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Chapter 728 The Predecessor of the Later Jinyiwei: Imperial City Division (Part [-])
Chapter 737

"The young one was originally from Huanzhou, and my family, young and old, had died at the hands of the Xixia bandit army a few years ago. Now the young one is just a lonely person. He joined the army for the purpose of I can kill a few more Xixia dogs to avenge the bloodshed of my family."

"Since there is such an opportunity now, how can the young one let it go? Please Wang Jinglue take in the young one..." The more he said, the more uncontrollable anger the middle-aged man prostrated on the ground. .

The fortunes of the remaining twelve warriors were all similar, and they all had deep-seated hatred with Naxixia.

After Wang Yang listened to what everyone said, he finally stepped forward to help the 12 people up one by one, and spoke to them with gentle words of comfort. "I have seen your determination, but I have something to say first, so you should go back to camp first and think about it carefully. After two days, if your will is still so determined, then I will naturally accept it. You enter the intelligence office."

After the 12 people left the camp slowly, Zhe Keshi spoke towards Wang Yang with a little dissatisfaction. "Since the brothers are willing, why do you let them go back and think again, don't you see their determination?"

"If they don't show up in front of me after two days, it means that their will is not strong enough. Why should I keep such people? It's better to let them continue to kill the enemy and make contributions in the army." Wang Yang explained with a smile.

"That's what you said. Anyway, it's not less than these two days. However, Brother Xian, Brother Yu has also thought about the things you said before carefully. It seems that the problem is not with my Da Song's work, but..." said At this point, Zhe Keshi seemed to have thought of something and did not continue talking, but just sighed a little depressedly.

"I also know what my brother is thinking. The problem is indeed no longer with the hard and dangerous work of the Song Dynasty. This is why I asked your majesty to set up a separate intelligence office in these three states. Reason." Wang Yang nodded with deep sympathy and explained.

It's not that Da Song didn't have meticulous work, but the information obtained from the previous careful work often failed to attract Shangfeng's attention. After all, Da Song's intelligence system was just an inconspicuous small organization under the Ministry of War, and Da Song's military top The institution is the Privy Council.

Such an inconspicuous small organization, even if it provides a lot of valuable information to the Ministry of War of the Song Dynasty, but is it useful?
The big bosses above are busy scheming and fighting for power all day long, and they don't pay attention to these intelligence work at all, unless they discover large-scale military mobilization by the enemy country, which is likely to cause disadvantage to the Song Dynasty. The information will be delivered to the Minister of the Ministry of War.

Then the minister of the Ministry of War will submit it to the Privy Council, and the Privy Council will study and make a decision.However, a lot of military and political intelligence that looks ordinary but is actually extremely valuable is often buried in old paper piles because of the unprofessionalism of those sloppy bosses.

In view of the destruction of Suide City on Shanxi Road in the Song Dynasty, Wang Yang ruthlessly complained about the problems existing in the intelligence system of the Song Dynasty today.

To be honest, after Zhao Xu saw Wang Yang's complaints, he ordered people to go to the Ministry of War to check. Sure enough, he did find some news about the changes in the Xixia army, but unfortunately, none of them attracted the attention of the higher authorities. Buried in those dusty piles of paper.

This is also the reason why Zhao Xu agreed to Wang Yang and allowed him to build an intelligence center in the three states, and also ordered the Zifang Division to send several capable backbones to Yanzhou to help Wang Yang build it. In addition, Zhao Xu He also expressed generously that if there were any more military reports from Xixia, the Ministry of War would make a special copy and submit them to the Intelligence Office in Yanzhou for review.

Before, Zhao Xu had the idea of ​​ordering the Imperial City Division to set up a separate intelligence department and be directly responsible for it. After hearing Zhao Xu's idea, Mr. Wang was very happy, and he succeeded in persuading Zhao Xu to do so. A young emperor.

But after Wang Yang inquired about it, he learned from Su Dongpo what the hell this so-called Imperial City Secretary was.But this outstanding young talent from the future was so shocking that he couldn't help himself.

Only then did I know that the Imperial City Division is not an ordinary political organization as Wang Yang imagined, but a secret service agency directly under the Song Dynasty. The original idea of ​​this spy agency did not come from the Song Dynasty, but originated from the earliest At the time of the Three Kingdoms.

In the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao set up "School Affairs", which is a typical spy agency. According to "Three Kingdoms", in the first year of Jian'an, Cao Cao's official worship was Sikong, and in the third year of Jian'an, he returned to Xuchang and began to set up military priests. This is also the beginning of Cao Cao's appointment as an official.

Afterwards, Cao Cao started a series of actions to add Kong Handi and Han Chen. Among them, the most able to demonstrate his power to the government and the public was the establishment of the "school affairs" organization.The first leaders of the school affairs were Lu Hong and Zhao Da, despite their insignificant reputation in history.

However, their ferocity can be seen from the proverbs circulated within the sphere of influence of Cao Cao at that time: Don't be afraid of Duke Cao, but be afraid of Lu Hong. Lu Hong is okay, Zhao Da kills me.

The Imperial City Division is the continuation of the past school organization and the prototype of the future Jinyiwei.

The predecessor of the Imperial City Division was the Wude Division.Wu Desi started in the Five Dynasties, and its name can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty after the Five Dynasties: "Wu Deshi Shi Yanqiong was fortunate to be an actress, and the emperor treated him with a confidant. They all bowed their shoulders and bowed their heads, and there was no time for music...";
In the later Han Dynasty, Emperor Yin of the Han Dynasty executed powerful ministers. "At the end of Qianyou, Emperor Yin used Wude envoy Li Ye and others to plot and execute ministers Yang Bian and others..." Wude envoys were the emperor's minions and had great power, restraining "the generals of the Suwei" and the Privy Council.

In the Zhou Dynasty following the Song Dynasty, Wang Renshan, the former official of the Taizu shogunate, was awarded the military virtue envoy.After Wang Renzhan, Liu Zhixin and Wang Jien served successively as Wu De envoys, both of whom were "respectful relatives, especially appointed by relatives, the most old story of Chinese and foreign practice".At that time, it was said that "the Taizu listened to Mingyuan, and every detail of the affairs of each side must be known", which was due to the spying of Wu Desi.

On November 981, the sixth year of Taiping Xingguo (AD [-]), Wude Division was changed to Huangcheng Division.

However, this Imperial City Secretary has always been only inquiring about the internal intelligence of the Great Song Dynasty, and has no intention of expanding its intelligence business outside the Great Song Dynasty.

The Imperial City Division "according to the ancestral law, not affiliated to the Taicha", and "the old system, the three yamen were in charge of the army, and they did not live in the house", "Although the first division in front of the palace is in charge of all the guards, the first division of the Imperial City is completely irrelevant, and also It also means the unity of the Han, South and North armies", that is to say, the Imperial City Division is not under the jurisdiction of the Sanya, but is a secret service agency directly under the emperor.

The Imperial City Division had thousands of subordinate officials, and the two military ministers were ordered to know the master, but there was no warning in front of the palace. In the fifth year of Zhenghe, the Imperial City Division had a total of five subordinate officials under its jurisdiction (number: the previous commander) , the second commander above, the third commander above, the fourth commander above, the fifth commander above) about 3000 people; the six commanders of the relatives (number: the next commander, the second commander below, the third commander below, the fourth commander below, the fifth commander below), and outside Three Commanders, Huang Yuanzi, Zao Yuanzi) about 5000 people; 500 people entering the inner courtyard; 30 people each for fast travel and long travel;

With such a scale, there must be nearly ten thousand. Such a large-scale spy agency is only used to keep an eye on the country, and it is no less inferior to the Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and Xichang in the Ming Dynasty.

As expected, history gave Wang Yang and Wang Wushan a history lesson, but the University scholar Su expressed a high praise for Wang Yang's blunder.

He believes that Wang Yang's move is tantamount to diverting the attention of the Imperial City Division from the domestic affairs, and considering the level of the Imperial City Division that has been working as a spy agency for more than a hundred years, at least in terms of intelligence level, it is indeed far higher higher than the inconspicuous intelligence agency subordinate to the latter part of the Song Dynasty.

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Two days is not a long time. Wang Yang took advantage of these two days to carefully inspect this busy construction site. 3 people are working on a construction site, even in the 21st century when infrastructure construction is in progress. The big scene is also very rare to see.

Wang Yang had no choice but to be thankful for his choice of location. It was surrounded by mountains and rivers, the city was located here, and it was blocked by mountains beside the river, so it was not easy to be attacked by enemies.

Moreover, with running water, a wide moat can also be built. In addition, with river water, it is also possible to ensure the living water of people in the city.As well as the production water in the gentle areas in the north and south of Xinyanzhou.

The daily production of red bricks exceeds 12 pieces. Even so, it is still not enough to meet the demand. In addition, a large number of pottery pipes with a diameter of two feet need to be produced to serve as sewers. In addition, the planned road construction in the city is also difficult. In full swing.

At this moment, Wang Yang was comparing the floor plan of New Yanzhou that he had drawn with his own handwriting, and was walking among the teams of soldiers who were under construction.

The large amount of materials and tools obtained from the previous sales of cotton fields were of great use here. Otherwise, just collecting these tools would take a lot of time and energy.

This made Mr. Wang admire his ingenuity even more.The new Yanzhou that Wang Yang wants to build not only focuses on the present, but also focuses on the future.

The width of the main arterial roads in the city exceeds the width of the concrete straight roads that are connecting each other.In addition, the central position of the road will be separated by street trees and masonry guardrails to ensure the smooth driving of the road.

(End of this chapter)