When Guo Shao heard the news, he ordered Huang Binglian, the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, to send him on patrol (Qin Mission), give the king an order, and control the local pursuit of the murderer.

It must have been Zhao Kuangyin who did it! Guo Shao thought for a while in front of the window.

In the past, he also ordered the Jiafang Department to order Wang Hong to pay attention to the prevention of technology leakage, and there were also some measures, such as enclosing the workshop area with a wall, and also transferring soldiers and horses from Kaifeng Mansion to garrison for a long time; In the division of labor in management, most people do not have access to the whole process of armor making, and only a few master craftsmen can handle the workshop; Let the craftsman sign and draw on the confidential documents, and the leakage of the armor-making technique will be beheaded, and the family will be exiled for 3,000 miles.

However, there are still significant loopholes in governance that have not received enough attention. The main reason is that the ancients rarely stole it at any cost for the sake of specific technology, perhaps because the rulers of various ethnic groups did not pay attention to craftsmanship, or they may have poor knowledge, anyway, there have been almost no such cases for many years. For example, the legendary Zhuge Liang's Trojan horse flow car, Zhuge crossbow and other technologies have not been recorded in the Wei State and Wu State specially sent people to steal them...... The Tang Dynasty has long led the world in various technologies, and there is no secrecy at all, and before Princess Wencheng brought craftsmen's tools, Tubo did not send people to steal technology. The rulers of various countries have basically no concept of how high or low the technology is.

So Guo Shao just ordered the Jiafang Department to pay attention to confidentiality, and then he didn't take care of it, and he didn't pay much attention to it.

Guo Shao paced a few steps in front of the window, thinking: If there is any force that targets the armor-making technique and steals it at any cost, this armor-making technique cannot be foolproof; It's nothing more than a matter of the difficulty of stealing from the other party.

First of all, hammer forging is very simple, easy to learn, not as complex and professional as modern technology; Secondly, the workshop is not in the deep mountains and old forests, and the craftsmen are isolated from the world. With enough time and manpower, the spy will definitely find a breakthrough.

However, in order to increase the difficulty of the other party and delay the time of leaking, it also makes sense. Guo Shao intends to attach importance to this matter and put forward the idea of writing a record: first, to strengthen internal governance; Second, it is necessary to set up an espionage agency, so that if there is a leak of technology to a certain country, it can try offensive counter-espionage and use meticulous work to eliminate defective technicians in the enemy country.

…… Soon after, the provincial envoy Zan Jurun wrote a letter and presented some suggestions.

He suggested building a city in the workshop area, and sent soldiers and officials to patrol and prohibit idle people from approaching the small city; Governance craftsmen go out. Houses for craftsmen and their families were built in the city, and high walls were used to separate them to reduce the noise of the workshop area. The Jiafang Department set up a procurement yamen in the city for distribution to artisans.

Officials were sent to inspect nearby markets and cities to prevent idlers from mixing in the vicinity.

After reading it, Guo Shao felt that Zan Jurun was more talented in this area, so he immediately asked the officials outside the study to issue an order to reappoint Zan Jurun as the ordnance supervisor (a higher level than the Yamen of the Jiafang Department), and concurrently serve as a member of the Privy Council.

There are too many things in the imperial court, and Guo Shao can't just focus on one place, so he can only choose some people who he thinks have talent and brains to be responsible.

After all, Guo Shao is a person who has been a military general for many years, and his style is not as forward-looking as Xiucai, so he just thought of the spy agency, so he was ready to start working immediately...... In his concept, he has always felt that intelligence officers are very useful, so he used to let Jing Niang quietly organize the intelligence system; But those things were small-scale, and he was just a military general at the beginning, and he didn't have that kind of authority and resources. But now it's different, having just ascended the throne and already having unlimited power.

He turned his head and saw that the eunuch who had come to duty today was Cao Tai, so he beckoned him in.

Guo Shao retreated to the back room of the study, and while looking at the files in his hand and the bureaucratic records sent by Prime Minister Wang Pu, he asked, "Who is the envoy of the imperial city?" ”

This official position appeared in the late Tang Dynasty, and the Imperial City Division later became an institution controlled by eunuchs, mainly responsible for the opening and closing of the imperial city gates, the management of the guards' weapons and armor, and the duties of supervising some special officials...... The family members left by Zhao Kuangyin and his party are in charge of this yamen.

In Guo Shao's view, the Imperial City Division is similar to the factory guards (Dongchang, Jinyiwei) in the Ming Dynasty, but the power and scale are obviously much smaller, and the role is not very large.

Cao Tai immediately replied: "Back to Your Majesty, it's the eunuch Wang Zhong." ”

Guo Shao asked again: "Is he reliable?" ”

Cao Taibai said: "When the first emperor (Chai Rong) was here, Wang Zhong was a favored eunuch by the side of the first emperor. Later, the first emperor was seriously ill, and this person secretly wanted to show favor to the queen's mother, and quietly transmitted the news of the first emperor's serious illness back to the palace from Hebei; Unexpectedly, this matter was taken by his godson Wang Jien, and later exposed to the first emperor, Wang Zhong was beaten half to death, and almost died...... Later, His Majesty entered the palace by the decree of Yi, and Wang Zhong was released and defected to the queen, Wang Jien...... He's dead. ”

Guo Shao then asked Cao Tai to send someone to summon Wang Zhong.

Not long after, a white and fat eunuch came. Guo Shao suddenly remembered that he had seen this person during the Battle of Huainan, and he was indeed Chai Rong's confidant eunuch; However, he is a eunuch, and it is impossible for the first emperor to be loyal after he died, otherwise he would not quietly defect to the queen.

Most of the eunuchs with a little power in this imperial city defected to Fu Jinzhan . Guo Shao can only use them, and the eunuchs who defected to Fu Jinzhan are the most reliable after all...... Eunuchs also have to be talented, and they haven't been trained in the palace for many years, and they are useless when they are suddenly promoted.

When Wang Zhong saw Guo Shao, he was flattered and kept kowtowing on the ground.

Guo Shao called him up and said directly: "I have something for you to do." ”

Wang Zhong hurriedly bowed down and said: "Your Majesty has instructed the slave family, and the slave family will not hesitate to ......

Guo Shaodao: "You are in charge of the Imperial City Division, and there is an Internal Affairs Bureau under it, which is independent from the opening and closing of the Imperial City Palace Gate." What does the Internal Affairs Bureau do? Take care of Zhao Kuangyin and other thieves' families, as well as Zhang Yongde, you must have sent someone to monitor them? If the emperor wants to investigate corrupt officials, you will send someone to investigate...... Those who do these things are assigned to the Internal Affairs Bureau. ”

Wang Zhong hurriedly said: "The slave obeys the order. ”

Guo Shao said again: "You have ready-made people to form the Internal Affairs Bureau, and now I have two things. On the side of the armor workshop, some officials and master craftsmen, you have placed people to monitor and protect them nearby, and pay attention to monitoring and probing the idle people near the workshop area.

The second thing is that in Kaifeng Prefecture, focusing on the city gates, east and west markets, inns, wine shops, teahouses, and city compartments, secret agents are deployed to monitor those suspicious people. He pondered for a moment, and then said, "If the matter involves officials and celebrities, you can't act rashly, and you must report it first." ”

Wang Zhong bowed and said, "Your Majesty forgives your sins, you can give the slave king a life...... The second thing is that it costs a lot of people and a lot of money, and the slave family has to ask for money from the internal servants. ”

Guo Shao glanced at the eunuch Cao Tai next to him, this guy is one of the largest eunuchs in the Inner Service Province, the "Inner Servant Provincial Supervisor", but there is another eunuch Yang Shiliang.

Guo Shao nodded and agreed, and said in his heart that in the past two years, he has destroyed the two major countries of Shu and Southern Tang, robbed tens of millions of yuan of property and sent it to the interior, and he can't afford to raise a bunch of fine works? (Historically, the Northern Song Dynasty also robbed countless money, but it is estimated that it cost a lot when a glass of wine released the military power, I remember that there is a story in which Shi Shouxin went home and saw the money piled up in the whole house, and said that with so much money, I have done a fart, it is better to sit back and enjoy the wealth.) ）

…… Then he hurried to summon the privy envoy Wang Pu.

Wang Pu walked into the back room of the study, and immediately said after bowing: "The old minister is about to ask to see Your Majesty, and has just received an urgent report from Judge Huang (Huang Binglian) that two bodies have been found on the bank of the Yellow River, which are the bodies of Sun Fangtou and a child who were taken hostage.

Judge Huang speculated that after the ferry was strictly guarded by the government, the spies panicked and forcibly crossed the Yellow River, and when crossing the river, there were accidents such as capsizing, and the two people drowned. In addition, there were three fine workers and a workshop handyman surnamed Lu, who were not caught. ”

Guo Shao immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, as soon as Sun Fang, who mastered the structure of the armor-making workshop, died, Zhao Kuangyin wanted to copy the workshop, I am afraid it would be more difficult...... But there are still risks, how much does the craftsman surnamed Lu know?

According to the report, the Lu Craftsman used to be the one who worked in the forging room, which was also the key to the art of armor-making; In contrast, the wheels and waterwheels in the transmission room are not key technologies, and people in this era have long learned to use waterwheels as power. The extent to which the armor-making technique can be leaked depends on how much craftsmanship the craftsman Lu has mastered; If a person with high understanding and intelligence has been working in it for a while, he may understand the principles and structures of those mechanical components, after all, it is not complicated...... Of course, if you are unmotivated, and you only know how to work and get paid, you must be very confused, and most of the low-level craftsmen are illiterate, so it is difficult to explain the structure.

"Judge Huang has done a good job, Wang Envoy Jun can send someone to commend him, ask him to continue to handle the case attentively, and arrest the rest of the people." Guo Shaodao.

Wang Pubai said: "The old minister has the order." ”

Guo Shao said again: "I summoned the king's envoy, there is another matter. The establishment of a separate office in the Privy Council is called ......"

The first thing that came to Guo Shao's mind was, of course, the Intelligence Bureau, whose function was originally a foreign espionage agency, but this kind of name was nondescript and had no secrecy. He thought for a while and said: "It's called 'Bing Cao Si', and its main function is to go undercover and spy on the military and politics of the enemy, focusing on the Liao State and the Northern Han Kingdom." You recommend a reliable person to form this official office, and you have to plan a long-term undercover plan and a short-term spy plan. ”

Guo Shaomo rubbed his forehead and said: "This official office must be confidential, and the budget does not need to be explained to the household department and the imperial history platform, it is directly allocated from the Ministry of Internal Service, and the amount of funds is also known by the Ministry of Internal Service." ”

Wang Pu immediately agreed. It's very easy...... Under normal circumstances, it would be a matter of great joy for everyone to set up a new yamen, but on the contrary, there would be resistance to the abolition of the bureaucracy and officials.

It seems that there has never been such a special agency before, at most temporarily looking for someone to carry out counter-plots and so on; Foreign spies are mainly envoys and envoys to and from guest provinces. However, the Privy Council also has some experience, and Wang Pu sent people to secretly investigate and collect the information of some generals and important ministers of the Southern Tang Kingdom, and recorded them as files and archived them.

Guo Shao thought again, when Jingniang withdrew, it might be beneficial if she could participate. When Guo Shao and Zhao Kuangyin were fighting fiercely, Jingniang did a good job of organizing eyeliner; Guo Shao also taught her how to use the store as a stronghold, how to fake her identity and other things...... The officials of the Privy Council may not know what a one-line connection is, and how to avoid being broken through and all these organizational forms, but Jing Niang has learned from Guo Shao before.