The paper made a swishing sound when it was turned, but there was no other sound in the study. Sun Yue, the young secretary, watched Wei Ze read the report on the failure of the new warship with bated breath, and did not dare to be a little blunt. The fact that there is no movement in action does not mean that there is no idea in the heart, the new warship is a plan taken up by Wei Ze, and now something has happened, which will affect Wei Ze's reputation.

What should I do in a while? Sun Yue was thinking in his heart about how to make this matter have a relatively successful result. Just as she was thinking about it, Wei Ze had already picked up a brush and swiped a little bit to write instructions at the end of the report.

"Sent to Jiangnan Shipyard." After Wei Ze finished writing, he handed the report to Sun Yue.

Sun Yue glanced at the instructions, and the whole person froze. I saw that it read: "The reason for this problem is that the proposed design requirements exceed the upper limit of the warship, and the responsibility lies with Wei Ze, who made the request." Solution, change the triple turret back to the twin 380 turret. Triple turret development is temporarily frozen. ”

I couldn't believe it and read it again, Sun Yue didn't dare to send out this instruction immediately. She hesitated and asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to revise this instruction again?" ”

"It's my responsibility, there's nothing to fix here." Weser replied calmly.

"Changing the word?" Sun Yue couldn't help but say this. If the emperor admits his mistake, it is tantamount to issuing an edict against himself. Weeser admitted his mistake so lightly, and the impact was far greater than the incident itself.

"It's normal to make mistakes, and if the running of the country becomes a problem that needs to be covered up, that's the biggest problem. Politically speaking, there is nothing more sinful than over-dressing and shifting focus. Wei Ze said a few words briefly, and asked Sun Yue to quickly send out the report.

Sun Yue still didn't dare to completely obey Wei Ze's orders, as a woman, she naturally pursued soft handling methods. Even if he seeks truth from facts, Sun Yue can't agree with Wei Ze's straightforward hard work. She took the report to Major General Zhou Xinhua and handed it to him.

"Are you worried about accountability?" Zhou Xinhua asked Sun Yue after reading the instructions.

"Yes." Sun Yue felt that he could find someone who could speak reasonably, and his voice involuntarily revealed some firmness.

"Those who are held accountable will go, and the governor will go." Zhou Xinhua replied.

Sun Yue felt that these men were simply unreasonable, His Majesty Wei Ze stood in the position of the held party at the accountability meeting, and faced a large number of difficult ......, this picture was too beautiful to look at. Even if no one dared to touch a single hair of His Majesty Wei Ze, this loss of face was not a loss of money at all. If the person concerned, Wei Ze, doesn't care, at least these people around Wei Ze have to think about it.

Seeing that Sun Yue had no intention of backing down, Zhou Xinhua leaned back in his chair and said: "We don't want to see this happen, since it happened, let's start with the governor and end with the governor." Regardless of the process, this matter is over. If the responsibility that should have been borne by the governor was borne by the comrades below, the matter seemed to be over, but in fact it was just a meaningless continuation of many other things. Do you think the Governor is such a person? In the worst-case scenario, this unreasonable design requirement is forced to be fulfilled. That waste is not the loss of the failure of this experimental warship experiment. The loss of the experimental warship was actually expected for a long time. And the waste caused by the decoration of the text will be ten times and a hundred times. ”

"If you actually stop the project, but you will lose the face of the governor. Wouldn't that be a better solution? Sun Yue said tentatively. It's one thing to be responsible, but this kind of almost impersonal approach really can't convince Sun Yue. If everyone in the world has to take responsibility for themselves, what is the point of status? If His Majesty's transcendent position does not save him from the fate of being blamed, will not power become worthless? This is the most unacceptable question for Sun Yue.

Zhou Xinhua's brows furrowed. Wei Ze's openness is what Zhou Xinhua admires the most, if Wei Ze does not take responsibility, then it is bound to be more people to take responsibility. This is not a trivial matter, it involves a movement of tens of millions of funds. As a major general, as the commander of the Chinese dispatch army that helped the Republic of Ezo gain a foothold at that time, Zhou Xinhua knew very well how much could be done with this money. Tens of millions of dollars can be invested to determine the survival or demise of a small country.

Experimental warships meant a risk in itself, and Weeser's approach put an end to the risk. Zhou Xinhua has relatives in the technical team of the warship, and with their status to assume the responsibility that should not be theirs, they probably have no other way to go except for the complete destruction of their future. In the face of such a situation, if he didn't even dare to take this responsibility, wouldn't Wei Ze, the emperor, be in vain?

In the displeasure of different ideas and positions, Zhou Xinhua's face became more difficult to look at, "Comrade Sun Yue, your job is to do a good job of the tasks assigned to you by the governor, not to worry about the governor here!" Since the governor has made such a decision, it is good to obey! After saying this, Zhou Xinhua said coldly: "Do you think you are better than the governor, and you can't command the governor?" ”

The strong pressure brought by the status made Sun Yue dare not say anything, but the sense of resistance in his heart became even stronger. Sun Yue only felt super aggrieved, where did she have the intention of ordering His Majesty Wei Ze, such a suggestion was completely out of love for His Majesty Wei Ze. As a direct subordinate beside Wei Ze, could it be that he couldn't watch Wei Ze be blamed?

The sense of grievance came to his heart like a tide, and as soon as his nose was sore, Sun Yue's tears poured out. Seeing the female staff crying, Zhou Xinhua was also a little overwhelmed. In fact, Sun Yue's suggestion is not too much to understand, and Zhou Xinhua is not a fool, he can still judge this at least his thoughts. But after following Governor Wei Ze for so long, Zhou Xinhua really couldn't imagine that Governor Wei Zedu could do such a thing. Straightforward, responsible, not prevaricating, and not pretentious, Wei Zedudu is not the kind of "benevolent" who will take on the mistakes of others and unprincipled. Perhaps it is this kind of truth, and he will not pass his responsibility on others.

Waving his hand, Zhou Xinhua said helplessly: "Don't cry." You go and send this document out. ”

Not knowing the careful thinking between the secretaries, Weser had already started the next step. Mechanical failure of a new warship. The solution is simple, just change the triple gun back to the twin gun. After refitting, the tonnage and firepower are roughly equivalent to those of the historic Victoria-class battleships. The difference was only that the Victoria-class battleship had five twin turrets, while the Chinese Chongqing had only four twin turrets. Restoring the design that should have been, the Chongqing can run faster and have stronger protection.

The only regret for Weeser is that he himself is actually an RPG party with limited interest in developing battleships. It wasn't Weeser's wish to build a World War II-class battleship, so his curiosity of seeing a battleship with a triple turret run rampant across the ocean was shattered. In these things, Weeser can't really get rid of "rich!" Wayward! "Human characteristics.

Having frozen the development of a triple turret, Weeser began to think about the Japanese problem. Japan has not really submitted to China for thousands of years, it will take China as a teacher, and it will recognize China as a superior country. But it has never been a vassal state of China. As for dealing with Japan's future, Weeser has no intention of forcibly bringing Japan to its knees. Supporting the Republic of Ezo was just a natural continuation of China's policy of not wanting to see Japan become a springboard for Britain to attack China, and supporting Hokkaido. China's bottom line is that Hokkaido cannot be annexed by the Meiji government.

This matter is very simple to deal with, and there is no need for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to do anything, and what kind of support the army gives to Hokkaido, what kind of war Hokkaido can fight. The problem is that Weeser does not want to give the Military Commission any chance to make trouble. can let these Sun monkeys honestly accept the order to retire and honestly go home to retire, Wei Ze feels Amitabha.

Wei Ze also considered whether to arrange for a young comrade to be in charge, and he quickly gave up. With the ubiquitous characteristics of the old brothers, it is inevitable to point fingers at the younger comrades. The most troublesome thing is that these old brothers threw the young comrades aside and went into battle in person on the grounds that the young people were unreliable. Even when the time comes to retire, they will stubbornly fight on the grounds of "let me finish so-and-so", and the other old brothers will definitely want to help. Wei Ze was reluctant to make trouble until the end, and used very hurtful means to come out. Of course, the issue of Japan is far less important.

Therefore, Wei Ze's decision was to replenish Hokkaido with weapons and ammunition, and leave a few 5,000-ton warships to be "leased" to Hokkaido. Anyway, in the next few years, there will be more Chinese ships to North America, and this money is not in vain.

Weeser didn't have time to dwell on the past, something completely new came to mind, focusing on the present that had exhausted all his energy. But this is the problem that Weeser has to face, and not everyone else has this state.

Sun Yue came home after work, and when she sat at the dinner table, she suddenly felt sad. After being criticized by Zhou Xinhua, Sun Yue's mood was very bad. For the sake of His Majesty's consideration, he was met with strong opposition. It's like Sun Yue did something wrong. And what made Sun Yue even more dissatisfied was that she instinctively felt that even if this matter was to be judged by His Majesty Wei Ze, His Majesty Wei Ze would probably support Zhou Xinhua's opinion. Who wouldn't tell the truth?

Sun Yue's husband Xu Jianzhi had prepared a fairly sumptuous dinner, but he actually cried when he saw his wife. He didn't say anything right away, but took a towel and handed it to his wife. When his wife's mood calmed down a little, he asked softly, "What happened?" ”

Knowing the secretary's discipline, Sun Yue felt like a boulder was pressed on his chest. No matter how much, Sun Yue confided in her husband about the grievances she encountered. Xu Jianzhi listened carefully, except for patting his wife on the shoulder, he didn't say anything.

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