#719 - The candidate, T-bone! (two in one)

The series of actions taken by the Navy Headquarters surrounding Tenshang Jin are undoubtedly the most watched events in the world today.

After all, this kind of thing is different from clearing out a large number of pirates. The latter is far away from ordinary people. For most people, paying attention to such things is nothing more than enriching their after-dinner conversation.

But heavenly gold is different. It is closely related to the lives of all ordinary people and will actually affect the interests of all ordinary people.

When the Navy Headquarters set out to collect the Sky Gold, it was also intentionally or unintentionally reinforcing the Navy's influence and justice in the hearts of the general public. Therefore, when doing things, they often pay attention to having a "legitimate reason".

For the navy, whether their actions are tough or soft, they must be recognized by the vast majority of the people.

Considering the aspect of improving the reputation of the navy, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi naturally has his own way.

To be honest, how much can you get by collecting the heavenly gold from ordinary people, even if you "squeeze" them dry?

To put it bluntly, those who occupy the means of production in this world are ultimately the great nobles and big businessmen. Under the rule of the world government, they don't care whether their heavenly gold comes from ordinary civilians or from the great nobles and big businessmen.

Therefore, in the past, we could see that ordinary people around the world had difficulty making ends meet because of the gold in the sky, but the nobles were still nobles, and their lives had not changed much. On the contrary, many nobles and big businessmen could even make a fortune through the gold in the sky.

But this situation has changed in front of the current Navy Headquarters.

Tsugakuni Yoriichi's original intention was that in the first year of collecting heavenly gold, the best way was to stabilize the old nobles and big businessmen first, and not make too many changes at this stage. After this regulation was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the dignity of the navy and the most basic people's livelihood could be guaranteed by collecting heavenly gold and "feeding back" as appropriate.

After the navy is able to exert actual control over some big countries, we can then move on to those great nobles and businessmen.

The Navy Headquarters is now short of talent, not just combat talent, but also governance talent. The headquarters suffered a large-scale reduction in strength during the rule of the World Government, and this loss has not been recovered until now.

However, the reality is much more serious than what Tsugakuni Yoshiichi had expected. Not all countries will cooperate with the actions of their navy. In order to ensure that these things can be implemented smoothly, the navy has to kill the chicken to scare the monkey. However, what Tsugakuni Yoshiichi did not expect is that there are too many chickens jumping out. Although their navy's knife is sharp, after killing those chickens, there are not enough reserve personnel to manage those countries with power vacuum.

If the target is just an ordinary small country, it doesn't matter. The power system of a small country is single, and it is actually very easy to fill it. But it is different for a big country. The power system of a big country is complex. Even if a certain part of the people are removed, once the navy cannot form actual control, other people will soon fill the vacancy of that part of the power.

After going around in circles, you'll end up back at the starting point, which is actually not what Yuichiro Tsugumi wants to see.

However, the reality of talent shortage is something that Jiguo Yuanyi cannot change in a short period of time.

Even if his sword could kill everything, it would be of no use in the face of such realistic governance issues. There was no way to avoid using the country's old nobles to temporarily take charge of power.

It is impossible for the Navy Headquarters to liquidate all the nobles without a reason. That will only make the world more chaotic and give some people with impure intentions the opportunity to cause trouble.

But Tsugikoku Yoshiichi also didn't believe in the character of those old nobles. Those guys might be good at fighting for power and making money, but asking them to govern the country and protect the people's livelihood? That was simply a fantasy.

The thinking logic of the nobles in this world is completely different from that of people like Yoriichi Tsugikuni. Ordinary people are no different from pigs in the eyes of the nobles.

It's just that the two species have different ways and means to bring them wealth.

In order to constrain the noble class, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi, after discussing with Sengoku, Tsuru, and Zephyr, decided to publicize some things through newspapers.

The Kingdom of Goa, which is in charge of Flying Squirrel, and the Principality of Svalo, which is in charge of Demon Spider, have become typical examples of the Marine Headquarters promoting its own legitimacy.

The King of the Kingdom of Goa and the Duke of the Principality of Svalo were unable to cooperate with the Navy on the matter of Heavenly Gold. The two kings of the member states were all captured by the Navy and thrown to the Judicial Island for trial.

At this stage, the Judicial Island had already completely escaped the control of the World Government. The CPs on the island had already been cleared out by Sakaski, and the chief justices were all under the control of the Navy.

Those who are obedient can naturally stay in that position, and those who are disobedient will naturally be dealt with by the navy. When it comes to this kind of thing, there is no way Sakaski would be even slightly lenient.

The king and the duke who were sent to the Judicial Island naturally received "just judgment."

As for the nobility, how many people can really stand up to scrutiny?

The natural result is that they plead guilty and accept death, and even the execution is to be escorted back to their own country for public execution.

This is a clear political signal released by the Navy Headquarters. Its apparent meaning is that even the leader of a member country will be liquidated if he does not cooperate with the Navy's actions on the matter of Tian Shangjin.

But in fact, the reports of these two incidents are more to send a signal to ordinary people, that is, "even if it is the leader of a member country, once he is found to have violated the law, the navy can still deal with him."

Different groups of people received completely different political signals. After all, in the past, it had never been heard that the leaders of any member state would be liquidated for the crimes they had committed.

More often than not, those kings offended the Celestial Dragons and were punished by "God".

The Navy's approach actually gave some ordinary people an outlet to vent.

For a time, there were numerous letters of denunciation and accusation from around the world, exposing illegal activities of local royal families and nobles in certain countries.

These letters of accusation are naturally a mixture of true and false. Some are based entirely on conjecture, but some of the letters are very well-reasoned and it seems that they really have information about the nobles' illegal and criminal activities.

After a careful review, the Navy's intelligence personnel discovered that a common situation was occurring around the world, where great nobles and big businessmen were colluding with pirates.

In the eyes of ordinary people, how could pirates, who shoot and move from place to place, have any connection with those high and mighty nobles? !

But in fact, there are some things that are inconvenient for the nobles to do, but if they have a pirate force under their command, things will become very convenient.

Whether it is the aristocracy using pirates to attack political opponents, or the big businessmen using pirates, this group will launch the purest "business war".

Things like this are not something that have only happened in recent years. In fact, since the existence of the pirate group, such things have become very common.

But all along, the Navy could do very little. At most, they could chase after the pirates who were roaming around. They had no real influence on the member states. Who knew that there were forces in the member states of the World Government that were protecting the pirates? !

Even if they are discovered by the navy, the navy has no right to take action against the princes and nobles of the member countries of the World Government. It is the World Government and the Judicial Island that have that right.

The reason why pirates can't be killed is not just because of the great treasure, but because there are some groups that need pirates to help them do things, so pirates can't be killed.

This situation is just like the Japanese invasion during the Ming Dynasty. It is far from enough to just send troops to fight them. The wealthy families and businessmen along the coast must be wiped out, and the court must regain control of external sea routes before it is possible to eliminate the Japanese invasion.

Not only the wealthy businessmen cannot be trusted, even the local guards need to be thoroughly cleansed.

Marlene Fodor.

In his office, Yuichiro Tsugikoshi was reviewing the information just sent by the Intelligence Department, and his expression became serious.

In front of him, Dark Horse Tianzheng half-sat on Yuichiro's desk and pointed out to Yuichiro Tsugikuni some areas and countries that needed special attention.

"General, our headquarters has received a lot of reports during this period."

"There are probably more than a hundred confirmed cases of nobles colluding with pirates. The local naval branch cannot be fully trusted. If you want to deal with the strike, it is best to send generals directly from the headquarters."

"And the biggest problem is that this matter involves a lot of people. Now is the critical moment for the Navy to collect the sky gold. If we deal with this matter at the same time, our headquarters will not be able to cope with it."

Tenma has been recalled to the Marine Headquarters by Tsugumi Yoshiichi. Now that the New World is basically stable, it is natural that as an excellent intelligence officer, he will be transferred to a position where he is more needed.

After returning to the headquarters, Tian Zheng had almost no time to work as he needed to deal with all kinds of information. He was the head of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Naval Headquarters, so asking him to be responsible for reviewing those letters of complaint was actually a good match for his profession.

What Tianzheng said is the most difficult problem that Tsugumi Yoshiichi is facing now. It is already a huge problem if all the elite troops of the Navy Headquarters add up to 100,000.

If the people in the branch cannot be fully trusted, the Navy Headquarters really does not have enough power to deal with "connected crimes" around the world.

Dealing with such matters requires not only strength but also reconnaissance capabilities, which is exactly what officers under the naval education system lack.

“I thought this was a good thing, but now it seems...

Ji Guoyuan let out a sigh, feeling quite regretful.

Originally, this was a good thing for the Navy Headquarters. They had the leverage over some of the great nobles and businessmen. After clearing out those people, they could replace them with their own people. This would not only strengthen management, but also solve financial problems.

However, the headquarters was not strong enough, and Yoshiichi Tsugakuni did not want to withdraw the new navy to prevent changes in the New World that had just stabilized.

With limited capabilities, this department can only remain silent for the time being.

But this also leads to a question: are those nobles and businessmen who were reported really unaware of it? ! If they were discovered by them, how many of those reporters would be able to survive the liquidation by those people? !

In other words, will the existing evidence be destroyed, making it impossible for the Navy to conduct an investigation? These are all derived questions.

"Tianzheng, do you mean that our headquarters should not take any action for now?"

This kind of difficult problem had never been encountered by Yoshiichi Tsuchikuni before, and he needed an "old hand" like Tenma to provide him with ideas.

"Of course it's impossible to have no movement at all."

"Once this kind of thing is put aside, it will take forever to pick it up again."

“It must be put on the agenda first and then gradually implemented.”

"We don't have the power to handle all the issues at once, but it's always a good thing to have a charter."

"Besides, these things can also train people. After all, there are only a few experienced people in the navy."

When giving advice to Tsugaru Yuichiro, Amane is accustomed to using "guiding" remarks. He does not explain many things all at once, always hoping that Tsugaru Yuichiro himself can think deeply about them.

This is actually Tensei's way of teaching Tsugakuni Yoriichi how to do things in disguise. Yoriichi's appearance seems to be "all-powerful", but in fact, Tsugakuni Yoriichi is also learning while dealing with things.

Tenma has experience that Tsugumi Yoshiichi lacks, and Tenma also hopes from the bottom of his heart that Tsugumi Yoshiichi can become a qualified commander, not just one with a sharp "sword".

Tianzheng clearly knew the grand blueprint of Tsugumi Yoshiichi. He understood that in the future world, it would be impossible to govern such a big world by fists!

"Um"

"In this case, let's form a special team to handle these matters."

"We don't need too many people in the early stages. A core team of a dozen or twenty people and a troop of a hundred should be enough."

"We'll do as you said, and when the matter of Tianshangjin is over, we'll use these people as the backbone to expand a special investigation team."

"Branniu, do you have any recommendations for talent in this area?!"

"It's better to be younger and more receptive. Strength is secondary. The most important thing is quality."

At this time, in Tsugakuni Yuichi's office, there is not only Tenmashita as a core backbone, but Brannew is also Tsugakuni Yuichi's important deputy.

Regarding the appointment and use of personnel, Yuichiro Tsugikuni is still learning.

"Of course there are such people."

"What do you think of this one?"

Brannew was obviously well prepared. He asked Ji Guoyuan questions one by one and immediately handed a personnel information to Ji Guoyuan.

"Captain of the Navy Headquarters?"

"T-Bone Penn?"

The name was a little special, and Yuichiro Tsugikuni couldn't help but murmur in a low voice.

"General, although T-Bone is quite old, his quality is absolutely trustworthy."

"Hasn't the plan for Ace and Sabo to go to the New World for training been shelved? I think it would be effective if we let the two brothers cooperate with Colonel T-Bone to form a survey team."

Brannew continued with a smile, even though T-Bone is now middle-aged and does not meet Tsugikuni Yuichi's selection criteria, he was still recommended to Yuichi.

"Ace and Sabo."

"That's fine. Let's use those letters of denunciation to train these two brothers."

"If it is done well, it will be a natural progression to expand the team in the future and move up to the general position step by step."