The series of actions taken by the Navy Headquarters surrounding Tenshang Jin are undoubtedly the most watched events in the world today.
After all, this kind of thing is different from clearing out the pirates. The latter is far away from ordinary people. For most people, paying attention to such things is nothing more than enriching their after-dinner conversation.
But heavenly gold is different. It is closely related to the lives of all ordinary people and will actually affect the interests of all ordinary people.
When the Navy Headquarters set out to collect the Sky Gold, it was also intentionally or unintentionally strengthening the Navy's influence and justice in the hearts of ordinary people. Therefore, when doing things, it often pays attention to having a "legitimate reason".
For the navy, whether their actions are tough or soft, they must be approved by the vast majority of the people.
Considering the aspect of improving the reputation of the navy, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi naturally has his own way.
To be honest, how much can we get by collecting the heavenly gold from ordinary people, even if we "squeeze" them dry?
To put it bluntly, the people who occupy the means of production in this world are ultimately the great nobles and big businessmen. Under the rule of the world government, they don't care whether their heavenly gold comes from ordinary civilians or from the great nobles and big businessmen.
They have only one request, and that is "enough"!
Such logic of action will inevitably lead to a phenomenon, that is, those who hold power below the Celestial Dragons will inevitably be unwilling to suffer losses themselves. They will satisfy the needs of the top Celestial Dragons by exploiting those who are less powerful than them.
Therefore, in the past, it could be seen around the world that ordinary people had difficulty making ends meet because of the gold in the sky, but the nobles were still nobles, and their lives had not changed much. On the contrary, many nobles and big businessmen could even make a fortune through the gold in the sky.
But this situation has changed in front of the current Navy Headquarters.
Tsugikuni Yuichiro's original intention was that in the first year of collecting the Heavenly Gold, the best way was to stabilize the old nobles and big businessmen first, and not make too many changes at this stage. After this regulation was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the dignity of the navy and the most basic people's livelihood could be guaranteed by collecting the Heavenly Gold and "giving back" as appropriate.
After the navy is able to exert actual control over some big countries, we can then move on to those great nobles and businessmen.
The Navy Headquarters is currently short of talent, not only combat talent, but also governance talent. The headquarters suffered a large-scale reduction in strength during the rule of the World Government, and this loss has not been recovered until now.
However, the reality is much more serious than what Tsugikuni Yoshiichi had expected. Not all countries will cooperate with the actions of their navy. In order to ensure the smooth implementation of these things, the navy has to kill the chicken to scare the monkey. But what Tsugikuni Yoshiichi did not expect is that there are too many chickens jumping out. Although their navy's knife is sharp, after killing those chickens, there are not enough reserve personnel to manage those countries with power vacuum.
If the target is just an ordinary small country, it doesn't matter. The power system of a small country is single, and it is actually very easy to fill it. But it is different for a big country. The power system of a big country is complex. Even if a certain part of the people are removed, once the navy cannot form actual control, other people will soon fill the vacancy of that part of the power.
After going around in circles, we'll end up back at the starting point, which is actually not what Yuichiro Tsugumi wants to see.
However, the reality of talent shortage is something that Jiguoyuanyi cannot change in a short period of time.
Even if his sword could cut everything, it would be of no use in the face of such realistic governance issues. It was unavoidable to use the old nobles of those countries to temporarily take charge of power.
It is impossible for the Navy Headquarters to liquidate all the nobles without a reason. That will only make the world more chaotic and give some people with impure intentions the opportunity to cause trouble.
However, Tsugikuni Yoriichi also didn't believe in the character of those old nobles. Those guys might be good at fighting for power and making money through illegal means, but asking them to govern the country and protect the people's livelihood? That was simply a fantasy.
The thinking logic of the nobles in this world is completely different from that of people like Yoriichi Tsugikuni. In the eyes of the nobles, ordinary people are no different from pigs.
It's just that the two species have different ways and means to bring them wealth.
In order to control the noble class, Tsugikuni Yoriichi, after discussing with Sengoku, Tsuru, and Zephyr, decided to publicize some things through newspapers.
The Kingdom of Goa, which is under the charge of Flying Squirrel, and the Principality of Swallow, which is under the charge of Spider Demon, have become typical examples of the Marine Headquarters promoting its own legitimacy.
The King of the Kingdom of Goa and the Duke of the Principality of Svalo were unable to cooperate with the navy on the matter of Tianshang Gold. The two kings of the member states were all captured by the navy and sent to the Judicial Island for trial.
At this stage, Judicial Island had already completely escaped the control of the World Government. The CPs on the island had already been cleared out by Sakaski, and the justices were all controlled by the Navy.
Those who are obedient can naturally stay in that position, and those who are disobedient will naturally be dealt with by the navy. When it comes to this kind of thing, it is impossible for Sakaski to be even a little lenient.
The king and the duke who were thrown into the judicial island naturally received "justice."
As for the nobility, how many people can really stand up to scrutiny?
The result is naturally to plead guilty and accept death penalty, and even the execution is to be escorted back to the country for public execution.
This is a clear political signal released by the Navy Headquarters. The superficial meaning is that even if the leader of a member country does not cooperate with the Navy's actions on the matter of Tian Shangjin, he will be liquidated.
But in reality, the reports of these two incidents are more of a signal to ordinary people, that is, "Even if the leader of a member state is caught breaking the law, the navy can still deal with it."
Different groups of people received completely different political signals. After all, in the past, it had never been heard that the leader of any member state would be liquidated for the crimes they committed.
More often than not, the kings offended the Celestial Dragons and were punished by God.
The Navy's approach actually gave some ordinary people an outlet to vent.
For a time, there were numerous letters of denunciation and accusation from around the world, exposing illegal activities of local royal families and nobles in certain countries.
These letters of accusation were naturally a mixture of true and false. Some were based entirely on conjecture, but some of them were well-reasoned and seemed to contain information about the nobles' illegal and criminal activities.
After careful review, the Navy's intelligence personnel discovered that there was a common situation around the world, that is, the collusion between nobles and big businessmen and pirates.
In the eyes of ordinary people, how could pirates, who only shoot and move from place to place, have any connection with those high-ranking nobles?!
But in fact, there are some things that are inconvenient for the nobles to do, but if they have a pirate force under their command, it will become very convenient to do things.
Whether it is the aristocracy using pirates to attack political opponents, or the big businessmen using pirates, this group will launch the purest "business war".
Things like this are not something that have only happened in recent years. In fact, since the existence of the pirate group, such things have become very common.
However, the Navy has been able to do very little. The most they can do is to chase those pirates who roam freely. They have no real influence on the member states. Who knows if there are forces in the member states of the World Government that are protecting pirates?!
Even if they are discovered by the Navy, the Navy has no right to take action against the princes and nobles of the member states of the World Government. The World Government and Judicial Island have that right.
The reason why pirates can’t be killed off is not just because of the great treasure, but because there are some groups that need pirates to help them do things, so pirates can’t be killed off off.
This situation is just like the Japanese invasion during the Ming Dynasty. To eliminate the Japanese invasion, it is far from enough to just send troops to fight. The wealthy families and businessmen along the coast must be wiped out, and the court must regain control of external sea routes before it is possible to eliminate the Japanese invasion.
Not only can the wealthy businessmen from aristocratic families not be trusted, even the local guards need to be thoroughly cleansed.
Marlene Fodor.
In his office, Yuichiro Tsugikoshi was reviewing the information just sent by the Intelligence Department, and his expression became serious.
In front of him, Dark Horse Tianzheng half-sat on Yuichiro's desk and pointed out to Jigoku Yuichiro some areas and countries that needed special attention.
"General, our headquarters has received a large number of letters of complaint during this period."
"There are probably no fewer than a hundred confirmed cases of nobles colluding with pirates. The local naval branch cannot be fully trusted. If we want to deal with the situation, it's best to send officers directly from headquarters."
"And the biggest problem is that this matter involves a wide range of people. Right now, the Navy is collecting the Sky Gold. If we handle this matter simultaneously, our headquarters will be unable to cope."
Tenma has been recalled to the Marine Headquarters by Yoshikazu Tsugukuni. Now that the New World is basically stable, as an excellent intelligence officer, he naturally needs to be transferred to a position where he is more needed.
After returning to the headquarters, Tian Zheng was almost busy dealing with various information. He was the head of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Naval Headquarters. Asking him to be responsible for reviewing those letters of complaint was actually a good match for his profession.
What Tianzheng said is the most difficult problem that Tsugumi Yoshiichi is facing now. The total number of elite troops in the Navy Headquarters is 100,000, which is already a huge problem.
If the people in the branch cannot be fully trusted, the Navy Headquarters really does not have enough power to deal with "connected crimes" around the world.
Dealing with such matters requires not only strength but also reconnaissance capabilities, which is exactly what officers under the naval education system lack.
“I thought this was a good thing, but now it seems...”
Ji Guoyuan let out a sigh, feeling quite regretful.
Originally, this was a good thing for the Navy Headquarters. They had the leverage over some of the nobles and businessmen. After clearing out those people, they could replace them with their own people. This would not only strengthen management, but also solve financial problems.
However, the headquarters was not strong enough, and Yoshikazu Tsugakuni did not want to withdraw the new navy to prevent changes in the New World that had just stabilized.
With limited capabilities, this department can only remain in hiding for the time being.
But this also raises a question: are those nobles and merchants who were reported truly unaware?! If they were discovered, how many of those who reported it would survive their purge?!
In other words, will the existing evidence be destroyed, making it impossible for the Navy to conduct an investigation? These are all derived questions.
"Tianzheng, do you mean that our headquarters should not take any action for now?"
This kind of difficult problem had never been encountered by Yoshikazu Tsuchikuni before, and he needed an "old hand" like Tenma to provide him with ideas.
"Of course it's impossible to have no movement at all."
"Once something like this is put aside, it's hard to say when we can pick it up again."
“It must be put on the agenda first and then gradually implemented.”
"We don't have the power to handle everything at once, but having a set of rules is always a good thing."
"Also, these things can train people. After all, there are only a few experienced people in the navy."
When giving advice to Yuichiro Tsuchikuni, Amane is accustomed to using "guiding" speech. He doesn't explain many things at once, always hoping that Yuichiro Tsuchikuni can think deeply about them.
This is actually Tensei's way of teaching Tsugakuni Yoriichi how to do things. Yoriichi seems to be "all-powerful", but in fact, Tsugakuni Yoriichi is learning while doing things.
Tenma's experience is what Tsugumi Yoriichi lacks, and Tenma also hopes from the bottom of his heart that Tsugumi Yoriichi can become a qualified commander, not just one with a sharp "sword".
Tian Zheng clearly knew the grand blueprint of Tsugumi Yoshiichi. He understood that in the future world, it would be impossible to govern such a big world by fists!
"Um"
"In this case, let's form a special team to handle these matters."
"We don't need too many people at first. A core team of a dozen or twenty people, and a troop of a hundred should be enough."
"We'll do as you said. Once the Tianshangjin incident is over, we'll use these people as the backbone to expand the special investigation team."
"Brannew, do you have any recommendations for talent in this area?!"
"It's best to choose someone younger and more receptive. Physical strength is secondary; the most important thing is quality."
At this time, in Tsugakuni Yuichi's office, there is not only Tensei as a core backbone, but Brannew is also now Tsugakuni Yuichi's important deputy.
Regarding the appointment and use of personnel, Yuichiro Tsugikuni is still learning.
"Of course there are people like this."
"What do you think of this one?"
Brannew was obviously well prepared. He asked Ji Guoyuan questions one by one and immediately handed a personnel information to Ji Guoyuan.
"Captain of the Navy Headquarters?"
"T-Bone Penn?"
The name was a bit special, and Tsugikuni Yoriichi couldn't help but murmur.
"General, although T-Bone is quite old, his quality is absolutely trustworthy."
"Hasn't the plan for Ace and Sabo to go to the New World for training been shelved? I think having them work with Colonel T-Bone to form a survey team would be quite effective."
Brannew continued with a smile, even though T-Bone is now middle-aged and does not meet the selection criteria of Tsugikuni Yoriichi, he was still recommended to Yoriichi.
"Ace and Sabo."
"Alright, let's use those letters of denunciation to give these two guys a practice run."
"If it's done well, it will be a natural progression to expand the team and move up to the general position step by step in the future."
(End of this chapter)
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