Chương 1769: The Navy and the Seven Warlords of the Sea (7)

If the military continues to expand, the financial pressure on the world government will become extremely huge.

This means that the budgets of many other departments will have to be cut, which will undoubtedly lead to a series of problems and contradictions.

Saint Maz agreed with Saint Nasu Shoulang's proposal. He nodded and said, "That's right. Not only that, we must continue to implement the Seven Warlords of the Sea plan!"

"Expand the army, the Seven Warlords of the Sea..."

Saint Vochuli muttered to himself, as if thinking about the feasibility of these two plans.

Maz-sang went on to explain, "There are currently two members missing from the Shichibukai. Ever since Jinbei and Blackbeard betrayed the Shichibukai, their places have been eliminated. Therefore, we need to find two new pirates who are willing to cooperate with the World Government to fill these two vacancies and make them the new Shichibukai members."

"Well, which pirates can be the targets of winning over?"

Saint Peter frowned slightly, supported his chin with his right hand, and fell into deep thought.

He was secretly thinking about finding those pirates who were famous on the sea and powerful enough to compete with the Three Emperors, or at least those pirates who could barely compete with the Three Emperors.

However, after careful consideration, Pitt Saint discovered that there did not seem to be many pirates on the sea who met the requirements.

Those pirates who are truly capable of competing with the Three Emperors have been recruited by the Three Emperors over the past few years.

The rest are nothing more than some newcomers who have just emerged in the past year.

As a result, not only does the World Government face the problem of talent shortage, but even the pirates are well aware of the importance of talent and are trying their best to recruit masters from all walks of life into their own camps.

Everyone looked at each other and began to search for the right candidate in their minds.

At this moment, Nasshoulangsheng, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up: "I think the navy can also consider recruiting some masters with clean backgrounds on the sea and give them corresponding positions!"

His words were like a bolt of lightning that broke through the silent atmosphere and attracted the attention of the other four people.

Before he finished speaking, four pairs of eyes, like four spotlights, fell on Nasu Shoulangsheng.

"Will the Navy agree to this?"

Peter Saint muttered to himself with a look of doubt on his face, and the first thought in his mind was whether the navy would agree to this proposal.

You know, although the Navy is nominally a violent agency under the World Government, the actual situation is not that simple.

The World Government does not actually fully understand the true situation within the Navy.

The navy is like a closed iron barrel, and it is difficult for outsiders to interfere in its affairs.

The navy often only obeys some orders of the World Government on the surface, but greatly reduces their compliance when it comes to actual implementation, or even completely ignores the orders of the World Government.

This attitude of "obeying orders but not announcements" has kept the navy in a relatively independent state and not too controlled by the world government.

If the World Government wants to direct the Navy, it can only do so by issuing orders and making clear the obligations that the Navy must fulfill.

Even so, the World Government will have to pay a certain price before the navy will reluctantly obey orders.

It's no secret that the Navy is pretending to obey but actually disobeying. This situation has become commonplace. Although the World Government is dissatisfied with this, it has not yet reached the point of completely breaking off relations with the Navy.

After all, the world government still needs to rely on the navy to suppress the sea and maintain world order.

Under such circumstances, the World Government can only turn a blind eye to some of the Navy's actions and try to maintain superficial harmony between the two sides.

The meaning of what Nasu Shoulang Sheng said now is tantamount to openly tearing apart the long-standing tacit understanding between the World Government and the Navy.

This move is undoubtedly intended to break the inherent tradition of hundreds of years and directly interfere with personnel appointments and dismissals within the navy.

In the past, although the influence of the World Government on the Navy could not be underestimated, it also had certain limits.

Normally, the most they can do is exert some influence on the selection of the Admiral and the Admiral.

Even for the position of admiral, the World Government can only provide advice and cannot directly interfere in the specific appointment process.

The power to appoint admirals actually lies in the hands of the naval marshal.

This is to maintain unity within the navy and avoid embarrassing situations where generals and commanders are at odds with each other.

Because once the three admirals come into conflict with the marshal, it will have a serious negative impact on the combat effectiveness and morale of the entire navy.

Therefore, the World Government has always paid more attention to the appointment of the Navy Admiral, but they do not have the power to directly intervene in the generals at all levels under the Admiral.

This time, however, things were different.

As the navy was facing a shortage of strong men, Nasshoulangsheng made a bold suggestion: to recruit strong men with clean backgrounds from all over the world through military positions.

These people do not need to have outstanding military achievements, as long as their strength is strong enough, they can directly obtain the corresponding military positions.

For example, a person with the ability of a major general can be directly appointed as a major general, while a person with the ability of a colonel can be directly appointed as a colonel.

He even has the strength of an admiral, and is second only to the emperor in the navy. This is undoubtedly a complete subversion of the traditional rules of hundreds of years.

The impact of this action is definitely not limited to the surface, it is very likely to trigger a series of deep-seated problems.

First of all, how would those generals who had relied on their own efforts and merits and gone through hardships to be promoted to high positions such as major general and lieutenant general feel?

They have worked hard for decades to climb to their current position, but now they suddenly find that as long as they have the strength, they can easily become their equal.

I'm afraid this kind of psychological gap is not something that ordinary people can bear.

If this issue is not properly handled, it is likely to lead to division within the navy.

Those generals who feel unfair may become dissatisfied and may even unite to form a powerful opposition force.

As a result, the navy's originally strong cohesion will be severely impacted, which in turn will affect the combat effectiveness and stability of the entire navy.

What's more serious is that if this resistance spreads and the entire navy becomes resistant to the World Government, the consequences will be disastrous.

You know, the navy's power is everywhere except the New World, and its influence is extremely huge.

Even though the situation is so intense now between the revolutionary army, the navy and some rebellious kingdoms, if an island is lost today, a kingdom will be destroyed tomorrow.