He Renlong suddenly clamped the horse's belly, and the strong horse jumped out, crossed the hillside in front, and galloped along the trail. More than 20 riders followed closely behind him, kicking up yellow dust all over the sky.
"Hey, are you all here first?" More than 20 riders ran until they were less than 30 steps away from the tea pavilion before they started to slow down. He Renlong had already seen people in the tea pavilion, and there were also several strong horses beside the tea pavilion.
At the end of the trail is a tea pavilion. The post road passes in front of the tea pavilion, and naturally forms a tea pavilion that can provide rest, tea, soup, wine and rice for passing business travelers.
"Huaiyu, you're here early." He Renlong dismounted and saw Hou Chengzu coming out from a distance, laughing loudly.
"Brother Renlong invites you, how dare you be late?" Hou Chengzu happily hugged He Renlong and beat his shoulders.
Hou Chengzu has officially taken over as Admiral of the Denglai Navy.
It is still called Denglai Navy, but in fact it has nothing to do with Denglai town. It will soon be officially renamed the North Sea Fleet, but its home port is still in Denglai, and there are still some connections.
Of course, the home ports include Daku, Yuguan, Jinzhou, and Jinshan. The entire sea area north of Hangzhou Bay is the Denglai Navy (North Sea Fleet) defense zone.
The area south of Hangzhou Bay all the way to Nanyang is the defense area where the original Fujian Navy and Guangdong Navy are about to merge and be renamed the South China Sea Fleet.
The first admiral of the South China Sea Fleet is temporarily held by Shen Yourong, but Shen Yourong's age and health no longer allow him to wander at sea for a long time, so this is only a temporary arrangement. It is estimated that after the integration of the Fujian and Guangdong navies is completed, he will have to accept his fate.
Fleet Admiral.
"I have to invite you here. Such a big thing has happened. If we don't discuss it, we brothers may not even have the chance to meet each other in the future. You navy soldiers are fine, but we brothers will be miserable." He
Renlong is a forthright person who likes to go straight to the point. He made his words clear as soon as they met, "You often go to Dagu and spend a lot of time in Beijing. Brother, I also want to get information from you."
Hou Chengzu received He Renlong's move, and he actually knew what He Renlong was thinking.
Can't sit still anymore.
However, Hou Chengzu could understand that no one would be able to sit still if he replaced him.
Who can bear to lay off nearly half of the workforce?
He Renlong had just become Denglai Commander-in-Chief not long ago. Compared with Cao Wenzhao, his prestige was already far behind. Now he was faced with such a situation. If he didn't take some action, the imperial court would
After laying off tens of thousands of brothers, it would be impossible for him to continue as the commander-in-chief, or it would be normal for him to die at the hands of insurgents one day.
Now that everyone in Denglai Town has been equipped with fire guns, a cold shot can kill him, not to mention that he is not willing to face such a situation and become a short-lived general soldier, just "captured without mercy".
Although the news has only spread, according to what Hou Chengzu knows, it is almost certain.
Not only Denglai Town, but the entire frontier army and Beijing camp system must be disarmed on a large scale. This has almost become the consensus of the sergeants, civilians and officials of the entire DPRK, except for Xiao Feng, the chief minister.
Even Chief Assistant Xiao Feng couldn't withstand such huge pressure, so didn't Chief Assistant Xiao Feng fall "ill"?
But although Xiao Feng, the chief minister, fell ill, the disarmament action did not stop.
It is said that the examination law is still being discussed, while the reform of the imperial examination has simply been shelved. Several major issues raised when the new cabinet was successfully formed have now been basically shelved. However, the issue of the dictatorship has not stopped and is in full swing.
Advance.
It is said that specific cuts will be announced before June, and the border towns and Beijing camps will not be able to escape.
"Brother Renlong, I know what you want to hear. It's still the same sentence. I'm not optimistic. I'm afraid the disarmament issue will not go away." Hou Chengzu sighed.
"Originally, our Navy wanted to expand the Marine Corps, but it was rejected. Mr. Zhisheng scolded our Navy for still wanting to expand the Marine Corps. It was causing chaos. I also thought that if your Army was reduced too much, we could also replace it.
You accept some to reduce your pressure. Who would have thought that the Ministry of War would not allow it at all. I heard that this is also the unanimous opinion of the four cabinet ministers except Xiao Feng, the chief minister, as well as the eight ministers and the imperial censor.
, it seems that it is difficult to reverse,..."
He Renlong's face turned livid, his fists clenched tightly, and the riding whip in his hand was almost squeezed into his own flesh. After a long time, he let out a breath and said gloomily: "Are the Chinese civil servants so disdainful of our military talents?
But it seems that they never neglected us when we went to the battlefield to fight for our lives. We let our sons and daughters fight for their lives at any time. Why, now that the Jurchens in Jianzhou have been destroyed, they only have bows and bows."
"The birds are gone and the bows are hidden,..." Hou Chengzu was also a little uncomfortable. After all, the things done in the court were too unethical. Maybe disarmament was the general trend, but the cuts were so harsh and decisive, and the soldiers' resettlement allowances were repeatedly reduced and delayed.
That would be hard for people to accept.
"Well, if the birds are gone and the bows are hidden, then what's the point and value of us young men risking their lives to fight for it?" The gloom in He Renlong's eyes was mixed with a hint of ferocity, "These civil servants are so mean, they only care about themselves
They spend a lot of time doing whatever they want, but they don't care about the life and livelihood of our brothers. Haha, you said that Xiao Feng and his assistant were driven almost crazy by them. Is this going to change?"
Hou Chengzu was taken aback and said quickly: "Brother Renlong, Xiao Feng, Chief Assistant, did have a quarrel with some ministers, but it is true that he is sick. It seems that he is suffering from internal fire and cold, typhoid, so he is a bit seriously ill...
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"I don't think so." He Renlong's face was uncertain, and his voice was a little conceited, "Humph, my Denglai town has less than 90,000 people in total, how many should I lay off? Twenty thousand, or thirty thousand, or even
Forty thousand? Where are these tens of thousands of men going to go? They have been fighting for many years, and many of them are injured. How long can they take care of the little money they have to settle down? This is tens of thousands of people, and the court is so cruel that it has used us up.
Just throw it away like a rag?"
Hou Chengzu was speechless.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, Huaiyu, you are the navy, and now you have become the favorite, but our army has become the abandoned son who can be manipulated at will. I also know what the court is thinking. Isn't it just that it is worried that our army will be too powerful, spend too much, and hinder the development of the army?"
Have you noticed it? But when they used us to fight to the death, they didn’t think there were too many of us. Now they don’t think so?”
He Renlong's face became a bit more violent and crazy, "The world has no such logic. Doesn't even Chief Minister Feng care about us now?"
Hou Chengzu hesitated again and again, but still sighed: "It's not that Chief Feng doesn't care, in fact, Chief Minister Feng also gave him a way..."
"Oh? Which way?" The crazy look on He Renlong's face slowly receded, and after being startled, he asked quickly.
