Ye Zuqi returned home, and his heart was sad. And he immediately closed his door to thank the guests, and many people who heard about today's military-political joint meeting knew that Ye Zuqi was forcibly ordered to leave the navy to form a general maritime bureau that had not yet been established, and he had lost his military power. And everyone knows that Ye Zuqi has almost lost Wang Guorui's trust, and even if he has any achievements in the future, he will make progress in the civil service. However, this Ye Zuqi is facing so many young civil servants, all of whom hope to be motivated, and all of them can work harder, does he have an advantage? And he is already in his forties, and he is not an advantage in age compared with those young civil servants! Whether in ancient times or in later generations, the age of an official will always be a huge advantage. Even if you have power for a while, but when you are older, what can you do? Even if young people don't have power for a while, they can use their age advantage to boil you to death. Therefore, everyone also knows that Ye Zuqi not only lost Wang Guorui's trust, but also did not have much advantage in age, so he may have to work in the position of director of the General Administration of Oceans until retirement in his life.

From the de facto person in charge of the navy, who controls several large fleets in Taiwan, to the director of another general administration of oceans, this difference is not ordinary. Everyone knows that Ye Zuqi has no future, so naturally the door is cold, and the door is crowded. And everyone also went to visit the new chief of staff of the Navy, Qiu Baoren, to celebrate his promotion. This is the same as the principle of red and white, and no one will pay attention to an official who has no future.

"Chief of Staff Ye!" One person said.

When Ye Zuqi saw this person, he immediately felt a burst of surprise, and then immediately smiled bitterly and said, "If you don't go to accept everyone's visit, why are you still coming to see me, an old man?" ”

This person is the newly appointed Chief of Staff of the Navy, Qiu Baoren, who is actually coming to visit when Ye Zuqi loses power, which is obviously very rare.

"Chief of Staff. This time, I'm going to take a look at you, the old leader. And, I want to tell you, you're wrong. Do you know what you're doing wrong? Qiu Baoren asked.

Ye Zuqi immediately asked: "What can I do wrong, the navy was built by me, but Wang Guorui actually said that he would take it away, and kicked me away." This is unreasonable! ”

"Chief of Staff Ye, don't say it, it's not good for people to hear. Let me tell you, the reason why you have lost the trust of Lord Wang is actually that you take yourself too seriously. You think that the navy was built by your own hands, so the credit is great. But you ignore that Lord Wang can be formed without you. The battleships that formed the fleet were brought by Lord Wang. And some of the sailors are the king's people. Many of our sailors were dug by Lord Wang. And even without you, Lord Wang can be formed, but the time and speed are slower. Therefore, you think that Lord Wang was able to build a navy by relying on you, as if everything was your own credit, so you are really putting the cart before the horse. If there is no warship of Lord Wang, and there is no continuous appropriation from Lord Wang, then how can you form it? So. In the final analysis, it is the credit of Lord Wang. And this navy is also Lord Wang's. It's not nice to say. We are only temporarily administering it in place of Lord Wang. We only have the right to administer, but we absolutely should not regard the navy as our own, and we should not regard the navy as our own place. Last time, you deliberately suppressed those rising stars of the navy, which made Lord Wang very angry. ”

"That's why Lord Wang decided to let you get out. Because you have touched the cake of Lord Wang. You treat the navy as your own reserve, and you don't let anyone else touch it. And you hope to use the navy to blackmail Lord Wang, so that Lord Wang will give you benefits. But you couldn't be more wrong. You're going to be a warlord. It was to threaten the king with the army, which made the king very angry. The army is a place that Lord Wang absolutely controls, and no one will be allowed to come and control it. And in this army, he can only be loyal to Lord Wang, and if anyone dares to use the army as a condition for blackmailing Lord Wang, then Lord Wang will not be polite to him. Since ancient times, which dynasty and which generation of emperors were not very strict with the power of the army? Therefore, if you do this, you have actually touched the bottom line of Lord Wang. ”

And Ye Zuqi immediately said; "Didn't Lord Li Hongzhang do the same back then?"

"Chief of Staff Ye, don't compare the decaying and declining imperial court with Lord Wang. Lord Wang's control is not the same thing as the imperial court, and Li Hongzhang was able to use this as an excuse to blackmail the imperial court, because the imperial court was weak and incompetent, and it had to rely heavily on Li Hongzhang's Huai army. If there was no Huai army, then the imperial court would have no national defense at all. And Lord Wang is different, although you are the chief of staff of the Navy, you are not an irreplaceable person. Without you, then our Taiwan would not have turned the same way, and there would be no difference. And even if there is no you, Lord Wang can choose me Qiu Baoren to be the chief of staff, Sa Zhenbing can be the chief of staff, and Li He can be the chief of staff. Even taking 10,000 steps back, Lord Wang can temporarily skip the appointment of a chief of staff and directly let the Military Commission manage the major fleets. There won't be any problems in this way, so Chief of Staff Ye, you take yourself too seriously. It seems that the navy will collapse without you, but in fact, without you, there is no problem. If you want to use the navy to blackmail Lord Wang to gain benefits, this is something that Lord Wang will never allow. ”

"You know what? In the past, this kind of behavior of yours was called self-respect, and it was not too much to kill your head a thousand times. And Lord Wang is a generation of heroes, and it is good that he can endure you so far. He also arranged a decent position for you, which can be regarded as a decent retirement for you. If Lord Wang really hates you, if Lord Wang is a murderous person, I am afraid that not only will it be difficult for you to protect yourself, but your family will be implicated. Since ancient times, there have been a few people who have supported themselves in front of a male lord and have a good end. Therefore, you are really wrong about this, you can now get a position in the General Administration of Oceans, which is already a very generous kindness of Lord Wang. So, don't complain too much, Lord Wang is already very merciful for not killing you, so that you have a relatively decent result. ”

"So, you do things well, don't sigh all day long, don't reminisce too much about the majesty of the past. If you do a good job of what is in your hands, Lord Wang will definitely not forget it when the time comes. If you do it well, then even if there is a day when the country is founded, then you will definitely be able to get a knighthood. If you still sigh and complain all day long, then I'm afraid that if Lord Wang is more generous, then it will not be a big problem. But if Lord Wang is slandered everywhere by those villains, then maybe you are really worried about your life. Three people become tigers, this lesson from ancient times must be careful! Also, you can't just look at your generation! Chief of Staff Ye, you might as well focus your energy on future generations. If you don't think about yourself, you have to think about the future of future generations! As long as you can do a good job in your position, won't Childe also get a good future in the future? Now your son is the chief of power on the battleship Xuanyuan, and he is already a major. He is only twenty-two years old, and he is already a major, and his future will definitely be very ambitious. You work hard, and then try to show your remorse to Lord Wang, and then exchange it for your son's future. Otherwise, if you sigh all day long, you will be dissatisfied with Lord Wang. At that time, even if Lord Wang doesn't kill you, I'm afraid your son won't have any future. ”

And Ye Zuqi was silent, and then sighed. Now that the situation has reached this point, what can be done? Therefore, Ye Zuqi can only choose to accept this bitter fruit, otherwise he will not have any possibility at all. When the time comes, it will be really troublesome to affect future generations. Now Ye Zuqi can only pin his hopes on his son, after all, his son still has a future, and he has to find a way to maintain the future of his son who is still at home. If Wang Guorui is asked to clean up his son because of his next passive slacking off and complaining, it will really outweigh the losses. Since I have no hope, I also pin my hope on my son, which is also a good idea.

In Wang Guorui's office, Zheng Hong immediately reported on the ideological work in the army.

"At present, everyone in our army has also seen Ye Zujue's ending, and they are also scared. Because of the dignified chief of staff of the Navy, the actual person in charge of the Navy was removed in this way, which made everyone feel scared. So they all felt that if they were themselves, maybe the result would be worse than this Ye Zuqi. The leader of the big faction said that it would be taken away, so you can imagine what they would do. And everyone also recognized their own identity and began to correctly recognize what they are. Zheng Hong said.

And Wang Guorui immediately said: "That's right, I just hope they don't be too proud." I just let them know that without Butcher Zhang, I can still eat pork. Without a Chief of Staff of the Navy, what is it? I can also appoint others, and if you don't want to do it, others will compete for it. Anyway, without you, I still don't lack anyone to fill the place. Anyway, I don't believe it, and if our army is missing, no one will collapse? So, don't take yourself too seriously and think we can't do without you. If anyone wants to threaten him with control, then I will not be polite to him. When the time comes, I'll let you leave mellowly! (To be continued......)