Kingsman Agent in Film and Television

meeting room.

Zheng Yaoquan was the last one to come in. When he came in, the heads of the three major forces in the Bureau of Secrets were sitting opposite each other in a triangle - Zheng Yaoxian and Mao Renfeng were sitting opposite Zhang Anping, forming an isosceles triangle.

This scene made Zheng Yaoquan very satisfied. When the people below started fighting, he, as the director, could maintain a balance. If the people below were of one mind, then he, as the director, would have to consider whether he could retire.

After sitting in the main seat, Zheng Yaoquan asked in a slightly friendly tone: "Anping, what happened?"

Face is given to each other. Ever since Zhang Anping invited him to join the team, Zhang Anping has changed his past domineering attitude towards him and has always maintained the proper manner of a subordinate in front of others and behind their backs.

If it were someone else, Zheng Yaoquan would naturally not feel anything, but he was very pleased with Zhang Anping's behavior, so much so that in public, he would always affectionately call him "Anping", as if he and Zhang Anping were uncle and nephew...

"Something happened in Chongqing," Zhang Anping said solemnly, "Thirteen young masters from the Jiang, Song, Chen, and Kong families have been kidnapped!"

There are only a few legitimate young men in these four families, but as the saying goes, if one person succeeds, the whole family will benefit. The relatives around them, with them as the core, form a huge and greedy family force. The thirteen people kidnapped this time are basically relatives of the four clans.

And these people are also the core composition of the Taotie.

"I know about this..." Mao Renfeng glanced at Zhang Anping and said, "The Chongqing police have confirmed that it was done by bandits. This has nothing to do with us, right?"

After Mao Renfeng finished speaking, Zheng Yaoxian said sarcastically: "This is different from the Chief Zhang I know - the Chief Zhang I know would be very happy to use this incident to kill all these young masters."

Zhang Anping ignored the two's words and continued to report to Zheng Yaoquan:
"According to the intelligence I received, the ambush in this kidnapping case was influenced by the Military Control Commission - I suspect it was the work of the disbanded agents."

As soon as these words were spoken, Mao Renfeng and Zheng Yaoxian immediately stopped being nonchalant and their expressions became serious.

Zheng Yaoquan asked in a deep voice:

"Is there any evidence?"

"No, but according to the trace survey at the scene, it seems like we did it."

Zheng Yaoquan looked solemn and said in a light voice:

"This matter cannot be underestimated!"

Zhang Anping had often fought against the Taotie before, and he could defeat the Taotie every time - was this the result because the Taotie were strong on the outside but weak on the inside?

of course not!

In fact, every time Zhang Anping faced off, he stood on the moral high ground and always had the Taotie's handle, so he could easily win every time and make the Taotie look humiliated.

It’s not that the Taotie don’t want to take revenge, but they can’t outsmart Zhang Anping in terms of tactics, and they can’t find any black evidence to frame Zhang Anping, so they always seem to be strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

But in fact, once the forces they represent show enough anger, the entire National Government will tremble.

If it was really done by a former member of the Military Control Commission, then the Bureau of Secrets would be in big trouble - as long as they insist that there is another hidden story behind this matter, they can easily stir up trouble within the Bureau of Secrets.

You have to know that the Bureau of Secrets is now theoretically a subordinate agency of the Ministry of National Defense, but the essence of the Bureau of Secrets is a powerful weapon in the hands of the Chief Aide-de-Camp. In order not to lose "status", the Bureau of Secrets cannot cut off direct contact with the Chief Aide-de-Camp's Office.

Power is from top to bottom and from bottom to top. Since the Ministry of National Defense is the superior of the Bureau of Secrets, it naturally wants to take control of the Bureau of Secrets.

However, in order to maintain its "status", the Bureau of Secrets must maintain its independent status when facing the Ministry of National Defense. A Bureau of Secrets that obeys the orders of the Secretariat and a Bureau of Secrets that obeys the orders of the Ministry of National Defense have completely different statuses, and the implicit power between the two is a huge gap.

Therefore, ensuring the independence of the Bureau of Secrets when facing the Ministry of National Defense is something that the top brass of the Bureau of Secrets must consider. And this very matter can easily become a handle to control the Bureau of Secrets. Even if the Taotie follow the instructions of the attendant's office and do not pursue the matter, the Ministry of National Defense will take this opportunity to reach into the Bureau of Secrets.

It’s easy to ask God but hard to send Him away!
Once the Ministry of Defense extends its hands to the Bureau of Investigation, it will be extremely difficult for the Bureau of Investigation to maintain its assumed independence.

This is why Zhang Anping said trouble was coming after hearing Lin Nansheng's report;
This is also why Zheng Yaoquan said that this matter should not be underestimated after listening to Zhang Anping’s report.

Mao Renfeng's eyes flickered, and his first reaction after becoming solemn was:
Can we take this opportunity to defeat Zhang Anping?

Zhang Anping seemed to have heard Mao Renfeng's thoughts. His eyes turned cold and he looked at Mao Renfeng with a warning look.

After Zheng Yaoquan noticed this, he said, "Three of you, if this matter is not handled properly, the four of us will be sinners of the Bureau of Secrets. In this matter, the four of us must work together and must not let internal strife lead to disaster!"

"The Director is right!" Zheng Yaoxian agreed and warned Mao Renfeng with his eyes.

Mao Renfeng changed his expression and agreed: "It doesn't matter if we fight to the death among our own people, but when facing foreign enemies, we must be united!"

Zhang Anping said nothing, but withdrew his warning look.

Seeing his subordinates' unified stance, Zheng Yaoquan nodded in satisfaction and directly ordered Zhang Anping:
"Anping, if I leave this matter to you, are you sure about it?"

Zhang Anping did not take on too much responsibility, but said cautiously: "The situation is unclear at the moment, I dare not make any guarantees, but I will definitely do my best."

"I can trust you to do things—" Zheng Yaoquan affirmed Zhang Anping and turned to ask, "Deputy Director Mao, General Manager Zheng, what do you think?"

Mao Renfeng and Zheng Yaoxian could only nod their heads. Shaking their heads would mean they were singing a different tune from Zheng Yaoquan.

Now that Zheng Yaoquan is the referee, there will be no good consequences if you go against him.

After confirming that Zhang Anping was responsible for this matter, Zheng Yaoquan wanted to end the meeting, but Mao Renfeng made a fuss at this time:

"Director, I have a personnel appointment report here. Would you like to take a look?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the small conference room suddenly froze.

Zhang Anping had a blank expression, Zheng Yaoxian had a playful look on his face, and Zheng Yaoquan had a curious look on his face:
"Okay, let me see!"

The personnel appointments of the Bureau of Secrets were finalized before Zheng Yaoquan took office.

The full-time positions are Mao Renfengqi and Zhang Anpingsan, while the deputy positions are Zhang Anpingqi and Mao Renfengsan.

Zheng Yaoxian's power was then in the hands of Mao Renfeng.

At that time, Zheng Yaoquan was just a spectator, and he only thought that the future of the Bureau of Secrets would be extremely exciting. However, he did not expect that because of the fighting, Zhang Anping took the initiative to invite Zheng Yaoquan to join and become the director of the Bureau of Secrets.

Zheng Yaoquan has not been in office long and has not made any adjustments to personnel arrangements.

It's certainly not that he doesn't want to make adjustments, but he is worried that directly changing personnel matters will make Zhang Anping and Mao Renfeng stand together.

Therefore, he planned to be a good referee, slowly infiltrate his power in the fights, and wait until he had an absolute advantage, then defeat and annex the three factions in one fell swoop. Therefore, he has been lying low for the time being.

But what he didn't expect was that Mao Renfeng would suddenly send him the personnel report - what was he going to do?
Launch an offensive against Zhang Anping?

After taking the report, Zheng Yaoquan glanced at it and then looked at Zheng Yaoxian who was watching the show with a playful look.

Zheng Yaoxian was a little confused. Why were you looking at me?
Zheng Yaoquan spoke slowly at this time: "General Manager Zheng, what do you think of Ma Hansan?"

Ma Hansan!
There was a hint of amusement in Zhang Anping's eyes - it was his turn to watch the show!
Previously, Peking Station and Tianjin Station constituted the Pingjin District, and Ma Hansan was the head of both Peking Station and the Pingjin District. However, after the reorganization of the Military Control Commission, the Pingjin District was abolished, and Ma Hansan continued to serve as the station chief of Peking Station.

During the reorganization of the Military Control Commission, Mao Renfeng won over Ma Hansan, and Ma Hansan threw himself into Mao Renfeng's arms without hesitation.

Ma Hansan was an old veteran after all. He joined Mao Renfeng's team because Mao Renfeng had a position under his command. This joining really made the Beiping Station the largest station-level organization in the Bureau of Secrets. However, it was impossible to expect him to follow Mao Renfeng's orders blindly - he had conflicts with Mao Renfeng several times before.

Now that Ma Hansan's name is on Mao Renfeng's personnel report, Zhang Anping suspects that Mao Renfeng is trying to "prune the branches." Mao Renfeng is powerful, but his power is like a raging fire, and after the fire is burned, it is easy to lose everything.

He knew this, Zhang Anping knew this, and Zheng Yaoquan knew this too.

Zheng Yaoxian's mind raced when he faced Zheng Yaoquan's question. He said in a playful tone while thinking:

"Old Ma is a good person, but he is a little greedy - right, Chief Zhang?"

Zhang Anping looked displeased with Zheng Yaoxian's attitude, but nodded anyway - in the purge he presided over, Ma Hansan was the most serious in his manipulation, and Dai Chunfeng went to give him a special reprimand.

After seeing Zhang Anping nod, Zheng Yaoquan said meaningfully, "Deputy Director Mao's intention is to have Ma Hansan come to the bureau headquarters and work as your deputy in the bureau's general affairs office."

The current power structure of the Bureau of Secrets is naturally composed of a director and two deputy directors - Zhang Anping does not hold the position of deputy director, but he is a deputy director.

This is the highest level, and the next is the General Affairs Office of the Bureau controlled by Zheng Yaoxian. The so-called General Affairs Office of the Bureau is actually the Director's Office, which is the chief secretary of Mao Renfeng during the Military Control Commission period.

Below this are the various departments of the bureau headquarters, and the directors of each department are equivalent to the stationmasters of each station.

Zheng Yaoxian's deputy, the deputy director of the Bureau's General Affairs Office, has a slightly higher status than the director, but being transferred from a powerful station chief to the deputy director of the Bureau's General Affairs Office is a real promotion in name only and a demotion in reality.

Not only is it a promotion in name only, but Ma Hansan's appointment, with his seniority, can play a role of checks and balances and decentralization, which is aimed at Zheng Yaoxian!
Zhang Anping immediately spoke up: "I think Deputy Director Mao's suggestion is good. Stationmaster Ma is quite experienced, so it would be appropriate for him to assist General Manager Zheng."

He actually didn't want Ma Han to share three-thirds of the power with Zheng Yaoxian, but his personality was hostile to Zheng Yaoxian, so he could only agree at this time.

"I don't think it's appropriate," Zheng Yao first glanced at Zhang Anping, his eyes full of anger, and then said:
"Stationmaster Ma has made great contributions after all, so it is most appropriate for him to be in charge of Beiping. If he is transferred to the headquarters, it may not be possible for someone else to control the Beiping Station."

Mao Renfeng immediately said: "Beiping Station is the Beiping Station of our Secret Service. If a new station chief takes over and rebels, what will happen?"

These words made Zheng Yaoxian's face turn pale, but with the score at 2 to 1, it was useless for him to object.

Zheng Yaoquan nodded slightly and agreed to the personnel transfer.

But Mao Renfeng did not stop there. Instead, he continued, "Anping, since General Zheng said that someone else might not be able to suppress it, then I have to ask you for help - what do you think about letting Xu Tian go to Beiping Station?"

The Shanghai Station was originally the largest station of the Military Control Commission, but when it was closed down, the Shanghai Station suffered the most severe blow, so it became the second largest station.

Originally, Xu Tian's qualifications were not enough to serve as the stationmaster of Shanghai Station - but during the Anti-Japanese War, he served as acting stationmaster many times, and Shanghai Station was Zhang Anping's base, so Xu Tian was able to secure the position of stationmaster of Shanghai Station.

At this time, Mao Renfeng proposed to transfer Xu Tian to Beiping Station, which would also be an enhancement of Xu Tian's qualifications, and it was also a typical concession and benefit - Xu Tian would serve as the stationmaster of Beiping Station, and Beiping Station was destined to become Zhang Anping's territory.

Zhang Anping did not agree immediately, but asked: "What about the candidate for Shanghai station?"

Mao Renfeng smiled and said, "I think Gu Shenyan is a good candidate. Gu Shenyan is from Huangpu. Before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he was a senior official in the Shanghai District. During his undercover period, he served as the director of the Shanghai Security Bureau. It is reasonable for him to be the station chief of the Shanghai Station."

Zheng Yaoquan and Zheng Yaoxian's eyes flickered, and even Zhang Anping was stunned.

This... was proposed by Mao Renfeng?
Zhang Anping nodded slightly: "I think it's okay, what do you think, Director?"

Zheng Yaoquan smiled and said, "Since Anping and Qi Wu both think it's okay, then let's pass it. What does General Manager Zheng think?"

Zheng Yaoxian gritted his teeth, said nothing, and chose to accept.

Beiping Station is Mao Renfeng's "territory", and Shanghai Station is Zhang Anping's territory. This is a deal between the two companies, and there is no need for him to object - it would be useless to object.

But is Mao Renfeng really kind enough to give benefits to Zhang Anping?
Although in reality, the Peking Station headed by Ma Hansan was not actually Mao Renfeng's reserved territory, but it was nominally his. It was true that he was generous to others, but in the end his interests were damaged.

"Okay, these three personnel appointments have been approved. Anping, Gu Shenyan was the deputy station chief of Shanghai Station before. He was promoted to station chief, so the position of deputy station chief became vacant. Qi Wu meant to let Pan Qiwu be the deputy station chief. What do you think?"

Pan Qiwu is Mao Renfeng's absolute direct descendant, second only to Ming Lou.

The meaning of this personnel transfer is very clear:
Mao Renfeng lost his position as the stationmaster of Peking Station in exchange for the deputy stationmaster of Shanghai Station.

He seemed to have lost the position of station chief of the Peking Station, but Ma Hansan was not Mao Renfeng's die-hard supporter. Because of the case of Zheng Yaoxian's rise, Ma Hansan also intended to become the fourth faction.

Mao Renfeng's move not only created trouble for Zheng Yaoxian, but also killed the possibility of Ma Hansan becoming the fourth faction. Moreover, Ma Hansan was put under house arrest. If Zheng Yaoquan could subdue this man, with Ma Hansan's team at Beiping Station, it would be equivalent to extending his hand into Beiping Station as well!

The most crucial thing is that Mao Renfeng's hand reached into Shanghai Station through Pan Qiwu.

Zheng Yaoxian turned his gaze to Zhang Anping, his eyes full of mockery.

Zhang Anping hesitated for a few seconds and nodded slightly: "Deputy Director Mao has considered everything very carefully."

From the perspective of exchange of interests, Zhang Anping obviously made a lot of money this time. He could also accept Mao Renfeng extending his claws into Shanghai Station.

But in fact, when Zheng Yaoquan mentioned the name Pan Qiwu, Zhang Anping guessed Mao Renfeng's real intention.

Previously, Minglou suggested to Mao Renfeng that they could unite the KMT forces by bundling interests. Mao Renfeng listened and instructed Minglou to carry it out. Minglou had a huge network of contacts in Shanghai and had been connecting people in Shanghai during this period.

But Shanghai is Zhang Anping's territory, and Minglou's actions can easily be reaped by Zhang Anping, so he needs someone to protect him.

This person is Pan Qiwu!
From this perspective, Mao Renfeng seemed to have lost money, but in fact he made a lot of money;
Although Zhang Anping's old nest was attacked, he got a job as the station chief of Beiping Station;

For Zheng Yaoquan, if he could subdue Ma Hansan, his direct lineage in the Bureau of Secrets would be greatly expanded;

The only person who seemed to be hurt was Zheng Yaoxian, because after Ma Hansan took office, he would inevitably compete with him for power - Zhang Anping would not be able to support Zheng Yaoxian, and with a three-to-one vote, this personnel report would be passed.

"Then it's settled."

Zheng Yaoquan made the final decision and approved the personnel appointment.

After the meeting was adjourned, Zheng Yaoxian followed Zheng Yaoquan out, seemingly to file a complaint. After the two left, Mao Renfeng said to Zhang Anping meaningfully:
"Anping, if it weren't for the incident in Beiping, Yunong might not have gotten into trouble."

"This Ma Hansan..."

He shook his head, ended his unfinished words, and turned to leave.

After all three of them left, Zhang Anping's eyes flickered for a moment and then returned to calm.

If Zhang Anping was a true loyalist to the Party and the country, then this sentence would be enough to make Zhang Anping, who already had a lot of opinions about Ma Hansan, want to kill him. With Mao Renfeng as a pusher, even if Zheng Yaoquan completely subdued Ma Hansan, he might not be able to keep him!
This is equivalent to stabbing Zheng Yaoquan in the back again.

The rank of this operator is indeed not low!

[No wonder he was able to drive Zheng Yaoquan away, this level is not bad. ]

Zhang Anping was satisfied. Mao Renfeng's weakness in the past was that he had too few direct descendants. Now he started to prune the branches and develop the direct descendants, which was exactly the result he wanted!

It's more interesting to fight like this.

……

This meeting was undoubtedly like a major earthquake for the Bureau of Secrets, but when the "earthquake" occurred, Zhang Anping had already flown from Nanjing to Chongqing.

He has only one purpose:
Solve the kidnapping case! (End of this chapter)