Tang Dynasty good brother

Chapter 333 In the dark, the heart is in the light

Seeing Li Shimin's reply to himself, Qin Hao was also drunk.

After he wrote eighteen letters, Ma Zhou was only reprimanded in a daze, and even most of the civil and military officials felt that he was making a big deal out of a molehill.

Ugh

Qin Hao finally understood that it was not that Ma Zhou was too pitted, but that the feudal society did not pay enough attention to intelligence. After all, information spread slowly.

Qin Hao didn't give up, and continued to write a letter, talking about the seriousness of the intelligence information. As a result, the court sent Ma Zhou over.

The two faced each other, eye to eye, and the atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.

After exchanging a few simple greetings, Qin Hao invited Ma Zhou to the living room, asked Xiaoyun to cook tea for the guests, and asked curiously, "Why did King Bin come here?"

Ma Zhou's face looked a little gloomy, and he said: "I believe that Lord Hou is not a person who abolished the public for private reasons, and I have never offended Lord Hou, so although the court has no intention of blaming this official, I myself Can't just let it go like this, Master Hou has always been a good planner, and he is not a person who is not aimless. It must be a mistake to think that he must be wrong, so he took the initiative to submit a form a few days ago, requesting to be released to Dengzhou, and I came to ask Master Hou to clarify , Where did the officer go wrong?"

The words were still polite, but Ma Zhou could hear the anger in his heart.

Talented people have always been arrogant since ancient times, so how can Ma Zhou be an exception? Qin Hao is not an ordinary person after all. After he got the paperwork, although the court did not treat Ma Zhou well, no one in the yamen pointed at him. , Even when he was working, he felt guilty for no reason.

Ma Zhou couldn't stand this cowardice, so he immediately proposed to Li Shimin to devalue himself, and even came to Dengzhou famously. Now his official position is Dengzhou Censor , directly dropped from the sixth rank to the eighth rank, just to ask Qin Hao for clarification.

Qin Hao nodded and said, "I am very pleased that you can come, King Bin. This shows that you are a person who does things, not a person who is a vegetarian."

"So, I'm here to ask Master Hou for advice."

"Ask me? Hehe, what I want to say is in the letter. You are in charge of the rumor office. Although the newspaper is only one of them, as the official, you cannot escape the crime of slack under such a big mistake. Let the people of Goguryeo Knowing our latest information, I don’t know how many soldiers will die in vain. Shouldn’t they be punished? Other yamen don’t understand the sensitivity of intelligence, and neither do you, so you deserve to stay in the rumor yamen Is it?"

Ma Zhou's face darkened when he heard the words, and he said: "The newspaper was published instead of the mansion's newspaper, and it was circulated in all directions in the name of prestiging the central court. There is nothing wrong."

Qin Hao also realized that he was a little excited. Talking about this with this group of ancient people who are not sensitive to intelligence and thinking is like playing the piano with a cow, and you will never be able to explain it.

With a wry smile, Qin Hao took a sip of tea and said, "Come on, drink tea, we haven't seen each other for a long time, you should calm down the fire in your stomach first, let's talk about this issue calmly."

Ma Zhou snorted coldly, but was noncommittal.

"Prince Bin, do you know why I like Chang Sun Chong?"

Ma Zhou gave Qin Hao a strange look, and thought, are you kidding me?

Qin Hao smiled and said: "You must think that it is because of Zhao Guogong that I pay more attention to him and give him a high look. I will not deny this, nor can I deny it, but more, it is because he is actually better than him. You're a better fit for the job because of his intelligence sensitivities."

"This sensitivity was honed by him in the action team, and you, who have never been in contact with the front-line work of intelligence, are rumored to be in the Yamen. If you want to be a doctor, it would be better if you stayed in the action team."

"Perhaps you didn't take this information seriously. Anyway, with the mighty military power of my Tang Dynasty, even if they knew the information, they would not dare to cross the Great Wall. As long as the deployment of the army is not leaked, it is not a big deal, but in my eyes However, this is not the case, even if it is because of this intelligence war that one more day is fought and one more Tang soldier is killed, it is a crime."

"Look at this, it's hard to convince you with empty words. Why don't I write a newspaper for a few days and teach you how to do intelligence?"

Ma Zhou nodded and said, "Okay."

Immediately, Qin Hao spread out the paper and began to write eloquently. After finishing writing, he showed it to Ma Zhou, but Ma Zhou was dumbfounded.

The whole article above is written about how bad the Green Gang Navy is, how loose the military discipline is, how vulnerable the combat effectiveness is, and so on.

In a way, this is indeed true.

"This... this... isn't this showing the enemy a shortcoming?"

"If the enemy knows that our navy is too exhausted to fight, they will definitely lose to the rear and concentrate their heavy troops on the front line of the Liaohe Great Wall. At that time, our great Tang soldiers will descend from the sky and beat their asses. , can achieve miraculous results, and even if they can fool them into believing that the navy is weak and go to sea to fight, that would be even better."

"As far as I know, the above statement is true, the military discipline of the Green Gang Navy..."

"Ha, you don't need to worry too much about this. You rely on boats to fight at sea. Even if the gang of the Qing Gang can't keep up with military discipline and training, they still have no problem with their sailing skills. As for the sampans in Goguryeo, if they dare to follow them on the sea Let's fight, it's no different from a mantis' arm being a chariot."

Ma Zhou seemed to understand: "Then, just post it in the newspaper?"

"Of course not. The Goguryeo people are not fools. Why did Tang Dynasty expose his shortcomings for no reason? Therefore, this sentence should be added before this article."

As he said that, he saw Qin Hao write on the paper: "Your minister, Ma Zhou, the censor of Dengzhou, watch the watch of Dengzhou's navy master."

"This... How can this be done? Lord Hou, this official has absolutely no hatred for Lord Hou, and it is absolutely impossible for me to do such a thing of revenge."

"What are you in a hurry for? Isn't this to increase the rationality of this article? I believe that Goguryeo will have spies in Chang'an. Let Chang Sun Chong operate it later, so that the people will know the contradiction between you and me. In this way, you This article was published to attack me, so it is reasonable, and some other accusations against me will be added to it later.”

"Won't that tarnish Lord Hou's reputation?"

"Oh~, that's why I said you are not suitable to be a doctor in the gossip yamen. Remember, an honest gentleman can't handle intelligence. To do this, you must first immerse yourself in the rotten and smelly mud. , What kind of reputation, you can’t have anything. It is rumored that what the Yamen did in Tuyuhun last year was done by skipping you. Among them, there were orders to deceive their own people, and there were also orders to kill innocent people of other races. In order to win, how many taels of silver are the reputations of you and me worth in the face of the national war?"

"Let me tell you a word, in the dark, with a heart for the light, this is a qualified intelligence officer."

(End of this chapter)