Chapter 209 - 90. Location of the Relic
Yesterday evening, the moonlight was beautiful, and the fantastic festive atmosphere of the Gedelin Festival infected many citizens of Nali City. It seemed as though the previous attack on the Schwali delegation had no impact on them at all.
Indeed, that was the case. Even though the citizens were aware of the incident, essentially, their lives remained unchanged. At most, due to recent confrontations between the royals and the Griffin Party against the New Party, there was slight discontent toward the New Party, but it wasn’t targeted at the security issues of the academic conference. Instead, it was focused on the inherent corruption within their ranks.
Previously mentioned, the economic policies of the New Party leaned towards liberalism, lowering regulatory standards in several sectors including the market to stimulate the economy, but this doesn’t mean that the New Party or the Nali Officials had completely let go of control.
While the economy soared, the New Party undertook tax reforms, greatly expanding the national treasury funds, which were then allocated to urban development, revitalization of factories, environmental improvements, and other aspects—all handled by the New Party government of Nali with some effectiveness.
The issue of corruption also meant that members of the New Party were squandering public funds recklessly, with possibly less than thirty percent of all tax revenues being effectively used, while the remaining seventy percent flowed into private pockets.
This, indeed, was the biggest recent setback faced by the Nali Pioneer Party.
For some time, their lavish expenditures at luxury places like the Pink Hall had been exposed by the media extensively, and in council meetings, they were attacked ferociously by the Griffin Party and unable to retaliate, largely because Dexter within the Golden Palace covertly supported attacks on the New Party.
The approach of impartiality was something the prince still understood. He had never had the opportunity to suppress the New Party before and now could seize this chance to dampen the New Party’s bold stance, without regard for prior relations; as for the Griffin Party, they hit the hardest when someone is already down.
Fisher even heard that the Griffin Party had employed many media journalists to monitor places like the Pink Hall daily, just to capture a photo of a New Party member moonlighting, and then exchange these photos for money at the Griffin Party.
However, this had essentially nothing to do with Scholar Fisher. After all, the foundation of the New Party remained unshaken, although they had recently faced considerable hardships...