Dumas' family members were immersed in an atmosphere of sadness, with veils of mourning hanging on all sides. There were ladies wearing black veils and draped faces and men wearing black suits and black mourning flowers everywhere.
Lu Ming's arrival caused a sensation.
Although Lu Ming was once Dumas's life-and-death rival in the political arena and forced Dumas out of office.
But the arrival of Lu Ming at this moment undoubtedly gave his helpless family a piece of mind.
The widow of Dumas burst into tears. She felt more fear and some hope for Lu Ming than hatred for him.
In the aftermath of the mourning hall, Lu Ming chatted with Dumas's widow about the arrangements for Dumas's funeral. Dumas's two sons, daughter-in-law, and daughter accompanied him, as well as Dumas' eldest granddaughter, who was seven or eight years old.
The little girl was timidly held in her mother's arms.
Lu Ming talked about the arrangements for the funeral. It will be scheduled for the day after tomorrow. It will start at eight o'clock and will be held at St. Newman's Cathedral. The coffin will be lifted from the church at ten o'clock. It will pass through Newman Street and arrive at St. John's Church at around three o'clock in the afternoon.
A funeral will be held, and Prime Minister Dumas will be buried in St. John's Church Cemetery, which is a cemetery belonging to nobles of all generations.
Prime Minister Dumas's standards are not low.
Dumas's children all breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank you, Commander Bit..." Dumas's widow burst into tears.
"If you are dissatisfied with anything, just raise it. As you all know, this is the first time I bid farewell to an old friend who has passed away. I thought that I must do my best in this funeral committee, but I am afraid that some things are not so thoughtful."
"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief, for taking your trouble. He had no requirements for life during his lifetime..." Dumas's widow couldn't continue and wiped tears from her red eyes.
Lu Ming nodded slightly, "Yes, considering this..." He looked at Dumas's eldest son, Dumas Jr., a fat man in his thirties who looked very honest and honest, "I heard about your original ambition.
Participating in politics?”
Dumas' family members are obviously a little nervous. Young Dumas's idol since childhood has been his father, but he was ordered by his father to stay away from politics. Now he teaches at Newman University. However, he is just an ordinary associate professor and has no hope of being accepted.
For someone who is hired as a tenured professor, his father's death may have an impact on his contract renewal.
"Well, it doesn't count as participating in politics. I, I just want to make a voice for more people..." Speaking of this ideal, little Dumas stopped stuttering, but his face turned red and he looked a little shy.
Lu Ming nodded slightly. There will be two people delivering speeches at the mourning meeting tomorrow, one is himself and the other is little Dumas.
Dumas did not die of natural causes, so tomorrow's speech will be a problem. If Dumas Jr. delivers a speech on behalf of his family, he cannot review his father's life in a humorous tone like a normal funeral. There is a high probability that he will still condemn terrorists.
"In my Mid-level Governor's Office, there is still a vacancy for a affairs officer." Lu Ming paused slightly.
Anilova, who had been standing next to Lu Ming, quickly took out a business card and handed it to little Dumas.
"If you are interested in this position in the future, please call my secretary, Miss Anilova, at any time."
Little Dumas hurriedly took it and thanked him profusely.
Lu Ming added: "If you encounter any difficulties in the future, you can make this call at any time."
"Thank you, Commander." "Thank you, Commander..."
Not only Mrs. Dumas, but also his son, daughter-in-law and daughter expressed their gratitude.
Overall, Lu Ming felt that this line of work had achieved his goal.
…
The next day, Lu Ming came to Vengerburg.
But it feels completely different from the last time I came to Vengerberg.
Vengerberg is the highest command center of the United Kingdom's army. It is a magnificent building with four floors above ground and two floors underground. The grandeur does not mean the height, but the vast area.
This was originally a military fortress built by Archduke Wenger in Sonya history, the ancestor of Henry II. More than ten years ago, this magnificent military headquarters of the United Kingdom was built.
There are banks, post offices, bookstores, clinics, telegraph offices and various shops on the first floor of Wengerburg. The second floor is the Ministry of Defense and various conference rooms, including the "Commanders' Joint Meeting", which was originally also on the second floor.
Originally, the third floor of Fort Venger was the Army headquarters, and the fourth floor was the Air Force headquarters.
Nowadays, the General Staff Headquarters is officially stationed in Wengerburg, having moved from Banshan Fort.
After the new organizational reform, relatively large changes have been made in Fort Venger. Now the Department of the Army and the Department of Defense are on the second floor.
The Joint Commanders' Conference was canceled and the General Staff took over its duties.
At the same time, the new military service being prepared is called the "Strategic Weapons Department", but it is directly under the General Staff Headquarters.
The Air Force Department and the Strategic Weapons Department are on the third floor, and the other departments of the General Staff are on the fourth floor.
In the video conference room on the fourth floor, Lu Ming and the commander-in-chief of the headquarters were sitting behind the conference room table. On the TV screen in front of them were five military region commanders.
General Brown, commander of the First Military Region, General Dickens, commander of the Second Military Region, Lieutenant General Figo, deputy commander of the Southern Military Region, General Madier, commander of the Western Military Region, and General Duncan, commander of the Northeastern Military Region.
The United Kingdom was originally composed of seven military regions, but the Griffin officers and soldiers in the Eastern Military Region launched a rebellion. The commander, General Loper, and a number of senior generals are still under house arrest.
The Northern Hamburg Military District facing Hanzhou was in chaos, and the Northern Empire armed forces directly sent troops to occupy the Hamburg headquarters.
Of the four armies belonging to the Northern Hamburg Military District, the commanders of two armies called for an uprising, and the other two armies retreated to the southern area of Hamburg to set up defenses.
The commander of the North Hamburg Military District has been dismissed by Lu Ming, and the remaining two armies are now directly under the command of the General Staff.
Therefore, currently only five of the seven military region commanders participate in video and telephone conferences.
At the headquarters, lined up next to Lu Ming are the First Controller General Dönitz, Air Force Commander General Douglas, the new Army Chief General Heinz (former Chief of Staff of the Southern Military District), the United Kingdom Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs)
, Minister of Security and Commonwealth Affairs) Mathieu Jr., Minister of Defense Howson, and Director of the United Kingdom Intelligence Service Ronald.
Mathieu Jr. is a heavyweight member of the interim cabinet. At the same time, the New Rose Party he leads cannot be underestimated in the general election.
Moreover, in these difficult times, if he, as the interim secretary of state, can make a difference, it will be of great benefit to his future prospects and qualifications.
Defense Minister Howson was nominated by Lu Ming and appointed by interim cabinet Prime Minister Jackson. He is a retired general who came from the first position of control.
As for the National Intelligence Bureau, it was originally the so-called Sixth Cabinet Secretariat, an intelligence agency.
Nowadays, it is not very clear with the powers of the First Controller. Although the intelligence personnel of the First Controller mainly operate outside the territory, and the National Intelligence Bureau mainly deals with internal homeland security, they will also enter each other's areas of competence.
But overall, the National Intelligence Bureau seems to have become a useful supplement to the first control.
The Joint Investigation Bureau, where Lu Ming once served, has gradually returned to its true nature. It is mainly responsible for investigating sensitive cases at the kingdom level. It is no longer comparable to the period when Lu Ming was there, and it is even less likely to participate in such meetings.
This meeting is the first meeting of giants after the reshuffle of the military community, including the Secretary of State and intelligence chiefs of the United Kingdom.
The United Kingdom is in dire straits today and there is so much to discuss.
The most important issue is, of course, the territorial integrity of the North Hamburg region and the West Grifenni region.
Although the Eastern Conference delegation was invited according to General Bit's suggestion, the situation is not optimistic.
"Is it possible that the Northern Empire requires us all to be included in its system as a confederacy?" Admiral Brown asked the first control head, General Dönitz.
"According to the intelligence I have, they should also adjust their strategies based on the reactions of all parties. This is definitely not a bottom line they cannot refuse."
After hearing Dönitz's words, most of the people present breathed a sigh of relief.
