Section 38 Organizational System

In a few months, Lin Baiguang stepped up his infiltration activities into the entire Qiongzhou Prefecture through Ma Benyuan's local connections and blackmail with the Gou family's account book, and soon infiltrated most of the yamen. Not only did he establish a network of middle- and lower-class figures such as the master, the secretary, and the official servant, but he also successfully bribed the servants of several key local officials. Now, the prefect of Qiongzhou read which book it was yesterday, as long as there is a need, he can know the next day.

"The reason why I say that we should increase manpower input in this place is not to increase the number of standing intelligence personnel, we already have a very strong strength in this area, and we have enough energy to ensure the safety of the activities of inexperienced newcomers here -- using Qiongshan County as a training ground for intelligence personnel."

The idea is novel enough. Jiang Shan thought, "Internship in a relatively safe 'enemy-occupied area'? ”

"That's right," Lin Baiguang nodded, "Qiongshan County is a microcosm of the local society of the Ming Dynasty, although it is slightly inferior in terms of prosperity, it is still the operation of the government, and the social form is still very representative. The experience gained by our intelligence officers, both veteran and native, is more useful than an internship in a place like Dongmen City, and at least they have a sense of tension about operating in enemy territory. ”

"Safe?"

"Absolutely." Lin Baiguang assured, "As long as anyone is caught, I have a way to get him out - of course it costs some money." ”

"Okay, I've got a note of that."

He continued: "I was training two indigenous intelligence officers, and I had hoped to be able to select one of them to succeed me in Qiongshan. But I've only recently discovered that I'm afraid it's hard - they're too young, and it will be five or six years before they turn twenty. It's not that their ability is insufficient, but that the age of a person in Daming is the key issue in carrying out social activities. He coughed, "It's hard for people who are too young to gain enough respect and trust. It is easy to be slighted. Of course, it doesn't matter if they are placed in the lower classes, if they are merchants or other professional identities that have contact with the government and the gentry, it is best to be above the age of twenty-five or sixteen. I hope that the Bureau will be mindful of the selection of a new batch of Aboriginal Intelligence trainees. ”

"That's right." Jiang Shan nodded thoughtfully. He remembered the files he had seen of the completed training courses for indigenous intelligence officers, all of whom were under the age of twenty.

Chen Tianxiong didn't speak all the time, and then interjected: "I have held several training courses, all of which are training teenagers, what's the use of this?" One must be loyal, but loyalty alone will not do anything. ”

Most of the teenage boys and girls can only work in government agencies, and they can only do some simple errands and inquiries when they are sent to the outside world. This is not conducive to the large-scale implementation of activities.

"Also, intelligence training should be focused, and there must be a certain level of skill." Chen Tianxiong added, "I looked at their training materials, and in fact, the training content is similar to that of the State Administration of Political Security - a lot of illegal activity skills - and it is completely unnecessary. What kind of intelligence officers do we need? It is nothing more than being able to accurately report the enemy's movements, numbers, local social conditions, and economic conditions, and 90 percent of these contents are open intelligence, as long as more effort is spent on collecting and sorting out, and there is no need to go to great lengths to learn such things as tracking, kidnapping, and arson -- this is not intelligence collection, it is intelligence warfare.

"My requirements for indigenous intelligence officers are that they only need to master basic intelligence-gathering skills, do arithmetic, know a few words, write reports, and if not, be able to accurately explain what they have seen and heard. Then teach some simple secret work skills, and nothing else. And it doesn't take the test of how brave and faithful they are. With the right secrecy and organizational system, they can be caught or mutinied, and even if they are caught, they will not affect the overall situation - low-level intelligence officers can be trained according to consumables. ”

"There are also some cover and survival skills that should be taught." Lin Baiguang added, "I know one or two crafts, or I can recite scriptures and fortune-telling, etc., so that intelligence officers can use their profession as a cover to move." ”

"Of course, we can also train some senior talents in a targeted manner. But I am opposed to the direct training of senior intelligence officers - this so-called system of direct training of intelligence elites is not feasible. Outstanding elements should be selected for continuing education from among the general intelligence officers who have worked for a certain number of hours. Chen Tianxiong went on to elaborate on his theory of education for intelligence officers.

Such advice is considered constructive, and it is indeed useful to listen to the thoughts of the frontline personnel. Jiang Shan nodded secretly, he had also thought of some of the joints, but they did not form a system. Now these two are much more systematic than he is.

"Well, in the future, we will train intelligence officers according to this plan." Jiang Shan immediately affirmed their suggestion, "Listening to you in this way, my thinking is much more lively." It is still the comrades on the front line who think about it comprehensively. ”

"Where, where." Lin Baiguang said politely.

Jiang Shan saw that the atmosphere of the meeting had become more harmonious, and only then did he say: "Regarding the development of intelligence work, my thinking is as follows:

"We divide intelligence work into two categories, the first is purposeful, jihua, and easy to archive and preserve for future reference, that is, the collection and compilation of stability information in various regions. For example, mapping, traffic surveys, analysis of logistics and economic conditions, property, manpower, political composition and diplomatic tendencies, historical evolution, copies of newspapers and excerpts from important publications, long-term garrisons, and an overview of public and large military facilities...... And so on and so forth. ”

"Archived in the General Intelligence Repository?" Wang Ding drew a few lines in his notebook.

"Yes. The source of this information can rely on various departments, including agencies such as outstations, or send special personnel to these places to conduct field trips in the name of business and study tours. Given the slow pace of development of ancient societies, the information obtained from a single investigation may not need to be revised for more than ten years. ”

"This is too exaggerated--" Lin Baiguang shook his head, "It should be verified once every year or two, especially for the traffic situation and public sentiment." Now is not a peaceful year, the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen Dynasty is basically an era of gradual chaos, and social changes are very fast. ”

"That's pretty much it." Jiang Shan decided not to dwell on the details with him, and went on directly, "These data are not only very useful for the military department, but also for the economic and industrial sectors." Inquiries can be made according to the level of confidentiality, including indigenous cadres within the system. This type of information can be obtained and transmitted in an open and semi-public manner, which is different from other methods of intelligence work. We also don't need to invest too many professionals, and we can adopt the system of government supervision and private management. ”

The so-called official supervision and private offices in Jiangshan are similar to the model of the Guangzhou Railway Station to support the establishment of the Wei Dart Bureau, and various enterprises have been set up along the main transportation routes and important towns, and most of the staff can be recruited on the spot instead of being dispatched from Lingao, and only a small number of intelligence personnel can be dispatched to carry out their work.

"Such enterprises can also provide logistical support, logistics and the role of a communication line for intelligence officers. Kill more than one stone. "At the same time, the operation of the enterprise itself can ensure that it does not need to invest too much financial support." We only need to spend the start-up fee, and then we can rely on the profits of the company itself. ”

"This is a memorandum I found in the archives of the original Intelligence Commission," Wang Ding said, "and the date of dispatch is August 1629. It coincides with your thinking. ”

"yes, why didn't I see it?" Jiang Shan said it was very sudden.

"Yesterday I handed over a few more boxes of materials," Wang Ding explained, "let's take a look first." ”

To: Intelligence and Information Committee

From: Grand Library - Historical Materials Research Group, First-class Historical Researcher: Yu Eshui

Subject: Yu Eshui's views on intelligence systems and his evaluation of memorandum K/BW/290322.77.

This is the only confidential copy and can only be read by relevant business personnel

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Intelligence agencies need supplementary information on intelligence, and they can refer to Japan's mainland ronin operation, and the Lingao organization actively dispatched enthusiastic and loyal ronin groups to actively infiltrate the north and south, and collect intelligence by running schools, opening shops, and doing business.

This work is a very specific and huge spontaneous work, which requires the highly educated indigenous elite to spontaneously feel that they cannot realize their dreams within the existing system of Lingao, and that only by taking the lead in the vast continent can they ascend to the sky in one step......

…… It can involve the military, the General Administration of Political Protection, and other relevant departments, and implement key leadership and operational guidance. However, it does not interfere with its specific business activities. This is a semi-public intelligence agency, which can cooperate with other powerful departments, and it is also an in-depth collation of the advisory agency's collection of huge physical documents and Ming Dynasty shijie materials......

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I personally think it is inappropriate for foreign intelligence work to enter a powerful long-range reconnaissance operation too quickly...... The size of the Special Reconnaissance Team is not large enough to support such a wide range of operations,...... Collected by the open agency of the intelligence system, this kind of staff travel-style field expedition can be carried out.

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The Directorate of Military Intelligence can create two organizations...... The first is the river and offshore boat assassination team, which carried forward the advantages of silent melee weapons in the chaos of pirate river transportation, so that some enemy leaders died invisibly, and the Dutch ghost boats ran everywhere; Coastal cities can be accompanied by intelligence officers and ronin groups to deter the enemy by performing minor decapitations; The second is to adopt ultra-long-range reconnaissance training, with the goal of realizing that the light infantry squad can survive in the wilderness in the mountains and forests of South China to the extent of discovering Beiye...... That is, the infantry in the mountains are hard to probe, do not collect at night, and are armed against mountain bandits and water bandits. They are not needed by the regular army to fight on the plains, and the future of these special forces will be mainly to eliminate guerrillas and local bandits......

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Lin Baiguang nodded, he was impressed by this material, although he was not impressed. However, at that time, the Intelligence and Information Committee had no physical organization, and the General Administration of Political Security did not respond very positively in this regard, so the matter was shelved.

"What's going on with this military intelligence?" Jiangshan became wary of this word. He had only been in charge for a few days when he realized the chaos of the intelligence system in the traversal group. No wonder Lin Baiguang is not interested in this, and he wants to go out to do field work.

"At that time, both the army and the navy proposed the establishment of a special military intelligence bureau, and later someone put on a special memorandum to talk about the organizational structure of the military intelligence bureau." "But this plan is too resource-intensive, and the Executive Committee is not very interested." The matter was put on hold. The second half of Yu Eshui should be about this memorandum. ”

"And then?"

"There's no after." Lin Baiguang said, "This memorandum should still be in the archives of the Intelligence Resources Committee, you can look for it." ”

Jiang Shan found that Lin Baiguang and Chen Tianxiong were reluctant to talk about this matter in depth, so he decided to put this matter aside for the time being, and still talk about his intelligence system of "official supervision and private offices".

“…… Yu Eshui's thinking is broader than mine. Jiang Shan said, "According to his ideas, we can expand the channels more widely." It is not necessary to run an enterprise to do business, but it is also possible to build religious facilities or run schools. ”

"In this regard, we can cooperate deeply with the Religious Affairs Office." Wang Ding said, "Hasn't Zhang Daochang already expressed his position? ”

"Hmph, if you want to work with him, you'll have to help him apply for personnel - that's what he's most nerve-wracking." Lin Baiguang smiled, "You really think that Zhang Daochang sincerely cooperated and provided us with a free lunch." ”

Wang Ding said: "It is natural to ask others to contribute and give some benefits." ”

"If his new Taoism is really as strong as he boasts, I think he should also apply for some personnel. Everybody benefits. Chen Tianxiong said, "People like monks and Taoists can openly run around, and the government doesn't pay much attention to it." Spreading rumors is also their forte. ”

"As for this kind of expatriate intelligence agency, I personally think that it is best not to form an open chain or semicolon model, so as to avoid an agency being wiped out after being exposed." Jiang Shan said that in this regard, he has an opinion on the big chain system of the Wei Dart Bureau. But that's not to say. At this stage, they still need Qiwei's help, and in the future, he is ready to gradually build a system on his own - or as Yu Eshui called the "Black Dragon Society".

"As for the management of personnel, we can learn from Zhao Manxiong to get the reconnaissance network system." Jiang Shan said. After the official establishment of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, Zhao Manxiong sent a memorandum informing and explaining the establishment of the enemy reconnaissance network set up by the General Bureau of Political Security in the surrounding counties of Lingao, and said that this resource "can be shared in some way."

Although Jiang Shan was dissatisfied with this behavior, but now he has few soldiers and no achievements, so he has to swallow his anger. Moreover, the instructions given to him by the Executive Committee clearly stated: There is no need to devote too much energy to the intelligence work of Hainan Island itself. Moreover, the State Administration of Political Security has only deployed the reconnaissance network to a few counties near Lingao, and has not spread it on a large scale. There is no point in arguing with the General Administration of Political Security on this. What's more, he also relies on the State Administration of Political Security to provide professional guidance and business cooperation in many aspects. The organizational structure of this reconnaissance network was obtained from Wu Mu, director of the Office of the State Administration of Political Security, and the other party was very enthusiastic and expressed his willingness to provide teacher support in the training of intelligence personnel.

The reconnaissance network has one reconnaissance instructor in each area, and two to four subordinate reconnaissance groups, each group has three people, and one person is the team leader, and when it grows to five people, it is divided into two groups. There is no horizontal contact between the instructor and the instructor, and there is no horizontal contact between the team leader and the team leader, and vertical reporting and guidance are implemented. The reconnaissance instructor directs the reconnaissance work in the whole area, collects the reports of the team leaders, and feeds back the information through the traffic station.

Jiang Shan went on to talk about the "second type of work" in intelligence work. That is, the use of dark line operations, aimed at classified information and uncertain events, such as hidden agents who penetrate the core of the enemy's regime. Their value is comparatively high. This kind of dark line personnel take the traffic officer single-line mode to communicate directly. There is no contact with the local reconnaissance network.

"I personally don't think the people who are lurking in the deep sea are of much value." Chen Tianxiong unceremoniously objected directly, "We have been overthrowing the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years at most, why do we have to engage in any deep lurking?" We know what Chongzhen thinks, and what he criticizes doesn't mean much to us. ”

"At least you can grasp the strategic movements of your opponent."

"I don't deny that, but the costs and benefits of reaching this level are too disproportionate." Chen Tianxiong reminded Jiang Shan, "We know almost nothing about the system of the Ming Dynasty, and there is no resemblance between the ancients and the ancients. Even if any of the patriarchs went crazy and wanted to go undercover, I would oppose it - this is death. ”

Lin Baiguang coughed: "It's not enough to send you to death, it's still valuable to break into the enemy." Of course, it is unlikely that it will be mixed up at the top. Personally, I think that there is no need to deliberately find opportunities to penetrate the enemy, and don't give up if there is a suitable opportunity. It is useful to have a few sleeper agents or connections that have infiltrated the enemy system. He reminded, "For example, our Tang monk Jihua." The preparatory work for this program has been completed. ”

"The difficulty of Tang Seng Jihua is that there are too many difficulties for a modern person to pretend to be a Ming official. It is equivalent to re-educating and shaping this person," Chen Tianxiong said, "in case of failure, there will be heavy losses." ”

"Is Tang Seng Jihua still in the process of implementation?" Jiang Shan had seen this action plan in piles of archives, and the materials collected in it were very rich. There is a special report written by Beiwei on staff travel, and there are various social surveys at Leizhou Station, but there is no follow-up.

"Theoretically, Tang monk Jihua has never been canceled," Mr. Chen said, "and the question is who is going to be the impostor bandit?" ”

"Yes, and according to the above jihua, after the first five years of jihua is over, Leizhou will be in the bag, and it is a bit redundant to pretend to be this prefect."