The old rich man obviously suspected that Jia Liu, the acting nine-men admiral, had illegally monitored him.
Not to mention that Jia Liu had never committed such a criminal act that seriously violated official rules. Even if he had committed it, he would never admit it.
So, I got angry on the spot.
"Who do you think I am? Is there any trust between you and me? In my eyes, I, Jia Jia Shikai, am just a villain raised by a maid!"
Jia Liu gasped, his eyes wide open, staring at the old rich man without any timidity.
"Really not?"
The old rich man obviously wouldn't believe it easily, because Qinglin's incident gave him a bad association.
"You can question your brother's character, but you can never question your brother's morality!"
Jia Liu firmly denied that he was a man of great conscience, so how could he use espionage methods to spy on the top leaders of the current government?
After pondering for a moment, the old man turned around and left.
He has no evidence.
If you really want to be suspicious, you can only go home and investigate secretly.
Not long after the old man left, Fan Wei came over in a hurry. He said that an emergency from Hubei Province had just arrived in Beijing. The person who reported the news said that Yuezhou had fallen. Navy Admiral Wan Xiu, Fubiao Deputy General Li Zhongyuan and other generals
He was killed in battle. The Qing army in Hunan suffered great losses in this battle. It is possible that the territory of Sanxiang will be captured by the Xinghan army soon.
While talking, he handed over a copy of the urgent message from Hunan Commander-in-Chief Yamantai.
The text was copied from a Mongolian Zhangjing of the Military Aircraft Department. Fan Wei offered this person a monthly salary of two hundred taels, which is more than 200,000 yuan, or an annual salary of nearly three million.
In addition to the Mongolian Zhangjing, there are two Han and two Manchu Zhangjings. The annual expenses of these five secretaries of the Military Aircraft Department alone are 10,000 taels.
Using money to bribe the General Administration Department, the Military Aircraft Department, including Manchu and Han Dynasty officials from various ministries, and even the eunuchs in the palace, in order to obtain memorials and secret copies, including what the emperor said, is the normal operation of the capital's officialdom, and it is also the main source of information.
channel.
Knowing the attitude of the leader will make it easier for the subordinates to do things. Otherwise, if someone accidentally does something that dissatisfies the leader, it will not only mean that the official title will be lost, but if it fails, he will lose his head.
No matter how dissatisfied the people below are, as long as the people above are satisfied, then the official will not only be stable, but also be able to rise to the top.
There are many guild halls from various provinces in the outer city. They are nominally used by each province to house the provincial officials who come to Beijing for examinations, or to accommodate officials who come to Beijing on business trips. In fact, they are the eyes and ears of each province in Beijing. Some are also responsible for solving the problem of "imperial complaints".
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An industry derived from this is Baoqidun, where banner people have settled down.
Not to mention lower-level officials, even the government's top leader, the military minister, has to spend money to buy information.
Yu Minzhong, the former foreman and military minister, was almost beheaded by Qianlong because he bribed eunuchs to copy secrets secretly.
The market price generally used to buy the secretary of the Military Aircraft Department is only about 300 taels per year.
Jia Liu offered them several times higher prices.
The reason was that Jia Liu hoped to see the transcripts of official documents from various provinces to Beijing as soon as possible, including the secret documents given to Qianlong by officials with the power to report secretly.
The reason why he was pinched by the old rich man at the beginning was because the old rich man knew all the secrets he gave Qianlong.
The losses that have been suffered in the past cannot be repeated no matter what.
Moreover, time is money.
Some things, even knowing the news half an hour earlier than others, are worth the high price.
Since it was an emergency copy, the handwriting was rather sloppy and there were many ink spots.
After reading it, Jia Liu couldn't help but sigh: "This Yamantai is an honest person, and his kindness is not inferior to mine."
It’s really flattering.
If Jia Liu was chased by more than a dozen bandits, he would definitely not tell the truth. If he did not say that the dozen bandits were tens of thousands, he would not be able to resist his own conscience.
Fan Wei believed that Changsha must be the next target of the Xinghan Army.
This place is not only the capital of Hunan Province, but also an important town that controls the three Hunan provinces. After capturing Changsha, it will not only threaten Jiangxi in the east, but also extend its power to Hengzhou and Baoqing in the south. If progress goes well, it can be completed in two or three months.
Sweeping the whole province of Hunan and opening up the communication between Guangdong and Guangxi, that is to say, after acquiring Hunan, the Xinghan Army could not only move eastward along the Yangtze River, but also have the possibility of attacking Guangdong and Guangxi.
This will ruin Feng Sheng's strategy of encircling the Xinghan Army in Hubei.
Hunan was also extremely important in the history of the Qing Dynasty.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Dingguo won a great victory at Hengbao here and killed Prince Nikan of Manchuria. This frightened the young Shunzhi emperor who was far away in the capital and planned to move his capital to Shengjing.
Later, the Taiping Army also launched two major battles in Changsha. Although they both ended in failure, they severely dealt a blow to the Qing army in Hunan and provided valuable experience for subsequent military operations.
Now it depends on whether the Xinghan Army can capture Changsha.
Fan Wei asked if he would provide remote online guidance for the Battle of Changsha. Jia Liu thought about it and felt that it was not necessary. Although his nephew Gu An was young, he was actually more brave and good at fighting than his Manchu uncle. What he lacked was just the macro perspective.
strategic level.
Gu An's leadership of the Hunan War this time is also a good training opportunity. There is no need to do any micro-management on his own.
Moreover, with his uncle's military commanding ability, he would not be able to take action easily.
Once you take action, it's really a dragon slaying.
Gu An's victory was successful, and the southern provinces became fully independent. It was his uncle Jia Jia's turn to have a big headache.
"Follow me to the Secret Service."
Jia Liu asked his soldiers to prepare their horses and took Fan Wei to an ordinary bannerman's house in the Xianglan Banner area of the Han army.
This house looks very inconspicuous, with only about a dozen rooms, and is about 700 to 800 meters away from the Chongwenmen Infantry Command Office.
More than a month ago, this courtyard was purchased by the infantry commander's office. It was claimed to be for the accommodation of officers, but in fact it was the location of the Capital Branch of the Secret Service of the Communist Party of China.
After knocking on the door and checking the opening, Jia Liu was welcomed in.
Liu Heyi was originally in charge of the Secret Service, but he now serves in the Guards Camp, so he handed over the duties of the Secret Service to Luo Yuan, the former Han army commander of the Qianfeng Camp.
This Luo Yuan ancestor was very prominent, and his great-grandfather was Luo Yangxing, the former Ming Dynasty Jinyi Guards Commander-in-Chief, Part B of "The Biography of Erchen".
The Luo family was also a family of Jinyi Guards in the Ming Dynasty. The first person among their ancestors to serve as the commander of the Jinyi Guards was Luo An. Luo An's grandson, Luo Sigong, was in charge of the Jinyi Guards during the Wanli Tongtianqi Dynasty. He rose to the rank of Governor Zuo, and together with his son Luo Yangxing, they were known as the father and son commanders of the two guards.
In other words, during the Tianqi, Chongzhen and Ming dynasties, the Luo family was always in charge of the secret service.
The problem was that the Luo family and his son were inclined to the Donglin Party. During the Tianqi years, Luo Sigong was ignored by Wei Zhongxian's party members Tian Ergen and Xu Xianchun.
When Luo Yangxing arrived, Jinyiwei basically became a decoration.
Therefore, it can also be explained that the famous Jinyiwei ended up in the hands of the Luo family.
According to the organizational regulations of the Joint Advancement Association, the Capital Secret Service is not under the leadership of the Capital Branch, but is directly responsible to the General Secret Service.
Due to the special situation in the capital, the Secret Service was directly responsible to Chairman Jia Jia, and some of its duties overlapped with the Operations Department of the Jia Office. Therefore, Jia Liu decided to merge the Secret Service into the Operations Department after leaving the capital, and it was just an internal communication department.
, an external one.
After meeting Luo Yuan and some Eight Banners agents, Jia Liu walked to a room under the leadership of Luo Yuan.
After opening the door, I saw Asha and Quini carefully writing an application for membership.
It is quite serious, just like the imperial examination.
Jia Liu came here mainly to hold an initiation ceremony for Lao A and Lao Kui.
The eight characters "Like-minded and united for progress" on the front wall of the house were inscribed by Jia Liu himself.
On the square table below the inscription, the person worshiping Guan Erye is worshipped.
Different from other Guan Gong statues in other places, this Guan Gong statue has a white cloth tied on its forehead, with the four characters "loyalty and justice unparalleled" written on it.
Jia Liu hopes that every member who joins the process can take the lead with loyalty.
Those who are unloyal will be punished together.
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