The emperor had a staff of staff called moffs.
I particularly value and trust Grand Moff Tarkin. Tarkin was used to deal with complex and troublesome matters faced by the Empire, easing the Emperor's burden. The emperor was worried about dealing with politically troublesome and troublesome matters.
Tarkin gives his subordinates a great deal of responsibility and authority, and makes them work hard. And when he has finished his job, he lets someone else do it. He is a ruthless person.
What the emperor valued above all else was that he was good at political maneuvering.
The Emperor even told Vader that he wished this man had been in the Senate.
There are many other Moffs who are similar. In the first place, these are the people who survived the harsh power struggles within the Empire. In other words, a Moff is a post that specializes in political maneuvering. He wants to be close to the emperor, wants to be appreciated by the emperor, but in reality he only cares about himself. They believe that the empire's benefit equals their own benefit. But I feel like it's actually different.
The Emperor was aware of this and was complaining to Vader.
Meanwhile, the Emperor creates a post separate from Moff, the position of Grand Admiral.
They are by no means a subordinate class of Moffs, but rather a group of military strategy professionals who specialize in formulating military strategies for the Empire.
The Emperor guarantees that there will be no political gamesmanship. With no political expediency involved, he purely pursues the truly correct military strategy. The military has the principle of centralization, which enables a unified and integrated strategy.
They are dedicated not to themselves, but to the Empire. This is the decisive difference from Moff.
In the end, the Moffs turn into a group of yes-men who only give favorable reports to the Emperor, weakening the Empire. He is concerned about whether his own status is threatened by the emperor's appearance.
I believe that behind this problem was the intense power struggle within the empire.
A man of the empire is conscious of protecting his own position and neglects the interests of the empire. The system established by the emperor to force others to pursue power by pushing aside others ended up creating a yes-man system rather than the most powerful empire.
Learning from these imperial flaws, a system was devised to free the empire from power struggles. Like the Grand Admiral, it focuses on military strategy itself and aims to reduce the costs required to run a dictatorial country.
To do this, we must reject the centralized system centered on the emperor.
The Moffs flocked to him because the Emperor wielded tremendous power.
If you focus on military strategy, political convenience won't come into play like the Grand Admiral, and you will pursue what is truly right. That's why it's difficult to become a yes-man system.
And to make the empire itself more compact.
To reduce the cost of running a dictatorial state, it is better to keep it small.
You can reduce the cost required to maintain the system. If you carry out military operations with this, it will become a mobile and agile empire.
But for that to happen, it is necessary to let go of the power that the emperor holds. It will be difficult to maintain a dictatorial system.