Yes, Zhang Qiang has been supporting a huge amount of military spending and a small number of elite troops, a small amount of military spending, but it will definitely lead to a problem in some places, the strength is stretched and unable to deal with the entanglement, from the heart, although the army is the cornerstone of maintaining the country, it must be respected, but it must also stand aside in the time of economic development, or even be weakened.

Just look at the Siam of later generations, the civilian government is absolutely not allowed to have absolute power, and the army has always held the political power, and this situation has even affected the formulation of the country's governance policy, because everyone is a human being, and there are seven emotions and six desires, and there are various interest entanglements, and the army can maintain the interests of the army in the general direction, but when there is a conflict, a person may cause the policy of the civilian government to not guarantee the interests of the country, because it is taken by some people in the army.

The Privy Council of the Chinese Empire can be said to be stronger than the Cabinet to a certain extent, although the Cabinet also has the garrison army, has the right to transfer troops, the Ministry of War is in charge of the logistics of all armies, and at the same time has the right to transfer the garrison army, but this is shared with the local government, while the Privy Council has the right to directly transfer the complete garrison army and cavalry corps and part of the field army.

Because they are defending the country, the staff of the Privy Council formulates plans and directly sends people to convey them to the armies, the Ministry of Defense issues operational orders, communicates with the military department to coordinate logistics, and the Privy Council envoy is the emperor, the deputy envoy is the crown prince, and the management body is the pro-guard regiment, which directly mobilizes and issues orders, and the cabinet military department cooperates.

Under such circumstances, the Privy Council, which has the crown prince and the emperor, must be much higher in power and status than the prime minister, and the second deputy prime minister, who is responsible for liaising with the Privy Council, does not necessarily have the right to speak in the face of such a powerful force, and can only be a mouthpiece.

But in such a situation, what can you do as a deputy minister? Who put you in charge of liaising with the Privy Council, and with the Ministry of War, which you are in charge of?

As the second vice minister, this is a symbol of status, indicating that once the House of Ministers is postponed again, it is possible that he can take over as the first vice minister and become a popular candidate for the future prime minister.

The prime minister only controls the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Officials, the first vice minister is in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Supervision, and the others can intervene, while the second vice minister only controls his own mess and liaison, coordinating some departments, except for his own liaison and coordination departments, according to the regulations of the Chinese Empire, you cannot infringe on the rights of other vice ministers, you cannot accept the reports of subordinates managed by other vice ministers, you cannot get too close to them, and you must accept the principle of alienation.

This is for fear that one deputy minister will control too many departments and set aside other deputy ministers, or directly two people will join forces to override the first and second deputy ministers, or the second vice minister and the first deputy prime minister will jointly overhead the prime minister. Only the first deputy minister can meddle in other departments, but he is only responsible for coordination and liaison, inquiry, and cannot operate specifically.

The prime minister can take charge of the overall situation, meddle in the work of any deputy minister, listen to the report of any deputy minister at any time, or simply stop the work of the deputy minister, because he is the prime minister and he has the greatest power.

However, he could not remove the deputy prime minister, and the removal of the deputy minister would have to be dealt with directly by the emperor or with the consent of the council.

The second deputy minister needs to inform the Privy Council and the Senate, and the first deputy minister will be informed that the Privy Council, the Senate, the House of Ministers, and several houses will discuss together, and the emperor must also call everyone to a meeting, and only the fault and reason will be made, because the first deputy minister is an alternative to the prime minister, and cannot be moved casually.

In short, the dismissal of the vice minister must be discussed through the House of Representatives, and if there is a reasonable reason, even if someone resigns voluntarily, you have to give the conditions that everyone agrees with or at least two-thirds of the people agree, and then report to the emperor for approval.

In addition to the first deputy minister in charge of the overall situation, in fact, in charge of the daily affairs of the center, inquire about the work of each deputy minister, upload and distribute, and do a good job of their own work, other deputy ministers can only work within the scope of their own work, even if they hear the work of other deputy ministers or have different opinions, they can only submit to the first deputy minister for him to handle.

Now the Chinese Empire has seven vice-ministers, up from eleven previously, but the number of vice-ministers has decreased due to work adjustments or entering the Senate.

As the second vice minister, Feng Wuyu also felt tired about the continuous adjustment of the strength of the Chinese Empire, although he used to be the chief of staff of the Ministry of National Defense, and now serves as the second deputy minister in the cabinet, liaison, and the management of the military department, and the military department is the former subordinate Tong Dawei, a civilian official who entered the ranks of civilian officials much earlier than him.

Looking at Tong Dawei's slender figure and full of white hair, Feng Wuyu felt that he was unforgiving, compared to those of them who were rolling in the army, interpersonal relationships were relatively simple, and there were fewer affairs, Tong Dawei, who joined the ranks of civilian officials early, once served as an operator of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, presided over the liaison with Li Dingguo, helped and rebelled against Li Dingguo's ministry, and then rescued Jin Sheng, and at the same time led the 19th Field Brigade to fight with the Qing army, until he later served as the county governor of a county, and later served as the county comforter, and then served as the prefect and a member of the Advisory Bureau, Vice Governor of a Prefecture, Governor of a Prefecture, Governor of a Prefecture, and later transferred to the army as the commander of the First Army, and then served as the Governor of Guangxi Prefecture, Governor, Governor of Guangzhou Prefecture, Commander of the Coastal Naval Division, Governor of Huzhou, Governor of Baodao Prefecture, Commander of the Garrison of Baodao, Qiongdao, and Governor of the Two Islands.

After that, he entered the cabinet and served as the Langzhong of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.

Soon, depending on his body and age, he may go to the House of Governors for a few months or even a year, and he will go to the Advisory Council as a veteran.

"The battle of the Viceroyalty of Southeast Asia to help the Spaniards gain colonies has basically ended, does the Ministry of War have any plans to add more weapons and equipment to the Viceroyalty?" Feng Wuyu asked Tong Dawei.

Tong Dawei shook his head, "The intelligence officers of the Military Intelligence Department control the Dhaka area in Bangladesh, the Privy Council has passed the request of the Cabinet Household Department to immigrate three million people, they are coordinating the Navy to send more fleet warships to where to go, which place will be a trouble-prone area in the future, the Spaniards will not be willing to give up where, the British will not be willing to be occupied, the key is to lose the face of the British, at the same time, the British definitely do not want to be infiltrated by the Chinese Empire, the Spaniards are not capable now, When they regain their strength, they will definitely take action against the Dhaka region. ”

"Then let's send some garrisons to where to complete the garrison of the Southeast Asian Governorate, and prepare manpower from the garrison troops in Yunnan and Yunnan, Guizhou, and even the Naga Mountains this time, and restore the establishment to a garrison regiment of 1,500 people, and increase the military strength there, and estimate how many soldiers and horses are needed."

Tong Dawei said: "It is estimated that 30,000 troops are needed, a regiment will be sent to the Dhaka area, put on the clothes of the militiamen, 18,000 troops will be retained in Siam, and 10,000 troops will be deployed on the coasts of Southeast Asian states, as well as key areas.

In addition, it is necessary to send instructors from the new battalions to conduct specialized training in the newly formed militias, and the Ministry of War needs to allocate a batch of old weapons to the militia units there. ”

Feng Wuyu asked, "Who is the governor who is there now?" ”

Tong Dawei smiled and said: "It's still me, although I am still in the cabinet, and it is said that I will step down as the governor of the cabinet when I hold a position in the cabinet, but now those people below, no one is qualified to be promoted to the title of governor by the emperor, so where is I still the governor, invited, anyway, where is the governor, the governor of the state, as well as the commander of the garrison, the naval division and the coast guard, there is no big problem, now the telegram is transmitted, it is much faster than the eight hundred miles of urgency, there is just a line repaired to Siam, after the opening, I can now receive all the big things every day and a half, and then send them out, and remotely direct the things where. ”

Feng Wuyu frowned, "Elder of the Advisory Academy, who else hasn't served as a governor?" I'll have to suggest where a patriarch should be in charge, or we'll be so worried about a lot of things that we won't be able to worry about at all. ”

Tong Dawei stood up with the armrest of the chair, "I don't need to worry about this, you don't have to worry about it, Prime Minister Tang Dianfeng must know, but only the emperor has the right to grant the title, so it's not something you and me have to worry about, just do your own." ”

Compared with Feng Wuyu, Tong Dawei is more than ten years older, and he has traveled more places and positions, and he has spent more time in the civil service system, Feng Wuyu still respects him, so it is not because he is the deputy prime minister at this moment, the other party is just a scholar and ignores it, does not accept the advice of the other party, and nods slightly, "It's okay, just do our things well, I heard that the second child is doing a good job in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce." ”

Tong Dawei turned his head and glanced at him, everyone knows who the second child is talking about, the second son of the emperor, the second heir to the throne, according to the order given by the emperor, he is currently the second heir, but this is basically equivalent to impossible inheritance, only accidents, such as the death of the eldest family, the eldest family took the initiative to give way, and the eldest did not pass the throne to his son, so this order of succession will be started.

Of course, it is also possible that the emperor abolished the order of succession and directly let the second child take over, or abolished the crown prince and let the second child take over. When the emperor is there, succession is useless, and the emperor may adjust it at any time.

Feng Wuyu smiled, seeing that Tong Dawei did not express his opinion, he waved his hand, "Come here today, you go and get things done, and consolidate the strength of the Huaxia Empire in the Dhaka region as soon as possible, as for the others, there is the Military Intelligence Department, and the Military Intelligence Department is under the management of the Privy Council, that is their business." ”

(End of chapter)