As the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty, although Li Xuan was not the founding emperor, he was the true founder and pioneer. In current official publicity, the deeds of the late emperor Li Erbi are rarely mentioned.
Yes, because in the eyes of anyone with a little bit of intelligence, the late Emperor Lear was really unable to take action!
Therefore, according to public opinion, especially the official-led public opinion, the greatest achievement of the late Emperor Li Erbi was not the founding of the Tang Dynasty, but the birth of the eternal sage Li Xuan!
It was Li Xuan who ascended the throne as the emperor and truly created the Tang Dynasty, carrying out various reforms that were unheard of before and even many people dared not even think about, from the official system to various policies to military innovations.
, Li Xuan almost taught the officials, generals, and scientists of the Tang Dynasty to carry out various innovations.
In the intelligence system, Li Xuan also set a precedent. First, he established the Military Intelligence Department in the Privy Council, which was responsible for spying on military intelligence and serving the military. However, with the development of the Military Intelligence Department,
The functions of the Military Intelligence Department have also gradually evolved from simply spying on military intelligence to rapidly developing into a comprehensive foreign intelligence agency. Spying on military intelligence, penetrating behind enemy lines to carry out sabotage, assassination, instigating rebellion against hostile officials, generals, etc. are all the current functions of the Military Intelligence Department.
Later, Li Xuan established the Survey and Statistics Department under the Hanlin Academy. This institution, whose full name is the Survey and Statistics Department of the Hanlin Academy, is different from other departments of the Hanlin Academy. This department does not even have its office in the palace.
Instead, it has an independent office compound within the palace, and basically does not have any overlap with other institutions of the Hanlin Academy.
Its main functions are counter-espionage, surveillance, and investigation of treason. Of course, it has not been stated openly, but in fact it has been done all the time, and people all know what Hantong is doing: monitoring all officials.
The sixth department under Hantong is responsible for monitoring hundreds of officials!
When officials talk about Hantong, they may not think it has anything to do with it, but when it comes to the Sixth Department, everyone talks about it with a change of heart.
Li Xuan had a clear division of powers between these two intelligence agencies when they were established, but as time went by, the two came into conflict on some aspects of their business.
For example, in the matter of counter-espionage, in order to better counter-espionage, Hantong would also set up workstations in the Ming Dynasty's ruling areas, especially in core cities such as Youzhou City, and start from the Ming Dynasty to spy on intelligence.
In order to dig out spies or the remnants of false accusations hidden in the Tang Dynasty.
In order to spy on intelligence and carry out sabotage, the Military Intelligence Department will naturally set up a special agency in Youzhou City. As a result, the two sides will inevitably form a certain conflict in business!
Li Xuan himself knew this, but to be honest, he was a little helpless, because in the process of unification, the two intelligence agencies had enough reasons to carry out these actions, so he could only turn a blind eye.
Close one eye.
This also intensified the conflict between the two intelligence agencies of the Tang Dynasty!
As a result, the conflict between the two intelligence agencies of the Tang Dynasty, the Military Intelligence Department and Hantong, was getting bigger and bigger day by day, especially in areas near the front line. In order to compete for credit, the two agencies used not so glorious methods, although both sides
There were no large-scale fights or anything like that, but there were many things like secretly stumbling upon the other side and sabotaging things.
The leader of Hantong and the leader of the Military Intelligence Department in Youzhou City are naturally two sworn enemies!
However, today, these two sworn enemies are going to cooperate. No matter how you look at it, you think this is nonsense!
But no matter what they thought in their hearts, things still had to be done. After the two spy chiefs left, they quickly assigned various tasks.
These two intelligence agencies have been operating in Youzhou City for several years. They basically need people and channels. However, at this critical point when the Tang Dynasty King's Army is about to attack the city, they don't care.
In order to preserve our strength, we mobilized all the people who could be mobilized.
So very quickly, fires broke out in several places in Youzhou City at the same time!
When a fire breaks out, all kinds of commotions and messy things also happen!
At ten o'clock in the evening, Wang Qinghan, the new left minister of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty, had just finished the discussion at the cabinet and returned home in a sedan chair, exhausted. He was a staunch war fighter. In the meeting just now, he insisted on
Thinking of a stubborn resistance.
However, he was attacked at the door of his home. Several people wearing black night clothes appeared out of nowhere, holding crossbows and shooting arrows at the sedan, and then threw several grenades.
By the time the lord's bodyguards reacted, the men in black had already left quickly, and they quickly checked the information. No one paid attention to the casualties of the accompanying guards and followers, but in the sedan, a crossbow arrow was
It penetrated the chest of the new left minister of the Ministry of War and killed him on the spot!
At 10:20 in the evening, Wan Chensong, the second assistant to the cabinet in the new dynasty, had also just returned to the mansion. Then a man in black quietly entered the second assistant's mansion and entered Wan Cifu's study.
The conversation lasted for half an hour. During this period, several explosions were heard not far from Jisuke's residence, and fires caused by the explosions soared into the sky!
At almost the same time, in an armory that was heavily garrisoned and stored a large amount of ammunition, a man wearing ordinary robes entered a barracks on the side, and then found a man wearing a military officer's uniform. Between the blurred figures, one could hear
Their light conversation.
"Li Baihu, you have already seen the current situation. Our army of the King's Division is stationed outside the city. If nothing unexpected happens, we will attack the city in a big way tomorrow. At this time, as long as you blow up this armory
, then it is a great achievement, but when I, Master Wang, discuss and appreciate your merits, your benefits will definitely be indispensable!"
"There is no problem in blowing up the armory. Although there are some risks, I, Mr. Li, am not a coward. But how can I believe that you will really reward me based on your merits? This war is in chaos. If you don't admit it,
Who should I talk to?
There are a lot of risks in this trip, otherwise you will go and blow it up yourself, so why bother looking for me, Mr. Li, so I want to be sure!"
"Our King of the Tang Dynasty relies on rewards and punishments to govern the Meiji army. It is taboo to withhold military merits. Don't worry, your contribution is indispensable. As long as it can succeed, I dare not say it is too high, but the superiors said
Well, this armory is worth at least the rank of captain. If you do your job well, it is not impossible to get the rank of major. If you are not willing to continue to join the army, come to our Hantong and guarantee you a position as deputy team leader.
As for you not believing it, then I have nothing to do, otherwise, I will act with you now, and if we don’t recognize it then, you can just take off my head!"
Li Baihu thought for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I, Li, did it!"
Li Baihu said: "Let's go!"
The man from Hantong nodded: "What are you going to do? If you gather people like this, ordinary people can't do it. Once you are exposed and surrounded, your life and mine will be hard to save!"
Li Baihu said: "Don't worry, I, Mr. Li, know what's appropriate. I will personally lead my own soldiers to do it later!"
Having said that, Li Baihu was also a decisive person, so he immediately went outside and quietly gathered people. There were not many people who came, only seven or eight, but they were all his personal soldiers and direct descendants of his direct lineage.
After everyone arrived, although the soldiers showed doubts about the Hantong man, they didn't ask any more questions. Li Baihu also didn't say much, and just said: "The Tang army is about to break the city, I can't."
I have led everyone to wait for death. Therefore, I have decided to surrender to my Imperial Master of the Tang Dynasty anyway. You are all brothers who have been born and died with me for many years. This time, I will take you to do it together. It is done. Ronghua
Wealth is no big deal!"
After saying that, he looked around again and said: "If you are willing to go, you can get ten taels of silver on the spot. After the event is completed, each person will be rewarded with another ten taels, and I will recommend a future for everyone!"
At this time, the man from Hantong also spoke: "After the matter is completed, if you are willing to continue to join the army, you cannot escape with the rank of non-commissioned officer in our Tang Dynasty. If you are not willing to join the army, you can also retire and arrange to be employed in the patrol police.
You are also a non-commissioned patrol officer, and you can come to our Hantong. You must have heard of our Hantong's majesty."
After the seven or eight soldiers heard this, one of them said: "Sir, you don't need to say more. Our lives are all given by you. If you ask us to go east, we will never go west. If you want to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, we will follow."
go!"
Li Baihu said: "Okay!"
"Let's go, without further ado, we'll go to the armory immediately and blow it up!"
Li Baihu and his party were originally the guards of the armory, and the man from Hantong also changed into the clothes of the Ming army. Naturally, there were not many obstacles when entering the armory.
They came out not long after entering, but their expressions were panicked. This was not because they were questioned and noticed after entering the armory. They acted preemptively on the spot and killed several Ming soldiers.
The soldiers were killed.
Killing the guards was nothing to them. What really made them panic was that they had already planted a match rope inside the armory and lit it. Although the match rope was very long, it wouldn't take long for it to explode.
There is a large amount of gunpowder stored in this armory. Once it explodes, the power will definitely be earth-shattering. They must race against time to leave this place as much as possible and away from the scope of the explosion.
So as soon as they came out, they didn't care about arousing the alertness of others. They just ran away. Their unusual movements also attracted the attention of other guards. Immediately, someone shouted: "Who is it, stop!"
They won't stop even half a step. Behind them is a huge explosive barrel that will explode at any time. Even if the King of Heaven tells them to stop, they will not stop.
They kept running until they were hundreds of meters away, when the man from Hantong said: "This place is too empty now, and there is no time. Find a place to hide quickly, otherwise your life will be hard to save!"
At this time, they happened to see a stinky ditch, and they didn't care about the stinky smell there. They all jumped in immediately. As soon as they jumped in, a huge fire ball suddenly appeared behind them.
, the sound of explosion in the distance sounded instantly!
The violent explosion caused the fire ball to be tens of meters high, which was so obvious in the night. The huge explosion power swept away almost all the surrounding buildings within tens of meters, not to mention people.