Chapter 374 Assuming the new Imperial Military Intelligence Bureau
Chapter 374 Taking over the new Imperial Military Intelligence Bureau
Author: Back to business
Chapter 374 Taking over the new Imperial Military Intelligence Bureau
Artero heard bad news and good news early in the morning.
Bad news: The Military Intelligence Bureau is about to have a new deputy director take office. Since the last time the director and deputy director were dismissed by His Majesty the Emperor, the happy time of Major General Atero and several major generals will soon come to an end.
Good news: the deputy director is his brother.
Artero also couldn't understand why Hanton, who was fighting on the front line, was suddenly transferred to the Military Intelligence Bureau, but the Military Intelligence Bureau had indeed encountered a series of difficult problems recently.
Of course, they certainly can't let White Ghost take the blame.
Artero understands Hanton's ability, and he feels that as long as Hanton is willing to take action, these small problems will be solved.
Artero picked up the special communicator and was about to notify all departments to prepare for the arrival of the white ghost. However, out of professional sense and his own caution, Artero hesitated and decided... to call his third uncle first.
, explain the current situation.
When the call was connected, his third uncle's old voice always made Artero feel particularly at ease.
"Third uncle...there's something going on here..."
Artero simply said that White Ghost would soon come to the Military Intelligence Bureau as deputy director.
The third uncle pondered for a few times and said slowly: "Don't worry, it's because the higher-ups don't want White Ghost to be on the front line all the time. His reputation in the army is growing every day. This is something the higher-ups are more afraid of."
"Uh, what's this?"
Artero wondered:
"In recent years, hasn't Lieutenant General Thomas's reputation in the army been at its peak?"
"Artero, Thomas is different from the ghost. The higher-ups want to cultivate the white ghost into a sword in the hand, a controllable sword. Wherever the upper point points, the sword will stab. This is the transformation allowed by the higher-ups.
Considerations when people participate in politics.”
The third uncle sighed slightly:
"But the higher-ups did not expect that White Ghost would not hesitate to offend the imperial power and give up the close relationship with His Majesty the Great Emperor in order to maintain his prestige among the people.
"And we old men never expected that the White Ghost, who should have lost power, would rely on the gas bomb terrorist attack to decisively go to the territory of the New Federation and destroy the CIA base, allowing the higher-ups to see his value again.
"This young man is very difficult. You can get along properly with him in the future. Don't delay or slack off in the tasks he assigns. You must cooperate fully. In short, don't offend him or get too close to him.
"If my guess is correct, he will soon leave your Military Intelligence Bureau, and he will be rotated through various more sensitive departments in the empire, but the bottom line is that he is not allowed to cultivate his own direct lineage.
"Remember? My dear silly nephew."
"Okay Third Uncle, I understand everything," Atero's steep eyebrows raised upwards, "Don't exclude, don't approach, treat him as a serious superior... Third Uncle, you always talk about the superior, isn't the superior the Emperor?
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"Don't ask too much about this. If you can sit in my position one day, you can see it."
The old man sighed slowly:
"If the white ghost can successfully marry Her Royal Highness Princess Daphne, he may have a chance to become a person above him in a hundred years. However, I always feel that this Hanton has some secrets hidden in him.
"Okay, I'm going to go for health treatment. Don't always call me if there's nothing important. Remember, you are His Majesty's servant now. Why don't you report it to your superiors at this time?"
Artero was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly understood.
After hanging up the communication with his third uncle, Artro sent the liaison officer beside His Majesty the Emperor, a maid from a certain tentacle organization, the news that the white ghost was about to arrive at the Military Intelligence Bureau.
Soon, Atero received a reply, which contained the words dictated by His Majesty the Emperor:
'Find him something more to do.'
Artero sat there deep in thought.
Your Majesty, this is it. Do you still remember those two stupid sentences?
My memory is really good.
…
Most of the Military Intelligence Bureau works in a decentralized manner. For example, before Atero was promoted to Major General, he had been working at an intelligence gathering point, and meetings were all projection video conferences on the Military Intelligence Bureau's exclusive network.
The same goes for the director and deputy director, who are like nails stuck in key locations throughout the empire, scattered in bases.
Apart from the Military Intelligence Bureau, only the Empire Network Center is laid out in this way. The latter is mainly to maintain the Empire's unified network.
Considering that Yang Ming and Artero were relatively familiar with each other, Yang Ming's induction ceremony was held at the intelligence personnel training base where Artero was currently located.
Artero was very interested.
He held a grand welcoming ceremony for the heroes returning from the front line.
The entire welcome ceremony started from the underground dock. On both sides of the dock, a group of virtual images were printed, with simple, direct and enthusiastic slogans such as 'Warmly welcome the white ghost'.
The instructors and students in the base were all mobilized. The men put on imperial military uniforms, and the women put on miniskirts and short shirts. They lined up in two lines on both sides of the dock and on the road leading to the underground base.
In the current structure of the Military Intelligence Bureau, there are six acting deputy directors, more than 30 directors of the Intelligence Division, more than 160 main heads of various departments, and thousands of heads of intelligence stations, all of which use real or virtual
Projected images and participated in the welcome ceremony.
They even waited two galactic hours longer.
Atero stood in front of a group of projections, wearing a straight dress and holding a civilized stick in his hand. His face, which was somewhat ordinary in the Sherman Empire, always had an indelible smile.
Buzz——
Amidst the slight noise, the dock door hundreds of meters high slowly opened, and a beam of stellar light shone below.
Artero looked up and saw the blue sky and white clouds, and then his vision was filled by the hull of the Imperial transport ship.
Wow, here he comes.
Under the support of the magnetic field at the bottom of the dock, the ship slowly came to a stop. Fixed brackets and gallery bridges were protruded from both sides of the dock. The middle hatch of the transport ship slowly opened, revealing two figures.
The white ghost stands with his hands behind his back.
The beautiful imperial singer Daphne wore a fluffy and elegant dress and stood quietly behind the white ghost.
Without Atero's greeting, the young people around him began to applaud vigorously. Many young female students moved towards the main passage, but they were far less enthusiastic than the male students.
"god!"
One man shouted: "You are our god!"
Suddenly there were shouts and shouts all around.
Yang Ming smiled and raised his hand to wave, then strode down the bridge and hugged Atero with open arms.
Several maids appeared behind Her Highness Daphne, following her slowly... Looking at the situation in front of her, no one was asking her for an autograph or anything.
Artero smiled and said: "My dear Mr. Ghost, it is really an honor for our intelligence officers that you can come to the Military Intelligence Bureau system!"
"It's been so long since we last seen each other, why have you become so hypocritical?"
Yang Ming sneered and raised his hand to hammer Artero's shoulder. Artero covered his shoulder and grinned.
"Come here, I've prepared a sumptuous cafeteria meal for you... Oh, no, I forgot to entertain Her Highness Daphne. Look at my stupidity."
Artero trotted towards Daphne, but was stopped a few meters away by Daphne's maid.
"General," Daphne said with a smile, "just entertain Hanton. I just want to spend some time with Hanton, so I came here shamelessly."
"Please forgive my rudeness, Your Royal Highness, these are officials of our intelligence system."
Behind Atero, a group of projections floated over and greeted Daphne.
Yang Ming's place was still lively. A large group of young men came up and gathered around Yang Ming frantically asking for autographs.
These young people who have not yet graduated from this base do not have the determination and courage of an 'agent' at this moment; compared with the CIA base in the New Federation, Yang Ming feels that the students there are more professional.
Of course, there is nothing wrong with this. Young people always need to be more energetic.
"Mr. Ghost! I have watched your speech dozens of times. Did you declare war on the corrupt nobles of the empire?"
"Yes," Yang Ming nodded with a smile, "I think that in the interstellar era, technology has brought productivity improvements, but to a large extent there has been no feedback to the ordinary people. This is because there is this part of the corrupt privileged class that greedily absorbs the people's energy.
Blood and the Wealth of Society.”
"Aren't you worried that the great nobles will target and retaliate against you?"
"My parents already live on the Emperor Star, so I have no worries. They can take revenge on me at any time, but as long as it's not the large-caliber main gun of the spaceship, I have nothing to fear."
A burst of applause suddenly erupted from the surrounding area.
"Are you going to be the deputy director of our Military Intelligence Bureau?"
"It should be," Yang Ming said with a smile, "Now the war on the frontline has stabilized, and there are no signs of a big war for the time being. His Majesty transferred me to the Military Intelligence Bureau, probably because he wants to use the empire's intelligence system to compete with those decadent nobles.
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"Mr. Ghost, the war on the front line was very tragic, right? After you saw the situation after that tragic war, did you ever regret giving that inspirational speech?"
The surrounding voices suddenly became quiet, and a group of people turned to stare at the female student who asked the question; the latter pursed her lips, but still stared at Yang Ming.
Obviously, this is a pacifist.
Yang Ming said seriously:
"There are no regrets after war, only fighting and sacrifice. War is never right. The destruction of human civilization by war is far greater than the stimulation of human technology by war.
"But please note that war is not our active option. If we are indifferent to the New Federation assassinating the top leaders of an entire department of the empire, what will happen next? It will be an intensified erosion and a more rampant attack. This war
It started a long time ago, from the time they squeezed the living space of hundreds of billions of people in the empire, from the time they continued to invade our internal systems. Remember, the empire has long been at the pinnacle of the galaxy. They are the challengers, and they are the initiators of the war.
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"As the beneficiaries of the empire's power, as imperial people, what we should be thinking about is not how to criticize the imperial army that defends this powerful empire, but to face the real demons that provoke us."
After Yang Ming finished speaking, he shook his head at the female student. The latter tried to say something, but several students had already gathered around and stopped her behind.
Someone should have some intellectual talk with her later.
Artero had already rushed over, glanced at the female student, smiled and asked Yang Ming to go to the office area.
Of course Yang Ming wouldn't mind this girl's problem.
He just felt that it was not enough.
The speed of the imperial train is far from enough at this moment.
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After the welcome ceremony, the projections of the heads of various departments of the Military Intelligence Bureau dispersed, and Her Royal Highness Princess Daphne began to visit the entire base.
In the newly decorated deputy director's office, Yang Ming and Artero sat down on the sofa in the corner.
Artro asked in a low voice: "Are you looking for some beauties to come and have a drink with us? There are many students here who will do some private work for their future and empire coins."
"Do you want to experience Daphne's jealousy?"
Yang Ming asked with a smile.
"Of course not."
Atero raised his eyebrows, crossed his legs, and said warmly:
"My third uncle said, you may only be here for a while. Let us cherish this time. What do you want to do? I know a great sea view scenic spot, and there are some nearby that are famous in the Emperor Star Circle.
nightclub.
"Of course, if you want to bring Her Royal Highness Daphne with you, that's also possible. The royal family knows more about it than we do."
"I'm here to work."
"Are you serious?"
"Of course, I will aim to rectify the external affairs of the Military Intelligence Bureau and make some achievements here," Yang Ming said with a smile. "By the way, before I leave, I will help you deal with a few competitors."
"Well, I have no competitors. There are many vacant positions at the top level of the Military Intelligence Bureau. The reason is that the war broke out and the Military Intelligence Bureau needed manpower, so the original structure was not changed."
Artro looked thoughtful:
"If you want to make some achievements, it is actually very unwise to rectify the external department of the Military Intelligence Bureau, because it will take a long time. I can say clearly that without five to ten years of effort, there will be a lot of vacancies in this area.
Difficult to fill.
"But if we do something that His Majesty likes and is beneficial to the empire, it will be different. Not only can we get immediate results, but we can also earn a lot of political capital for us."
Yang Ming leaned sideways: "A nobleman?"
"Yes, I have a large number of evidence here that the big nobles embezzled the military expenditures of the local defense forces, but the various forces involved are too small for me to dare to tamper with."
Artero began to talk:
"Hanton, you may not be aware of the problem here.
"The local defense forces seem to have nothing to do with the great nobles who own the territory. However, according to a bill promulgated by the empire a long time ago, in order to protect the noble territories, the local defense forces will increase beyond the standard, that is, increase above the original standard.
The over-expenditure of military expenses caused by the warships was shared between the imperial official, local finance, and the local nobles who owned the territory. The ratio was 5:3:2. A method often used by the nobles was to hang their private fleets for local defense.
As the army increases, use the empire's money to support your own ships.
"However, this is a more routine and less harmful approach.
"When the hereditary nobles extended their hands to the local defense forces, all kinds of corruption and theft of local military funds became common and common. When the last insect plague broke out, there was a serious lack of combat power in the local fleets. On paper
The problem of combat forces being unable to reach the designated battlefield.
"Now that we are fighting on the front line, there is a huge gap in military expenditures. I think it is time to harvest a wave of these extremely rich pigs."
Artro spoke for a moment.
"Only you can do this, Hanton."
Yang Ming nodded and sat there, lost in thought.
Atero really did not disappoint him.
It can be said that this guy has no sense of the overall situation.
When a war begins on the front line, the most important thing is to maintain unity and stability at the rear, not to mention the fact that there are thousands of private fleets from nobles who are reinforcing the front line.
At this time, using the black hole of local military expenditures to target this group of nobles is not equivalent to raiding the homes of these private fleets?
Then... wouldn't he have one more fire within the empire?
However, Yang Ming is still more cautious.
The threat of Li is right above his head, and he can't make a wrong move now.
"My suggestion is to ask our third uncle."
"Uh, okay," Atero said with some distress, "Hanton, my brother, my idol, the two of us can handle the matter. My third uncle will definitely be very conservative. We just need to inform His Majesty in advance.
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"Our Military Intelligence Bureau is a department affiliated with the Military Ministry," Yang Ming said earnestly, "Your Majesty's favor has a time limit. Look at me, the Military Ministry's trust and support are the most important to you.
of."
Artero leaned back.
He wouldn't call the old emperor a big idiot...
"I'll contact them tonight."
"Okay, I'll take a rest first," Yang Ming stretched, "Take me to my residence."
"Follow me," Artero said with a smile, "I've prepared a little surprise for you."
The next chapter will be updated tomorrow. I’m taking half a day off to hang out with some senior authors from Shandong.