Chapter 386: The Tang Intelligence Chief

Shi Bufan so directly pointed out that there must be some organizations under Li Shimin who are responsible for investigation and investigation, and such organizations are actually found in many dynasties. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Of course, the Tang Dynasty did not simply think that there was no intelligence organization, in fact, there were no less than two intelligence organizations in the Tang Dynasty that were recorded in history. There are even some institutions that may be suspected of potential intelligence organizations, so the Tang Dynasty did not have no intelligence organizations, but there were. Of course, the intelligence organization of the Tang Dynasty was not arrogant, and it was not as arrogant as the later Dongchang Jinyiwei, and it was not even well known.

However, Shi Bufan knows that this kind of intelligence organization is actually an organization that will inevitably exist in a country, and whether it is secret supervision at home or intelligence reconnaissance abroad, the existence of such an organization is inevitable. This kind of organization will be indispensable for more than a thousand years, let alone this year. Of course, many people may be very disgusted with this intelligence organization, believing that they are a tool of internal repression. However, since it is a "tool", it is actually thoughtless in itself, and it depends on how the person who uses it thinks. For example, although the Jinyi Wei of the Ming Dynasty suppressed internally, they also provided a lot of intelligence and support when Korea fought against the Japanese people.

Shi Bufan doesn't mind too much about this kind of intelligence organization, because in the end they are just a tool, and they don't have their own thoughts, and it still depends on how the people who use them use it.

"This is extraordinary, it's really a lot of courage! Dare to say anything to your face! Fang Xuanling thought with a wry smile.

Li Shimin has his own intelligence organization, which is actually known to many court officials, and this is indispensable. Any top politician is surrounded by people who help with the dirty work. In fact, even if Shi Bufan has it around him, Qin Jiarui also has a bit of this ingredient, and is responsible for doing something inconvenient for people to do in person. This kind of person is called "white gloves", and is responsible for doing things that are inconvenient for them to do in person, and inconvenient to put on the table.

Many high-ranking politicians have such people, but the difference is only in the size. Some are just a person, and some are even an organization. Some were only responsible for some transactions, while others even organized assassinations. No matter what, no matter how different their power and power may be, there is.

Including Li Shimin, the emperor, Shi Bufan didn't believe that Li Shimin didn't. But Shi Bufan said it on the spot, which made Li Shimin really embarrassed. Because this kind of intelligence organization has far more responsibilities for internal supervision than external spying, in fact, this intelligence organization is responsible for internal supervision, and even helps the emperor do some unsightly things. This kind of thing has always been a taboo, and few people dare to say it in the open, and even if they know it, they will deliberately avoid it. But Shi Bufan actually said this to his face, although everyone present actually knew it, but it made Li Shimin very embarrassed to say it clearly.

Li Shimin looked at it and found that they were all high-level officials, so he didn't care, anyway, this person actually knew it in his heart, and even several cronies knew who his intelligence chief was, so within this high-level range, there was actually no need to hide too much.

"Okay, Shi Bufan, you come in with me!" Li Shimin said.

Li Shimin walked to the harem with Shi Bufan alone, and then directly opened a side hall in a place where opinions were more partial. And it's heavily guarded, and there are quite a few people in strange costumes standing guard. And when they saw Li Shimin and Shi Bufan coming over, they didn't even salute and continued to maintain their standing guard posture.

"This small gate, called Lijing Gate, entered Lijing Gate, which is also the location of the person in charge of spying on the news. Go in yourself! Li Shimin said.

Shi Bufan took the initiative to walk in, and then he learned the origin of the Tang Dynasty's intelligence organization "Lijingmen", Lijingmen is a royal guard organization founded by Li Shimin himself, and its status is probably equivalent to that of the Jinyi Guard of the Ming Dynasty, but it is more secretive, and even many people are not familiar with it. Of course, they are far less arrogant than the later generations of Jinyiwei.

Lijingmen was set up by Li Shimin, which of course included the duty of assassination. However, the Lijingmen in Li Shimin's hands did not lose control, and it was still relatively stable. As for another Tang Dynasty intelligence organization that has been recorded in history, called "bad people", it is the Tang Dynasty government that is responsible for asking some people with bad deeds to be responsible for finding out the news. However, if Lijingmen is a high-level political intelligence organization, and the level of bad people is relatively low, they are responsible for the investigation of some cases, and they are generally not responsible for high-level political struggles.

This kind of intelligence organization existed in many dynasties, and the Han Dynasty had a big one, pointing directly at the two intelligence supervision organizations of the embroidered messenger. The Lijingmen and bad people in the Tang Dynasty, maybe the hundred cavalry also had some intelligence functions, which is not clear at this time, because the hundred cavalry has not yet been established.

Shi Bufan walked into the Lijing Gate, and then walked into a house again, and then there was a person there with his back to Shi Bufan. Shi Bufan thought that this person should be the leader of the so-called Lijingmen, responsible for helping Li Shimin lead this intelligence organization.

"Shi Caochang, I didn't expect that I would see you in this capacity now." The Commander said.

"This voice? It's you? Shi Bufan was surprised.

Shi Bufan felt that this voice was very familiar, and he must have heard it often. But he didn't think that he was the leader of Li Shimin's intelligence organization? I have met with him many times, but I didn't expect that he was actually the leader of Li Shimin's intelligence organization, which was simply shocking.

The commander turned his head and said, "It's been a long time. I really didn't expect that I would come to see you in this capacity. We've had a lot of dealings before, but you may not know who I am. Now, let me introduce myself again, the leader of the Tang Lijing Gate and the bad guys, Chen Dade! ”

Chen Dade was no stranger to his real-time before, and he was even very familiar. Chen Dade was an official under the Ministry of War, responsible for the management of various geographical maps and books, and an official in charge of the study of various local defenses. If we want to talk about status, in later generations, it means that the surveying and mapping bureau under the land department and the military department, plus the military strategic planning department, and even a part of the various functional departments related to geography and meteorology are combined.

In fact, this Chen Dade was no stranger to Shi Bufan before, and Lang Zhong, who was also a subordinate of the ministry, was an official position in the fifth grade. Even in the palace, there are not many official positions in Wupin. Even although the official positions of Datang Wupin seem to be many, there are not many officials with real power. For example, Shi Bufan obviously threw off many streets of the current Su Dingfang, and even many five-grade officials with low real power, all of them were empty grades and had no real power.

It can be said that among the six twenty-four Cao Lang in the palace, he is almost the most powerful five-rank official. represents the highest peak of these five rank officials, and even has more power than many of the four rank of the side door, and the actual status is almost equal to that of ministerial-level officials in later generations.

Therefore, in the same Shangshu Province, even Shi Bufan is no stranger to this Chen Dade, who is also Langzhong, and they have had a lot of exchanges before. Even not long ago, Shi Bufan had a lot of cooperation with Chen Dade because of the reception work of various subject countries.

But he never thought that in just a little more than a month, he would actually meet him in another capacity.

"Chen Caochang, it's been a long time, I didn't expect it to be you?" Shi Bufan also said unexpectedly.

"Shi Caochang, sit down, we have actually known each other for a long time!" Chen Dade said.

After the two of them finished doing, Shi Bufan took the initiative to ask: "Chen Caochang, please help me more in the future." ”

"Well, the emperor has made me ready, and I won't have any problems. I also have some information about Tuyuhun, whether it is in the identity of the staff or here, I also have a lot of things. Chen Dade said.

"No wonder, the staff is also responsible for some of these things." Shi Bufan replied.

In fact, he is a hodgepodge, not only as a domestic surveying and mapping organization, but also in charge of the army's surveying and mapping maps, and so on. Therefore, it is not too much to say that he has some intelligence functions, but it is more external. It is not impossible for Chen Dade to concurrently serve as this position, but Shi Bufan didn't think about it at all before.

"Chen Caochang, we are still ......," Shi Bufan said.

But Chen Dade waved his hand and replied: "This matter is not in a hurry, let's talk about something else first." ”

"......" Shi Bufan was speechless, what did this Chen Dade want to do.

Chen Dade replied to himself: "Shi Cao Chang, back then, I was born in Shandong. When Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo three times, I was still a scholar from a poor family in the former Sui Dynasty. However, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty made three expeditions to Goguryeo, captured several of my brothers and took them as soldiers, and finally ...... Died in Goguryeo. ”

"And I was able to escape because I was so fast at that time. Later, I wandered around and met the Emperor Taishang, who still did not raise troops back then. However, I was accepted as a domestic servant by the Emperor Taishang, and I was responsible for taking care of the second son, who is the current emperor. I was older than the emperor, and later the emperor had a plan early in the army, and asked me to be responsible for recruiting some orphans, and then set up this ...... Lijing Gate. In fact, to be precise, this Lijingmen is not an official name, and our organization does not have a real name at all. ”

"In troubled times, there will never be a shortage of orphans. So soon we all recruited a group of people and set up this Lijingmen. ”

"But do you know what my best hope is right now?"

Shi Bufan listened carefully to this Chen Dade's recollection, and took the initiative to ask: "Is your greatest hope Goguryeo?" ”

"Shi Cao Chang, really smart! Guessed my thoughts. That's right, what I hope most is to watch the day when Goguryeo falls. My father died in Goguryeo. My three brothers also died in Goguryeo. My mother also starved to death because of my father's departure. My sister has disappeared since then, most of ...... in troubled times."

"Although it was Emperor Yang of Sui who conquered Goguryeo, Goguryeo also had a deep blood feud against our whole family. I can't help but avenge this kind of blood vengeance. Even if you take a step back, if you die, you will die, then they Goguryeo actually took the bones of our atomic brother who died in the battle and put them in Jingguan, flaunting martial arts. Hum! ”

Chen Dade slapped the table fiercely, and immediately became angry. Shi Bufan understood why Chen Dade was so angry, in fact, as a soldier, he had no personal enmity on the battlefield. In fact, in many civil wars in China, those generals and soldiers took refuge everywhere, each for their own masters on the battlefield, and after taking refuge, few people would turn over old accounts and take revenge. Even if he fought for his life before, he became an official in the same dynasty soon after, which is not unacceptable.

In fact, it is not unacceptable for soldiers to die on the battlefield, and even their comrades-in-arms will not blame each other for this. On the battlefield, soldiers are unable to decide their own fate, they are all war machines, in fact, in a sense, they are also war cannon fodder, and they are all victims. In a sense, both sides are helpless, and neither is willing to kill the other.

Therefore, even if he dies, he will not be counted on the head of the individual, but will be counted on the other party's "power group", and will not be specific to the individual.

But Goguryeo did very much this time, really very excessively. Since the Sui Dynasty killed almost hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Goguryeo, but if they were dead, they would have died, and as a soldier, they would not think that this was impossible, and it was understandable to be a micro-soldier who died on the battlefield.

But then Goguryeo did a stupid thing, a real stupid thing, which made the two peoples completely irreconcilable. Goguryeo actually took the bones of those fallen soldiers of the Sui Dynasty to make Jingguan. The so-called Jingguan is a special pile made of the bones of the enemy. This kind of barbaric behavior, which originated in primitive society, is an act of showing off martial arts and deterring the enemy, which is extremely barbaric and extremely humiliating to the other party.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers were killed in battle, which is not completely unacceptable. But Goguryeo actually made a Jingguan, which is simply offending the Central Plains people to death. Even these bones include the ordinary people of the Central Plains, the military families of the Guanlong Group, and even the Shandong scholars.

If it is simply on the battlefield, everyone has nothing to say, but if this kind of thing is done after the war, then this is definitely a map cannon and offended the entire Central Plains Han people and all strata to death. Whether it is the Shi clan, Guan Long Wufu, or even every ordinary person, they all have an undying enmity against Goguryeo, which makes the relationship between the two sides completely deteriorate.

"So, in my lifetime, I want to see Goguryeo fall, and I must see Goguryeo fall. Shi Cao Chang, as long as you can destroy Goguryeo, everything I have is yours. As long as you can destroy Goguryeo in my lifetime, anything behind me will be yours. Chen Dade said excitedly.

(To be continued.) )