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Chapter 699

From the All Saints Palace to the east, the entire long street is the private property of the royal family. At the same time, this long street is also the location of the Japanese Prime Minister, the Cabinet, the Parliament, the High Court and other administrative and judicial institutions. , the rest of the buildings are mostly a blend of eastern and western styles, but the buildings are not too high, with a maximum of four floors, which is much lower than the Tenshou Pavilion of the Wansheng Palace located at a high point.

The All Saints Palace was originally built at the highest point in Kyoto. In the era of cold weapons, it will also be a strong inner city castle that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

This long street is called Tianshou Street.

No. 15 Tianshou Street is a cylindrical office building covering a very large area. It has only four floors, but it looks like a Roman Colosseum and is very magnificent.

Today, this building is the official office of the Prince Regent, and at the same time, the newly established Ministry of National Defense of Japan is also working here.

Shigeyoshi Kawamoto was appointed Minister of Defense and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

In the meeting hall, Lu Ming sat at the main seat, and Kawamoto Shigeyoshi sat slightly to the left.

On both sides of the long table, sat two military chiefs, the joint chief of staff, several military chiefs, and fifteen division heads.

Among them are three division heads of the Central Defense Force. Originally, there were two division heads of the Central Army, but Shigeyoshi Kawamoto has announced that the Oyue Division has been reduced to the Aoyue Security Brigade, and the Central Army has added a division, so there are still fifteen divisions. Chief, but there is one more head of the Central Military Division.

Of course, the Third Division of the Central Army is just a shelf and has not really taken shape.

On the right side of Lu Ming, sits Jinguji Bingji, wearing a dark green senior officer's uniform skirt, with the rank of two-star general of the Japanese Army, wearing a hat with a big brim, beautiful and heroic.

The Ministry of National Defense will be deeply integrated with the Security Committee, and the military intelligence department will be merged into the Security Committee. Heiji Jinguji will continue to serve as the new director of the Security Committee and concurrently serve as the second deputy minister of the Ministry of Defense.

Minister of Defense Kawamoto Shigeyoshi is a four-star general of the Japanese Army.

Lu Yiman, head of the Ministry of Air Force, is sitting first on the left, with the rank of three-star general of the Dongying Air Force.

Renheng Kawamoto, head of the Ministry of the Navy, sits first on the right, with the rank of three-star admiral of the Dongying Navy.

Kawamoto Lienheng was a general promoted by Lu Ming along the way. The Oyue division was stranded in the northern region and had to form an Oyue brigade to help Prince Montenegro fight the rebels. The brigade was reorganized into two grassland retinue regiments. Kawamoto Lianheng served as company commander, battalion commander and deputy regiment commander, and the regiment leader was an officer from Montenegro.

He lived a carefree life in the Northern Territory, and married a beautiful prairie girl as his wife. He had no intention of returning to Dongying.

However, he was named by Governor Zhang and had to go back east with the Aoyue Division, and later worked under Representative Lu.

By the middle of last year, the southern government had formally established the Ministry of the Navy, and he was appointed as the first minister.

Needless to say, he has changed his thinking a long time ago, and he has even regarded himself as a Montenegrin person psychologically. He had already obtained citizenship of Montenegro, and he had a citizenship number in the Principality of Montenegro, but it has been canceled now.

Lu Yiman, head of the Ministry of Air Force, or Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and his father, Ashikaga, the old prime minister, have completely different thinking modes.

"Lord Toyota? I heard that you have a letter of proposal?" Lu Ming looked at the lord and head of the division, Toyota Dayi.

An old man in his 50s, he was also the only head of the division who was absent from the wedding of the queen and the regent the day before yesterday.

Toyota Taiyoshi smiled and said: "Yes, everyone has a look at the proposal jointly signed by me, Higashino, Kishida and other old friends."

Several old men laughed and echoed. They were all elderly and the most traditional ones. The lord was also the head of the army, and signed the proposal together with Daiyoshi Toyoda.

The letter of proposal was passed on to everyone, which was actually similar to Shigeyoshi Kawamoto's idea. They had already decided that the elite divisions could be reorganized by the Central Army, and the remaining personnel would be compressed into a security brigade with about 5000 members.

Looking at the proposal, the other division heads had different expressions.

The old guys have lost their ambitions, they have longed for peace, and they have lost their ambitions to make achievements, but the young people don't think so.

Toyota Dayi said with a smile: "Actually, if we abolish the division, the local finances will not be as tight as before, and the people in the territory will benefit the most. Moreover, the central government directly governs the three provinces of Gyeonggi. It can be said that our kingdom has never been so stable. In the current situation, I think that the reduction of local divisions is to eradicate the evils of Dongying for thousands of years. It depends on the regent to be so courageous. From the perspective of future history, what the regent is doing now is afraid that any great man in Dongying It's hard to compare, the regent will become the highest-ranking great man in our Japanese history."

Some people can't help but scold the old fox for being so shameless.

There are also people who think seriously about Toyoda's words, and they can't help but feel that there is some truth.

The central government directly governs the three provinces of Gyeonggi, which has indeed formed a situation of a strong central government that has been rare for thousands of years.

Two of the three lord families in the three regions of Gyeonggi originally supported Yamamoto, and the other was indifferent, but later turned against the water.

With the support of the Montenegrin Air Force, the southern government regained Kyoto and the three surrounding territories, and took advantage of the trend to depose the lords of the three territories, and the three territories were under the direct control of the central government.

And Sanling is the richest area in Japan, with a population of more than 3000 million, accounting for one-third of the entire population of Japan.

Among the collars managed by the southern government today, the three collars account for half of the population.

"Head of the Antian City Division!" Lu Ming looked at a thin general in his 40s, who was the division commander of the Antian Commander, Yasuda City.

Yasudajo sat upright, "Yes!"

Lu Ming sighed: "Lord Yasuda still has secret letters with Yu Yamamoto, you know that, right?"

Yasuda City's eyelids twitched, but he didn't make a sound.

Lu Ming shook his head: "The safety committee should be taking Lord Yasuda away now. The two bureaus of Jinguji have been investigating for a long time. You have nothing to do with this matter, and you have been persuading Lord Yasuda. However, you still need to talk to the two bureaus. Explain it well."

Behind Yasuda City, two plainclothes agents of the Security Committee had already stood.

Yasuda City nodded slightly, took out the pistol and put it on the table, got up and left the venue.

Lu Ming looked at the crowd and said seriously: "Everyone, the reorganization of the Central Defense Force and the local security force is imperative. I have talked about a lot of truths. Whether you listen to it or not, the Ministry of National Defense will issue a decree today. It is the order to establish the five main divisions of the Central Army and the reduction of the leading divisions into security brigades. Some people may take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble. In addition, Yamamoto thought that he had found an opportunity. The worst result would be nothing more than another civil war. , It was broken, and it was built for a few years that night. For the future of Dongying, I think this sacrifice is worth it. Any citizen of Dongying will thank the ancestors for this reform in the future!"

Some were moved with horror, while others were numb, as if what happened here had nothing to do with him.

Shigeyoshi Kawamoto glanced at Lu Ming. What the people of Montenegro are doing today will really eradicate the shortcomings of Japan's political system for thousands of years.

It can only be said that the people of Montenegro no longer regard Japan as a threat, but are preparing to develop relationships such as slave states and allies.

Indeed, under the leadership of the Principality of Montenegro, the people of Central Continent saw that they were on the right track. It had always been the suzerain country that influenced the culture of Dongying.

Perhaps, it is also a good thing, Kawamoto Shigeyoshi sighed softly in his heart, the east is prosperous, coexistence and common prosperity, we must keep up with the eyes of Prince Montenegro, big picture, big courage.

(End of this chapter)