The first to prepare for war was the intelligence department!

The spring river is warm and the duck prophet. As the most important intelligence agency in the Ming Dynasty, Jun Zhengsi had multiple roles, but now Jun Zhengsi had Zuo Jun Zhengsi and Youjun Zhengsi respectively. Zuo Jun Zhengsi was responsible for military discipline and Youjun was responsible for intelligence. The two yamen did not even work in the same place.

Compared with the Junzhengsi located next to Xuanwu Road in the north of Zhongdu City, the Junzhengsi Detective Bureau located outside the city seems a bit secret. Few people even know this agency. People often confuse him with the Junzhengsi Detective Department on Xuanwu Road. In fact, unlike the latter responsible for military crime detection, the Junzhengsi Detective Bureau is responsible for intelligence work.

In the past few years, when the Governor's Office of the Five Army had a look of "Ha Fang Nanshan", the war was going on in the Military Chief Investigation Bureau. The war on the secret front was not limited to Xi'an, but also wars were going on here.

After seven years of entering Xinggan, as the countdown approaches, the Junzhengsi Detective Bureau has become busier. Many things must be completed in the recent period. This is a brand new war. Now this war is a critical moment, and everyone is working hard to do their own work.

That afternoon, Li Shaobai got a rare opportunity to rest. After working for ten days in a row, he could finally go home to rest for a few hours, change clothes, take a shower, and of course he could also have a relationship with his wives and concubines. In this regard, it seemed that the director could understand their busy work in a row. The director even specifically told him to ask the carriage driver in the bureau to send his colleagues home in a carriage, and then pick them up in 12 hours.

Twelve hours were their rest time. For the past ten days, they had been eating and living in the office, and now they could finally take a breath.

"Go home and relax and sleep for a while!"

Wang Wenbai, whose eyes were red, had a small voice, but his tone was very kind, and he said with concern.

"The twelve hours end, and you may need to work continuously in the next few days. Now, please go home and rest - this is the only thing I can do for you now."

Looking at the director's slightly old face, Li Shaobai knew that the director in front of Da Ming could be called a legend. He made friends with the Mongolian princes and princes on the grassland with his own strength, became their guests, lobbying them to accept the enthronement of the Ming Dynasty, and also explored the reality of those loyal to the Mongolian tribes of the Qing Dynasty. It can be said that the pacification of Mongolia now has a direct relationship with him. Life on the grassland made him older than his peers, but at this time the real concern on the slightly old face, Li Shaobai and his colleagues looked at each other, and walked out of the conference room silently.

Chandeliers were hung on both sides of the corridor, so that the underground corridor without windows would not be dim. After leaving the basement, we came to the hall of the Junzhengsi Detective Bureau. The sunlight shone through the glass window seemed a little dazzling. There were people coming and going in the hall, and officials from various confidential departments were hurriedly walking, as if someone was whipping them with a whip behind them.

As they walked out of the hall, Li Shaobai and Wang Mingwen and the others stood up. They first looked up at the rising sun, then turned their heads and looked at each other, and then said silently.

"The action should have begun!"

"It should be!"

At the same time, on this morning, hundreds of carriages with military commanders in Zhongdu City were galloping on various roads in the city. Without exception, the carriages were sitting on Junzheng wearing long and short guns and swords. They all looked at each other with a serious expression.

In the morning, as before, Xu Lin'an came to the business. As before, after he arrived at the business, a young man immediately brought him tea. The tea was brewed in advance, and when he arrived at the business, he could drink it.

"Have those two orders yesterday settled?"

While drinking tea, Xu Lin'an asked the friend, and then continued to discuss what happened today. Just as he was talking, the door of the business over there was suddenly opened.

Everyone looked at the door of the business: a strong body walked in, and behind him were a few people wearing black uniforms holding muskets... the police officer?

wrong!

It's not the police, because they are wearing hats that are completely different from the police's white hats, and his hat is black.

"Who are you?"

Amid the questioning of the guy, in front of everyone, the leading man walked directly to Xu Lin'an and stared at him. At this time, Xu Lin'an had already sat there limply, and he couldn't stand out at all. There was also a second cabinet in the business, and he wanted to jump from the second floor when he was in a posture, but he saw those people picking up the muskets in his hands.

When Erguillot was so scared that he didn't know what to do, two people rushed to him and grabbed him. At this time, he tried to push away the arms of the two soldiers.

"You, who are you..."

Xu Lin'an stared at the person in front of him. Although his legs were weak, he still forced himself to encourage himself, and then wanted to find out the other party's identity.

"Are you the owner of Xu Lin'an? Shenghe Business?"

The person who came asked expressionlessly.

Xu Lin'an nodded. At this time, his face had turned pale without any blood.

"Who are you?"

The reason he asked this was because he hoped to bring a letter to his family and quickly find a way.

"The Junzhengshi punishes the traitor..."

When Xu Linan heard this name, he felt his legs weak. He had just stood up and immediately sat down and murmured.

"For, why..."

They may not have contacted the Office for Punishment of the Blame, but they are definitely familiar with it, because the Office for Punishment of the Blame is an institution dedicated to punishing traitors. I don’t know how many scum who have cleared things were imprisoned by them and were finally sent to the exile ship and exiled overseas.

"Do you know why you are arrested?"

The person who came asked expressionlessly, then sneered.

"Since you know, why did you have to do this at the beginning?"

Why do you have to do this?

Xu Lin'an smiled bitterly, but kept shaking his head. Who is not confused?

But now, it’s too late to regret!

On this day, the entire Zhongzhong and even many places in the Ming Dynasty were taking action, and the target of the operation was those merchants who participated in the smuggling of arms and military supplies to the Qing Dynasty.

When businessmen and lurking spies were arrested, in the office of the Junzhengsi Detective Bureau, a bald and slightly fat middle-aged man was standing there. The black military uniform was wearing him, which seemed a bit ridiculous, but his expression was very serious. Wang Wenbai, who was sitting there, looked at him with a smile.

"Why, Fatty Zhang, do you have many questions to ask?"

Putting down the pen in his hand, Wang Wenbai glanced at Zhang Gongshan. Six years ago, under his order, Zhang Gongshan appeared in the business field in Zhongdu as a businessman.

"I don't dare!"

Zhang Gongshan shook his head quickly.

"You must have wanted to say that there were many of those merchants who were caught in the water. If you wanted to stop them from smuggling arms, why should you lead them into the water?"

Wang Wenbai's face was still smiling.

"Don't forget, when they found that they could make huge profits from smuggling arms from the Qing Dynasty, they immediately took the initiative to participate. And at the beginning, it was because they found that someone smuggled arms from the Qing Dynasty that you would infiltrate. Okay, now that the problem has been solved, this time, it's basically a fight!"

"But...why now?"

Zhang Gongshan's tone was questionable.

"We could have played them all a few years ago."

This is his biggest question. As early as three years ago, he had fully grasped the list and evidence of participating in the smuggling of the Qing Dynasty, and could have fought them all.

"At that time, not only did not take action, but they even deliberately made it convenient for them, and there were even some people..."

It was also in the past three years that some of them began to devote themselves to this business driven by interests, and they even devoted themselves to this business under his temptation.

He inevitably feels a little guilty about those people. After all, in many cases, he treats them as friends.

Maybe this is a kind of sorrow. It is a kind of sorrow that you can't help but feel sad.

But what could she do? There was no way to stop all this. She could even watch them jump into the well.

What's even more sad is that this trap was dug up by him.

The flies do not bite seamless eggs, perhaps this is the only comfort.

"Because at that time, the time was not yet ripe!"

Wang Wenbai answered directly.

Of course, he did not say that another reason was that His Majesty needed to let some weapons fall into the hands of the Qing Dynasty. After all, when killing people with a knife, some ammunition was always needed. Without the guns and gunpowder of the Ming Dynasty, how could they solve the problem of the Northwest so easily? And in addition, more importantly, even if some people were stopped at that time, it would be impossible to stop the vendors from selling weapons to the Qing Dynasty under huge profits.

How many people could have been beheaded in the past? Those people could do anything for the sake of profit.

This kind of person has never been missing from ancient times to the present.

"At that time, even if I was arrested, how many people could be caught? Can it cause any sensation? It cannot cause any sensation at all, nor can people use it as a police officer!"

Looking at Zhang Gongshan, who seemed to be a little dazed, Wang Shaobai continued to explain.

"According to the Ming Dynasty, the people can hold guns, but they must be Han people. The gun merchants are not allowed to sell muskets to non-Han people, otherwise they will be punished severely. However, driven by interests, those gun merchants and gunsmiths often ignore the national laws. How many guns and bullets have been bought at high prices in recent years? Those guns and bullets are threatening to the court and Han people, but who are they selling guns and bullets to them? It is Han tyrant merchants. If you catch one, you will find ten more people. Those mountain merchants are willing to buy a musket with twenty taels of silver. It is a profit of several times. Not to mention merchants, even ordinary people are tempted! What should I do?"

Staring at Zhang Gongshan, Wang Shaobai asked back.

"They are selling more and more guns and bullets, which is a threat to the court. What should I do in the future? I can't catch them all and can't be locked up. If I catch a few occasionally, they will inevitably have a lucky mentality, so..."

Wang Shaobai finally smiled coldly, as if he was sarcastic about the childishness and innocence of those people.

The family did not know that everything they did was actually within the control of the court. Or that they were in the court's plan. They even thought they were smart enough to buy those officials just to make the smuggling smoother.

They did not know that all this was indulged by the court. Now those people not only gave the court an excuse to punish them, but also gave the court an excuse to liquidate those corrupt officials with weak will.

Many times it is necessary to lead a snake out of the hole, of course this snake must be under the control of the court.

"We need to kill chickens for monkeys to see. These people are chickens. In addition to the lurking spies in the Qing Dynasty, there are 75 merchants on the arrest list. Most of them are well-known businessmen. After these people are caught, they will naturally cause a sensation. If they are beheaded and their families are exiled, we need to use them to warn the people and tell them that selling guns and bullets to outsiders will cost you! So..."

After a pause, Wang Wenbai said.

"This chicken must wait until now to kill it!"

Killing the chicken for the monkey shows you, you have to divide the opportunity. If you cannot seize a powerful opportunity, then the chicken will be killed in vain.

"I understand!"

Zhang Gongshan quickly stood attentively and replied, then tentatively.

"What about that person?"

"that……"

Wang Wenbai glanced westward and said.

"You have to leave someone to report to your master, and in the future, you still have a chance to cooperate!"

"future?"

Looking at the director in surprise, Zhang Gongshan's eyes were puzzled and more confused.
To be continued...