Such a serious matter must be reported, which is definitely not something that the two of them can handle, but Lin Zuotao has a trace of hesitation. Because this fact is too big, rashly reporting it may cause a commotion.

Seeing that Lin Zuotao couldn't make up his mind, Li Xiaoning directly sent the information through the guò national security channel. He doesn't know what the reaction will be after receiving his report from the country, maybe the heads of the national security will sit down to discuss this information and weigh the importance of it; Maybe Old Man Zhang Yunpeng will go directly to the No. 1 chief; Perhaps this information will be shelved again by studying, studying, discussing, discussing, thinking and thinking again.

This feeling of uncertainty is uncomfortable, although Li Xiaoning is just an inconspicuous chess piece in this chess game, but for the first time facing something of this level, he can't restrain his emotions, and let himself face his task indifferently and rationally.

He remembered a lot of spy stories, and many good people were killed by false intelligence from spies. For example, Marshal Tukhachevsky, the father of the Soviet armored forces and the great military commander, died in a brutal rebellion because of Stalin's suspicions and the false information spread by German spy agencies.

For a while, Li Xiaoning even regretted a little recklessly reporting the information to Yanjing. If Jackson deliberately provided false information to himself, then this information would intensify the political struggle within the party leadership, affect the transfer of power between the old and new leadership, and then cause chaos in the country.

However, if there are some people in the party who try to overthrow the current leadership by means of a coup d'état, then the fate of the party and even the country is at stake. Both of these consequences cannot be borne by Li Xiaoning, an ordinary agent, or the so-called high-ranking officials of the state security. Although Guoan is a ministerial-level establishment, it is not a high position at all, even the old man Zhang Yunpeng is already an outdated person.

After some self-doubt, Li Xiaoning finally reorganized his mind and began to calmly analyze the matter. There is no doubt that Jackson did not know the identity of the high-ranking Chinese official who was going to coup d'état, because his security level was not enough. Then only the messenger of the high-ranking official will investigate.

Li Xiaoning made an appointment with Jackson again, trying to find out the identity of the messenger of the high-ranking Chinese official. But to his disappointment, Jackson's security level was not enough, and he didn't know his name, only that the high-ranking Chinese official had sent messengers twice. One was on February 11, when he was a ministerial-level cadre; One was what had just happened, on March 16, and the message was delivered by a business person who enjoyed ministerial treatment. Jackson also complained, "God knows how many ministers you have in China."

Jackson's new intelligence made Li Xiaoning pay more attention to it, if there are really two ministerial-level officials involved, then the coup should be true. Jackson lamented how many ministerial-level officials there were in Huaxia, but in fact, he still didn't know the situation in Huaxia. In fact, the scope of Li Xiaoning's search is much larger.

In addition, the NPC and the CPPCC National Committee have also concentrated a number of cadres at the ministerial level who have retired from party and government organs, specifically in various special committees and work offices; the NPC has nine special committees and five work and administrative organs, and the CPPCC National Committee also has nine special committees and one administrative body, and most of the chairmen and vice chairmen are at the ministerial level, and it is estimated that there are no less than 80 at the ministerial level.

In more than 30 provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions, and special regions, each province has three cadres at the ministerial level, namely, secretary and chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, provincial governor, and chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

In addition, there are about 10 social organizations, such as the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the Communist Youth League, the Women's Federation, the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the Writers' Association, the Disabled Persons' Federation, the Association for Science and Technology, and the Federation of Overseas Chinese.

Most of the executive deputy posts of the central committees of the eight major democratic parties are ministerial-level cadres.

A considerable number of the 55 vice-ministerial-level central enterprises are always treated at the ministerial level.

Lin Lin has finally calculated that there are more than 400 ministerial-level cadres in the country, and this is not counting the vice-provincial and ministerial level. You must know that if nothing else, there are a few to dozens of people in each of the four major teams in each province, and there must be more than 100 people in that province, and there are 20 more people who enjoy the treatment of the deputy province and have no real jobs. There should be 3,000 or 4,000 people in the 30 or so provinces of the country, plus at least 1,000 people at the vice-ministerial level in the central government, plus the army, armed police, political and legal organs, and so on, there must be 5,000 or 6,000 people at the vice-provincial and ministerial level.

How many so-called provincial and ministerial-level officials there are in Huaxia, Li Xiaoning did not know before, and it is impossible to know now. However, there is one thing he knows, there is an unwritten rule in the embassy, Ambassador Feng Hong only accompanies provincial and ministerial-level officials from China to eat, but that's it, every day is constantly entertaining! Judging by the time, the first messenger arrived in the United States around February 11, and the second was yesterday.

Li Xiaoning investigated the entry of provincial and ministerial-level officials into the United States during these two periods, and found that Chinese officials were really diligent in coming to the United States, and there were 131 provincial and ministerial-level officials who came to the United States during these two periods. With Li Xiaoning's strength alone, he couldn't find out at all, he could only wait for instructions from the country.

That's two weeks. In the torment of waiting, Li Xiaoning and Jackson made contact again, and Jackson provided a new piece of information, the two messengers were both in the United States for business investigations, and with this information, Li Xiaoning successfully narrowed the scope of the investigation to 66 people...... It's still too much.

While Li Xiaoning was suffering, the heads of the National Security Bureau in Yanjing were also suffering, and they weighed it repeatedly, weighed it, and finally decided to report the matter to the No. 1 chief. However, when Commander No. 1 learned of this, he also thought that it was nothing more than the Americans sowing discord, and he was busy with a complex balancing act, not wanting his personnel arrangements to be upset by the so-called coup. However, with a mild-mannered personality, he politely thanked the comrades of the National Security Bureau for their work and said that he would pay attention to this aspect of the problem.

None of the members of the NSA party committee who had touched the soft nail wanted to have anything to do with this matter. The discussion on the case is over.

Of course, Li Xiaoning has no way of knowing this. Because the old man Zhang Yunpeng personally gave him new instructions, the new instructions were just four words -- continue the investigation.