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"No one is embarrassed!"

On the shore of Zhonghua Lake in the Summer Palace, under the awning, Wang Chenhao held a fishing rod to fish there. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info╔╗

Standing respectfully next to him was the newly appointed Minister of National Defense Zhang Zizhong, near were the female officials and palace maids accompanying him, and the imperial guards in the distance stood guard without slackening.

Zhang Zizhong replied respectfully: "Thanks to Your Majesty's blessing, since the minister took office, he has not met anyone who is in trouble. ”

Wang Chenhao glanced up at him, and then said with a smile: "Don't be restrained, just say what you have to say, but whenever a new official takes office, there will always be a thorn in the way." ”

Zhang Zizhong smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you Your Majesty for your care, and the minister is grateful!" Don't hide it from Your Majesty, but there are a few people who are sorry for the ministers, but the ministers have solved the problem reasonably, please rest assured, Your Majesty! ”

Wang Chenhao knew very well in his heart that Zhang Zizhong succeeded Wang Shizhen as Minister of National Defense, and a considerable number of senior and important ministers within the imperial party were not very happy. thinks that Zhang Zizhong is too young and too young, so he naturally bullies the "newcomer". Regarding the personnel arrangements for important ministers at all levels in the five provinces and nine ministries of the empire, although Wang Chenhao handed it over to the cabinet and the Congress, he knew everyone quite well. ╔╗

Since Zhang Zizhong is reluctant to say it, Wang Chenhao will not force him, if he can solve the problem himself and subdue those thorns, he will be considered capable.

At this time, Zhang Zizhong suddenly asked: "Your Majesty, the minister has always had a question, I don't know if to ask!" ”

Wang Chenhao said with a smile: "If you have any questions, just ask!" I try my best to give you a satisfactory explanation! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhang Zizhong sorted out his mentality. He asked cautiously, "Since the death of the former Minister of National Defense, Wang Shizhen, Lord Wang." There are many people who have the qualifications and ability to take over the post of Minister of National Defense, but why did His Majesty choose Wechen, Wechen has never figured this out, and I hope Your Majesty will make it clear! ”

Wang Chenhao suddenly smiled and asked, "I haven't figured this out?" ”

Zhang Zizhong hurriedly nodded and said: "The minister is panicked, I really haven't figured it out, and I ask Your Majesty to make it clear!" ”

Wang Chenhao smiled slightly and said, "It's very simple, because you are younger than them!" ”

Zhang Zizhong was stunned for a moment. ╔

Wang Chenhao smiled again: "Those who have the ability to do it are all seventy or eighty, and they have more experience than they have enough mental strength. For the politics of the empire. Their experience is the most suitable, but for the military, they are not well suited. ”

Zhang Zizhong said: "However, they have a lot of experience. If you are too young, you will often make mistakes due to lack of experience. ”

Wang Chenhao nodded and said, "It's not good to be too young and inexperienced, so I chose someone like Ling who is neither old nor young to serve as the Minister of National Defense." ”

Zhang Zizhong was still puzzled and asked: "However, the minister is still inexperienced and easy to make mistakes!" ”

"It's good to make mistakes!" Wang Chenhao said with a smile: "If you come to serve as the Minister of National Defense, those old ministers who are more qualified than you will definitely be unwilling." They will do everything they can to drive her down, but how can they drive her down? Of course, it's just to let you make mistakes, so that they have a chance. ”

Zhang Zizhong smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty let the ministers sit in that position, is it to let the ministers make mistakes so that they can drive the ministers down?" It's better not to do it! ”

Zhang Zizhong looked a little unhappy. ╔╗Wang Chenhao was still happy and said: "What? Scared? ”

"There is no fear of this word in the dictionary of ministers!" Zhang Zizhong subconsciously replied loudly, suddenly felt unseemly, and hurriedly bowed down and apologized: "I'm sorry Your Majesty, the minister is rude!" ”

Wang Chenhao didn't mind at all, and said with a smile: "What I want is this kind of energy!" What time is it? World War II may one day drag the empire into the flames of war, so the defense minister of the empire must be full of blood. ”

Wang Chenhao paused, and then said: "Of course, there must be a degree of enthusiasm. It's not okay to be too docile, and it's not okay to be too hot-blooded. I chose and chosen, and I felt that you were the most suitable. ”

Zhang Zizhong hurriedly said modestly: "That's Your Majesty's love!" ”

Wang Chenhao nodded, and then said: "Actually, I chose Ling because Ling and the crown prince are the same age, and the crown prince will ascend the throne in the future. You can accompany him all the way to the end. Such an advantage is the stability of the regime, which is a great benefit to the country and the people. ╔╗”

Zhang Zizhong was suddenly surprised: "Your Majesty means that the minister will always sit in this position?" ”

Wang Chenhao nodded. Noncommittal.

Zhang Zizhong suddenly said excitedly and panickedly: "Staying in one position for a long time can easily lead to power corruption!" ”

Wang Chenhao smiled: "That's right! Absolute power corrupts absolutely! That's true. But the empire's five-province system was firmly established and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. With the supervision of the Ministry of Supervision and the Ministry of Inspection, even the emperor's mistakes will be corrected in time, not to mention a minister of national defense. Besides, the law will not recognize you as an iron rice bowl! ”

Zhang Zizhong understood what Wang Chenhao meant, the emperor is the supreme commander of the emperor's ** team, and the army must be loyal to the emperor. As long as Zhang Zizhong is loyal to the imperial family, then he may be able to secure the position of defense minister. For the Chinese Empire, there are only three people in the empire who are iron jobs for life in the supreme constitution of the empire, and one is the emperor, and no one can shake the throne unless he commits an unforgivable sin. The second is the Supreme People's Procuratorate of the Supervision Province, the official is lifelong, as long as the official does not make mistakes, the emperor, the cabinet, and the Congress have no right to impeach him, so as to ensure that the official is not threatened by anyone, can treat any personnel fairly and fairly, and maintain the health of the empire's democracy and rule of law. ╔╗The third lifelong system is the chief inspector of the Independent Commission Against Corruption of the procuratorate, like the ** official, he cannot be removed without enough reasons to convince the people of the whole country, so as to ensure that the chief inspector will not be threatened by anyone and maintain fair and just professional ethics.

These three were for life under the Supreme Constitution of the Empire, while the Minister of Defense was a minister nominated and appointed by the Emperor and had no re-election restrictions. In this way, as long as the emperor agrees, then he can be re-elected indefinitely, which is equivalent to a lifelong system.

"You and the future emperor are the same age, so that the long-term cooperation between them will form a tacit understanding, and there will be no personnel changes that affect the implementation of the policy."

Zhang Zizhong understood what Wang Chenhao meant, once the son of heaven and a courtier, the emperor is unchanged, if the ministers change frequently, it will cause many policies to be unable to be effectively implemented.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, keep it in mind!"

Wang Chenhao could see that Zhang Zizhong had understood what he meant, so he nodded with satisfaction.

After thinking about everything, Zhang Zizhong's mood was also much more relaxed. Suddenly remembering something, Zhang Zizhong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the British Navy has just sent a request, hoping that the Empire will give them help and support in submarines and anti-submarine areas. ”

Wang Chenhao asked, "Didn't you already export the Tang-class submarine to them?" Why, so quickly restrained by Germany? ”

"That's not it!" Zhang Zizhong explained: "Our Tang-class submarines are more than enough to deal with Germany's most advanced submarines, but the number purchased by the British Navy is small, which is not enough to compete with Germany's huge submarine force. ”

Since the outbreak of the Second World War, the Atlantic Ocean has been a haven for pirates, especially the German Navy, who were legal pirates in military uniform.

From the beginning of the Sino-British War in the early 20th century, to the subsequent Eight-Nation Coalition War of Aggression against Britain, and then to the Anglo-German Atlantic War in World War I in 1912, the three major wars created an important position of submarines in the history of world naval warfare.

During World War I, in addition to inflicting heavy losses on the British Navy in the Battle of Jutland, the German Navy's greatest success was that its unrestricted submarine warfare inflicted great damage on the British. During the entire First World War, German submarines sank more than 16,000 Allied merchant ships and more than 350 Allied ships, while they only lost 238 submarines, which can be described as a very small cost. In order to break Germany's submarine warfare, the Entente mobilized more than 7,000 ships and auxiliary ships and more than 5,000 aircraft, but until the end of the war, the Entente failed to completely defeat Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare, but was restrained by the German Navy with a small military strength of 70% of the Allied maritime forces, and the impact on the entire war situation is self-evident.

The brilliant victory of the Germans in submarine tactics during World War I led to the resumption of submarine warfare by the German Navy at the beginning of World War II, and on a much larger scale than at the end of World War I.

Since the outbreak of World War II in the autumn of 1938, the German Navy has sent 642 submarines of various types to the North Sea, the North Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean, mainly the U-9A class submarines put into mass production by the German Navy in 1925 In the case of passing through the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal with ships, German submarines spared most of the world, and it took ** months to run to the Indian Ocean to attack the ships of the British East Indies, and this willpower had to surprise the British.

It was obvious that the anti-submarine power of the British Navy could not keep up with the development of German submarines, so Britain purchased more than 300 Tang-class forward submarines from the Chinese Empire to confront German submarines in the depths of the ocean.

However, even if the British Navy has advanced Tang-class submarines, its submariners are not well trained, and there is a big gap between them and the submariners of Germany, a traditional submarine power. At the beginning of the battle, the British Navy inflicted heavy losses on the German submarines by virtue of its submarine technology superiority, but soon the German submarines adjusted their tactics and beat the British Navy, which had no experience in submarine warfare, causing heavy losses to the British Navy submarines.

"The British Navy wants us to be able to seconded them a group of submarine officers and men, just like the Empire has supported the British Air Force volunteers." (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )