Day 162 Activities in Guangzhou
Lin Baiguang paid attention to the yard outside. The weather has become slightly cooler, and you can't feel the summer heat even outside. It was completely different from how he felt in the old time and space.
You know, this is still southern China. In the old days, he once went to Shenzhen for a meeting in November. The sun at noon was still making people sweat, and he couldn't wear a coat, so he could only wear a shirt on the street.
However, this time and space is much colder. It rains a few times and the temperature has plummeted to below 30 degrees. He stretched. He noticed that Chen Tong, who was standing guard at the entrance of the courtyard, stood meticulously and looked very alert.
Lin Baiguang moved from Qiongshan to Guangzhou to prepare for work in Guangzhou, and brought Chen Tong as his assistant.
There is no need for complicated intelligence work on Qiongshan's side - the fall of this place will be a matter of time. After the fall, it was the job of the General Administration of Political Security.
He asked Gao Di to continue to stay in the local area and formally manage the intelligence network that Zongma Yuanwei had-until he transferred it to his "neighbors" after occupying Qiongshan. As for some of the powerful figures in Ma Benyuan's intelligence network, Lin Baiguang considered transferring them to Guangdong for employment on the ground.
Chen Tong's specific position in the Guangzhou Secret Service has not yet been announced, but he generally plays the role of the chief executive of the Guangzhou Secret Service. All intelligence information is received, and the assignment of tasks is handled through him. In most cases, Lin Baiguang only had contact with him and his confidential secretary. Chen Tong's affairs are many and complicated. However, Lin Baiguang looked at him coldly and saw that he did it in an orderly manner.
The child is growing more and more. Lin Baiguang thought that he might be a useful talent in the future.
After taking him to Guangzhou, Lin Baiguang deliberately gave him several opportunities to work in the field in order to see if he would be able to do it in this uaua world, so that he could fully appreciate the charm of big city life, and then suddenly asked him to do internal work. I couldn't go out for many days. Give him even the most boring and menial jobs to fully observe his performance.
Chen Tong's performance satisfied him. Lin Baiguang thought, this person's heart is as heavy as water, neither anxious nor dry, and he is a good person for intelligence work.
This is the temporary office of Guangzhou Station. Strictly speaking, it is the office of the intelligence department of Guangzhou Station. It has been three days since he took over this plate from Zhang Xin. At present, the Guangzhou secret service led by Lin Baiguang mainly collects public sentiment, political sentiment and business information, and the other is special propaganda. The intelligence personnel and materials originally managed and controlled by Zhang Xin were basically moved here.
Lin Baiguang naturally took over all the intelligence work and intelligence relations of the Guangzhou Station. He has been very busy these days. In addition to receiving intelligence systems, he also met with staff from the secret service headquarters.
According to the intelligence work regulations formulated by Jiang Shan, Li Yan and others, "relationships", "inside lines" and "sitting detectives" belong to the reconnaissance network respectively. Each reconnaissance network has an instructor to vertically control the scouts. The communication between the instructor and the headquarters of the secret service is carried out in stages through the communication station. If a problem occurs in one link, it can be easily cut off.
The people who serve as instructors are all returning from Lingao rotation training or indigenous intelligence trainees trained by Class A of the Intelligence Bureau. Lin Baiguang also directly commanded the Guangzhou Station Security Department. This security department consists of more than forty people. Responsible for safety and security work. Since these people basically come from the escort bureau, they have a strong emphasis on traditional "martial arts" thinking. Therefore, Lin Baiguang did not want them to do wet work, and mainly sent them for agency and personal protection.
Lin Baiguang was sitting in the mechanism, just like a spider in the center of a spider web. He could immediately feel the subtle vibrations in every link.
The task he received was to do everything possible to promote peace negotiations between the Guangdong officialdom and Lingao and restore trade between the two parties. to this end. He is actively working hard to open up contacts with local officials and gentry and lobby. He has a thorough grasp of the attitudes of every official in Guangdong's officialdom and the attitudes of the gentry.
Now, peace talks are the general trend, and the remaining resistance is obviously concentrated on Wang Zunde and Gao Shunqin. Wang Zunde fell ill in Zhaoqing, and his condition waxed and waned. Even if he did not die, his resignation was not far away. Gao Shunqin's career as an official was going smoothly, and it was said that he was a good member of the Holy Family. Lin Baiguang believes that the biggest obstacle to peace negotiations is not Wang Zunde but the Guangdong Patrol Agent.
Wang Zunde's attitude was no war, no peace, but his staff and subordinates, including the Ming army generals in Guangdong, all hoped to reach a peace with the Australians as soon as possible. to avoid further consequences. Although Lu Yizhong's letter did not receive a response from Wang Zunde last time. The negotiating mission originally planned to go to Macao failed to make it. However, it is very clear from the "relationship" between Wang Zunde and the shogunate: including his most trusted aide Li Xijue, they all hope to contact the Australians - at least to bring He Rubin, who is trapped in Qiongshan, The remnants of others were rescued to reduce some of the shock to the ruling and opposition parties.
With such a foundation, Lin Baiguang is full of confidence in Wang Zunde's work.
Gao Shunqin has always been known for his tough attitude. Not only because he has a particularly strong idea of the Huayi debate, but he also has no commercial interests in Guangdong's maritime trade, and is not responsible for specific military and government affairs. The consequences of success or failure in wars, blockades, etc. are not directly related to his interests. . Although this person is not as clear as water or as clear as a mirror, he will never accept bribes that go against his beliefs and ideals - otherwise the Portuguese would have bribed him long ago. Therefore, Gao Shunqin is the most difficult person to deal with.
Lin Baiguang decided to focus the work negotiation on Gao Shunqin.
But how to get started with this, he has not yet thought of a specific method.
"Master." Chen Tong said in a loud voice outside the window in the yard.
"What's up?"
"The new report has arrived."
"Bring it in," Lin Baiguang ordered.
A thick book was brought into his office. He looked through the latest news summary, which was all local information about Guangzhou in the last 72i - not very important but may have reference value. The time limit for delivering the most important information in Guangzhou to the agency is generally no more than 4 hours.
He first looked through some information conveyed by the "relationships" of the governor's yamen: Li Fengjie sent an aide to Aomen, but the purpose of his departure was unknown. The news cheered him up. Why do you want to send people to Macao suddenly? Aomen is under the jurisdiction of Xiangshan County. As usual, official affairs are handled by the Prime Minister of Xiangshan County, who is specifically responsible for Macao affairs. As the governor of a province, Li Fengjie had no reason to send his staff to handle official business all at once.
Li Fengjie has no business in Macao - this is something that the Guangzhou secret service has long known. It is unlikely that he went to Macao for business or other matters.
The Bureau of Foreign Intelligence does not have permanent personnel in Macao, and only Zhang Xin has several "connections" in the local area to report on the general business and people's conditions in the area. Of course, it was impossible to find out what Li Fengjie's emissary was doing.
Lin Baiguang thought that at this juncture, Li Fengjie sent people to Macao, which obviously had something to do with them. We must get to the bottom of this. Thinking of this, he asked Chen Tong to come in.
"Go and do a few things immediately. Li Fengjie has sent people to Aomen. You pick a person and keep an eye on Li Fengjie's envoy to Aomen, and try to find out what he is planning to do when he sends people to Aomen."
Chen Tong nodded: "I'll go right away."
"One more thing, is there any relationship between us around Gao Shunqin? Find out immediately and tell me."
"Understood." Chen Tong walked out immediately.
Lin Baiguang watched Chen Tong leave and began to look through the intelligence summary again. He selected the most important officials' information to read first. A piece of information about Gao Shun's memorial to prohibit the Portuguese from entering Guangzhou and prohibiting merchants from trading with the Portuguese attracted him.
This must be related to Lin Baiguang's order to immediately send someone to find out whether Li Fengjie had mentioned anything related to the Portuguese in Macao recently.
The intelligence agent found out the news from the servants of the Li Mansion without much effort - Li Fengjie had told his staff that they would not admit anything that Franji asked about Gao Shunqin's memorial.
Comparing this news with the general content of Gao Shunqin's memorial, Lin Baiguang understood somewhat: Li Fengjie was probably seeking help from the Portuguese, so he was afraid that Gao Shunqin's memorial would reach their ears - probably he also knew that there was no one in Guangzhou. The secret can be kept secret, so the person in charge should "refuse to admit it".
He rang the bell, and Lin Xuan, a confidential secretary of the secret service, came in. This was the girl he bought with the maid welfare fund - a poor girl with only one name. Lin Baiguang asked her to take his surname. According to the nature of Lin Baiguang's work, the General Office sent her to the confidential personnel training class of the General Administration of Political Security, and she is now Lin Baiguang's confidential secretary.
"Check to see if there are any transcripts of all the memorials that Gao Shunqin has made about Portuguese or Macao affairs from mid-August to his current position."
Lin Xuan came back soon to report: No information about his needs was found.
If not, someone will have to be sent to do it. Gao Shunqin's memorial will be very good when it arrives in Beijing - as long as the emperor does not stay in the middle, it can be copied in his residence. But it’s not that easy in Guangzhou. It is necessary to bribe the staff who drafted the memorial or the close book boy who handled the memorial documents.
Gao Shunqin's mansion did not have such a powerful relationship - this was a big shortcoming. It turns out that Pei Lixiu and Gao Shunqin's concubine Su Ai are good sisters of Handkerchief Ji. Based on Su Ai's position in the Gaofu family, it should be possible to get the copy of the memorial in one go.
Pei Lixiu is not in Guangzhou now, so this path is cut off. Of course it is possible to bring her back, and Lingao would not object, but her reputation is too big, and there are too many people who know her in Guangzhou. It would be dangerous to come back rashly when the situation is unclear. a! ~!
