The north of Yazhou City is adjacent to the Ningyuan River, and there are only three city gates in the east, west and south. The area in the north of the city is called "Guancheng" by the people, that is, the location of various yamen and local officials' residences in Yazhou. The local bureaucratic system of the Ming Dynasty was basically distributed according to the "three divisions", that is, the administrative envoy department, the command envoy department, and the criminal envoy department, which were in charge of administrative, military, and judicial functions, and limited the power of the local officials through the way of decentralization. Although Yazhou is only a small place, the system of separation of powers is also complete.

To put it simply, the main officials in Yazhou are one person from Wupin Zhizhou, one person from Liupin Tongzhi who is the second-in-command, and several people from Congqipin who is in charge of judicial security, one person from Congjiu who manages officials, and one person who is in charge of Confucianism and three people in charge of discipline in the education system. Of course, the subordinate counties also have their own low-level official positions such as county governors, county officials, and chief secretaries.

The situation in Yazhou's military system is much more complicated than that of the administrative and judicial system. It is probably that the Ming Military Department has never considered how to coordinate the wartime military command system in this small place of Yazhou, and the military commander of the Yazhou garrison is only a commander with two thousand household personnel under his jurisdiction. This is also a matter of no choice, the highest commander of the garrison of the entire Qiongzhou Mansion is only a commander with the same rank as the general, and the eleven thousand households under his jurisdiction Of course, this is only a paper number, and the actual number of soldiers is far from meeting the requirements of the establishment. This brings a problem, when it is really time to fight, Yazhou Shuizhai should have listened to the deployment of Yazhou City, but the commander of the Yazhou City garrison is just a trivial matter, two levels lower than the Shuizhai general, which is as ridiculous as the colonel wants to command the major general to fight, and the chaos of the command system that will be brought about by this seems to be inevitable.

Although this supreme commander of the garrison is only a fourth-grade servant, but the treatment is slightly better than the official third-grade Yazhou Shuizhai He Wenhui He Counselor General, after all, there are one or two thousand people under his command, even if he eats empty salaries and private fields, this oil and water is much richer than Shuizhai. Of course, for the working group, corrupt officials are certainly easier to deal with than clean officials, and this big man has some minor problems, which is a good thing for the working group's activities in Yazhou.

"Wait!" Zhang Guang interrupted He Xi's explanation: "I don't understand something. ”

Zhang Guang was assigned to act in a group with He Xi today, although there is still a little bit of resentment about not being able to become Zhao Xiaoruo's follower, but Zhang Guang is not a child anymore, and the priorities are still clear. Along the way, He Xi explained to him the bureaucratic system in Yazhou, and these boring and abstract things made Zhang Guang inevitably dizzy, but he still worked hard to write down these messy knowledge. (Baidu search update is the fastest and most stable)

"If you have any questions, just ask. He Xi was wearing a cyan straight jacket and a black square scarf, walking leisurely on the street with figure-eight steps, which looked very similar at first glance.

In contrast, Zhang Guang, who was wearing a white Taoist robe, seemed a little uncomfortable, and always had to subconsciously lift the hem of his clothes with his hands, for fear of being stepped on by himself. Zhang Guang lowered his voice and said, "Why is this information not in the training materials of the Executive Committee?"

"Because the previous time the action team came to Yazhou, they didn't collect such detailed information. He Xi said with a natural face: "If they can finish the matter with one trip, why did the executive committee send us to do it?"

"But we've only been here for two ......or three days," Zhang Guang only said half a sentence before he had already woken up, and of course this information was collected by He Xi, who was not amazing, in the past two or three days.

"Old He, you...... Awesome!" Zhang Guang, who figured out this section, could only express his sincere admiration for He Xi's ability.

He Xi didn't have much smug look on his face: "This is just some basic public information, as long as you master the right method, it is not difficult to collect this information." ”

"Lao He, tell me, how did you do it?" Compared with the information and knowledge that He Xi popularized, Zhang Guang was obviously more interested in the means he used to collect information.

"Let's talk about last night's training. He Xi did not immediately answer Zhang Guang's question, but instead led the topic to the previous training: "In this era when there is no media and the information media is not developed, if we need to collect some local military and political intelligence, what is our basic method?"

Zhang Guang remembered this very well, and immediately replied: "First of all, we must find a suitable source of intelligence, and then try to establish a relationship with it." ”

"So in a place like Yazhou, what kind of people are the right sources of information in our eyes?" He Xi continued.

In response to this question, Zhang Guang thought for a while before answering: "The staff of the government, such as some low-level officials, or the staff of high-ranking officials, these people can have access to some non-public information, and they know the inside story of the local officialdom better, and at the same time, they will not be as difficult to approach as high-ranking officials. ”

He Xi nodded with satisfaction and said, "That's right, but I'll add one more, there are also officials' families, which is also a very important intelligence channel." During the War of Liberation, many high-ranking generals and officials of the enemy army chose to surrender or revolt after being rebelled by their families. What we need to do as an intelligence officer is to gradually approach and co-opt these people and let them provide us with information, consciously or unconsciously. The next question is, how can we build relationships with these people?"

Zhang Guang replied: "It must be too reckless to go directly to the house, if you go to the yamen to visit, there are many people in that kind of place, and it is inconvenient to speak, so it should have no effect." I think you should find some public places where it is convenient to talk, such as teahouses, restaurants, restaurants, etc., so that the contact with the other person will not be too obtrusive. ”

"I can't see that you're quite talented. He Xi praised Zhang Guangdao with a smile: "For strangers, it is not safe to have direct contact with the family residence in the workplace, and some public places they often go to can be used as a breakthrough." The yamen and official residences in Beicheng are relatively concentrated, and the officials are high-income people in Yazhou, so some consumption places here are the key areas we pay attention to. ”

Saying this, He Xi stopped and raised his hand to the front: "Do you see the teahouse in front of you? That's where we're going today." ”

In Zhang Guang's view, this shop with a tea banner is really far from the spacious and bright teahouse in his impression, there are only seven or eight tables in the store, and the lighting is not too good, Zhang Guang almost kicked over a stool when he entered. Zhang Guang couldn't help but be a little puzzled, the information He Xi said was really collected in such a place?

Unexpectedly, before the two of them sat down, someone in the store had already greeted He Xi: "Isn't this the shopkeeper He?"

He Xi immediately changed his route and went straight to the table: "It's Master Kong! I didn't notice it when I came in just now, it's rude!"

Zhang Guang stood behind He Xi and quickly glanced at the things on the table, a pot of tea, a plate of steamed buns, and a bowl of vegetable porridge. However, looking at the content of this breakfast, Zhang Guang speculated that the "Master Kong" in front of him was probably not a big person, but the complement on his chest was blocked by more than half when this person was sitting, and he couldn't see his official rank for a while.

Zhang Guang hadn't come back to his senses yet, He Xi had already pulled him to sit down at this table: "It just so happens that my cousin and I haven't had breakfast yet, let's have a lively meal together." ”

Without waiting for the official surnamed Kong to answer, He Xi called Xiao Er over loudly: "According to the style of Lord Kong, two more servings! In addition, there is another pot of good tea, what is the most expensive one in your store...... Anyway, just send it. Also, the money for this table will be counted in my head. ”

Zhang Guang can understand it now, He Xi is playing the "local tyrant star" he said last night. Of course, He Xi played the role of a very knowledgeable local tyrant who asked for two identical breakfasts, which was to avoid losing face to the "Master Kong" at the same table; asked for a pot of the most expensive tea, which was to show his generosity; and finally asked the younger two to settle accounts together, which not only showed his generosity, but also showed favor and wooed "Master Kong".

Obviously, "Master Kong" liked him very much, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper He, how embarrassing is this!"

He Xi said nonchalantly: "Small money, small money, don't be polite." After that, he turned his head and introduced to Zhang Guang: "Master Kong is a celebrity around Zhizhou, and the correspondence of officials at all levels under the rule of Yazhou, as well as the miscellaneous servants of Xu officials, are all under the jurisdiction of Lord Kong. ”

Zhang Guang had heard He Xi explain the bureaucratic system in Yazhou before, and at this time he had already understood that the "Master Confucius" he called in his mouth was just an official in the Zhizhou Yamen, and the official rank was from the ninth grade, the real low-level bureaucrats, and almost all the people in the yamen who had a formal establishment were his superiors. Although this position is low, because of the nature of the work, the scope of information is extremely wide.

To put it simply, in addition to the official officials appointed by the Ministry of Officials, all the officials, stewards and officials in the entire yamen have to deal with the officials, which is a bit similar to the personnel department or the human resources department in later generations, but the power is relatively small, and the functions of some logistics departments are also integrated. He Xi was able to get acquainted with the officials of this kind of department, so it was no wonder that he was able to quickly grasp so much information.

Taking advantage of the time to eat breakfast, He Xi chatted with Kong Yimu without a match, Zhang Guang listened to it next to him, and what he said was basically gossip that did not involve the specific affairs of the state government, but these gossips did contain a lot of information that could be used, and He Xi would seize the opportunity to ask as if nothing happened. For example, Kong Yimu casually complained that the recently assigned prisoners were not subject to management, and He Xi would take the opportunity to inquire about the approximate number of prisoners assigned to Yazhou every month, how to manage them, and so on. Before arousing Kong Yimu's suspicions, He Xi would cleverly lead the topic to other places, talking about the price of fields outside Yazhou City and last year's grain harvest, etc.

If it weren't for He Xi teaching some simple intelligence knowledge last night, Zhang Guang felt that it would be difficult for him to detect that He Xi was purposefully collecting intelligence information. As for the Kong official who was excited to talk about He Xi's sycophancy, Zhang Guang thought that he probably didn't realize that He Xi's approach to him had ulterior motives.