Chapter 249 The Current Situation of Wude Division
Damingfu City is called Yuancheng. Its historical heritage is not as profound as those of other famous historical cities. However, in the past hundred years, it has grown rapidly. Its population, land, transportation, and products are all prosperous.
More than 20 years ago, due to the Khitan invasion of the south and Du Chongwei's rebellion, Yuancheng suffered serious military damage and fell silent for several years before gradually recovering, with a stable population growth, mature land development, and abundant products.
However, after more than 20 years of stable development, looking back at Yuancheng, we can see that it has already recovered its vitality and achieved greater prosperity than any era in the past.
The total resident and floating population in and around Yuancheng alone remains at about 300,000 people all year round. Yuancheng, on the other hand, is one of the few cities in the Han Dynasty that has been expanded and rebuilt under the orders of the imperial court.
One of the "New Towns".
The outer city has a circumference of 42 miles, which is much larger than Youzhou City in the north. The layout of the city is also based on the Tokyo style, with the strong style of Emperor Murong. When it was first built, Murong Yanchao even suggested that the inner city
A palace was also built to facilitate Emperor Liu's visit, but the result was naturally rejected by Emperor Liu, but this did not hinder the grandeur of Xinyuan City.
The inner city, the official district, Hebei Province, Daming Mansion and all the offices under the central departments and departments are all concentrated here, including the Wude Division. However, it seems that they are adhering to the low-key style of their leader Wude Envoy Li Chongju, Hebei Wude
The office is only set up in a corner, unassuming and inconspicuous. However, no one will underestimate this **** with many eyes and ears.
Up to now, the special organizational structures of the Han Dynasty include three divisions, the Imperial City Division, the Wude Division and the Military Intelligence Division. Among them, the Military Intelligence Division has a strong professional attribute and is backed by the big tree of the Privy Council. The Wude Division is under the leadership of Li Chongju.
Under the leadership of the people, some of the early stigmas were slowly washed away, and people gradually became accustomed to it and accepted it.
This was due to Li Chongju's norms and constraints, but also because others had no choice. Emperor Liu had some untouchables in the allocation of power, including Wu Desi. At that time, Fan Zhi, Li Tao, Dou Yi and other prime ministers
They all argued with Emperor Liu about the status and authority of Wude Si, but were ruthlessly rejected and suppressed.
On the other hand, over the past ten years or so, an Imperial City Secretary has jumped out to draw hatred. With attributes like eunuch, spy, surveillance, etc. added together, how can one not be hated by others?
However, being low-key does not mean weakness, and no one dares to look down upon it. On the contrary, after more than 20 years of development, Wudesi's authority has quietly become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Apart from anything else, the arrest and interrogation rights of officials below the sixth rank are enough to make the vast majority of Han officials feel in awe. Under the management of Li Chongju, the Wude Division lost some of the power of the Wang Jingchong era and the Li Shaoyou era.
Mysterious, but a little more rational, and perfected many regulations.
The Wude Prison is still a dangerous place feared by officials. The Wude Camp has expanded to tens of thousands of people and is distributed in various roads across the country. Every time a Wude Camp is dispatched, the officials are frightened.
trembling.
Although the Imperial City Division was initially established and developed with the "help" of the Wude Division, Zhang Dejun requested Emperor Liu many times for an armed force like the Wude Camp, and he has not let go until now.
By the eighth year of Kaibao, the Wu Deshi was already a behemoth. The rank of Li Chongju, the Wu Deshi, was not very high. He was only from the third rank, but his power was not inferior to that of the prime ministers in some aspects, especially for those who
For middle- and lower-level officials.
Today, from a nationwide perspective, there is no state capital that does not have officials under the Department of Wude, and the officials under it include all levels of officials, marriage officers, detective officers, plus those low-level assistants and craftsmen.
, the total number of secret agents is nearly 30,000. Although they are scattered in various places, they are not so eye-catching, but if they are reported, it will definitely cause a heated discussion.
Of course, among these 30,000 people, those who are full-time imperial officials, registered officials, and receive imperial salaries must be discounted. Even so, there is considerable financial pressure to support so many people.
After all, it is not easy to get the treasury to allocate a large sum of money to support Wudesi every year. Emperor Liu transferred money from internal funds and provided financial support to Wudesi until the 15th year of Emperor Qianyi's reign.
Years ago, it was cut off only after the secret public property under the Wude Division matured.
In the past ten years, the focus of Wude Si's work has been on the north and south. The south has the fastest expansion of manpower. Because the reunification was not long ago, many things require Wude Si to secretly monitor and spy on to provide Emperor Liu with real and effective information.
and intelligence to protect the return of the South.
As for the north, Li Chongju, who was well aware of Emperor Liu's ambition of the Northern Expedition, did not dare to relax at all. He invested a lot of financial resources in espionage affairs within the Liao Kingdom, and also lost many capable detectives.
When the imperial court officially launched the Northern Expedition, the focus of Li Chongju's work was completely put on the affairs of Liao and the northern tribes. However, the results during this period were not very satisfactory to Emperor Liu, and many intelligence messages could not be delivered in time.
, Emperor Liu was dissatisfied, and Li Chongju was under great pressure.
Li Chongju also accompanied him on this tour. As the big boss of Wude Division, when he arrived at Daming Mansion, he would of course also go to Hebei Wude Division Office to inspect the work.
Probably due to the nature of the work, the Wude Si Yamen in Hebei Province is also in a cold and gloomy atmosphere, with gray and black tones throughout the Yamen.
The arrival of Li Chongju did not add much excitement, but only brought heavy pressure. In the lobby, there is a standard Wudesi Hall decoration, with dog head table, claw chair, and eagle sculpture background mural.
Li Chongju was sitting on the main seat, and there were more than ten officials standing in the hall, all of whom were the staff who came with him and the governor of Hebei and his subordinates. The scene was very quiet, and everyone's attention was on Li Chongju, quietly
Waiting for the boss to speak.
Due to his low-key personality and style, Li Chongju rarely used official authority, but this time, he rarely ignored his subordinates for a long time. Finally, he spoke: "I will not hide it from you. Regarding the recent performance of Wu Desi, His Majesty is not too concerned about it.
satisfy!"
At this sentence, everyone couldn't help but change their expressions, and most of them lowered their heads. They casually took out an official document from the court case, glanced at it twice, and Li Chongju said directly to Hebei Duzhi: "What problem do you have?
I am not interested at the moment, nor do I have the energy to intervene, but I hope you can give me a satisfactory result in self-examination and self-correction!"
Hebei Duzhi is a middle-aged man with very thick hair and a rude face. It is difficult to imagine that he is engaged in intelligence management. However, at this time, faced with Li Chongju's words, he was very frightened and had no other ideas at all. He just said resolutely
: "Yes! I understand!"
Li Chongju didn't care at all about his statement, his face was very cold, and he continued in a not too harsh tone: "Hebei's subordinate officials and officials, next, there are two aspects! First, His Majesty is on a tour of Hebei.
It is the main inspection area to see the most real situation of officials, troops, scholars, farmers, industry and merchants.
Secondly, the Northern Expedition is in full swing, and Hebei is the most important logistical support for the East Route Army. Military-related matters especially need to be monitored more closely. For such a long time, such a huge mobilization of officials, soldiers and civilians has not even seen a single act of corruption. Together,
Your Majesty doesn’t believe in the incident of abusing people, do you?”
"My subordinates were careless. Please forgive me, Minister!" Everyone in Hebei Province knew that fine sweat had accumulated on his forehead and started to drip.
"Stay back!" Li Chongju still reacted coldly and ordered to his subordinates in Hebei. Then he looked at them all and said, "I will borrow your lobby first!"
"This is what it should be! You are free to do as you like!" Douzhi quickly expressed, even wishing that Li Chongju would make more requests.
In response to his solicitude, Li Chongju did not comment. He pondered for a while, looked at an accompanying official, and said in a deep voice: "Tell me about the latest developments in the north!"