Within a few months, Lin Baiguang used Ma Benyuan's local connections and used the Gou family's account books to carry out blackmail, and stepped up infiltration activities into all yamen throughout Qiongzhou Prefecture, and soon infiltrated most of the yamen. Not only did he establish Yi Shiye,
Piaotian literature, and also successfully bribed the servants of several major local officials. Now the prefect of Qiongzhou can know which book he read yesterday if he needs it the next day.
"The reason why I say that we need to increase manpower investment here is not to increase the number of standing intelligence personnel. We already have strong strength here and have enough energy to ensure the safety of newcomers who lack experience in activities here - Qiong
Mountain County serves as a training ground for intelligence officers.”
This idea is novel enough. Jiang Shan thought, "Internship in a relatively safe 'enemy-occupied area'?"
"That's right," Lin Baiguang nodded, "Qiongshan County is a microcosm of local society in the Ming Dynasty. Although it is slightly less prosperous, the operation of the government and the social form are still very representative. Our intelligence personnel, regardless of
Whether it is a veteran or aboriginal, the experience gained from activities here will be more useful than an internship in a place like Dongmen City. At least they will have the tension of operating in enemy territory."
"Can it guarantee safety?"
"It's absolutely possible." Lin Baiguang assured, "As long as anyone is caught, I will have a way to get him out - of course it will cost some money."
"Okay, I've written this down."
He continued: "I am training two indigenous intelligence officers, and I originally hoped to select one of them to take over my job in Qiongshan. However, I recently discovered that it may be difficult - they are too young and will not be full of age for another five or six years.
Twenty years old. It’s not that they are not capable enough, but that a person’s age is a key issue in social activities in the Ming Dynasty.” He coughed, “It is difficult for people who are too young to gain enough respect and trust. They are easily looked down upon.
Of course, it doesn't matter if they are placed in the lower class. If they are businessmen or other professional identities that have contact with the government and the gentry, it is best to be above the age of twenty-five or six. I hope the bureau is selecting a new batch.
You should be careful when you are an indigenous intelligence student.”
"That's right." Jiang Shan nodded thoughtfully. He thought of the files he had seen on the training courses for indigenous intelligence personnel who had graduated - all of them were under the age of twenty.
Chen Tianxiong had been silent for a long time, but then he interrupted: "I have held several training courses, and they only train teenagers. What's the use? You have to be loyal, but loyalty alone can't do anything."
Most teenage boys and girls can only work in government agencies, and when sent to the outside world can only do simple errands and inquiries. This is very detrimental to large-scale activities.
"Also, intelligence training should be focused and must have certain skills." Chen Tianxiong added, "I looked at their training materials, and they are actually similar to the training content of the General Administration of Political Security - many illegal activities skills
――Absolutely unnecessary. What kind of intelligence personnel do we need? It is nothing more than being able to accurately report the enemy's movements, numbers, local social sentiments, and economic conditions. 90% of these contents are public intelligence. As long as we spend more effort to collect and organize them
That's fine, there's no need to spend a lot of time learning things like tracking, kidnapping, arson and the like - this is not intelligence gathering, it's intelligence operations.
"My requirements for indigenous intelligence personnel are: they only need to master basic intelligence gathering skills. They must be able to count, know a few words, and preferably be able to write reports. If not, it is enough to be able to accurately explain what they saw and heard.
Then teach some simple secret work skills, and use nothing else. And it doesn't require them to be loyal and proven. Adopting appropriate confidentiality and organizational systems can prevent them from affecting the overall situation even if they are caught or rebel - low-level intelligence
Personnel can be trained based on consumables."
"We should also teach some cover and survival skills." Lin Baiguang added, "Knowing one or two skills, or being able to read scriptures and tell fortunes, etc., so that intelligence personnel can use their profession as a cover to move around."
"Of course, we can also train some high-level talents in a targeted manner. But I am opposed to directly training senior intelligence personnel - this so-called system of directly cultivating intelligence elites is not feasible. We should start from ordinary intelligence personnel who have worked for a certain period of time.
Select outstanding personnel for continuing education." Chen Tianxiong continued to elaborate on his theory of education for intelligence personnel.
Such suggestions are constructive, and it is indeed very useful to listen to the thoughts of front-line personnel. Jiang Shan nodded secretly. He had thought of some of the joints, but they had not formed a system. Now these two people speak better than him
More comprehensive systems.
"Well, from now on we will train intelligence personnel according to this plan." Jiang Shan immediately affirmed their suggestion, "Listening to what you said, the thinking will be much more flexible. It is the comrades on the front line who have considered everything comprehensively."
"Where, where." Lin Baiguang said politely.
Seeing that the atmosphere of the meeting had become more harmonious, Jiang Shan said, "My thoughts on the development of intelligence work are as follows:
"We divide intelligence work into two major categories. The first category is that which can be purposeful, planned, and easy to file and save for future reference, that is, the collection and compilation of stable information in various regions. Such as map surveying, traffic inspections, logistics and economics
Situation analysis, property, manpower, political composition and diplomatic tendencies, historical evolution, excerpts of imperial documents and important publications, long-term garrison situation, overview of public and large military facilities...etc."
"Archived in the general intelligence database?" Wang Ding drew a few lines on his notebook.
"Yes. The source of this information can rely on various departments, including institutions such as foreign stations, or special personnel can be dispatched to these places to conduct on-site inspections in the name of business and study tours. With the slow development speed of ancient society
For example, the data obtained in one inspection may not need to be revised for more than ten years."
"This is too exaggerated -" Lin Baiguang shook his head, "It is still necessary to verify once every one or two years, especially for traffic conditions and public sentiment. These are not peaceful years. The seventeen years of the Chongzhen Dynasty were basically an era of gradual chaos.
Society is changing very quickly."
"That's roughly what it means." Jiang Shan decided not to get entangled with the details and went on directly, "These data are not only useful to the military sector, but also to the economic and industrial sectors. They can be opened for inquiry according to the confidentiality level, including indigenous cadres within the system.
It can be queried. This kind of information can be obtained and transmitted through public and semi-public methods, which is different from other intelligence work implementation methods. We do not need to invest too many professionals and can adopt a government-supervised and private-run system."
Jiangshan's so-called government-supervised private offices are similar to the model of Guangzhou Station's establishment of Wei Escort Bureau. Various enterprises are opened along transportation thoroughfares and important towns. Most of the staff can be recruited locally instead of being dispatched from Lingao, and only a few of them are dispatched.
Intelligence personnel carry out their work.
"This kind of enterprise can also provide logistical support, logistics and intelligence personnel transportation lines. It serves multiple purposes." Jiang Shan said, "At the same time, the operation of the enterprise itself can ensure that there is no need to invest too much financial support. We only need to spend the opening expenses.
Then we can rely on the company’s own profits to maintain it.”
"This is a memorandum I found among the materials that were handed over to the original Intelligence and Data Committee files," Wang Ding said. "The date of sending was August 1629. It coincides with your idea."
"Really? Why didn't I see it?" Jiang Shan said it was very sudden.
"Yesterday, several boxes of information were handed over," Wang Ding explained, "Let's take a look first."
To: Intelligence and Information Committee
From: Grand Library-Historical Data Research Group, First-level Historical Data Researcher: Yu Eshui
Topic: Yu Eshui’s views on the intelligence system and his evaluation of memorandum k/bw/290322.77.
Confidential! This is only one copy and can only be read by business-related personnel!
…
If the intelligence agency needs supplementary information, you can refer to Japan's Mainland Ronin Operation. The Lingao Organization actively dispatched passionate and loyal Ronin groups to actively penetrate into the north and south, and collect intelligence by running schools, opening stores, and doing business.
This work is a very specific and large-scale spontaneous work. It requires strictly educated indigenous elites to spontaneously feel that they cannot realize their dreams step by step within the existing system of Lingao. Only by taking the lead in taking action on the vast continent can they achieve success in one step...
…The military, the Political Security Administration and other relevant departments can participate in it and implement key leadership and business guidance work. But it will not interfere with its specific business activities. This is a semi-public intelligence agency that can cooperate with other
The powerful department is also a consulting agency that collects huge physical books and in-depth sorting of Ming Dynasty world data...
…
I personally think it is inappropriate for foreign intelligence work to move into powerful long-range reconnaissance operations too quickly... The scale of the special reconnaissance team is not enough to support such a wide range of operations... The public agencies of the intelligence system are responsible for collection. This kind of staff
Travel-style field trips are entirely possible.
…
The Military Intelligence Bureau can establish two organizations... One is the inland and offshore boat assassination team, which takes advantage of the silent melee weapons in the chaos of pirate river transportation, causing some enemy leaders to die invisible, and Dutch ghost boats running everywhere;
With the support of intelligence personnel and ronin groups in the city, they can perform light beheadings to deter the enemy; the second is to adopt ultra-long-range reconnaissance training, with the goal of realizing that the light infantry team can survive in the wilderness of the mountains and forests of South China to the extent of discovering Beiye... Then
They are infantry who work hard to detect in the mountains. They stay at night and target local armed forces such as mountain bandits and water bandits. The regular army does not need them in plain operations. The future of these special forces is mainly to use them to suppress guerrillas and local bandits...
…
Lin Baiguang nodded. He was impressed by this material, although not deeply. However, the Intelligence and Information Committee at that time had no physical organization, and the General Administration of Political Security was not very responsive in this regard, so the matter was shelved.
"What's going on with this military intelligence bureau?" Jiang Shan became wary of this word. Just a few days after he took over, he realized that the intelligence system in the Travel Group was in chaos. No wonder Lin Baiguang was not interested in it and kept going out to work.
Field service.
"At that time, both the Army and the Navy proposed the establishment of a special military intelligence bureau. Later, someone wrote a memo specifically discussing the organizational structure of the military intelligence bureau." Lin Baiguang said, "However, this plan consumes too many resources, and the executive committee is not very interested.
.The matter was put on hold. The second half of the discussion in Eshui should be based on this memorandum."
"and after?"
"Nothing happened later." Lin Baiguang said, "This memorandum should still be in the files of the Intelligence Resources Committee. You can look for it."
Jiang Shan found that neither Lin Baiguang nor Chen Tianxiong was willing to discuss the matter in depth, so he decided to put the matter aside for the time being and talk about his "official-supervised and private-run" intelligence system.
"...Yu Eshui's ideas are broader than mine," Jiang Shan said. "According to his ideas, we can expand our channels wider. It doesn't necessarily have to be to run a business, but we can also build religious facilities or run schools."
"We can have in-depth cooperation with the Religious Affairs Office in this regard." Wang Ding said, "Didn't Taoist Zhang already express his position?"
"Hmph, if you want to cooperate with him, you have to help him apply for personnel - this is the most troublesome thing for him." Lin Baiguang smiled, "You really think that Zhang Daozhang cooperated sincerely and provided us with a free lunch."
Wang Ding said: "It is only natural that you ask others to contribute and give you some benefits."
"If his new Taoism is really as strong as he boasts, I think he should be able to help him apply for some personnel. Everyone will benefit." Chen Tianxiong said, "People like monks and Taoists can run around openly, and the government
They don’t pay much attention. Spreading rumors is also their strong point.”
"As for this kind of overseas intelligence agency, I personally think it's best not to form a public chain or semicolon pattern, so as to avoid being implicated and wiped out after one agency is exposed." Jiang Shan said, on this point, he was opposed to Wei Escort Bureau.
The big chain system has opinions, but it's okay not to mention this opinion. At this stage, they still need Qiwei's help. In the future, he plans to gradually build a system on his own - or as Yu Eshui said, "Black Dragon Society".
"As for personnel management, we can learn from the reconnaissance network system developed by Zhao Manxiong." Jiang Shan said. After the Foreign Intelligence Bureau was formally established, Zhao Manxiong sent a memorandum on the enemy reconnaissance network established by the General Administration of Political Security in counties surrounding Lingao.
The matter was notified and explained, and it was stated that this resource "can be shared in some way."
Although Jiang Shan was dissatisfied with this behavior, he now had a small army and no achievements, so he had no choice but to swallow his anger. Furthermore, the instructions given to him by the Executive Committee clearly stated that he did not need to invest too much in the intelligence work of the main island of Hainan Island.
energy. Moreover, the General Administration of Political Security has only deployed the reconnaissance network to a few counties near Lingao, and has not spread it on a large scale. There is no point in arguing with the General Administration of Political Security on this. Besides, he still needs to rely on him in many aspects.
The General Administration of Political Security provides professional guidance and business cooperation. The organizational structure of this reconnaissance network was obtained from Wu Mu, the director of the General Administration of Political Security, who also enthusiastically expressed his willingness to provide teacher support in the training of intelligence personnel.
The reconnaissance network has 1 reconnaissance instructor in each area, and 2 to 4 subordinate reconnaissance groups. Each group has 3 people, and one person is the leader. When it grows to 5 people, it is divided into two groups. There is no relationship between the instructors and the instructors.
Horizontal contact does not occur between team leaders, and vertical level-by-level reporting and guidance are implemented. The reconnaissance instructor directs the reconnaissance work in the entire district, collects reports from each team leader, and feeds back intelligence through the traffic station.
Jiang Shan then talked about the "second type of work" in intelligence work. That is, the use of behind-the-scenes operations, targeting confidential information and uncertain events, such as latent agents who have penetrated into the core of the enemy's regime. Their value is relatively high.
This kind of hidden line personnel communicate directly with the traffic officer in a single-line mode and do not have any contact with the local reconnaissance network.
"I personally feel that the people lurking in the deep sea are of little value." Chen Tianxiong objected directly and unceremoniously. "It will only take more than ten years for us to overthrow the Ming Dynasty. Why bother to engage in deep lurking? We know what Chongzhen thinks, and he will go to the memorial.
What was in the previous batch didn’t mean much to us.”
"At least you can grasp your opponent's strategic trends."
"I don't deny this, but the costs and benefits to reach this level are too disproportionate." Chen Tianxiong reminded Jiang Shan, "We know almost nothing about the Ming Dynasty's system, and the traveling public is even more different from the ancients.
There is no similarity at all. To infiltrate the enemy and to infiltrate the upper echelons and core, it is simply whimsical. Even if any veteran goes crazy and wants to go undercover, I will object - it is to die."
Lin Baiguang coughed: "It is not necessary to risk death, but it is still valuable to penetrate into the enemy. Of course, it is unlikely to get to the top. Personally, I think: You don't have to be too deliberate to find opportunities to penetrate into the enemy. If there is a suitable opportunity, just
Don't give up. A few latent agents or connections who have infiltrated the enemy's system are still useful." He reminded, "For example, our Tang Monk plan. The preliminary preparations for this plan have been completed."
"The difficulty of Tang Monk's plan is that it is too difficult for a modern person to pretend to be an official of the Ming Dynasty. It means that this person has to be re-educated and reshaped," Chen Tianxiong said. "If it fails, there will be heavy losses."
"Is the Tang Monk Plan still being implemented?" Jiang Shan has seen this action plan in piles of files, and the materials collected in it are very rich. There are special reports written by Bei Wei on staff travel, and various social situations at Leizhou Station.
Researched, but nothing came out.
"Theoretically, the Tang Monk Project has never been cancelled," Chen Tianxiong said. "The question is who will be the impostor bandit?"
"Yes, and according to the plan above, after the end of the first five-year plan, Leizhou will be included in the pocket, and it is a bit redundant to pretend to be the prefect."