Zhao Yutu took the official document and read it in front of him.
However, the more he looked at it, the more ugly his face became.
"This, everything mentioned above is true?" Zhao Yutu looked at Liu Heng with an expression of disbelief.
Liu Heng nodded and said: "This secret report was sent by Yang Yuan. He went to Yanghewei to find out the situation there. In fact, the problem is more serious than I had expected."
"He deserves to die!" Zhao Yutu cursed through gritted teeth.
Su Naichen was someone he was optimistic about, and he wanted to reuse him in the future, but now he has betrayed the Tiger Character Banner. Even though he was optimistic about him before, he hates him now.
As for the authenticity of the contents of the official document in his hand, he did not doubt that anything done by the Foreign Intelligence Bureau would never be without purpose. Moreover, this matter was reported personally by Yang Yuan, the director of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, which was enough to illustrate the above. All content is true.
"I will leave this person to you. I have only one request, that he be tried and executed in public." Liu Heng said to Zhao Yutu.
Zhao Yutu said: "Don't worry, proprietor, I will arrange a quick ride to Yanghewei overnight to capture the person."
"There is no need to send people to Yanghewei. You go there in person and execute him in Yanghewei. As well as the local gentry and wealthy people who have colluded with him, their homes will be ransacked and executed." Liu Heng said with a cold look.
Zhao Yutu nodded vigorously.
"Go ahead, settle the matter between Wanyang and Wei, and prepare in advance for the next battle with Zhao Shujiao." Liu Heng signaled to Zhao Yutu that he could leave.
"My subordinates resign." Zhao Yutu stepped in and saluted, then turned and left the office of the General Town Office.
As soon as the others left, Liu Heng picked up the teapot on the table and wanted to drink some water. When he put it to his mouth, he realized that there was no water in it.
Zhao Wu noticed on the side, walked to the stove nearby, picked up the iron pot on it, and filled half of the teapot on Liu Heng's table.
Hot mist curled up from the tea vat.
The hot water he had just poured could not be put into his mouth for the time being. Unlike the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, if he wanted tea, there would always be maids and eunuchs waiting for him to prepare tea at a suitable temperature.
He took out his pipe, pinched a pinch of tobacco, put it into the pipe and pressed it firmly with his thumb, then used a fire stick to light the tobacco, and took a strong puff in his mouth.
call!
Liu Heng blew out a long puff of white smoke, and then said: "Find Chen Dali."
Zhao Wu put away the iron pot and walked out of the office room.
After taking two puffs of cigarette, Liu Heng held his pipe in his mouth and walked to the coal stove in the house. He pulled over a bench and sat on it.
There were several small sweet potatoes placed around the iron pot. He pressed them with his hands, picked out a soft one, took it in his hand, and tore open the burnt skin.
Sweet potatoes are slightly sweet, and you can enjoy the sweetness when eating them steamed or boiled into porridge, but they are not as sweet as when eaten roasted.
Since he started planting sweet potatoes with the tiger flag, every winter when the stove is lit in the house, he likes to use the stove to roast a few pieces of sweet potatoes to satisfy his craving.
"Proprietor, Director Chen is here." Zhao Wu entered the room and said to Liu Heng.
Following him, a man of average height and inconspicuous appearance walked in: Chen Dali.
"I've met the proprietor." Chen Dali bent down and saluted Liu Heng.
Liu Heng swallowed the last bit of sweet potato in his hand, picked up another piece from the stove lid, threw it to Chen Dali, and said: Try the freshly roasted sweet potato. "
Chen Dali took the sweet potato with both hands, tore open the skin and took a bite. He said as if he had meat tofu in his mouth, "It's delicious."
"Our Tiger Flag has relied on these two things and potatoes in recent years to ensure that after the army has sufficient military rations, there is still surplus food to sell to others." Liu Heng said with a smile.
Sweet potatoes and potatoes are both high-yield crops. Without these two things, it would be impossible for so many people to survive at the same time in the Manchu Qing Dynasty in later generations.
Chen Dali said while eating the roasted sweet potato in his hand: "It's a pity that such good food is available. If these two things were grown in Beizhili and other places in the north, there wouldn't be so many people starving to death."
Sweet potatoes and potatoes have long been introduced to the Ming Dynasty, and many people have grown them in Fujian. However, even though it is such a good thing, few officials are willing to promote it, leaving countless people in the north of the Ming Dynasty to die of hunger.
"The officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was rotten to the core. All their energy was spent on party fighting, and there were not many officials willing to do practical things." Liu Heng blew out a puff of smoke from his mouth.
In the Tianqi Dynasty, there was serious party strife, and there were still a few people who were willing to do things. In the later Chongzhen Dynasty, even the chief minister and his assistants were not doing anything, and whoever did something was impeached and lost office.
Chen Dali quickly finished the sweet potato in his hand and licked the sweet potato pulp on his fingers with his tongue.
"Do you know about Yang Hewei?" Liu Heng asked Chen Dali as he flipped the sweet potatoes on the stove.
Chen Dali nodded and said: "My subordinates found some. Later Director Yang personally went to Yanghewei. His subordinates were worried that Director Yang would notice them, so they stopped the investigation."
"There is a secret letter from Yang Yuan on the table. Read it yourself." Liu Heng pointed to his office table with the hand holding the pipe.
There was a separate official document placed in the middle of the table, with the two characters "Confidential Letter" written in red ink on it.
Chen Dali walked over, picked it up and looked through it.
This secret letter was the one Zhao Yutu had seen before.
"What do you think after reading it?" Liu Heng asked.
Chen Dali said with a face of shame: "My subordinates are incompetent and failed to detect such a big thing in time. If Director Yang hadn't discovered it in advance, I would have died without redemption."
He bowed his head and admitted his mistake.
The director of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau is Yang Yuan, who is responsible for collecting external intelligence and conducting some assassinations, while Chen Dali is in charge of the Internal Intelligence Bureau.
The main task of the Internal Intelligence Bureau is to conduct internal supervision and prevent anything detrimental to the Tiger Flag from happening internally.
The reason why Tiger Flag has been relatively stable internally for so many years is due to the Internal Intelligence Bureau. Once some signs of internal abnormality were discovered, they were immediately shut down.
"You can't just keep your eyes on the military, and you can't relax your vigilance on local matters. In the future, more and more Tiger Character Banner personnel will be sent to various places to govern local areas. If you are not careful, it may cause a lot of trouble. If it hadn't been this time The Foreign Intelligence Agency got clues and traced it to Yanghewei, but we still don’t know that Su Naichen secretly communicated with the court through the squires of Yanghewei," Liu Heng said.
Chen Dali lowered his head and said, "My subordinates failed to discover this in advance. I ask the proprietor to punish me."
"As the Director of the Intelligence Bureau, you are temporarily demoted to one level and will be in charge of the Intelligence Bureau as the Deputy Director. If something like this happens again, you will not be the Director of the Intelligence Bureau." Liu Heng made a copy. Penalty decisions.
Chen Dali bowed and said, "Don't worry, proprietor, I promise that this kind of thing will never happen again."
