Han’s Son is Not a Slave

Chapter 90: Intelligence

The battalion’s transfer of various affairs was in full swing in the next six days. It was not that there were no rumors spreading in the battalion that it was the Taiping battalion that loaded all the money and food into the truck. This was because those officers were preparing to escape with the money. It’s not to fight the Tartars, but these old and weak women and children who defected to the Taiping Camp are to be left to the Qing army to harm them.

The rumors suddenly spread without warning, but it is reasonable. After all, what the Taiping Camp is doing now seems to be no different from escaping. Otherwise, what do you do with all the things in the car?

In response to the rumors, Zhou Shixiang quickly ordered the former camp to strengthen the military control of the whole city, and strictly prohibited people of all kinds from spreading such rumors in the camp.

Under the strong pressure of the Taiping Camp, rumors were quickly restrained. Under the almost strict iron law of “rumor makers die” and rumor spreaders are guilty of the same crime, no one dared to easily touch the iron law with their heads.

The common people are blind, but they are also obedient. Without forceful suppression, rumors will have extremely dire consequences, but in the face of force, rumors have no effect. Time is the natural enemy of rumors. With the passage of time, rumors will be self-defeating. Before that, it is only necessary to strengthen the control.

In order to combat rumor-mongers, Zhou Shixiang even issued a whistleblower system, that is, if someone secretly reports or spreads rumors, they can get rewards. This system is also a double-edged sword. When used properly, it can effectively combat disaffected rumormongers. When used poorly, it can easily distract the military and civilians. But at present, there is no need to worry about whether there are more advantages or disadvantages. It is still far from considering the advantages and disadvantages of this system. I will consider it. It is really a worry.

Song Xianggong, who was so busy, did not forget to send people to secretly investigate who spread the rumors. Unfortunately, there are nearly 10,000 old and weak women and children in the rear camp. He sent secretly to investigate only those former yamen officials who were willing to be used by the Taiping Camp. These people ran errands. It’s okay to do business, but it’s really embarrassing for them to do this inquiring and spying. After two or three days of investigation, in addition to catching a few women and children who heard rumors and secretly told others, the real rumor-monger was not caught. If you can’t find it, it can only be a matter of time.

Afterwards, Song Xianggong felt a little emotional. If there is a force similar to Daming Jinyiwei or Dongchang Fanzi in Taiping Camp, no matter how those rumor makers cover up and hide themselves, they will have nowhere to follow in front of Fanzi. Because if you want people not to know, unless you do nothing, stretch out your hand and open your mouth, there must be traces to check!

Song Xianggong’s emotion reminded Zhou Shixiang that he had been busy with the formation of the army and civil politics, but he had not done anything in intelligence work.

Intelligence is like the eyes of a human being. With information in hand, one can see the situation of the military and the people clearly. Without information, one is blind. It’s like the case of rumors in the camp. There are special intelligence personnel to deal with the matter, which can be easily solved. You can send a layman to deal with it.

It is nearly a thousand miles to Xiangshan, and most of the way is in enemy-occupied areas. There must be a special intelligence personnel similar to Jinyiwei who is responsible for exploring the enemy’s situation, otherwise the Taiping Camp will be passive everywhere. Of course, Jinyiwei was the pro-military of the Emperor Daming, and Zhou Shixiang, a self-proclaimed thousand households, would definitely not be able to use it. Dongchang Fanzi had a bad reputation, and even more so than Jinyiwei, it could not be used by courtiers. Naturally, the agency of the Ministry of Military Intelligence was released.

The Ministry of Military Intelligence has been released. Who can be in charge of this department? Looking at the entire battalion, there is basically no one who is suitable for the important task of the Military Intelligence Division. As a last resort, at the suggestion of Song Xianggong, Zhou Shixiang handed over the General Intelligence Division to Zhang An. The reason why Song Xianggong recommended Banjiao An is that this guy is smart and can talk.

Cleverness is indeed an essential quality for intelligence personnel, but speaking seems a little out of line, but it is true that no one is available, and Zhou Shixiang himself cannot be the intelligence chief himself. In desperation, Zhang An can only be appointed.

When Zhang An was called over, he didn’t know what the MI Division was doing. Zhou Shixiang could only tell him about what Jin Yiwei and Dongchang Fanzi had done, and he didn’t want the other party to shake his head like a rattle. Yes, I said that Zhang An is also a great man, how can I do such ugly things, if I don’t do it, I will never do it!

If you don’t do it, don’t do it. He also told how Jinyiwei harmed the people in those days, and how the Dongchang fanzi was faking his prestige, deceiving the good people and deceiving the emperor. The way he gritted his teeth was like Zhang An’s own experience, Seeing it with my own eyes.

If it wasn’t for Zhou Shixiang to think about it, this meeting would have been the eighth year of the Yongli calendar, and it has been twelve years since the Qing army entered the customs. As soon as Chongzhen came to power, he abolished the Dongchang factory and castrated Jinyiwei like a chicken. In 2008, the prestige of the factory guard did not exist at all. This counts as 29 years, and Zhang An is only 28 years old this year. Where did he experience the bad of the factory guard, and where did he hear that the factory guard was not good?

Song Xianggong had seen the world after all, so he muttered beside Zhang An’s words: “If the factory and guards were not abolished, Emperor Xiaolie might be hanged.”

Emperor Xiaolie is naturally Emperor Chongzhen, Xiaolie is the posthumous title given by Hongguang Dynasty, and the Qing court has also been there, but it is called Zhuanglie. Although the Qing court occupies most of the country, Nanming is still there, so in the south, people still call this strong emperor Xiaolie Emperor.

What is the direct relationship between Emperor Xiaolie’s death and the abolition of factory guards? Zhou Shixiang didn’t want to ask. He was not a historian, and he didn’t want to find out the cause and effect. Just shit.

Under Zhou Shixiang’s scolding, Zhang An reluctantly took over the “important task” of the ambassador of the Ministry of Military Intelligence. The first task he received after taking office was to go to Deqing immediately. No matter how much money was spent, he had to find a way. Find out the garrison forces of the Qing army in Zhaoqing and Guangzhou. At the same time, he tried to contact the secret anti-Qing people hidden in the two prefectures, so as to obtain their help when the Taiping Camp crossed the border.

Zhou Shixiang gave Zhang An a lot of autonomy, which is called “acting cheaply” in the words of this era.

“My subordinates thought it was a dirty thing to do, but what I didn’t want Qianhu to explain was such a big thing. Don’t worry, Qianhu, my subordinates will go to Deqing!”

After listening to Zhou Shixiang’s explanation, Zhang An immediately changed his attitude, but he hesitated and refused to leave when Zhou Shixiang signaled that he could leave.

Zhou Shixiang was a little strange and asked him, “What else is there?”

“Subordinate…” Zhang An sneered, “I don’t know where my subordinates are. Since my subordinates are going to Deqing, I would like to ask Qianhu to hand them over to my subordinates. I would like to have some helpers. How the next person can do so much.”

“I have no one.” Zhou Shixiang spread his hands, “You are the ambassador of the Ministry of Military Intelligence. You can find what kind of subordinates you want. Anyway, I have no one to send you.”

Hearing this, Zhang An was stunned: “So, this subordinate is a bare ambassador?”

“Everything is difficult at the beginning~www.readwn.com~ Our Taiping Camp is now in the pioneering stage, and there is a shortage of manpower everywhere. The job of the Ministry of Intelligence is not something ordinary people can do. You have to find it yourself.”

“Thousands of households don’t send people, where can their subordinates find people?”

“You go to the back camp to find out, as long as the person is clever, oh, by the way, this person should not be too conspicuous, the more ordinary the better.” After speaking, Zhou Shixiang did not forget to say hello to Song Xianggong, who was actually in charge of the back camp, “Sir, let’s make it easier for the Ministry of Military Intelligence. All the people Zhang An likes are transferred to the Ministry of Military Intelligence. Please prepare for the expenses.”

Song Xianggong smiled slightly, nodded and said, “This is natural.”

Turning his head to see Zhang An still standing stupidly, Zhou Shixiang couldn’t help urging him: “Why are you still standing here, why don’t you find some help? Do you really want to do the MISI alone?”

“I…I…I…”

Zhang An had three “Is” in a row. Seeing that Zhou Shixiang really had no one to send him to him, he could only sigh helplessly, saluted and turned around to look for his men.

Watching Zhang An’s retreating back, Zhou Shixiang also felt a little guilty. For such an important agency of the Ministry of Military Intelligence, he couldn’t help Zhang An to put up the air, so he sent people away with just such a sentence. , I can’t help but think it’s too cruel. But what if you don’t be ruthless, there are so many people up and down the Taiping Camp, but there are not many people who can use them, and there are not many people who are suitable for intelligence work. body?

I hope Banjiao An can impress him, Zhou Shixiang sighed helplessly.