If you say you want to gather intelligence. The network under the Leizhou station in Guangzhou has been able to collect most of the information -- there is no concept of secrecy here, and as long as you spend some time, almost anything can be heard. The Executive Committee sent Bei Wei here, and sent such a chattering Chen Tianxiong, what did he want? Do you really want to occupy Leizhou?

Doubts are doubts, and it is inconvenient for Chang Shide to ask. Because there was someone from the "center", it was inconvenient for him to call the women to his house these days. Chang Shide, who is accustomed to singing every night, can't help but feel a little uncomfortable.

That night, Bei Wei and Chen Tianxiong, who had been hiding in the yard with their teammates, came together.

"We came to Leizhou this time, and we are indeed on a mission." Chen Tianxiong said straight to the point.

Chang Shide and Wen Tong both nodded, Wen Tong stood up, went out to look at the courtyard, and said to Zhou Shizhai, who was closing his eyes under the corridor:

"Look at it, don't let people come."

Zhou Shizhai nodded slightly, and Wen Tong returned to the house.

"Tell me, what is it?"

"This Jihua is still in the evaluation stage, and Bei Wei and I are actually responsible for the same task, which is to investigate the feasibility of Jihua on the spot and accumulate operational data. As for the content of Jihua, I might as well tell you-" He paused, "Jihua's name is 'Tang Seng Jihua'. ”

Tang monk jihua?! Wen Tong and Chang Shide were stunned, isn't this a spoof?

See the expressions of the two. Chen Tianxiong explained: "Do you remember the first difficulty of Tang Seng being born? ”

"Jiang Liuer's story-" Of course, they have all read Journey to the West, and they are thinking about the before and after episodes of Tang Seng's birth.

Chang Shide's face changed: "Are we going to be water bandits?!" ”

"That's right." Chen Tianxiong nodded.

When a member of the Intelligence and Information Committee was editing the "Historical Reference", he accidentally saw such a story from the "Leizhou Chronicles".

During the Chongzhen period, an official who was appointed to serve as the prefect of Leizhou, on the way to take office with his family, encountered a group of bandits to rob, and the official and his family were killed. What is more bizarre is that the leader of this gang of bandits, using the documents left for officials, actually came to Leizhou, replaced the former prefect, and became an official in Leizhou.

This thief has been an official in Leizhou for two years, and his reputation is still very good. Until the son of the real official came to Leizhou to cast kao, found out the identity of the bandit, and went to the local Jinyiwei to report. Zuihou Jinyiwei arranged a banquet and brought the bandit Kuang to the ambush site to get the goods in one fell swoop, and the bandit was caught and explained everything that happened.

This "anecdote" found in the pile of old papers aroused the infinite reverie of the intelligence department. "Leizhou Chronicles" belongs to the local historical records, and its historical materials are very high.

What if the person who replaces him is not a bandit, but a member of the traversal?

This idea was so wonderful and bold that it was opposed by many in the Internal Affairs Committee and the Intelligence Committee. But proponents also cite the most powerful argument: an ordinary bandit can steal the prefect of Leizhou for so long, and he has a very good reputation as an official, and a time-traveler from the 21st century should be able to do it. What's more, the traverser also has the entire traversal group as a backing.

The objections questioned that the bandits of the Ming Dynasty were able to pretend to be the prefect, but they just took advantage of the lack of information development in those years. The bandits were also people of the time, and they knew more about all aspects of Ming society than those of us in the 21st century. It's impossible to have someone from another era pass off as one.

"The difference between us and us when we stand in the midst of the indigenous people is so obvious!" Ran Yao objected vigorously, "If you want me to pretend to be the mayor and secretary of the municipal party committee of a county-level city in the 21st century, maybe there is still this possibility." I've never eaten pork and I've seen pigs run. Is it possible to find a purebred Anglo-Saxon American to be the city leader? And the gap between us and the people of the Ming Dynasty is bigger than the difference between modern Americans and Chinese! ”

His argument is very sufficient, but the benefits are too considerable - the entire Leizhou Mansion is equivalent to indirectly falling into the control of the traverser, although there are officials at all levels under the Leizhou prefect, but the traverser has no doubt that these people will succumb under the combination of economy and force. As a result, it eventually became a "white-skinned and red-hearted" type of local government.

The key is that they can enter the Ming bureaucratic system, participate in its operation, and obtain direct information from the government, which is much more timely than the Guangzhou station KAO spending money to buy the people in the yamen to deliver news. Mastering Leizhou is equivalent to adding a buffer layer to Qiongzhou. In case one day the Ming Dynasty wants to raise an army to attack Lingao, Leizhou is close at hand, and it must be the main area for the army to transit, whether it is to collect intelligence or to harass it, it is equivalent to having a base.

"If replacing an official can have such a great benefit, why don't we just go to Guangzhou and assassinate the prefect of Guangzhou, and then replace the successor official on the way?" Such doubts have been raised.

"Because historically, the bandits in Leizhou succeeded. And the replacement of the prefect of Guangzhou has never happened. Now we just need to replace the bandits, just as we are going to replace the Manchus. Chen Tianxiong, who warmly agreed with this jihua, said,

After several internal discussions, the proposal was presented to the enlarged meeting of the Executive Committee.

"I am against it, now is a critical period for the great development of the traversal government, and the knowledge that every traversal has is very valuable, and I am against such a dangerous thing!" Wu Nanhai resolutely opposed.

"If you are afraid of death, you will not revolutionize?" Xi Yaya reappeared at the meeting after "recuperating" for many days, but his waist circumference rose, and the slightly lean appearance that he had exercised for more than a year returned to the appearance of a wargame otaku, "I firmly support this proposal, which will be of great help to future development." ”

"Choose the more faithful natives. Those of us who don't speak like each other, can't even write well, and it's too difficult to pretend to be the prefect of the Ming Dynasty. Xiao Zishan cautiously expressed his opinion.

"Is the bandit's handwriting good? People may be illiterate, but after being an official for two years, the governance is not bad. ”

"Whoever says that bandits are uneducated, maybe people are educated. It's just a reckless depravity. ”

"It's our seniors who make trouble...... It's a pity that the ambition has not been rewarded......"

"Be careful, don't digress." Ma Qianzhu, who supports the meeting, has a deep hatred for the "off-topic" culture at every meeting.

"On this point, I agree with the opinion of Commissioner Xiao," said Wu De, "it is not only a matter of speaking and writing, but in many living habits, mannerisms and behaviors, we seem to be incompatible with the natives, and it is good to deal with the common people, but at most people think that your behavior is strange, and the most afraid is that you will encounter colleagues, subordinates, superiors and gentry, these people are not so easy to fool." ”

"I think we should choose more loyal natives to do it." Someone suggested, "For example, Zhang Xingjiao, he is literate and can speak official language." It should be ok. ”

"Comrade, revolution is not a dinner party. This task is dangerous, but it is a very critical task, if we don't send us to handle it ourselves, with only a few surrendered natives, can you guarantee that you can kao? Zhang Xingjiao is now Kao, what if he becomes obsessed with being an official, and wants Kao to betray our head to change to a real official? Xi Yaya retorted unceremoniously.

"Then you don't have to go through the prefect of Zhongdang, we can get a puppet, and we will control it remotely in the background." Wu Nanhai said.

"This will not guarantee security, don't forget, we are sending people into the imperial court, and the most important thing is this official position. What is the difference between using a puppet and us only collecting information from the people? Wei Aiwen said contemptuously, "What a civil official, I'm afraid of death." ”

"How can you say that, without us administrators, where would your Army's weapons and food come from?" Wu Nanhai jumped up as if he had been stepped on by his tail, pointed at him and said.

"What do you say about our army giving you free labor every day? It's all free! "Wei Aiwen's jiashi is to settle accounts with the agricultural department thoroughly.

"Without our armed protection, it is a question of whether the Crossing Group can survive." Le Lin, a representative of the Navy's conference, slammed out a sentence -- Li Haiping, the Navy's gunner, and most of the high-ranking officials went to sea, and this role was played by Hong Kong military fans who "dressed like Hollywood actors." Although the young men of the navy and army are not pleasing to each other because of the competition for resources and manpower, they are even more unpleasant to the administrative staff who control the economic power of the government.

"Alright, everyone be quiet." In the face of the possibility of a civil-military conflict. Mr. Wen spoke in a timely manner: "The position of the prefect of Leizhou is very critical to us, and my opinion is that it is better for us to occupy it as much as possible." Originally, Leizhou was also the focus of our business, as for whether the prefect of Leizhou was served by a traverser or an indigenous person, we can talk about it later. A vote will be taken on the implementation of the proposal. I vote now, and if you agree, please raise your hand. With that, he raised his hand.

The resolution was adopted by an overwhelming margin.

"Well, actually, we've overlooked a question," said Wendeji slowly, "what year is this?" Chongzhen has been good for 17 years. ”

"According to the records of the "Leizhou Chronicles", it was in 1632."

"So it's going to be three years away." "In three years, I was able to do a lot of things. The first thing we should do now is to send someone to Leizhou to investigate the terrain and social environment on the spot and assess the difficulty of this jihua. ”

"That's right, and I would like to remind those of you who are very enthusiastic about this that this is a very difficult thing to do." Ran Yao reminded everyone, "Who is the surname of this official who took office, where is he from, which road he walked, and when did he enter the territory of Leizhou, none of these books are written." ”

"Then you don't need to ask, it must be sitting in a sedan chair, and someone in front of you is holding something like 'silence', 'avoidance' and the like......"

"Don't be funny. People haven't taken office yet. Yu Eshui said, "What Ran Yao said is right. If these details are not ascertained, how do you ask the special investigation team to intercept him? One more thing, we have to get ahead of the bandits. I think it's much more difficult to find this bandit than to find this official. ”

Xiao Zishan said: "Yes, when an official takes office, there are always traces to be found, this nameless thief, I don't know where he fell into the grass, and Leizhou is so big, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack." ”

"It's not a big problem," said Xi Yaya, "the key is in the official, and if we can find him, we can find the bandits." It doesn't matter if the bandit strikes in advance, as long as he doesn't take the seal, he can still kill him on the way. From this point of view, the thieves and the officials have nothing to do with each other, the main thing is to get the officials' luggage and documents. ”

After the plan was finalized, the Executive Committee authorized the Intelligence Committee to formulate the "Tang Seng Jihua", which was divided into two parts. One part is to recruit future infiltrators among the traversers. The premise of recruitment is that in the event of the loss of this person, the business of crossing the group will not be affected. And he had to be a volunteer. After being recruited, they will be trained by the intelligence committee to master the customs and official dialect of the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible, and then practice writing by the way. At the same time, the Civil Affairs Committee was instructed to look for petty intellectuals who could be used among the subjects under the control of the crossing regime, and to select them to give preferential treatment and brainwash as backup personnel.

The other part is to carry out large-scale intelligence gathering in Leizhou. Preparation and evaluation for Tang monk Jihua. Considering that the Huanan Sugar Factory was actually a factory and it was not convenient to serve as an intelligence collection point, the Executive Committee decided to use them only as a support unit, and sent Chen Tianxiong to Leizhou as a special intelligence officer, so as to make full use of the network laid by the Guangzhou station in Leizhou to collect intelligence.

After listening to Chen Tianxiong's introduction, Wen Tong and Chang Shide suddenly realized. Chang Shide said excitedly: "This is really exciting! Up and down to change to our people, haha...... It's best to change Xu Wen's county order! ”

"The idea is good, but the prefect of Leizhou is in Haikang County, and the prefect of the county is in the same city, so I'm afraid this fake prefect is not so easy to be, right?" Wen Tong expressed deep concern.

"That's why Bei Wei is here?" Chen Tianxiong said.

"This time I came to Tang Seng Jihua to do a staff trip." Bei Wei nodded, "Comprehensively touch the topography and urban environment of the entire Leizhou Mansion, and know it in your heart." ”

"Okay, if you need anything, just ask, we will do our best to be the backing of intelligence work."

"Help me find Kao's guide." Bei Wei said, "You must be familiar with the local situation. ”

"Yes, Liao Dahua, the shopkeeper of Qiwei, is good, and he is familiar with the people, but he doesn't know martial arts......"

"It doesn't matter, we're here to scout, and we're going to walk around disguised as a peddler."