My Italy

The people talking about Simonyi were a group of old people who all carried the rank of general on their shoulders. They were talking about General Simonyi who had just been summoned at the home of General Saraguet, Minister of War.

In the bright room, there are several sofas, and several gray-haired but still energetic old people wearing neat military uniforms are chatting and spanking with each other. Just one look at the generals on his shoulders will make you dazzled.

“I don’t know what’s going on when Saragate calls us all together this time?”

A thin old man with the rank of general sat on the sofa, wiped his glasses slowly, and asked his doubts.

"Cadorna, you don't know either?"

Opposite him, a capable old man also wearing a general's uniform spoke and answered his question.

Yes, that gentle old man wearing glasses is General Raffaele Cadorna, Chief of Staff of the Italian Army.

The person who answered him was General Parker Tapea, Director of Equipment of the Army Department. In addition to the two of them, there were also General Leo Moreira, Director of Army Education, and General Pedro Arias, Director of Logistics. Sitting aside and smoking. Together with General Saragat, Minister of War, these five people are currently the main controllers of the army.

And Admiral Cardorna did not get an answer from Admiral Tapea. He turned his attention to the other two people.

"Don't look at me, I don't know either."

"How can I know something that you all don't know first?"

Seeing that none of the three people knew the purpose of convening everyone for this meeting, Admiral Cardorna had no choice but to give up the plan of asking.

It was rare to get together at this time, so they started chatting afterwards. Since it is a small talk, Lieutenant General Simeone, who has become popular recently, will definitely be their topic of conversation.

"I don't know how Simone could be favored by His Majesty."

General Moreira, who is the Director of Education, casually mentioned Lieutenant General Simeone.

"What's the matter? It's just that this kid is lucky."

Another big boss, Logistics Director General Arias, expressed his opinion with disdain.

However, the other three people did not pay attention to his words, because they knew that the logistics director had a deep prejudice against Simeone. The reason was that Simeone rejected him. The Army originally recommended the commander of the expeditionary force, the Sixth Army Commander Bacchus. The position of Lieutenant General.

Lieutenant General Baxter was the second-in-command in General Arias's force. In order to prepare for him to take over smoothly when he was in poor health, Arias reached a series of deals with them and paid a lot of money to do so. I finally got it, but I didn't expect it to be cut off by Simeone.

Well, Simeone, who is nearly fifty years old, is indeed a junior to these generals in their seventies and eighties.

Their conversation gave Admiral Cardorna inspiration, and he spoke. "You said Saragate summoned us because of this kid?"

Facing Cardorna's words, the other admirals immediately began to think deeply. After a while, General Moreira, the director of education, spoke.

"It's possible, but it's probably unlikely."

Moreira's words immediately attracted the recognition of the other two generals.

"Yes, I also think this is unlikely. Simeone is just a bit unsociable. He is not an idiot and will not let himself become an isolated target. I think he will adopt a neutral attitude, both It won’t offend us, and it won’t offend His Majesty.”

"Besides, even if Simone falls to His Majesty, it's not a big deal. Our strength can still suppress His Majesty's extended hand."

The words of several other generals also exposed their powerful influence within the army. It was obvious that they all believed that what General Cardorna was worried about was simply not true. Even if it is established, there will be no fundamental change in power.

And their words also made Cardorna, as the chief of general staff, feel that he was being careless.

Although the matter has come to an end, several generals are becoming more and more curious about the purpose of Minister of War Saragat calling everyone this time. Although everyone is in Rome, everyone is the leader of each faction in the army and represents their respective factions, so everyone is very busy. What kind of big event is it that requires this person to gather everyone together?

They were not kept waiting for long. After a while, General Saraget, who was the Minister of War, opened the door and came in with a dusty look on his face.

"I'm sorry for keeping you all waiting."

As soon as he entered the door, General Saraget apologized to everyone present.

"It doesn't matter, we are also idle, and we should wait for you, the head of the army."

The person who made the strange remarks was the equipment director, Admiral Tapea, who was a little unhappy because he had been waiting for so long.

Facing Admiral Tapea's words, Admiral Saraget ignored them and continued to speak. "I am calling everyone here because of a very important matter, which is related to the future of the Army."

Saraget's words made everyone present immediately sit up straight. Although everyone disliked each other, after all, they had worked together for so many years and their respective temperaments were thoroughly understood.

For people like Saragate, as long as he says that something big is going to happen, then it must be happening.

"What's going on?"

The inquiry from General Cadorna made everyone pay closer attention to the Secretary of War.

Facing everyone's gaze, Saraget continued. "I just received the news that the Navy, with the support of His Majesty, is preparing to form a marine force at the division and brigade level."

"What!"

The one who made the sound was Admiral Tapea, but his words did not make Admiral Saraget stop, and he continued. "And most of the officers who form this force will be selected from the Guards."

Admiral Saraget's words made all the generals present look extremely ugly. They could all read a lot of useful content from this news. More importantly, they didn't realize this at all, which was the most embarrassing thing for them.

You must know that His Majesty had promised that the Guards would not exceed 10,000 people before. Unexpectedly, His Majesty would actually change things. On the surface, he did not increase the strength of the Guards, but he was deploying Guards officers. , is undergoing expansion in the name of the Marine Corps.

There is no way he looks like a monarch here, he is simply more shameless than them.

No, Admiral Tapea, who had the most grumpy temper, immediately stood up and roared angrily. "Damn the navy, what do they want to do? Is Gorek out of his mind? He could have promised us before."

Luckily for the furious Admiral Tapea, he still had some sense in his mind and did not scold Carlo too.

But even though he didn't scold him, everyone knew that His Majesty was the mastermind. Otherwise, he wouldn't have dared to provoke the Army like this if he had given Gorek some courage. You must know that the power of the army is much stronger than that of the navy, which can only be ruthless at sea.

"Is the news confirmed?"

Although they believed Saragate's words, there were still people who were unwilling to give in and wanted to ask.

"I have personally confirmed the news and it is true. Grovey is currently selecting officers from the Guards."

Saraget's words made several generals give up.

"We underestimated His Majesty."

At this time, Cardorna, who was the chief of staff, suddenly sighed.

"What's the use of talking about this now? We need to deal with it."

Cardorna's words aroused dissatisfaction from others. He couldn't have mentioned this on purpose.

"I'm just saying, how can I think of a solution so quickly?"

"Then don't say it."

Seeing that the scene was about to start a dispute, Saragate patted the table, and then he spoke to everyone. "Okay, everyone, stop arguing. I believe everyone is very aware of the consequences of the situation we are facing now. We must unite at this time to let the king see our intentions clearly. strength."

Everyone understands Saraguet's speech, which is about uniting and speaking to the outside world.

"Saraget, everyone has no objection to your words, but just by uniting us, we cannot make His Majesty give up on expanding his Guards. If this problem is not solved, it will be very detrimental to us."

It was Logistics Director General Arias who spoke, and his words also aroused the agreement of others.

"Arias is right, we can't let the Navy expand the size of its Marine Corps. It's not good for all of us."

"Yes, that's right, I think so too."

Facing everyone's words, Saraget waved his hand to signal everyone to calm down. "This is not just what you think, I think so too."

"But it is not an easy task to prevent the king from using the navy to expand his control of the Praetorian Guard."

The admirals present certainly know that it is very difficult to prevent the navy from joining forces with His Majesty. Because they can't reach the navy, and His Majesty is still in charge of government financial allocations. It feels like a mouse pulling a tortoise, unable to eat.

Wait, government financial allocation?

This might be able to do something.

There is more than one person who has the same idea, and among them Saraguet, as the Minister of War, has a practical approach. I saw him continue. "But we are not without options. First of all, the strength of our army is recognized by everyone. Secondly, after all, the king has not taken over power for too long. We can find allies."

Saraget's words immediately opened up the minds of the other generals. Yes, it's not like his family was targeted by the king. Why not unite those who have been targeted and suppressed to put pressure together?

So the topic of finding allies was immediately brought up.

Many people were mentioned, including Prime Minister Despretis, and even the former Prime Minister and current Governor of Lanfang, Cairoli was mentioned. It seems that Carlo has suppressed many people without knowing it.

Facing the potential allies proposed by the generals, Saragate thought for a while and said. "We need to choose these people who are a little more reliable, so that we don't find allies and cause trouble all over the city."

Subsequently, several admirals decided to target the Prime Minister and several other ministers. In addition, they also came up with some methods regarding the Navy's expansion of the Marine Corps. Although they could not stop it, they could still make the Navy take some detours. .

After everything was almost busy, several generals left here.

As the Army Chief of Staff, Cadorna was also sitting in his carriage contemplating what had just happened. He spoke very little in today's rally. Except for asking about the purpose of convening everyone at the beginning, he rarely spoke at other times. Because he didn't want to get too involved, because he felt those people's ideas were unreliable.

Yes, it's just unreliable.

As an army, facing the king's pressure in a different way, these people actually wanted to find allies. Is this still an army? At this time, it is more necessary to show one's own strength and let His Majesty retreat when faced with difficulties.

Of course, this degree is difficult to grasp, because less will not work, and too much will plummet the Army's image in the hearts of the people.

In his opinion, even this dangerous method is much better than the bullshit idea of ​​finding allies. It can be said that those people's thinking is still stuck in the thinking of twenty years ago. How can this compare with others. A group of soldiers used political means, but it was a short attack that lasted a long time.

However, considering that everyone is over 70 years old, and even the youngest himself is in his 60s, this may be one of the reasons why everyone is unwilling to use radical methods. With a big family, who would want to let the family take the blame for using radical methods?

In fact, there is another way, that is, they bow their heads and admit their mistakes to His Majesty. However, this method can only cure the symptoms but not the root cause. The young His Majesty will not give up until these factions are subdued.

This is also the most difficult choice, because part of the power obtained must be divided, and there are multiple mothers-in-law taking care of it. Who is willing to do this?

This is why he knew that this would cause the king to have a bad attitude towards the army, but still did not object. Not even he was willing, let alone anyone else.

So he was also confused about what to do next. Perhaps His Majesty is patient and waits until these old bones are exhausted before he comes to clean up the mess. This is what he wants to see most.

Some people are destined to have trouble falling asleep tonight, because too many things are mixed together, making the city of Rome tonight full of a sense of anxiety.

No matter what happens tonight, a new day will come. But on this new day, the generals began to get busy. They were all testing the selected targets and testing their attitudes.

Let’s skip the effect of the test first. In a secret room in the palace, Carlo was listening to a report from a person.

"Your Majesty, because the other party was heavily guarded, we didn't hear anything. But last night, several generals from the army went to General Saraget's home. We think they must be discussing something."

"Understood, continue to send people to pay close attention, and raise the attention of these generals to A-level."

"Yes, Your Majesty."