The regular meeting of the Yuan Council is still going on, but Xia Feng is not listening carefully to the follow-up discussions.

Or rather, he wasn't listening carefully to what was being discussed, but was observing everyone's expressions.

....

As he had thought, the discussion on disarmament in the second half of the conference was still very strange.

As soon as the focus of disarmament was set on the border military districts, a collegial officer immediately proposed the disarmament of 100,000 men, citing the stability of the international situation.

Not surprisingly, this view was opposed by the majority of the members of the Yuan Council.

....

Victoria is almost surrounded by the sea on three sides, and the only southern border is the door and window of the country, and even if there is a possibility of over-defense, the army cannot be reduced, this is the principle.

Seeing the resoluteness of the majority, the focus of disarmament was then shifted to the Southern Military Region, on the grounds that the Southern Military Region was too dispersed.

Next to Speaker Levle, a middle-aged collegial officer said with an unkind face.

"It is well known that the economy in the southern part of the empire is very sluggish, and because of geography, the cities are too far apart and lack of relevance, which leads to the Southern Military District having to garrison each of the large cities."

Another collegial officer squinted his eyes.

"Bida-sama, what's wrong with that? The number of infected people in the south is almost twice as high as in the north, and it is not natural to strengthen the garrison of large cities. ”

The collegial officer, known as Lord Bida, snorted softly.

"Of course, there is a problem, the economy of the south is so poor, but the annual military expenditure is comparable to that of the north, and in this case, I think it is necessary to reduce military spending through disarmament."

As soon as these words came out, some of the nobles who were still hesitating before couldn't sit still.

Everyone gossiped.

"Lord Bida, the security of the city in the south is already a bit chaotic, large cities generally have a concentration area for infected people, and they have been disarmed many times before, and now they are loaded, isn't this an increase in security risks?"

"Yes, the garrison branch of the Southern Military District is already a turnip and a pit."

"Lord Bida, I think you're playing with fire with this proposal."

In the face of several people's accusations, the collegial officer known as Bida leaned on his seat and puffed up his stomach and said disdainfully.

"If a place is destined to catch fire, then let it burn, and when the time comes, it will be directly suppressed by armed force, and it will be an example to make an example to ensure that no one dares to cause trouble in the future, instead of worrying about catching fire and increasing its own fire prevention costs, it is better to just let it go, just to screen out the existence of potential threats to the empire."

....

This statement has no sense of responsibility and overall view at all, and it is difficult for Xia Feng to even imagine that this opinion came from the mouths of members of the core institutions of the empire, such as the Yuan Council.

It seems to be trying to get away with it, but it's actually stupid.

Moreover, there is a mixture of strong suggestion and established perception in this view.

Because of the limited interaction between cities and the inconvenience of transportation, large cities generally have to have garrisons, which is not only to prevent so-called "riots", but also to increase the tolerance rate in the face of various emergencies.

For example, heavy snowfall, floods, gang fights, large traffic accidents, vicious events that the security bureau cannot handle, and even evacuation in the event of a natural disaster.

However, the collegial officer, named Bida, said nothing about this, and what he wanted to convey was that the garrisons of the Southern Military Region in the southern cities were solely for the purpose of guarding against local infected people.

This is blatant discrimination.

This is not Ursas, although ordinary people have always tacitly discriminated against the infected, but such subjective and undisguised discrimination by those in power is still too shocking.

....

Fortunately, the Yuan Council is not all arrogant and arrogant guys like Bida, on the contrary, most of the members still uphold an objective and fair attitude on matters of principle.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little frozen, Speaker Levle coughed softly.

"Ahem, we are only discussing the possibility of disarmament today, and the real decision will be made through discussion with General Ormon, commander-in-chief of the Southern Military Region, as well as the Imperial Military Department, and Chief Frey."

....

Xia Feng breathed a sigh of relief and engaged in it for a long time, but it turned out to be talk on paper.

Politics does not understand the military, the military does not involve politics, theoretically the Yuan Assembly has a lot of powers, and can even negate the decisions of the imperial family, but in practice, this situation is very difficult to appear.

The regular meeting of the Yuan Assembly is like a group of aunts and uncles discussing where to buy a house, and when it comes to making a decision, they still have to listen to the opinions of their sons who work outside the home.

In this case, Xia Feng is not so restrained.

....

In between discussions, Xia Feng sat in the corner of the last row and raised his hand.

"Lord Leffre, I have a little suggestion or question, can you say it?"

Levle nodded.

"Xia Feng, you are a member of the Yuan Council, of course you can speak."

Xia Feng stood up and said innocently with wide eyes.

"I don't understand why you have been struggling with the question of whether the Southern Military Region should be disarmed, and if you want to disarm and save military spending, then why not cut the Northern Military Region or the Central Army?"

As soon as the words fell, Xia Feng's question was met with a fierce response.

Several nobles sitting near Xia Feng spoke up first.

"How is it possible to disarm the Central Army, what nonsense are you talking about."

"The young man is too impotent, the Central Army and the Northern Military Region are the top priorities of the empire, and they have confiscated their guns, who will meet the enemy if there is an accident when the time comes?"

Xia Feng glared at the big innocent eyes.

"Aren't you talking about disarmament, and aren't they all disbanded on the spot, as you just said, the north belongs to the interior, the public order is very good, and there are two major military regions guarding at the same time, what is abnormal in disarming a small part in order to save military spending?"

At this time, Lord Loda, who was in the collegial seat, spoke.

He looked at Xia Feng contemptuously, like he was looking at an idiot.

"What do you know about a hairy boy, with the economy of the north, even if the central army recruits another 300,000 soldiers, the situation in the north and south cannot be compared at all."

This statement shocked Xia Feng, and he immediately asked rhetorically.

"Lord Luoda, what do you mean by this, I don't understand, the economy is still divided into north and south? Isn't the south part of the Victorian Empire, are you trying to divide it? ”

"Smack!"

Loda slammed the table, shaking the teacup on the table.

I saw him scolding Xia Feng loudly.

"What kind of thing are you kid, you dare to put a hat on my head, but you're just a gang leader of the infestation, you really think Princess Verin ......... you"

"That's it!"

Speaker Levle interrupted Loda's frenzy just in time.

"Lord Loda, this is a regular meeting of the Yuan Council, anyone can give their opinions, please pay attention to your words."

Luo Da's attitude is obviously arrogant, even on this occasion, he has no worries at all, and there is a posture that no one needs to give face.

Of course, his attitude is completely reasonable, as the head of the family of the first-level nobles in the north, except for the members of the royal family, if he doesn't want to give it, there is really no need to give face to anyone.

Snorting heavily, Lota squinted in the direction of Xia Feng.

"Boy, don't think that you can do whatever you want if you make some achievements, if you don't measure yourself, be careful of abandoning your previous efforts and overturning the boat in the gutter."

In the face of such clamour, Xia Feng's expression did not show any anger.

Feeling the hand of Marenleg next to him desperately pulling him to sit down, Xia Feng smiled apologetically.

"Lord Luoda's lesson is that I lost my words, and I will definitely pay attention in the future."

Seeing that he confessed, the others who had just echoed him muttered like elders preaching juniors.

"Young people need to know how to read words and looks."

"It's not something you can do."

Xia Feng looked humble and sincere, but nodded again and again, and didn't say anything more.

.....

.....

The meeting continued until noon, and none of the three items was finalized, and the staff member in charge of the record put the transcript in order and nodded to the Council of Levle.

Lever stood up from his seat.

"Okay, that's all for today, thank you for coming to the meeting in your busy schedules, the important content discussed in the meeting will be submitted to the royal family and Chief Yarlin for serious discussion, and the next regular meeting will be in three days' time, I hope you can also attend normally, and the meeting will be dismissed."

After Levle announced the adjournment of the meeting, several collegial officers in the front row, including Loda, who had just scolded Xia Feng, swaggered out of the conference hall.

Some of the remaining nobles left after him, and some were communicating in low voices.

....

After the people gradually dispersed, Marenleg persuaded Xia Feng with a somewhat embarrassed face.

"Xia Feng, you don't need to come forward in a situation like just now, you are a newcomer in the Yuan Council, to put it mildly, members like you and me who do not have important positions have no right to speak at all."

In Marenleg's opinion, Xia Feng's behavior just now was completely in a hurry to come out, or forcibly finding a sense of existence.

Xia Feng smiled indifferently.

"It's okay, it's not the first time in my life, I'll understand it later."

"Well, you know."

Marenleg then looked at his watch.

"It's noon now, do you have any arrangements for the afternoon, I'll invite you to dinner."

Xia Feng stood up from his seat and patted his buttocks.

"No, I've made an appointment, I'll see you later."

.....

.....

The first regular meeting of the Yuan Assembly was over, and Xia Feng called Ah Guang in the lounge of the administrative building, and the two went downstairs together.

Entrance to the Administration Building.

Starting the car, Ah Guang asked curiously.

"Brother Feng, what did you say at this meeting?"

Xia Feng sat in the co-pilot and stared quietly ahead.

"I didn't say anything, it's all trivial."

At this moment, Xia Feng suddenly saw the collegial officer of Luoda who had just met getting into a black car parked in front of them.

....

Taking a deep breath, Xia Feng said calmly.

"Ah Guang, are you afraid of pain?"

"What? Afraid of pain? How can I, a big man, be afraid of pain. ”

"Do you see the car in front of you?"

"I see."

Xia Feng stared blankly ahead.

"Keep up with it, fasten your seatbelt, step on the accelerator at the next intersection and hit it."