Chapter 59: The First Contribution of the Department of Military Intelligence
If Chen Mu wants to teach students, of course he won't teach dragon slaying skills.
If you want to teach, you don’t have the conditions.
The only things he can teach are primary school mathematics and primary school nature and biology classes.
As for junior high school physics and junior high school chemistry, it’s not that they can’t teach them, but that you can’t prove your theories to students.
If you go to tell them about the periodic table of elements, first you have to prove to them the existence of elements in nature.
In the experimental part, there are no beakers, measuring cylinders, test tubes, alcohol lamps, and even the simplest identification of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide, which is the first experiment of junior high school chemistry, you can't prove that lime water turns turbid.
Junior high school physics involves mechanics, optics, resistance, electrical energy, pressure, etc. Chen Mu can only teach the lever theorem at most, because he cannot teach the formula to the students.
Therefore, these things do not mean that knowledge is in the brain and can be taught if you want. He alone cannot complete the scientific revolution at all.
Otherwise, if modern physics and modern chemistry, which were only gradually completed from the 15th or 16th century to the 21st century, could be promoted and popularized by one person, it would be too cheap.
If the industrial level cannot be improved, no matter how much theoretical knowledge there is, it will be meaningless.
What Chen Mu has to do now is just to plant a seed. He hopes that in a few decades or hundreds of years, he can catch up with the progress that humans can complete in four to five hundred years.
With Chen Mu's strong support, sheets of brand new white paper were freshly baked from the Linzi papermaking workshop, and were quickly sent to the small printing workshop, where the Confucian classics that had been carved by craftsmen were printed into volumes of books.
When standing in the small workshop and looking at the newly released volumes of "The Analects", "Spring and Autumn", "The Classic of Filial Piety", "Shang Shu", "The Book of Songs", "The Book of Changes" and "The Book of Rites" that smelled of ink, Chen Mu smiled.
stand up.
This is not the smell of ink, this is the smell of knowledge.
Why was knowledge monopolized by aristocratic families in the Han Dynasty?
Because it is not easy for ordinary people to study.
It would take a long time to carve any of the Seven Classics of Confucianism on bamboo slips.
Moreover, the preservation of bamboo slips is also a problem. Moisture, insect infestation, and rot will all cause gaps in knowledge.
The books that Chen Mu used to engrave and print were the same books that he asked the emperor to bring out from the Hongdu Hall after learning from the Hongdu Clan.
If an ordinary family had any of these complete sets, they would probably immediately be regarded as family heirlooms, kept for generations to come, and become classics.
Nowadays, with books, the inheritance of knowledge is no longer a problem. The threshold for reading has been lowered. In the future, the so-called aristocratic families may no longer exist.
"Liangbi."
Chen Mu called Dian Wei.
Dian Wei leaned over and whispered: "Zi Gui."
"Let's go out."
"Where to go?"
"North Sea Country."
"North Sea?"
Dian Wei was surprised and said: "That's not..."
Chen Mu smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, we can just take a few people and ride over there."
"All right."
Dian Wei stopped saying "wei", and now started to follow Chen Mu's example.
After leaving the printing workshop, I looked at the guards on the left and right, walked to a restaurant across the street from the workshop, and hooked up with the spy from the Military Intelligence Department who was the shopkeeper.
"Si Ming."
The shopkeeper pretended to greet the guests with a flattering smile on his face.
In fact, before he was absorbed by the Military Intelligence Department, he was an ordinary merchant. He was very familiar with greeting customers from all over the world, so no one would notice anything about him.
Chen Mu asked him to prepare some dry food. After the shopkeeper delivered it, he took out the money and whispered: "Take good care of this yard. The craftsmen inside are not allowed to come out, and outsiders are not allowed to enter. Don't let anyone know.
Already."
"only."
The shopkeeper took the money and kept the order in mind.
After getting the dry food, Chen Mu came out of the restaurant, mounted his horse, and took Dian Wei to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Wu Kuang lived a very comfortable life these days. After all, he didn't have to deal with any government affairs and could just enjoy himself every day. Although he felt a little unwilling, his enterprising spirit was much less as he got older. Anyway, as long as there was no trouble in Qi State, he, the Prime Minister,
At least he can be competent.
When he heard the news of Chen Mu's visit, Wu Kuang took the initiative to go out to greet him. He was not a bad person. Now that he saw that Chen Mu had managed the Qi State in an orderly manner, he also admired how heroes come from youth, so he naturally did not want to make enemies.
After all, others are young and I am old. There is still room for advancement in the future. If I offend you to death, and I die of old age and illness in a few years, what will happen to my relatives?
"The governor."
"Prime Minister."
The two met and Wu Kuang invited Chen Mu to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
After arriving in the hall and sitting down in rows, Chen Mu didn't talk nonsense and said bluntly: "Sir, I came here this time to ask for a letter from you."
"letter?"
Wu Kuang asked in confusion: "Who is the letter to?"
"The great Confucian scholar Kang Chenggong."
Chen Mu explained: "I plan to open an academy in Taishan to give lectures. Now the most famous scholar in the country, Kang Chenggong, lives in seclusion in his hometown in Gaomi. Kang Chenggong's reputation is well known all over the world. Even the Yellow Turban bandits dare not harm him. If he can
If you please touch this old man, great things will happen."
Wu Kuang was surprised and said: "I didn't expect the governor to have such ambitions. To be honest, Kang Chenggong and I are old acquaintances. I had invited him to come to Qi before, but he just wanted to live in seclusion at home. If the governor had
With this in mind, I will write immediately."
"Thank you, sir."
Chen Mu cupped his hands and thanked him.
The reason why Wu Kuang was asked to send out the invitation was because Wu Kuang was also a famous person.
In the Han Dynasty, famous scholars were called celebrities, and those who were respected and studied the classics were called great Confucians.
After Ma Rong's death, very few people are now qualified to be called great Confucians.
Chen Mu was lucky. There happened to be several great scholars in Qingzhou, the most famous of whom was Zheng Xuan.
As a junior student, Chen Mu was not sure that he could invite Zheng Xuan, because Zheng Xuan was a person who even General He Jin refused to conquer, so he could only ask Wu Kuang for help to see if he could give him some face.
certainly.
In order to invite Zheng Xuan, Chen Mu also made two preparations.
The first step, of course, is to take out the book, be moved by emotion, and learn by reason.
Second hand...
He didn't want to leave empty-handed anyway.
After getting the invitation letter from Wu Kuang, Chen Mu prepared his horses and set off for Beihai.
In March, the sun shines brightly.
The vast fields outside the city are full of people cultivating them.
Now that the state of Qi is in ruins and waiting for prosperity, Chen Mu eliminated a large number of powerful clan thieves. Firstly, he collected the fields and distributed them to the people. Secondly, he identified hidden households and liberated the labor force.
Moreover, there was no psychological burden or pressure from public opinion at all, because during the Yellow Turban Rebellion two years ago, a large number of powerful clan thieves who disobeyed the king's orders were born across the country. These people were no longer considered subjects of the Han Dynasty in legal terms.
For example, when Yuan Shao and Wang Kuang raised an army to attack Dong, they killed a group of soldiers in order to get money to recruit soldiers and make weapons; Liu Biao went to Jingzhou and killed a group of people; and Liu Yan went to Yizhou and killed more than a dozen of them.
Attacking powerful sect thieves is not even considered as hurting innocent people, but is considered as suppressing bandits and eradicating those who disobey the king.
There was no other way. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, money was concentrated in the hands of big landowners. If local warlords were short of money, of course they would cause trouble for them.
This is the so-called big eater.
More than ten riders galloped out of the city and headed toward Beihai State, southeast of Qi State.
The road along the way is relatively flat. People from Shandong should know that the Shandong Peninsula is an area of plains and hills. There are no big mountains or particularly steep terrain. Going south after leaving Linzi City, there are several rural pavilions.
The hills on both sides are not densely wooded, and the rolling hillsides are continuous. The hillsides are covered with green vegetation and covered with trees and weeds. The breeze blows slowly, and the morning sun is as warm as spring.
At this moment, an obstacle suddenly appeared on the road ahead, and two big trees fell in the middle of the road.
Chen Mudi's horse stopped and the road was blocked. Unless the big tree was moved away, the horses could not pass at all.
"Be careful, there is an ambush."
Chen Mu whispered.
Dian Wei looked around. There were thick leaves on both sides and no one could be seen. He asked warily: "Is there a thief?"
"Um."
Chen Mu nodded: "The gap in the big tree is extremely smooth. It is not a natural break. Someone deliberately cut down two trees and threw them in the middle of the road."
There was a rustling sound, and countless figures emerged from the trees in all directions, gathering towards them.
These people were all wearing black shorts, the sharp blades at their waists reflected white light, and their eyes revealed a ferocious look.
The exact number of people was unclear, but there were no less than several hundred people, vaguely surrounding them.
rub!
Dian Wei and all the guards slowly pulled out their weapons.
Regardless of whether they are bandits or other people with ulterior motives, they are always coming with bad intentions.
Chen Mu glanced around and said loudly: "Who are you?"
"Chen Zigui is very clever. Why don't you take a guess?" A man in white clothes came out of the crowd and looked at him with a half-smile.
Chen Mu touched his chin and thought: "I have been in Qingzhou for less than half a year, and there are quite a few people who want my life. The first is that the clan thieves from all over the country are powerful, and the second is that group of people in Linzi City, which faction are you?
"
The man in white's face changed slightly, and he shouted: "We are not from any faction."
"It seems I was right."
Chen Mu laughed: "You are quite brave, dare to rob and kill me?"
"Do it!"
The man in white shouted lowly, he was too lazy to talk nonsense to a dead man.
"Do it!"
Almost at the same time, Chen Mu also shouted loudly.
The two men next to the man in white suddenly jumped up and chopped off his head with one knife.
The people around were shocked by this dramatic change and were stunned for a moment.
"Hu Le and Li Qian, what are you doing!"
Someone yelled loudly.
Chen Mu laughed and said, "Okay, put down your weapons and surrender. I have already seen through your conspiracy."
Among the hundreds of people, another twenty or thirty people stood up and pointed their weapons at them.
One-tenth of the people in the ambush were actually moles!
"Kill them to avenge the young man!"
The loyal house slave shouted.
The people around him rushed forward bravely.
Dian Wei shouted angrily, brandishing his short halberd, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, and killed seven or eight people in an instant.
The dozen or so people led by Chen Mu were all elite soldiers in the army, and Dian Wei was a tiger general who could fight against ten thousand enemies. Together with the twenty or thirty spies from the Military Intelligence Department, they quickly killed all those who dared to take action.
When more people saw their master being killed, and the troops on their side seemed unable to defeat the other side, they all dropped their weapons and turned around to run away.
An interception was eliminated in an instant.
"Si Ming!"
The leading man saluted with his hands raised.
Chen Mu nodded.
What Hou Xu originally did was to arrange the espionage work of the Yellow Turban Army in Luoyang and pass the news from the imperial court to the Yellow Turbans all over the world. In ancient times, this was a "time".
Including the Zhangjiao Uprising, Hou Xu assisted Ma Yuanyi. He was able to ensure the uprising a month in advance when information was not developed even when he was betrayed by a traitor. Hou Xu was indispensable.
Now Hou Xu has been recruited under Liu Bei's account and returned to his old profession. With Chen Mu's help, in just four or five months, the Military Intelligence Department has developed rapidly. Jinan, Qi, and even plains, Le'an, Beihai, and Donglai have appeared.
showed their figures.
In fact, the main reason why the Military Intelligence Department of Qi State developed so quickly was because Chen Mu liberated the population.
Chen Mu found out the populations concealed by the powerful clan tyrants from all over the country one by one, and gave them land so that they could become homesteaders. The domestic slaves of more than ten powerful powerful people in Linzi City were transferred away by Guan Yuzheng. Now Qi State is also short of powerful people.
As a result, Qi's powerful people, who originally would only recruit local peasants as serfs and servants, had to start accepting outsiders, and were slowly infiltrated by the Military Intelligence Department.
This action was the result of several powerful gangs in Linzi City uniting with more than ten powerful clan thieves from all over the Qi Kingdom.
These powerful clan thieves were naturally unwilling to accept that their lands and population were taken away.
It happened that during this period, Chen Mu asked Shiyi to investigate the criminal evidence of more than ten powerful people in Linzi City, forcing these people not to pursue the idea of the high-quality fertile land in Judian Lake. Several powerful people were dissatisfied, and the two parties hit it off and planned this operation.
An important reason why Chen Mu was willing to lure the snake out of the cave was because he knew that these people did not have crossbows in their hands. In the current state of war, all the crossbows in the homes of powerful men were used by Guan Yu.
Even if they want to temporarily make bows and arrows, the craftsmen have been transferred away, and there are no available manpower around them. If they want to assassinate, they can only use swords.
Not having a crossbow meant close combat. With Dian Wei and so many spies from the Military Intelligence Department, Chen Mu was not afraid of close combat at all.
Therefore, by luring the snake out of its hole, it can be said that the last disaster in Qi was eliminated.
"Go back and tell Uji Reishi and let him handle it."
Chen Mu issued the order.
The Military Intelligence Department is divided into five levels from bottom to top. The lowest level is ordinary spies, called Siwei.
Siwei are in a group of five, and the leader is Jie Cong.
The next level up is the director, who is considered a middle-level manager.
Then there are senior officials such as Ling Shi, Cao Shi, Chief Secretary, Cao Yu, and finally Chen Mu, the commander.
According to the current structure of the Military Intelligence Department, a county should have one director, several subordinates, and dozens of guards.
A county must have a high-ranking official. For example, Jinan's is Hou Xu, Jian Yongzai, Beihai's is Jushou, and Qi's is Chen Mu.
There will definitely be changes to this framework in the future, but currently Chen Mu doesn't even have a territory in one state, so this framework is sufficient for the time being and does not need to be expanded.
Chen Mu absorbed Shiyi into the Military Intelligence Department, and Shiyi handled the internal affairs well. When he was away, Shiyi was left in charge of the power of Qi.
The leading director raised his hands and said: "Wei!"
"Go ahead."
Chen Mu waved his hand.
"withdraw!"
The director said hello, and more than thirty spies from the Military Intelligence Department quietly disappeared into the forest.
Chen Mu looked at their retreating figures, his face as calm as water.
Hou Xu is indeed a talent in this field. As the Military Intelligence Department grows in the future, he will definitely play a considerable role on the battlefield.
It's just that the power of this department may become larger and larger, which is something we need to be wary of.
Especially Hou Xu.
I vaguely remember that Hou Xu asked his younger brother to take his family to Jiaozhou or Yizhou to avoid trouble.
It seems that in the future we will either get rid of Hou Xu or bring his family back.
Just these two paths, it depends on what he chooses.