Chapter 467 Report from the Ministry of Security

For the Ministry of Security, which has a total staffing of only two or three hundred, a seven-person team is already a medium-sized field team. However, for security reasons, the field team did not arrange for crossers to be commanded, so the intelligence they can collect in Batavia is not very good to send back to the Sanya base camp in time, and it takes about every two months to bring back a written report by the merchant ship heading to the local area. The timeliness is actually not good. Of course, as Tao Donglai said, the intelligence collection work is not in a hurry, and these intelligence personnel lurking in Batavia will have a role sooner or later.

The work of the Batavia Intelligence Station is not the only reason why Tao Donglai and Yan Chujie came to the Ministry of Security together. In addition to sending intelligence personnel to collect information, another important function of the Ministry of Security is counterintelligence work. It has been a while since the last arrest of Jinyiwei spy Li Qingyang and others. However, due to the unclear case and in order to avoid the situation where the opponent sent multiple batches of personnel, the Ministry of Security has continued to conduct a period of strict investigation for a period of time, and it was not until recently that the case was concluded. Another purpose of Tao Yan and the other two came to the Ministry of Security today was to listen to Hao Wanqing's closing report.

"After our repeated interrogation and the subsequent inspection operation in Guangdong and Sanya, it can be basically confirmed that this group of Jinyiwei spies have no other accomplices, only five people arrested by us. Nanjing directly appointed Li Qingyang, a hundred household of Jinyiwei households, as the operation commander, with the purpose of inciting into the Sanya area, finding out our background, and giving him the power to mobilize local Jinyiwei personnel to cooperate in the action when necessary." Hao Wanqing changed the subject at this point: "I personally think that our existence has attracted the attention of the Daming intelligence agency to a certain extent, but it is obvious that they do not pay enough attention. Otherwise, at least two to three or three batches of personnel should be sent from the beginning."

"It's hard to say. Perhaps the Jinyiwei Yamen also has its own considerations." Tao Donglai had different opinions on this: "Looking at our own situation, the Executive Committee attaches enough importance to Batavia, right? But the personnel and funds are limited, so we can only send a few people to lurk. The Jinyiwei just wanted to find out the truth, and did not take us as a major case of rebellion to investigate. It is normal for the limited resources to be invested."

"What did Li Qingyang's confession say?" Yan Chujie had no intention of participating in their discussion. Such subjective opinions were definitely not as accurate as the parties' own statements.

Hao Wanqing lowered his head and looked through the information: "Li Qingyang claimed that the order he received was to lurk in the local area and collect information about our Hai Han. As for other actions, we need to wait for further instructions from Nanjing."

Yan Chujie shook his head and said, "This is almost the same as not saying it. So have you found out why Nanjing suddenly became interested in us?"

"It's mainly because of the weapons we exported." Hao Wanqing was very sure of this: "We have bought various weapons from Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian in the past two years, but it is not a small number. The two should know the specific situation better than me. The thousands of mechatronic guns and dozens of large and small artillery pieces equipped by the Fujian Navy in the past two years are enough to attract the attention of those who are interested."

In fact, the military equipment sold by Hai Han to the Ming Dynasty was far more than muskets and cannons, as well as various portable equipment prefixed with "tactics", such as daggers, multi-functional armed belts, marching backpacks, wound medicines, armors, combat boots, etc. Of course, the target of these things was not ordinary soldiers in the Ming army, but officers who had the ability to spend money and were willing to perform better on the battlefield. Most of these things were imitated according to more mature products in another time and space. Whether it was based on the comfort brought by the ergonomic design concept or the convenience and practicality of functional design, they were difficult to meet by the standard products of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty in the contemporary era. Moreover, as long as they were willing to spend money, they could even provide personal customized differentiated services.

These sales methods with strong commercial flavor have indeed greatly promoted the development of arms trade in actual operations. Especially those wealthy businessmen who organized local militia under the call of Haihan often tailored a set of exclusive equipment for themselves or their families at no cost. For example, Li Nai, a Haihan culture fanatic, has a set of combat uniforms made completely according to the standards of time travel officers, and their personal equipment is complete, except for walkie-talkies and guns.

, the armed belt and gun holster on his waist are used to place two flintlock pistols specially customized for him. Of course, the custom equipment with the "Li" logo everywhere is not cheap, the price is as high as four digits, which is enough to buy two 6-pound cannons produced by Haihan. After Li Nai returned to Guangzhou with this set of equipment, the Guangguan Office received more than 20 sets of private custom orders in the next month, and the total amount was enough to arm a company of militia.

Because Li Nai had a legal armed organization called "Golden Shield Protection Movement" under his name, he often dealt with the powerful people on the ground in Guangdong, so he followed the guidance of the Guangxi Office to form a private organization called "Haihan Youth Club". This name sounds very much like a literati poetry club, but it is actually a place similar to a military club, which recruited a large number of second-generation tyrants near Guangzhou Prefecture who were idle and had no intention of studying and taking good fortune. This "Haihan Youth Club" organizes members to hunt outside the wild, cruise on the sea and other activities, and the people from the Haihan Army are responsible for arranging itineraries and programs. The guns used for hunting are currently standard equipment for militia, which cannot be bought on the market. The ones who go out to sea are also "exploration-level" warships of the Haihan Army, and ordinary people cannot enjoy such treatment.

The cost of this itinerary is not cheap. It usually costs two or three hundred taels of silver to participate in three days and two nights. However, the members are happy because the content of this activity will be different every time. If you miss it once, you may not be able to integrate into the discussion topics in this circle in the next month. After a few months of running, a group of loyal fans have been developed in Guangzhou, and young people from other state capitals have begun to come to sign up for this private organization.

Although this kind of organization is only a simple civil society, its members are almost all middle and upper-class people in society, and its influence is far from comparable to ordinary chambers of commerce, fellow townsman associations, literati poetry clubs, etc. In addition, with the conscious participation and guidance of the Guangxi Office and the military, this organization has begun to transform from a pure underground club to a semi-public form. The content of the activity in recent months is to organize members to inspect militia groups funded and trained by Haihan in various parts of Guangdong, and hold small-scale military exercises at the militia sites, so that these wealthy children can also have the opportunity to participate in simulated military operations while traveling around.

With Hai Han's organizational ability and rich activity forms, it is undoubtedly easy to capture the hearts of these young people. The relevant departments do not need these people to directly join the Hai Han militia to serve their loyalty to the Executive Committee. As long as they make their hearts towards Hai Han, they will not jump out and become enemies with Hai Han - of course, it is natural that they can take this matter as a business and make a profit by the way.

Naturally, not everyone likes this kind of alternative organization. In the eyes of some people, "Haihan Youth Club" is simply a heretic cult. It is a humiliating and should be punished quickly. However, the opposition of scholars did not play any role in these little overlords who were armed to the teeth. Instead, it was found by members who heard the news. These young people were rich and powerful and were not afraid of causing trouble. After several poetry clubs were demolished, no one in Guangzhou City publicly discussed the "Haihan Youth Club" that made their fortune in Guangzhou City. In later historical records, the group of "Haihan Youth Club" members who made their fortune in Guangzhou City were also called the first "***" in the history of Haihan.

Due to distance, Fujian has not been invaded by cultural invasion of this level of Guangzhou. However, almost all the navy troops stationed in several major foreign trade ports in Fujian were equipped with weapons produced by Haihan, which completely replaced the standard equipment of the Ming Dynasty's Ministry of War. Moreover, the report of the Fujian Navy to the Ministry of War has clearly stated that all weapons and equipment quotas will be discounted in the coming year and the navy will prepare by themselves. The main reason that attracted Nanjing's attention is probably because of this. As long as the intelligence department is concerned about it, it is not difficult to follow the clues to find the source of these weapons in Guangdong. Haihan's reputation in Guangdong has long been known to everyone, and a lot of information can be collected without special inquiries.

There is no need for strong intelligence analysis capabilities. As long as the situation in Fuguang and Guangxi provinces is combined and sorted out, as long as it is not a blind man, you can see the role played by the Haihan power behind it. If Haihan only engages in commercial activities, the Jinyiwei may not have much interest in following up. However, one of the most important goods sold by Haihan people in the Ming Dynasty was arms. If this is not investigated, it would be considered a serious dereliction of duty by the Jinyiwei.

"It is natural for the Jinyiwei to investigate us, and there is nothing to say. However, after this incident, it is difficult to guarantee that Nanjing will not send out the second and third groups of people, and they are afraid that their mission to come here will not be just lurking. What countermeasures do the Ministry of Security have now?" Tao Donglai continued to ask.

Hao Wanqing responded: "We are mainly taking two measures now. First, the Guangxi Office will use the relationship in Guangdong to obtain relevant information. The last time we were able to catch Li Qingyang and other people, and the source of the information came from the officialdom. Second, we have to rely on various checkpoints entering Sanya to prevent and prevent suspicious people. However, it is hard to say how much results can be achieved by this method. Compared with the Jinyiwei, our entry and exit management personnel are only amateur level. If we do not confirm the opponent's whereabouts in advance like last time, it will probably be difficult to directly pull people out of the immigrants who entered the country."

"These two methods sound a bit like a chance. Will this really work?" Yan Chujie raised a question.

Hao Wanqing smiled bitterly and said, "We also know that this is not the best way, but every time there are hundreds of immigrants sent from the mainland to Sanya, we do not have the ability to verify our identities one by one. This is really difficult to do!"

Tao Donglai heard some smell from Hao Wanqing's words and pondered: "If the Ministry of Security has any concerns, you can say it directly. The purpose of the Ministry of Security's work is to ensure the interests of Hai Han, and if necessary, some standards for acting can be appropriately relaxed."

Hao Wanqing said: "Then I'll just say it?"

"You said!" Tao Donglai nodded and motioned for him to say down.

"The best way is to let them fight against their own people." Hao Wanqing's idea obviously did not appear just now, and he talked happily: "The only person who is familiar with the way the Jinyiwei does things is the Jinyiwei himself. If the Jinyiwei can go to the Immigration Management Office to do things for us, then things will be much easier."

"I heard from your tone that someone has chosen the Jinyiwei in Yacheng?" Yan Chujie asked tentatively.

Hao Wanqing shook his head and said, "The nature of the people in Yacheng is similar to that of temporary workers. They do not have enough professional qualities and do not know much about the Jinyiwei system. According to Li Qingyang's confession, if they can arrive in Sanya smoothly, they will not take the initiative to contact Jinyiwei in Yacheng. The reason is that they are afraid that they will not be professional enough and will expose the whereabouts of this team of lurkers."

"That's true. Five hundred taels of silver can be bribed a year. How strong is professional quality?" Tao Donglai also had the same opinion on Hao Wanqing's view. There were only a few people in the Jinyiwei in Yacheng. When the money was paid in Yacheng, the Jinyiwei in Yacheng immediately became a little transparent from now on and no longer involved Hai Han's affairs. It was not difficult to pay more money to let these people do things for Hai Han, but Hao Wanqing did not intend to hire a group of idle people with limited financial expenses.

"I think so. It's better to try to instigate the people in Yacheng to hiring those people in Yacheng to rebel against the people they caught this time." Yan Chujie also agreed: "These people are all from the Nanjing Yamen, and they are quite well-organized. The most important thing is that if Nanjing continues to send people here, they may recognize them. Lao Hao, have you tried to do their job?"

It is not new to instigating opponents here. Luo Shengdong can be regarded as the first person to be instigated. Afterwards, Wei Ping, Aftershock, Ruan Brothers, Wu Sen and others were successfully instigated by Hai Han. Moreover, these people have developed quite well after entering the Hai Han system, at least in better condition than their previous situation. However, these people are almost concentrated in the trade and military and police departments, and the intelligence agencies have never had similar situations.
Chapter completed!