Although the person involved, Zhou Changfeng, was quite relaxed and at ease, the past few days had been extremely miserable for Xia Xiaoshi.
After returning home, she would inevitably have to be questioned in detail by her parents. After all, how could she underestimate the life-long event of her daughter? Although tuberculosis is no longer an incurable disease in recent years, the long-standing fear will not disappear in just a few years.
Xia Bing and Gao Lingling were also quite speechless. They were very pleased with Zhou Changfeng, but why did they develop tuberculosis inexplicably?
Xia's father and Xia's mother definitely hope that their prospective son-in-law can recover safely, but if the disease is really stubborn and difficult to cure, they must not waste most of their daughter's life.
Xia Xiaoshi, who knew the truth, was the most helpless. Qin Zizhen had warned that this matter should not be made public, even her parents could not disclose it for the time being.
Zhou Changfeng wrote her a letter two days ago, saying that the matter needed to be settled properly, so he was going to the Ministry of War to take the initiative to confess.
After receiving the letter last night, she thought about it for several hours, tossing and turning on the bed in confusion, and didn't fall asleep until midnight.
As a result, I received another phone call from the Criminal Division of the Military Justice Department this afternoon - Ms. Xia, the crime committed by your fiancé Zhou Changfeng has been tried. In addition to the cane and fine, he will be sentenced to half a year in prison. Relatives can Visiting, cut and dried.
At that time, Qin Zizhen said that this matter was not serious and that he should be given a lighter sentence, but why is he still squatting in a cage now?
One can imagine how confused Xia Xiaoshi was, but now that there is a formal notice, she can tell others.
"Interesting, if you are benevolent and righteous, you have not forgotten to serve the country. You have good intentions, but your actions are still impulsive and presumptuous. Young people... are young after all. It would be good for them to learn a lesson, which will be of great benefit to their future career." The calm Xia Bing said A very sincere evaluation.
Gao Lingling didn't take the punishment too seriously. She was relieved when she learned that there was no such thing as tuberculosis.
"I do feel that something is a little strange. According to the poem, the results are quite a lot. I don't say that the merit outweighs the fault, but at least it can offset it, right? Why is the sentence still heavier? Could it be..." She felt that the punishment would be a few months. Salary and dozens of military sticks are more reasonable, but the current results are somewhat abnormal.
Xia Xiaoshi also agreed with this point of view, and both mother and daughter immediately turned their attention to Xia Bing.
Could it be that those guys from the Military Justice Department wanted to use this to ask for bribes? Just like in ancient times, if you don't pay more, you will be detained longer and suffer more.
The latter didn't seem to take it seriously. He took a sip of the soup and said calmly: "Thinking too much? Who would use such clumsy means to imply bribery nowadays? Naturally, the person behind it was dissatisfied with this and deliberately It’s gotten a little worse.”
Even though he is quite casual in his behavior, it does not mean that Xia Bing is not shrewd. If he were not shrewd, he would not be where he is today, let alone his more than twenty years of official experience.
"Then...does it matter?" Xia Xiaoshi asked, a little nervous.
"It's okay. This kid hasn't offended anyone. No one will add insult to injury. On the contrary, someone is indispensable to help him. You can rest assured."
"Um."
"Also, in the future, when you two get married, you have to pay attention to these things." Xia Bing said slowly: "You must change your mentality in time. Being a wife is not just a change of title. Don't think that it is just for enjoyment. You must Keep things in order, otherwise your life will be a mess."
In fact, Xia Xiaoshi's worries were completely unnecessary. If she now knew about Zhou Changfeng's life in Qixiashan Prison, she would be shocked.
In contrast, the warden Yuan Huai felt helpless and embarrassed.
First of all, Zhu Lingjing specially sent someone to tell Zhou Changfeng that day - the merits and demerits must be clearly distinguished. You are acting too presumptuously. How can you behave yourself? Long memory.
In the next few days, a large number of generals asked people to ask questions, and some people came to visit in person. Not to mention the others, they were Huang Taize from the Third Brigade of the Imperial Guard, Pang Lingqi from the Garrison Command and Envoy, and Yang Zhen from the Oriental Fleet. Together with Xu Zhanming, Qixia Prison is already bigger than the rest of Qixia Prison!
Therefore, Zhou Changfeng had good food and drinks here. For example, the newspaper he wanted was not standard in the prison, so Yuan Huai sent someone to the city to buy it early in the morning.
On this day, Shen Yu's arrival made everyone in Qixia Prison dare not neglect him.
"I really have nothing to say, brother, you...hey!"
"It's okay. Just treat it as a half-year vacation. No one will bother you. It's so relaxing."
It seemed that he was not here for official business, but just for a personal visit, so Zhou Changfeng casually said haha.
With a helpless look on her face, Shen Yu took out a pack of unopened cigarettes, threw it away and asked, "Have you seen any other information at that time?"
"I told you, those are old things from more than ten or twenty years ago and are useless."
"Yes. The disguise and covert guidance doctrine you obtained is the most valuable. The Intelligence Department has not found all of them yet, but there are some others."
The great news brought by Shen Yu is about special operations units.
In the past, the teams of personnel who carried out raids lacked professionalism, and their operational levels varied, with fewer wins and more losses. Although last year's raid on the traitors in Batavia was a temporary one, its organization, plan, and The implementation is remarkable.
This made the officials of the imperial court realize the necessity of forming a special-purpose operational unit. Although there had been such suggestions before, there had been no impetus, so it has been delayed to this day.
"...For example, there is a guy in the Hebei Governor's Office who is very interested in this. He has repeatedly written letters and lobbied everywhere, but with little effect, so he cannot support it."
"It's not a big problem. It's not too late to set up now. Then... what is the specific solution?"
"I just heard about it, hearsay, there is no definite news yet." Shen Yu thought for a while and recalled: "It seems that a covert Yiluan Division was reestablished, with several teams under its jurisdiction, with a total of several hundred people. "
Oh, is this routine the same as "Special Service Group"?
The Yiluan Division was originally the official office in charge of palace etiquette in the Song Dynasty. It was also used in the early Ming Dynasty, but it was cut and renamed Jinyiwei not long after.
This time it was reestablished after hundreds of years. It was nominally affiliated to the Garrison Command and Envoy Department, but in fact it was independent and directly took orders from the Metropolitan Governor's Office. It was a very high-level special direct-administered unit.
Its establishment includes headquarters, reconnaissance team, service team, and four combat teams.
The first, second, and third combat teams each have three detachments. The detachment is a standard tactical unit with eleven people. The fourth combat team is different. It is a firepower unit equipped with combat anti-guns, mortars, and heavy machine guns. During actual combat, they will be assigned to the other three teams depending on the situation.
This special operations unit, numbered Geng 214, only has a total number of 200 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 engage in this immature field, the Ming Dynasty Special Operations Unit inevitably had many deficiencies and omissions in its training charter and organizational model, but it was still historic and groundbreaking.
The first special forces unit in the modern sense was thus born, although the new one now doesn't even have its own nickname.
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 better if he could take less detours.
There are few entertainment methods today, and there are even fewer entertainment methods in prison. It is no better than in later generations, a mobile phone and WIFI can entertain you from morning to night for ten and a half months. Zhou Changfeng felt bored after doing nothing for a few days.
So he got some pen and paper and wrote a few rough drafts, intending to organize and write a complete report in the next few months.
By the way, I would like to put forward some forward-looking and never outdated suggestions for the special forces of the Ming Army who have never met before.
During lunch on the first day in the middle of the month, Zhou Changfeng suddenly thought of the design idea for directional mines he had proposed to Wang Huanan when he visited Wang Huanan before leaving the country. He didn't know what the progress was now.
After returning home, I was so caught up in trivial matters that I almost forgot about this incident. I just said that I always felt like there was something deep in my heart, and it turned out to be true.
"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? We will convey it to you."
So Zhou Changfeng asked the military police to call the Yingtian Army Arsenal, named Wang Huanan to answer the phone, and then asked straight to the point about the progress of directional mines.
Later someone came to report and said: The theoretical verification is correct and effective, but there are still many difficulties that need to be overcome before it can become a qualified weapon. On the one hand, the power is unsatisfactory, almost adequate, but not outstanding; on the other hand, the current reliability is worrying. Overheating, excessive moisture, and excessive cold will cause the detonation rate to plummet.
This answer is reasonable - it has only been a few months, and the progress is not slow. There are too many conditions that need to be met for the same qualified weapon at the same time, and it is far from being as simple as imagined.
Moreover, the geographical location of the 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 can ignore or give less consideration to the reliability requirements in rainforests and tropical areas when designing a type of equipment; Germany and Russia do not need to worry about rainforests.
Even the United States, with its vast territory and rich environment, at least does not need to consider fighting in plateau areas.
In contrast, the Ming Dynasty was much more troublesome, and every detail had to be taken into consideration.
Also on this day, the trial results of the case of "members of the military expedition team left their posts without authorization, lied to their superiors and participated in the war privately" were published in the internal publications of the Ming Dynasty's army, navy and air force.
At the same time, the matter was also published in the Ming Dynasty's official military publication "Imperial Military News", thus making it known to the public.
Although the audience of "Military Daily" was limited, other private newspapers, as if they had discovered a new world, reprinted this extremely attractive news one after another.
The message sent by telegraph spread all over the country at the speed of light. The newspaper that was quick to move was reprinted in the Youshi evening issue that night, and the slow move was also published in the Mao hour morning issue the next day.
One day and one night, this matter became known to the whole country.
In the following days, the news continued to spread, and many newspapers published some interesting editorials.
The so-called editorial is a long comment made by a newspaper publication on hot current events, and it often uses it to explain its own views and political opinions.
As a result, many newspapers with different political stances started tit-for-tat as usual, and the editorials on this matter gradually moved from the back pages to the front page. "Jiangnan Minbao" even published it on the front page.
"Father, this matter is quite interesting. As far as newspapers and periodicals are concerned, although people's opinions on it vary, most of them praise it, many of them are quite pertinent, and there are only a few negative comments."
The sun was setting in the west, and the emperor, the crown prince, and the princess were rarely seen walking together by the Mochou Lake.
The bright red sunset is reflected on the sparkling lake, as if wisps of flames are rolling.
After the crown prince answered, the emperor, who was walking with his hands behind his back, nodded slightly, "Where are your opinions? Tell me."
"Ordinary people only care about whether it is right or not. For those who respect their country, the fact that Zhou led foreign soldiers and horses to achieve great results in Folangji and came back with many achievements undoubtedly makes them very proud."
"The left-wingers and others are naturally full of praise for this; as for the rest of the middlemen... this move does not violate benevolence, justice and morality. Although they are watching the excitement, at least they will not criticize it."
The emperor said "hmm" without comment. He was silent for a while before speaking again: "Do you see it? People who usually argue endlessly can sometimes remain consistent. If you peek at the leopard, you can see the current affairs, trends of thought, and public sentiment."
"Looking at hundreds of large and medium-sized private newspapers and periodicals, less than half are right-leaning. In recent years, more and more neutrals have switched to right-leaning. I feel that this... is not good, and it will easily become unbalanced in the future." Zhu Lizheng once again expressed his concerns to the emperor.
The emperor replied leisurely: "This is the situation. It can be slowed down but not reversed."
Zhu Lizheng was silent for a few seconds, then changed the topic, "Not only the military, but many private businessmen also covet Nanyang. This year, the argument that 'there will be a war between the East and the West, and victory sooner rather than later' has become more and more popular."
"Aren't you tired of worrying about this day and night?" the emperor asked with a smile.
This made the two people behind him stunned. Zhu Licheng smiled bitterly and said: "My son still regards the world as his own responsibility. The undercurrents of the country and the country are surging. I dare not care about the torrential flood after my death."
Not to mention not caring about the raging floods after death. With the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, if you dare to mess around, you may be swept away by the floods while you are still alive!
Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself on Meishan Mountain. We can't hang ourselves on Shenlie Mountain, right?
"Everyone will say, 'Governing a big country is like cooking a small dish.' But few can really do it patiently." The emperor stopped and looked to the west in the direction of the setting sun. "In this chaotic world today, Given the situation, it is absolutely impossible to avoid a war, so instead of worrying about whether it will happen sooner or later, it is better to consider how to take advantage of the situation."
"what do you mean?"
"This must be dealt with based on public opinion, current circumstances, and the behavior of other countries. Each has its own reasons for striking first or striking later."
Zhu Li, who had a complex expression on his face, hesitated to speak. After a while, he sighed: "I don't know why, Father, the current Ming Dynasty gives me a sense of... losing control. It seems that no matter how hard I try and devote myself, it can't be completely correct in the end. "
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