Some distance away from the Executive Yuan, Lin Mo was in a private room of the teahouse, looking at the target at hand.
With the cooperation of other departments and units, the identity information of the other party was quickly checked and verified, and the feedback was handed over to Lin Mo.
The target targeted by Lin Mo and others was a deputy secretary under the Ministry of Finance of the Executive Yuan. Although he did not hold any real power, his status was not ordinary.
Moreover, having no real power only means that you can't get things done, but it doesn't mean that you can't do bad things. And with that status, it's not too easy to find out some information internally.
After all, it is not an intelligence agency. There is a high level of confidentiality, systems, etc., and being able to secure such a high position means that it has a good background and personal connections.
I really want to find out some information, except for the top-secret information that is strictly sealed, or the information across departments and systems, and most of the situations within the unit cannot be hidden from them.
The Executive Yuan is one of the five branches of the National Government, along with the Legislative Yuan, Examination Yuan, Judicial Yuan, and Supervisory Yuan.
The Executive Yuan is the highest administrative organ of the Nanjing National Government. It is also the department with the most important status, the largest organization and the broadest powers among the five Yuan.
The Ministry of Finance is also a key department under the Executive Yuan. According to divisions, it has departments and departments responsible for affairs. This is not a third-level department, but similar to the so-and-so section, so-and-so room, and so-and-so department under the Intelligence Department.
This is the type of group that is directly led by the department.
If we insist on dividing them, it would be roughly half a level higher than each other. It would definitely be better than the normal three-level division of units.
The other party is the deputy of one of the departments, and the Intelligence Division is only a division-level unit. Although it is not in the same system, even this division of the Intelligence Division is just a title at the moment.
However, the first department under the Ministry of Finance is nominally higher than the Intelligence Department. In terms of actual power, it is probably only half as powerful at most. Its deputy director is at least nominally an official at the same level as Boss Dai.
It is quite troublesome for the Intelligence Department to move officials of this level. Even with the instructions from above, it has to consider all aspects of the impact, etc. Like them, the investigation work does not even go close to the Executive Yuan, but allows internal people to keep an eye on it.
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Their place of work and residence are not suitable for random investigation to avoid leakage of information. The impact of investigating such high-ranking officials will be great, and even have extremely bad effects.
It is only a minor issue to cause a sensation. What I am afraid of is that people will mistakenly think that I am engaged in some kind of politics, factional struggle, etc., which will lead to a series of problems.
Because this person's identity is a bit special, he was born in Japan. Of course, the possibility of being replaced has been ruled out. The problem is likely to arise during his stay in Japan, or he was instigated to defect to Japan later.
His political tendency is that of the pro-Japanese faction, and the leader of the pro-Japanese faction in the national government is the president of the Executive Yuan, who is surnamed Wang, and the deputy director-general is also a member of the Wang faction.
The Ministry of Finance has almost always been controlled by President Chiang's people, and this person is the hand surnamed Wang put into the Ministry of Finance and left a nail in it. However, because of Chiang's power, he has almost no talent.
real power.
The man named Wang has definitely not colluded with the Japanese yet, but although he has cooperated with Chiang, the relationship between the two parties has not been easy. It is better to touch his people. People he has placed in such a department will inevitably
Leading to groundless speculation.
When dealing with this person, Lin Mo and even the Intelligence Department inevitably had many concerns. For a while, they felt a little constrained and unable to let go of their hands and feet to do things.
"Team Lin, people in the Executive Yuan have reported back that the target has indeed been somewhat active recently. In the past, he rarely walked around the Ministry of Finance. That is to say, he usually left after work and after get off work. He basically stayed in the office all day. Ministry staff rarely visited the office. His figure is rarely seen.
But in recent times, he has been walking around the office area from time to time, looking for people to chat with, and even abnormally inviting some people to play cards, listen to theater, drink, etc. However, in order to avoid leaking the news, we did not dare to go to those people
Inquire about the specific situation..."
Zheng Junshan rushed back, asked Boss Dai to ask someone to inquire about the situation, and made a report to Lin Mo. He also explained the other party's abnormal behavior and the situation of the people involved.
Lin Mo didn't look too good after hearing this. The people contacted by Zheng Junshan were just ordinary connections with Boss Dai here. Boss Dai had also informed him of some information fed back from other channels before.
Regarding the issue of silver prices, the Ministry of Finance has not been slow to respond. It is currently negotiating with the Shanghai concession authorities and the countries behind it, hoping to prevent the outflow of silver.
The matter has come to an end, and the units of the people involved in the negotiations are almost all within the target's recent contact range, and it is very likely that some information has been obtained.
Fortunately, the issue of currency reform is only in the preparatory stage, that is, a request has been made to the target country, but the two sides have not yet formally contacted and negotiated, but it will be soon.
Therefore, this matter cannot be delayed. If the former information is leaked, the impact will not be too great. However, if the latter is known by the Japanese and is attacked by them, the problem will be difficult.
The best outcome for that matter is for all parties to negotiate privately and secretly, avoiding the eyes and ears of the Japanese, and to settle the matter first to prevent the Japanese from jumping up and down and disrupting the situation.
Lin Mo explained the situation to Zheng Junshan. After hearing this, he also had a headache. There are many ways to solve this problem, such as blocking the source of the target information, passing on false news, etc., to give them time to find out the situation.
But obviously, the Executive Yuan will not give them such strong cooperation. If they can cooperate a little without holding back, it will already be a great favor to the principal and boss.
"How is the situation with Xiao Rui? Have you found anything?" Lin Mo did not dwell too much on this, but understood Xiao Rui's situation.
The two of them personally stared at the important target that was brought out, while Xiao Rui continued to lead people to stare at the Japanese spy and dig out clues from him.
With this arrangement, firstly, he is more familiar with the situation there, and secondly, he has missed some information before. When the spy came to contact this target, he must have received the order, but he did not find anything fishy in it, and he needs to review it.
Check clearly.
Hearing this, Zheng Junshan replied: "After investigation, one thing that can be determined at present is that when conveying the order, the two parties definitely did not have direct contact, and most likely used a dead mailbox to convey the message.
In addition, Xiao Rui's side has roughly found out how the other party issued instructions to him. After careful observation, Xiao Rui's side found that he would place slight signs when posting notices, advertisements, etc. on telephone poles and walls.
Slow down.
We suspect that the other party should have posted some advertisements in such places and issued contact instructions. Currently, Xiao Rui has led people to check those advertisements and track down the person who posted them, but it is estimated that there will not be a good result.
However, we discovered this situation through his actions today. The two parties should still be in contact in the near future. You can wait and see if someone posts something and investigate it as soon as possible. The probability of harvesting something will be higher.
But this is just a means for the other party to send out contact signals. I have no idea where the other party will hand over intelligence and give orders. I am going to arrange for some more people to assist."
Lin Mo nodded and said: "Deploy two detective teams to follow up! Judging from the actions of the target in the Executive Yuan, it has already started action, that is, it received the order earlier.
At that time, the spy we were watching obviously had no contact with him, that is, someone else had given him orders. I suspect that the role played by this spy should be similar to that of a messenger.
But he probably doesn't have a radio station, but is responsible for delivering information between the source and the radio station. His previous contact with the target was to receive intelligence, and he will probably deliver the intelligence in the next two days, so he must keep an eye on it.
In addition, you must be extra careful in your actions. If the intelligence is not delivered immediately, it means that the opponent is acting very cautiously, and there may be many counter-investigation or probing actions in the process.
However, besides being careful of being fooled, the more actions the other party makes, the more opportunities we have to seize the other party's legs. For additional people, it is best to reserve a manpower for the exploration team and use our efforts in this regard."
Zheng Junshan nodded in approval. Lin Mo thought about it and said: "You are still responsible for following up here. You can also keep an eye on Xiao Rui. After I follow the target, I want to go to the telecommunications room to see if I can follow up.
Radio, report these actions and find some clues!"
Zheng Junshan didn't say much, and retreated after taking the order. Lin Mo didn't stay here any longer. The target was about to get off work, and he still had to bring someone to follow him!
Not long after boarding the car, the target came out of get off work. Several cars surrounded the target, moving slowly along with him.
The target is a place that distributes cars and manages money. It makes no sense that senior officials can't even get cars. Although they have no real power and are not well-liked, they are all senior officials and they won't make things look too ugly to each other.
The target did not go home directly, but went to one of the places where senior officials in the Executive Yuan often go to relax, communicate, and build relationships.
It was similar to the place where Lin Mo met his third uncle, Lin Zhentao, where they usually spent time.
This kind of thing is very common in the government, but the Intelligence Department is in a special situation and rarely does it like this.
As for the Executive Yuan, as an administrative department, this kind of thing will only become more common. Guang Linmo knows that there are several places in the whole Yuan and several places in the whole department. Departments often have corresponding boundaries, and there are also corresponding boundaries.
It is a place where subordinate units and officials from other places visiting Beijing meet and meet.
On the surface, it is a place where everyone gets together to bond, have fun, relax, etc., but in fact, all kinds of messy things happen in this kind of place.
Interest transfer and power rent-seeking are all child's play. Factional struggles, power struggles, etc. are the mainstream in this world.
Moreover, Lin Mo now has good reason to suspect that there may be a lot of espionage activities involved. Of course, this is not surprising. Spies will definitely find their way into this place where information circulates.