Just let the Admiralty check and correct itself, neither the king nor the cabinet is very reassured. After all, the Admiralty did not do this professionally, and judging by the infiltration of the Admiralty, it would be better to expect Napoleon to suddenly get stomach cancer than to expect them to find out for themselves.

The reason why the British felt that the Admiralty was very well infiltrated was because of how difficult it was for the spy to steal the technical information.

First of all, although mine technology is not worth mentioning in Joseph's opinion, there is no problem at all in producing drawings in one day and samples in a month. But in the eyes of others at that time, it was really a high-tech thing. There are also a lot of drawings and materials related to this thing, and it is not so easy for spies to steal all these things.

In this era, there were no spy cameras and microfilms, so to steal information, it was never necessary to open the file bag, pull it out, and click it. The spy either took out a pen and paper and copied a copy of it next to it, (in this era, even the typewriter had not yet been invented.) Or you have to memorize all these things with an amazing memory, and then when you go back, you can memorize them by memory. However, even if this spy has the ability to memorize, it will take a lot of time to read these contents.

This kind of thing is not something that can be done by one person, it must be the result of a group of people working together. So......

"Minister William is so optimistic. He actually said, 'There is a French spy in the Admiralty', and in the circumstances of this case, how can there be only one spy in the Admiralty? Prime Minister, if you tell me that everything is fine, then I'm sure there's a nest of spies in there! Deputy Commissioner Eisinger Stanton of the Metropolitan Police stood up and said to Prime Minister Addington, who was sitting in front of him.

Prime Minister Addington nodded and said, "Mr. Stanton, please sit down." You know, the seriousness of this case. His Majesty already knows about it. His Majesty was angry, and the consequences were serious. We must dig up that nest or nest of spies now. On top of that, we, I, and a lot of the cabinet ministers, we all think that the police are not really suited to deal with this kind of thing related to espionage and military secrets. Our country needs a special agency to deal with this kind of thing. ”

Deputy Director Stanton's eyes lit up all of a sudden.

"This organization, just under the Army's sign, is called the Sixth Investigation Section, as a way to hide people's eyes. But it is directly accountable to the House of Commons and the Prime Minister, and has enormous powers to conduct closed investigations into members of both houses, as well as any senior official of the Government, as well as very high executive ranks, salaries and pensions. You know, such an organization needs a person who really knows what to do, not a group of people who don't know anything but to play officialdom...... To take on the position of general management, yes, only the position of general management, the main position will be held by a person related to the royal family, but he will not be responsible for specific things. You know what that means, right? If you do well in this survey, I personally, and some of my friends, are inclined to have you take the position. Do you understand what I mean? ”

Deputy Director Stanton certainly understood what that meant. The power of this new institution is so important, and the power is so great, of course, it is not the turn of an old detective like him, who has risen through his personal ability, and is born in a civilian background. In fact, being able to become a deputy of such an institution is already a pie-in-the-sky thing. What's more, it is still the deputy position of "executive management", above him, there is only one main post that actually only takes money and does not care about things. That's really ......

Of course, Stanton understands that this is not the most important thing the Prime Minister has to say. The Prime Minister's most important words were "I personally, and some of my friends, would prefer you to take the position", rather than "the motherland" or other similar words that require "your service".

The most superficial meaning of this statement seems to be to say that he has other competitors, so he must work harder in this matter; But there's actually a deeper meaning to that phrase, which is, "You're going to be on our side." ”

Although the Admiralty leak scandal did not appear in any newspaper - the French naturally did not take the initiative to mention this matter in order to protect their spies (in fact, the French did not expect that there were also espionage cases and leakage scandals), as for several British newspapers, the tabloids had no way to get such news, and the newspapers with background also understood that it did not seem to be the time to expose this matter. Everyone just waited with wide eyes.

But this kind of thing, it is almost impossible to keep it secret. Especially in the era when the secrecy system of this system has not yet been formed. This is especially true for those big names with status. Both the Tories and the Whig bigwigs basically knew about it.

Everyone knows the seriousness of this matter, but they also know that this is a rare and good opportunity to use to fight their opponents. He only needs to use some technical means to implicate some annoying guys in the investigation, so that he can be defeated in the political arena.

All of them hope to seize this opportunity to involve some nasty guys who don't deal with them; All of them have also heightened their vigilance lest they be shamelessly slandered and framed by some insidious bad stuff.

Prime Minister Addington took the opportunity of being Prime Minister to establish such an institution, the main purpose of which was, of course, to cut off the black hand of the French spies to the British state secrets; But it's also a good thing to pick up the grass and beat the rabbits, and clean up the scum that has damaged England.

As a result, Deputy Director Stanton understands that when Mr. Prime Minister speaks of "excellent performance", he does not just mean that he can catch "spies" quickly – this is only a basic requirement, and it is far from "excellent". And to achieve "outstanding" achievements, he must be able to implicate some of the people the prime minister needs to be able to implicate.

Doing such a thing, of course, is very risky. Those people are not harmless little white rabbits, they have their own strength, and they will not sit still. If the first phase is unlucky in the struggle, then he will also be unlucky.

But as the so-called "wealth and danger seek", give it a go, and the two-wheeled carriage will become four-wheeled. It's worth the risk.

"Mr. Prime Minister, I understand. I'm here to help. I'll keep you back as soon as there is any progress. Deputy Director Stanton, who had just sat down, immediately stood up again.

"What do you need?"

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I need your authorization to immediately remove all the personnel of the 'Mine Study Group' and the relevant service personnel to assist in the investigation. I also need a slightly more remote place for a thorough investigation of the people involved......"

Stanton's demands were largely met, and he told the Prime Minister that without further ado, he must act immediately lest he be preempted.

"Very well, in that case, I will not keep you, if you still need anything, you can bring it up to my secretary Hilbert, and if you need any help, you can also tell him. If even he can't make up his mind, and you feel very important, then you can come to me at any time, twenty-four hours a day. Now, go to work. ”

"Yes, Prime Minister!" Deputy Director Stanton saluted Prime Minister Addington and then turned and walked out.

In Deputy Director Stanton's view, the case is actually not difficult to solve. First of all, the number of people who have access to relevant information is quite limited. This greatly narrows the scope of the investigation, and then investigates their actions during this period one by one, to see if they have independent time to commit crimes, to see who they usually have contact with, so that the investigation will be carried out slowly, as long as the work is done carefully, there is no worry that the problem will not be found.

As for achieving "outstanding" achievements, it depends on the skill of the interrogation. Although the objects he wants to deal with this time are all decent people with status, some methods may not be easy to use. But Deputy Director Stanton felt that if he was a little more skillful in his questioning, he could get the prisoner to say what he needed him to say. Of course, if you really meet a guy who doesn't know each other and refuses to be "decent", Stanton is not without a way to make him "decent" and feel the pain without leaving a trace.

The Minister of Stanton left the Prime Minister's office and was greeted by Hilbert, the Prime Minister's secretary.

"Mr. Hilbert, we need to act now. Can you come with me? Stanton said.

"Okay." Hilbert said, "Where do we go now? ”

"We are now going to take control of the personnel department related to the 'Mine Study Group.'" "Don't let anyone else get ahead of you. ”

Stanton's decision proved to be timely. Just an hour after they had taken control of all the personnel of the "Mine Study Group" on their front feet, sealed all the relevant materials, loaded them into a wagon, and taken them to a manor house that the Prime Minister had just set aside for the new agency in London, another team of men and horses also came to the "Mine Study Group", but they were in vain.

This team is the "family" that Stanton was worried about before and may have taken the lead. They are also the royal counterintelligence investigation team that has just been established and is directly subordinate to the king and the House of Nobles.

"It's a pity that I'm a step too late." The police officer who led the team said.

"Sir, what shall we do now?" A detective asked.

"Look for them, see if you can find them, see where they have taken them." The police officer leading the team said, "The others immediately went to control their families. Act fast, we must not fall behind them again this time! ”

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