Chapter 160: The Chain of Conspiracy
"Some of them!"
Da!
Holding scissors to cut off the dead branches in the potted plants, Yang Du's face had a slight sneer, but in that sneer, there was some complacency, and there seemed to be a sense of conspiracy succeeding. k update
"I just can't see through it!"
Can't see through?
Can't see through what?
Maybe others didn't see it through, almost at the first moment of the outbreak of the revolution in Russia, Yang Du was taken aback by the wave of the Russian revolution, and a cold sweat broke out on his back spine.
For politics, Yang Du has his own sensitivity, to be precise, it is the losses he has suffered, so that he has his own insight, and he has seen how Wang Jingwei's Jingwei ambition was easily smashed by His Majesty, and he has also witnessed how those republicans were easily disintegrated by His Majesty, and because of this, he never dared to have any "illusions" about that Majesty.
Imagining that he will be soft-hearted at a critical moment, at least he believes a little, once necessary, the Majesty who got up in the reckless manner, will raise the knife in his hand with a smile on his face, and cut off those disobedient "dead branches", open-mindedness on the surface is not equal to open-mindedness in nature, no matter how enlightened His Majesty is, what choice will he make in the face of the survival of the country?
Perhaps, other people will still have some illusions, and it is impossible for His Majesty to be Nicholas II!
In the past, it may still be possible, but now with the Russian Revolution as a lesson from the past, let alone concessions, if Your Majesty does not tighten everyone's necks, I am afraid that you will have to "thank the Lord Longen".
The reason why Your Majesty has passed the social insurance law now is not to buy the hearts and minds of the people, but to ease the potential contradictions in the country and reduce the factors that may be exploited by the radical republicans, and similarly, to reduce the various destabilizing factors that may be exploited by the Cadets and the Cadets.
In the Russian Revolution, it was the workers who acted as the main force of the revolution. But it was the politicians who really overthrew the Empire, and it was they who destroyed the Russian Empire, is it possible that Your Majesty will make the same mistake?
Can it be ......
There are people. But they don't have that kind of awareness, but they think it's ...... This concession by His Majesty is in fact a prelude to political concessions, and they even see it as a game!
Those people are really naïve to the extreme. Do they think Your Majesty is giving in? It will never be that simple, behind this concession, it may be the prelude to His Majesty's preparation, and his understanding of that Majesty makes Yang Du believe. His Majesty will never make any real political concessions.
With his eyes closed, he could imagine what kind of mistakes those people would make when they were blinded by a moment of innocence and confused by a moment of hostility, and what would be the ultimate cost of these mistakes?
Don't think about it, Yang Du knows what that price will be. And now he is visiting Buddha all day long. Instead, he jumped out of the "red dust" of this turmoil.
Wait until it's all over......
When it's all over!
Sitting at the desk, thinking about the scene of his lobbying Liang Qichao, Wang Jingwei's eyes had a strange look, of course, more or less with a little shame.
"It's not what I want to do, but I have to do it!"
A long sigh. Wang Jingwei's heart regretted the choice he made back then, if he hadn't betrayed Mr. back then. Perhaps, the gentleman will not go to prison. Maybe......
History cannot be assumed, for those things that happened, Wang Jingwei was powerless to stop it, and it was impossible to stop anything, for him, the most important thing was how to ensure personal interests.
Since that year, after making his choice, he has been a member of an informant of the Bureau of Investigation, and has signed a "contract" with the Bureau of Investigation that is enough to ruin his reputation, and in the past ten years, how many old people have been sent to prison and exiled by his hands? He couldn't count them, but he knew one thing clearly, at least, his actions ensured his personal safety, and just as the Bureau of Investigation promised back then, it would never damage his personal reputation, and even, in the course of those incidents, he was not only not suspected, but because of "righteous insistence", he further became closer to those friends. …,
Although he was used to it for a long time, and even numb, but now, he once again "put Liang Qichao" on the fire rack, Wang Jingwei's heart still showed a little unbearable, after all, ...... Ay!
After a long sigh, Wang Jingwei continued to pick up the pen and write his writings, and now he is not only the secretary general of the Cadet Party, but also a representative of the moderate republican faction, so he often writes some famous works in order to influence some people, and of course, more importantly, to discover some people.
As a well-known expert on republican issues, there will always be some people who contact him, and when those people take the initiative to contact him, in the archives of the Investigation Bureau, there will naturally be an extra file, for which, Wang Jingwei has never doubted that this is an exchange of interests, in exchange for personal safety at the expense of others.
Perhaps, this is cruel, but politics has always been so ruthless!
“…… The Russian Revolution, the essence of which ......"
While writing his books, Wang Ching-wei constantly attacked the performance of those people in the Russian revolution, and at the same time vilified them, and of course, the most important point was that he had to use his own words to convince the people that the revolution and the results of the revolution were devastating and disastrous.
And this is another of his missions, of course, for the comrades in the party, he has his own explanation, and his explanation is very full - "China does not need mob politics!" Now, the article he wants to write is to link social insurance with the revolution, to be precise, of course, this task is the task given to him by the Investigation Bureau, and the same article to persuade those entrepreneurs not to be too opposed to social insurance, this is the task given to him by Liang after he lobbied Liang Qichao.
"They won't ......"
Thinking about the Investigation Bureau, Wang Jingwei's pen is still a pause, and now, he has completed a task assigned by the Investigation Bureau, but for some reason, he is still a little uneasy in his heart, why he has a sense of uneasiness, I am afraid that only he can understand.
"Director, 012 has achieved its goal!"
In the office of the Director of the Bureau of Investigation, a somewhat cold voice echoed through the room. Behind the long and wide desk, Zha Zhiqing, who was originally looking at the report, took off his glasses and rubbed his temples. It seems to be relaxing the nerves.
"At most, it's only half the story!"
Muttering to himself, Zha Zhiqing motioned to his subordinates to put down the report, and then looked at the report carefully, who can 012 this informant of the Investigation Bureau. Will it be the secretary general of the Cadet Party, or to be precise, the secretary general of the Cadet Party will be an informant of the Investigation Bureau?
At least for the outside world, it's unimaginable.
Intelligence work is always like this, and it is necessary to prepare for it many years in advance, and only so. In order to play its role in a certain period of time, just like twelve years ago, the intelligence bureau began to adopt orphans from Europe through some channels, and then cultivate them in China, at that time he thought it was a waste of money, maybe those orphans look like Europeans, and it is unlikely that they want them to be truly loyal to China. But beyond his expectations. In the end, the Intelligence Bureau succeeded, and succeeded in sending some of these excellent people abroad, and obtained a lot of information, which solved at least to some extent the problem of the faces of the Orientals.
Long-term investment! This may be the essence of intelligence work.
"Okay, I got it. You go down...... Well, inform the Operations Division. It is necessary to have a better grasp of domestic trends, not just for politicians. And ......"
Raising his eyes slightly, Zha Zhiqing said in a relatively flat tone.
"And the newspapers!"
The government does not have newspapers, and this cannot but be said to be a pity for the government, because at most there are only some pro-government newspapers, and it is precisely because of this that the Investigation Bureau cannot relax its control over newspapers. …,
"Director, there are some journalists, they don't necessarily have to compromise ......"
"...... if needed"
His brows twitched slightly, and Zha Zhiqing commanded in extremely affirmative words.
"Again, the reputation stinks first, and then breaks his bones, and in the next few years, any newspaper that wants to publish any kind of news must first go through the Investigation Bureau!"
When he spit out these words, Zha Zhiqing's expression was extremely confident, and this self-confidence was due to the sharp changes that have taken place in the Investigation Bureau under his leadership in the past ten years, from a simple intelligence agency to an intelligence law enforcement agency. At the same time, it has also established a fair, efficient and perfect social image of the Investigation Bureau in the country.
"No one can make the Bureau of Investigation's reputation, but anyone can ruin it." In order to ensure the reputation and image of the Investigation Bureau, he even established a set of effective monitoring systems. In addition, the training of agents has been systematized, supervision measures for agents have been put in place, a national criminal identification system has been established, and a large amount of criminal information is in the process of being compiled.
As a "central intelligence law enforcement agency", the Investigation Bureau needs to contact all kinds of parties and all kinds of people, and in this process, the Investigation Bureau has long established a network of their own in China, perhaps, the control of public opinion is extremely new to the Investigation Bureau, but Zha Zhiqing is no stranger to this.
"As long as it's human, there will be weaknesses!"
Independent public opinion seems to have no flaws, but in fact, behind independent public opinion is also people, and through the mastery of national crime information, the investigation bureau has too many resources at its disposal for them to use various channels to complete the control of public opinion.
As for those that are uncontrollable, for the sake of the overall situation, Zha Zhiqing does not mind using some means, as for what those means are, I am afraid that only he can know.
"Sir, but ......"
Without waiting for his subordinates to refute and tell him what the law was or something else, Zha Zhiqing categorically interrupted him and said.
"There is nothing but now, the interests of the country require us to have to make sacrifices!"
There is a sacrifice!
Chen Moran, who was far away in Harbin, after receiving Zha Zhiqing's telegram, silently recited these four words in his heart, and made some sacrifices; once upon a time, independent public opinion has always been his proudest place, and in order to ensure the independence of public opinion, he even did not hesitate to pass the law to enable the public opinion circles to obtain a wider range of power for freedom of the press, and forbade the government to run newspapers, so as to avoid the government from controlling public opinion, and the reason why he attached so much importance to independent public opinion was because he once regarded public opinion as the most effective line of defense for government supervision. It is also his way of knowing the true public opinion.
Effective public opinion is worth a thousand laws, and officials must be vigilant and fearful, laws. Sometimes, the law doesn't necessarily work, especially when officials protect each other. The fundamental reason why a country can run amok is the lack of supervision of power, and the supervision of the operation of power may be handed over to parliament. But parliament can be bought, and officials and parliamentarians may reach some kind of compromise because of their interests.
But what about the press?
Perhaps, they can also be bribed, and no one can buy the entire press, and can buy all the newspapers. It is precisely for this reason that in the past decade or so, China's officialdom has always been within an acceptable range, and the level of incorruptibility of officialdom is far from being comparable with that of previous Chinese dynasties, without any threat of torture or cruelty, and only under the supervision of independent public opinion that is not constrained by officials.
But now, freedom of the press is a once-effective tool of surveillance. But it has become a major obstacle to his ultimate power. Under the freedom of the press, it is simply impossible to establish an absolute "authoritarianism", and without absolute authoritarianism, what can we talk about, let the whole country develop normally in an "orderly" environment, unless .........,
"Establishment of the ...... of the Public Awareness Enlightenment and Propaganda Department"
Pondered. Chen Moran's mind came up with the suggestion made by the person he had released from prison, and he had been responsible for guiding the direction of public opinion in China. However, the effect of that kind of guidance is not obvious, at least it is impossible to avoid "fighting within the framework".
“…… The Minister of Public Awareness and Advocacy is empowered with special powers. Through the establishment of a system of censorship, the scope of press freedom has been gradually narrowed, and first of all, in the name of war, it has been required that newspapers should not carry negative reports in their press activities. At the same time, a corresponding "guidebook" was developed and distributed to the media to teach them how to "report effectively". The department is a central control department that decides what kind of news to propagate and what kind of news to suppress. Every journalist, from editors to reporters, must sign a loyalty pact with the Public Awareness Awareness and Propaganda Department......"
Thinking of that person's suggestion, a helpless wry smile appeared on Chen Moran's face, why did he insist on press freedom in the first place, and even reach the level of paranoia, the reason is very simple, not only because in another time and space, he had been harmed by the right to be unsupervised, in the same way, a country with freedom of the press can "benign detoxification" to avoid the "toxin" that endangers the rule from "stagnating in the body", and this is exactly what is necessary to build a thousand-year empire, and it is also the implementation of "enlightenment". "A necessary premise, but now?
Unless he can give the press some sufficient reasons, it will be impossible to gain broad support from the press in order to achieve his goal of stabilizing the domestic situation in the next few years.
"Fear, we must make the most of the people's fear of chaos, so as to channel the people's fear of the revolutionary wave in order to avoid riots in the country......"
Fear...... Saying these two words, Chen Moran's gaze narrowed slightly, the assassination of the speaker of the Guangdong Provincial Assembly is a good start, if there is proper guidance, or a more extensive assassination will occur in the country...... No, a simple assassination is hardly a cause for public outrage!
It must provoke public outrage...... Like, thinking of the tricks he used to eliminate the republicans back then, Chen Moran knew that maybe it was the best way, and he had to make full use of public opinion and use public opinion to achieve his own goals.
As for the freedom of the press!
When the time comes, the freedom of the press will become a tool in one's own hands, a sharp knife in one's own hands, and the people will always be blindly obedient, blindly obedient to those "well-known people", blindly obedient to the newsprint to instill all kinds of information, but all this must have a premise - fear!
Fear!
It is necessary to make full use of the fear of the population, to exploit the fear of chaos and disorder of the population!
"Maybe ......"
Muttering softly, Chen Moran was still a little hesitant in his heart, although the appropriate fear could bring the whole country together, but there was a certain price to pay.
Just like in another time and space, after the outbreak of "911", the United States presented a situation of unprecedented unity, and no one would question the voice of patriotism, and now, too, the same needs to be done, rational use of the situation, reasonable play of every thing worthy of play, such as war......
Suddenly, Chen Moran realized the misunderstanding of this war, this war from the outbreak to the present, it seems that it has not much to do with the ordinary people, the people are just passively involved in this war, maybe many of them have benefited from the war, this war from the beginning of the outbreak, it seems to be isolated from the people, the people have never realized the importance of this war to them, the importance of this country, and even in the eyes of many people, this war is just a "war of the emperor", not a "matter of the fate of the country". It seems that the spiritual awakening at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China is slowly sleeping, and the spirit of the people is slowly being swallowed up by reality......
"War must rekindle their belief in war and their patriotic fervor......"
In the end, once the whole country has been ignited with this unprecedented enthusiasm, all unfavorable voices will be ...... (To be continued......)