The next morning, Lu Ming went straight to Weng Bailing's office as soon as he got to work, and happened to block Dai Li.
"Yunong, I want to discuss something with you." Lu Ming said straight to the point while closing the door.
"Okay, just tell Commander Lu if you have any instructions." Dai Li smiled and had a very good attitude.
"What instructions can I give? They are just some ideas, which may not be useful." Lu Ming said.
He sat across from Dai Li, took out a thick stack of lists and put them on the table, and then said: "I think there are still problems with our large-scale raid."
"Oh, what should I say?" Dai Li suddenly became alert.
Yesterday, the Shanghai Station of Fuxing News received a secret telegram from Nanjing. The Nanjing Military Commission fully affirmed this large-scale manhunt, believing that although there were some problems, it effectively suppressed the arrogance of the Communist Party militants in Shanghai.
The Shanghai Municipal Government also received this confidential message, and immediately called the Shanghai Station of Fuxing Society to express congratulations and thank them for their efforts in protecting Shanghai's economic stability and the safety of its people.
Dai Li was feeling very proud of this, but he didn't expect Lu Ming to come to give him advice.
"I think this operation was over-arrested. Many of our hidden informants were arrested, which brought harm to our work. Once their identities are exposed, it will seriously affect the acquisition of intelligence in the future.
"In addition, we have caught all the small fish and shrimps among the Communist suspects, and the big fish may sink to the bottom, making it difficult for us to catch them in the future," Lu Ming said.
"What do you mean..." Dai Li opened his mouth, seeming to understand, but not seeming to understand.
"What I mean is this, look at this list." Lu Ming first pulled out a list and showed it to Dai Li.
Dai Li took the list and looked at it carefully, frowning.
"On this list are some people who are slightly suspicious. We have been tracking these people, either to find out whether they are suspected of being Communists, or to find out the people behind them. These people should not be arrested, but they are arrested.
, the line was broken." Lu Ming said.
Dai Li nodded and took the second list from Lu Ming.
"On this list are people with mild suspicions. Most of them are members of the labor movement, student movement, and trade unions. To say that these people are Communists is not qualified. At most, they have participated in some activities.
But there is likely to be a big fish emerging behind them. Now that we have caught them all, the conviction is uncertain, and we have also alarmed the big fish behind them." Lu Ming continued to explain.
Dai Li nodded and said: "I probably understand what you mean, is there anything else?"
"This last list contains moderately suspected members of the Communist Party. These people may be peripheral members of the underground party, or they may have been deceived or coerced into running errands with the underground party. These people are the ones we need to focus on tracking.
, you can say they are the bait, and we can use these baits to catch big fish."
Lu Ming handed over the last list. Dai Li looked at him with a strange look at this time. He did not expect Lu Ming to have such a careful mind.
"Now that we have caught all the small fish and shrimps, and the bait is gone, how will we fish in the future?" Lu Ming said.
Dai Li breathed a long sigh of relief after hearing this, his mind spinning rapidly.
What Lu Ming said makes sense, but according to what he meant, almost half of the people captured this time would be released. Isn't this a waste of time?
"And these are all small businessmen and hawkers. There is no suspicion of the Communist Party at all. The police abused their power to arrest these people just for extortion. This approach has seriously damaged the reputation of the party and the country." Lu Ming took another item from his bag.
He handed out several lists to Dai Li.
Of course Dai Li knew about these despicable activities and was disgusted with such practices, but in order to obtain the cooperation of the police station and the security headquarters, he could only turn a blind eye.
"Sir Lu, according to your thoughts, how should this matter be handled?"
Dai Li's habit is to never take the initiative to express his own ideas. After others have expressed their opinions, he will carefully consider and then put forward his own opinions.
"I feel that these five days of large-scale arrests have created a kind of deterrence in Shanghai. This is of course a good thing, but if we do not control the degree, it will have a certain negative impact on our further detection of the underground party of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Lu Ming started his trick of deception, but this time he was facing the old fox Dai Li, and he didn't dare to be careless at all.
"We should be able to find clues about the Communist Party through the clues provided by the arrested suspects. What's wrong with this?" Dai Li asked rhetorically.
"As far as I know, this large-scale manhunt has not confirmed the capture of an underground party, only a suspect, which will hide the real Communist Party. The clues provided by the suspect are either false and extracted through torture. If
It's true, the Communists have already run away." Lu Ming sneered.
"What do you mean, Chief Lu, let the suspects be released quietly first, and then follow them quietly?" Dai Li's tone seemed to disapprove of this approach.
"Although it's a little late to do this, it can be regarded as a way to make up for the situation. With these people in prison, we have gained nothing."
"You also know that Nanjing has already called us to commend our action, and the Shanghai Municipal Government has also said that it will commend meritorious personnel. Is it inappropriate for us to release them now?"
Dai Li began to waver a little. He felt that what Lu Ming said was reasonable, but he was still unwilling to let him retreat like this.
"Of course I'm not saying that this operation was not good, but now that we have achieved the results we wanted, we should actively deal with the aftermath. Letting those innocent citizens and small traders go free shows that our party and state will not wrongly accuse a good person.
This makes sense, right?" Lu Ming continued to lie.
"How should we deal with those who have varying degrees of suspicion?" Dai Li asked doubtfully.
"Suspects who have confessions must of course be investigated. Those without confessions should be treated differently, marked according to their degree of suspicion, and then continuously observed and tracked." Lu Ming said.
"Well, Chief Lu is indeed far-sighted, but I can't make the decision on this matter. I need to get approval from above. You also know that without instructions from above, the Songhu Security Command and the Shanghai Police Department will not buy into our account.
"Dai Li said with a hearty smile.
"Then please ask Chief He to communicate with the higher authorities. The sooner we implement it, the better. We do not have the upper hand in public opinion now. Many foreign media are criticizing us for abusing the law and persecuting citizens." Lu Ming said.
Dai Li also sighed. He must read several major foreign newspapers and magazines every day. These foreign newspapers seemed to be a competition to ridicule the Republic of China government, and some even violently criticized the government for abusing the law and oppressing the people.
Several domestic newspapers, such as Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po, did not have a single good word to say. Following the foreign media, they spared no effort to criticize the government, saying that these past few days were the darkest week in Shanghai since the establishment of the Republic of China government.
This is of course an exaggeration. The darkest week was the April 12 Massacre in the 16th year of the Republic of China.
Dai Li promised to get in touch with Nanjing immediately and ask for approval to release the prisoners as soon as possible.
In fact, he has vaguely had this idea. Although many police, military police and their superiors are making a lot of money, the prison system is overwhelmed and cannot maintain the minimum needs of the prisoners in the prison. There is also a serious shortage of prison guards.
, overloaded work, etc.
Of course, they all got a lot of money through extortion, but if these people are imprisoned for a long time, the prison system will collapse. If a big problem occurs, the money they get from extortion will not be enough to buy their lives.
Dai Li has heard all kinds of rumors. Whenever there are complaints, something will happen soon. This is Dai Li's experience.
"These are our informants. It's best to release them today." Lu Ming pulled out a list and gave it to Dai Li.
Some of the people on this list were indeed informants from the Fuxing Society, but most of them were those whom Sheng Muyi and Du Juan asked him to release.
"Are these people our informants?" Dai Li was stunned when he saw the long list.
"What does our Shanghai station rely on to collect intelligence? It is a huge list of informants. The actual number of informants is several times that on this list." Lu Ming said with a smile.
The Fuxing Society's informant list is now in Zhao Yuanliang's hands, so it doesn't matter how many people Lu Mingtian brings in. As long as he says they are informants, they are informants.
"Since it is one of our own, of course we must let it go. But why do I have the impression that how many of them are leaders of the trade union?" Dai Li said with some doubts.
"If they don't have a certain status in the union, how can they provide us with high-quality intelligence?" Lu Ming said.
"Are we the ones who broke into the union?" Dai Li's eyes lit up, obviously for Lu Ming to see.
He also has some information about Shanghai's major trade unions, mainly from people who infiltrated the trade unions through the Qinghong Gang. The Shanghai Station also has its own insiders in the trade unions. This is the first time he has heard of it.
In order to save these people, Lu Ming had no choice but to designate them as insiders of the Fuxing Society. Anyway, these lists would be in the hands of Zhao Yuanliang, which was no different from his direct control.
Lu Ming also knew that Dai Li might not believe what he said, but these people were not important suspects, and Dai Li didn't care.
Now that they are on the list, it means they have a criminal record. Just keep an eye on them in the future. Dai Li felt relieved when he thought about it.