Simone was talking about a group of old men with the rank of general on their shoulders, and they were in the home of the Secretary of War, Admiral Saragate, talking about the newly summoned General Simeone.

In the bright room, there were several sofas, and several gray-haired but still energetic old men were chatting and farting with each other in neat military uniforms. As long as you look at the flower on its shoulder, you can be dazzled.

"I don't know what happened when Saragate gathered us all this time?"

A thin old man with the rank of general sat on the sofa and slowly wiped his glasses and asked his doubts.

"Kadolna, you don't know either?"

Across from him, a lean old man, also dressed in a general's uniform, spoke up and answered his questions.

That's right, the old man with glasses who looked very Sven was the Chief of the General Staff of the Italian Army, General Raffaele Cadorna.

The answer was Admiral Parker Tapea, Director of Armament at the Department of the Army, and in addition to the two of them, Admiral Leo Moreira, Director of Education, and Admiral Pedro Arias, Director of Logistics, sat on the sidelines and smoked a cigarette. Together with the Minister of War, General Saragate, these five people are currently the main controllers of the Army.

And Admiral Kadolna, who did not get an answer from Admiral Tapea. Turned his gaze to the other two.

"Don't look at me, I don't know."

"What you don't know, can I know first?"

Seeing that none of the three of them knew the purpose of convening everyone for this meeting, Admiral Kadolna could only give up his intention to inquire first.

And this time is a rare time to get together, so then they started chatting. Since it is small talk, as Lieutenant General Simeone, who has recently become popular, it will inevitably be their talking point.

"I don't know how Simone could be favored by His Majesty."

Admiral Moreira, who is the director of education, casually talked about Lieutenant General Simeone.

"What can there really be, it's just that this kid is lucky."

Another bigwig, General Arias, the director of logistics, opened his mouth to express his opinion with disdain.

However, the other three didn't care about his words, because they knew that the logistics director had a deep prejudice against Simeone, and the reason was that Simone had dropped the position of Lieutenant General Baxter, the commander of the Sixth Army, who was originally the commander of the expeditionary force.

This Lieutenant General Baxter is the number two person in Admiral Arias's forces, in order to prepare for his smooth ascension to the position when his body is not good, Arias has reached a series of deals with them, and he has paid a lot of money to get it, but he didn't expect to be cut off by Simeone.

Well, Simeone, who is nearly fifty years old, can indeed only be regarded as a small character for these seventy and eighty generals on the scene.

Their conversation inspired Admiral Kadolna, who spoke. "You say Saragate called us together because of this boy?"

Faced with Kadolna's words, the other admirals immediately pondered. After a while, the Director of Education, Admiral Moreira, spoke.

"It's possible, but it's not likely."

Moreira's words immediately drew the approval of the other two generals.

"Yes, I don't think it's very likely. Simeone is just a little out of place, he's not stupid, and he doesn't let himself be an isolated target. I think he's more of a neutral attitude, and he won't offend us or His Majesty. ”

"Besides, even if Simeone falls to that majesty, it won't be a big deal, our strength can still suppress this majesty's outstretched hand."

The words of the other generals also exposed their strong power within the army, and it was clear that they all believed that what Admiral Cradorna feared was not valid at all. Even if it does, there will be no fundamental change in power.

And their words also made Kadolna, who was the chief of the General Staff, feel that he was too careful.

Although the matter has come to an end, several generals are also becoming more and more curious about the purpose of the Minister of War Saragait's convening this time. Although everyone is in Rome, everyone is the leader of the various factions of the army, and they all represent their own factions, so everyone is busy. What kind of big thing is it that brings everyone together.

They didn't have to wait long, and after a while, Admiral Saragate, who was the Minister of War, pushed the door in with a dusty face.

"I'm sorry, but I've been waiting for you for a long time."

As soon as he entered, Admiral Saragate apologized to all of you.

"It's okay, we're also idle, and we should wait for you, the head of the army."

The one who said the strange thing was the commander of the armament, Admiral Tapaea, who was in a bad mood because he had been waiting for a long time.

In the face of this Admiral Tapea's words, Admiral Saragate did not pay attention to it, but continued to speak. "I have summoned you here this time because of a very important matter, which is related to the future of the Army."

Saragate's words made the people present immediately sit up straight, although everyone didn't like each other, but in the end, they had worked together for so many years, and their temperaments were very thorough.

Someone like Saragate, if he just says that something big is happening, then there must be.

"What's the matter?"

The inquiry from Admiral Kadolna made everyone pay more attention to the Minister of War.

And in the face of everyone's eyes, Saragate continued. "I just got the news that the navy, with the support of that majesty, is preparing to form a marine force, which is the scale of the division and brigade level."

"What!"

It was Admiral Tapeia who made the sound, but his words did not stop Admiral Saragate, who continued. "And the vast majority of the officers who formed this force will be selected from the Praetorian Guard."

Admiral Saragate's words made the faces of all the generals present extremely ugly, and they could all read a lot of useful content from this news. What's more, they don't even notice it, which is what embarrasses them the most.

You must know that this Majesty had promised that the Praetorian Guard would not exceed 10,000 before, but I didn't expect that this Majesty would actually come to transfer flowers and trees, and it is true that the strength of the Praetorian Guard has not been increased on the surface, but it is being expanded in the name of the Marine Corps.

Where is this still a bit of a monarch, it is simply more shameless than them.

No, Admiral Tapea, who had the most violent temper, then stood up, and he roared angrily. "Damn the Navy, what do they want. Golek's brain is in water, he could have promised us before. ”

The furious Admiral Tapea was fine, he still had a shred of reason in his mind, and he didn't scold Carlo together.

However, although he did not scold, everyone can know that His Majesty is the mastermind, otherwise he would not dare to provoke the army like this if he lent Golek a few guts. You must know that the power of the army is much stronger than that of the navy, which can only fight at sea.

"Is the news confirmed?"

Although he believed Saragate's words, there were still people who were unwilling and wanted to ask.

"I've personally confirmed that the news is true, and Grovey is currently selecting officers from the Praetorian Guard."

Saragate's words made several generals die.

"We underestimated His Majesty."

At this time, Cadnar, who was the chief of staff, suddenly sighed.

"What's the use of talking about this now, what we need to do about it."

Kadolna's words caused dissatisfaction among others, and he wouldn't have done it on purpose to mention this at this time.

"I'm just talking, how can you think of a way so quickly."

"Then don't say it."

Seeing that the scene was about to be argued, Saragate slapped the table, and then he spoke to the crowd. "Okay, everyone, stop arguing. Now that we are facing this situation, I am sure everyone knows very well what the consequences will be. We must unite at this time in order for that king to see our power. ”

Saragate's speech is understood by everyone, and it is a united and united external statement.

"Saragate, you have no problem with your words, but just our unity does not make that Majesty give up on continuing to expand his Praetorian Guard, and it is very detrimental to us if this issue is not resolved."

It was General Arias, the director of logistics, who spoke, and his words were echoed by the others.

"Arias is right, we can't afford to see the Navy grow our Marine forces, and that's not good for all of us."

"Yes, that's right, I think so too."

In the face of everyone's words, Saragate waved his hand to signal everyone to be calm. "It's not just your thoughts, that's what I think."

"But it won't be easy to stop the king from using the navy to expand the Praetorian Guard under his control."

Of course, the admirals present knew that it would be very difficult to stop the joint action of the Navy and His Majesty. Because their hand does not reach the navy, and His Majesty is still in charge of the government's financial appropriations. It's quite like a mouse pulling a turtle, and I can't bite it.

Wait, government financial allocation?

This might be able to do something.

There are more than one person who has the same idea, and Saragate, as the Secretary of War for the Army, has a practical solution. I saw him continue. "But we are not out of the question, first of all, the strength of our army is recognized by everyone, and secondly, the king has not taken over the power for too long after all, and we can find allies."

Saragate's words immediately opened the minds of the other generals, yes, this is not his own family that was targeted by the king, why not unite those who have been targeted and suppressed to put pressure together?

So the topic of finding allies was immediately brought up.

Many people, including Prime Minister De Pretis, have been mentioned, and even the former prime minister, the current governor of Lanfang, Kairoli, has been mentioned. It seems that Carlo has unknowingly suppressed a lot of people.

Faced with the potential allies proposed by the admirals, Saragate thought for a moment and said. "These people need to choose a little more reliable, don't make a storm in the city when the allies are not found."

Subsequently, several admirals decided to target the prime minister and several other ministers, and in response to the expansion of the Marine Corps, they also came up with some methods, although they could not stop it, but it was still possible to let the navy take a detour.

When everything was almost busy, the generals left the place.

As the chief of the army's general staff, Cador also sat in his carriage and pondered what had just happened. At today's rally, he spoke very little, except for the first time when he asked about the purpose of the gathering. Because he didn't want to get too involved, because he felt that those people's ideas were not reliable.

Yes, it's just not reliable.

As an army facing the king's alternative suppression, these people are actually thinking about finding allies, is this still an army? At this time, it is more necessary to show his strength and let His Majesty know the difficulties and retreat.

Of course, it is difficult to grasp this degree, because less will not work, and more will make the image of the army in the hearts of the people plummet.

And in his opinion, even this dangerous method is much stronger than the bullshit idea of finding allies, and it can be said that those people's thinking is still stuck in twenty years ago, how can this be compared to others. A group of soldiers used political means, isn't that a short blow long?

However, considering that everyone is in their seventies, and even the youngest self is in his sixties, this may be one of the reasons why people are reluctant to use radical methods. has a large family, who wants to let the family take the blame because of radical means.

In fact, there is another way, that is, they bow their heads to His Majesty and admit their mistakes. However, this method can only cure the symptoms but not the root cause, and if these factions are not subdued, the young majesty will not give up.

This is also the most difficult choice, because the power in hand has to be divided into a part, and there are multiple mothers-in-law on the head, who wants this?

This is also the reason why he knew that this would lead to the king's poor attitude towards the army, but still did not oppose it. Even he didn't want to, let alone anyone else.

So what to do next, he is also confused. Perhaps His Majesty had the patience to wait until their old bones were boiled to death, and then come to clean up the mess, which is what he wants to see the most.

Someone is destined to have trouble sleeping tonight, because there are so many things that make the city of Rome full of a sense of anxiety tonight.

No matter what happens tonight, a new day will come. However, on this new day, the generals began to get busy, and they were all testing their attitudes on the chosen target.

Let's skip the effect of the temptation, in a secret room in the palace, Carlo is listening to a person's report.

"Your Majesty, because the other side is well guarded, we haven't heard anything. Last night, however, several of the Army's generals went to Admiral Saragate's house, and we think they must be discussing something. ”

"Got it, continue to send people to pay close attention, and raise the attention of these generals to A-level."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

I'm in a good mood