Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 272 Tang Monk Project

When it comes to collecting information, the network under the Guangzhou station in Leizhou can already collect most of the information-there is no concept of secrecy here, as long as you spend some time, you can find out almost everything.The executive committee sent Bei Wei here, and sent such a nagging Chen Tianxiong, what is the intention?Really want to occupy Leizhou?

Doubts are doubts, and Chang Shide is inconvenient to ask.Because there are people from the "central government", it is inconvenient for him to call women into his room these days.Chang Shide, who was used to the life of singing and singing every night, couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.

That night, Bei Wei and Chen Tianxiong, who had been hiding in the yard with their team members, came together.

"We came to Leizhou this time with a mission." Chen Tianxiong said straight to the point.

Both Chang Shide and Wen Tong nodded, Wen Tong stood up, went out to look in the yard, and said to Zhou Shidi who was resting on the porch with his eyes closed:

"Look at it, don't let people come over."

Zhou Shidi nodded slightly, and Wen Tong went back into the room.

"Tell me, what exactly is it?"

"This plan is still in the evaluation stage. Bei Wei and I are actually responsible for the same task, which is to investigate the feasibility of the plan on the spot and accumulate action data. As for the content of the plan, I might as well tell you—" He paused For a moment, "The name of the plan is 'Tang Seng Project'."

Tang Seng plan? !Both Wen Tong and Chang Shide were stunned. Isn't this a spoof?

Seeing the expressions of the two, Chen Tianxiong explained: "Do you remember the first difficulty of Tang Seng's birth?"

"The story of Jiang Liuer—" Of course they all read Journey to the West, and they were scratching their heads thinking about the episode before and after Tang Seng's birth.

Chang Shide's complexion changed: "Are we going to be water bandits?!"

"That's right." Chen Tianxiong nodded.

A member of the Intelligence Data Committee accidentally read such a story from "Leizhou Chronicles" when editing "Historical Materials Reference".

During the reign of Chongzhen, an official appointed to Leizhou as the magistrate, on the way with his family to take up the post, was robbed by a group of bandits, and the official and his family were killed.What is more bizarre is that the leader of this group of bandits, using the documents left for officials, actually came to Leizhou, succeeded the previous magistrate, and became an official in Leizhou.

This bandit has been an official in Leizhou for two years and has a good reputation.Until the real official's son came to Leizhou to take refuge, he discovered the identity of the bandit, and reported it to the local Jinyiwei.In the end, Jin Yiwei arranged a banquet and took the bandit to the ambush location to get the goods in one fell swoop. The bandit was caught and explained everything about it.

This "anecdote" found from the pile of old papers has aroused the infinite reverie of the intelligence department. "Leizhou Chronicles" belongs to local historical records, and its historical materials are very reliable.

What if the person who replaces him is not a bandit, but a member of the time-traveling crowd?

This idea was so wonderful and bold that it was opposed by many people in the Internal Affairs Committee and the Intelligence Committee as soon as it was proposed.But the supporters also mentioned the most powerful argument: an ordinary bandit can steal the prefect of Leizhou for so long, and he has a good reputation as an official. A traveler from the 21st century should be able to do the same.What's more, the time traveler has the entire time travel group as their backing.

Opponents questioned that bandits in the Ming Dynasty were able to pretend to be magistrates, but they took advantage of the underdeveloped information back then. Anyway, bandits were also people at that time, and they knew more about all aspects of Ming Dynasty society than us in the 21st century. Visitors should come deep.It is simply impossible to pretend to be someone from another era entirely.

"The differences between us people are too obvious when we stand among the indigenous people!" Ran Yao strongly objected, "If you want me to pretend to be the mayor or senior city official of a certain county-level city in the 21st century, maybe This is possible. After all, I have never eaten pork and seen pigs run. Now it is equivalent to finding a purebred Anglo-Saxon American to be the city leader. Is this possible? And we are far behind the people of the Ming Dynasty, and compared with modern Americans There is a big difference between them and the Chinese!"

His arguments are sufficient, but the benefits are too considerable - the entire Leizhou Mansion is indirectly under the control of the traversers. Although there are officials at all levels under the Leizhou prefect, the traversers have no doubts These people will succumb under the soft and hard measures of economy and force.As a result, it eventually became a "white skin and red heart" type of local government.

It is still a trivial matter such as what is conducive to the penetration of business and industry through the regime. The key is that they can openly enter the bureaucratic system of Ming Dynasty, participate in its operation, and obtain direct information from the government. More people deliver messages in a timely and reliable manner.Mastering Leizhou is equivalent to adding a buffer layer to Qiongzhou.If one day the Ming Dynasty wants to launch an army against Lingao, Leizhou is close at hand, and it must be the main area for the army to pass through. Whether it is collecting intelligence or raiding, it is equivalent to having a reliable base.

"If replacing an official can have such a big benefit, why don't we go directly to Guangzhou and assassinate the prefect of Guangzhou, and then replace the succeeding official on the way?" Someone raised such a question.

"Because the bandits in Leizhou succeeded in history, and the replacement of the prefect of Guangzhou never happened. Now we only need to replace the bandits, just as we are preparing to replace the Qing Dynasty." Chen enthusiastically agreed with this plan Tianxiong said,

So after several internal discussions, this plan was submitted to the enlarged meeting of the Executive Committee for discussion.

"I object. Now is a critical period for the great development of the time-traveling government. The knowledge acquired by every time-traveler is very precious. I am against doing such a dangerous thing!" Wu Nanhai resolutely objected.

"If you're afraid of death, don't you revolutionize?" Xi Yazhou reappeared at the meeting after "recovering from illness" for many days, but his waistline increased, and his slightly leaner appearance, which he had trained for more than a year, returned to the appearance of a war nerd Appearance, "I firmly support this proposal, which will be of great help to future development."

"Choose more loyal natives. We people don't speak well, and we can't even write well. It's too difficult to pretend to be the magistrate of the Ming Dynasty." Xiao Zishan expressed his opinion cautiously.

"Could it be that the handwriting of bandits is good? People may be illiterate. It's not the same as being an official for two years, and the governance is not bad."

"Whoever said bandits are uneducated, maybe they are educated. They are just reduced to recklessness."

"It's our predecessors who made trouble... Unfortunately, the ambition is unfulfilled..."

"Be careful, don't digress." Ma Qianju, who supports the meeting, hates the culture of "going off topic" in every meeting.

"I agree with Commissioner Xiao on this point," Wu De said, "It's not just about speaking and writing. In many living habits and behaviors, we seem to be out of tune with the aborigines. It's okay to deal with ordinary people. Most people think that If you behave strangely, you are most afraid of encountering colleagues, subordinates, superiors and gentry, and these people are not so easy to fool."

"I think more loyal natives should be selected to do it." Someone suggested, "For example, Zhang Xingjiao, he is educated and can speak official language, so he should be able to."

"Comrade, the revolution is not a dinner party. Although this task is dangerous, it is a very crucial task. If you don't send us to handle it, but only rely on a few surrendered natives, can you guarantee reliability? Zhang Xingjiao is reliable now, What if he is delusional in being an official and wants to sell our heads to become a real official?" Xi Yazhou retorted bluntly.

"Then you don't have to travel through Zhongdang, the magistrate, we can make a puppet, and we can remotely control it in the background." Wu Nanhai said.

"It's even more impossible to guarantee safety. Don't forget, we are sending people into the court, and the most important thing is the official position. What's the difference between using puppets and collecting information from the people?" Wei Aiwen said contemptuously, "He is a civil servant after all, he is terribly afraid of death."

"How can you say that, without us administrative staff, where would your army's weapons and food come from?" Wu Nanhai jumped up as if his tail had been stepped on, and pointed at him.

"So what if our army gives you free labor every day? It's all free!" Wei Aiwen's posture was to settle accounts with the agricultural department thoroughly.

"Without our armed protection, it is a question of whether the Transmigration Group can survive." Le Lin, the representative of the Navy's conference, said with a bang--Li Haiping, the gun barrel of the Navy, has gone to sea with most of the high-level officials, so this role will be changed to "Traveler Group" A fan of the Hong Kong Army who has to look like a Hollywood actor came to play.Although the young factions of the navy and the army dislike each other because they compete for resources and manpower, they are even more displeased with the administrators who control the economic power of the government.

"Okay, everyone be quiet." Faced with the possible civil and military conflicts, President Wen spoke in a timely manner: "The position of the prefect of Leizhou is very important to us. In my opinion, it is better for us to occupy it as much as possible. Originally, Leizhou It is also the focus of our business. As for whether the prefect of Leizhou should be a time traveler or an aboriginal, we can discuss it later. First vote on whether to implement this proposal. Vote now, and if you agree, please raise your hand." After finishing speaking, he raised his hand. hands up.

The resolution passed overwhelmingly.

"Well, in fact, we have overlooked a problem," Wen Desi said slowly, "When did this happen? Chongzhen has 17 years anyway."

"According to the records of "Leizhou Zhi", it happened in 1632."

"So there are still three years left." Wen Desi said, "In three years, we can do a lot of things. The first thing we should do now is to send people to Leizhou to investigate the terrain and social environment and evaluate the plan. Difficulty."

"That's right, I also remind everyone who is very enthusiastic about this matter that it is extremely difficult to implement." Ran Yao reminded everyone, "Who is the name of the official who took office, where is he from, and which way is he going? Those who entered the territory of Leizhou in a few months and a few days are not written in these books."

"You don't have to ask, it must be sitting in a sedan chair, and someone in front of you is holding something like 'quiet', 'avoidance'..."

"Don't be ridiculous. He hasn't taken office yet." Yu Eshui said, "Ran Yao is right. If these details are not found out, how can you ask the special investigation team to intercept him? There is one more thing, we You have to do it before that bandit. I think it's much more difficult to find this bandit than this official."

Xiao Zishan said: "That's right, when an official takes office, there are always traces to be found. It's unknown where this nameless bandit turned into a bandit. Leizhou is so big. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack."

"It's not a big problem—" Xi Yazhou said, "The key lies in the official. If we can find him, we can find the bandit. It doesn't matter if the bandit strikes early, as long as he doesn't accept the seal, he can be killed on the way." From this point of view, bandits and officials have nothing to do, the main thing is to get the officials' luggage and documents."

After the plan was finalized, the Executive Committee authorized the Intelligence Committee to formulate the "Tang Seng Plan", which was divided into two parts.One part is recruiting future infiltrators among the traversers.The premise of recruitment is that if this person is lost, the career of the travel group will not be affected.And he has to be a volunteer.After being recruited, they will receive training from the Intelligence Committee to master the customs and Mandarin of the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible, and practice writing by the way.At the same time, the Civil Affairs Committee received an order to find small intellectuals who can be used among the subjects under the control of the time-traveling regime, and select them to give preferential treatment and brainwash them as backup personnel.

The other part is to carry out large-scale intelligence collection in Leizhou to prepare for and evaluate the Tang Seng plan.Considering that the South China Sugar Factory is actually a factory, it is inconvenient to use it as an intelligence gathering point. The executive committee decided to use them only as a support unit, and sent Chen Tianxiong to Leizhou as a special intelligence officer. network for intelligence gathering.

After listening to Chen Tianxiong's introduction, Wen Tong and Chang Shide suddenly realized.Chang Shide excitedly said: "This is really exciting! Everyone from top to bottom is replaced by our people, hahaha... It is best to replace the magistrate of Xuwen too!"

"The idea is good, but the magistrate of Leizhou is in Haikang County, and the prefecture and county are in the same city. I'm afraid it's not so easy to be a fake magistrate?" Wen Tong expressed deep concern.

"That's why Bei Wei is here." Chen Tianxiong said.

"This time Tang Seng plans to do a staff trip." Bei Wei nodded, "Take a look at the topography and urban environment of the entire Leizhou Prefecture, so that you know what you know."

"Okay, just ask if you need anything, we will do our best to be the backing of intelligence work."

"Help me find a reliable guide." Bei Wei said, "One who is familiar with the local conditions."

"Okay, Liao Dahua, Qiwei's treasurer, is pretty good, everyone is familiar with the people's sentiments, but he doesn't know martial arts..."

"It doesn't matter, we are here for reconnaissance, and we plan to pretend to be small traders and walk around."

(End of this chapter)