Kluge was puzzled to see that Mr. President was so interested in the National Guard, but did not spend a lot of money on it.

If it is not appropriate for the Wehrmacht to take part in local counter-insurgency, each state actually has a good militia contingent, and although it cannot defeat the Wehrmacht, can it not cure regional turmoil?

I want to think about it, but Kluge knows it's not right to ask too many questions now, and I believe that when the time is right, the president will tell him, and for now, I have to listen to the president teach me how to do it.

"The original three-division structure had better continue to be maintained now, otherwise it will provide people with a laughing stock, of course, not to laugh at you, but to laugh at me." Klug said with a smile.

"That's fine, it's up to you, keep three divisions, and if the National Guard does well, I will propose to the cabinet that the guard units be selected from the National Army, and the military expenses will be paid separately. Whether you can do this depends on your ability. Eric's placement of Klug in such an inconspicuous place also made the outside world feel that the National Guard was like a bunch of embroidered pillows, but he did not forget to remind Klug about the importance of the National Army to the Federalists and Eric himself.

"I will do my best to be loyal to the President and the Federalists! Please rest assured, Mr. President. "Kluger is also from the military, but he has never entered the combat sequence, and suddenly became the commander-in-chief of the National Guard, which is inevitably a little nervous.

Eric glanced at the time and walked over to his desk, signing the paperwork he had prepared.

- Eric Adrian, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, signed the appointment on 7 November 1920.

"You take a look first, and sign it after you've read it." Eric handed the document to Klug.

After getting the document, Klug looked at it carefully, then took out the pen that had been hanging on his chest and signed his name in the blank space of the signature field.

"Let's go, everyone is waiting for our meeting, but I thank you very much for your selfless dedication." Eric was very happy and reached out to shake Kluger's hand very hard, and indeed thanked his old partner from the bottom of his heart.

"It is my pleasure, Mr. President." Kluge replied very solemnly.

In front of Room 1, the staff saw the president appear and immediately pushed the two doors open.

Walking into Hall 1, Eric first greeted everyone one by one and thanked the participants for their tireless waiting. Finally, he solemnly invited the elder Hindenburg to sit in the first place, and placed two chairs side by side as a sign of his respect for Hindenburg.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I beg your forgiveness for the poor reception at noon and the standard of living in the Presidential Palace. I don't take a break at noon, and I have to continue to work hard for you. We ask for your understanding that everyone has seats now, but it will be a bit crowded due to the larger number of people attending the meeting. Eric greeted everyone with a smile and livened up the atmosphere.

The people present also admired their faces, and they all expressed their minds.

After the politeness, Eric put away his smile and said very seriously: "Use this short time at noon to keep everyone here to continue to discuss, mainly about the major adjustment of functional departments, and after I announce it, it will be discussed by everyone." ”

As soon as this issue came up, everyone began to talk to each other again, and with the precedent of yesterday's army cut, everyone was worried that Mr. President would suddenly surprise his department.

Seeing that everyone's reactions were different, Eric also laughed secretly in his heart, this is really called a snake bite for ten years and afraid of the well rope, so he slowly said: "Reorganize the cabinet department." ”

Whoop -

Stresemann, who sat first on Eric's left hand, could hear it most clearly, and the reshuffle of the cabinet department was a big shock to him.

"Everyone, don't be in a hurry, and don't guess out of thin air." Eric didn't want to make a misunderstanding, so as not to delay time, and quickly stopped everyone's confusing associations.

"I have already spoken to Minister Hans Kluger." Eric looked at Klug and motioned for him to speak for himself.

Kluge nodded, stood up and explained: "Colleagues, I will not boast about the achievements of the Ministry of National Security since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and I don't need to repeat my work ability. I'm not afraid to be ridiculed, but after taking office as this minister, I thought that the power of this department was too great to override all my colleagues here. ”

As Kluge said, although they had different reactions, they all agreed with this statement.

"So, at noon today, Mr. President specially invited me to his office to have a chat, planning to disband the Ministry of State Security." After Klug finished speaking, he looked at Eric.

Eric waved his hand for Klug to sit down, and then said slowly, "Are Director Cecil, Director Colmar, and Director Oliver here?" ”

The three of them all got up from their respective positions after hearing the roll call, and the funny thing is that they were sitting in different places even though they were in the same department.

"Please be seated, apart from Cecil and Director Colmar, who are old acquaintances with me, Director Oliver never seems to have greeted me, and Mr. Director seems to be very busy." Eric quipped.

"Don't dare, Mr. President is too busy with work, and I only have some minor official business, so I don't need to bother at ordinary times." Oliver immediately replied with a slight bow.

"Listen, the dissolution of the Ministry of State Security does not mean that your three sub-bureaus have also been disbanded, but the departments to which you belong will be different, and the nature of your work will be different, I hope you will work harder and obey the new department leaders. The dissolution of the Ministry of National Security is not because we think that there is no place for national security, but because we can discuss it together in view of the practical problems encountered in this German-Italian war. Eric's magnetic voice is so loud that it's hard to turn off. The three bureau chiefs also nodded frequently.

"During the German-Italian war, I personally found a lot of problems from it, I wonder if everyone has noticed it too?" Eric asked.

"That's right, Mr. President, that's right." Hoffman was the first to respond, and then everyone spoke one after another.

"First of all, there is the issue of intelligence sharing, because the Ministry of State Security has always been responsible to the president, so a lot of key information is passed directly to me, and the frontline soldiers are unable to respond in time. The fiasco of the 502nd Tank Battalion must still be fresh in everyone's memory, and General Guderian became the first general to be demoted to colonel since the founding of the German Confederation. The reason behind this is that the delivery of intelligence is not smooth. Eric said with a serious expression.

"So I intend to take advantage of this bloody lesson to completely change the outcome of the war caused by this redundant and chaotic intelligence agency, especially when the situation is unknown. Of course, the decision has already been made on the handling of the commander. Eric pulled out Klug's signed transfer papers.

"Now, the Federal Military Intelligence Agency of the Ministry of State Security will be separated from its original agency with immediate effect, and will be completely under the Ministry of National Defense, and will only be responsible to the Ministry of National Defense. I declare Earhart Cecil as the first Chief of Staff of the Intelligence Service, with no change in rank and function and no change in the nature of his work. Eric first solved the problem of the military's intelligence agency.

Earhart Cecil immediately stood up and accepted the order.

The generals present were secretly happy, and Brauchitsch even felt that this meeting would give a great impetus to the work of the army in the future.

"The current Federal Intelligence Service of the Ministry of State Security is directly under the Hansa Felt Palace with immediate effect, and Colmar is hereby appointed as the first Chief of Security at the Hansa Felter Palace, with the same rank and functions." Eric used the FIA in his Hanseatic Palace as a tool to control the situation.

Colmar also immediately stood up and accepted the appointment.

Then there is the FBI, and Eric originally had two plans, the first of which was to assign the FBI to the direct management of the Prime Minister's Office as a junior agency of the Prime Minister's Office, but this approach inevitably meant to weaken its functions.

Another option is to insert it under a related ministry. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not seem to need it, nor does the Ministry of Food, the Ministry of Transport, nor the Ministry of Finance. Moreover, the FBI was full of local state personnel, and Eric did not dare to put them in important functional ministries, so he planned to put them under the supervision of the Department of Justice, which was basically the same nature on the one hand, and at the same time could strengthen the detection work of the military and police.

Immediately afterward, Eric placed the FBI under the Department of Justice, and then the Security Service was separated from the Hanseatic Palace, with Colmar in charge.

The institute must also be divided into three, each taking a part, and as for how to divide it, Eric is too lazy to have a headache and leave it to Chancellor Stresemann to worry about.

Stresemann only listened carefully to the speech the whole time, and did not interject, he had already guessed nine out of ten about Eric's major arrangements, and finally the arrangement of a department was also in his own vision.

The noon meeting made Stresemann feel very uncomfortable, he thought that he was just a puppet of President Eric Adrian, in the final analysis, Eric only regarded him as a temporary "self" and a think tank if necessary, and there was no need to discuss national affairs with him, let alone the approval of the prime minister.

The cabinet reshuffle was quickly decided in the middle of dividing five by two, and Eric tilted his head to look at Old Hindenburg and Stresemann to the left and right, and asked for their respective attitudes with his eyes.

Old Hindenburg nodded lightly as a sign of "I see", and did not seem to object or be enthusiastic. Stresemann pretended not to see and did not give any reaction. Eric had no choice but to turn his gaze to Stresemann again.

"What does the Prime Minister think of this arrangement?" Eric asked, in a polite tone.

"Oh, Your Excellency the President, I have no other opinions, and it is normal to adjust the department according to the current situation." Stresemann's words were uninhibited.

"Then the matter of the Ministry of National Security will be over first, and you can discuss with Mr. Prime Minister if you have any questions, or other specific matters and details." After Eric's finished speaking, he cleared his throat and continued: "Let's talk about the work of cabinet reshuffle, because the cabinet will continue to be strengthened because of the needs of the new era. ”