Time flies, and the spring and summer seasons have passed unknowingly.
Calculating the time carefully, five months have passed since Mi Yang took charge of Nanzheng.
It is now the month of August in the second year of Zhangwu.
It's just that although autumn has entered Liangzhou as a whole, according to many local officials, this year's autumn is not cooler at all compared to previous years.
At least during the day, they still felt the weather was as hot as summer.
Maybe it's because Mi Yang is in Nanzheng this year?
Differences in celestial phenomena can easily be extended to people. This is an ancient tradition.
Perhaps those local officials thought that some of their private speculations would not reach Mi Yang's ears, but they forgot that there was an organization called Siwencao in Liangzhou today.
Although Siwen Cao was independent of any official office in the state capital, he was directly under the command of Mi Yang.
It's just that if Si Wencao is to be most effective, then Si Wencao must integrate into Liangzhou's political ecology to a certain extent.
Most officials of the current generation have not experienced the White Terror. Even the atmosphere in the Han Dynasty was very open and did not prevent officials from speaking out their inner thoughts.
Under such circumstances, Si Wen Cao's subordinates were all officials of the state and dynasty. If the officials gathered in private, what could they say?
In addition, apart from this characteristic of Si Wen Cao, Mi Yang was very generous to Wang Hong in order to allow Si Wen Cao to be effective as soon as possible.
As long as it is beneficial to Si Wencao's development, Wang Hong wants people and money.
The wages of avarice is death.
Money opens the way and careful work is the most effective way to develop intelligence work.
With Mi Yang's strong support, although Si Wencao had not been established in Liangzhou for half a year, his tentacles had not yet spread to all parts of Liangzhou.
But at least in Nanzheng City, it was basically difficult to hide anything from Mi Yang.
Just like now, Mi Yang is holding a silk book in his hand and looking at the contents carefully.
When Mi Yang was reading the contents of the silk book, in the entire huge hall, only Wang Hong, wearing dark clothes, stood quietly in front of him.
Today is the day when he, the chief minister of Wen Cao, reports to Mi Yang, the state pastor, on his work during this period.
Although Wang Hong stood quietly in front of Mi Yang, his eyes were always focused on Mi Yang's face.
He hoped to see some happy look on Mi Yang's face.
When Mi Yang attacked Wudang County before, Wang Hong, who served as the magistrate of Shangyong County, often went to Wudang to see Mi Yang on the grounds of reporting official duties.
He had only one reason for doing this in the first place: he was afraid of being forgotten by Mi Yang.
After all, as Mi Yang's status is getting higher and higher, there are now more and more talented people under his command. In terms of ability alone, Wang Hong thinks that he is only the best.
Under this situation, Wang Hong felt that if he stopped taking the initiative, he would soon be squeezed out of Mi Yang's core team.
This is the last thing Wang Hong, who comes from a wealthy family, wants to see.
But in the past, although he often found opportunities to meet Mi Yang, the things he was worried about gradually happened due to his lack of ability.
Wang Hong knew that Mi Yang was thinking about his old relationship, so he let him take on the post of Shangyong County Magistrate. ….
It’s just that there will always be a day when old feelings are used up.
Just when Wang Hong was deeply worried about this, he suddenly received Mi Yang's call.
After being appointed by Mi Yang as Siwen Cao Changshi, Wang Hong was very grateful to Mi Yang for not forgetting him.
On the other hand, he also knew that since he became Siwen Cao Changshi, he was bound to make some achievements.
Otherwise, everything he has finally obtained now may be lost at any time.
With this mentality, Wang Hong would report the intelligence he collected to Mi Yang almost every few days.
Even if many of them are just based on speculation.
What Wang Hong mainly reported to Mi Yang today was what was recently circulated in Nanzheng City. Some officials were privately referring to the celestial phenomena.
Discuss the matter of Mi Yang.
What Mi Yang held in his hand was the list of those officials.
In the silk book, Wang Hong, who was careful, noted when and where they participated in the matter behind the names of each official involved in the matter.
Nearly half a year has been enough for Wang Hong to become more proficient in his work.
Wang Hong originally thought Mi Yang would be a little happy after seeing the list he presented.
But what Wang Hong didn't expect was that Mi Yang's face had always been calm since he presented the list to Mi Yang's hands.
Mi Yang's calm expression made Wang Hong feel an invisible pressure for no reason.
While Wang Hong was feeling a little uneasy, Mi Yang finally finished reading the contents of the silk book in his hand.
After Mi Yang read it, he placed the silk book in his hand on the candle in front of him, lit it, and then threw it into the copper bowl aside.
The silk book quickly began to burn under the ignition of the flame.
The dark blue flames jumped in Mi Yang's eyes, making Wang Hong even more unable to see what his benefactor was thinking.
After the silk book was completely burned in the copper bowl, Mi Yang finally said: "It is better to guard the people's mouth than to guard the river. It is better to sparse than to block it. It's just a few complaints. What's the fuss about?"
Mi Yang's indifferent tone made Wang Hong's heart skip a beat.
As Mi Yang's good friend in the past, he could hear the displeasure in Mi Yang's tone.
Mi Yang's words also explained why he was unhappy.
It is true that Mi Yang's original intention of setting up Si Wen Cao was to serve as his eyes and ears.
It's just that his original intention is to maintain the stability of Liangzhou.
He didn't want to be deceived and put Liangzhou into crisis, and he definitely didn't want to engage in white politics.
With this intention, Mi Yang felt that Wang Hong was making a fuss out of a molehill.
All the things he has done since he took charge of Liangzhou will indeed touch the interests of many people.
And those people couldn't oppose him openly, and they would definitely complain behind their backs.
There are many such people in Liangzhou.
Even if he is a saintly minister like Zhuge Liang who is devoted to the public good, he will receive a lot of criticism during his reign, let alone Mi Yang?
Regarding these criticisms, Mi Yang has the same attitude as Zhuge Liang.
As long as these criticisms do not affect the overall situation, then he will turn a blind eye and tolerate it for the sake of the country.
Everything he does today will be judged by history books in the future.
After listening to Mi Yang's words, Wang Hong immediately bowed to him and said in a respectful tone: "What Uncle Mu said is true, I will pay attention to this in the future."…
Wang Hong said this, and Mi Yang's expression softened a little.
Mi Yang asked Wang Hongdao: "How are the preparations of the Military Planning Department going?"
When Wang Hong saw that Mi Yang asked about this matter, he did not answer immediately. After thinking carefully in his mind, he spoke cautiously:
"Wei Chen, the director of the Military Planning Department, already has a candidate in mind.
It's just that the establishment of the Military Planning Department is more cumbersome than the Jing'an Department, so it may take some time. "
Wang Hong's answer was not satisfactory to Mi Yang, but it was still understandable and acceptable to Mi Yang.
The Military Planning Department and Jing'an Department that Wang Hong mentioned were two departments belonging to Si Wencao.
The Han family had its own system. Although Mi Yang originally intended to establish Siwencao based on certain systems of later generations, Mi Yang could not act haphazardly.
Under Mi Yang's arrangement, Si Wencao was originally divided into two departments: the Jing'an Department and the Chief Record Office.
The Jing'an Division is mainly responsible for supervision affairs in Liangzhou and belongs to Siwen Caozhong's action faction.
As the name suggests, the main reporter's office is the department that summarizes and analyzes the collected intelligence. It is considered a logistics department.
In order to establish this department, Mi Yang spent a lot of money.
Later, he realized that he had spent money anyway, so why not spend more and let Si Wencao play a greater role?
With this idea in mind, Mi Yang established the Military Consulting Department under Si Wencao.
The difference between the Military Planning Department and the Jing'an Department is that he
Mainly responsible for overseas military intelligence collection.
Compared with the domestic inspection work, the overseas spying on the enemy's situation that the Military Consulting Department is responsible for is undoubtedly more dangerous and it is not easy to recruit suitable spies.
This is also what Wang Hong said is the most important reason why it is difficult to prepare for the Military Consulting Department.
After all, Wang Hong, who had Mi Yang's back, was not short of money, he was just short of people.
Know yourself and your enemy and you will be victorious in any battle. This is a truth that any military strategist understands.
Because of this, the three families in the world often placed spies in each other's territory.
Of course, due to various reasons, there are very few dedicated military spies in the world, and many are part-time spies.
There are even cases where spies send a piece of information to two different forces.
Spies of this nature are basically businessmen.
The reason for this phenomenon is also very simple.
The vast majority of people in today's world cannot leave the county, and transportation is extremely unfavorable. The customs, customs, accents, and idioms vary greatly from place to place.
If an ordinary person were to be a spy, he would probably be suspected of his identity and even try to find out if he opened his mouth.
As for those who are able to travel and learn Mandarin, most of them are children of aristocratic families.
A person of this status would not be willing to degenerate into being a spy. Not to mention his low status, he could easily lose his life.
Compared with people with the above status, businessmen have various conveniences as spies.
Businessmen often need to travel far and wide for business, which ensures that they have basic access to overseas news.
In addition, businessmen are good at dealing with various characters. After all, this is their survival skill.
In addition, even if some businessmen are recognized as not locals because of their customs and accents, they will not arouse suspicion.
Being a spy is also one of the ways for businessmen to make profits.
As for the way businessmen inquire about military affairs, it is also very simple. ….
Just give an example: In ancient military camps, in order to enrich the soldiers' spare life, there was also a market in the military camp...
For all these reasons, only businessmen are the most suitable spies in this world.
Just letting businessmen act as spies to spy on the enemy. Although there are many conveniences, businessmen are all profit-seeking.
This resulted in the fact that not much of the information that merchants had spied on could be fully accepted.
Mi Yang knew this, and so did Wang Hong.
It would not be difficult to use profit alone to drive businessmen to spy on the enemy's military situation for him, but Wang Hong knew that Mi Yang was very serious about the establishment of the Military Consulting Department.
If he uses profit to drive businessmen to explore the enemy's situation like ordinary people, if the businessmen he drives are used by the enemy and give Mi Yang wrong information, causing Mi Yang to make wrong decisions, then Wang Hong will die knowing that he is .
That's why he was in great trouble.
There are many spies in the world who are suitable to be businessmen, but very few of them can be trusted.
Mi Yang saw a look of embarrassment on Wang Hong's face after he finished speaking. He also knew that given Wang Hong's talent, this matter was indeed not easy for him to do.
But the reason why he wanted to set up a military affairs department was of course something he had considered before.
Mi Yang said to Wang Hongyan: "Some of my tribe will arrive in Nanzheng in a few days. I will let them assist you then."
What Mi Yang said was like giving Wang Hong a reassurance, making his face light up with joy.
Wang Hong naturally knew Mi Yang's origin.
The Mi family of Donghai is a big businessman who has been engaged in the production of goods for generations.
When the Mi family in Donghai was at its peak, it was said that the wealth was enough to buy several counties. There were not many such wealthy merchants in the entire Han Dynasty.
With this kind of background, Mi Yang's clan members must have been influenced by the family atmosphere since childhood, and most of them are leaders in business in the world.
They are naturally very suitable to serve as spies.
The most important thing is that they are Mi Yang's tribe, and the tribesmen mentioned by Mi Yang must be those who were released by Ni Wei before.
And those people's loyalty to the Han Dynasty, or to the family, is unquestionable.
In this way, the two originally contradictory points were perfectly resolved by Mi Yang.
Businessmen who are suitable for spying on the enemy's situation, if they have unswerving loyalty, this combination makes Wang Hong, the newly appointed Chief Wen Cao, feel excited just thinking about it.
In excitement, Wang Hong couldn't help but bowed to Mi Yang and said, "Uncle Mu is wise."
Facing Wang Hong's compliment, Mi Yang just smiled.
Is he laughing at Wang Hong or is he not as smart as Fa Miao and others, looking at things too one-sided?
The biggest reason why he let his clansmen enter Siwencao to assist Wang Hong was that Wang Hong wanted to quickly establish the general advisory department.
But there is actually another reason for him to do this, and that is for checks and balances.
Si Wen Cao is in charge of supervising the affairs that have been heard, and has the power to arrest when the situation is critical.
This was a sharp sword created by Mi Yang that shocked Liangzhou.
It's just that the sharper the sword, the more likely it is to hurt the owner.
Si Wencao's power is not insignificant, so Mi Yang must take measures to check and balance.
Allowing his people to enter Siwencao was his way of checking and balancing.
Wang Hong was Mi Yang who held the hilt of Si Wencao's sword, and his people will be the scabbard for him to take back the sword.
Only with the hilt and scabbard present can Si Wencao's sword be guaranteed to be firmly in his grasp.
Of course, this kind of thinking is not common to outsiders, so Mi Yang just said to Wang Hongyan: "You go down and do things first."
After Wang Hong heard Mi Yang's words, he quickly exited the hall.
After Wang Hong retreated, Mi Yang called out to Ding Feng.
Ding Feng, who had been on duty outside, heard Mi Yang calling him and immediately walked in from outside the palace door.
After Ding Feng came in, Mi Yang asked him, "Is everything in the camp ready?"
Facing Ding Feng's inquiry, Ding Feng, who had already received Ding Feng's message, immediately replied: "Everything is ready, just waiting for the shepherd to set a good date."
Hearing Ding Feng's answer, Mi Yang's face showed a smile.
This year's autumn is extremely hot, but it does not affect it as a harvest season.
After harvest, it represents new life.
Next, he is going to do something to bring new vitality to Liangzhou! .
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