Chapter 109 The meeting of the distant stars (3)

About five minutes later, when the digital clock showed 9:00, all the participants except Xie Yuduo had arrived.

General Chen Hank sits on the top left, and Ryan, the heir of the empire, is on the top right. The rest of the generals and their entourages sat upright along the long oval table, no one whispered, and the blue virtual space was filled with a solemn atmosphere.

"Although people haven't arrived yet."

Old Marshal Chen took a deep look at the seat Xie Yuduo had vacated, and tapped the corner of the table with his fist, "But the time is up, we'll have a meeting."

As the voice fell, windows, including images and text, began to flash on the screen in front of everyone. This means that the old marshal inserted the corresponding chip into the interstellar communication instrument in reality.

Jiang Jianming lightly placed the five fingers of his right hand on the screen. He quickly adapted to his body in the virtual space and began to read the window in front of him.

In fact, his own qualifications are far from being qualified to attend a meeting of this level, let alone sitting beside the prince. Many generals cast doubts or scrutiny.

But Ryan was on the outside of him, and he adjusted his sitting position just right at this time, which blocked the sight of many prying eyes.

Even taking advantage of the blind spot, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince could quietly squeeze his drooping fingers to appease him—the military would always flirt and tease him, which was very exciting.

"There are three themes of this meeting, which are progressive relationships."

Old Marshal Chen said: "Let's talk about the crystal religion first. Lieutenant General Luther, let's talk about it."

"Yes."

Luther stood up from his seat: "Crystalism is a religion with a long history, and it has been regarded as a belief by some people since the establishment of the empire. However, recently, we have found that many alienated elements have appeared among them, and they are suspected of colluding with the evil forces of thieves. , trying to stir up unrest within the Empire..."

Accompanied by the old lieutenant general's statement, a large amount of information was also shared on everyone's screen in real time.

At this time, the sound of thin discussions began to spread in this virtual space.

Only Jiang Jianming and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince followed up from the front line, fighting thieves first and then cults, so there was no need to listen to the retelling again.

So Jiang Jianming quietly approached Ryan and whispered, "Your Highness, what do you think of General Luther?"

The crown prince raised his eyelids and replied in a low voice: "Old seniority and rich experience, but his own abilities are not outstanding, and both courage and flexibility are a bit worse... It's far from yours."

Jiang Jianming smiled, but Quan Dang didn't hear the last sentence: "Has your Highness ever thought about why the supreme general of Jin Rilun stationed in Yaslan understands such a person?"

"..."

The crown prince looked at him with some surprises. This kind of question had too much contemplation, especially in the current meeting.

Ryan pursed his lips for a moment and found himself unable to answer.

He said, "You tell me."

Jiang Jianming looked calm: "It's very simple. On the one hand, Yaslan has a military headquarters, as well as His Majesty the Emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. In fact, it is not necessary to have such outstanding strategy and courage, and it is enough to seek no fault but no fault.”

"On the other hand, the power of the capital Star City is intricate and complicated, and many things cannot be solved by winning battles. The mediocrity of the old lieutenant general is more able to coordinate the contradictions of all parties."

The old lieutenant general Luther was still talking, and the discussions around him became louder and louder. Some people stood up and asked questions in the middle, but no one noticed this.

Jiang Jianming confirmed that his voice would not be heard, and continued to say to the crown prince: "Think about it, if you put a sharp-edged general like Major General Xie in Yaslan, he will be suppressed by his superiors, and he will have to worry about it. The real talent can't be used, he has to be suffocated. If it's all right, he can find something for Xingcheng, right?"

"The wise take their tactics, the foolish take their strength, the brave take their might, and the coward take their prudence... This is the way to employ people."

Having said that, Jiang Jianming slowed down, the blue light of the screen flickered faintly at the end of his eyes, and he looked at the handsome profile of the young prince——

If the person in front of him was the same Garcia back then, he would have no need and would never have said this to His Highness. But now things are different.

Ryan was silent for a long time. don't know when, his eyes no longer settled on the beloved officer with a remnant crystal, but wandered among the attendees of the meeting.

"Look at that general again." Jiang Jianming gestured to one of the generals with his eyes. It was a big man with a face full of flesh and a ferocious face. At this moment, he was sitting on the seat belonging to General Jin Ilun with his arms folded.

"Lieutenant General Boris, with a violent temper, is a thug who once killed civilians and crippled humans with crystal bones."

"But Mars Star City has a harsh environment, many contradictions, and many mob chaos. Before the empire completely improves the problem of Mars, only generals like Boris can calm the situation."

That being the case, with the iron-fisted style of Old Marshal Chen... It's not incomprehensible to employ such a person to enforce high-handed rule by tyranny.

"Of course, I do not mean to tell you that this is the right thing to do, Your Highness."

Jiang Jianming sighed lightly, "Sometimes there is no clear right or wrong in the world, only results. And only history can truly witness the results."

"I want to say... You are very powerful, but if you want to be a good emperor, you need to think about many things."

"This world is not perfect, and a seemingly brilliant empire also has a dark side. What to compromise, what to insist on, what to give up, what to protect... It's up to you to judge."

When the last word was finished, Jiang Jianming felt that his palm was suddenly clenched tightly.

Lean turned his head and glanced at him, his eyes were like the sharp tip of a knife, quenched by the ruthless flame.

Jiang Jianming's heart skipped a beat, but he hadn't thought about how his little highness suddenly looked like he was going to explode, when a familiar voice suddenly came from his ear——

It was Daoming's elegant and sweet voice, but no matter how sarcastic it was. The only vacant position flickered, and people heard it before they arrived:

"Oh, I'm so sorry, everyone, are you waiting for me again?"

The next second, a slender projection appeared at the position belonging to the commander of the first fortress of Yin Beidou.

It was a handsome and arrogant young general, with half-length black hair tied behind his head, and a black and silver military uniform of Yin Beidou. If it wasn't Xie Yuduo, who was Major General Xie?

Fortunately, it was all right.

At this time, the big stone in Jiang Jianming's heart completely fell to the ground, and the surrounding was already fried. Several generals invariably glared angrily:

"Thank you Yuduo!"

"you this"

"stop!"

I saw Xie Yuduo waved his hand and shouted: "I know, I sent troops without authorization before I passed the headquarters, I acted arbitrarily, and despised the authority of the empire - right, I told you all."

He sat there with a golden knife, and said with a smile: "Then it's time for us to talk about it now?"

At this time, Xie Yuduo flashed behind him again, and another figure appeared, which was also a young officer.

Jiang Jianming suddenly opened his eyes wide, he never expected to see an acquaintance again - it was Tang Zhen.

It has only been more than half a year since he graduated from the military academy, and the temperament of the young master of the Tang family has changed a lot, with a little less innocence and a little more fortitude.

Jiang Jianming couldn't help but feel relieved: being able to appear here means that Tang Zhen also got out of the adaptation period ahead of time, and he also followed Major General Xie on the expedition starship. His good roommate is also making rapid progress.

At first entering this virtual space filled with senior generals, Tang Zhen seemed a little nervous.

But after receiving the gesture from Xie Yuduo's eyes, he immediately took a deep breath and stood up and said, "Next, I will report the results of the expedition to your Excellencies."

"Yinbeidou's 28th far-star exploration, the first stage was successfully completed, and the precise value of the crystal nest positioning was refreshed. The coordinates of the star map are..."

"The alien creatures that were entrenched along the way have now successfully opened up a new channel for thousands of starships to travel normally. The coordinates of the star map..."

"As of today, in terms of quality and quantity, the real crystal ore harvested by the expedition fleet exceeds the sum of the resources mined by the three Yin Beidou fortresses in a whole year..."

Following the young officer's loud report, the generals who were about to attack because of Xie Yuduo's lateness began to change their expressions one by one, and even gasped in astonishment.

There has always been an exploration of the crystal nest with no return... This time, this time, it has really achieved results?

Someone recognized the younger son of the Tang family, and admired Tang Bohai, the head of the Tang family, the current major general of the empire: "Major General Tang, tiger fathers have no dogs."

Major General Tang's mouth twitched, and he couldn't express his bitterness... He always wanted to keep his young son away from the front line. It turned out that this kid was better. Not only did he choose Yin Beidou after graduation, but he also followed Xie Yuduo, a half-crazy, to the expedition fleet.

Xie Yuduo was complacent: "Hmm, that's right, everyone. Even if the merits and demerits are equal, maybe there will be a lot of money left over to give Xie someone a promotion, isn't it, Commander-in-Chief?"

Old Marshal Chen was accustomed to him being so noisy for a long time, and his face was expressionless at this moment.

On the contrary, the grumpy Lieutenant General Boris slapped the table and jumped up: "Let's go!"

The harmonious word mechanism of the meeting space swallowed the lieutenant general's swear words, and the muscles on Boris's face twitched: "The distant stars are unpredictable, the Maotou boy just survived a few more days. When the fleet is defeated tomorrow, the main general will die. It's to blame, you can still come to a meeting across the interstellar space like this!?"

Xie Yuduo retorted, pretending to be exaggerated astonishment: "Aren't you talking nonsense! Of course, Xie Xie would only come to the meeting if he won the battle. If I lose the battle, how can I still use you to teach me?"

Boris was so angry that the veins on his forehead jumped: "You—"

The rest of the people looked at each other in dismay, seeing that the atmosphere had begun to go wrong, but it wasn't over yet.

On the other end, Tang Zhen finished speaking his lines, and his butt had just touched the seat. Suddenly his eyes lit up, and he called out in disbelief and surprise: "**Little Jiang!? Why are you here—"

...Obviously, he habitually made a "fuck" when he was excited, and then was silenced by the harmony word mechanism.

Major General Tang was so angry that his chest hurt and he couldn't bear to look directly. As a result, he saw Major General Xie turn his head beside him, and seemed to be stunned.

The next moment, Xie Yuduo burst out in pain and let out a scream even more shrill than Tang Zhen!

"My **** little lord!!! You, you, you—"

This voice was like a concubine, and all the generals and their entourages were frightened enough.

Even Old Marshal Chen tiredly pressed his temples with his hands and shook his head.

Major General Xie didn't care, he didn't follow any etiquette, and rushed to the Crown Prince's palace in three steps.

——No, after a closer look, he should have rushed to a black-haired young officer in a platinum military uniform who was sitting beside the prince.

The eyes of the audience were instantly focused, Jiang Jianming felt like sitting on pins and needles, and smiled bitterly: "Major General Xie, stay safe."

Lean slammed his hand down to hold down His Excellency Major General who rushed over, and his voice was cold: "Xie Yuduo, are you courting death?"

"Why!!" Xie Yuduo pointed at the Jin Rilun military emblem on Jiang Jianming's chest and cried, "Is it because Yin Beidou's promotion is not fast enough or the salary is not high enough, the food is not good enough or the reimbursement is not strong enough, little sir How can you...how can you!"

Under the eyes of the public, Major General Xie, who had just lifted his tail to the sky, seemed to have completely collapsed.

Jiang Jianming coughed in a guilty conscience, and roughly estimated in his heart that the extent of the collapse was comparable to when he learned that His Highness had emptied his box of tranquilizers.

"This **** golden sun wheel, all of his gangsters, except that the average lifespan is a little longer, which is not as good as our silver Beidou!"

Xie Yuduo was still about to cry without tears, "Even the military uniform is as ugly as a bastard, otherwise—otherwise you can go back to the back of the fort and do a clerical job!"

Boris scolded: "What kind of military uniform are you calling ugly!?"

At the same time, there are several generals who can't see Jin Ilun, as well as generals with old-fashioned ideas, or scolded or lamented:

"Xie Yuduo, do you still know what the occasion is!"

"What a gaffe, what a gaffe..."

Old Lieutenant General Luther blew his beard and stared: "Quiet! All quiet!!"

All of a sudden, the words of harmony were flying around, and the military, which should have been solemn and heavy, would always have a good time.

In the middle, someone whispered: "Isn't that young man a disabled human officer who was favored by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince after calming the civil strife in Aslan a few days ago?"

"Why did Xie Yuduo have anything to do with him again? Could it be that the rumor that this little officer used to work for Yin Beidou is true?"

"Why do you still call your little lord..."

Jiang Jianming calmly reassured: "Major General, calm down, I will show you the file later, I will not retire the rank of Yin Beidou."

Finally, just before the meeting was about to turn into a farce, Old Marshal Chen knocked on the table again and spoke.

"Okay, okay, let's all sit down first."

The author has something to say: Xie. Humanoid self-propelled atmosphere crusher. Yuduo.

Note: "The wise take their tactics, the foolish take their strength, the brave take their might, and the coward take their prudence..." From Tang Taizong's "Di Fan. Shen Guan"