The next day, Chen Mu went to meet with Liu Bei's several celebrities who helped him manage the place.
For example, Zhou Shi from Le'an, Xiong Jing from Beihai, etc. are all people who have not been recorded in history books. Their intelligence is estimated to be no more than 50. At most, they are talents of a county magistrate. Just meet them.
The main ones were Ju Shou and Jian Yong. After meeting everyone, Liu Guanzhang took the group of celebrities out to deal with today's government affairs. Chen Mu left Ju Shou and Jian Yong behind, and the three of them held a small group meeting of counselors.
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It is worth mentioning that Xun You is also in Jinan now. He originally worked as a minor official under Liu Bei. Because of his outstanding talents, he was recommended to the court by Liu Bei as the county magistrate. Now he is in Dongchaoyang County and manages the place in an orderly manner.
Xun You also came today, but Chen Mu did not keep him, only Ju Sue and Jian Yong. The reason is very simple. Xun You has a complicated background, and there are shadows of party members behind him, and he is far from being one of his own.
Since Jushou had a good relationship with Liu Guan, Zhang Chen, and was currently working under Liu Bei's account wholeheartedly, he was a trustworthy confidant and could of course participate in high-level meetings.
This meeting was also the first meeting of the counselors under Liu Bei's account. The size of the counselors is still small now, but being small has a small advantage, that is, it is easy to unify opinions.
"Brother Gong Yu, brother Xianhe."
Chen Mu knelt down behind the desk and took the main seat unceremoniously.
Ju Shou and Jian Yong were on both sides. Ju Shou was very serious. Jian Yong, relying on his acquaintance with Chen Mu, was lying on the mat without any grace.
"Zigui, what are your plans for coming to Qingzhou this time?"
Jushou asked the same question as Liu Bei.
Facing Jushou, Chen Mu gave a different answer, saying: "Three things, first, establish an intelligence agency. Second, open a counselor literacy class. Third, open an academy."
Jushou said in confusion: "I...don't understand."
What is an intelligence agency, and what is a counselor literacy class? I understand the academy, is it an educational institution like Taixue?
"Intelligence agencies are the way to control the state. Bribery, assassination, surveillance, secret affairs."
Chen Mu explained that the word "Bangbo" comes from "Zhou Li·Qiu Guan·Shi Shi". Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, spies to spy on the enemy's military situation have existed, but they have never been taken seriously by the rulers and there is no system.
Sexual mass training.
This situation would not appear until the Wu Zetian era of the Tang Dynasty. Later, the Imperial City Division in the Song Dynasty, the Jinyiwei East Factory and the West Factory in the Ming Dynasty, and the Sticky Rod Office in the Qing Dynasty were all used as tools to maintain the power of the rulers.
Modern people should be very clear about the importance of intelligence. Chen Mu actually had a plan in mind when he wanted to establish such an intelligence agency, in order to spy on some useful intelligence.
After all, it is impossible to rely on history books for a lifetime. History has changed because of him. No one can predict what will happen in the future.
After hearing his explanation, Jian Yong and Ju Shou looked at each other, and they could see the confusion in each other's eyes.
They also know how to do it, but they don't know how to do it if they have trained professionals in the system.
Chen Mu smiled: "I'll introduce you to someone."
He said and clapped his hands.
From the back of the hall, a middle-aged man about forty years old came out.
The man slowly came to the hall, cupped his hands and said, "I'm Hou Xu, courtesy name Bo Zhu, I've met you two."
Hou Xu no longer posed a threat to Zhang Rang, so Zhang Rang stopped paying attention to him.
Although Luoyang Prison imprisons serious criminals, generally speaking, even if the world is amnesty, rebel thieves will not be pardoned.
But once Hou Xu has become an insignificant person, no one will remember who he is.
Secondly, following the example, and with Wang Jun's help, the person was redeemed with some money.
This was a move Chen Mu had made long ago, and now it finally worked.
Jushou and Jian Yong stood up and returned the greeting.
After Hou Xu sat down, Chen Mucai said: "From today on, Mr. Hou Xu will be my Qingzhou farewell, and secretly, he is Cao Shi, a subordinate of the Military Intelligence Department. I am the commander of the Military Intelligence Department, and I am the master."
To record the history of the family, Xianhe was appointed as the staff officer to Cao Yu."
Ju Shou and Jian Yong looked at each other, why did they set up an official organization inexplicably?
Officials and departments in various places have regulations, and it is illegal to set up private institutions. Even if Chen Mu is the governor of Qingzhou and Liu Bei is the prefect of Jinan, they cannot be so lawless.
Jushou hesitated and said: "Is this... considered a private institution?"
Chen Mu nodded: "Forget it, but you have to know that the specific situation needs to be analyzed in detail. The role of the Military Intelligence Department is to collect information from various places and pass it on for us to use for internal reference. For example, are the powerful people in various places oppressing the people? Are officials corrupt?
Whether it has been governed or not, this is a secret agency that maintains local stability, so you should not have any resistance to this."
"All right."
Jushou stopped talking, which was regarded as acquiescence to the establishment of this organization.
Naturally, Jian Yong wouldn't say anything.
He is Liu Bei's confidant, and he will consider everything for Liu Bei, and will not think about whether setting up a private organization will be illegal.
Of course Chen Mu would not tell them that the Eastern Han Dynasty could not last long. Jushu was smart, and he was an elite figure with an IQ of over 90.
But no matter how smart a person is, it is impossible to predict what the situation will be like ten or twenty years from now.
With Chen Mu's advice and the collection of land taxes from the three states of Jing, Yang and Yi, the world is now fairly stable. Even if Zhuge Liang grew up overnight, he probably would have thought that the rule of the Han Dynasty could continue to be stable.
"Mr. Bo Zhu."
Chen Mu turned to Hou Xu and said: "I have discussed with my elder brother last night. If you stay in Jinan, my elder brother will support you if you want people or money. You first recruit the team of the Military Intelligence Department in Jinan and give you the first task.
Just help me find the person behind the assassination of my eldest brother last year."
Hou Xu nodded: "Understood."
"Beyond that, we have to discuss how to govern Jinan."
Chen Mu began to make detailed plans.
When talking to Liu Bei and others, there is no need to talk in such depth, because they don't understand it, just give them the general direction.
The specific details will be left to the people below.
After all, if the leaders have to do everything, what should the people below do?
The first step in Chen Mu's plan is, of course, to develop the floor heating economy in Jinan.
First harvest a batch of money from the rich, and then drive other industries. For example, the iron ore industry, artificial industry, food industry, etc.
The second step was to develop water conservancy construction and take advantage of the slack farming season in winter to recruit the entire county to do corvee service.
Anyway, being idle at home is idle, so it is better to go out and do things. The government will provide food and pay a salary, intercept tributaries from large rivers such as the Yellow River, Luo Shui, Jishui, etc., carry out water conservancy projects, and reclaim the land for cultivation in the coming year.
You must know that at that time, the corvee was only responsible for food and no payment. Now it is a conscientious government to pay workers. In this way, the complaints of the people will be much less, and there will be a lot more farmland next year.
The third step is to encourage invention and creation, such as improving farm tools and inventing new farming equipment.
When Jinan develops well, we will then consider the issue of buying cotton and Champa rice from Jiaozhou. After all, going to Vietnam by sea in this era is no different from seeking death. The only way is to go by land.
Many people don't know that Vietnam in later generations is now part of Jiaozhou, so there is actually Champa rice in Jiaozhou, but it has not been promoted.
Moreover, cotton existed in the Han Dynasty. Through the Silk Road in Yunnan, it is now grown in Yunnan, that is, in Yunnan County, Yizhou.
Sadly, people in the Han Dynasty regarded cotton as an ornamental plant and did not consider its practical efficiency at all.
Once the Champa rice and cotton are obtained, Qingzhou's strength will reach a higher level.
In addition to these, Chen Mu also has a big weapon in his hand, which is sea salt. The table salt in the Han Dynasty mainly came from salt ponds, and the utilization rate of sea salt was not high. Shandong was the first salt-producing province in later generations, and the main source of table salt has also changed from
The salt pond turned into sea water.
If you use the salt-drying method of the Ming Dynasty, you can get a lot of salt. In this era, salt is money and currency. Didn’t you see that any salt merchant in the Ming and Qing Dynasties was not extremely rich?
However, Chen Mu has not yet taken control of the entire territory of Qingzhou. Now he is engaged in the salt-drying method, which is to make wedding clothes for others. It is better to make preparations in advance and wait until later.
After planning these government affairs details, the matter is settled.
In the next few days, Chen Mu stayed in Jinan, working with Hou Xu to pull up the team members of the General Intelligence Department.
He established this new intelligence department with the secret service of later generations as the core. All personnel were secretly deployed. The first batch of people were all elite soldiers under Liu Bei's command. They were extremely loyal and became the first batch of agents of the Military Intelligence Department.
According to Chen Mu's plan, these people are well-organized, with a clear division of labor between upper and lower levels, including upper-level leadership departments, middle-level operational personnel, and lower-level intelligence personnel.
Through various methods, such as absorbing, hiring, buying, etc., they soon extended their tentacles to all parts of Dongpingling County.
Moreover, these intelligence officers themselves do not know which department they belong to, because there is one-to-one contact between superiors and subordinates, and the method of transmitting information is also very special. Once the matter is exposed, or a traitor appears, they will not be implicated.
For example, Chen Mu and Hou Xu, Hou Xu and a middle-level person, this middle-level person then recruits the servants of a powerful man's mansion, and they go up step by step. If this powerful servant is caught, and the middle-level person is revealed, this person will
The middle-level personnel may be a store owner in the county or a canteen clerk. After an incident occurs, the organization will quickly detect it and cut off contact.
certainly.
This is just a metaphor.
In Qingzhou, or at least in Jinan, once the Military Intelligence Department is established, even if a certain person is exposed, no one dares to arrest him. At least Liu Bei has the strength to protect him.
As for when it really comes to that point, it will be something that the Military Intelligence Department will encounter when it is deployed to various parts of the world during the war in the future. That is another matter.
Chen Mu stayed in Jinan for about half a month. During this time, he only did two things. One was to promote floor heating, and the second was to establish the Military Intelligence Department. When these two things were on track, it was time for him to leave.
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The seat of Qingzhou governor was not Jinan, but the state of Qi next to Jinan.
Although as the governor, he could move his seat to Jinan.
But Chen Mu didn't come to Qingzhou just to govern Jinan. He wanted to control the entire Qingzhou, so Qi State had to go there.
In late November, Chen Mu left Jinan, taking Guan Yu and Dian Wei with him to Qi.