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Chapter 211 Chapter [-] Vacation in disguise; spread to the outside world

Although the client, Zhou Changfeng, was quite at ease, the past few days have been extremely frustrating for Xia Xiaoshi.

After returning home, she will inevitably have to be questioned in detail by her parents. After all, how can the lifelong affairs of her own daughter be underestimated?Although tuberculosis is no longer an incurable disease in recent years, the fear accumulated over the years will not disappear in just a few years.

Xia Bing and Gao Linglu were also quite speechless, they were very pleasing to Zhou Changfeng when he looked left and right, but why did they get tuberculosis out of nowhere?
Xia's father and Xia's mother definitely hope that the prospective son-in-law can recover safely, but if the chronic illness is really incurable, they must not ruin most of their daughter's life.

Xia Xiaoshi, who knew the truth, was the most helpless. Qin Zizhen had told her that this matter should not be made public, and even her parents should not reveal it for the time being.

Zhou Changfeng wrote her a letter two days ago, saying that this matter needs to be settled properly, so he went to the Ministry of War to confess on his own initiative.

After receiving the letter last night, she thought wildly for several hours, and tossed and turned on the bed in distraught, she didn't fall asleep until midnight.

As a result, this afternoon I received another call from the Criminal Division of the Military Judiciary—Miss Xia, the crime committed by your fiancé Zhou Changfeng has been judged. Visitation, really.

Didn't Qin Zizhen say that this matter was not a big deal at the time, and she should be dealt with lightly, but why are she still in a cage now?

It is conceivable how confused Xia Xiaoshi was, but now that there is an official notice, she can tell others.

"Interesting, if you don't forget to serve the community in addition to benevolence and righteousness, your heart is kind, but your actions are still impulsive and presumptuous. Young people... are young after all, and it's good to learn a lesson, which will be of great benefit to their future career." The calm Xia Bing gave A very sincere evaluation.

Gao Linglu didn't take the punishment too seriously, and was relieved when she learned that there was no such thing as tuberculosis.

"I feel a little strange. According to the poem, this achievement is quite a lot. Not to mention that the merits outweigh the demerits, at least it can be offset? Why is the sentence still heavier? Could it be..." She felt that the punishment was several months. Salary and dozens of batons are more reasonable, but the current result is a bit abnormal.

Xia Xiaoshi also agreed with this point of view, and the eyes of both mother and daughter turned to Xia Bing at once.

Could it be that those guys from the Military Justice Department wanted to use this to extort bribes?Just like in ancient times, if you don’t pay more money, you will be locked up for more time and suffer more crimes.

The latter didn't seem to care about it. He took a sip of the soup and said unhurriedly: "Thinking too much? Who would use such clumsy means to imply bribery nowadays. Naturally, the people behind the scenes are dissatisfied with this and deliberately It's getting heavier."

Even though he behaves quite casually, it does not mean that Xia Bing is not shrewd. If he is not shrewd, he would not be able to make it to today, let alone his more than twenty years of officialdom experience.

"Then...does it matter?" Xia Xiaoshi asked a little nervously.

"It's okay. This kid has never offended anyone. No one will make trouble. On the contrary, there must be someone to help you. You can rest assured."

"Ah."

"Also, when the two of you get married in the future, you have to take care of these things." Xia Bing said slowly: "You have to change your mentality in time. Being a wife is not just about changing your title. Don't think it's just for fun. Keep your internal affairs in order, otherwise this day will be a mess."

In fact, Xia Xiaoshi's worries are completely unnecessary, if she now knows about Zhou Changfeng's life in Qixiashan Prison, she will be shocked.

In contrast, Yuan Huai, the warden, felt helpless and embarrassed.

First of all, Zhu Lingjing specially sent someone over to deliver a message to Zhou Changfeng that day—the merits and demerits must be clearly distinguished, you are acting too presumptuously, how decent is it to talk about yourself?long memory.

In the next few days, a large group of generals asked people to ask questions, and some people came to visit in person, regardless of others, just Huang Taize from the Third Brigade of the Imperial Guard, Pang Lingqi from the Commander of the Garrison, and Yang Zhen from the Eastern Fleet. He and Xu Zhanming have already made Qixia Prison the first and second big!

So Zhou Changfeng eats and drinks here. For example, the newspaper he wants is not standard in the prison, so Yuan Huai even sent someone to the city to buy it early in the morning.

On this day, Shen Yu's arrival made Qixia prison even more afraid to neglect.

"I really have nothing to say, brother, you... hey!"

"It's okay, just treat it as a half-year long vacation, no one disturbs you, how leisurely you are."

It seemed that he didn't come here for official business, but just came to visit in his personal capacity, so Zhou Changfeng casually laughed.

With a helpless face, Shen Yu took out a pack of unopened cigarettes, threw it over and asked, "Did you see any other information at that time?"

"Like I said, those are old things from ten or twenty years ago, so they are useless."

"Well. The camouflage and concealment directives you got are the most valuable. The intelligence department has not found them all yet, but there are some others."

The great news brought by Shen Yu is about special operations units.

In the past, the teams that carried out raid missions were lacking in professionalism, and their operational levels were also uneven, with fewer victories and more defeats. Last year’s raid on the rebels in Batavia was a temporary rush, but its organization, planning, Implementation is remarkable.

This made the court officials realize the necessity of setting up special-purpose action units. Although there were such suggestions before, there was no impetus, so it has been delayed until now.

"...For example, there is a guy in the Hebei Governor's Mansion who is very concerned about this. He has repeatedly written letters and lobbied everywhere, but the results are minimal, so he cannot support it."

"It's not a big problem, and it's not too late to form it now. Then... what is the specific method?"

"I just heard about it. It's just hearsay, but there's no definite news yet." Shen Yu thought for a while, and recalled: "It seems that there is a new Yiluan Division to deceive people's ears, with several teams under its jurisdiction, with a total of several hundred people. "

Oh, is this routine the same as "Secret Service"?

Yiluansi was originally the official office in charge of palace etiquette in the Song Dynasty, and it was also used in the early Ming Dynasty, but it was cut off and changed to Jinyiwei not long after.

This time, it was re-established after hundreds of years. It was nominally attached to the commander of the garrison, but in fact it was independent. It was directly under the command of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and it was a very high-level special directly-administered unit.

Its establishment includes the headquarters, the reconnaissance team, the service team, and four combat teams.

The first, second, and third combat teams each have three sub-units, which are standard tactical units with 11 people; the fourth combat team is different. It is a firepower unit equipped with anti-war guns, mortars, and heavy machine guns. Depending on the situation, they will be assigned to the other three teams.

The total number of special operations units numbered Geng 200 is only [-] people, but it has gathered many talents carefully selected from the Ming army, and it can definitely be called the elite of the elite.

Since it was the first time to involve this immature field, there were inevitably many deficiencies and omissions in the training regulations and organizational models of the Ming Special Operations Unit, but this was still historic and groundbreaking.

The first special force in the modern sense was thus born, although the newborn it does not even have its own nickname now.

Shen Yu didn't even know the details, and Zhou Changfeng didn't even know.

However, he rightly felt that he should give some help to some extent, and it would be a little bit less detours.

Nowadays, there are few entertainment methods, and there are even fewer entertainment methods in prisons. It is no different from later generations who can spend ten days and a half months with a mobile phone and WIFI. Zhou Changfeng feels bored after doing nothing for a few days.

So he asked for a pen and paper, roughly wrote a few drafts, and planned to organize and write a complete report in the next few months.

By the way, some forward-looking and never outdated suggestions are put forward for the special forces of the Ming army who have never met before.

At lunch on the first day in the middle of the month, Zhou Changfeng suddenly thought of the design idea of ​​the directional mine that he visited Wang Huan'an before leaving the country and proposed to him, and he didn't know how it was progressing now.

After returning to China, I was entangled in trivial matters, and almost forgot about them, so I said why I always felt that there was something in my heart, as expected.

"By the way, are you allowed to make a phone call?"

"According to the rules, it's not allowed, but...Mr. Zhou, who do you want to talk to on the phone? Let's convey it for you."

So Zhou Changfeng asked the gendarmes to call Yingtian Army Arsenal, asked Wang Huanan to answer the phone by name, and then straight to the point asked about the progress of the directional mines.

Someone came to report later, and replied: The theoretical verification is correct and effective, but there are still many difficulties to be overcome before becoming a qualified weapon.On the one hand, the power is unsatisfactory, almost qualified, but not brilliant; on the other hand, the current reliability is worrying. Overheating, excessive humidity, and excessive cold will cause the detonation rate to plummet.

This answer is reasonable - it's only been a few months, and the progress is not slow. There are too many conditions that need to be met at the same time for a qualified weapon, which is far from being as simple as imagined.

Moreover, the geographical location of Ming Dynasty determines that the projection range of military power covers mountains, rainforests, frigid zones, tropics, deserts, plateaus, etc. These multiple environmental requirements undoubtedly increase the difficulty of design.

For example, countries such as Sweden and Norway do not need to consider, or less consider, reliability requirements in rainforests and tropical areas when designing Type I equipment; Germany and Russia do not need to worry about rainforests.

Even the United States, which has a vast territory and rich environment, at least does not need to consider fighting in plateau areas.

In contrast, Daming is much more troublesome, and has to take care of everything.

It was also on this day that the trial results of the case of "members of the military expedition team leaving their posts without permission, lying to their superiors and participating in the war privately" were published in the internal publications of the three armed forces of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, this matter was also published in the official military journal of Ming Dynasty, "Imperial Army Daily", so it became known to the public.

Although the audience of "Military Daily" is limited, other non-governmental newspapers reprinted this attractive news one after another as if they had discovered a new world.

The message sent by the telegram was spread across the country at the speed of light. The fast-moving newspapers reprinted it in the Youshi Evening Magazine that night, and the slow-moving ones were also published in the Maoshi Morning Magazine the next day.

One day and one night, this matter was known to the north and south of the river.

In the next few days, the news continued to ferment, and many newspapers published some interesting editorials.

The so-called editorials are long-form comments made by newspapers and publications on hot current events, and often use them to express their own views and political opinions.

As a result, many newspapers with different political stances confronted each other as usual, and editorials on this matter gradually moved from the back pages to the front pages, and Jiangnan Min Bao simply published it on the front page.

"Father, this matter is interesting. As far as the newspapers and periodicals are concerned, although the folks have different opinions on it, most of them praise it, many of them are quite pertinent, and there are very few negative ones."

The setting sun was setting, and the emperor, the crown prince, and the princess were walking along the banks of Mochou Lake, which was rarely seen together.

The bright red sunset is reflected on the sparkling lake, as if strands of flames are rolling.

After the crown prince answered, the emperor, who was walking with his hands behind his back, nodded slightly, "What about your opinion, tell me."

"Ordinary people only care about whether they like themselves or not. For those who respect the nation, Zhou, who commanded foreign soldiers and horses, achieved outstanding results in Flangji, and returned with many achievements, which undoubtedly makes them very proud."

"The leftists and others are naturally full of praise for this; as for the rest of the middlemen... this move does not violate benevolence and morality, at least they will not criticize it while watching the excitement."

The emperor let out a "hmm" and was noncommittal. He was silent for a while before he spoke again: "Have you seen it? People who are usually arguing endlessly can sometimes be consistent. If you look at the leopard, you can see current events, trends of thought, and public opinion."

"Looking at a hundred large and medium-sized newspapers and periodicals among the people, less than half are right-leaning. In recent years, more and more neutral people have turned to the right. I feel that this...is not good, and it is very easy to lose balance in the future." Zhu Liqie once again expressed his concerns to the emperor.

The emperor replied leisurely: "The current situation is like this, it can be slowed down and irreversible."

Zhu Liqie was silent for a few seconds, then changed the subject, "Not only the military, but also many merchants in the private sector are also coveting Nanyang. This year, the argument that 'there is bound to be a war between east and west, and early victory is better than late war' has become more and more popular."

"Aren't you tired of worrying about this day and night?" the emperor asked back with a smile.

This stunned the two people behind him, Zhu Liqie said with a wry smile: "My son still takes the world as his own responsibility, and there are undercurrents surging in the country and society, so I dare not care about the torrential flood after death."

Not to mention the flood after death, but with Daming's current state, if he dared to mess around, he might be swept away by the flood while he was still alive!
Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself on Meishan Mountain, so we can’t go to Shenlie Mountain to hang ourselves, right?

"Everyone will say 'governing a big country is like cooking a small fish', but few can really do it patiently." The emperor stopped and looked towards the direction of the setting sun in the west, "in this chaotic world The situation, the war is absolutely impossible to avoid, instead of worrying about sooner or later, it is better to consider how to take advantage of the trend."

"what do you mean?"

"This has to be dealt with based on public opinion, the current situation, and the behavior of other countries. Preemptive strikes and late strikes have their own reasons."

Zhu Liqie with a complicated complexion hesitated to speak, and after a while, he sighed: "I don't know why, father, the current Daming gives me a feeling of...out of control, it seems that no matter how hard I try and devote myself, I can't be called completely right in the end. "

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