Chapter 168: Intelligence Organization
After Yu Xiu'er returned to Wangjiang Tower, Sun Xiangfu's cell began to become lively, the whole wooden floor covered the entire cell, a bed with a rectangular hole was stapled, and even the quilt and sheets on the bed board were also dug into a rectangular hole, so that Sun Xiangfu with shackles could lie down.
As for the dining table, the stove for boiling water, the bath bucket for bathing, the change of clothes, and the toilet bucket, it is all luxurious.
There are also fruit plates, pastries, and food, which are piled up like a hill, which finally let Sun Xiangfu experience the feeling of being imprisoned by Boss Huang of an electrical appliance company in the future.
"Young master, these books were specially brought by the young lady from Yufu to pass the time for the young master, and when it is time to eat, the young lady will personally deliver the meal." Uncle De looked at the newly renovated cell with satisfaction, and put a few thick books on the desk.
"Four Books and Five Classics? Master, I'll doze off in less than five minutes after watching these things. Sun Xiangfu only looked at the covers of a few books, then rolled his eyes and said.
"The old lady of Yufu said that what knowledge is lacking, what books to read."
Uncle De hadn't seen him read a book since he knew Sun Xiangfu, so he naturally knew his habits, and gave a helpless smile.
"Okay, the conditions here are the extreme, so let's go back first! Let people who have come to me to report the situation come to me one by one. Sun Xiangfu waved his hand at Uncle De.
"No."
Before Uncle De could take the craftsmen out of the cell, Changsun Chong and Lawyer Pei swaggered in from the door, it seems that this place is really as the cell boss said, except that there are no restrictions except for not taking off the shackles and dying.
"Heh, your cell is magnificent."
The two of them were not polite, and when they entered the cell, they sat down on the long wooden chair in front of the bookcase, and picked up the pastries on the desk to eat.
"The women of the house do not see the sins of the men, so they have to get these, and when I leave, they will not take anything with them, but keep them for the people behind me to enjoy." Sun Xiangfu joked.
"Look at you like this, are you sure you can't die?" Lawyer Pei looked at Sun Xiangfu and asked.
"I'm not sure yet! So, I need my brothers to help me again. ”
"How can I help?"
"How else can I help, public opinion is building momentum, it is best to encourage Your Majesty to hold a military parade, so that those Japanese students who are still in our Datang can see the military strength of our Datang, and dispel the idea of declaring war on me and Datang, so that I will not be able to die properly."
Sun Xiangfu didn't forget what Li Shimin said last night, if the Japanese State really sent troops to fight the Tang Dynasty, his little life would be over, but he couldn't pin his little life on his own guess, so it was very necessary to do follow-up work.
"A military parade?"
In this era, as long as the emperor goes out, the emperor will have a military parade ceremony, but it is generally just a simple gathering of everyone, and the chief general and the emperor will say a few words, swear a teacher, and give a military talisman or something, and the scene is basically not open to the public, so it will not play a role in deterring Xiaoxiao.
Through Sun Xiangfu's explanation of Changsun Chong and Lawyer Pei, this military parade is more like a deterrent propaganda activity to show military strength in later generations.
Sun Xiangfu knew that during this period of time, the garment workshop had produced more than 10,000 sets of cotton armor, and due to the defeat of Jieli in Guanzhong last year, the horses of the imperial court were also very sufficient, even if Li Jing took 5,000 horses to the Western Regions, Chang'an still had at least 30,000 cavalry, 50,000 infantry troops, and the annual autumn training and autumn hunting of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty would also be launched.
"This matter is not small, and it still needs to be planned, but now I can't help, my father has already left for Yangzhou to take office, and his father has no real power, and the only people who can speak in the army are Yigong, Lu Gong, E Gong and Lu Gong, or, I will notify them to come to your cell for a meeting?" Eldest Sun Chong pointed at Lawyer Pei and said.
"Your father has degraded Yangzhou and become the governor?" When Sun Xiangfu heard this, he was not surprised at all.
"Well, salted fish and bean paste is related to the national salt tax, and my father has to go there in person and deal with it properly."
Such a big thing, only the eldest grandson Wuji to preside over Li Shimin can rest assured, Sun Xiangfu has made millions of stone soybeans to make salted fish and bean paste, he didn't plan that the people of the Tang Dynasty can eat these bean paste, and it is necessary to export Xue Yantuo, Hui Hui, Murowei, Yan Yan and other salt-deficient countries and tribes, and then be able to exchange a lot of war horses from them, so that the expeditionary ability of the Tang Dynasty will be further improved.
"It's not enough to call a few princes to come to the cell, you tell them what I think, they will know how to do it, besides, have there been any movements from those families recently?"
Ever since he saw Hu Cai's body on the boat, Sun Xiangfu has always had a bad feeling, if Wang Lin planned this, what would he do?
"No, I haven't seen that group of families in Chang'an recently, but Luoyang has begun to sing, it is said that after the opening of our branch of Wangjianglou, their new restaurant has also made a series of huge activities, but the name of the white snake in Chang'an is too loud, most of the rich families in Luoyang chose to go to our Wangjianglou branch to have a look, and those families should suffer a big loss this time."
Zhang Wanchun is the person recommended by Changsun Chong, and now he is the manager of the Luoyang branch, and he usually reports to Changsun Chong on many big and small things.
"These are just some struggles of interests, they can't hurt the roots of those families, they do something that can endanger my life at every turn, which makes me very passive, I want to organize a group of people to help me spy on their intelligence, just like Your Majesty has secret guards, most things, he takes the lead, and there are few accidents." Sun Xiangfu came up with an idea that he got after thinking about it for a long time.
"Spying on their intelligence?"
Although Changsun Chong and Lawyer Pei felt that it was very necessary, it was not easy to find such a person, or it was difficult to train.
"What? Is it hard to do? ”
"It's very difficult, Your Majesty's secret guard, but it took ten years of exploration by the two henchmen to form a set of training methods, and this method is only applicable to the monarch of the country." Eldest Sun Chong shook his head and said.
"Well, let's not do it for now! Anyway, I don't know how long I'm going to be locked up here, by the way, the branch in Yizhou, you have to follow up and operate it as soon as possible, that part is well managed, and there will be a lot of profits. ”
In terms of business, Sun Xiangfu can entrust all the things to the eldest Sun Chong, although this person is not very old, but he is very flexible in thinking, and he is a person who can do practical things, as for Lawyer Pei, well, Sun Xiangfu has already seen the strangeness in his eyes, but he did not say it in front of the eldest Sun Chong.
Sure enough, shortly after the two left, Lawyer Pei returned to his cell.
"Zhengming, if you believe me, I can help you train a team of people who specialize in spying on intelligence."
"Would you do this?" Sun Xiangfu was not surprised by Lawyer Pei's return and departure, but he was a little skeptical of his ability.
"I won't, but someone in my Pei family will, before the emperor ascended the throne, there was also a similar intelligence organization for training, and the person responsible for helping him train was a Pei child recommended to him by my father." Lawyer Pei explained.
"In this way, manpower, material resources, you tell me what you need, anyway, I'm not rebelling, I just want to have more means to guard against the family." Sun Xiangfu was overjoyed when he heard this, and patted Lawyer Pei's shoulder and said.
"No need, I will recruit some refugees who have no foundation from the refugees who were affected by the disaster in Guanzhong this year, and the money and food will also be provided by my Pei family, at most half a year to a year, and you will wait to receive trained talents." Lawyer Pei waved his hand.
"Okay, then I'll wait for the hiring." Sun Xiangfu knew that Lawyer Pei was trying to repay his favor, so he no longer refused, and asked him to do something, maybe his life would be more fulfilling, and he could be more calm when facing himself, which was more like a friend.