For Feng Ziying, he is still not sure what direction he will take in the future. This is a question he cannot tell anyone, whether it is his teachers or his father.
In their view, they should accumulate qualifications step by step. Entering the cabinet and becoming the prime minister is the ultimate goal of every civil servant. In the process of achieving this ultimate goal, they can also realize their own political ideas.
In turn, it is to promote one's own political philosophy as one's position continues to rise, eventually reaching the top of the civil service as the chief minister of the cabinet.
This is also the sorrow of a time-traveler, especially since the era of time-travel has never been seen in previous history books. Many things can only be used as a reference at best, and many of them have to be blurred from the book "A Dream of Red Mansions"
content to make inferences.
So Feng Ziying now feels that the only thing she can do first is to establish an intelligence system to the greatest extent possible, an intelligence system of her own.
In his view, the intelligence system of the Great Zhou Dynasty was seriously backward, even extremely scattered and outdated. Counting it all, Long Jinwei, the Military Department, the Xingren Department, the Criminal Department, the border army and the local government all had a certain part of the intelligence.
Collection function, but the entire Zhou Dynasty court did not have a truly complete and systematic intelligence system.
Theoretically, Long Jinwei collects internal intelligence, but its focus is basically on the corruption of officials. This should have been the responsibility of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but due to the lack of strength of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it is more responsible for
Long Jinwei was responsible for collecting clues in the early stage, but this made Long Jinwei's focus unbalanced. Instead, he lacked enough energy to detect and collect intelligence that truly endangered the safety of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Theoretically, the Ministry of War's Staff Department should be responsible for collecting intelligence on foreign enemies that endanger the security of the Great Zhou Dynasty. However, the scope of responsibilities involved in the Staff Department's duties are too general and fragmented, even after Xiao Daheng stepped down and Zhang Jingqiu and Chai Ke took charge of the Ministry of War.
Some attention has been paid to this aspect of work, but it is simply impossible to achieve the ideal state in a short period of time.
This can be seen from the fact that the Ministry of War’s Military Division has not obtained much high-value intelligence on Mongolia, the Jurchens, or even the Japanese and North Korea.
This situation can also be reflected in the pedestrian department.
On the surface, the Pingren Division is not involved in intelligence collection, but as the main department for foreign missions, they often go to neighboring countries and forces. This is also an important channel and means to understand the forces surrounding the Great Zhou Dynasty. However, given that the Pingren Division is in
The power in this area is limited, especially since the Xingren Division is generally filled by officials who came from the imperial examinations such as Juren and Jinshi. Even ordinary officials lack sufficient training in intelligence collection, so the effect in this area is also poor.
On the contrary, border towns such as Liaodong Town and Xuanfu Town have established their own intelligence agencies due to the attention of the governor or the general military officer, and have achieved a lot of results? This includes Liaodong Town.
Although Li Chengliang made mistakes in some strategic decisions, the espionage force he established in Liaodong against the Jurchen tribes and the Horqin, Khalkha, and Chahar Mongolian tribes was still quite effective.
After Feng Tang took charge of Liaodong, he also accepted Feng Ziying's suggestion. Not only did he completely take over this force, but he also greatly strengthened this force and penetrated it to the more distant Jurchens and North Korea in the East China Sea in order to maximize the
Understand the dynamics of all forces outside the customs.
Feng Ziying also helped her father find manpower among Shanxi merchants who had close contacts with the Jurchen and Mongolian tribes, striving to build a more covert and efficient intelligence force through commercial channels? This area turned out to be Mongolian and female
The main means and channels used by real people to spy on and instigate rebellion within the Zhou Dynasty? But now Feng Ziying has to do the opposite and use the same means to deal with each other, even if there may be double agents among these Shanxi merchants.
worth.
Even if they are acting as double agents, these businessmen will still evaluate the situation rationally. Can they clearly see who has a greater chance of winning? Especially when their families and families are still in the Great Zhou Dynasty, in many cases money alone may not completely bring them down.
To each other.
The Ministry of Punishment, the execution room of the local government, the Inspection Department and other agencies are also responsible for collecting some intelligence, but they are more amateurish than the Long Jinwei and the Ministry of War in terms of intelligence collection direction, enthusiasm and even scope.
, or should we say that the lack of professionalism and initiative in this area has a lot to do with the responsibilities of local governments? It is difficult for you to be harsh on them.
For Feng Ziying, it is undoubtedly unrealistic and impossible to establish a comprehensive intelligence system. Even if he can get the full support of his father and accept the resources left by Lin Ruhai, it is impossible.
This can only be done by a powerful enough force.
But my father’s side has more energy to deal with the housing forces outside the customs. He doesn’t have so much energy to estimate the inside of the customs. So here? We can only rely on ourselves? Then it is targeted and limited to one area or field.
Realistic.
For example, relying on the resources left by Lin Ruhai, we can maintain the original system in Yangzhou, Jinling, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Ningbo, and slightly shrink it in order to be useful in the future.
On the other hand, he relied on his own conscious integration of resources from all parties. In the north, he used the resources of Ni Er from the capital, Liaodong, Datong in Shanxi, Yulin in Shaanxi, and Feng Duanshen from Dongchangfu (Linqing) in Shandong to first establish
A rough comprehensive intelligence research and judgment system.
In this way, at least you will be able to avoid being blind and ignorant when you become a local official in the future. With the support of the intelligence system, many things can be changed from passive to active, and it will be easier to achieve political achievements.
many.
Just like now, Feng Ziying asked Wang Wenyan to prioritize the integration of Ni Erzhong's resources into the northern Zhili prefectures around Shuntian Prefecture, so that when he goes to Baoding Prefecture, Hejian Prefecture or Yongping Prefecture, he can be in the first place.
It takes time to grasp the local situation and quickly integrate into it.
To establish such a force and system, in addition to consuming a lot of money, more importantly, we must have enough available manpower. At the same time, we must try our best to cover up some true intentions with commercial purposes. This is also a bad thing.
Fortunately, Wang Wenyan was very sophisticated in his methods, which made Feng Ziying feel more at ease.
Feng Ziying knows very well that for a long period of time, she can only be a wretched person. Whether it is lusting after women or making money for a living, these Longjing Lieutenants and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will not look at you twice.
Even the launch of "Today's News" can be justified, but it is difficult to avoid arousing suspicion in people who want to collect intelligence information from all parties.
Fortunately, with the cover of Cao Yu's "Today's News", many things, especially some of the actions in Beidi, can barely be justified. m :(/
After all, the content covered by the several sections of "Today's News" is no longer completely limited to the capital city, but has begun to cover the entire Shuntian Prefecture, and even spread to other prefectures in the north, so this is what Feng Ziying and Wang Wenyan are pondering.
It took several attempts to make up my mind. With such an excuse, many things would be much easier to explain.
Now Sanjie You’s reminder made Feng Ziying suddenly realize that the martial arts world might also be able to play a role in such a system, and Wu Yaoqing also had a great advantage in this area.
This issue kept Feng Ziying thinking carefully when she returned home, in order to come up with a sound strategy.
Shen Yixiu was very curious about how many times her husband could come in and out while watching a play, but she restrained her curiosity very well. After joining the Feng Mansion, she increasingly felt that her husband should have
There are many secrets that are not known to the public. They are definitely not just lustful and lustful as the outside world says, nor are they just as simple as having certain talents in current political matters as my father said.
Although her husband also took the initiative to talk to her about some things, Shen Yixiu still felt that there were many secrets hidden in her husband's heart. This was purely an intuitive feeling after the people on his pillow became increasingly close for several months.
However, as a woman, she just thought that maybe her father-in-law might be facing a lot of pressure as he acted alone in Liaodong, and at the same time he was shouldering the burden of the entire Feng family, so her husband probably wanted to help his father-in-law in all aspects, not just limited to
Her husband's current official duties led him to take many secretive measures. My mother-in-law and aunt seemed to be used to this and were not surprised at all.
On this point, after Shen Yixiu asked Sanjie You after returning home, some of his inner judgments were confirmed.
"So, my husband has become a thorn in the eyes of many people? Have you encountered this kind of danger when you went to Jiangnan?" Third Sister You did not say what kind of danger it was. This was what Feng Ziying had warned her, and neither did Shen Yixiu. Upon further questioning, she was just concerned about her husband's safety.
"It's not as dangerous as my sister said, but I should know that my father-in-law holds heavy troops in Liaodong. The Jurchens and Mongols will probably notice the Feng family, and I am promoting the sea-opening strategy in Jiangnan, so they will inevitably be touched. Some people will benefit, so..."
Sanjie You was also a little surprised that Shen Yixiu summoned her alone to ask about these situations. The other party could have just asked him directly.
"My sister may be a little strange. I am pregnant now, and I am afraid that my husband will worry, so it is better to pretend that I don't know. However, my husband may soon be sent out to serve as an official. As my sister said, my husband's safety is the most important, so I want to entrust my younger sister to follow my husband, while my second younger sister and I will stay in the capital..."
Sanjie You finally understood and hesitated for a moment, "Sister, am I the only one to follow you?"
“What does sister mean...?” Shen Yixiu frowned.
"Sister, I think you may need to talk to your mother-in-law. My husband-in-law may not be too concerned about it yet. Maybe my younger sister is making a fuss. However, as my father-in-law's identity changes, my husband-in-law may increasingly become a thorn in the eyes of some people. The only one in the Feng family is my husband-in-law. It's a single seedling. Can the mansion consider arranging a group of people to strengthen the security guard, especially if my husband wants to go out, I'm afraid that I can't take care of it by myself."
Third Sister You really felt that she couldn't bear this responsibility. It turned out that there were veterans like Feng Zuo and Feng You in the mansion, but as her father-in-law went to Liaodong, all the capable people went with him, and almost none of these old people remained in the mansion. Already.