Chapter 408: The blind man feels the elephant, leave it to someone you trust
After a while, Yang Zong returned to the west hall and clasped his fists and said: "Prime Minister, I have handed this matter over to Fu Lanshi."
Cao Shuang put down the file in his hand and said: "I just took a look at the files collected by the school affairs office, and found that the Five Pecks of Rice Sect has been gaining momentum in developing followers in recent years. This is true in the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu, but they are all
Only knowing some general situations is like a blind man trying to figure out an elephant.
The capabilities of the school affairs office need to be further strengthened and more manpower must be added, but this will also require a lot of time, manpower, and material resources, but this matter must be left to a trustworthy person."
Cao Shuang thought for a moment and then said, "Let Uncle Chu handle this matter himself."
Yang Zong immediately cupped his fists and said, "No."
The word "spy" first appeared in the ancient military book "Six Tao" in the pre-Qin period. This book is said to be written by Jiang Taigong.
In the third volume of "Long Tao", the "spies" are described like this: "Eight wanderers, who serve as traitors and wait for changes, open up favors and observe the enemy's intentions." In a simple sentence, the spy "behind the scenes"
The meaning of the words is perfectly expressed.
After talking about "The Art of War", we have to mention Ai, who is recognized as the first spy in the history of our country. As we all know, in the history of the Xia Dynasty, an earth-shattering event happened - Taikang lost the country.
Houyi and Hancu successively seized power and pursued the Xia royal family.
As a posthumous son, Shaokang was brought by his mother to his mother's clan, the Youshang clan. When he grew up, Shaokang actively organized the Xia people to prepare for the restoration of the country. However, at this time, the Central Plains had been without a king for nearly 40 years, and restoration was extremely difficult.
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Just when Shaokang was racking his brains to complete the great cause of restoring the country, Nu Ai stepped onto the stage of history.
In "The First Year of Zuo Zhuan", there is a record of "Shaokang's Handmaid Ai Yicheng". Ai Ben was a female general in the Xia Dynasty (women could be generals in the Xia and Shang Dynasties, as women of the Shang Dynasty were good). She sneaked into Han's
In the ruling area, he spied on all kinds of information and provided it to Shaokang continuously, allowing Shaokang to seize the precious opportunity, succeed in one fell swoop, and complete the great cause of restoring the country.
The espionage and intelligence activities during this period were mainly reflected in the military aspect, and there was less information on social, cultural and economic activities. The reason for this phenomenon was determined by the productivity and social form at that time.
The three ancient generations were in a slave society, and the productive forces were not developed enough.
There are fewer social and civil economic activities, or in other words, its role is not as prominent and direct as that of military intelligence on the fate of a dynasty.
Zhengzi said: Soldiers are important matters of the country and the way of life and death, and must be carefully observed.
As for social culture, the form of social culture at this time was represented by theocratic power, and theocratic power and other powers were combined by a small number of ruling classes. The rulers occupied huge cultural advantages in the entire society, and they were often
A tribe, a leader of dynastic culture.
Therefore, compared with the theocratic power that represents society and culture directly controlled by the ruled, military intelligence work is more difficult to measure, and its importance is obvious.
The imperial edicts of the Han Dynasty were the first secret service agencies. Many people may ask, weren’t the edicts and prisons of the Han dynasty specifically designed to capture prisoners? Why were they called a secret service agency?
In fact, the scale of the imperial prison in the Han Dynasty was much larger than we thought. The imperial prison in the Han Dynasty had been established as early as the period of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty. Its main function was to help the emperor deal with those who threatened the imperial family.
Therefore, it is also called Tingwei Prison. At that time, even Zhou Bo and other heroes were captured in Tingwei Prison. It can be said to be very terrifying. Once entering the imperial edict prison, the possibility of coming out alive is greatly reduced. It can be called the killing of the Han Dynasty.
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During the Han Dynasty, there were also officials called "Hou Li" who specialized in managing personnel involved in investigation activities. "Hou Li" can also simply be said to be the heads of intelligence workers.
In the second year of the Han Dynasty (99 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Fan Kun, Zhang De and others, wearing embroidered clothes, holding festivals and tiger talismans, to lead troops to suppress the peasant uprising using the method of military prosperity (that is, the wartime system).
This gave rise to the "Xiu Yi Censor" in the history of the Han Dynasty, also known as "Xiu Yi Zhizhi".
"Hanshu. List of Hundred Officials and Officials" has this statement about it: "There is no selfishness in doing things according to instructions." Embroidered clothes are often trusted and favored by the emperor. They are directly loyal to the Han emperor and execute
Emperor's order.
At its peak in the Han Dynasty, there were more than 100,000 prisoners and tens of thousands of prison personnel. During the Three Kingdoms period, the spy agencies further developed and expanded.
During the Three Kingdoms period, various countries set up special intelligence agencies to varying degrees. In the early days of Cao Wei, school officials were set up. The so-called school officials were special agents who supervised the words and deeds of hundreds of officials.
He had the power to monitor hundreds of officials and install undercover agents in his home. At that time, all the bureaucrats in Cao Wei hated school affairs, but Cao Wei's school affairs were nothing compared to those in Soochow.
At that time, Sun Quan followed Cao Cao's example in setting up school affairs. It can be said that Sun Quan was really a fan of Cao Cao, and he gave full play to the spirit that you and I have on this issue.
As a result, Sun Quan's school official Lu Yi acted so unscrupulously that even the prince Sun Deng couldn't stand it anymore. He repeatedly remonstrated with Sun Quan. Sun Quan said: Lu Yi is right, I don't want to listen.
Unexpectedly, Lu Yi got worse and bullied the officials everywhere, becoming the second emperor of Soochow. In the end, Sun Quan had to kill Lu Yi, and even admitted his mistake in public.
However, China's secret service has since become increasingly aggressive.
The secret service is the strongest sword of the emperors.
If the world is like a chess game, then these people are the emperor's dragon-slaying skills. They assume the responsibility of the emperor's eyes and ears, as well as their shoulders.
For example, when the Southern Qi Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty was founded, there was a Dian Dian agency. The so-called Dian Dian were bureaucrats who were used to monitor the kings and obey the emperor's orders. Their main responsibility was to control the kings on behalf of the emperor.
What's ridiculous is that this small sign can be used to yell at those princes, and even put them to death easily. At that time, Emperor Xiao Luan of Qi Ming used the sign to execute it in the middle of the night every time he wanted to massacre the clan, shouting and ransacking the house.
The annihilation of the family can be said to be extremely tragic.
During the Tang Dynasty, there was no truly institutionalized intelligence agency. In the Tang Dynasty, the officers responsible for investigation and arrest were called "bad people" or "bad people", and their commanders were called "bad commanders".
However, judging from their responsibilities, their nature is closer to that of later generations of detectives and modern policemen. Perhaps this is related to the high degree of prosperity and openness during the Tang Dynasty.
But Wu Zetian pushed the spies to a new height. After Empress Wu usurped the throne and established the Zhou Dynasty, in order to control the world, she made extensive use of cruel officials. Empress Wu also established three methods:
The first is to set up a copper spy so that everyone in the world can inform on each other. In this way, everyone will inform on each other and everyone will be in danger.
The second is to appoint cruel officials, who can arrest and gossip at will. Di Renjie, a famous minister in the world at that time and one of Wu Zetian's confidants, was framed by Lai Junchen and thrown into prison and almost died.
The third is to set up Lijingmen Prison. As the saying goes: "Everyone who enters this gate will be the same." Almost few people can come out alive from it.
The punishments in Lijingmen Prison were extremely cruel, such as the famous cruel official Lai Junchen's method. No matter who arrived at Lijingmen Prison, the first thing he did was to pour vinegar into his nose.
Then they deprived them of food rations for many days, forcing the prisoners to eat even their prison uniforms. They also used waterboarding, letting the prisoners soak in a cave full of water until their bodies were covered with ulcers. It can be said to be extremely cruel.
Empress Wu used this method to make the ministers tremble and the world surrendered. The ministers at that time had to say goodbye to their families in tears every time they left home, as if they were seeing each other for the last time.