The friendship of the whole battalion was in full swing for the next six days, and it was not without rumors that the Taiping Battalion was loading all the money and grain into the trucks, and that those officers were preparing to flee with their goods and goods, not to fight the Tartars at all, and that these old and weak women and children who had defected to the Taiping Camp were to be left to the Qing army to be a scourge.
The rumors suddenly spread without warning, but it was reasonable, after all, what the Taiping Camp was doing now did look no different from escaping, otherwise what would they do if they loaded everything into a truck In response to the rumors, Zhou Shixiang quickly ordered the front battalion to strengthen the military management of the whole city, strictly prohibiting people of all colors from spreading such rumors in the camp, and at the same time strictly prohibiting women and children in each battalion from running around with each other, and set an iron law that those who spread rumors die Under the pressure of the Taiping camp, rumors were quickly restricted, and under the almost strict iron law of "death to rumor-mongers" and those who spread rumors, no one dared to easily touch the truth of this iron law with their heads.
The people are blind, but they are also obedient, and without strong suppression, rumors can have extremely terrible consequences, but in the face of force, rumors do not play any role.
Time is the natural enemy of rumors, and as time passes, rumors will be self-defeating, and until then, they can only be tightened.
In order to crack down on rumor-mongers, Zhou Shixiang even issued a whistleblower system, that is, if someone secretly reported that someone had fabricated or spread rumors, they could be rewarded.
This system is also a double-edged sword, if used well, it can effectively crack down on those disgruntled rumor-mongers, and if it is not used well, it is easy to alienate the military and the people.
But for now, there is no need to care about the pros or cons, and it is still far from considering the pros and cons of this system.
Song Xianggong, who was so busy, did not forget to send someone to secretly investigate who spread the rumors, but unfortunately there were nearly 10,000 old and weak women and children in the back camp, and the only people he sent to secretly investigate were those former yamen officials who were willing to be used by the Taiping camp.
After checking for two or three days, except for a few women and children who listened to rumors and secretly talked to people, the real rumor-monger was not caught.
If you can't find out, this matter can only be closed.
Afterwards, Song Xianggong sighed with some emotion, if there was a force similar to the Ming Jinyiwei or Dongchang Fanzi in the Taiping Camp, no matter how those rumor-mongers covered themselves up and hid themselves, they would have nowhere to follow in front of Fanzi.
Because I want people not to know, unless I can't do anything, I stretch out my hand and open my mouth, and there must be traces to check Song Xianggong's emotion reminded Zhou Shixiang that he had always been busy with the formation of the army and civil administration, but he had not taken any action in intelligence work.
Intelligence is like a person's eyes, with information in hand, whether it is military or civilian information, it can be seen clearly, without intelligence, it is a blind man touching the elephant.
It's like a rumor in the camp, and there are special intelligence officers to deal with the matter, so it can be easily resolved, but a layman can be sent to do it, and his eyes are dark, and he doesn't know who is who and where he started to say it.
This trip to Xiangshan is nearly 1,000 miles, and most of the way is occupied by the enemy, and there must be a special intelligence officer similar to Jinyiwei to be responsible for probing the enemy's situation, otherwise the Taiping Camp will be passive everywhere.
Of course, Jinyiwei is the pro-army of the Ming Emperor, Zhou Shixiang's self-styled thousand households must not be used, and the reputation of Dongchang Fanzi is not good, and Jinyiwei cannot be used by courtiers, naturally, the agency of the Military Intelligence Department was released.
The Military Intelligence Department is released, but who will be in charge of this department Looking at the whole battalion, basically no one can be suitable for the important task of the Military Intelligence Department, as a last resort, at the suggestion of Song Xianggong, Zhou Shixiang handed over the Military Intelligence Department to Zhang An.
The reason why Song Xianggong recommended Bantam An is that this guy is clever and can talk.
Clever is indeed a necessary quality for intelligence officers, but it seems that it is a bit out of place to be able to speak, but there is no one available, and Zhou Shixiang himself cannot personally serve as the intelligence chief, so in desperation, he can only let Zhang An take office.
After the confused Zhang An was called, he didn't know what the Military Intelligence Department did, Zhou Shixiang could only roughly tell him what Jinyiwei and Dongchang Fanzi did, and didn't want the other party to shake his head like a rattle after listening to it, saying that I, Zhang An, am also a good man, how can I do that ugly thing, don't do it, never do it If you don't do it, don't do it, he also talked about how Jinyiwei harmed the people back then, and how Dongchang Fanzi was a fox and a fake tiger, bullying the good people and hiding from the Son of Heaven or something, that gritted his teeth as if he Zhang An had personally experienced and seen it with his own eyes.
If it weren't for Zhou Shixiang's pondering, this would have been the eighth year of Yongli, 12 years since the Qing army entered the customs, Chongzhen came to power and abolished the East Factory, and castrated the Jinyi Wei like a chicken, Chongzhen was 17 years, the prestige of the factory guard did not exist at all, this is 29 years, and Zhang An is only 28 years old this year, where did he experience the bad factory guard, and where did he hear that the factory guard was bad Song Xianggong had seen the world after all, and muttered beside Zhang An's words: "If it weren't for the abolition of the factory guards, Emperor Xiaolie might not have hanged himself." ” Emperor Xiaolie is naturally Emperor Chongzhen, Xiaolie is the nickname given by the Hongguang Dynasty, and the Qing court has also been on it, but it is called Zhuang Lie.
Although the Qing court accounted for most of the country, the Southern Ming Dynasty was still there, so in the south, people still called this strong emperor Emperor Xiaolie.
What is the direct relationship between the death of Emperor Xiaolie and the abolition of the factory guard, Zhou Shixiang doesn't want to ask, he is not a historian, he doesn't want to find out the causal relationship between this, he only knows that Zhang An, this kid, must be put in office, otherwise this military intelligence department will be a fart just after birth.
Under Zhou Shixiang's scolding, Zhang An reluctantly took over the "heavy task" of the ambassador of the Military Intelligence Department, and the first task he received after taking office was to go to Deqing immediately, and no matter how much money he spent, he had to find a way to find out the garrison strength of the Qing troops in Zhaoqing and Guangzhou.
At the same time, they tried to contact the secret anti-Qing people hiding in the two prefectures, so as to get their help when the Taiping camp crossed.
Zhou Shixiang gave Zhang An a lot of autonomy, which in the words of this era is called "acting cheaply".
"The subordinates thought it was a dirty thing to do, but they didn't want to explain to Qianhu but it was such a big thing, Qianhu rest assured, his subordinates will go to Deqing" After listening to Zhou Shixiang's explanation, Zhang An immediately changed his attitude, but when Zhou Shixiang signaled that he could go, he refused to leave.
Zhou Shixiang was a little strange and asked him: "What else is the matter?"
"Subordinate" Zhang An sneered, "I don't know where my subordinates are, since my subordinates are going to Deqing, I also ask Qianhu to hand over people to my subordinates, and my subordinates have some helpers, otherwise how can my subordinates do so many things." ” "I don't have anybody."
Zhou Shixiang spread his hands, "You are the ambassador of the Military Intelligence Department, what kind of subordinates do you want to find yourself, anyway, I have no one to send to you." ” As soon as he heard this, Zhang An was stunned: "In this way, his subordinates are the ambassadors of the light poles."
"Everything is difficult at the beginning, our Taiping Camp is now in the pioneering stage, there is a shortage of manpower everywhere, and the errand of the Military Intelligence Department is not something that ordinary people can do, you have to find it yourself."
"If you don't send people to thousands of households, where will your subordinates look for people?"
"You go to the back camp and look for it, as long as the person is smart, oh, by the way, this person's appearance can't be too conspicuous, the more ordinary the better."
After speaking, Zhou Shixiang did not forget to say hello to Song Xianggong, who was actually in charge of the rear camp, "Mr. is here to make it convenient for the Military Intelligence Department, and the people Zhang An likes are all transferred to the Military Intelligence Department, and Mr. is also asked to prepare for the expenses." ” Song Xianggong smiled slightly, nodded and said, "This is natural." ” Turning his head and seeing Zhang An still standing stupidly, Zhou Shixiang couldn't help urging him: "What are you still doing here, why don't you go find some helpers, do you really want to do it alone?"
"I, I, I" Zhang An had three "I" in a row, and when he saw that Zhou Shixiang really didn't have any manpower to send to him, he could only sigh helplessly, salute and turn around to look for his subordinates.
Looking at Zhang An's distant back, Zhou Shixiang also felt a little guilty, the Military Intelligence Department is such an important institution, but he can't help Zhang An put up the shelf, just send people away with such a sentence, whether he will live or die in the future depends on his own creation, and he can't help but be too ruthless.
But what if you don't be ruthless, there are so many people up and down the Taiping Camp, but there are few people who can be used, and there are even fewer who are suitable for intelligence work, and I can't be separated, so I don't put the burden on Zhang An I hope Bantam An can impress himself, Zhou Shixiang sighed helplessly. oshow7 t1706231537: