Chapter XXXIV: Intelligence Organs
Zhu Hao put all his energy into recruiting and training new soldiers, and he was busy every day.
"Young master, do you remember the man we saved when we first arrived in Xuzhou? He wants to see you. On this day, he was busy with official business, Li Dong came out and said.
"Oh? Is his injury getting better? Let him come. Zhu Hao remembered.
But after a while, Li Dong came to him with the man.
Zhu Hao saw that this person was handsome and burly, but he was a good man, but there was an unnatural flow of yin owl in his eyes, he knew that this was the sequelae of a long-term Jinyi guard, and it did not mean that this person's character was not good.
"Strong man, are the injuries on your body better?" Seeing that the other party was also looking at him, Zhu Hao asked.
"With General Lao's concern, my injuries are no longer serious, and today I have made a special trip to thank you for saving my life. Grace is on top, give me a bow. After speaking, he knocked his head three times.
Zhu Hao hurriedly helped him up, and seeing that this man was cheerful and heroic, he couldn't help but love talents, so he asked about something. It turned out that this man's name was Du Qishan, a hundred households of Jinyiwei, who was relatively upright, and he couldn't get used to what his boss did, so he quietly let go of a group of wronged prisoners, which annoyed Shangguan, so he fell into the name of a Qin prisoner and was hunted down, if it wasn't for Zhu Hao's rescue, he would have died in the hands of his own people.
Zhu Hao couldn't help but sigh for a while, and asked, "Du Baihu, what are your plans in the future?" ”
"The villain is homeless."
"Would you like to stay and help me?"
"The villain's life was saved by the general, and it will be the general's in the future. I am willing to serve the dogs and horses under the general's tent, and I will never give up! Du Qishan said solemnly.
"Okay, Qishan, you will join our army in the future, but you are not like them, I will give you a more important task, do you dare to accept it?" Zhu Hao had a good idea.
"It's a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, and my subordinates won't frown!" Du Qishan said resolutely.
"It's not that serious, that's the case, there is a lack of an intelligence organization in our army now, you have been a Jinyi Guard, you should be familiar with the investigation of Jinyi Guard, so it is most suitable for you to be the intelligence department, what do you think?" Zhu Hao has long wanted to establish an intelligence department, but there are no suitable opportunities and candidates, and now he has picked up a talent for nothing, and he has an idea again.
In the Ming Dynasty, Jinyiwei as the largest spy organization, all over the country, specializing in underground work, what assassination, investigation, arrest, interrogation omnipotent, although it was later suppressed by Dongchang, but the hundred-legged insect died but not stiff, Jinyiwei's special means still have some value.
"No problem, my subordinates have been trained rigorously in this area, and intelligence work is what my subordinates are best at. In addition, there are some like-minded brothers under him who quit Jinyiwei because they can't stand the bullying of Shangguan, so I went to gather some people to help the general build an intelligence agency. Du Qishan is still quite confident in his intelligence methods.
"That's better, this matter is handled by you with full authority, just ask Li Dong for money and materials, and wait for you to set up the initial framework, I'll take a look, but there is one thing you have to pay attention to, the intelligence department is different from Jinyiwei, and those people with bad deeds definitely don't want it!" Zhu Hao reminded him.
"My subordinates understand."
It can't be said that Du Qishan is still a very talented person, and in less than half a month, he gathered more than 20 people, among whom there were people who were Jinyiwei before, and some righteous people in the East Factory. Most of these people couldn't stand the actions of the factory guards or were bullied by the officials, so they resigned and went into hiding, but most of them were in the prime of life and couldn't bear to be lonely, so they followed Du Qishan to Zhu Hao.
Looking at these fierce men, Zhu Hao nodded with satisfaction, and after a simple opening remark, Zhu Hao began to speak: "Brothers, some of you have been a brocade guard, and some of you were born in the East Factory, to be honest, it is not a good place, listen to the voices of the people, I can't wait to smash the factory guards."
I know that you are all good men and have a righteous heart, otherwise you would not have left these dark places. It can be seen that you are eager to have a good reputation, eager to make contributions, I will give you this opportunity, my Zhu Hao training army is to defend against strong enemies outside, internal security of the people, I will never do anything to bully the people, and my subordinates will never allow it to be done, this is a death order.
Today, I have set up this intelligence department, and as you all know, the purpose is to achieve victory in future battles, and only by continuous victories can we defend the country and gain the trust of the people.
Intelligence work is different from the army, it needs to be operated secretly, sometimes you need to penetrate into the enemy's interior, and you may be attacked by your comrades, and even if you die, you will not be able to get a correct name, so I want you to think clearly, intelligence work will be the most difficult and dangerous for us in the future. It's too late for someone to quit now! ”
Listening to Zhu Hao's words, a group of people led by Du Qishan raised their heads and chests, and everyone had a proud look on their faces, they were all gentlemen, and no one wanted to be looked down upon by others.
Zhu Hao was very satisfied and said: "Very good, they are all good men, you are all my good brothers Zhu Hao, I will advance and retreat with you in the future, you go down to rest first, Qishan, you leave me with something to tell you." ”
After everyone dispersed, Zhu Hao said to Du Qishan: "Qishan, the intelligence department will be officially established today, and you will serve as the director, and the position is the same as that of Zhang Benduan, and you will be directly ordered by me." ”
"Yes, General."
"Except for some similarities in the work of the intelligence department and Jinyiwei, the nature is completely different, and Jinyiwei's set of methods to harm the people must not appear, otherwise once discovered, military law will deal with it." Zhu Hao said with some worry.
"The general can rest assured, his subordinates will definitely strictly restrain them, otherwise his subordinates will be willing to accept the punishment." Du Qishan assured.
"Well, I've been thinking about some of the details of the work of the intelligence department these days, you can take it back and take a look, study it according to what you have learned, and come up with a perfect plan." Zhu Hao took out a few pieces of paper.
"General, these suggestions of yours are really far-sighted, I think they are absolutely feasible!" Du Qishan browsed it, and said with some surprise, he didn't expect this general to have such a ability in addition to training.
Zhu Hao's opinions are not unusual, they are all modeled after the underground work during the revolution of the Celestial Empire, focusing on how to work behind enemy lines and transmit information, and he is pondering the introduction of Arabic numerals into intelligence work as intelligence codes.
"Qishan, the intelligence department has too few people, you go and recruit a group of people who have no worries as soon as possible, especially orphans, or people who have a grudge against the outside of the border and thieves, and then select a group of people from the army, you can choose below the squad leader, strictly train, and send them to Beijing, Henan, Huguang, Nanjing and other places in advance, and after the increase in manpower, send excellent forces to Liaodong, understand?"
"Yes, General, I'll do it."
"Okay, let's talk about it slowly in the future, go and gather people first, I'll transfer Li Dong to you, and let him do it for you if you need money and food."