The Qinchuan Restaurant in Simaqiao, Chengji County, was the Xuechuan Restaurant, the former intelligence point of the Xixia Army. After this restaurant was confiscated by the government, it was auctioned, bought by the Wang family of Qinzhou, and renamed Qinchuan Restaurant. It is still Chengji
The largest restaurant in the county.
At noon this day, two men were discussing something in a low voice at a small table by the window on the third floor.
"Three hundred guan is less. The risk I take is too great. This is top secret information. Give me at least 500 guan. No! I want one hundred taels of silver."
"As long as the information is good, I can give you one hundred taels of silver, but when can you give it to me?"
"Pay fifty taels of silver first, and I'll give it to you at noon tomorrow at the latest."
The man sitting to the east took out five ingots of silver from his leather bag, put them on the table and pushed them over.
At this moment, the surrounding diners stood up at the same time, swarmed up, held the man on the east side firmly, and quickly tied him behind his back and took him away.
The moment he was led downstairs, the man turned around and found that the person he was trading with was drinking tea with his head down. He immediately understood that he had fallen into a trap, and he felt a strong regret in his heart.
Half an hour later, a large number of internal guards surrounded Sun Kee Silk Shop and quickly escorted the shopkeeper and shop assistants out, putting them on carriages and taking them away.
Wang Hao then hurried to the official office and reported to Chen Qing the process of their raid on Sun Ji's silk and satin shop.
"Reporting to the capital, the evidence is conclusive, including both personal and material evidence. A large amount of information collected and investigated by them was also found in the silk shop, confirming that they are spies sent by the Xuanfu Department of Sichuan and Shaanxi."
This operation was naturally executed under Chen Qing's instructions. With the supervision of the army, there was no need for the Sichuan-Shaanxi Xuanfu Division to report the situation on Xihe Road to the emperor, and Xuanfu Envoy Lu Fasheng would not do anything like the supervision of the army.
This is actually an important reason why Chen Qing is willing to accept Wang Mian as the supervisor of the army. He can control Wang Mian with money, but he cannot control the Sichuan-Shaanxi Xuanfu Division. What he does cannot be hidden from the Sichuan-Shaanxi Xuanfu Division.
But with the supervisory army in place, the Sichuan-Shaanxi Xuanfu Division can no longer overstep its authority to monitor itself.
However, Chen Qing decided not to leave any hidden dangers and ordered the eradication of the intelligence point installed by the Sichuan-Shaanxi Xuanfu Department in Chengji County.
This is actually a warning to Lu Fasheng. If he continues to act unruly, don't blame yourself for not abiding by the rules.
The key is how to deal with these spies?
Chen Qing was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back. If he were the commander, he could kill them with one strike, but now that he was the military commander, he considered the problem from a different height and perspective.
"Capital, why not kill them and give them the sternest warning, so that they will not dare to send spies to Chengji County again." Wang Hao suggested cautiously.
Chen Qing shook his head, "Have you ever thought about Zhou Kuan? He purchases food and recruits civilians in Bashu. How can his safety be guaranteed? Have you ever thought about what will happen to the people we send to Bashu to purchase materials and goods in the future?"
Wang Hao was speechless. Chen Qing pondered for a long time and said: "Send someone to send them to Beixianren Pass with a gift, along with the goods and money from the shop, and let this matter be settled."
"I humbly obey my orders!"
Just as Wang Hao was about to leave, Chen Qing stopped him again and held up the intelligence report in his hand: "Sima Qing from Hanzhong has done a great job. I am very satisfied with this information conversion. Each person will be credited once and let them continue to stay patiently in Hanzhong."
, I will reward them heavily when they come back!"
"Thank you for your love and kindness. I will definitely tell them and boost their morale."
Wang Hao turned around and left. Chen Qing read the report again. There were two reports in his hands, one was the report written by Wang Mian to the emperor, and the other was the report polished by Sima Qing and others.
It can be seen from Wang Mian's report that the money has worked. He did not mention mining. He described the expansion of the army as the expansion of militia. He also criticized himself for acting arbitrarily, criticized himself for killing too many people, and criticized himself for giving away land without tax and recruiting a large number of Han people to move to the river. Huang criticized himself for not appeasing the Qiang and other tribes and being too tough, seizing hundreds of miles of land and salt fields from the Tubo people.
This report was written in a smooth manner. It seemed like a variety of criticisms, but it did not touch on the key points. Moreover, from another perspective, it was a plan to explore Hehuang and open up new territories.
Although Sima Qing did not change a single word, they still highly forged a report to ensure the consistency of future forged reports. This is why Chen Qing praised Sima Qing for his thorough consideration.
After reading the report, Chen Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief and could put aside the matter of supervising the army for the time being.
During this period of time, Chen Qing has been considering reforming the structure of the Jiedu government. Now the setup of each Cao Cao is simple. It is just the military affairs structure of the Xihe Army, not the government affairs structure of Xihe Road. He is the Jiedushi envoy and is also in charge of government affairs.
Therefore, he had to set up a relatively comprehensive official office of the Jiedu government. First, he had to set up two chief officials, one in charge of military affairs with the official title of Sima, and one in charge of government affairs with the official title of Changshi. These two people are equivalent to the prime minister and the privy envoy. In addition, there are also A judge must be appointed to implement supervisory powers.
In the official position system of the Song Dynasty, both Chang Shi and Sima were low-ranking officials, only of the eighth rank, but it was the characteristic of the Song Dynasty that low-level officials held great power.
The army has five cao junjun, military, law, warehouse, armor, and field. There is also an intelligence agency, which is in charge of scouts, undercovers, and internal guards. The government affairs has six departments, which correspond to the six departments of the court, including officials, households, etiquette, soldiers, punishment, and work.
These are Chen Qing's personal thoughts, but the biggest problem he encounters now is the lack of talents. To be precise, there is a lack of talents he can trust. There is a group of people at Zhouxue, but can they make him trust them?
Chen Qing was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his hands. At this time, Zhu Sui reported at the door, "Jiedu Envoy, Jiang Zhizhou is here!"
"Invite him in!"
Now the only two people Chen Qing can decide on are Zhang Xiao in charge of military affairs and Jiang Yanxian in charge of government affairs. All other candidates must be discussed with them.
After a moment, Jiang Yanxian walked in quickly, bowed and saluted: "See Jiedu Envoy!"
"Zhizhou, please take a seat!"
Jiang Yan sat down first, and Chen Qing handed him the outline of the structure he had drafted, "Take a look first, what do you think?"
Jiang Yan first looked at the outline and said in surprise: "Is Jiedushi going to formally establish an official office?"
Chen Qing nodded, "There are now more states and counties under our jurisdiction. The previous management method can no longer adapt and must be expanded. Now the supervisory army is in place. Basically, he has been bribed by me and will not oppose my setup. The key is that I The setting up is also reasonable and complies with the regulations of the imperial court. I am worried that if it is not established, the imperial court will appoint officials for me. The right time, place and people are in place, so now is the best time to establish the Jiedu mansion."
"What Jiedushi said makes sense. If he has not brought it to the court for record, it is very likely that the court will send officials over."
Jiang Yan looked at the frame carefully first and frowned slightly, "Why didn't the Jiedushi establish three divisions?"
“Is the establishment of the Third Division a competition for power with the Sixth Division?”
"No!"
Jiang Yanxian shook his head and said: "The establishment of three departments is actually a diversion to prevent the power of one department from being too huge. For example, the Department of Household Affairs, its power is mainly population, taxation and financial control, but mine supervision, smelting, Changping, Salt and Iron
A large number of specific affairs such as fields and residences, transshipment, trade, and warehousing are all handed over to the Department of Household Affairs. The Department of Household Affairs is too bloated. Therefore, the starting point of the imperial court setting up three departments is to manage these specific matters involving wealth. I suggest Jiedu
The envoy also established three divisions, or planning divisions, to manage each case and manage these specific affairs."
Chen Qing nodded happily, "It makes sense, you can consider it!"
Jiang Yanxian said again: "Isn't it a bit inappropriate to let a humble official serve as the governor of the Jiedu Prefecture? I'm afraid the Ministry of Personnel will have an argument."
"Actually, it doesn't matter. If Zhizhou changes his name and resume, the supervisory army will turn a blind eye."
Jiang Yanxian sighed and said, "It's not impossible to change my name, but I'm afraid my qualifications will not be enough."
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said, "You only have one item on your resume, my chief staff officer. If you don't serve as the chief historian, who will be the chief historian? Besides, Zhang Xiao has no qualifications. He also serves as Sima, my dignified military governor.
I don’t even have the right to recommend an eighth-grade official? I’m just asking you to be a small eighth-grade official, which is wronging you.”
Jiang Yanxian was moved in his heart and bowed and said: "Thank you for your trust in me. I will do my best to live up to the important role of Jiedushi."