Chapter 94 is a big fuss

After the two left, Zhao Ta stopped for a while, went out of the study, and walked to the bedroom on the other side, the cold breeze outside the house, the sky was full of stars, and the window lattice of the bedroom was printed with Zhao Xin's silhouette, Zhao Ta looked at it for a while, and suddenly sighed, startling the sentry standing guard in the courtyard, and the prince sighed dignifiedly...

At the end of the Song Dynasty, due to the threat of Liaoxia and other powerful national regimes to the frontier, coupled with the intermittent northwest wars, espionage activities have always been highly valued by the Song Dynasty court. Therefore, espionage activities in the Northern Song Dynasty were very active, and the flourishing of espionage was rare in all dynasties. In order to ensure the smooth development of intelligence work, the government of the Song Dynasty adopted a series of measures to set up special intelligence departments in border state capitals and Zhulu; Implement the policy of raising spies with heavy funds and set up a special fund system; Because espionage is a high-risk profession, in order to make him and his family have no worries, he has introduced the policy of promoting favors and conferring official titles and dividing land and supporting them, which can be said to have given a full guarantee in terms of system and funds.

Although there are guarantees, this work is often closely related to the good and bad relations with neighboring countries, and the urgency of border affairs, and when relations improve, the institutions are dismantled and the personnel are dismissed. When the two countries became hostile, they were urgently recruited, and there was a suspicion of temporary cramming. There are two main sources of spies along the western and northern borders: one is to lure local Han residents and Shiyong to act as spies; The other was to develop spies from among the attached Xia and Liao officials, and since these obedient officials and border citizens were extremely familiar with their situation, the government granted them official positions and gave them financial incentives in order to obtain valuable information.

The turbulent current situation and the years of war have made the source, identity, and authenticity of spies extremely complicated, and some people have acted as "assassins," "spies," and "spies" of the government without knowing it. The mission of these people is still the traditional task of stealing intelligence, spreading rumors, and using discordant tactics to make enemy generals, monarchs and ministers suspicious, so as to achieve the goal of division and disintegration. These people have not undergone professional training, and they have a single means and simple methods for obtaining intelligence, and whether these personnel are professional or not, they do not even dare to guarantee the loyalty of the personnel, and the accuracy of the information obtained can be imagined.

Once the situation eases, the government will retain the organization, dismiss the personnel, and return to the original state, and every border minister will have the mission of recruiting spies, and they will change every three years, that is, the pacification department is also a temporary organization, and as soon as they leave, even the organization will be disbanded, and the spies will do what they should do!

Now Zhao Ta has not only set up a special agency and recruited experienced personnel, but also conducted professional training for them, and the methods of obtaining information are also diverse, not limited to the old two. Similarly, the scope of intelligence gathering has also expanded, no longer limited to the military, but also includes politics, economy, people's livelihood, customs, and many other aspects. The diversity of information and the professionalism of personnel can not only ensure the accuracy of information, but also provide decision-makers with many options...

Zhao Ta shook his head and smiled bitterly, sometimes he really didn't know who he had worked hard for and who he was busy for at this time, whether he was here to change history or create history, maybe he became the founder and pioneer of intelligence work in the new era without paying attention, will he also leave such a small pen for himself in the history books in the future?

Zhao Ta thought about it and entered the bedroom, Zhao Xin didn't rest, he was still waiting for him, "It's good to sleep in the house!" He shook off the big and roasted his hand on the brazier.

"Alas, some people will not enjoy the blessings, and those who are cold and frozen have to run to the northwest!" Zhao Xin took the prince's big hat and hat and hung it on the hanger and said.

"Hehe, as a prince, it is my duty to be loyal to the country, how can I complain!" Zhao Tan said with a smile, took off his boots, moved his toes, and pulled off his socks to roast on the fire cage. …,

"Second master, do you still want people to sleep?" Zhao Xin snatched the socks and threw them aside, glared at him and said.

"That has to be roasted dry, or tomorrow you will wear it and you will get frostbitten feet, it's better to smell bad than dragging your feet!" Zhao Tan muttered.

"You don't have to worry about these things, if you have to take care of the socks yourself, what else do you want us people to do!" Zhao Xin took the basin of foot washing water, tested the temperature, and put it at the feet of the prince.

"Hehe, with you, what else do I care!" Zhao Ta laughed, pulled up his trouser legs, and put his feet in the basin, "There is one thing you have to worry about." ”

"Hmph, what's the matter, isn't it a girl who has fallen in love with again, hiding in the house and not letting people see it, and looking for a janitor!" Zhao Xin squatted down to wash the prince's feet and said coldly.

"Yo, how do you know about Lu Dao, have you ever been to the study?" Zhao asked nervously.

"Huh?!" Zhao Xin raised his head suddenly, looked at the prince with a fixed sound, and held one of the prince's feet in his hand.

"As for it, you can stuff two eggs with your mouth open, you are embarrassed to see it, people who don't know the way still think you are a nymphomaniac!" Zhao Ta said shamelessly.

"Is what you said just now true?" Zhao Xin ignored the prince's 'teasing', lowered his head and washed his feet, but Zhao Ta clearly felt that his hands were shaking.

"Cut, what do you think of this king, you are not allowed to bring female dependents in the army, I still know this rule, I just saw a caravan shopkeeper, he wants to make a deal with me!" Zhao Ta said disdainfully.

"Doing business?" Zhao Xin was still skeptical, in the past, when the prince talked about business with people, thousands of people never shied away from him, but this time he turned himself away, and the sudden change made him a little unconvinced, "What kind of business has to avoid people, it must be an unsightly business!" ”

"He made a big deal with his master with a message!" Zhao Ta leaned back and said.

"It seems that the second master seems to have lost it!" Zhao Xin looked at the indignant look of the prince and said.

"Alas, he exchanged two sentences for the sale of grain and grass along the way, but although I don't have a score for those two sentences, I still have to believe that man is really a master!" Zhao Ta said with a sigh.

"Oh, there are people who can make the second master suffer dumb losses, so what words does he use?" Zhao Xin said in surprise that he had never seen a master who could bargain with the second master in business.

"He said that Xixia had found out the news that I had left Beijing to take up a post in the northwest, and sent a large number of spies to prepare against us, but we can't verify this news, and we can only believe it or not!" Zhao Ta said leisurely, "Do you think this deal can be considered profitable?" ”

"Then did he say that the Tangut people were going to do it where and at what time, and who were the people who came?" Zhao Xin was anxious when he heard this, and asked a series of questions.

"I don't know what to say, it's just such a vague news, maybe he lied to us!" Zhao Ta shook his head and said.

"This may be true, think that our Great Song Dynasty has been fighting with Western Xia for decades, but has never sent a prince to the northwest, I think they will also attach great importance to it, if they can capture or kill a prince, it will definitely boost their morale, and we may have to stop fighting and be forced to cease!" Zhao Xin said, "The emperor issued an edict at the beginning of last month, and we went out of Beijing on the 23rd of last month, if it has been a month since the decree was issued, the spies of Western Xia got the news, and it would be enough to send it back to the country for almost ten days, and then count the consultation and dispatch of manpower, sneak back to our country, twenty days later, we should also come here, if the news is reliable, these spies will lurk near us!" Zhao Xin reasoned, and the result he got jumped down.

"It's not that serious, this news hasn't been confirmed yet!" Zhao Ta looked at him, obviously taking his words seriously. …,

"How can you confirm it? When the enemy arrives at the door, we will confirm that it will be over, second master, you can't sleep here tonight, you have to change places immediately, I will arrange it! Zhao Xin wiped the prince's feet and found a pair of socks for him to put on.

"No, the spies of Western Xia don't necessarily know that I live here, and this is a military camp, and there are patrolling soldiers everywhere, they won't choose this kind of place!" Zhao Ta looked at his nervous appearance and said with some amusement.

"Second master, that merchant may be a spy from Western Xia, come to find out the truth, he now knows where you live, and if you don't get it, you will go and return!" Zhao Xin was unmoved, and immediately went out to arrange after speaking.

After a short time, Zhao Xin quietly returned with a few guards, only a few pieces of the prince's clothes, and led him to a row of low houses, "Second master, this is the barracks of our guards, you live here tonight, the assassins of Western Xia would never have thought that you would live here, even if he came, I have already laid down people around, and they will definitely not come back!" Zhao Xin led the prince into a room in the middle, and the people inside had been blasted out of the room and became his special bedroom!

"Is this necessary? Isn't it a big fuss! Zhao Ta sniffled, the room was filled with the smell of sweat and the smell of burning firewood and grass, and he saw that there was only a plate of clay kang and a slightly lame square table in the room, and the conditions were far worse than the conditions in his bedroom just now.

"Second master, although this place is not as spacious and comfortable as that one, but it is better to be safe, if something happens to you, we are a hundred deaths, tonight will be wronged for one night, and I will rearrange it tomorrow!" Zhao Xin laid out the bedding on the kang and added firewood to the kang cave to burn the kang again.

"Well, it's better than living in a tent here, you've been busy all day, hurry up and rest!" Zhao Ta secretly complained in his heart, this is really self-inflicted, why did he tease him with nothing!

"I'll sleep with the second master tonight to prevent the assassins from sneaking in, and it's also convenient to take care of you!" Zhao Xin replied, and Zhao Ta found out that there was still a set of luggage on the kang.

"Then you sleep with me?" Zhao Ta's mouth was a little dry and asked carefully.

"I sleep on this end, second master, you sleep on that end, you don't want me to sleep on the ground, right?" Zhao Xin glanced at the prince and asked puzzled.

"No, no..."Zhao Ta said uncomfortably, took off his shoes and went to the kang, thought about it, took off his coat and got into the quilt, watched Zhao Xin lay out his luggage, lay down in his clothes, pressed the pistol under the pillow, and put a loaded shotgun in his hand, the heat rising in his heart immediately turned into a cold current...

*J Novel Knight