"My lord, this is an official document the Military Governor's Office just sent over!"
Yang Zhengshan had only just returned to the office when Han Fei came over with a document in hand.
"What's it about?" Yang Zhengshan took the document while walking toward the study.
"It concerns the formation of a naval force!" Han Fei replied.
Yang Zhengshan's eyes lit up. He immediately opened the official document, reading as he walked.
But once he finished reading it, his brows drew together.
The Tenglong Vanguard?
Separate the Tenglong Vanguard from the Tenglong Guard, establish an independent Guard Division Office, and form a naval guard post?
If that happened, would the naval force still belong to the Tenglong Guard?
Of course not!
The Tenglong Guard and the Tenglong Vanguard would become two offices of equal rank, with no chain of command between them at all.
Yang Zhengshan entered the study, stroking his beard as he thought about it.
This had to be the Old Emperor's idea.
As for why the Old Emperor would do this?
It was probably based on two considerations. First, the Tenglong Guard had already exceeded its authorized size, so splitting off a vanguard could be considered a normal arrangement. Second, it was probably to prevent the Tenglong Guard from growing into a tail too big to wag.
A single guard post having cavalry and infantry was one thing, but if a naval force was added on top of that, it would be too much.
If it continued to expand, it would inevitably become a tail too big to wag.
Of course, this did not mean the Old Emperor thought Yang Zhengshan harbored disloyal intentions. If he had thought that, he would not have allowed Yang Zhengshan to concurrently serve as the Commander of the Tenglong Vanguard. He