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As the Battle of Menglianggu, far away in the mountains, came to an end, the matter of the joint training course between the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics and the Party's Communications Bureau finally stirred up a huge wave within the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics.

"This is eating alone!"

Upon receiving the news, Mao Renfeng broke down in a fit of rage and launched into a tirade:
"What is Zhang Anping trying to do to the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics? Such a big matter, and he didn't even attend a bureau meeting!"

"Is Zhang Anping going to become the director of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics?"

Mao Renfeng paced back and forth angrily, the smile that rarely disappeared from his face vanished without a trace.

Zhang Anping really is... still harboring wicked intentions!

The Zhang faction, with its core members, is already formidable enough. Now, this bastard has finally extended his will and rebuilt the training program. In three to five years, the new recruits emerging from the training program will become the cornerstone of the Zhang faction. Isn't this going to kill people?

"Zhang Anping, Zhang Anping, this is truly a case of 'the tree may wish to be still, but the wind will not cease!'"

Mao Renfeng's face was contorted with rage. "Can't we just maintain the existing power structure and proceed cautiously?"

You keep trying to make disruptive moves—you're pushing us to the brink!

"Fine, since you dare to do this, don't blame me for being unethical!"

……

In fact, although the former secret service and military intelligence agencies valued the training system, they didn't care about it at all when it came to power.

Those in power are vying for established positions, for the real power and influence those positions represent.

But Zhang Anping's appearance shattered all of that.

Normally, the rise of a giant is inevitably accompanied by a mature faction. One must either act as the spokesperson for this faction, or as its successor, or cooperate with this faction—this is the proper state for a power holder who rises in a multiplier circle.

But Zhang Anping shattered all of that.

Although Zhang Anping was backed by the undisputed "King" of the Military Intelligence Bureau at the time, the power behind Zhang Anping was the Shanghai faction he had personally trained—they came from the first and second training classes at Guanwangmiao, the Qingpu class, and the Songjiang class.

These people formed the current Zhang faction.

Following Zhang Anping, they gradually gained influence within the Kuomintang's established system, from the initial special intelligence group to the Shanghai station, Shanghai district, and Beijing-Shanghai district, eventually becoming a huge faction.

A huge faction that is completely different from and incompatible with the original power system of the Military Intelligence Bureau.

Realizing that the Zhang faction had established its own power base within the stable Military Intelligence Bureau, the veterans began to pay attention to the training system. They all extended their reach into various training classes, expanding their own factions within the vast network of the Dai faction.

Logically, such a training system should have been retained when the Military Intelligence Bureau was reorganized into the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics.

However, precisely because the training system was so important, during the reorganization, Mao Renfeng used various means to coerce Zhang Anping into choosing between preserving the Zhang faction and the training system. In the end, Zhang Anping was forced to cut the training system. After the establishment of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, Zhang Anping tried to rebuild the training system more than once, but all of them were rejected at the bureau meeting on the grounds of insufficient funds.

Does the Bureau of Secrecy lack funding?

lack!
However, they certainly didn't lack the funds to build a training system, so the real reason was that they were afraid Zhang Anping would use the existing manpower to rebuild the training system.

Because the new recruits trained by the training system are definitely Zhang Anping's students, and the teacher-student relationship is precisely the most stable in the power system.

Later, the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics received a sum of money, and Zheng Yaoquan, Zheng Yaoxian, and Mao Renfeng took advantage of Zhang Anping's time in Chongqing to set up a temporary training class, hoping to inject some new blood into their faction. This also led to Zhang Anping having to "overturn the table".

In dealing with Zhang Anping, Zheng Yaoquan, in order to confuse and numb Zhang Anping, eventually handed over the leadership of the temporary training class to Zhang Anping. As a result, Zhang Anping was not defeated, and the new recruits in the temporary training class became part of Zhang Anping's team - a typical case of losing both wife and army.

After Mao Renfeng was promoted to director, his subordinates submitted reports requesting manpower. At this time, Zhang Anping brought up the old topic again, demanding the reconstruction of the training system. However, before Mao Renfeng could speak, other veterans raised the issue of the tight budget, which repeatedly thwarted Zhang Anping's proposal.

The core reason is that all the non-Zhang faction giants in the power circle of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics are instinctively trying to curb the expansion of Zhang's direct line of power, including some giants within Zhang's faction.

But now, Zhang Anping has joined forces with the Party's Communications Bureau!
From the perspective of the Bureau of Secrecy, it is a sure-fire way to make money without investing a single penny of its own money, yet still gain 30% of the qualified new recruits. However, for each faction and faction, this is a life-threatening situation!
"This is betrayal!"

One of the elders roared in anger: "Zhang Anping's actions are a betrayal of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics! A betrayal of Boss Dai!"

Well, just after they cut more than sixty positions from the elders under the pretext of cadre exchange—they managed to snatch back a dozen or so with great difficulty, like fighting wild dogs for food—Zhang Anping caused such a big incident right afterward.

To be honest, this move is relatively mild compared to Zhang Anping's previous actions. But after Zhang Anping's "true nature" of purging the power structure of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics was revealed, who the hell could not see that Zhang Anping intended to use this "mild" method to gradually erode and eventually change the regime?
We must nip this in the bud and absolutely not let Zhang Anping achieve his goal—first, we must pin a serious accusation on him!

"This is a very important matter, and it should be submitted to the bureau meeting for approval, but I don't recall this topic ever being discussed at a bureau meeting!"

"Yes, it has never happened!"

"So the procedure... is illegal?"

"How about this, let's ask Director Mao if he knows about this. If he doesn't, then this matter... is utterly absurd!"

The elders weren't stupid; they immediately came up with a strategy—they wanted to deny the legitimacy of the matter from the root. As long as the legitimacy of the matter was insufficient, then the newcomers from this so-called training course could forget about entering the Bureau of Secrecy!

Just like Mao Renfeng thought, these elders whose power had been severely violated were even more anxious than he was—after all, he, Mao Renfeng, was the legitimate director of the Bureau of Secrecy, and he would eventually receive all sorts of "lackeys" to serve him.

However, the power of these elders was being suppressed by him in secret, in collusion with Zhang Anping. Without their involvement in the training system, the new recruits trained would not become fresh blood injected into their factions and cliques, and their existing strength was constantly being weakened. With one thing disappearing and the other disappearing, they would eventually become mere background figures.

They became even more anxious!

"Director, Deputy Director Zhang dared to collude with the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics without going through a bureau meeting—how is this any different from the actions of Wang Jingwei?"

After the elders rushed to Mao Renfeng's office, they first put a huge accusation on Zhang Anping's head. In order to show the discord between the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics and the Bureau of Party Affairs, they even changed the name of the Bureau of Party Affairs to the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics.

The Military Intelligence Bureau and the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics—they were mortal enemies!
"Speaking of the War of Resistance, Deputy Director Zhang did some work for the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CBIS). Otherwise, with the CBIS's mediocre skills, the Shanghai Bureau would have been wiped out three times over. Why would the CBIS have been able to suppress us so many times in the early stages of the war? Deputy Director Zhang's treacherous behavior must be stopped!"

The two labels, "Wang Jingwei" and "traitor," delighted Mao Renfeng. He thought to himself that once a person reaches a certain position, he no longer needs to fight on the front lines; whatever he wants to say will be said by a "great scholar"!
Mao Renfeng opportunely played the role of a "good guy":
"Aren't you all making a mountain out of a molehill? The bureau is short of funds, and Deputy Director Zhang was only thinking about the bigger picture—although the procedure was illegal, he was ultimately doing it for the sake of the Bureau of Secrecy."

The elders were all shrewd people; how could they not understand what Mao Renfeng meant?
They've all emphasized that the procedure was illegal, so what's the point of the original intention?

"Director, if someone brazenly wiretaps their political enemies for the sake of a result, the procedure is illegal, and the result... can it be counted?"

“That makes sense!” Mao Renfeng nodded slightly, then said, “However, we can’t decide on a whim—how about this, let’s hold an expanded meeting of the bureau. If Deputy Director Zhang can convince everyone, then we’ll proceed according to the proper procedures?”

Some of the elders understood immediately and praised, "Director, your insight is brilliant!" But others didn't quite grasp the situation and mistakenly thought Mao Renfeng was going to cover for Zhang Anping. They immediately became anxious, but fortunately, their companions pulled them back and quietly explained:
"At the expanded meeting of bureau affairs, who can he persuade?"

The Zhang faction's power is immense, so immense that it's suffocating.

However, the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics has not yet reached the point where the Zhang faction can control everything!
Zhang Anping is a man of action; his people are usually in positions of action. Take the fifty-three vacancies from the past few days as an example—most of these positions were assigned to Zhang Anping in substantive roles in various stations and groups, such as operations, intelligence, confidential matters, and communications. Positions like director of the inspection office, station chief, and group leader, on the contrary, kept Zhang's faction out.

And what about overall?
Zhang's faction members generally lacked qualifications, and he didn't take on many of the heads of the military's internal inspection offices or local stations.

The situation was the same at headquarters—Zhang's faction had taken over many powerful deputy positions and section-level posts in departments such as the Action Division, Intelligence Division, and Inspection Division.

However, things were different at the higher levels. The intelligence department was under Zhang Anping's control because of Wang Tianfeng's management and Shen Zui's takeover. The Zhang faction had a huge presence at the section level in other departments, but the division level was never Zhang's private territory!
In the past, Zhang Anping had a lot of influence at bureau meetings because many veterans sided with him. However, after Zhang Anping showed his true colors, the veterans turned against him, and with Mao Renfeng taking over, the Zhang faction's influence at bureau meetings has become extremely weak!

Once the bureau meeting expands, the participants are basically all veteran figures—and the Zhang faction's voice becomes even weaker!
So, while it sounds like Zhang Anping was supposed to "persuade" everyone at the bureau meeting, it was actually a complete characterization of Zhang Anping's behavior!
It fundamentally negates legitimacy!
This was Mao Renfeng's true purpose.

……

Does Zhang Anping know that the bureau is in an uproar?

The answer is:
of course I know!

Moreover, after Ye Xiufeng came to him, Zhang Anping used this as an "excuse"—Mao Renfeng wanted to stay put, but when it came to his own interests, could he really stay put?

Zhang Anping has always been the one to respond passively. In every internal conflict within the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, he was always on the defensive. This time is no exception!
This is Zhang Anping's real purpose!
So now he's just waiting for Mao Renfeng's claws to come.

He had just returned from an inspection and was pretending to sleep as usual, but in reality, he was thinking about his secret meeting with Chai Ying.

Chai Ying was very excited this time—the 74th Reorganized Division, one of the Kuomintang's five main forces, was completely wiped out. Although the No. 2 Intelligence Group did not participate directly, the superiors specially sent a telegram to commend and affirm the role of the No. 2 Intelligence Group.

Undoubtedly, the reason for the call from higher-ups was because the 74th Reorganized Division was compiling this "insignificant" intelligence.

On the covert front, most of the time it is "boring and tedious," and not all intelligence is urgent. Take the organization of the 74th Division, for example. It is normal for it to play the right role at the right time. Sometimes, each piece of intelligence is just a matter of time and time.

But at crucial moments, the accumulated intelligence can play a decisive role!

And the information leaked by Intelligence Group No. 2 regarding the organization of the National Revolutionary Army was not limited to just the 74th Division.
Imagine this: Old Li's Second Division suddenly encountered his old rival, Chu Yunfei. After confirming that the opponent was the 89th Division, the higher-ups immediately sent over intelligence about the organization of the 89th Division.

With all this intelligence in Lao Li's hands—how many regiments were in the division, how many people were in each regiment, what the organizational structure of each regiment was, and what kind of firepower was in the division—wouldn't this make the battle much easier?

This intelligence is the culmination of years of accumulation, the glory of those working on the covert front that is difficult to publicize!
Our achievements may go unnoticed, but the red flag of the Republic will forever bear the stain of our blood!

Zhang Anping seemed to be deep in thought. Behind their "tedious" work were countless soldiers who were spared from sacrifice because they "knew the enemy"—perhaps, the achievements of the 74th Division as a No. 2 intelligence group should be publicized internally to all the members who had been working silently.

While they were pondering, the vehicle arrived at the headquarters. Before Zhang Anping could get out of the car, Zheng Yi walked over quickly with a gloomy expression. She got directly into Zhang Anping's car and gestured for the driver to get out first.

Zhang Anping frowned and said:
"What happened?"

"There's an expanded meeting of the Bureau at 4 PM this afternoon. They want to veto the legitimacy of the joint training course—District Chief, they're blatantly ignoring the interests of the Bureau of Secrecy for their own selfish gain!"

Zheng Yi was very angry, extremely angry.

The district chief has tried to rebuild the training system more than once, but each time he has failed. Now, the district chief is "selling himself" and using the Party's intelligence bureau's funds to train personnel for the secret service bureau, but the secret service bureau itself opposes this and wants to deny the legitimacy of it all.

Outrageous!

unacceptable!

"Isn't this their usual style?" Zhang Anping sneered. "In their eyes, the interests of the Party and the country are never as important as their personal interests!"

Zheng Yi suggested, "Chief Qu, why don't you just skip the meeting? If you don't go, they'll have put on this show for nothing!"

"Wouldn't that mean they've succeeded?" Zhang Anping shook his head: "It's not that easy!"

"Can……"

“It’s alright, the sky isn’t going to fall—” Zhang Anping shook his head, then said coldly, “Besides, we have more important things to do than internal strife!”

Zheng Yi was taken aback: "Something more important?"

"You'll see once you participate—"

Zhang Anping's gaze was cold: "This time, if we don't give you a result, the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics..."

"There's no need for them to exist!"

Zheng Yi gasped. What could have made Zhang Anping say something like that?
……

he came!
As Zhang Anping's car drove into the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, the group of veterans who had been watching held their breath.

At that moment, countless images flashed through their minds:

Mao Renfeng wanted to use an enlarged meeting to criticize Zhang Anping—after the knife was raised, trouble broke out in his own backyard, as his wife was suspected of being a communist sympathizer;

In the end, he had to be admitted to a mental hospital, and was even driven to madness.

Zheng Yaoquan, Mao Renfeng, and Zheng Yaoxian joined forces in an attempt to deliver a fatal blow to Zhang Anping at the overall station team leader meeting;
As a result, Mao Renfeng defected on the spot, which ultimately led to Zheng Yaoquan's resignation.

Their past experience had taught them that any attempt to deliver a fatal blow to Zhang Anping in public would only result in them losing both their wife and their army.

So what about this time?

Some people comfort themselves:

"This time, we're not trying to deliver a fatal blow to him, we're just rejecting the joint training program. It won't be anything too sinister."

"Hmm, it can't be that weird... right?" (End of Chapter)