The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 457 Dark Guard
In addition to the means on the surface, Zhang Wu also has a dark hand, which is the secret monitoring agency that he set up very early and is only responsible to him alone. Similar to Jin Yiwei, it only has the right to investigate and has no right to act.

At the beginning, Chen Sunlai was in charge of this organization. Although Chen Sun didn't lead the army, he had a lot of affairs. Later, Huang She took over, which means that now Huang She is the head of Zhang Wu's secret service.

With more and more civil and military officials under Zhang Wu, more and more people need to be monitored secretly, so the scale of this organization is also getting bigger and bigger, and the scope of spying is also getting bigger and bigger.For example, spying on the intelligence of Cao Cao and the Wei Palace; spying on the nomads in the north; spying on the Southeast Asian countries;

The organization was big, and Huang She's own talents were insufficient, so Zhang Wu found Huang She a helper, that is Liao Li from Wuling.

Liao Li is very talented, he can even be compared with Pang Tong. At the beginning, Zhang Wu recruited him to join the army. Zhang Wu observed Liao Li for a long time, and found that this person is indeed talented. Also very accurate.

Later, because Liao Li made meritorious service in persuading Lu Xun to surrender, he was released to the county magistrate or county magistrate along with Zongyu, Xizhen and others who were expropriated at the beginning. In order to continue to investigate Liao Li, Zhang Wu specially let him serve as a county in a large county near Xiangyang. make.

Now Xiangyang is the economic and cultural center of the world, and it is also the political center of the entire Jiangnan. There are many aristocratic families and high-ranking officials and nobles everywhere. Who doesn't want to get closer to Zhang Wu, the overlord of Jiangnan.

However, Xiangyang City is only that big after all, and Zhang Wu had already given clear instructions not to forcibly occupy people's fields and houses, and to maintain the number of aborigines in Xiangyang City.How many wealthy families there are in the whole of Jiangnan, except for the Jingzhou families who have already occupied the booths, it is difficult for the families from other states to squeeze in, unless they are rewarded with land and houses by Zhang Wu for their great achievements, or they are rewarded by Zhang Wu for their talents. Wu Zhongyong's top officials.

Those aristocratic families who did not seize the opportunity took the next best thing, bought properties near Xiangyang, and moved some clansmen, which was considered closer to the center of power.

Therefore, the counties around Xiangyang are also populated by aristocratic families, and there are even some top aristocratic families. Maybe the silk shop on East Street was opened by Jiangdong Gu’s family, or the Shu brocade store on West Street was opened by Zhang’s family from Yizhou, or South Street. The jewelry store was run by Jiaozhou Shi's family.

If you don't have any background, it's really hard to be an official in this kind of place.It is said that Beijing officials are good, which refers to court officials, officials who serve in the central government, see the official rank.But if you are a magistrate in the capital, there are too many mothers-in-law above you, and any court official is higher than you and has more power than you, then you are really unlucky.

Song Luo of the Qing Dynasty once said: "If you did evil in your previous life, the county magistrate will attach to Guo; if you are full of evil, you will attach to Guo's provincial capital."

To be a magistrate in the seat of the provincial government must have been full of crimes in the previous life, so he was punished like this in this life.

Originally, the magistrate of the county, as the parent official of a county, is similar to the emperor of the land. You have the final say on all the big and small matters in this county.But if you are a county magistrate in the place where the official office of the prefect of a county is located, even if there is a state shepherd's office or state governor's office in your county, then it is not easy to be a county magistrate.

For example, in Kaifeng Prefecture in the Song Dynasty, everyone knew that Bao Qingtian, the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, opened courts to hear cases and was impartial, but the county magistrates of Kaifeng County and Xiangfu County in Fuguo County of Kaifeng Prefecture had no sense of existence.They will definitely be blamed if something goes wrong, and the government achievements will naturally belong to Mr. Fu Yin.

Xiangyang is now equivalent to the capital of the entire Jiangnan. It is really not easy to replace the prefect of Xiangyang with someone else, so Zhang Wu asked Chen Sun to concurrently serve, so that the officials of the Xiangyang County Governor's Mansion will have the confidence to renovate the city, otherwise they may not even be able to do so. Even a roadside stall can't handle it.

However, being the magistrate of Xiangyang County, Fuguo County, Xiangyang County is not easy, because Xiangyang County is Xiangyang City, and a county magistrate in this city dare not call himself an official at all!

The current Xiangyang county magistrate is surnamed Qiao, so he has some connection and background, so both the military and political circles give him some face.

The county where Liao Li works is Zhonglu County. Although it is not Fuguo County, it is adjacent to Xiangyang County and very close to Xiangyang City, so it is similar to Fuguo County. The most important thing is that although Liao Li was not born as a commoner, he There are really countless small families. Although his hometown is Wuling County, he doesn't have a deep relationship with the Jingzhou faction.

Therefore, Zhang Wu put Liao Li as the county magistrate in Zhonglu County for the purpose of testing him.

After two years of observation, Zhang Wu found that Liao Li was doing very smoothly in Zhonglu County. Zhonglu County was also governed by him in an orderly manner. The powerful families in the county were all law-abiding and law-abiding.

It turned out that although Liao Li was not from a top-notch family, nor did he have a deep background, but he could accurately analyze the core interests of a matter, and he was good at using various contacts, and he could skillfully attract many people to stand for him, so many Things can be easily resolved.

Liao Li's greatest political advantage is that he joined the army as Zhang Wu. Although this position is not high-ranking and does not have a wide range of contacts, he can get in touch with the core of power, get in touch with the highest-level personnel, and learn a lot of confidential things. , so it is possible to predict the general trend of the entire Zhangwu Group.

Therefore, Liao Li gave full play to this advantage and let many people become his helpers.

First of all, Zong Yu and Xi Zhen, who were enlisted together with him to join the army, are natural political allies, and they usually help if they can in officialdom.

Zong Yu was sent to the army by Zhang Wu to serve as Zhonglang General, he was regarded as a mid-to-high-ranking general, and it would be a matter of time before Zong Yu was promoted to a miscellaneous general with Zong Yu's ability.

Xi Zhen was even more complicated. He was born in the Xi family, one of the top families in Jingzhou, and his younger sister married Pang Tong's younger brother Pang Lin.Xi Zhen is also well-known in Jingzhou. He is good at talking and is often called together with Ma Liang.

Liao Li had persuaded Lu Xun to surrender at the beginning, and this had a relationship with the Lu family. The Lu family is the top family in Jiangdong, and now Lu Xun is also one of Zhang Wu's most valued young heroes.

Although Liao Li was a bit arrogant, he was not a fool, and of course he would not foolishly confront those powerful families, why not use it if he had something to do with it?When I was in the army, I got to know so many great people, such as Pang Tong, Guan Yu, Wei Yan, Ma Liang, etc., it is a fool not to use it.

Zhang Wu felt that Liao Li was indeed capable, not pedantic, and knew how to do things flexibly, so he recalled him to his side and asked him to assist Huang She in running this secret surveillance organization.

Zhang Wu didn't bother to think of a nice name, so he simply named this institution "Dark Guard".

Liao Li was hesitant at first, because once he took up this position, it meant that he would never be able to pursue a serious career as a civil servant.Because an organization like the "Dark Guard" secretly monitors all officials, and it offends all officials. If others find out, even if others dare not do anything to him, they will definitely exclude him.

No one likes to be spied on secretly, but this kind of thing is inevitable.

(End of this chapter)