Blackstone Code

There has been a lot of commotion in the military region recently. On the third day after meeting Peleus, someone from the Northern Military Region also came to Bupen. Jiu

In fact, the relationship between these people and Lynch... has a strange sense of familiarity.

The Northern Military District now took over control of most of the Marillo area, with the exception of Austin.

The young president and the governors of the new five states have more or less something to do with Lynch.

Lynch is also very prestigious among the Marillo ruling class.

In the eyes of the Marillo people, through Lynch's operation, a considerable number of Marillo people became government officials in the new five states.

It also allowed some Mariroans to enter the federal Congress, giving them the opportunity to speak out on a higher political stage!

Lynch also has a good relationship with the young president, and he also has a lot of business in Marillo. Jiu

For example, infrastructure construction, or the purchase of tobacco leaves.

This is why although he has not made a public appearance in Marillo, people in Marillo are very familiar with him.

This also indirectly led to the Northern Military Region paying a lot of attention to Lynch. After all, he had done too many things, and he often did things that were shocking.

The purpose of the Northern Military Region coming here was to negotiate with the Ministry of National Defense, and at the same time, they also planned to meet Lin Qi.

It was through these people that Lynch learned about something unexpected but expected - one of Peleus's grandfathers was retiring!

Retirement in the true sense of the word!

"Their family controls two large military regions, and two-thirds of the federal army is under their control." Jiu

"The federal government's decision is very correct and very timely."

"If the power held by this family is not adjusted, they may really threaten the security of the federation."

"So, one of them is retiring."

The speaker was once Austin's boss, and they also received a lot of benefits while Austin was working for Lynch.

Lynch once donated a sum of money to them. It was not much for him, but for a certain company at the border station, it was a lot.

This was also the "friendship" formed at that time.

"This time the Ministry of National Defense came to us because it wanted to talk to us about the issue of successors..." Jiu

Lynch nodded thoughtfully. No wonder Peleus would meet with him under such circumstances and try to make peace between the two parties.

It turns out the federal government has them by the neck!

He was also a little curious, "Which one do you think they will give up?"

Peleus' family currently controls the central and southern military region of the Federation, which is mainly dominated by the army and air force.

The Eastern Naval District is purely naval. Although it has an army structure such as the Marine Stormtroopers, it is still biased towards the navy as a whole.

The colonel sitting across from Lynch gave him an answer without hesitation, "They will definitely abandon the Army."

He seemed to know that Lynch would definitely ask "why", so he explained before Lynch could continue to ask. Jiu

"The South-Central Military District seems to have a large territory, a large number of service members, and two large branches, the Army and the Air Force."

"But it is fixed and dead in that place, and the core interests of the Peleus family are still in the ocean."

"If they want to retain the interests of the Central and Southern Military Region, then they must give up their naval interests. This is precisely what they cannot accept."

“So don’t think too hard, we all know what they’re going to do!”

Although not much was said, Lin Qi already understood.

The biggest difference between the Army and the Navy is that the Army cannot travel around the federation or even the world in the name of "training" or "exercises" like the Navy does!

But the Navy can! Jiu

The Navy pulls the fleet out in the name of "training" or "exercises," and the federal government doesn't care where they go or what they do.

As long as they don't defect and ask for more money from the federal government, who the hell cares what they do?

Moreover, when the navy travels on the sea, its impact on the daily life of society is almost negligible, which is something that the army cannot do.

If a large-scale army moves, it will inevitably cause social tension and unrest.

At the same time, it would be too obvious if the army helped the capitalists.

The navy is different.

The navy can escort the federal shipping group, and they can even use cargo ships to carry out transportation tasks, or even smuggling! Jiu

At the same time, the naval fleet also has some daily military tasks, such as regularly cruising in certain ocean areas to enhance the prestige of the federation.

These have given the navy a lot of conveniences that the army cannot match.

Therefore, they will inevitably abandon the Central and Southern Army and continue to operate the Eastern Naval District.

"Do you have any ideas about the Central and South Military Region?" Lynch asked.

The colonel was no longer considered a low-level member of the army. In Lynch's opinion, his visit might also have some meaning from the higher-ups of the Northern Military Region.

Let's see if we can get some assistance from Lynch.

But what Lynch didn't expect was that he guessed wrong. Jiu

The colonel shook his head and explained, "The federal government and Congress have strengthened the power of the Department of Defense, and the Department of Defense is unhappy that the military has not allowed them to interfere in the internal affairs of the military over the years."

"The current generals with enough prestige are either unable to get away, or they have certain connections with the Peleus family."

"The Ministry of National Defense intends to temporarily transfer a civilian general with sufficient military rank from within the Ministry of Defense to take control of the overall situation."

"At the same time, in order to prevent the general from making a mess of the army due to his lack of front-line work experience."

"They recruited a large number of middle- and lower-level officers from the Northern Military Region to fill them in the Central and Southern Military Region..."

"I'm one of them."

"Actually, I've always wanted to visit you, Mr. Lynch." Jiu

"It's just that I haven't had time before. You know, we are under a lot of pressure and the tasks are very intensive."

"I was lucky enough to be transferred here this time, so I stopped by for a visit!"

Lynch felt that he had not told all the truth and had reservations.

But it doesn't matter, Lynch will let him know that he is absolutely sincere and tops when it comes to making friends.

In fact, there is something else that Lynch doesn't know about this matter.

The general election is around the corner, and Connor's approval rating in opinion polls is very high. Once Connor wins, it means that Lynch will continue his close relationship with the presidential palace.

The Minister of Defense is a member of the cabinet in the federal political system, and the list of cabinet members is drawn up by the federal president. Jiu

In other words, if nothing else happens, the power of the Central-Southern Military Region will be in the hands of the Ministry of National Defense, and Lynch can directly intervene in the work of the Ministry of National Defense and the Central-Southern Military Region through the Presidential Palace.

It was important for him to come in advance and get to know each other.

If you want to live comfortably in the Federation these days, you either have the support of big capital or you can take the high-level route.

There is no big capital support behind the colonel, so he can only take the high-level route.

Almost all the middle- and lower-level officers transferred this time came from the Northern Military Region. On the one hand, because the Western Military Region was directly divided into two military regions, they could not spare more manpower.

Secondly, the Ministry of National Defense does not want to use the personnel of the Eastern Naval District, so it can only transfer officers from the Northern Military District.

Of course, they can also promote some officers from the militia into the army, but the Ministry of National Defense hopes to recruit some "elite soldiers and generals" with war experience. Jiu

This is also a test by the Ministry of Defense.

What if the federal president and Congress forget about this?

The first general election after the war, and at the same time, there is a lot of corruption within the federal army. Never before has it been like now, giving the Ministry of National Defense the opportunity to directly control the military power!

After chatting for a while, Lynch invited the colonel and the officers from the north to sit down and chat together before sending the colonel away.

The federal government responded quickly and conducted a careful and careful investigation into the claims discussed in society that "the Peleus family firmly controls the federal army" and "the federal army is the private army of a certain family."

After the summer vacation, the federal government also announced the results of its investigation on the sex problem to the whole society.

The report stated that most of the contents of petitions in society and the corruption issues reflected in them do not exist and are unrealistic. Jiu

A small number of reports and issues with definite evidence have been dealt with seriously.

Other rumors were proven to be fake news, including accusations that the Peleus family firmly controlled the federal military.

Later, the Presidential Palace awarded Peleus's grandfather, the federal army general, a Federal Medal of Honor. At the same time, this general who had made many contributions during the war retired.

He didn’t even have the opportunity to retire in the Ministry of National Defense, so he just went home to retire!

As for the vacated Commander-in-Chief of the Central and Southern Military Region, considering that the internal problems within the army have not yet been rectified, the Ministry of National Defense temporarily dispatched a general to take over temporarily.

And a large number of officers were transferred from other military regions to fill them...

I can't say that everyone is satisfied with this result, but at least no one feels very dissatisfied. Jiu

The control of the Peleus family over the military power in the area south of the center of the Commonwealth had been abolished.

The Ministry of National Defense and Congress did not intend to beat them to death with a single blow, and temporarily handed over the management of the Eastern Naval District to them.

But everyone knows that it is almost impossible for them to continue to build the Eastern Naval District into their own paradise!

The decline, or even defeat, of the Peleus family may not take long.

Military-related reforms within Congress have increased the federal government's control over the military and weakened factionalism within the military. This is also an inevitable result of historical development.

Even without Lynch, in the end the federal government will not let the factions within the military continue to grow, and will also give them a blow at some point.

In the Federation in September, the flavor of the election campaign is getting stronger and stronger. Jiu

Even in Bupen, the streets and alleys are covered with various campaign posters and campaign manifestos...

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