Chapter 1624 Personnel Change
His Majesty the Emperor finally appeared before the full Privy Council for the first time ten years later and after the outbreak of war. This made the imperial ministers and generals who were impatient because the war situation had not progressed finally felt that they had a backbone.
Of course, we were in the middle of a war after all, so frontline commanders like Marshal Ikenluojia who were not members of the Privy Council also joined the Privy Council meeting held on December 17 through remote source wave communication.
The generals on the Seide front line felt that His Majesty, the god-like Emperor, was personally attending the Privy Council meeting, perhaps because he was preparing to hold accountable the previous "Abyss Alien Slaughter Project" that was a piece of cake, and they were all panic-stricken.
Even the neurotic generals who looked forward to death would inevitably tremble when imagining the thunderous wrath that His Majesty the Emperor might unleash, as if they were waiting for divine punishment.
Fortunately, Marshal Ikenluojia comforted them that His Majesty the Emperor is a magnanimous holy king and will never punish frontline generals who fulfill their duties. What's more, even if they really want to be held accountable, they will only ask him first.
Everyone was deeply moved, but looking at the old marshal's expression was like looking at a martyr who was bearing a heavy burden for everyone.
Of course, the Privy Council meeting in which His Majesty the Emperor participated was quite long. Probably because there were many topics discussed, it lasted for more than six hours. During this period, Marshal Ikenroga even left the conference room, had lunch with the generals, and had a casual short meeting.
"You guys, don't keep staring at me fearfully. We haven't talked about our topic this morning." Marshal Ikenluojia said.
Of course, the old marshal did not tell them what tariffs, world expansion, Privy Council personnel changes, etc. had been discussed in the morning. He, the majestic Marshal of the Empire, the commander of the Empire's far shore cluster, was sitting in the Privy Council, but he still sat like an ant.
His Majesty the Emperor occasionally asked questions about the Far Shore, but did not discuss it in depth. It seemed that he really used himself as an ordinary military intelligence secretary.
Even so, Marshal Ikenroga felt very honored.
In front of His Majesty the Emperor, who has ruled the empire for two hundred years and is comparable to a true god, no matter whether he is a marshal, a duke, or a minister of the Privy Council, who is not an ant?
"If you are so worried that you can't even eat because of a meeting, then it's best to get out of the front line. The people on the opposite side of the earth may attack at any time, so you must eat and drink when you can eat and sleep. Sleep well. You don't need me to explain this kind of thing, right?" the old marshal said again.
At this point, the marshal laughed at himself: "Haha, we obviously have an absolute advantage in military strength, but we don't dare to attack the people on earth. Maybe there will be someone in the Privy Council who will be as scared as a tiger."
Everyone hurriedly comforted the marshal, saying that less than a week had passed since the failure of the alien transformation plan. The vanguard fleet was almost crippled. Everyone has lost their troops and is panic-stricken. If they march again, it is easy to fall into chaos and be caught by the enemy. Your Excellency, the Marshal, is mature and prudent. He is the White Jade Pillar of the Empire...
"I dare not take it seriously. I am just old and want to be cautious. I hope His Majesty and other adults can understand us." Marshal Ikenroga said, and then clicked on someone who had been huddled in the corner of the crowd. Name: "Major General Yeager Soback, please prepare. There will be a Privy Council meeting and I need your speech."
Soback felt his heart thump, and the spoon in his hand almost fell into the plate.
"Hahaha, of course, it has nothing to do with you, but about the gains and losses of the Alien Transformation Plan. The most important parties involved in this battle, Lieutenant General Rhaenys Tarlyon and Duke Garibian Saleran, are already here On the way back to the Imperial Capital, they will also attend the Privy Council meeting online. Of course, Major General Yeager Soback will not be absent.”
Soback quickly put on a smile and asked in a sincere tone: "But, Your Excellency, how should I answer?"
"You still need to ask? Of course you are telling the truth. Report what you saw and heard to His Majesty in a concise and concise way." What the old marshal said seemed like correct nonsense, but in fact it should not be Interpreted in a way that is too superficial. The so-called conciseness and conciseness, where should it be "simple" and where should it be "comprehensive"? In fact, it still tests the office politics level of the parties involved.
But in fact, Miss Viscount Serlu and Captain Pegna have already reminded themselves that as the only surviving senior generals in the vanguard fleet, the higher-ups will come to question them sooner or later. At that time, the choice of what to say, what needs to be said, will be very important, and it will even be related to some power games at the top of the empire to a certain extent.
"Then what should I do?" Soback said that his biggest dream is to be a deputy director in charge of logistics under the Generalissimo's Office system. Why should he start thinking about the power game at the top?
"It depends on where you are going to stand." Viscount Sellu said: "The Throne Throne is currently vacant. Duke Garibian promoted this alien transformation plan in order to increase his chances of succeeding. . In this way, Lieutenant General Tallien does have reason to question, and even impeaching the Duke is her right."
Captain Peggese said: "However, although this plan failed, it was approved by the Grand Marshal's Office and prepared for nearly half a year. We can't just put the blame on Duke Garibian. This Not fair.”
"But, now that we have arrived at the Privy Council, the last thing we need is fairness. Duke Garibian and His Highness King Weirent are on good terms with each other, and King Wei has some subtle conflicts with His Highness King Sulyuka. Duke Tarlyan's family "Although they are one of the founding duke families, there are several generations who have not served in the Privy Council and the Grand Marshal's Palace. Perhaps they need allies from the central government." Miss Serlu used everything she knew as a child of a great noble. Gossip, try to analyze.
"You mean, let me help Duke Garibian and Lieutenant General Tarlyon reconcile?" Soback felt that this was also excellent. These two are actually pretty good to themselves. The former even gave himself a set of high-quality tableware that could be used as a family heirloom.
As a serious person with upright values, Soback really doesn't want to offend anyone, he only wants good for you and me and good for everyone.
Miss Serlu shook her head and said: "What I mean is... you should be the liaison between Lieutenant General Tanlian and His Royal Highness King Suliuka."
Everyone’s analysis is very good. However, Soback didn't know what to say, but he couldn't continue to ask.
In this way, all the generals still finished their lunch without any taste. They felt like they knew they had failed the college entrance examination, but they could only wait for the verdict with trepidation.
Even if he is also a veteran who has experienced hundreds of battles, such as Admiral Rosanaio, he will inevitably show a trace of obvious uneasiness.
There is no way, after all, Emperor Elisir has not participated in any formal military and political decision-making occasions, including Privy Council meetings, for ten years. What kind of method does his old man have? A veteran in his seventies doesn't know any more than the young adults.
Of course, these people may be waiting for the results of the college entrance examination, and Sobaek is like waiting for the results of the ICU rescue. His mind is blank now, and he only feels that even rushing over to fight the earth for 300 rounds is better than this kind of suffering.
In this way, the afternoon Privy Council meeting was held as scheduled.
Fortunately, the people on the opposite side of the earth were actually very martial and did not come to cause trouble while the various empire generals were trembling.
However, a reconnaissance Earth fighter plane approached the construction site where the fortress was being built, and our own fighter jets took off to intercept it. After a period of fighting, both sides, with each losing two fighter planes, exited the battlefield gesturing to each other with their middle fingers.
Fights of this intensity occurred almost three to five times a day during this period, and they were nothing to worry about. At 3 p.m., Marshal Ikenroga asked Soback to come online for a meeting. He suppressed his trembling and stood up, and then received the attention of all his colleagues. His old friend Lieutenant General Biffick and his old commander General Misaro each gave him an encouraging hug. Even the serious Rosanai Admiral Ou also patted his shoulders.
At that moment, Soback felt like a kamikaze charging with dead soldiers. However, before entering the communications room, he still turned around and gave a stiff but decent smile, and gave a thumbs up to his colleagues.
The imperial generals immediately applauded.
"Look at this young man, he looks like a Mainer fighting dragon with his head held high." Lieutenant General Biffick said.
"Hahaha, as long as you don't be so scared that you can't even speak in front of His Majesty the Emperor, that's all." Admiral Misaro said.
"I just hope not to add fuel to the fire at the Privy Council meeting. Now that the morale of the military is weakened, the far shore front needs to ensure stability." said the mature and prudent Admiral Rosanaio.
So, at this time, the mentality of the generals changed from waiting for college entrance examination results to sending their children into the examination room.
The Privy Council meeting ended before 5 o'clock, and there was no delay at all. This probably means that any job involving a boss will definitely get off work on time. And His Majesty the Emperor is the biggest boss in the universe.
Marshal Ikenroga, who had been in meetings all day, was still in high spirits. Of course he knew what everyone was most concerned about, so he said directly: "The failure of Operation Alien Slaughter is not everyone's responsibility. Your Majesty asked me to tell everyone that he is grateful to you for your dedication to your duties. All the victims and injured, All will receive the honor they deserve.”
As a result, the atmosphere on the Thor suddenly changed from solemn and oppressive to relaxed.
As for who is responsible for the failure of the alien transformation plan, it is actually none of our business. Marshal Ikenluojia simply told everyone that several veterans from the Generalissimo's Operations Department and Hoshimi Pavilion had voluntarily retired.
In contrast, Vice Admiral Rhaenys Tarrion, who was seriously injured in the battle, although she lost half of her fleet in the battle, will still be promoted to admiral normally, and will directly enter the Grand Marshal's Palace as a combat officer after recovering from her injuries. Director.
The generals thought this was the best news. Sister Renise lost her troops and all the generals were promoted, which shows that Your Majesty is really not prepared to pursue the problem of failure on the front line.
Everyone was very moved.
Duke Garibian, the host and executor of the Alien Transformation Project, will officially take over the position of Grand Master of the Astral Knights. After all, the top leadership of the Knights has been vacant for a long time, and it is indeed time for them to return to their positions.
However, the throne of King Soleyn, which had also been vacant for a long time, was succeeded by a young man who was not yet twenty years old. He is the nephew of His Highness Belial, the late King of Solane who died in the Fortress of Unity. Of course, he is closer in terms of blood relationship, but he is only a rookie who has just awakened his psychic powers, and he is still very immature in all aspects. But such a little rookie still defeated his elder sister who had perfect seven rings and became the elected emperor.
As a result, Brunhildt was no longer the youngest person to choose an emperor. She welcomed it immensely.
However, it is difficult to understand this as the emperor's punishment for the failure of the battle. You know, as another initiator of the alienation plan, King Wilente officially became the director of strategic staff of the Grand Marshal's Mansion, and was also promoted to the rank of marshal, unified management of all the empire's armament production and distribution during the war.
In short, the above personnel arrangements may represent some of the emperor's attitudes, or they may be just accidental results. This needs to be understood based on the level of political struggle of each.
Anyway, after everyone listened to the marshal's explanation of the personnel changes in the imperial capital, most people still regarded it as a melon, but some people started to think about it.
Afterwards, Marshal Ikenroga patted Soback on the shoulder again. This guy actually went offline with him, but now he is still in a dazed state, as if he is thinking about some very important topic.
"I would also like to thank this child. This is an honest child. Because he is honest, he is fair, so he is selfless, so he is objective enough, so that the Privy Council meeting will not become a battlefield for both sides to accuse and attack each other." Marshal Ikenroga patted Soback's shoulder: "The Grand Marshal's Office has issued an order that the fleet left by Vice Admiral Tanlien will be organized under the command of General Yeager Soback and will be under his unified command."
Everyone once again paid attention to this person, which only attracted the latter's solemn, firm but not impolite smile, which was expressive and considerate.
"Young man, hold your chest high, you deserve this. This represents Lieutenant General Tallian's trust in you." Admiral Misaro encouraged.
Admiral Rosanaio also nodded comfortingly. He didn't know much about this general who became famous at a young age, but at least he didn't have the arrogance and arrogance of becoming famous at a young age, and was even a little too humble.
As a veteran, what he likes most is humble young people.
"Then, once the fleet reorganization is completed, Rear Admiral Soback will be responsible for the left wing cover of the entire army." Admiral Rosanaio calculated.
Then am I not the closest to the main gun of the Saide Fortress? If the Earth comes over, I have to be on the front line! You old thing, you look so serious but why do you want to harm me? Jaeger Soback was stunned.
Fortunately, Marshal Ikenroga then explained that according to King Suliuka's suggestion, Soback's fleet would be transferred back to the country for reorganization after the merger, and to add new personnel and ships. This process will take at least half a year to a year.
"Understood. When the reorganization is completed, you will have another general star, right?" Lieutenant General Biffick smiled brightly and had a loud voice. He is really happy for his little brother's success.
However, Yeager Soback was not happy at all.
He always felt that if he really became a lieutenant general, he would have the authority to command the main fleet, or he would have to form his own army and act independently. Of course, if it were a decisive battle between the large fleets, the mission would probably be to fill in the central axis to attract artillery shells. This is even more dangerous than before when leading the guerrilla fleet.
However, fortunately, he can be temporarily transferred back to the country this time, and at least he can take a breather.