After the National Day of the national carnival, the second day is the July Dynasty Meeting, because it coincides with the celebration after the victory of the North American War, so the July Dynasty Festival is particularly grand and grand, hundreds of officials come together, VIPs are like clouds, and thousands of social elites and squires watch the ceremony.

In the early hours of the next morning

After the emperor of the Tang Empire, Li Cha, bathed and burned incense, he led hundreds of officials to ascend the altar to solemnly pay tribute to heaven and earth, and to pay tribute to his ancestors.

Then the drama came

The emperor and his ministers moved to the grand Xuanzheng Palace, one after another in the North American war made outstanding military generals out of the ranks, the emperor in one breath and 5 first-class dukes, 9 marquis and 18 counts, viscounts out more than 42, 108 barons, that is really the court laughter, the ministers are infinitely happy.

The 5 first-class ministers are;

General Harry Freych, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, was awarded the title of First Class Protector, rewarded 10,000 hectares of fiefdom, awarded the Diamond Baoding Medal, and gave a mansion of the Duke of Chang'an City with a bounty of 100,000 yuan.

General Chen Chuan, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army and Commander of the Northern Military Region, was awarded the title of Rongguo Duke of the First Class, rewarded 10,000 hectares of fiefdom, awarded the Diamond Baoding Medal, and gave a mansion of the Duke of Chang'an City with a reward of 100,000 yuan.

General Tian Mantun, deputy chief of staff of the army and commander of the Southern Military Region, was awarded the title of First Class Brave Prince. 10,000 hectares of fiefdom was awarded, the Diamond Baoding Medal was awarded, and a Duke's Mansion in Chang'an City was awarded with a bounty of 100,000 yuan.

General Fan Pengju, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army and Minister of the Command in the United States, was awarded the title of First Class Fuguo Gong. 10,000 hectares of fiefdom was awarded, the Diamond Baoding Medal was awarded, and a Duke's Mansion in Chang'an City was awarded with a bounty of 100,000 yuan.

Admiral Pan Hengchen, commander of the Admiralty, was promoted to Marshal of the Navy and was awarded the title of Duke of Weiguo of the First Class. 10,000 hectares of fiefdom was awarded, the Diamond Baoding Medal was awarded, and a Duke's Mansion in Chang'an City was awarded with a bounty of 100,000 yuan.

This is coupled with the five first-class ministers who were previously crowned as Duke Gu Yan of Anguo, Liu Xianjun of Pingguo, Gonzalez of Shunguo, Bella Rodriguez of Ningguo Km, and Dai Changfu of Zhenguo, a total of 10 first-class dukes (Note, the first-class duke is one level lower than the prince who was awarded the title of grand duke, and it is the highest title that a non-royal family can obtain).

10,000 hectares of land sounds like a lot, but it's actually 100 square kilometers, and that includes forests, lakes, and mountains, which is about the size of a small country town, which can neither raise many soldiers nor produce any huge wealth.

The total number of nobles that the empire has rewarded so far is 12,000 square kilometers, which is almost 1/15 of the total area of Colorado Province, and a total of 267 nobles from the first rank to the baron share it (many nobles belong to the repeated acquisition of higher titles), and it does not fall into the hands of each noble.

And those who do not have a fief are rewarded with 762 lifelong nobles from the baron, and almost seven or eight out of ten officers above the rank of lieutenant colonel can get it, which is really a celebration of the whole world.

This time, taking the opportunity of the great victory in North America, Emperor Richard Kang's great feudal monarchs almost more than doubled the fiefdom aristocratic group, and there was no intention of consolidating the basic base of the aristocracy.

Ultimately

The imperial family is the central brain, the aristocracy is the skeleton and pillar of the entire empire, and the 1.3 million meritorious retired veterans who enjoy the glory and reward of the imperial power (accumulated in previous battles) are the flesh and blood and meridians, which are close symbiotic relationships.

To expand the group of nobles is to consolidate the imperial power.

With the vast and boundless territory of the Tang Empire, the fiefdom of tens of thousands of hectares under the first-class duke is just a drop in the ocean.

Relying on the output of fiefdoms and fiefdoms, it is possible to maintain a decent life of the high-class nobles, but it is impossible to raise an army of more than 1,000 people, let alone pose a threat to the central authority, which is pure fool's dream.

After the National Day Gala on July 8, the whole country had a three-day holiday to celebrate the most glorious victory in the North American War so far. Various provinces and cities also held a variety of poems, garden tours, boating, lantern riddles, dragon boat racing and other celebrations, and spent the National Day holiday lively.

It was only two days after the start of the working day, and the whole country was preparing to enter the busy season of summer harvest, and the northern province had already taken the lead in opening the sickle, and the output of agricultural products reported was very gratifying, and it was another bumper harvest year.

At this time, the "lieutenant incident" suddenly broke out, which made Emperor Richard very angry, and only issued a one-word edict; Examine.

Not to mention that His Majesty is very displeased, even the military elders who are on the rise all feel like they have been fed by life, and there is no need to mention the annoyance that the honor of the military has been stained, as if they are no longer chaste, and they really want to tear this Japanese lieutenant alive.

Why did it take so long for this to come out?

In fact, it was not a long time, when the innkeeper went to the neighborhood police station to report to him that night, because it was very late and it was not an emergency, the police officer on duty only asked him to make a confession and wait for work tomorrow to deal with it.

Fortunately, the director of the police station in this neighborhood is a retired military officer, and he is very sensitive to this kind of disguise of the military chief, not to mention that it is a lowly Japanese slave, which is really as uncomfortable as eating a fly.

The chief of the police immediately led people to the tavern, recorded everything in detail and re-recorded a confession, and confirmed that the lieutenant officer among the guests spoke Japanese, which was not wrong.

Since the situation involved the military, the neighborhood police station had no right to conduct an investigation, so it had to report to the higher police station again, and then from the district police station to the municipal police headquarters, which took a lot of time.

As a super metropolis with a population of more than 2 million, Chang'an City has more than 5,700 police officers of various types in the city-level police headquarters, which is more police officers in one city than in many remote provinces and the entire province.

If you add the garrison of tens of thousands of Royal Janissaries, it is really heavily guarded, and even a bird cannot fly out when mobilized.

At the military's National Day celebration on July 8, the vast number of meritorious soldiers were promoted to knights, and the generals and school officers from top to bottom almost all fell into a frenzied series of celebrations, and many people had to rush to more than 10 drinking parties a day.

This also led to the fact that the letter of assistance to the General Staff Headquarters on July 10 was ignored and placed on the table for three days before it was opened and read.

Several elders of the Army Staff Headquarters were called to the imperial court by His Majesty, and they scolded them directly, and then only issued a one-word edict; Examine.

After Marshal Dai Changfu, chief of staff of the army, returned to his one-acre and three-point land, he was angry and gritted his teeth;

"If the audacity dares to discredit the honour of the Royal Army, I will make them regret coming into this world, and check for me, and all the officers of the army, including the sergeants, have all been given back and forth several times like a sieve, so that no suspicious elements are missed. In addition, inform the Admiralty of the relevant information so that they can check it too. ”

Soldiers don't need to check, because it's too widespread and meaningless.

In the past two years, the imperial army had to be greatly reduced, and finally no more than 360,000 troops were retained, and 80,000 imperial guards were retained, with a total strength of about 440,000 people.

All the surplus parts must be cut, all soldiers who have exceeded the time limit of service will be discharged, and about sixty percent of the officers will also be disarmed and returned to the field, so as to draw a perfect end to their military career.

If it weren't for the long-term military garrison mission of occupying the United States of America (north), the Tang Empire would not have needed to retain such a large army.

Because the United States of America (Northern) army has been completely disbanded, only the National Masturbation Corps has less than 10,000 people in name, most of whom still belong to the Coast Guard, after all, so many ships must always be manned.

The Confederate (Southern) Army was also largely disbanded, except for 12,000 men in the Richmond area, and all the rest were disarmed and returned to the fields to enjoy a peaceful and leisurely life.

Even Confederate Army Commander Robert Lee, who has officially retired and announced his candidacy for the next president amid rising national uproar, now seems almost certain, given that the vast majority of male voters with the right to vote are his subordinates.

This era

Even women in the United States, who claim to be the pioneers of democracy, do not have the right to vote and be elected, generally white men over 18~20 years old, have independent residences, and taxpayers who pay taxes more than 5~15 US dollars per year (the standard varies from state to state) have the right to vote, and blacks and people of other colors should not think about this good thing.

In North America, the Chinese are considered to be white by default.

The logic on the part of the Confederate States of America (South) is also simple;

After six years of victory, the North lost and completely disarmed, in fact it was impossible to threaten the independence and autonomy of the South, and there was no need to retain so many troops.

If the Tang Empire had ill intentions, it would be useless to keep so many troops.

In addition, after the war, it was burdened with heavy debts, and the financial pressure was breathless, and all the customs taxes recovered plus the messy taxes in the country, even if it was not a dollar, were not spent, and all of them were given to the Tang Empire, which was not enough for the principal and interest of the loan.

You have to tear down new walls to make up for old ones, and you have to borrow and repay money to get by, where is the money to maintain a huge army?

It's really called; It's cool to borrow money for a while, but it's sad to pay it back.

Back to the point

At the beginning of the relentless exertion, the entire army staff headquarters, various armies, and the headquarters stationed in the United States began to conduct a comprehensive self-examination and self-correction.

The lieutenant, who goes by the pseudonym Takayama, quickly surfaced, thanks to the hotel owner, who looked at him in surprise after hearing Lieutenant Takayama speak in Japanese, and noticed the word "106" on the armband of this lieutenant Takayama.

That's right, it must be the 106 Field Division belonging to the Central Military District.

Order

The more than 530 officers of the 106th Field Division were all assembled, and the number of people counted was reduced by three, two of whom were drunk and fell unconscious in the hospital, and another lieutenant named "Gao Shan" disappeared, and the dormitory and permanent residence of the army could not be found.

After digging deeper, a Japanese element hidden in the Royal Army jumped on the paper, which simply made the general of the 106th Division angry, but helpless.

Now that the people have run away, they haven't even received the military merit award in a hurry, where can they find it in the vast sea of people?

In fact, it is not difficult to find out a Japanese element or other people with bad intentions hidden in the army, after all, it is not a spy who has undergone strict training, and some clues will be revealed, but the people around him don't care.

If you dig deeper, the woman who once slept with this person, the neighbors who often came into contact, and the close friends and subordinates in the army who often came and went, can reveal something unusual.

The reason why he was discovered by the tavern owner this time is that the tavern owner is well-informed, and secondly, he is highly vigilant, and there is nothing extraordinary.

The main culprit of the "lieutenant incident" was traced here, and the clue was broken.

Soon, the identity of another second lieutenant officer who was drinking at the same table was also verified, he was a second lieutenant officer belonging to the 305th Division of the Southern Corps, named Polyton, who turned out to be a graduate of the Los Angeles Junior Infantry School, and was also confirmed to be Japanese.

Some of his classmates and colleagues in the military who were close to him occasionally heard Polytong say something strange that he didn't understand, but none of them were familiar with the Japanese language, and they didn't think about it in any direction, so they all thought it was an obscure dialect.

Subsequently, as many as 27 officers of Japanese descent, 4 officers of Korean nationality, and even 2 Vietnamese officers were screened in the army-wide screening, and 67 officers of Canadian descent and 35 officers who had served the United States of America, most of whom were of Chinese descent.

In particular, these 35 officers of Chinese descent who had been loyal to the United States of America had been in hiding for the longest time, climbed the highest positions, and the highest three even reached the rank of colonel, received the title of baron, and enjoyed fiefdoms.

They lay down on the spot after the defeat of the old war in the north, originally thinking that they would be able to get through the tricks, but who knew that they were torn out by a "lieutenant incident" thunderstorm, 1 dragged 2, 2 dragged 3 all pulled out, which was really an unexpected joy.

And for the military elders, this is not good news.

As soon as one of the nests in the army is caught, it is a large piece of implication, how can the military elders who have just received meritorious commendations hang on their faces?

As a result, more than 270 officers were ruthlessly deposed, and 179 people were imprisoned, including Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and 35 Chinese officers who worked for the old people in the north.

As for these 67 Canadian-Chinese officers recruited by the British, they can be exempted from capital crimes, but they cannot escape the crime of living, not only will they be deprived of all military honors but also have their family property confiscated, they will be sent to hard labor camps to serve hard labor, and their wives and children will all be demoted to lowly labor, and they will most likely fall into the brothel of the Qinglou Chuguan.

The British old man is still good to his own people, and he will definitely exert all kinds of pressure and exchange interests under the table, and eventually he will get people out.

However, during the period of negotiation between the two sides, these Chinese officers who worked for the British were about to lose their bad luck, and even if they could escape the dark life of the hard labor camp, they would leave a deep psychological shadow in this life.

If you don't let the military elder take out this evil breath, this matter will not be over.

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