Law of the Devil

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Chapter 330 [Leveraging Problems]

The direction of the matter seems to have been clarified, but the old general Hughes seems to be somewhat dissatisfied: "Your Highness, I have no problem with the redeployment from Wang Chengjin Guard. I also believe that brave soldiers can defend Teito. But if you draw from the Southern Legion... Your Highness, we all know about the Southern Legion. Historically, for many years, every time the Empire expanded its navy, it pulled troops from the Southern Legion to supplement the navy. To this day, the Southern Legion actually has only one huge shelf left. This time, if another division leaves...”

“Then let the Navy soldiers‘ return to land ’!!” The last words of the Regent have finally made up his mind!

Lu?

This fresh word is a shock to everyone!

For more than two decades, the Empire's military strategy has been a well-established fact!

The bigger the battleship, the expanded navy, the further expedition of the Southern Ocean...

Although recent expeditions have yielded less than once. But after all, there are profits to be made every time. Even the finance minister has to admit that expeditions can bring benefits to the empire - as long as there are no more grand celebrations and triumphant ceremonies to hurt people and people.

The old finance minister was not opposed to the triumphal ceremony, after all it was an honor for the expeditionary general. However, just for the sake of a formal display, it would be foolish to expand the canal a hundred miles and start a hundred thousand labourers to operate, spending millions of gold coins...

In everyone's mind, there is still a certain fondness for the expedition to the South China Ocean. After all, the benefits of all these years of expedition have left a deep “vanity” in our hearts!

Even Dewey's father, Count Raymond. So a brilliant and capable man is not opposed to the Southern Ocean expedition. He just feels that "the number of expeditions should be slightly reduced, and the intervals of time should be carefully calculated”. The simplest thing to say is: fattening before killing!

But Prince Chen's “return to land”, this step is far farther than people thought!!

For Army Big Hughes, every army is the root of his life, the abolition of any army is extremely reluctant for the military... As soon as he listens to this, his face changes, he is about to speak out against it, but he feels a glimmer of eyes shooting next to him, the old Chancellor Robustschel.

There is a deep warning and dissuasion in Robustschel's eyes. Old Hughes immediately caught cold, knowing that it was the old prime minister who had implied himself, and definitely not against the King Regent now.

“The Imperial Navy combatants have risen to nearly 150,000! Battleships are close to a thousand!!” Prince Chen faintly said: “Twenty new large battleships are about to go down this year… what a glorious familiar and powerful number! What a huge number!! Hmm, yes, everyone is intoxicated by the strength of the navy, the invincibility of the navy... but I would like to ask you all. Such a powerful navy, such an invincible navy... what use am I coming?? ”

Prince Chen slapped the table hard. With a bang, everyone had a shock on their face.

When he heard Prince Chen's silence, he asked: "Useful? To deal with the indigenous peoples of the South? Against indigenous people who can only row canoes, fight with long spears tied to wooden sticks and stones, and bows and arrows tied to branches? To deal with these natives, it costs me ten million dollars a year for the Roland Empire, 150,000 navy, nearly a thousand battleships?!! Thanks to this‘ victory ’we are intoxicated and dreaming!! This is a joke! It's shame!! Navy invincible? It's invincible! That's because there are no enemies at sea in this world! Since there is no such thing as an empire with such a huge navy, what good is it?! Is it good for setting up?! ”

His sentence, word for word, poked people straight in the heart. Above the hall, everyone was mute and silent. Only Dewey kept his face calm, but he just couldn't help but look at the Regent twice, and suddenly a thought arose in his heart... did he...

“The prairie wolf ride is not extinct! Northwest warlords cut the ticket, and now there's another thing going on in the north! The Army stretches its elbows and barely supports it, but throws large sums of military money into the sea every year! Are we all blind?” The Regent suddenly called: "Hughes! General Hughes! You tell me why you see the Army lack combat power, you know to expand! But when you see the Navy spending the Empire's finances, you do nothing. As Secretary of State, you pretend to be deaf and mute?! Are you faint or have you saved your heart!! ”

This last question is kind of heartfelt. Old Hughes's heart jumped sharply, but he had to take two steps, bowing his head: “Yes… it was the old man who passed out. ”

“Comfortable? I don't think you're unconscious! It's about saving my heart! Hmm, your ministry always treats the army as your personal property!! Wow, any military thing can only be expanded, can't be cut!! The redundancy is too much for you! What is this? It's food care!! But the army of this empire is not your ministry's food! We can't even protect you!!” He has stood up and leaned forward, waiting for the old general Hughes: “Why don't you talk? Couldn't say? Then let me talk!! ”

Later, Prince Chen gasped slightly, biting his teeth and resenting: “Last year, someone proposed to abolish a division of the Southern Lille Provincial Guard Infantry, you strongly opposed it! The previous year, the southern coastal area raised a lack of timber, suggesting that this year's shipbuilding plan be postponed, you strongly disagree!! Can you tell me why? ”

“…” Old Hughes dared not say a word.

Prince Chen suddenly growled and yelled: “Let me tell you why!! Humph!! ‘It's not easy for our military to accumulate all this family business for so many years, every minute can not be lost at random’!! Hughes, who said that? Where did you say that? You know you don't!! ”

Houston shook his body, his face turned wild, his forehead was instantly covered in sweat and he pounced, and Mai's body knelt down on one knee.

“Hmm, let me tell you! That's what you said in the military ministry after you objected to last year's disarmament program! And with this year's shipbuilding program, you are vehemently opposed to delays, even letting the Treasury come up with a winter budget to fill the naval shipbuilding cave! And the result!!! The snow disaster in the South this year is due to our financial strain, we can't afford to pay much money for the disaster!!! The result is that...”

He probably finally let out the anger in his heart, only emotionally agitated, but almost overstated it. Fortunately, Dewey coughed hard in time and Prince Chen suddenly woke up and swallowed the last sentence without saying it.

But everyone knows what Prince Chen didn't say!

Mostly it was "the result that made the Temple an embarrassment to us in preparing for a financial disaster. ”

I guess that's what he means. He doesn't say it, but everybody understands.

“You! You treat the army of the Empire as your ministry's ‘home business’!! Bastard!! Motherfucker!! You're an empire general, not a shop owner! You don't have to worry about earning a family business!! The army is not your ministry's personal property!! If this army cannot serve the Empire and contribute to it, then the reduction is to be made, and the reduction is to be reduced! Good for you, Imperial Secretary of State, but you've become an old hen to protect your son! You can't touch this. You can't touch that! Just look at the military spending, all you know is your" bottom of the house "! ”

“Your Highness... I... I...”

“You what! Are you trying to say you're unconscious? Or do you get dizzy all the time? Or are you guilty?” Prince Chen became more merciless, cold-blooded: “You confess guilt in your mouth, I'm afraid the first thing to do is to find out who told you what you said and leak it to me, right? Hughes! Hughes, last year's disarmament plan was your first chance! The moratorium on shipbuilding at the beginning of this year is your second chance! I gave you both a chance... and you..."

Speaking of the back, the sound gets colder and colder.

At this point, everyone knows that today's event is, I'm afraid, not good enough. And Prince Chen, all of a sudden here, wants to open a knife on the Secretary of State?

The whole field remained calm, I'm afraid, with only Dewey and the highly unpredictable old Chancellor.

Though unexpected, Dewey wasn't surprised. He knows Prince Chen's long-standing dissatisfaction with the military, especially in the course of the coup d 'état, as the father of the military No. 2 boss... can any monarch tolerate a military presence that does not obey his own orders?

However, he did not touch the military because he was in power shortly. After more than a year or two, Prince Chen has firmly held the Royal Forest Army. Through the coup d 'état and the reorganization of the Royal City Guard rebels, infiltrated the Royal City Guard! The 10,000 security guards of the Ministry of Public Security in Kagoda are also in control.

That's how you finally cut the big man in the army!

Others can't figure it out, it's obvious that we're discussing the Northern Legion reinforcements today. Why did you suddenly become a spear pointing to the military boss? But Dewey sighed in his heart... Prince Chen, it is still that style, decided to move back, not giving you any signs beforehand!

But... Dewey suddenly looked at that Chancellor Robustschel again, and the old man was calm on his face, and he didn't seem surprised.

This is like a semi-retired old prime minister... it's not easy!

“Do you have a Regent like me in mind? Is there an empire? Is there a soldier's honor? You only see the military! Only the military!! In your eyes, preserving your ministry's 'bottom’ is more important than any imperial cause, more important than the imperial landscape, more important than loyalty! Isn't that right? ”

With a series of questioning, Hughes' head was almost on the ground. Prince Chen finally sat heavily back in his chair. His chest gasped heavily. Apparently, that remark just now finally exhaled two years of anger.

I'm afraid you can hear a needle landing in the hall, quietly for a while.

Only Prince Chen and General Hughes breathed heavily.

No one dares say another word at this moment. After a long time, Prince Chen's voice seemed to have returned to calm, but it was just frightening...

“ZLING…” His voice was low, prolonging the tone, cold-blooded word for word: "General Hughes, Imperial Secretary of State for Military Affairs, a lifetime of loyalty to the Empire, a high degree of hard work, praiseworthy of his loyalty, also showing the Empire's love for the elderly, a hundred gold, ten boxes of Nanyang pearls… conferred the title of Duke for life, the title of court army abridged scholar. The post of Minister of Military Affairs is temporarily vacant, waiting...” He said here, biting his teeth hard, cold-blooded: “Let's wait until I have a candidate! ”

Old Hughes is like a clear sky thunderbolt, kneeling there, trembling constantly, where else is half a dozen moments ago with the Minister of the Treasury? Finally, after a long time, he reluctantly said in a sandy voice: "Your Highness gives...”

Then he wobbled and stood up, as if with great perseverance, which did not fall, but walked to his chair next to him.

But everyone knows that. This Imperial Secretary of State for Military Affairs, the military's No. 1 boss... his political career has begun now and is completely over!

But there's more to surprise than that!

Prince Chen suddenly announced an even more surprising decision after sending it to the former Army No. 1 boss!

“Rob Steele, you're the Empire Chancellor. Now that the post of Minister of Military Affairs is vacant, I don't have a very good candidate right now. Is this about the military ministry... You were in the military too. Until I find a new suitable candidate for the ministry of military affairs, you can stay in charge as prime minister. ”

A blast!!

Who would have thought that the old prime minister, who had already been identified as utterly disgraced, would suddenly turn red? Suddenly he was entrusted with the authority of Acting Chief of the Military Command?!

Robustschel, on the other hand, had no joy in his face. Instead, he sighed softly, smiling bitterly in his eyes and nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty. ”

Prince Chen's mouth revealed a smile mark: “Your name is wrong, my Prime Minister, remember, call me Your Highness later, don't get me wrong! ”

Rob Steele looked serious and quickly lowered his head.

“Besides, do what you said about the Northern Storm Corps. However... Emperor's city defense forces cannot be moved, please move from other divisions. Specifically, go get me a detailed plan and I will see it tomorrow! ”

Robustschel suddenly coughed and said out loud: "Your Highness, the senator has one more request. ”

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“Say it!”

After a breathtaking silence, Prince Chen briefly spewed out the word.

Robustschel took a deep breath and smiled on his face: “Your Highness, I am old and complex after all, I am afraid that I will not be able to do it alone, and if I delay the military, it is much worse! So I would like to ask His Highness for a man to join me in the command department to assist me as my assistant. ”

“Oh, who do you want?” Prince Chen asked slightly.

“Lord Camisillo, the leader of the Dido Security Agency, is young and has a merit, and a man of military origin, which I think is most appropriate. ”

Prince Chen looked up and down at the old prime minister, his eyes grew brighter...

“Very good, yes! ”

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The meeting within this court is thus concluded. No one thought that the military boss had collapsed in this meeting without a sign!

And the old prime minister, who was already thought to be almost finished with his political career, suddenly had another chance! He also commanded such a great authority over the military!

As for General Hughes... nobody cares about him anymore.

Politics is so cruel! Although he was a former Minister of Military Affairs, before today's meeting, he was the focal star among the crowd, and everyone came to knock him out and greet him. But now... he leaves lonely alone, but the others won't even look at him anymore...

Old Robustschel, just walking out of the hall, was surrounded by several colleagues, said a few congratulations, and the old man didn't respond warmly. When the crowd dispersed, they saw a somewhat lonely Treasury Minister.

“Munez, my friend, what's wrong with you? ”

The finance minister sighed: “Nothing, it's just that I've been arguing with that old guy Hughes for so many years, and suddenly I see him like this, but it's kind of empty in my heart. ”

Robustschel suddenly sighed, whispering, “My friend, you don't have to be sad. At your age, don't you see? This is politics! ”

“I just didn't think that today was meant to discuss the North...”

The old Chancellor suddenly sneered, pulling the finance minister aside, walking all the way, whispering: “From today's meeting halfway through, I expected it. Today, the things in the north are false, His Highness's purpose is actually just to use the issue to play. However, I didn't expect, our young lord, to be so thunderous. Hey hey...”

He shook his head helplessly.

The Minister of Finance suddenly smiled: "I will not congratulate you. Because I know that you're not comfortable just sitting there... acting for the military, hmm, this is a fireplace. ”

Robust Cher's old face, wrinkles like wind-dried orange peel stacked tightly together...

All of a sudden, he saw the last Dewey out of the hall, the old man's eyes shining, loosening the Treasury Minister's hand and walking past: “Grand Duke Tulip. ”

Dewey looks up and sees this highly unpredictable old man and hurries to salute him: "My Lord Chancellor. ”

“Grand Duke Tulip, I'm having a feast at home tonight and would like to invite you to join us. I wonder if you have time to admire it? ”

Mm-hmm.

Dewey narrowed her eyes and looked at this old guy...

The old man is almost as old as a gust of wind can blow down, but, looking at his performance today, he dares not to be taken lightly!

“Of course! The Chancellor invited me. Where would I dare not go?” Duwihaha laughed.

The two smiled, as if they had seen a hint of depth in each other's eyes.

And the finance minister next to him, who was about to say goodbye, was pulled by the old prime minister: "Munez, please join us in the evening. ”

The Minister of Finance was about to speak, and the last one to come out of the palace at this moment was Camisillo, the head of the Imperial Security Service. This young man, trusted by Prince Chen, as soon as he walked out, gave a gift to the three elderly figures, and immediately laughed: “Thank you, Prime Minister, for your recommendation in front of His Highness today...”

Robustschel smiled slightly: "Lord Camisillo is welcome, even if I do not recommend it, with the trust of the Regent in you, I will definitely promote you. ”

After a pause, the old prime minister laughed again: “You and I are going to be in command together. I am old, and a lot of things can only come up with ideas. Specific things will have to be done by you young people. Lord Camisillo, please come to my house for a feast tonight. I've already spoken to Grand Duke Tulip..."

Camisillo smiled slightly and glanced at Dewey: "Oh, I certainly wouldn't dare to resign without saying the Prime Minister's invitation. Besides, Grand Duke Tulip is gone. What's the point of not going? ”

Dewey understood. That was just a complete deal.

Although nominally the old prime minister is named for temporary military service, in fact... I'm afraid this Camisillo is the real protagonist!

The Regent gave Robust Cher a signal “You're still useful, I'm not going to scrap you right now. ”

Robustschel immediately voted for Lee, who had long known that the Regent wanted to put himself in the military, especially this Camisillo, who was in the heart of the Regent. So instead of waiting for the Regent himself to say it, he simply became a water man.

Politics… Politics…

Dewey smiled on his face and sighed in his heart.

As for General Hughes's lonely, old shadow... who will remember?

(Another 10,000 words, another moon ticket. For my efforts to update, please don't be stingy with your monthly ticket ~)

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