Chapter 382, He Really Believed It!_2

Minnick had never contemplated seeking independence, but displaying a firm stance with a tough attitude was a necessary measure.

By doing so, Minnick had two main objectives, one of which had already been achieved.

After expelling the tax officers and blockading the star system, the bubbling internal opposition within the family was suppressed almost instantly.

Of course, those opposing voices hadn't been extinguished; however, after Minnick took such a dramatic action, they had to shut their mouths for the time being.

With a great enemy at the gates, even the most foolish knew it was not the time for internal strife. Minnick was working hard to shift this disaster from his own mistake to persecution from external foes.

He successfully shifted the nearly uncontrollable internal strife to the outside.

Now was the time for common resentment against the enemy.