Central agency.([] )

Starting from the fourth year of the Republic of China, this term quickly appeared in the lives of people in the capital with the continuous expansion of the State Council. Before the fourth year of the Republic of China, the central agencies often referred to the ministries under the central government. Now, in the fifth year of the Republic of China,

In 2006, the scope covered by central agencies became increasingly wider.

One of the simplest numbers can fully explain the problem. In May of the fourth year of the Republic of China, there were only more than 4,500 employees in the central government agencies in Beijing. By August of the fifth year of the Republic of China, the number reached an astonishing 21,600, with only ten

In five months, it expanded nearly five times. The most direct reason for this expansion in manpower is that ministries under the State Council continue to establish new power agencies one after another. New agencies naturally need new employees, and these new

The establishment of institutions attracts talents from all walks of life to join because of their generous remuneration.

Among these agencies, the ones that have expanded most rapidly are probably the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Finance. The former established the Central Police Bureau due to the need to suppress bandits, bringing together the best police officers in the country, and quickly became a nationally famous criminal investigation agency, while the latter, related to

The establishment or reorganization of power affairs agencies such as the Ministry of Finance, the National Taxation Bureau, and the Salt Bureau directly affects China's taxation. It can be said that without the wealth of the Ministry of Finance, there would be no authority of the State Council to use financial power to govern the country. This may be

It is one of the most powerful means of the State Council.

However, among the newly established agencies of the State Council, there are always some inconspicuous agencies that are not even well-known to the outside world. At least, the outside world rarely pays attention to these agencies that seem to have little power and little influence.

The Secret Service of the Ministry of Finance is such an agency. In the past year or so, the Secret Service of the Ministry of Finance. What the outside world knows about it is that when the Ministry of Finance is carrying out currency reform, it has made every effort to crack down on counterfeiting and trafficking of copper coins.

Acts such as counterfeit currency, and even, in the view of some members of Congress, with the establishment of the Central Police Station of the Ministry of Justice and the crackdown on counterfeit currency as a criminal offense. If the Central Police Station is responsible for it, then the Treasury Secret Service should withdraw

"The stage of history", although the Secret Service of the Treasury Department was the first bureau agency established by the State Council after the "Party and Yuan rule", and although the agents of the Secret Service are responsible for the personal safety protection of members of Congress, not everyone likes it

Not everyone needs protection from this agency, and for those members of Congress, they are always worried that the Secret Service will become a weapon used by the National Socialist Party to attack members of Congress, so people often refuse the protection of the Secret Service. Therefore.

, the Secret Service, which has no "real thing", is simply a waste of funds.

However, despite this, the Secret Service still exists. It is still sparsely populated and unobtrusive. Even unlike most State Council bureau-level agencies whose headquarters are located in the capital, the Secret Service is located outside the city, nearly two decades away from the city.

Ten miles or even several kilometers away from Beijing and Tianjin, there is only one specially built road connecting the Secret Service to the Beijing-Tianjin Highway.

The Beijing-Tianjin Highway is the first high-standard highway in the north, used to connect Beijing and Tianjin. During the construction and establishment of this highway, according to the original design, a 100-meter forest belt was built on both sides of the highway.

There is a branch road on the south side of the highway ten kilometers away, and this road, almost hidden in the woods, leads to the Secret Service.

As for the address with the Secret Service sign in the inner city of the capital, it is just a carefully set up facade to deceive those who are curious.

And this building in the fields outside the city is the real headquarters of the most mysterious Secret Service. This modern reinforced concrete building was built in the name of the Ministry of Finance. However, at the beginning, no one knew it.

This building is used as the headquarters of the Secret Service.

Perhaps the outside world doesn’t know much about the Secret Service, but this seemingly innocuous organization is much bigger than they imagined. Its founder, Li Siqin, a young director who was born in the Li family, made the Secret Service’s

Power has reached its peak.

"Here is a shield, here is a sword!"

Almost every time a new group of people comes, Li Siqin will say to the novices who have just completed training and graduated from school:

"We are here to be the country's shield and sword, to protect this country from any harm and to cut off any evil claws that try to harm it."

This is the responsibility of the Secret Service, and Li Siqin has always performed his duties faithfully. Although he is very young, no one has ever doubted his ability or his sense of responsibility.

When another intelligence compilation was delivered to his desk, it was already dark. At this time, Li Siqin was still working. In fact, he was like this many times. He might have already got off work, but he would still be at work. Keep working after get off work.

He spent an hour concentrating on reading the intelligence compilation. After carefully considering all the information in his mind, he took a break.

While he was resting, he poured himself a glass of cold boiled water. As the director of the Secret Service, he had never considered letting himself enjoy some of the luxuries in life, even though he had arranged a fully equipped

office, but he never thought about making up for the bitter sufferings he suffered in his past life. In fact, as we all know, as the director of the Secret Service, he has been living an ascetic life.

At this point, he is completely different from the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister's life may be simple but exquisite, but he is different. For Li Siqin, the hard life is a test and a test of will.

Test, so that he will not have any intention of slacking off.

Although the Secret Intelligence Service's office building is a modern building made of reinforced concrete and chrome, the director's office on the top floor is decorated in a more antique and elegant tone. The decorative paper is a quiet light brown.

, the carpet in the room is a dark orange color. The desk, the high chair behind the desk, the straight back chair in front, and the leather sleeping chair with button decorations on the back, and this leather sleeping chair is often

It's his little bed.

The heads of administrative agencies in the capital often choose some antiques to decorate their offices to show their taste. However, Li Siqin's office only has a few simple antiques, which were chosen by his secretary.

. Used to make up for his shortcomings in "taste".

After the break, he stopped staring at the lights on the capital wall and turned away from the window. It was dinner time. After dinner, a document was delivered to the office of the Director of the Secret Service. After Li Siqin opened the document, all

What I saw was the news coming from Zhongnanhai.

After seeing the news from Zhongcaihai, Li Siqin walked to the window again. Through the stained glass window, he could see the lights on the city wall of the capital. After thinking for a moment, his brows became more solemn.

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The news coming from Zhongnanhai is very simple. But this seemingly simple information is actually the result of the Secret Service's painstaking efforts. This is a report on Yuan Shikai's physical condition. This kind of information is often the most difficult to obtain. After all, in the entire

Only a few people in Zhongnanhai know about Yuan Shikai's health.

For the past six months, in addition to paying attention to all the forces in Beijing, the Secret Service has been focusing on Zhongnanhai. The attention to Yuan Shikai's physical condition has even exceeded the collection of political intelligence in the Presidential Palace.

, why are you so concerned about the president’s body?

Well, this is the young master's order.

For Li Siqin, who considers himself a "Li family member", the young master's orders always come first, just like the young master once ordered him to run the Secret Service because he needs the knife and shield of the Secret Service.

"Shield and sword!"

While whispering this motto softly, Li Siqin's eyes moved to his desk. In front of the desk was a prominent logo. The Secret Service badge had a shield and a sword. However, compared to being the shield and sword of the country,

Sword. He prefers to be the shield and the sword in the young master's hand.

Since the young master needs to understand Yuan Shikai's physical condition, he must understand Yuan Shikai's physical condition. Now, looking at this information and summarizing the information received in the past, Li Siqin unexpectedly discovered a secret, and this secret

But some subtle changes suddenly occurred in his heart.

Yuan Shikai's physical condition is deteriorating in an inevitable direction. According to the intelligence judgment of medical experts within the Secret Service, Yuan Shikai's physical condition will hardly survive the end of the year, and this means that at the latest

At the end of the year, China's seemingly peaceful political arena will undergo a fundamental change.

There are various possibilities for this change. The simplest possibility is that the prime minister can successfully gain more power, combine the roles of president and prime minister into one, and then control the power of the government. Although this possibility is possible, this possibility is not

There are too many unknown factors, and another possibility is that new turmoil will occur in China. Will the old forces be willing to hand over power to the Prime Minister?

If they are not willing to lose power, what does this mean?

By then, China's political arena will usher in a fundamental change, and even a civil war!

civil war!

When this term came to his mind, Li Siqin frowned slightly, and then an extremely cruel picture emerged in his mind. Those expeditionary officers and soldiers who had experienced hundreds of battles, after the European expedition, served in various countries.

In response to the conflict between the two sides, an unprecedented civil war began on the land of China.

Thousands and millions of soldiers were slaughtered on the battlefield. Those expeditionary officers and soldiers who had survived the German gunfire for the rest of their lives did not die in a foreign country, but died in China.

All this is not impossible, but very possible!

Perhaps, the current expeditionary force is changing sharply in the direction of the Central Army, but the components of the expeditionary force are still too complex. Some local colors may be changed in the short term, but when the civil war really starts, who can guarantee the expeditionary force?

Will the army be divided?

... In silence, Li Siqin's heart was trembling. As someone close to the young master, he knew better than anyone else what he valued most about the young master. What he valued most was the past few years.

He would never want to break or destroy the foundation he had accumulated for this country.

But if the civil war starts, then it is inevitable that everything will be shattered by the war. The civil war may be the most cruel war in the world, even far worse than the invasion of foreign countries.

How to prevent the outbreak of a civil war?

With his brows slightly furrowed, Li Siqin had this thought in his heart. He wanted to prevent the outbreak of this civil war, but... how could he prevent a civil war?

This was a question. A question he had never thought about before.

After thinking for a long time, Li Siqin slowly walked to his desk, then he picked up the phone on the desk and connected an internal call.

"Director Fang, please come over!"

"for how long?"

Looking at the director standing by the window, Fang Jingzhi finally asked softly.

"At most, only a few months."

Looking at the pastoral scenery in the distance, Li Siqin said in a very calm voice,

"We probably only have a few months, if we can't stop this..."

Silence, another moment of silence, Li Siqin, who was deep in thought, fell silent again.

"Then we will have to face a civil war of unprecedented scale."

Those pictures flashed in his mind. The war scenes that originally only appeared in news movies began to be staged on this land. Death and cruelty began to emerge over this country that had just gained a breather. The dark clouds of civil war began to appear.

The future looms over this country, and death and infirmity will accompany it.

"Director, if..."

Think for a moment. As the director of the Fifth Branch, Fang Jingzhi has been engaged in intelligence analysis and work. The Fifth Branch is a newly established agency. The most important task of the Fifth Branch is to engage in intelligence analysis and provide the Prime Minister with that world view.

The most expensive newspaper - "Intelligence Briefing".

As an intelligence analyst, after receiving the intelligence, he immediately realized the crisis contained in the intelligence. This kind of crisis was unprecedented. In his opinion, the situation was far worse than that of the director.
To be continued...