Xing Dongyun came to Jinan, only to find that Jiang Yun was not in Jinan. I don't have a direct report. He had two superiors, both of whom were not in Jinan: Jiang Yun had gone to Guanwai and had not yet returned, and his immediate boss, Wang Zhifeng, the chief of the Fourth Section in charge of domestic intelligence, had gone south with the army.

It is said that Wang Zhifeng should not go south with the army. As a result, Xing Dongyun's work could not go forward.

The Intelligence Service has strict discipline for expatriate agents, most notably one-line contact. It is said that this is one of the regulations that Commander Long personally made for the Intelligence Division. Xing Dongyun has now tasted the consequences of this discipline, because except for Jiang Yun and Wang Zhifeng, he can't have casual contact with other people, including the department in charge of personnel, he can't go to find it. Especially when he suspected that there were spies from the imperial court in the Mengshan Army, Xing Dongyun couldn't show up easily. For a while, Xing Dongyun even had the idea of going to Jiangxi, because Jiang Yun's return date was unpredictable, but Wang Zhifeng must be in western Jiangxi.

What he didn't expect was that his immediate boss Wang Zhifeng was not in the army now, but accepted an inexplicable task personally assigned by Long Qian before the army went south, and took the eight elite members of the special operations team of the intelligence department to the southeast in makeup.

Xing Dongyun decided to wait in Jinan. Calculating the time, it's time for Jiang Yun to come back. Xing Dongyun, who lives in a small inn in the old city, thinks that maybe he should wait in Beijing, but who knows that the elder Lu Dao will go to his winery when he returns? So I made the right trip.

The small inn also had electric lights and ordered three newspapers for the guests, Xing Dongyun was reluctant to go out more, waiting for Jiang Yun to return. He asked the old newspaper to read it carefully, and the "Shandong News" was run by the government, and he knew what he was saying as soon as he read the content of the article. Compared with the lively form and sharp style of "Lu Bao", the readability is much worse. However, Xing Dongyun still read all the hundreds of issues of "Shandong News", from which he learned about the trends of the imperial court and the political situation in Shandong, and had a more intuitive understanding of Shandong's construction achievements. It was also from "Shandong News" that Xing Dongyun learned about the beginning and end of the Jinan riots, and learned that Wang Shizhen and Meng Enyuan had been recalled by the imperial court. The Shandong News lashed out at the rebels who instigated the riots, blaming the Jinan riots on the League. Call them enemies of the world. It destroyed the stable and peaceful situation in Jinan City.

"Lu Daily" is much more readable than "Shandong News", especially those political articles, which Xing Dongyun likes very much. Regarding the recent Jinan riots, "Lu Bao" mercilessly ridiculed Meng Enyuan. He was the one responsible for the riots. is an undesirable person in Jinan. For Wang Shizhen. Not a word. What sparked Xing Dongyun's interest in the "Business Daily" was a column recently opened up to cover the visit of the chief reporter of the "Times" to Shandong, obviously. Lu Bao sent someone to follow Morrison's footsteps. Because he suspected Mo Li's motive for going to Jinan, Xing Dongyun read this column in detail, but unfortunately the "Lu Bao" ordered by the inn was seriously damaged, and Xing Dongyun specially gave the boss a silver dollar to ask him to find a way to get the missing newspaper back. Although it seems that Morrison's interview path is relatively ordinary, such as the visit to three universities, such as the visit to Jinan's first-class municipal engineering, but Morrison's interview is more around Huayuan Industry, judging from the report, he has been to Huayuan several times, and I don't know if he has entered Huayuan's core military factory.

This person should pay attention, I don't know if the people from the Dao Intelligence Department are staring at it...... This guy is obviously listening to the news for Beiyang, and Xing Dongyun is even more looking forward to seeing Jiang Yun as soon as possible.

Xing Dongyun found that this newspaper with a unique style of introducing business information was extremely unique, at least he could not see such a newspaper in Beijing. "Quancheng Business Daily" each issue has a large number of product introduction, business information, new technology application explanation, half of the page is beautifully printed advertising pictures, such as Huayuan Group's newly established children's toy factory launched a series of building block patterns deeply attracted Xing Dongyun, because the newspaper said that children play building blocks are conducive to the development of intelligence, is a must-have for every family.

"Quancheng Business Daily" is not ignorant of current affairs and politics, but the length is small, each issue is only half a page of content, the article is short but interesting, more of an analysis of the case, for the government to kill the two members of the League, "Business Daily" believes that the law has been violated, there are serious procedural mistakes. But the tone is gentle, not at all intense. On this matter, Handelsblatt talked more about the issue of procedural justice than on blaming the League or the government. "Business Daily" introduced a unique interpretation of the Jinan riots, even to analyze the root causes of the riots, mentioned the height of the law's protection of private property, mentioned the rights of citizenship, and talked about the issue of power and responsibility at a large length, not to criticize the imperial court, but to severely criticize the staff who participated in the riot strike, and called on the employees of Huayuan to learn from the riots, strengthen the study and understanding of the "Huayuan Staff Code", and be a good law-abiding employee.

The crisis is over. He saw that the patrolman's exercises in Texas had ended, and the troops had returned to their stations. Unlike other provinces, Shandong is called a patrol army instead of a patrol battalion, and when he is particularly urgent, he can contact the highest commander of the patrol army, which is Ning Shijun. He knew Chief of Staff Ning, but he was not sure whether Chief of Staff Ning knew him. When I was trained in the intelligence department, I listened to a lecture by Ning Shijun, which was about military knowledge. As an expatriate agent, you can't be ignorant of military common sense.

But Xing Dongyun was not going to go to Ning Shijun immediately, he decided to board for seven to ten days, and if Jiang Yun had not returned, he would go to Chief of Staff Ning.

Xing Dongyun generally stayed in the inn, the object of conversation was mainly Boss Yang of the inn, the two soon became friends, Boss Yang went to Xing Dongyun's house to play chess and recreation when he had nothing to do, and the hospitable Boss Yang spared no effort to introduce him to the changes in Jinan City, and persuaded him to go out and see. This made him itch, so after confirming that no one was paying attention to him, he smoked for a day, rented a rickshaw, and walked around the city of Jinan all day, although the coachman was sweating, but he still happily served as a volunteer guide for him for a day, and the income of two silver dollars was enough to arouse the enthusiasm of the coachman.

Xing Dongyun went to Beijing in 1903, when the public name of the Mengshan Army was still the right wing of the Weisheng Army. It's been four years. During this period, he came back once, it was two years ago, when the city of Jinan was very dirty, especially in winter, garbage was piled up everywhere, especially when it snowed, and sewage flowed all over the city, leaving people with nowhere to stay. But now Jinan City has the feeling of Tianjin Concession, and I have to admit that Tianjin Concession. In particular, the management of public health. Compared with the still gray and dirty Jingshi, the level of foreigners in managing the city is higher. But Jinan's urban sanitation is much better than that of the Tianjin Concession. Grey road with a well, street lamps, garbage bins painted in a striking orange color. Workers in red and white striped shirts cleaning the streets. All made him feel that Jinan was not inferior to Tianjin's neatness and beauty. And the streets are full of beautifully printed billboards

"I can't tell. The commander will set the capital in Jinan in the future. Xing Dongyun thought. It wasn't until the street lights were on that Xing Dongyun turned back to the inn, and he made a small turn in the rickshaw. Stopped at a pastry shop on Furong Street, he got out of the car to find the shopkeeper and inquired in code, knowing that Jiang Yun was back.

The shopkeeper asked him, is it a different place to live? He said no. If the chief treasurer has time, he will come at ten o'clock in the morning tomorrow.

The next morning, Xing Dongyun saw Jiang Yun in the bedroom of the owner of the pastry shop, and told the white rabbit about the suspicion that there were ghosts inside, Jiang Yun's expression became serious, and after verifying the whole story in detail, he ordered Xing Dongyun to return to Beijing immediately.

If there is, it must be lurking in Ning Shijun's headquarters, and it is more likely to be in the staff office. Jiang Yun felt frightened, thought for a long time, and after having a preliminary investigation plan, he went to see Ning Shijun.

As expected, Ning Shijun was taken aback.

"Commander Ning, I'd rather believe in it than believe in it. If the spies really infiltrate the Beiyang, we will be in big trouble. ”

"Of course I have to check." Ning Shijun said coldly, "I'll leave this matter to you." But keep it secret, not make it public. ”

"Yes, please rest assured Commander Ning. I'm going to dig out this nail. ”

"Don't mess up the interior. You know, the commander is going to take the main force to Guangdong. In this case, there must be no internal chaos. Also, don't tell anyone else, until I'm here. ”

"Understood."

Fang Shengyuan is the director of the left-behind committee, but Jiang Yun prefers Ning Shijun to be in charge.

After careful consideration, Jiang Yun decided to investigate this case, which had never been seen in the history of the Mengshan Army, with the five departments as the main focus. The intelligence department has been expanded into six sections, and Jiang Yun has found that the functions of the four, five, and six sections have overlapped somewhat: the original four sections were for the collection of military intelligence, the fifth section was for other intelligence other than military intelligence, mainly for domestic political developments, and the sixth section was for foreign intelligence. The current situation is that the four departments are dominant, "encroaching" on the territory of the five and six departments, and the situation of the five departments is the most serious, which causes Niu Qiulin, the head of the five sections, to be very dissatisfied.

"It is necessary to divide it into external and internal, not military." Jiang Yun thought that it would be better to turn the five departments into an anti-espionage department, but this required Long Qian's approval. For the establishment, selection, training and institutional setting of the Intelligence Department, Long Qian has always participated in it and invested great energy.

Niu Qiulin is an old man in the Mengshanzhai period, his ancestral home is Henan, and he returned to Mengshan with Zhou Yi, but he is not a member of the old third team, the first batch of intelligence personnel selected by the intelligence department has worked in the earliest batch of foreign intelligence stations, and there is no problem with reliability at all.

Jiang Yun called Section Chief Niu to come over, and after telling him about the leak, "This matter will be handed over to the Fifth Section Office." Spy on covert. Don't alarm anyone. Find out who is involved in that order first, and then carefully screen it. ”

"There must be someone from the Shandong Column Headquarters. The problem may be with the command, but it can also be with the 1st Brigade. Niu Qiulin thought for a moment.

"Yes. Chief of Staff Zhang will fully cooperate. Now the 1st Brigade is not in Jinan, so let's start with the headquarters. I am personally responsible for this matter, you first choose two safe people and follow me to see Zhang Yulin. ”

The meeting was not in Ning Shijun's headquarters, that is, Long Qianyuan's Fifth Town Headquarters, but in a "safe house" in Jiang Yun's intelligence department, this name was taken by Long Qian, and there are six such safe houses in Jinan City.

"Commander Ning has already arranged it, this is the list. Four departments were involved, of which the circle was the most suspected. Zhang Yulin handed Jiang Yun a list.

"Good. The recent whereabouts of these people, as well as the situation of their families, are also needed. ”

"This, I'll go back and arrange it."

"Forget it, I'll do it. Have any of these people recently taken a leave of absence? ”

"Absolutely, but I need to verify."

"Then check it. You can access your attendance records. Never have a meeting. ”

"I understand," Zhang Yulin smiled, he was a member of the Wuwei Right Army who defected to the Mengshan Army with Shi Dashou, older than Liang Huada's seniority, and had become the core backbone of the Mengshan Army, "This matter is really terrifying." ”

"yes, yes." Jiang Yun, who was studying the list, looked a little absent-minded, "Get it out and give it to me directly, I'll be in the intelligence department in the afternoon." ”

Jiang Yun was reluctant to set up the intelligence department in Long Qian's headquarters compound, but occupied a three-story Western-style building in the factory area of the Xijiao Garden Vehicle Factory, which was originally the office building built by the Vehicle Factory. was favored by Jiang Yun and bought it at cost price. Of course, for the sake of secrecy and security, field agents can enter the factory as Huayuan employees without attracting attention. The Mengshan Army Headquarters, on the other hand, is too conspicuous to suit the nature of the work of the Intelligence Division.

A secret investigation into possible "moles" began. Two days later. Jiang Yun and Niu Qiulin narrowed their suspicions to three staff officers. One of them is in the General Staff Department, one in the Logistics Department, and the last one is in the Equipment Department. Jiang Yun decided to close the net.

"They all had the opportunity to come into contact with the order that Ning Shijun gave to Ye Yanbing's first brigade. Moreover, there are doubts that are difficult to explain. Jiang Yun said to Ning Shijun.

"What are you going to do? Arrest someone? ”

"Yes. There's no better way to do it. Jiang Yun repeatedly looked at the piece of paper with the names of the three people written on it, "I decided to startle the snake, if I can't startle the snake, I have to arrest someone for interrogation." ”

"No, don't do that." Ning Shijun thought for a while, "That Wang Huaiqing has already arrived, and he is very arrogant, so it is not appropriate to give him a handle at this time." I think a secret meeting was called and seized during the meeting. ”

"Then the meeting place can no longer be Jinan. Preferably Yizhou. ”

"That's it. By the way, the stakes are high," Ning Shijun thought about the three names, "They are all staff officers with a promising future, so if they don't need to be punished, it's better not to do so." ”

"Of course. However, sometimes it doesn't work if you don't come hard. ”

"It's up to you. I'll bear the consequences. You discuss with Zhang Yulin and ask him to cooperate with you. I don't have time these days, so I have to concentrate on dealing with this Wang Huaiqing. ”

This year's 42-year-old Wang Huaiqing is a native of Zhili. was originally the co-commander of the first town, and his appointment as the governor of Shandong was a bit sudden. He became famous because of Nie Shicheng, as the standard battalion of Nie Shicheng's middle army, he went south after Nie Shicheng died in Tianjin, and sent Nie Shicheng's remains back to his hometown in Anhui. Later, Wang Huaiqing took the letter from the Nie family recommending him to Yuan Shikai, who was already the governor of Zhili, and was reused. From the pipe belt, the standard system to the unification of the road up. Now he has become the governor of Shandong.

He was overjoyed by this appointment. Not for anything else, just for the prosperity of Shandong. It is said that the Shandong patrol battalion has tens of thousands of guns, and theoretically they are all under his jurisdiction. Even if there is a vacancy, how much money should it be? Even if he only took half of it, it would be enough to satisfy him. What's more, there are guns and ammunition from Huayuan and ZTE? That's also a matter of decision. It is an open secret that officers make money mainly by drinking the blood of soldiers. There is a vacancy problem in the first town where he is located, but it is difficult for the other four towns to eat empty salaries, and Yuan Dashuai's rules are strict. But how can the patrol battalion compare with the new army? This is a good opportunity to make a fortune in Shandong.

Wang Huaiqing knew that his appointment as the governor of Shandong was recommended by Tie Liang, but Tie Liang and Liang Bi did not take bribes, he knew that he was the guide. Therefore, he said to Tie Liang that he would like to thank the adults for their cultivation, and he will definitely live up to the high expectations of the adults when he goes to Shandong. Tie Liang said to him, Shandong has been run by Long Qian like an iron bucket, you have to be 120,000 careful, don't think that you have the name of the commander and everything is fine, those people in Shandong are powerful. Ning Shijun and Ye Yanbing are all Long Qian's cronies, and the team is all trained by them, even if you can't really control the Shandong patrol battalion, you have to dig the foot of the wall and dig out a few officers loyal to the imperial court. Do a good job, and the court will not forget your merits.

Wang Huaiqing disagreed. Grandma's, do they dare to openly confront the imperial court? Unconvinced, Lao Tzu beat them to death with a military stick.

Before Wang Huaiqing came to Shandong to take up his post, Meng Enyuan and Wang Shizhen had already returned to Beijing. Tie Liang specially listened to the detailed report of Meng Enyuan's trip to Jinan, and Wang Huaiqing was also there at that time. Tie Liang said to Wang Huaiqing, this time you go to Shandong to take up a job, which is tantamount to entering the Longtan Tiger's Den. Don't think it's easy, but don't be afraid of difficulties, the imperial court has a comprehensive consideration of Shandong, and your task is to catch the army, and strive to capture the patrol battalion, at least to supervise their every move.

Wang Huaiqing also accepted Yang Shiqi's banquet and 2,000 taels of Cheng Yi before leaving. Yang Shiqi gave him a letter to his brother and also a message from Yuan Shikai, giving him several pieces of advice on Wang Huaiqing's new position. On the one hand, Yuan Shikai entrusted Yang Shiqi to warn Wang Huaiqing not to underestimate the complexity of Shandong's military affairs, the patrol battalion had long been completely controlled by Long Qian, and he sent a large number of officers to the patrol battalion as officers at all levels in the name of training, thus controlling the patrol battalion. On the other hand, Yang Shiqi gave Wang Huaiqing another trick and encouragement - after all, you occupy the name of righteousness, they don't dare to rebel openly, right? In addition, now that Long Qian has been demoted to Lingnan, officials at all levels of the patrol battalion, except for Long Qian's sworn friend, who doesn't want to find another future? If the conditions are met, the imperial court is likely to reorganize the Shandong patrol battalion into a new army town, and the reason why you sent my brother there is not because you value your resume as the commander of the new army? When the time comes, you will naturally be in control, and their future will not be in your hands?

Yang Shiqi's encouragement made Wang Huaiqing very happy.

Wang Huaiqing went to Shandong with confidence to take office, but he didn't expect that as soon as he arrived in Shandong, Ning Shijun would give him a dismissal. (To be continued......)