"Todo-kun was also very excited. He vowed that he would live up to Mr. Tachibana's kindness in finding him."

Speaking of this, the Souji seemed to have recalled some interesting joke and jokingly said:

"Tachibana-kun, you are really bad. You promoted that Qinghe Hachiro to a staff officer... Even a person like me who knows nothing about politics can see at a glance: you are trying to evade him."

"..."

Qingdeng did not answer the call immediately.

I saw the corners of his mouth extending to both sides, gradually forming a chewy arc.

"Qinghe Hachiro is neither a brother who treats me with sincerity, nor a colleague who is trustworthy."

"How can I entrust important duties to such a dangerous person who requires extra precautions?"

"However, he also has considerable influence among the ronin of Edo."

"There are many sergeants in the Shinsengumi who came to defect because they admired his name."

"If we don't give him an official position, it will easily arouse the dissatisfaction of the Qinghe Party."

"Therefore, there is no position more suitable for him than one with a famous name and a high status, but without any real power."

According to the setting, the staff of the Shinsengumi are independent of the four major departments and do not undertake specific work. They are only responsible for senior positions in advising Aonto.

Humans with normal IQs can keenly realize what a big hole Qingdeng has dug for this position.

The power of this position is completely linked to Qingdeng's will - and it is completely linked.

Qingdeng believes that when his advisers are reused, their words and deeds will have great weight.

But when Qingdeng is disgusted and excludes his staff, his existence is nothing.

The status of a staff officer is all a matter of Qingdeng's words.

On the surface, Hachiro Kiyokawa looks like the "second in command of the Shinsengumi".

But in fact, he was completely pushed out of the power hierarchy by Qingdeng, and he was just a puppet with no power and no ability to mobilize any soldiers.

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Today’s update time has been brought forward again!

It’s really difficult... When can we go back to "updating on time at 10 a.m."... (Crying Leopard Head)
Chapter completed!