qiu Tu was expressing this opinion.

Believe it or not... this trick actually worked on Huang Shangzong.

When Qiu Tu made this statement, Huang Shangzong's gaze towards Qiu Tu changed slightly.

A notification appeared above his head that said "Satisfaction +6".

Clearly, he was influenced by Qiu Tu's words about dedication.

So, after questioning Qiu Tu, he looked at the other vice speakers and asked, "What do you think?"

Qiu Tu took the initiative to share a very troublesome task, so how could the vice speakers object?

So aside from Liu Xiongyuan offering a few words of advice, seeing that Qiu Tu remained resolute, he didn't say anything more.

Thus, Tang Feifei and Qiu Tu's division of labor was determined at the meeting.

Tang Feifei was in charge of all affairs in the New Territories, including the appointment and dismissal of the top officials of the three major agencies.

Qiu Tu... is in charge of all affairs in "Langyue City", including the power to appoint and dismiss the top officials of the three major agencies.

In addition, Qiu Tu was also responsible for eliminating the remaining anti-government armed forces that had fled to 16 cities in Dongye Prefecture.

In this way, both of them got the division of labor they wanted.

Just after the vote was completed and the division of labor was finalized, Qiu Tu suddenly felt the light on his communicator, which he had been keeping in his pants pocket, suddenly turn on.

He picked up the communicator, glanced at it, and saw that the message was from Chen Feng.

As he expected, the words "Operation Successful" were clearly written on it.

Upon seeing this reply, Qiu Tu couldn't help but smile.

It seems... the first big gift since I became the vice speaker has finally arrived!

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Perhaps the person sitting in the main seat had a particularly wide field of vision, with an unobstructed view of what was below; or perhaps Huang Shangzong had always paid close attention to Qiu Tu.

Anyway... Huang Shangzong noticed the smile that appeared on Qiu Tu's lips.

He looked at Qiu Tu with his tiger-like eyes and asked with a hint of teasing, "Speaker Qiu, have you received some good news?"

Having lived two lives, Qiu Tu deeply understands the principle of keeping secrets.

Therefore, even though he believed that none of the seven people present were followers of evil gods or traitors, he still did not reveal his true intentions.

He put the communicator aside and said with a smile, "Speaker, it's nothing, just a congratulatory text message."

Huang Shangzong naturally didn't believe Qiu Tu's words, but given Qiu Tu's current status and identity, if he was unwilling to talk about it, he couldn't ask too many questions.

So he nodded slightly and said, "You'll be receiving a lot of congratulatory text messages and phone calls these next few days."

"Don't let it affect your work."

After saying that, he glanced at the other speakers and then said, "Now let's talk about the third topic today."

"The position of the Director of the New Territories Exploration Department."

At this point, Huang Shangzong felt a strange sense of temporal disorientation.

After all, he had only been the Speaker of the Tung Yip Chau council for a few months. As a result, the New Territories City Exploration Department had changed three times, and this was the fourth.

Fortunately... of the previous three, two were promoted, and only one was transferred laterally.

And considering that four of the six deputy speakers are from the New Territories, it's worth noting that four of them are from the New Territories.

For a moment, he began to doubt a claim circulating in the state these past two days: that the New Territories City is a dragon vein node of Tung Yip State, hence its outstanding people and prosperous official careers, with the Detective Agency being particularly favored by this auspicious energy.

'Could it be... that such a mystical art really exists?'

Although I don't really believe in such superstitions, the Cataclysmic Era is, after all, a world of extraordinary powers, so "luck" and "dragon veins" are certainly possible...

Fortunately... now both deputy directors of the New Territories City Investigation Department are his people...

So, it seems like he's not losing out no matter what.

Thinking this through, Wong Sheung-chung didn't speak first, but instead offered a suggestion, "We can discuss the candidates for Director of the New Territories City Investigation Department."