1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 427 Chapter 420
Although in fact Zhan Gui has already joined the Haihan intelligence agency's operations, Hao Wanqing has no intention of directly pulling him into the security department.In the scope of work of the Ministry of Security, there is actually more than one Zhan Gui serving it. Early partners such as the "Fu Ruifeng" Li family also provided a lot of convenience for the intelligence agency's work in the mainland.However, in the eyes of the Ministry of Security, these peripheral partners can only stay at the level of cooperation, and there is still a distance from complete trust.Unless they give up their Ming nationality one day and join Haihan as a naturalized citizen, it will be impossible for them to work in Haihan's security intelligence agency.

After sending off Zhan Gui's fleet, Hao Wanqing began to deal with another troublesome matter non-stop.According to the information sent back by the Guangzhou Office, several people from Guangzhou Jinyiwei have already traveled south to Qiongzhou. He Xi suspected that these people were planning to sneak into the Sanya area for activities, and asked Hao Wanqing to search for traces in Sanya as soon as possible and handle it carefully.

The Daming Jinyiwei is different from other official institutions. It does not directly obey the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, but is under the unified command of Nanzhen Fusi in Nanjing.Therefore, although Haihan got along relatively well with the governments at all levels in Guangdong, it still couldn't affect the yamen at the first level of Fusi in Jinyiwei Town. In the past two years, Haihan's reputation in the southern coastal area has grown. To some extent, it also attracted the attention of Ming Dynasty's intelligence agencies.

In fact, since a year ago, Nanzhen Fusi has started to collect information about Haihan, but the Gong Zongqi deployed by Jinyiwei in Yazhou was successfully bought by He Xi shortly after the Yazhou office was established. The report to the above is naturally based on Haihan's intentions, and only picks out trivial matters to write about, trying to portray Haihan as a group of descendants of Han who only do maritime trade.And with the help of General Gong Qi, the relevant departments even took care of the hundreds of Jinyiwei households in Qiongzhou Fucheng.

This deliberately created image was more or less used as a cover-up in the early stage. At least during the tenure of Gong Zongqi in Yazhou, Jinyiwei did not take any form of hostile activities against the Shengli Port area-of course, this is mainly It was the lavish money that played a role. In order to buy off the Jinyiwei on Qiongzhou Island for a long time, the Cliff Office spent a lot of money on it.So much so that after the executive committee was re-elected last year, it was carefully discussed whether the group of guards in Yacheng should be completely removed, so that the expenses can be saved for other more useful things for the office in Yacheng, such as recruiting The remuneration of scholars has been further increased, attracting those Ming scholars who still hold a wait-and-see attitude.

Of course, this issue was rejected by the security department later, because it was not appropriate to completely cut off Daming's intelligence in the Yazhou area, so as not to attract the attention of the authorities.However, the heart of defense is indispensable, and the security department has always been relentless in the possibility of Daming sending people to infiltrate into the control area.

The news sent back from Guangzhou this time is different from the past. He Xi specifically pointed out in the telegram that the order this time came directly from Nanzhen Fusi, and the people sent also departed from Nanjing, which has exceeded the influence of the Guangzhou Office. within reach.When the Guangzhou Office got the news, they had already set off from Nanjing for more than ten days. According to He Xi's judgment, the people from Jinyiwei probably would not stay in Guangzhou specially, but went directly to Qiongzhou by boat.At present, the Guangzhou Office has begun to arrange arrangements at the Lijiazhuang Immigration Station, and has intensified the investigation of the new immigrants, trying to prevent the other side from sneaking in through the immigration channel as much as possible.

However, it is hard to say whether this kind of effort will be effective. After all, it is too difficult for the naturalized civilian cadres who have only been employed after short-term training to distinguish professionally trained intelligence personnel from many immigrants. If you want to infiltrate secretly, you must find the most difficult way to expose your identity, and the large number of immigrants who move from Guangzhou to the Sanya area of ​​​​Qiongzhou Island every month is undoubtedly an excellent choice.Sha Xi, who is in charge of immigration affairs in the Guangdong Office, is currently stationed in Lijiazhuang, but because there are too few professionals, this kind of investigation can only be said to be better than nothing, and the real effect will probably be very limited.

In addition to immigration, another way to openly enter the Sanya area is to engage in maritime trade.Whether it is a sailor or a sea merchant, it is not difficult to enter Haihan's control area with a similar identity, and Haihan's main way of dealing with this type of outsider is to restrict the area of ​​activity.Non-naturalized citizens living or temporarily staying in the Sanya area have always been restricted in their activity areas, especially the inland areas heading to Tiandu, which are completely forbidden areas for outsiders-this is probably the most restricted area for outsiders. A mysterious area of ​​interest.

Since the number of personnel sent by Jinyiwei, the specific purpose, and the infiltration time are not clear, there are not many specific countermeasures that the Ministry of Security can take.What Hao Wanqing can do is to first issue an investigation assistance notice to the port affairs, civil affairs, shipping, commerce, justice, military commission and other departments.Of course, the report did not mention any possible Ming spies in detail, but only asked all units to cooperate with the Ministry of Security's actions in the near future.

After sending out the assisted investigation report, Hao Wanqing called the people from the Special Service Office and asked them to send people to Yacheng as soon as possible to monitor the local Jinyiwei day and night.Although the people sent by the Nanjing side may not contact the Jinyiwei organization in Yacheng, this is also a way to find hidden troubles.Haihan had already taken over the defense of Yacheng last year. Two companies of troops were stationed near Yacheng all year round. Once something was discovered, the militia troops could be mobilized immediately to deal with it.If the Jinyiwei from Nanjing didn't enter Yacheng, it would be fine. If they really went to the city to contact the local Jinyiwei, then things would probably be simple.

The executive committee also gave enough support to the measures taken by the Ministry of Security, so that the Military Commission specially prepared a company of militiamen to stand by in Victory Fort and temporarily accept the direct command of the Ministry of Security.The police department also specially organized elite soldiers to assist the Ministry of Security in its operations.

The former Yacheng police officer, now the third-level superintendent Yu Zhen of the Police Department of the Ministry of Justice of Haihan, is also one of the go-getters involved in this operation.He himself was born in a public family, and he adapted very quickly after entering the police system. Although the laws and regulations formulated by the Haihan people are different from the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", many law enforcement methods are actually the same.Yu Zhen has been performing well since taking office, and has also properly handled many security incidents in Sanya Xingang, and was promoted to his current position without any setbacks.

Ever since he was promoted to superintendent, Yu Zhen moved his family to Sanya New Town, and applied for naturalization for all his family members. He was determined to follow the Haihan people.For such highly loyal naturalized civilian cadres, the executive committee has always given them opportunities to perform.This time, the assisted investigation report was sent to the Ministry of Justice, and Ren Liang included Aftershock without hesitation when selecting candidates.If he can handle this job well, then the speed of his promotion in the Ministry of Justice is probably only comparable to that of Fu Li, an internal relation.

Even if Ren Liang didn't explain the stakes, Yu Zhen could feel the importance of this errand.He had known for a long time that there was a privileged agency under the Haihan Executive Committee called the "Ministry of Security", which had much greater powers than a public official like him, and he didn't even need to show an arrest warrant issued by the Ministry of Justice to arrest people.However, this organization is very low-key. It usually doesn't show itself, and has very little contact with the Police Department. One of Bian's seconded staff.

Yu Zhen looked at the small mirror hanging on the wall, and confirmed that his uniform had been put on neatly.There is no valuable property in his family, and this small mirror, which is worth about 500 yuan circulation certificate, is probably the most valuable property.However, this does not mean that Yu Zhen's living standard is low now. He is one of the first batch of naturalized residents who lived in an apartment in Sanya New City. The structure and internal facilities of this Anju apartment are different from those of the garden houses that sell for [-] taels of silver. Not much, and the benefits of naturalization allowed him to buy this house at a discount of almost [-]%.

However, due to insufficient savings, Yu Zhen had to apply for a five-year low-interest loan from Haihan Bank, but the price was worth it. If he didn't have a house in Sanya Xingang, who would have the nerve to admit that he is a cadre outside?People like Yu Dashan and Zhang Tiangui not only bought the cheapest residential apartment in Shengli Harbor, but now they also bought a newly launched apartment building in Sanya New City.Yu Zhen's upstairs and downstairs neighbors are almost all naturalized cadres of similar rank to him.

Although the house is a bit small and there is no private courtyard space, Yu Zhen is very satisfied with such a living environment.You must know that people like Luo Shengdong and Wei Ping who used to be officials in Yacheng now buy similar houses here. When they saw Luo Shengdong in Yacheng before, he had to call Luo Shengdong respectfully. Master, now he sees himself and greets him politely as "Superintendent Yu". This kind of status change is beyond his imagination.And here, he can clearly see his hope of continuing to make progress in the future, instead of doing errands in the government of Yacheng like in the past, doing more than one head in his life is just a state city arrest.

Yu Zhen is very clear about where he got his life today, and also understands what he should do if he wants to pursue a higher level in the future.He doesn't care whether Haihan's future direction is to continue to be a local tyrant or to break up the territory and form a country of his own. With the wisdom of the leaders, he believes that he will do nothing wrong if he continues to follow.

Aftershock packed up his outfit and went downstairs to go to work.When the naturalized people on the road saw his black uniform, they would respectfully step aside, which satisfied Yu Zhen's vanity.The naturalized people in Sanya don't take Yacheng's fast-moving officials seriously, and inspectors like Wei Ping can only frighten the new immigrants at the wharf. The only deterrent is the police in black uniforms.

When I came to the port area, Aftershock did not go to the office first, but walked around the pier to see if everything was operating normally.Sanya New Port has completed as many as eight wharves, and the construction of inland wharfs in the upper reaches of the two rivers continues.Aftershock once heard Zhou Hengxing, director of the port management committee, mention that there are as many as [-] wharves planned in the entire inland port area, and more than [-] large ships of [-] materials can berth at the same time, which is larger than the Pearl River wharf outside Guangzhou. Larger and stronger cargo handling capacity.

Although only about a quarter of this plan has been completed, the aftershocks can roughly imagine the prosperity here after it is completed.With the prosperity of the port, the task of maintaining law and order has also increased. Fortunately, the executive committee has recently passed the application for expanding the police department. A group of retired professionals entered the Police Department.This made Aftershock feel a little more relaxed, at least not relying on a squadron of police to maintain law and order in the Sanya port area as before.

After the aftershocks walked around the pier, he calmly went to the nearby staff cafeteria to have breakfast, and then went to the port management committee to sign in for work.The office locations of the port affairs, shipping, public security, health, civil affairs and other departments of the entire Xingang are concentrated in the courtyard of the Port Management Committee. The employees who go to work have to arrive here before the specified time every day, and put the attendance box on the wall. Turn over the bamboo sign inside.The employee's name is written on both sides of the bamboo card in red and black. One end is punched and hung on a nail in the box. The box will only be opened when commuting, and the employee will flip the bamboo card for attendance.The person in charge of supervision only needs to see whose sign has not been flipped at the specified time, and then he will know whether someone is late or leaves early.Of course, if anyone wants to flip cards on behalf of someone with an itchy hand, they will be deducted the salary of the month as long as they are caught once. Generally, no one would take such a big risk to do such illegal things.

Yu Zhen didn't rush to leave after turning over his bamboo card, but stood by and waited to see if his subordinates would be late or absent from work.However, today's attendance status did not leave any chance for Aftershock to criticize, and all police officers completed their attendance before the time expired.

After the aftershocks, I returned to my own place, first called all the personnel outside to assemble, and then announced to them that the entry inspection at the port will be strengthened from now on, especially for merchant ships and immigration ships coming from the north of Qiongzhou Island or from the mainland. More stringent searches.Of course, Yu Zhen would not tell the story of Jin Yiwei. The first lesson he learned in the police department was the secrecy system, and he knew what he could say and what he couldn't say. For the following grassroots policemen, the reason he could give was that there may be gangsters in the near future. Sneaking into Sanya to wait for an opportunity to commit crimes is a very credible reason.

(End of this chapter)