Chapter 1 The Civil-Military Controversy
Lin Bin, who is strolling in the capital star of the Tang Dynasty, has an identity code of 1356, for this identity code, Lin Bin is very proud, although this is a number of more than a thousand, but in the tens of millions of secret agents in the Tang Dynasty, it can be ranked in the thousands, which is enough to show how powerful his ability and ability are.
Of course, although he is jealous of the secret agents who are in front of him, he is more envious, because he is the elite of the secret agent elite, who either secretly guards the lord's side, or is scattered throughout the universe to preside over the work of secret agents.
Lin Bin made a great contribution this time and was ordered to come back to report on his work, and after the debriefing, he was not only promoted to one level, but also given a three-day vacation.
After getting these three days off, of course, he has to take a good look at this capital star, you must know that he has never played in the capital of his country since he worked, and if he goes back in such a hurry, his brothers will definitely say that he is a super stupid.
It's a pity that he can't witness the enthronement of His Royal Highness the Lord with his own eyes, and it would be nice if he came to take a vacation in a month!
As for the enthronement of His Royal Highness the Lord as the emperor, the people outside still don't know, and only themselves, the Tang people, know the news.
But all Datang people know, what's the difference between it and people outside?
Lin Bin couldn't figure it out, why didn't he release the news to the outside world, was it because he was afraid that those guys outside would protest?
Probably not, the strength of Datang can shut up any enemy, so for what?
Lin Bin shook his head, a middle-level person like him couldn't know what the upper level was thinking.
Throwing away these thoughts, Lin Bin smiled and nodded back to the people who saluted him on the road, and every time he returned the salute, Lin Bin would unconsciously wipe the title badge on his shirt.
In the past, when I went on a mission or came back to report, I didn't wear a badge, although I knew that Datang's title was very precious, but I didn't have any consciousness, and now I enjoy the people's respect for me, so I understand why so many people have to enter the bureaucratic system of Datang with their heads sharpened.
Thinking of this, Lin Bin couldn't help but admire his old boss, who is now the top boss, the chief of the secret agent - Liu Bin.
If it weren't for the commander-in-chief's decision to take refuge in His Royal Highness the Lord, I'm afraid that these people would still be living a life that can't see the sun and are like rats crossing the street, where can they enjoy the dignity under the sun like now!
It's strange to say, according to the information he obtained, it seems that in the whole universe except for the Tang Dynasty, there are no grassroots agents in any country who can obtain the title of nobility, of course, those grassroots agents who are born with hereditary titles of nobility do not count.
"Hereditary?" Lin Bin couldn't help but look at his title badge, well, it seems that you have to work hard! In any case, he also wants to get a hereditary title for future generations.
However, according to the laws and regulations of the Tang Dynasty, at least the marquis or above can allow the eldest son to inherit the throne, and to achieve this goal, he still has to go a long way!
Just as Lin Bin was comfortably wandering around the street, a young man dressed as a tourist came forward and asked politely, "This lord, may I ask why there are so many projects in this capital star?" It seems that none of the tourist spots are quiet. ”
"Ahh I'm sorry to bother you. These projects are mainly in preparation for the enthronement of the Lord, which is why there are so many projects, but please bear with me, they will be completed soon. ”
Lin Bin replied very enthusiastically, because for these tourists, he has a feeling of being the master!
As for telling the matter of the lord's accession to the throne, he did not feel that there was anything wrong with it, because there was no gag order on the matter, but it was not released to the public.
"Huh? Tang Long...... Your Excellency is about to ascend the throne? ”
The tourist was obviously stunned, but he quickly showed a surprised expression and said, "When will the enthronement ceremony be held?" It's a big show! I haven't seen any emperor's enthronement ceremony since I'm so old, but I have to watch a book this time! ”
Although Lin Bin was a little uncomfortable because this tourist said his lord's name directly, he couldn't be forced to think that they were foreigners, so he still smiled and said, "Yes! It's a big event you can't afford to miss! As far as I know, the enthronement ceremony will be held in a month's time, so don't forget to come and watch it! ”
"I won't forget it, thank you! Sir. After the tourists shook hands with Lin Bin and said goodbye, they took cameras all over the street and walked farther and farther.
Lin Bin didn't care about this tourist, because there were too many such tourists, but when Lin Bin went to watch the construction site of the enthronement ceremony in advance to compensate for his inability to participate in the celebration, he actually found that this tourist was filming the scene of the construction site.
Originally, there was nothing to do, but in the next construction site scene, Lin Bin found this tourist again, and this tourist not only photographed the construction sites everywhere, but also photographed all the places very carefully, and no corner would fall.
Lin Bin looked at this tourist, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and muttered: "Damn, I was almost deceived by you, people with a fever with a lot of money will not waste so much holographic photography when they see this construction site." With that, he immediately pulled out his communicator and reported the news to the spy headquarters.
Along with his report, the Ministry of Intelligence also received reports of suspicious people being spotted by residents and officials from all over the capital.
The two giants of the Ministry of Intelligence did not expect that the last robot assassination incident would make the people and officials incredibly vigilant, and once a stranger appeared around, those people and officials would be monitored as if they were not there.
For this result, the two intelligence giants are very happy to see it, because it means that the Tang people of the entire planet are their eyes and ears.
Of course, the fact that the public and officials are so interested in discovering spies is also related to the fact that the political axe treats this as a success, you must know that if you are lucky, you can not only get the knighthood out of thin air, but also the knighthood will jump directly on a few jumps!
The leaders of the two major intelligence organizations who got the news, of course, would not let these spies stay in the capital at this important moment, and at the sound of an order, the secret service and the secret agent nest immediately released the agents and secret agents like bees in a hive.
After receiving the notification from the Ministry of Intelligence, the Minister of Homeland Security immediately ordered the garrisons to closely protect the engineering area, and if these projects were sabotaged and the enthronement ceremony could not be carried out as scheduled, he would be a great sinner.
Those foreigners who came to the Datang Capital Star with a special mission suddenly found themselves being monitored, but these monitors are not secretive, and even a small character like himself can find out at once.
It's just that although this kind of surveillance is not secretive, it is very rampant, and it is ubiquitous, even when you go to the toilet, there are people walking around outside the door, and there is almost no peeping.
Compared to this, running to have a meal and the whole restaurant is secretly staring, it's nothing.
While these spies are nervous, they feel a little strange, they are just a small character, and Datang shouldn't pay so much attention to himself! There are at least more than 1,000 people sent to monitor, because there will be monitors around him wherever he goes, and they never repeat, although the appearance can be changed, but the body shape and smell can prove that they are not the same person.
Spending a lot of materials and money to change the clothes of the people who monitor him, he can only admire the fever of the Datang intelligence department.
The more timid of these spies were immediately frightened by the omnipresent watchman, and they were eager to leave the place immediately. But there are also experienced or nervous guys who don't care about the omnipresent watchmen and do whatever they have to do.
The remaining spies saw that their peers were so rampant, and Datang did not react except for continuing to monitor, and they also had the courage to continue their work.
However, these people did not live happily for long, and the directors of the two major intelligence departments could not tolerate them being so comfortable in Datang, and they did not start before, but just wanted to find some valuable high-level spies through them.
can see that they are all small deflated, high-end goods do not appear at all, and the enthronement ceremony is getting closer and closer, so they can't care about startling the snakes, and unceremoniously let these spies evaporate overnight.
So many spies disappeared, and of course the countries that sent the spies couldn't help but keep silent, and they all stood up to condemn Datang's poor law and order, and actually let so many foreign tourists mysteriously disappear, but these countries didn't make a fuss for long before they shut up.
Because Datang passed on the crimes of those spies to these countries, these countries were not stupid enough to let Datang show that these tourists were spies sent by their own countries.
Although this incident did not make a big fuss, the news of Tang Long's preparation for the throne of the Tang Dynasty still spread throughout the universe, and the first to react was the leaders of the five major gangs, who sent telegrams to congratulate and complained about why they didn't inform themselves.
Of course, they strictly obeyed Tang Long's orders and did not dare to show their relationship with the Tang Dynasty, but only said that they would send a few officials to watch the ceremony.
Because dozens of major countries have sent viewing groups, other countries, regardless of whether they know Tang Long and Datang and whether they have anything to do with themselves, all sent a few people to form a viewing group to Datang, but the quota of this viewing group has made historians from all over the world fight for blood.
In the end, the historians who did not grab the quota simply paid out of their own pockets to go to the Tang Dynasty to watch the ceremony.
After getting these news, some guys who were more curious and had a little spare money naturally followed Datang.
At this moment, Datang once again attracted the attention of the entire universe.
It is no wonder that they are so curious, looking at the fact that there is at least one person who is a historian in the viewing group sent by various countries, they can understand that this is a big event.
You must know that it is not for nothing that an emperor like Tang Long ascended the throne at a young age, but there is really no self-made emperor in history who can build such a great foundation at such a young age and in just a few years.
So such an enthronement ceremony of an emperor destined to be loaded into the annals of history, how could historians be willing to miss the grand occasion!
And at this moment, in the hearts of the people of the Tang Dynasty, they thought that they had already taken advantage of the last free opportunity before ascending the throne, and the future emperor His Majesty who had sneaked out to play was frowning, and his eyes were blankly accepting the imperial etiquette tutorial that Tang Xing and Xing Ling had scavenged from the Internet.
Tang Long shouted in his heart: "Oh my God! Does being an emperor still have to learn the prescribed manners? How did I not know that being an emperor was so miserable! I knew I wouldn't be the emperor! ”
Of course, he didn't dare to say these words, not that Xing Ling and Tang Xing were unwilling, and his subjects would not be willing either.
Now that the territory is so big, it is no longer Tang Long's own will to be the emperor, and those who have close interests with Tang Long will not let go of this opportunity to improve their status, power, and interests.
Just when Tang Long was in pain, the little black cat quietly appeared in front of Tang Long, rubbed Tang Long's face first, and then said, "Big brother, the ministers of the military department are waiting for you to go to the meeting." ”
Seeing that he had the opportunity to escape the imperial education of his two elder sisters, Tang Long immediately stood up, forcibly held back his joy, and said to Tang Xing and Xing Ling with a solemn face: "Two eldest sisters, come back to receive education when the younger brother finishes work." ”
After speaking, without waiting for Tang Xing and Xing Ling to react, they grabbed the little black cat and left with the two beauties Feng Bing and Feng Shuang's personal guards.
Tang Xing and Xing Ling knew that Tang Long was eager to leave, but since the little black cat came to greet him, it was okay.
However, it is certain that those war maniacs are tired of being treated, and they can't help but want to expand the territory of the Tang Dynasty, so they will call the little black cat to inform Tang Long, they don't have the courage to interfere with their imperial teaching curriculum.
Tang Xing said to Xing Ling, who was looking at Tang Long leaving: "Eldest sister, should Tang Long be ......" But when it came to the back, his tone became a little slurred.
Xing Ling retracted his gaze and asked suspiciously, "What should it be?" ”
"Well, that's it......" Tang Xing's face was a little blushing, but more of a sorrow.
Seeing Tang Xing's face so strange, Xing Ling asked even more curiously, "What?" What's which? Can you make it clear? ”
After Tang Xing hesitated for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said, "It's Tang Long, who ascended the throne as the emperor, does he want to marry the queen and concubine?" ”
"Marry the queen and take the concubine?!" Xing Ling's face changed, she looked at Tang Xing, and both of them showed unwilling and sad looks in their eyes.
As early as when Tang Long had a certain amount of power, those local courtiers persuaded Tang Long to get married early and give birth to an heir as soon as possible, but he was pushed over by Tang Long at a young age.
But now that Tang Long is ready to ascend the throne, he is the emperor, and he definitely needs a wife who is a mother of the Tang Dynasty.
This is something that Tang Xing and Xing Ling can't stop, because the subjects will swear to demand that Tang Long's heir is the basis for continuing their status, power, and interests, and they don't want the Tang Dynasty to which they are loyal will perish in just one generation, it can be said that Tang Long's marrying a wife and having children is the trend of the times, and no one can stop it.
Tang Xing and Xing Ling both had "What should I do?" They can now be said to be extremely worried, if they were really Tang Long's sister, then they should have started to personally worry about Tang Long's marriage, but it's a pity...... Neither of them spoke, staring blankly into the distance, and only after a long time did they sigh slightly, smile bitterly at each other, shake their heads and leave.
Tang Long, who didn't know what his two eldest sisters were thinking at all, stroked the little black cat on his shoulder, and joked with a smile: "Little black cat, you actually passed on the word for them so diligently, what benefits did you receive?" ”
"The benefits? It's also good! I'm annoying those guys these days! They know that I have a good relationship with my eldest brother, and they pester me all day long to ask me to speak for them, and these guys don't give me anything but fish, and now I vomit when I see fish! The little black cat said with a disgusted look.
The special nature of the little black cat is only spread in the high-level of Datang, of course, although these high-level people of Datang know that the little black cat can speak, they do not know the ability of the little black cat, and the true ability of the little black cat is only known by a limited number of people around Tang Long.
"Haha! If you want to lie to me, you will vomit when you see a fish? You know, you're not happy! Tang Long pulled the little black cat's ears and smiled.
"I'm not a fisher, but it's all a lot of delicious fish! You must know that the fish that your men gave me are all caught in the nearby freshwater lake, and if you eat the same kind of fish for the meal, do you think it will taste boring?
"And you can't help it, when your men deliver fish, they all show that they caught it themselves!" The little black cat said helplessly.
"Thank you for your hard work." Hearing this, Tang Long touched the little black cat's head lovingly.
Tang Long was really helpless about the belligerent surnames of these courtiers, he couldn't understand why all his subordinates, including robots, were war maniacs, who did they learn such belligerent surnames from?
After Tang Long comforted the little black cat, he turned his head and said to his two personal guards: "The order is to hold a third-class meeting in the fourth conference room, and the military and political personnel who have no tasks in the capital must attend in person, and other personnel participate through video." ”
The third-class meeting refers to the meeting that can only be attended by the third-class earl or above and the military major or above. Although there were not a few generals in the army, after a series of battles, there were still a large number of colonel-level officers.
Of course, the number of people who have the title of count, the number of people who have the title of count, the Tang Dynasty, which has forty or fifty thousand administrative planets, and the nobility is equivalent to the officials, if the number of people with the title is not large, then the Tang Dynasty will enter a state of no political axe.
"What's the matter, big brother, why did you suddenly think of holding an enlarged meeting? Those guys want you to hold a military meeting! Hearing Tang Long's words, the little black cat asked puzzled.
"Hey! Of course, I know what the generals' wishes are, and I convened a third-class meeting to let the middle and upper level military and political personnel understand what we Datang should do now. Tang Long said with a smile.
Hearing this, the little black cat nodded thoughtfully.
After receiving the order, the people who were qualified to participate in the meeting quickly gathered in the fourth conference room, although the name of the fourth conference room is called the conference room, but it is actually an assembly hall, and tens of thousands of people will not feel crowded inside.
Tens of thousands of people sat in this place, but it was so quiet that even a needle could be heard, and these people took the rostrum as the dividing line, divided into two parts, with the officers on the left, and the two lieutenant generals Sally and Jess at the front. They participated in the meeting through stereoscopic images, after all, they were also responsible for the stability of the newly conquered territories.
On the right are the civil officials, and at the head are Yuna, Liwu, Elsi and other ministers. They are personally participating, after all, their jobs are on the capital star, so they don't have to wander around the world.
Suddenly, there was a shout: "The lord has arrived!" Breaking the silence of the conference room, everyone stood up with a bang, the soldiers saluted and the civilian officials bowed.
And Tang Long took two beautiful escorts in the eyes of everyone and slowly walked in.
Tang Long didn't say anything polite after sitting down on the rostrum, and said directly: "I believe you can all guess what the theme of this meeting is, so please ask the military to share your thoughts first." ”
Speaking of this, Tang Long raised his chin to the side of the soldiers.
Of course, the two military leaders of Sally and Jess will not come out to speak, they can be said to be Tang Long's echo worms on strategic issues, and they will say whatever Tang Long says.
And Zhang Guanhua and the others, who are only one level lower than the heads of the two major armies, although everyone knows that their group of people are war maniacs, it is even more impossible for them to come out and speak, and they are not stupid enough to show themselves in front of their bosses at this time.
However, they looked at each other, so that their subordinates, who were also war maniacs, immediately stood up a person who had been arranged a long time ago.
A lieutenant colonel first saluted Tang Long and the high-ranking officials around him, and then began to state his thoughts: "Now that all the countries in the universe have entered the stage of redividing forces, our military department thinks that we should take this opportunity to take advantage of the strength of the last time to annex the two countries in one go, and wantonly annex the surrounding countries.
"Let our country have an absolute advantage at this critical juncture, so that we can stand firm and meet the war between the great powers in the near future."
Then the lieutenant colonel explained in detail what benefits could be gained after expanding the territory.
The lieutenant colonel's words made all the members of the military department nod, these guys were tired of these days, and they had long been eager to start a war.
Needless to say, people from the Chaos-Free Galaxy are born war maniacs, and those high-ranking officials who followed Tang Long to move to the Chaos-Free Galaxy have long been fused by the Chaos-Free Galaxy after so many years.
In addition, in order to achieve Tang Long's ideal of a unified universe, none of these high-ranking officials are thinking about fighting and swallowing anyone all day long, so they have a strong desire to conquer **, of course, they agree very much with these battle plans.
After the lieutenant colonel finished speaking, a marquis on the civilian side, immediately stood up and said, "Our civil official system does not think so, and we should take advantage of the chaos of the universe to strengthen our internal affairs. I believe everyone knows that internal affairs are the foundation of everything, and without internal affairs, the replenishment of the army and the manufacture of munitions cannot be carried out.
"And we are now digesting the territories of the two countries that we have just occupied, and if we expand externally at this time, then the internal political construction that we have managed to carry out with great difficulty will be ruined.
"Of course, our civilian system is not against external expansion, after all, with a larger territory, our internal affairs will also be stronger, and we only hope to carry out external expansion after the internal affairs have been carried out to a certain extent."
Next, the people of the civil and military factions supported each other's views and refuted each other's views, but although they were opposed, they did not attack each other much, and they all expressed in a relatively mild tone that it was more advantageous to implement their own plans first, and they would add a sentence "This is good for everyone" to summarize.
However, although both sides behaved with moderation, the first civil and military battle in Datang began.
Seeing his subordinates babbling non-stop, Tang Long frowned and said loudly, "What does the intelligence department think? ”
Hearing this, the personnel of the civil and military factions all shut up and looked at the two virtual screens, on which were the images of Liu Bin and Ling Li.
The intelligence services do not belong to the two factions, but they have a close relationship with both factions, and neither the military nor the political can be separated from the support of intelligence, so the attitude of the intelligence services is now very important. Whoever the intelligence services support will be able to gain the upper hand in this civil and military struggle.
Liu Bin stood up and said, "Our intelligence department would like to first introduce to you the situation in the surrounding countries. As he spoke, a virtual screen appeared in front of everyone, on which you could see a map of the galaxies of the countries around Datang.
Liu Bin introduced the situation and said: "There are five countries connected to our Datang in the surrounding area, all of which are planets with nearly 10,000 administrative planets. The strength of a single country cannot be compared with our Datang at all, and even if the combined strength of the five countries is only close to us, it still cannot surpass us. ”
Hearing this, the officers all smiled, while the faces of the civilians became ugly, and they all thought that the Ministry of Intelligence was already on the side of the officers.
"However, if our country fights against their five-nation alliance, although we can win, our country will definitely be greatly damaged, and it will have a profound impact on our next conquest."
As soon as Liu Bin said this, the faces of the civil and military officials turned upside down, and the officer surnamed Jian immediately stood up and shouted: "I think Minister Liu means that as long as the five countries do not unite, our country will be able to win easily."
"As for the division of the five countries, I think the Ministry of Intelligence will be able to satisfy all of us, after all, the strength of the intelligence department is very strong!"
This officer is really good, not only reassuring the officers, but also pulling the intelligence department in, and even patting the intelligence department's sycophants, making the big boss in charge of diplomacy stare at him with bright eyes, and is thinking about how to pull him over!
Liu Bin said with a wry smile: "This is also too much praise for our intelligence department, because of our country's strong actions some time ago, our neighboring countries have been very wary of us, and according to our latest intelligence, the heads of the five countries have already married, which can be said to have constituted an encirclement network against our country." At this time, we simply can't tell them apart from each other in their honeymoon phase. ”
After saying this, Liu Bin and Ling Li both lowered their heads, they knew that this was the consequence of their own carelessness.
But they can't be blamed, at the beginning, the focus of the Intelligence Department was on the chaos-free galaxy, and when the chaos system was unified, the focus was on the original Wanluo Federation and the Silver Eagle Empire.
Alliances with a certain foundation are very difficult to differentiate.
Of course, they had already reported these things to Tang Long, and because Tang Long didn't blame them too much, they dared to participate in this meeting, otherwise they would have stayed on the front line to collect intelligence a long time ago, how could they have time to stay here for a meeting?
"What? Can't divide them?! The officers were all stunned when they heard Liu Bin's words, but the officer who spoke immediately shouted: "What does it matter, anyway, we are stronger than them, even if they join forces, as long as we are careful, we can still kill them!" When the officer finished speaking, he glanced at the man beside him.
The military officials who came back to their senses immediately expressed their determination: "Yes, our Tang Army is not easy to get along with!" Even if the five countries of them unite, our Tang Army will not be afraid, as long as the Lord gives an order, our Tang Army will take this world for the Lord Gong! ”
It's no wonder that these officers are like this, you know, they are very afraid of being idle for a few months!
"No! Since the odds of victory are so scarce, it is better to strengthen domestic construction and wait for the intelligence department to be sure before sending troops! The political officials also raised their opinions in the uproar, and the meeting room immediately became like a vegetable market.
If you are not familiar with the internal rules of Datang, you will definitely shake your head when you see that the Datang meeting is so chaotic.
And those who know understand that although the hierarchy system of Datang is strict, when the meeting is held, the hierarchy can be temporarily abandoned, regardless of status, just about things.
As long as you think that your opinion is right, you can even argue with Tang Long, and even if you are red-faced, you will not be subjected to any difficulties after the meeting.
You must know that the minutes of the meeting are monitored by the mastermind of Datang's merit assessment, and if someone retaliates and makes things difficult afterwards, the mastermind will reduce his merits. This is also the reason why Tang Long only summarizes people at the meeting, but he was frightened by these subordinates.
Of course, if Tang Long really wants to make things difficult for people, that person will only have the end of confessing his guilt, because the mastermind is on Tang Long's side.
"Okay, don't make a fuss, calm it all down." Tang Long, the super boss, spoke, and the little bosses below immediately closed their mouths and quietly waited for Tang Long to make a decision.
"I decided to attack the outside world." When Tang Long said this, all his men were stunned, but the military was the first to come to their senses, and they all looked happy; The political axe civil officials looked anxious, and some of the more anxious people were even more eager to stand up immediately to dissuade Tang Long.
(To be continued)