When he was in the Shanghai Stock Exchange, Li Shiqun, who had just established the secret service headquarters, mainly relied on funding from the Japanese. When he joined the Jinling government, he relied on funding from the Ministry of Finance. At that time, he did not have such big ambitions, and it was mainly to satisfy his own greed.
The agents from the Secret Service Headquarters were engaged in overt and covert robbery and extortion in Shanghai. They did all sorts of crooked things, including collecting protection fees, opium, stealing and selling vehicles, kidnapping, etc., and then he waited for the dividends.
When Li Shiqun became the secretary-general of the Qingxiang Committee and the chairman of Suzhou Province, and took control of the highest administrative power of the provincial government, which also meant he had control of all taxes, ambitions slowly grew.
However, it is not enough to maintain a huge establishment with a total number of several thousand people and drink the blood of the people while eating the finances. Therefore, the only smuggling agencies in the secret service headquarters are the Southeast Trading Company and Lita Bank, which were also established with the support of the Mei agency.
It is his largest source of funding.
The rest of the money is basically business without capital and profit. These two industries are still of some use to Chen Mingxiang. Although Southeast Trading Company is not as good as Huatong Trading Company, it still has a scale of more than 100 cars. In Suxichang, Zhenjiang
It has many warehouses in Hangzhou and other places.
Lita Bank is a private commercial bank and is a stepping stone for Secret Service Headquarters to enter the financial world. Naturally, the major shareholder is Secret Service Headquarters, and its representative is Li Shiqun's brother-in-law Ye Yaoxian. The main leaders of Secret Service Headquarters also have a small share of the shares.
In the past, Litai Bank was very small in the Shanghai stock market, but after Li Shiqun became the chairman of Suzhou Province, its strength expanded rapidly, mainly for the convenience of obtaining money from the finance, and its capital reserves were also very considerable, and it also had to lend money at usury, which was not good anyway.
Worried that someone would dare to default on the bill.
"This is nothing. Anyway, after Li Shiqun died, the Investigation and Statistics Department and the Political Police General Administration will no longer exist. It is also your responsibility as the director of the Police Department to expand its own power. Don't worry, I will discuss this matter with you.
Chief Shibayama coordinated it," Kinoshita Eichi said nonchalantly.
Chen Mingxiang is said to be one of the "own men" of the Military Police Headquarters, and he should be given appropriate support. The bullshit Investigation and Statistics Department and the Political Police General Administration are nothing more than Li Shiqun's personal power. Since they want to be abolished, of course they have to take advantage of their own people.
Otherwise, it would be a bit unjustifiable to receive so many dividends every month.
"Then I'll ask the gendarmerie to temporarily seal Southeast Trading Company and Lita Bank for three days. I'll count the assets and then arrange for people to reopen. I guess there won't be much. The money in the bank can't be touched for the time being. I'll pay it back later.
We have to do business, and the money of Southeast Trading Company is in the hands of Ye Jiqing."
"The reason why I want to take over these two industries is actually because I have always felt that Huatong Trading Company is currently attracting attention. These two industries can play a certain role in covering and facilitating me, so as not to make me look too conspicuous." Chen Mingxiang
said.
After hearing what he said, both Kinoshita Eichi and Okamura Mikizo felt very disappointed. There was nothing to be gained from killing Li Shiqun, and Chen Mingxiang's attitude was very reluctant and he was not willing to accept these assets at all.
"Chen Jun is right. The secret agent headquarters has been abolished this time. Although there are not many substantial benefits, it is good for Huatong Trading Company, and we have gained something." Okamura Shizo said.
Li Shiqun's income was controlled by Ye Jiqing, and the finance of the secret service headquarters was controlled by his brother-in-law, which made it clear that this was a mom-and-pop shop. However, in order to avoid serious repercussions, Li Shiqun could only be killed with the excuse of death from illness, and the military police could not attack Ye Jiqing.
I can only stare at this.
"That's not necessarily true, but His Excellency the General and the Section Chief did not expect that Li Shiqun could not empty out the finances of Jiangsu Province. It was a pure act of seeking death. The provincial government of Jiangsu Province still has to operate! Therefore, his main source of funds and
The income should be put into smuggling.”
"As far as I know, Li Shiqun has hoarded a large amount of grain and cotton in the warehouses of the Southeast Trading Company. Under the current situation, he has no time to sell them. And this company belongs to the secret service headquarters. It is normal for the gendarmerie to seize it.
It’s not difficult to get a 20 to 30 million yuan reserve certificate,” Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.
He had long been paying attention to the people's cream that Li Shiqun had searched for, and he quickly made a distribution plan. All the grain was transported back to Shanghai and purchased with money from the municipal government's finances. As relief grain for the people, the cotton would naturally be handed over to him.
Textile factory produces cotton cloth.
Chen Mingxiang's words were like a turn of events. Kinoshita Sakae City and Okamura Shizo were immediately overjoyed. The Gendarmerie Headquarters had made a lot of efforts this time. The Special High School Division had implemented the Mei agency's plan to eradicate Li Shiqun, and had to send gendarmerie troops from various places to monitor the changes in the secret agent headquarters.
, efforts naturally need to be rewarded.
"Bureau seat, what great news! Mingyue sent an urgent secret message. Dongfeng cooperated with you and the bureau headquarters to implement the plan to eradicate Li Shiqun. The most critical breakthrough has been made today!"
"Toshizo Okamura of the Special High School Division of the Military Police Headquarters in Shanghai was entrusted by Kenshiro Shibayama of the Ume Agency. When entertaining Li Shiqun, he secretly put amoebiasis in his food. He would die within three days at most!
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"This news has just been confirmed by the Military Police Headquarters. Chunfeng will take over some of the industries and personnel of the Secret Service Headquarters. He is paying close attention to the news from Suzhou." Pan Qiwu ran to Dai Li's office and said, his face full of excitement.
If collecting the intelligence that the Japanese Navy's combined fleet was about to bomb Pearl Harbor and the outbreak of the Pacific War was Chen Mingxiang's peak as a strategic agent, then eradicating Li Shiqun was the pinnacle of executing the tasks assigned by the headquarters as the direct station commander.
Pan Qiwu had no doubt that the information conveyed by Chunfeng was 100% authentic. This was a confidence accumulated through years of verification. Based on this alone, he would have a bright future in the Military Command Bureau.
Of course, for such a big contribution, the boss and the bureau headquarters must be put at the forefront. The direct-affiliated stations cooperate with the headquarters' plan. Whether it is Boss Dai or not is one thing. I have to say so.
"Great, great, great. Chunfeng is indeed a strategic agent of the Military Command Bureau. This time the credit is well established. We will wait for three more days and then ask for credit from all the commissioned and directly affiliated stations!"
"The station directly under the Military Command is a Category A station of the Military Command Bureau. Their achievements are also a great honor for the Military Command Bureau. Our headquarters cannot take this credit. That would be outrageous. Please make arrangements. I will be near Jieshou in half a month.
The Kuomintang-controlled district summoned Chunfeng to report on his work!" Boss Dai was excitedly circling back and forth in the room. His confidence in Chunfeng was higher than that of Pan Qiwu.
In the afternoon of the next day, Chen Mingxiang received a call from Xia Zhongming. Li Shiqun suddenly suffered from vomiting and diarrhea in his mansion in Tianxiang Xiaozhu, Suzhou. He could no longer move normally. The family doctor could not find the cause and could not treat him. He could only
