As a "non-governmental organization," the "East Asian Economic Survey Bureau" is mainly engaged in "economic surveys" in order to provide intelligence and consultation to the Beiyang Company, and at most it has a certain connection with the Economic Control Commission, which nominally belongs to the "East Asian Economic Foundation," which in turn is supported by the Economic Control Commission. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Similar to the "non-governmental organizations", the Economic Control Committee has funded dozens of them through the support of the Foundation, and its support is of course based on various reasons, such as the East Asian Economic Survey Bureau, the reason for its support is based on the need for economic information, after all, the Economic Control Committee needs to formulate various economic plans, and there are also institutions such as the Science and Technology Survey Bureau, which are responsible for the investigation of the scientific and technological development of Western countries, and it can be said that the introduction of technology and equipment in the Northeast is completely dependent on the technical support provided by this organization. Even together with the 10,000-ton hydraulic press purchased by Dalian Shipyard, as early as the beginning of trial production of the Bethlehem Steel Company in the United States, the Science and Technology Survey Bureau obtained this information, accurately assessed its value, and then suggested that the company introduce it, of course, it is best to achieve localization.

In contrast to the Bureau of Science and Technology Investigation, which decides on the introduction of technology from Northeast China, the East Asian Economic Investigation Bureau is somewhat unobtrusive – few people pay attention to the agency, and the committee has little contact with it except for the thousands of pages of economic intelligence submitted every day.

It seems that he is really a non-governmental organization, a non-governmental organization that has no connection with the government, and only receives a certain amount of funding.

Well, of course it's on the surface!

In fact, it was accountable to the Governors of the three eastern provinces. More precisely. is responsible to Tang Haoran himself. Daily work in the Intelligence Agency. Including the appointment of every officer, the promotion of all staff, it will be emphasized that the Intelligence Agency is directly accountable to the Governor himself, as for the East Asian Economic Investigation Agency...... Just a disguise.

Three years ago, when the "Intelligence Division" of the East Asian Economic Survey Bureau, the prototype of the East Asian Economic Survey Bureau, was established, no one could have imagined that one day it would have only a few dozen people. It will develop into a huge institution with thousands of staff, and not only that, but also set up investigator schools to train investigators, and in those schools, there are even orphans adopted by the bureau from all over the country through some channels, including Westerners—after all, there is a clear difference between the appearance of Orientals and Westerners, so they will adopt Western-American orphans and train them. for future use.

In short, after several years of exploration. The Intelligence Agency is becoming more and more professional, and is gradually getting rid of the original primitive. Become the most professional intelligence agency in this era.

But all this, to the outside world, is still a secret, just like the intelligence bureau itself, perhaps in the official title still retains the "intelligence bureau", but it is only a liaison agency, even within the governor's palace, few people know that the "East Asian Economic Investigation Bureau" far away in the suburbs is the real headquarters of the intelligence bureau.

But a secret is a secret, not known, and in a way, that's exactly what the Intelligence Agency needs – unnoticed, unnoticed, so that they can gather as much intelligence as possible.

A horse-drawn carriage drove out of the woods where the intelligence bureau was located, and it was easy to run on the road, and the Western-style carriage led by two tall Western-style horses drove unhurriedly into the city.

More than an hour later, the Western-style carriage came to the mansion street in the center of Dalian, this street is without exception the official residences of high-ranking officials in the prefecture, and in the quiet street, there are few ordinary passers-by, but in the street garden, there seem to be some plainclothes policemen patrolling secretly.

Although the street is open, it is quiet because it is known that most of the people who live here are of prominent status, so few ordinary people enter and leave the street.

The carriage stopped outside a gate, and the passengers got out of the carriage and walked directly to the gate, where the guards opened the gate after checking the passengers' documents.

For Li Muchen, this is not the first time he has come to the teacher's house, but it is the first time he has seen the teacher's family on the garden grass behind the official residence - the lady with her back to him is the lady, and the lady in a hanfu is holding the young lady who is not yet a year old, as if she is teaching the eldest lady to walk.

If you say what clothing is popular among the ladies in the Northeast now, you only need to look at the lady, the Hanfu on the lady is the most direct signal, just as the officials pay attention to the handsome, those wives are naturally concerned about the lady, the dress on the lady's body always determines the trend of the Northeast, which even appears in the intelligence of the Investigation Bureau - the most hope of many ready-to-wear shops is to be able to give the new Hanfu mixed with Western lace and other crafts to the lady, which means wealth and trend.

And Madame did not disappoint them, almost every public event, Madame will change into a graceful and luxurious Hanfu, with luxury jewelry, and then drive the entire Northeast women's clothing trend, in the mainland, this is almost unimaginable, but in the Northeast, people have become accustomed to it. Even between Li Muchen's wife and friends, the most talked about topics are always "what will Madame wear today", "what Madame is using", and "what books are reading".

Of course, as a student of the teacher, Li Muchen's wife was able to receive invitations from the mansion every month and come to the mansion with several wives as guests, which could not but be said to be an exceptional honor, and it was also the place that those wives were most attracted to, and even a means of maintaining loyalty.

Of course, standing there, what really frightened Li Muchen, and even broke his glasses, was that the teacher would actually lie on the grass and play there with the young master who was more than two years old regardless of his image, and looking at this scene, he quickly turned his eyes to the side. This doesn't seem to be a scene he should see, although he knows that this kind of family happiness is human nature, but it is really far from the image of the teacher.

"This story ......"

Tang Haoran, who was lying on the grass and playing with his son while telling a story, heard the attendant's report, and looked up at Li Muchen, who was standing in the distance. Today is the weekend. It was supposed to be a time to rest. Looks like I can't rest today!

Yu sighed in his heart, touched his son's face, and said with a smile.

"Yixuan, dad still has something to do here, you are responsible for protecting your mother and sister!"

Although he was only two years old, his son was very sensible and did not get angry about it. After Tang Haoran left, he really stayed by his mother's side like a man and played with his sister.

"Teacher!"

Looking at the grass on the teacher's hair in surprise, Li Muchen hurriedly put his eyes together and bowed, even as a teacher's student, it was rude to see this.

Feeling that Li Muchen seemed to be different from the past, Tang Haoran said with a smile.

"What, do I have anything on me?"

When I entered the house, I came out just in time. In Tang Haoran's inquiry, she raised her head and looked. Hurriedly took down the blade of grass, and then lowered his head and walked towards the garden, although there are almost no rules in the so-called deep house compound in the Tang family, and they do not advocate the old rules, but the women are still not used to showing their heads, there are many things, it takes time to change slowly. For example, since three years ago, when banquets were held in the palace, officials would be specially asked to bring their wives with them, not only in the hope that the ladies wearing Han-style dresses would send a dress signal to the outside world, but also to change some old bad habits, which are always carried out subtly, not just by administrative coercion.

And in this process, Li Muchen kept looking down at the floor, all of which looked like he was sitting upright. Tang Haoran didn't say anything about this, but walked straight to the study.

"Sit!"

After Li Muchen sat down, Tang Haoran asked bluntly.

"Is something happening?"

If something doesn't happen, Tang Haoran believes that Li Muchen will never "disturb" himself for the weekend, all along, although he knows that he has a great responsibility, but he is a person who values the weekend, more precisely, he values the time spent with his family on the weekend, and he is more unwilling to miss the growth of his children.

Every weekend, the family will play in the backyard, and in the summer, Tang Haoran will even play water fights with his son and daughter in the swimming pool regardless of his image, and sometimes he will personally make a cameo appearance as a barbecue master, grilling barbecue such as lamb skewers.

That's why he doesn't like people to bother him on weekends, and of course, if it's not an emergency, they won't bother him after 9 a.m. and after the debriefing time. Now that the door has been found, there must be some kind of emergency.

"Teacher, we got a piece of information from Kannai!"

Then Li Muchen reported the information he had just obtained from Tianjin, and the content was very simple—it was nothing more than a change in the attitude of the Beiyang Yamen towards the Northeast.

“…… He has written to the imperial court and agreed to send a ship to transport the Praetorian Guard to Fujian! ”

"So, Li Hongzhang agreed that those people sent troops to Fujian?"

Li Muchen's report made Tang Haoran's brows frown, and his face suddenly became serious, although he had already expected that after the Northeast Navy was formed, it would inevitably lead to the collapse of the three-year-long policy of taoguang and obscurity, but there were some things that had to be done, and he could not blindly taoguang and obscurity because of his weak strength. To his surprise, Beiyang's reaction would be so strong.

"Can't he see what will happen if Yixun's bait is eaten?"

Yi Xun has never been a character who can be lightly given, from the pacification of the hair twist to the pacification of the northwest rebellion, the center is completely maintained by Yi Xun this person, the so-called "Tongguang Zhongxing", the so-called famous ministers have the shadow of Yi Xun behind them, that is still done under the shackles of conservatives and Cixi and others, and even in later generations, there are still people who say something, if Yi Xun is the emperor, maybe China's modern history will be greatly improved, and even if there is no Jiashen Yishu, there will be no later defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War.

The "bait" handed out by this person is not just as simple as letting Li Hongzhang rest assured that he is "going north"; he simply wants to take the opportunity to transfer the main force of the Praetorian Guard out of the capital, and after the main force of the Praetorian Guard arrives in Fujian, will the sea and the sky be free for birds to fly, no matter how the situation develops in the future, Fujian, which is controlled by the Janissaries of the two towns, will be in the middle of advancing and retreating, and if Beiyang and the Northeast are in a state of defeat, they can march to Liangguang and Fujian, so as to cut off the foundation of the southern part of Beiyang and regain local power.

"People are always selfish!"

There is no doubt that this is selfishness!

If it weren't for his selfishness, with Li Hongzhang's eyesight, how could he not see the conspiracy behind this "bait", but on the other hand, he had to admire Yixun for being able to grasp the timing so skillfully and never miss any opportunity.

"Teacher, it seems that Li Hongzhang is ready to make a move on the Northeast!"

There can be several explanations for this, but the simplest explanation is probably that from now on, the so-called "Taoguang Yanghui" will probably cease to exist.

"Hmm,"

Nodding, Tang Haoran, who frowned, stood up and walked silently, and now, he found out that 1895 was really a troubled year, first Russia intended to get involved in the Northeast Railway, although the so-called "commercial cooperation" solved this problem in a "mutually beneficial" way, but it was only a temporary gain of some time. This side has just stopped, and the Beiyang side ......

"Hey...... O man! ”

After a sigh, Tang Haoran felt quite bad in his heart, he hoped to buy time for the Northeast by "Taoguang Yanghui", but the reality was always so unsatisfactory, it seemed that he was always working against him.

What to do? Is it a full-scale confrontation with Beiyang? If this is the case, I am afraid that it will be necessary to consider transferring troops from the north to the south, but in this way, the defense of the north will be empty, and this will obviously be detrimental to its fundamental interests.

Make concessions? But what kind of concessions will not lose the interests of the Northeast? And what if they are going to limit the Northeast Navy? Again, this is unacceptable.

"Hmmm......"

After pondering for a moment, Tang Haoran, who was in a dilemma, even thought, if he really can't do it, he will be ruthless...... No, in that case, it will definitely be a fisherman's profit, and it is very likely to promote cooperation between Beiyang and Russia, and then it will really be surrounded by strong neighbors.

But are there any other options?

In this thought, Tang Haoran walked to the desk, and just as he wanted to open the cigar case, the corner of his eyes was attracted by a report on the desktop, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Makuto, I have an idea ......" (To be continued.) )