No. 107, Xinglong Street, Changping Prefecture, is located in a bustling road, but this courtyard is very desolate and not many people come here.
Because this is the headquarters of the Chu royal family investigation department.
The positioning of this yamen is similar to that of Dongchang and Jinyiwei in the Ming Dynasty. It is a secret service agency directly under the monarch.
He is not among the yamen announced by the Chu State to the outside world, and does not accept financial allocations from the cabinet.
Instead, they are directly subordinate to the monarch and receive money from internal funds.
Some things cannot be handled openly by the government, and secret service agencies are indispensable.
As a team leader of the Royal Family Investigation Section, Kou Qiguang has been as busy as a spinning top during this time.
It was already a busy task because the empire suddenly announced the rules for vassal states to fight against each other.
This directly caused countries that were originally preparing for war to speed up their preparations to deal with the war that may come at any time.
The job Kou Qiguang was responsible for was very simple. He was responsible for filing files for everyone in the Chu State.
Some people call this job screening citizens.
This statement is completely unfair. How could the tens of millions of people in Chu State be counted by just a few hundred of them?
Including the personnel seconded from outside, the number does not exceed a thousand.
Kou Qiguang's main task is to pay attention to influential people.
The actions of these people have a demonstration effect, and if something goes wrong, the impact will be extremely serious.
If you deal with these people well, you can nip problems in the bud.
It is necessary to find out the positions of these people. Those who are not firm in their positions must not be allowed to have access to the core secrets of Chu State.
Kou Qiguang came to the office and asked directly: "Let me take a look at that old guy Xu Zhiyuan's file.
A case with such huge influence must be completed.
Now we need to be able to detect any deficiencies and remedy them in a timely manner.
Now is the time when the current situation is turbulent and people's hearts are uncertain. We cannot cause trouble to the Chu State."
Zhang Qilei, the team leader in charge of the case, immediately stood up and reported: "Chief Kou, this is the case file.
Xu Zhiyuan has confessed that he is studying coking coal by-products and has discovered an explosive that is more efficient than yellow explosives.
It's just that the nature of this explosive is not yet stable.
Xu Zhiyuan was greedy for money and wanted to sell for a price instead of selling to the state.
When he contacted the outside world, he didn't know that our department was already secretly monitoring him.
After discovering that he might have leaked technology, he was immediately arrested and his clan members were isolated and reviewed to prevent technology leaks.
Apart from monitoring these unspeakable things, there is nothing irregular in this case whether it is evidence, testimony, or the procedures for handling the case."
After Kou Qiguang listened to his subordinate's report, he took a closer look at the file on this matter.
After he found that there was no problem, he happily praised: "This case was handled beautifully. King Chu knew about it and even called me over to praise it.
Everyone’s bonuses this month have been doubled. The file team will take note of this great achievement.”
As soon as Kou Qiguang finished speaking, cheers erupted in the room.
As spies, it is difficult for them to receive awards from the King of Chu.
This time the King of Chu's reward, whether it was glory or money, was very generous.
Kou Qiguang saw that everyone was enjoying themselves, he nodded and said: "Team leader Zhang led the team members and won the recognition of the King of Chu.
Everyone, try your best to learn from Team Leader Zhang and work harder.
If you have any important clues now, you can report them to me."
A young man immediately stood up and said: "Chief Kou, I was investigating the relevant personnel involved in the Xu Zhiyuan case.
It was discovered that the Jiang family, the steel tycoon of Chu State, behaved somewhat abnormally.
I sent people to monitor the Jiang family members, and there was nothing suspicious about other members of the family.
But Jiang Dingzhen, the boss of the Jiang family, came into contact with Mi Youde, an old minister of the Yue Kingdom.
I suggest that Jiang Dingzhen be included as a key observation object to prevent him from escaping to the Yue State or cooperating with the Yue State to harm the interests of our Chu State."
When Kou Qiguang heard this suggestion, he laughed and said, "Mi Youde is indeed very smart, but he doesn't need too much attention.
This man was a great talent, and he concluded a few years ago that the country of Yue's future was to develop in Africa.
The Vietnamese did not immediately implement this strategy at that time. They were frustrated and had no choice but to implement the southward policy.
There are not many people left in Vietnam's territory in Europe. At most, there are only two to three million people guarding this territory in Europe.
Most of the people of the Yue Kingdom went to Africa, expelled the local indigenous people, and rebuilt the Yue Kingdom there.
Vietnam's center of gravity has shifted to Africa, and they are not interested in Europe.
The Vietnamese army has withdrawn from Europe and moved to Africa, leaving only a small number of troops responsible for public security.
In this case, there is absolutely no need for Vietnam to intervene in the situation in Europe.
They have not completely stabilized the situation in Africa. Once a European country chooses to support the local indigenous people, it will bring great trouble to Vietnam.
The top leaders of Vietnam would not be so unwise as to deliberately provoke other countries for a little benefit.
Senior officials in various countries are very aware of Mi Youde's situation.
King Bai Yuangui of Yue first felt sorry for Mi Youde.
After Mi Youde fled the country of Yue, he sold it all.
It is precisely because of Mi Youde's behavior that senior officials in various countries know that this person is talented, but no country dares to use him."
After Kou Qiguang explained, he was also somewhat interested in Mi Youde and looked at the investigation data on Mi Youde.
After reading it, he laughed and said: "Mi Youde does have some talents. From the numerous messy news, he saw something that was being done publicly in all countries.
But Milton overestimated our power.
Screening of citizens is something that all countries have always done.
After an ordinary citizen joins the army, the army will conduct at least three rounds of investigations on him.
After an ordinary citizen obtains a meritorious service, the officials will also conduct a detailed investigation into his past circumstances.
This is actually screening a person.
Those who are unqualified will be dismissed even after joining the army or passing the imperial examination.
It's just that the arms race keeps escalating.
While countries are improving their own national power, they are also wreaking havoc on enemy countries.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Only then did the imperial court's screening of citizens expand to areas that have a significant impact on the kingdom.
Especially businessmen who control huge amounts of money and provide a large number of jobs."
After Kou Qiguang finished speaking, he added: "We must use our energy on practical matters and look at what these people do, not what they may think.
The current situation is turbulent and everyone has many ideas. This is a very normal situation.
We are not parasites in the minds of these people, and we don’t know what they really think.
If you engage in gossip and gossip, big problems are likely to arise.
For those who may have problems, we only need to continue to monitor them and take action only when we have solid evidence."
Kou Qiguang's words already contained a warning.
The people they targeted were all rich or noble people.
As the eagle dog of the King of Chu, he would dare to bite anyone as long as he had solid evidence.
But if you bite someone without any evidence, you are causing trouble to the King of Chu.
If a secret service agency like theirs does not solve the problem for the King of Chu, but instead causes trouble for the King of Chu, there is no need for its existence.
The employees of the Investigation Department are all smart and stupid people, and they cannot pass the examination of the Investigation Department.
From the changes in Section Chief Kou's tone and demeanor, they knew what Section Chief Kou wanted to say.
When most people heard this sentence, they put away their eager expressions.
Section Chief Kou asked to report the clues, but there is no evidence in hand. This is not the right time to report the situation.
Liu Fujin saw that everyone who had been eager to speak was now shrinking back.
He curled his lips and looked down upon these people.
Jing wanted to seize the opportunity to express himself, but there was no evidence in hand.
Liu Fujin stood up and reported: "Chief Kou, I have a clue here, but I don't know if it is under our jurisdiction."
When Kou Qiguang heard this request, his eyes immediately lit up.
This should be a major case. If it is a small case, there is no need to say this at all, it can be handled directly without any problems.
Only in major cases involving a wide range of issues would subordinates hesitate to make such statements.
Kou Qiguang smiled heartily and urged: "If you have anything to say, tell me quickly. We are all brothers. If things don't go well, I won't blame you."
Liu Fujin immediately picked up a large pile of photos and handed them to Kou Qiguang for viewing.
He explained on the side: "Chief Kou, this is an official of Hexi Prefecture. As long as they charge a dozen taels of silver coins, they will change an indigenous person who has not accepted Chinese culture into an indigenous person who accepts Chinese culture."
Let these natives take the certificates and join the army.
This photo happened to capture the recruitment of soldiers by the Governor's Mansion.
The officials responsible for recruiting soldiers are overstaffed and do not check many things carefully.
These indigenous people who modified their identity documents successfully completed the process of joining the army.
My subordinates know that matters involving the military are not under our control.
But this is an amazing answer, and it would be a shame to give it up."
When Kou Qiguang heard about this case, he laughed and said: "This doesn't just happen in Hexi Prefecture, this situation will happen in all the prefectures of Chu State.
This situation is not uncommon even in other European countries.
The military will naturally have a self-purification system, and we don't need to interfere in this matter.
Everyone must believe that the military methods inherited from the empire have extremely significant effects on transforming these indigenous people.
These people are also poor people. They either come from families with more than one child, or they become orphans and are forced by their uncles to join the army.
Why these people? For the pensions of famous soldiers, of course.
The Chu State's military system inherited the empire, and the corresponding welfare benefits are similar to those of the empire.
For every soldier who died in battle, his family members could receive death consolation payments of hundreds of taels of silver coins.
For some families, this is a sure-fire deal.
The child did not die in the military and can receive military pay on time every month.
Once the child dies, the court's pension will be paid immediately.
This is the choice some poor families make after having no choice but to do so.
They chose this path because they were just prepared to sacrifice the happiness of a child to make the family live better. They had no other ideas.
People at the bottom usually focus on the benefits they can get.
Their behavior is directly driven by interests and they have no superfluous thoughts.
It's not what you think. These people are up to some conspiracy. They don't have the ability at all.
Among the people we are nailing now are missionaries left over from the old era.
These people are noble elites. They will miss their homeland and must keep a close eye on them.
The people at the bottom have no feeling at all about having an adult above them collecting taxes."
Kou Qiguang explained so much to his subordinates. He just hoped that his subordinates would have a clear understanding of the domestic environment.
These common people can exploit loopholes and bring many benefits to Chu State.
Among the Chu army, the most lacking unit was infantry for trench warfare.
These unskilled arms are looked down upon by Han soldiers because the death rate of this arm is high and the military pay is not high?
The indigenous soldiers love this job very much, and their abilities can only be assigned to this kind of work.
In particular, their Chinese is not very fluent and they can only perform simple mechanical operations.
Kou Qiguang saw that no other personnel wanted to express themselves.
He left the investigation department and went to a not-so-glorious Go club.
This Go club is where Mi Youde stayed for a long time.
Kou Qiguang quickly found Mi Youde, who was constantly restoring the ending in a single room.
Mi Youde saw someone walking into his private room, and he glanced at the person's gloomy temperament.
Although he is gloomy, he also has a hint of masculinity, and he doesn't look like a eunuch.
Especially with this unique outfit, no one with any identity would dare to dress like this.
Kou Qiguang sat directly opposite and said, "I understand the rules, but I can't afford that much money.
Let's just chat for a while and see if Mr. Mi can agree."
If Mi Youde hangs around or observes, he can immediately judge that this is an official with a high status.
He couldn't understand why an official of this status had to rely on him to solve something that he couldn't solve on his own.
Mi Youde said politely: "What's the problem with this gentleman?
I can answer it, and I will try my best to help this gentleman answer it.
If you can't answer the question, please choose someone else."
Kou Qiguang immediately asked what he had been struggling with.
"Mr. Mi, is the Yue State a serious concern of the Chu State?
I really can’t understand the current situation in Vietnam.”
Mi Youde had a very comprehensive understanding of the situation in Vietnam.
He said in a relaxed tone: "I can say a few words about Yue.
Vietnam has now completely shifted its focus to Africa.
But they don't care about Europe at all.
No one believes this.
After all, they have invested a lot of money in European affairs, and it is impossible to withdraw all the money.
Vietnam will not use troops in Europe, but they will make some small moves based on their own interests.
Use these small actions to maintain Yue’s sense of existence.”
After Kou Qiguang finished listening, he felt that he had grasped the context of the Yue Kingdom. Some of the previously confusing issues could now be seen more clearly.
He gained a lot this time, far beyond the comparison of a few copper coins.
Kou Qiguang stood up, and when he was about to walk out, he warned aloud: "Mr. Mi, your judgment of the current situation does have merit.
However, we should try our best not to spread some baseless claims.
All information should be subject to the official version, which is the safest way."
When Mi Youde heard this warning, he immediately guessed which department official this person was.
What he said must be taken very seriously.
Mi Youde reflected on himself and found that some of his previous actions were indeed a bit erratic.
