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Chapter 118 Who Is Manipulating Behind the Scenes?

Shen Yu, with complex eyes, waved his hand, and said with some confusion:

"You are a soldier, so it's normal to not understand these circles. Don't think too clearly about the government. If you don't get involved in it, don't drill into the camp, no matter how hard you work, you will be a brigadier general... If you die, you can become a major general in your ears."

"But it's not the past now. Do you know how bizarre it is for you to be transferred to the Marine Corps? There were nearly [-] people competing for the two positions. They were all settled, but someone put you in it. You are lucky. , into the eyes of a certain big shot, the more you do this, the more you have to learn that way."

"If you think about Qi Jiguang and Qi Shaobao, he is not only good at leading soldiers, but also has a lot of thoughts. He has an unusual relationship with Hu Meilin and Zhang Taiyue. He has given gifts a lot, and he has a good relationship with his colleagues. Skill alone cannot make a big impact. You have to know how to drill, and so do you."

"Don't be contemptuous. Ask yourself, do you want to be a great general? It doesn't matter if you suffered a small loss today, recognize the facts, and be smarter in the future. Don't forget me, Brother Zhou, when you become famous in the future."

It happened that Zhao Hanfeng pushed the door and came out, and Shen Yu who had just finished speaking immediately withdrew and walked in.

Seeing that Zhou Changfeng's face was not very good-looking, Zhao Hanfeng realized that maybe he just went in to discuss something and failed, so he didn't bother him, just said hello and left.

After a while, Shen Yu came out.

He raised the list in Yang's hand, and said nonchalantly, "Let's go, what are you still doing there?"

In fact, Shen Yu wanted to be an empty-handed white wolf, but considering that Wang Zengxiang, an old man in the Ming Dynasty, might not be easy to deal with, so he switched to the stupid method of giving gifts.

Wang Zengxiang was also unambiguous, he took the money to do things, revised and stamped it in a few swipes, neat and unsloppy, as if the unhappiness just didn't exist at all.

Both Zhou Changfeng and Shen Yu didn't speak a word, they just walked away from the official office of the Ministry of War silently.

After waiting outside, the former asked in a low voice, "How much did you spend?"

"You don't care about this, you don't have much money, it's just a trivial matter." Seeing Shen Yu who didn't care at all, she stretched out her index finger and shook, "It's time for dinner, if you have a good treat, don't I want to let go."

In fact, he had spent four [-]-yen checks in one go before. Although it was not necessary to carry a pile of cash and banknotes with him, it was his habit to carry a few bad checks, which really came in handy.

If you say he is a good guy, it certainly doesn't count. The money is not spent in vain, it is actually a disguised investment.

Emphasis on love and righteousness, but you have to think about yourself, right?
Obviously Zhou Changfeng is a good match, such a person is very suitable to be a friend and a brother, and when he is on the rise, he will take care of himself more or less. It is not a lie that one person can ascend to heaven.

Even though [-] yuan is a large sum of money now, Shen Yu thinks it is worth it. After all, investment is investment, and there is always a risk of not getting back the capital.

The two drove all the way to a big restaurant in Zhongcheng District, and Shen Yu unceremoniously ordered a lot of extravagant things this time.

Not to mention anything else, just a braised large yellow croaker filled with soup costs 26 yuan.

Wild large yellow croakers have always been quite expensive. Throughout the ages, if you have no money, you can’t afford to eat them. It’s not expensive for three or two weights, a hundred yuan; Hundreds or even thousands of dollars.

Liquor is also a high-end product in Fenjiu, and eight taels cost as much as eighteen yuan.

"Sweet, sweet, mellow, fragrant, tsk tsk... No wonder the ancients called wine the beauty of heaven." Shen Yu with a calm expression took the delicate small wine cup, shook it, sniffed it, and then poured the fine wine Drank it down.

Zhou Changfeng was absent-minded at the moment. He thought for a while and asked, "What did you say about the selection of the two captains of the Marine Corps? Someone secretly manipulated it? Logically speaking, it shouldn't be."

"It's really weird. First of all, you can be sure that someone big has taken a fancy to you, but it's still unknown who it is." Shen Yu replied.

Zhou Changfeng nodded thoughtfully, "Although it's a good thing, but this feeling... To be honest, it's not very good. I always feel like I'm being manipulated by someone, like a pawn."

"I understand how you feel. What we know now is that several people from the Navy Department and some from the Eastern Fleet received the letter almost at the same time, and immediately agreed to change candidates one after another."

"I just said why the Navy Department called me inexplicably that day."

"There are really not many people who can do things to this level. They are all powerful people, but what makes people puzzled is..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Changfeng continued, "Why is that man hiding so deeply?"

Shen Yu shrugged, "It means he doesn't want the outside world to know that you belong to him."

After a while, Zhou Changfeng tapped on the table lightly, and said hesitantly: "And the strange thing is, the big man who can change the navy's mind...why didn't he just issue an order to the imperial army, instead, he made a big detour and asked the navy to send someone to find me ? It's like digging a wall."

"As I said, I don't want others to know that you are his."

"Ah."

Shen Yu, who had some playful eyes, smiled slightly, "This is a great thing, soaring to the top is just around the corner. Brother Zhou, what's your name? No matter how lucky you are, you can't stop it."

"Oh, blessing and misfortune, don't forget that I have squeezed out the positions of many people, maybe how many people will hate me."

"It's good that you know it, so you need to be more careful, so as not to be raped by others."

After a while, two waiters served dishes one after another.

The two toasted to each other and drank, and then put the matter behind them, it is better to enjoy the food and wine in time, otherwise, wouldn't this meal worth more than a quarter of the monthly salary be wasted?
Some people are happy and others are sad. When the two of them were feasting, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the Forbidden City looked gloomy.

In Geneva, the private peace negotiations between the Ming and British representatives after the League of Nations Congress have come to fruition.

The Ming side asked the British side to publicly announce the abolition of the William-Henry boundary line. The latter refused, but promised that it would never make a fuss about the area south of Uzbekistan in the future.

In fact, the British are really hopeless now, lacking the effective ability to contain Ming Dynasty's invasion of Nanyang in the Far East, but they are unwilling to lower their noble heads and lose the glory of the British Empire in the world, so they can only twitch A pinch means that big concessions can be made, but they cannot be made public.

Such a performance really lives up to the saying of "paper tiger".

This gave great encouragement to the radicals in the DPRK and China, and made many people almost unable to hold back their ambitions.

"England after the European War seems to be still brilliant, but their sun is already going downhill." Zhu Liqie put away a copy of the original book, "However, 'a centipede is dead but not stiff' is not a lie, I am afraid that a national war will be needed It takes one shot to bring it down completely."

He sighed: "Many people in the court are too frivolous. The country is about the safety of the country and the fate of the dynasty. How can they be rash?"

(End of this chapter)