One Piece: General Xuanming, Defeat the New World

The issue of corruption had indeed been ignored by Carson, intentionally or unintentionally, before.

After all, the navy was in a passive defensive state strategically before, the pirates were powerful, and the shadow of the Rocks era had not yet dissipated, so it was not convenient to investigate.

For the warriors who are really walking on the edge of a knife and wading through a sea of ​​blood at the risk of their lives, you can be a little greedy, right? Don't cause any deaths. Our department is still very tolerant.

Even if you collect some protection fees and really protect your area well, there is nothing wrong with that.

But if you're not careful, it's already changed.

Those strong men who have truly walked out of the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, who have experienced life and death and are still loyal to the navy and justice, really have firm beliefs. At the very least, they will never allow such things as wanton harm to civilians.

Therefore, they are greedy with moderation, at least they will not cause people to die. Otherwise, what is the difference between them and the pirates they killed in the first place?

However, in troubled times, being able to live in peace can already be considered an achievement for the superiors, so the department generally turns a blind eye to such people.

The ones who are really disgusting and who deserve to be killed are the idiots who came in through the back door. They join the navy just to make money and to get promoted and make money.

These guys are so greedy that they have no sense of limit. They want to scrape the ground three feet deep and suck the marrow out of everyone.

As the Lockes era gradually passed, the former gradually retired and his influence faded. On the contrary, the latter's corruption became more and more serious, even to the point where it could not be ignored.

"Such a large navy, an army invincible in the sea, must not be destroyed from within!"

Carson hummed to himself, raised his hand and started writing, gradually outlining a feasible plan.

……

The next day, Carsent, who had already made preliminary plans for the matter, came to General Sengoku's office.

Pushing the door open and entering, Vice Admiral Tsuru was discussing something with Sengoku. Seeing Carsent, he smiled softly and said:

"Carson, what's the matter?"

"General Sengoku, Chief of Staff Crane!"

Carson greeted him, walked to the desk, pulled up a chair and sat down calmly.

"I'm here today mainly because of some issues within the Navy."

As Carsent spoke, he began to recount what he had been thinking about yesterday.

"The trend of corruption and extravagance is becoming more and more prevalent within the Navy, especially in the Four Seas region. In my opinion, it has reached a level that cannot be ignored."

"The Don Quixote family in the North Sea, the gang riots in the West Sea, and even the East China Sea and the South China Sea are not stable. This is very abnormal."

"After the New World Naval War, the Navy should have seized the opportunity of a great victory and swept across the four seas with the force of thunder. However, it seems that the stability of the four seas has not improved much compared to ten years ago."

Although the navy did not completely win the New World Naval Battle, it did effectively curb the pirates' ambition to monopolize the New World and injected a shot in the arm for the Four Seas region.

It has been a recognized world pattern in the past decade that it is difficult for big pirates to leave the New World.

In this way, the Four Seas region has already had a fairly stable pattern, but the navy's governance effectiveness is still limited, which is definitely a problem.

If the governor of the Four Seas cannot even clean up the pirates produced within the Four Seas, then it is a complete dereliction of duty. One or two accidents are understandable, but the Four Seas are full of pirates and cannot be distinguished.

“Of course, I am not saying that all this is caused by corruption, but the sailors should do their best.”

At the end, Carson added a sentence.

"Carsent, you are absolutely right!"

Zhan Guo looked at the high-spirited young general in front of him and nodded with satisfaction.

It seems like just yesterday that Carsent and Sakaski, who were still new recruits, stepped into his office, but recently, Carsent has been appointed as a candidate for general, just one step away from being on par with himself, and his strength is no weaker than his own.

The internal rectification of the navy was a big problem. If it was proposed by someone else, Zhan Guo would probably let it go, but if it was Carsent, Zhan Guo would be willing to listen and see what method Carsent had.

"I am well aware of the growing corruption of the naval branch in the Four Seas region, but if we make hasty changes, I am afraid that the harm will outweigh the benefits."

Zhan Guo sighed softly and said:

"Carsente, you and I cannot ask those junior navy soldiers to defend justice with their lives like you and I do. For many of them, being a navy soldier is just a way to make a living."

"If we don't accept them, they might become pirates in the blink of an eye. If we accept them, they will inevitably become what they are now."

"The Four Seas region is said to be the navy's base, only because the Navy Headquarters is capable of sending strong men into the Four Seas at any time, but pirates do not have this ability."

In this regard, the Warring States are also helpless, and don't say that the Four Seas are the navy's base. If the pirates are close to the Four Seas, the Four Seas are the pirates' base.

After Zhan Guo finished speaking, Lieutenant General Tsuru chuckled:

"Carsent, Zhan Guo and I have explored this matter countless times."

"You know, some things cannot be quantified. We cannot develop a quantitative system to determine who is corrupt and who is not, who is reasonable and who is unreasonable. We cannot decide who should be dealt with in what way."

Carson nodded. Vice Admiral Crane's words were exactly what he had thought yesterday.

The models are different in different places. In places where the navy has an absolute advantage, if it still colludes with the country or gangs, it is indeed damned.

In places where the navy is at a disadvantage, such as the hinterland of the West Sea, the navy can only unite with local gangs. After all, the navy is not the police and does not care about the affairs of gangs, so the gangs are happy to cooperate after the benefits are given.

But who is to judge? Advantages and disadvantages are such subjective issues that are difficult to attribute directly and even more difficult to quantify.

"Then how about skipping this step and judging directly by the changes in the strength of the people and the navy under governance?"

Carsonte asked.

"I'm sorry, Carsonte."

Vice Admiral Tsuru shook his head slightly, then began to explain:

"Simply put, this will invisibly put more pressure on governors of regions that are doing a good job, while those that are already in a mess will get away with it."

"The Navy is not a rigid place. What we are doing now is essentially trying to maintain an upward trajectory."

"What we value most is talent. We need to ensure that even in those naval branches where corruption is rampant, as long as there is hope and willingness to rise, they can come to the headquarters instead of being completely buried."

"Talent is the foundation of the navy, and we are not capable of managing other aspects for the time being."

Vice Admiral Tsuru said.

This is easy to understand. For the navy, only if you ensure peace in the world can you judge the performance of officials in a quantitative manner. Otherwise, everything is out of the question due to regional differences.