Li Shan followed the little eunuch all the way into the palace and came to the Zichen Palace, where the emperor works.

"Minister Li Shan, see the emperor." Li Shan is now accustomed to kneeling and bowing, and he has lost the sense of humiliation he had before. After all, many people have already bowed down and accepted many people's bows.

Now Li Shan is used to being served every day, the girls change their clothes in the morning, and the servants go out to lead the horses. When you are tired, you can beat your legs and rub your shoulders, and when you are hungry, you shout to prepare food.

It is true that feudal society is unfair to people, and most people are oppressed, but when you are at the top of the pyramid, you can't help but praise this system and maintain this system.

Tang Xuanzong sat on the dragon chair and said, "Calm down, Li Shan, the spy you talked about on the school field before is very interesting, let's listen to it in detail." ”

Li Shan is not surprised, but this kind of thing should be said in public, and Li Shan didn't think about it well before. But Tang Xuanzong naturally understood this truth, so on the surface he stopped the controversy between Li Shan and everyone, but secretly recruited him into the palace.

"The minister believes that the collection and training of spies requires a complete system, and it may take several years or even more than ten years to establish a complete intelligence system. But once this kind of intelligence system is established, we will have the absolute initiative over a country, and whether we start a war or not, we will have the capital to win. ”

Tang Xuanzong nodded and said: "If there are any specific details, let's hear about it, such as how to plant spies in the enemy country, let's take Tubo as an example." ”

"I think that if you want to plant spies in Tibet, you can roughly divide them into these types. The Tibetan people and the Tang people look different, but there is not much difference, so we can send our people to Tibet for a few years, and then go through strict training and enter the Tibetan military camp. In addition, the woman who commits a crime or the woman who sits in a row may become a spy. We can secretly finance merchants to open brothels in Tibet, mixed with our spies, and women are often the best weapon against men, especially beautiful women. In the battle of Wu and Yue back then, didn't Gou Jian, the king of Yue, use such a beauty as Xi Shi to capture Wu Wangfucha? Shih Tzu is a female spy. As for the others, the servants of the Tibetan ministers. Generals, as long as they are close to them, have the possibility of becoming spies. We only need to observe carefully, find people who can do things for our dynasty, and promise heavy profits, and we can achieve our goal. ”

Tang Xuanzong is also a smart person, although Li Shan said it in generality, it is enough for Tang Xuanzong to understand the use of spies.

"But can these people be of use to us? How much information do they have to get about people like prostitutes? It is difficult to ensure that spies who penetrate the enemy's interior will not be detected. Can their loyalty be guaranteed? ”

"Loyalty can be cultivated, but it can also be lost. But a spy is not alone. And we need enough of them to make up for these problems. As for exposure, these spies need to have a special connector, and each spy can only know his own connector, not the other spies, so as to ensure that once the spy is discovered, the loss will not affect our intelligence network. Espionage warfare is a battle that goes deep behind enemy lines, and it is a silent battle, but this kind of battle is more dangerous than a real fight with real swords and guns. The slightest mistake will be doomed, but the benefits are beyond our measurability. ”

Tang Xuanzong's eyes were already narrowing. seems to see the scene depicted by Li Shan: "Okay, this matter is very important, my Tang Dynasty is growing stronger and stronger, and there will be a war with the Turks, Tibetans, and even Dashi sooner or later, if you can prepare early." You can definitely do more with less. You can do the same. ”

"Your Majesty, I can't do this myself, I still need more people." Li Shan is okay on paper, but Li Shan is really not good at specific details.

"Oh, who do you need? I assigned it to you. ”

"What the minister needs is a dagger in the emperor's cuff. Lijing Gate. "If you want to say that the closest to a spy should be Lijingmen, but presumably compared to the spy described by Li Shan, Lijingmen is also a small thing.

Lijingmen is the emperor's confidant, and the emperor is completely in his hands, and now Li Shan has actually attracted the attention of Lijingmen. The emperor pondered for a moment, took out a token from the back of the dragon case and threw it to Li Shandao: "You should have seen this Xuantie Order, from today onwards you will be the envoy of Lijingmen, let Dique arrange the specific matters for you,"

Saying that, Tang Xuanzong pulled a red rope beside him, and suddenly two Lijingmen people wearing flying fish suits came out from both sides, holding steel knives and waiting for the battle.

"This is the new envoy, take him to see the Dique."

Only then did the two put away the steel knife, saluted the emperor, and took Li Shan out of a dark passage. Only then did Li Shan know that this Zichen Palace was actually hiding a mystery, and there was a secret passage that led directly to a secret base, and this was the office location of Lijingmen.

After Li Shan left, Tang Xuanzong sat on the dragon chair and seemed to be talking to himself: "How is it?" Do you think this person should be killed or kept? ”

An old man with white hair walked out of the secret door and said: "Forgive the old minister, this person is born rebellious and disobedient, and there will be trouble in the future." ”

"Yuan Tiangang, you once saw that Empress Wu could be called emperor, so I believe in your eyesight. What do you think Li Shan's results will be in the future? Tang Xuanzong asked as he stared at the white-haired old man carefully.

Yuan Tiangang shook his head and said: "The old minister can't see it, this person's face is unremarkable, but there is a hidden mystery, and the old minister's skill is not enough to peek into the mystery." But one thing is certain, this person has a life of great wealth and wealth. ”

Tang Xuanzong said with a smile: "He is rich and noble, and now he is deeply favored by Longen, isn't he very rich." But he has all this from me, I make him rich, he can be rich, I make him worthless, he is nothing. This kid has done something amazing, and the gunpowder alone has impressed me. In addition, it seems that this person still has unknown skills, and if he is allowed to show his strength, my dynasty will definitely be able to prosper for a hundred years. It's a pity to kill it, it's better to make the best use of it. ”

"Your Majesty, this person must not be kept, this person is more dangerous than the Empress Wu, the life of the Empress Wu cannot shake the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, but Li Shan's order and ministers can't see it, please think twice."

"Yuan Tiangang, I am not Emperor Taizong, so I would not make such a mistake. I'm going to use him, but I'm not going to give him a chance. As long as he has a little second heart, I will definitely make him die without a place to bury, you go down. (To be continued.) )