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The headquarters of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics has a guard department. If it is really necessary to blockade the headquarters of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, the guard department should contact the garrison and lead the garrison to carry out the blockade of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics.

However, the current Security Department of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics is, in name and in reality, "led" by Mao Renfeng.

This is also why Zhang Anping used the Investigation Department to seal off the bureau headquarters.

The Inspection Division is different from agencies like the Intelligence Division and the Operations Division. It is a publicly visible unit responsible for tasks that are relatively public, and it also carries the nameplate of the police department. Therefore, it does not operate from the headquarters. Although the structure of the same agency as the Security Bureau means that it is bound to be closely connected with the Security Bureau, it is still far away from the headquarters. Letting them carry out the blocking mission is a very careful consideration.

Similarly, from the perspective of the major spy "Zhang Shih-hao," using the Investigation Department to blockade the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics can be seen as a complete loss of trust in the Bureau's headquarters.

Upon receiving the order, the inspection department, from top to bottom, dared not delay for even a moment and immediately drove to the bureau headquarters. They then proceeded to establish a blockade as instructed by Zhang Anping.
Barbed wire was erected, and the dark muzzles of guns were pointed inwards; all personnel were strictly prohibited from entering or leaving.

When the inspection department erected the barbed wire fence, the headquarters noticed the unusual activity. The security department reacted quickly, and soon officers came out with men to question them.

"What are you trying to do? Don't you know... Hey, Deputy Director Wang? Are you all crazy? How dare you block off headquarters!"

Colleagues who usually greet you with a smile are now wearing stern faces.
"By order of Deputy Director Zhang, the Inspection Department is to seal off the headquarters—no one is allowed to enter or leave!"

"Zhang..." The officer in charge of the guard was dumbfounded. He wanted to reprimand him, but he didn't have the guts. He could only leave dejectedly and then report the news to his superiors.

Meanwhile, inside the headquarters, the situation outside was also noticed. The agents who were working, those who were slacking off, and those who were just lying around all gathered together and looked out at the outside from a distance.

"what happened?"

"They look like people from the inspection department? Are they crazy?"

"Hiss—are they treating us like prisoners?"

"A message came from the security department that it was an order from Deputy Director Zhang."

"hiss--"

The agents looked at each other in bewilderment. Their first thought was that something big had happened—such a large-scale operation, could it be aimed at Director Mao?
Recalling Zhang Anping's gloomy expression after returning from the section chief's office, all the agents' hearts began to pound.

Is the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics about to experience an unprecedented factional clash?!

Just then, someone made a new discovery: "The telephone line has been cut off; you can only make internal calls, not external calls."

"More than that—when Deputy Director Zhang's guards entered the telecommunications room, the first telegram had to be signed by Deputy Director Zhang, and the sending and receiving of telegrams required mutual supervision between the two of them."

When the news spread, everyone at headquarters was stunned. What was going on?
Bandits, no, communists, no—was it the People's Liberation Army that attacked?

"When gods fight, we kids shouldn't get involved. We should just do our jobs properly and not meddle."

Grassroots cadres and ordinary members think this way, but middle-level cadres know they cannot stay out of it.

"Assemble immediately in front of the District Chief's office! I don't care what happened—we can only, we must, stand in front of the District Chief!"

This is the reaction of Zhang's faction cadres.

"Is this going to cause trouble again? I wonder where we'll be after this is over."

The two veteran cadres looked bitter, and they both saw fear in each other's eyes.

During the Military Intelligence Bureau period, the cadre ranks were very stable—there were rewards and punishments, promotions and demotions. Although there were occasional incidents that could not be heard about or questioned, the cadres as a whole were very stable.

However, ever since it was reorganized into the Bureau of Secrecy, the Bureau of Secrecy's cadre team has been completely devoid of stability!
Among the senior cadres of the station chiefs, apart from the three special stations of Shanghai Station and Tianjin Station, the station chiefs of other intelligence stations were lucky to stay in their positions for a year—if they were lucky, they would be transferred; if they were unlucky, they would be imprisoned; and if they were even unlucky, they would be executed.

As for middle-level cadres, apart from the renowned Shanghai station, even the Beijing and Tianjin stations experienced frequent major reshuffles. One day it was the Zhang faction acting aggressively, the next day it was the Mao faction brandishing weapons, and later the Zheng faction came in to cause trouble.

Although the imprisonment and execution rates are not as high as those of the station chiefs, and most mid-level cadres are reassigned and then sidelined for a period of time, more than 70% of the secret service cadres have never stayed in one city for more than half a year!
The situation wasn't much better for the cadres within the headquarters. Even those from Zhang's faction were frequently investigated. As for the cadres from the veteran faction, they were always the ones who suffered whenever the top two leaders fought...

"I envy my colleagues who don't belong to any faction. Although it's hard to get promoted, their careers are stable! Unlike us..."

The two sighed in despair and helplessness, "It's so difficult, so difficult, so difficult!"
This is the reaction of most veteran faction cadres—although the Mao and Zhang factions gave the veteran faction a certain proportion of power, the veteran faction cadres always had to make a fuss during every infighting between Zhang and Mao.

"Zhang An... what is Deputy Director Zhang trying to do? The Director definitely doesn't know about this! Go find the Director!"

"Zhang faction, is this never going to end?! Do you really think the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics is your Zhang faction's domain? Let's find the Director to uphold justice!"

"Yes! Even if the headquarters is to be sealed off, the Director shouldn't be excluded—his intentions are obvious!"

A group of Maoist cadres started making a fuss, most of them cheering while secretly thinking to themselves:
[My goodness, what's wrong with these Maoist cadres? Why are they all so easily provoked? But that's fine too, it just makes it easier for me to profit from this...]

Middle-level managers basically have these three reactions.

Others didn't think much about the fact that Mao's cadres were prone to stirring up trouble—the Mao faction's cadres were relatively young, mainly because the Mao faction had been on the verge of collapse several times, and later even reached the point of disintegration. The initial cadres fell, were arrested, or defected. Some of these Mao faction cadres had always been loyal to the Mao faction, while others had been promoted in the last two years.

It's understandable that they're a bit inexperienced!
As for the top brass of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, almost everyone gasped in shock at the sudden blockade.

"Something big is going to happen!"

"Is he going to kill me?"

"This time, I'm afraid I'm doomed!"

Although the elders were quite good at maintaining their composure and did not show any surprise at this moment, they were actually all terrified.

Zhang Anping never fights a battle unprepared; everyone knows this very well!

Now that Zhang Anping has used swift and decisive measures to blockade the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, he must be fully prepared.

Mao Renfeng is probably in big trouble.

With Mao Renfeng gone... these veterans caught in the middle will probably all have to go home and hold their grandchildren and youngest sons.

The elders sighed collectively, then looked towards the courtyard—the storms to come seemed to be something they could only endure.

Director's Office.

Mao Renfeng slowly put down the phone.

His phone could only reach the control room, not make outside calls, and the control room only gave him one response:
No phone calls are allowed to be made without Deputy Director Zhang's order!
Moreover, his voice was icy cold, showing no regard for him, the official director.

This is the Zhang faction!

Mao Renfeng stood up in a daze, looking out the window at the distance—there was the blockade line set up by the inspection department and the garrison.

That line physically isolated him, the director of the secret service.

"Is the true intention revealed when the map is unrolled?"

Mao Renfeng suddenly burst out laughing. Zhang Anping had actually used such a large force to deal with him, which was truly...something to be taken seriously!
Like the other elders, Mao Renfeng also believed that since Zhang Anping dared to do this, he must have been absolutely confident in taking him down. Given Zhang Anping's personality, he must have made all the necessary preparations, and his current resistance would only be futile.

"And what will be the tool to bring me down?"

At this moment, Mao Renfeng was extremely curious.

Just then, a commotion arose outside. Mao Renfeng thought he was mentally prepared, but when the commotion actually started, his heart involuntarily began to race.

It's like a death row inmate facing that guillotine.

Straighten her clothes, adjust her top button, Mao Renfeng took a deep breath, and walked towards the door.

We can lose, but we must not lose our composure.

The moment she opened the door, it was suddenly pushed open. Mao Renfeng, who was trying to maintain her composure, was so weak that even her instinct to dodge was weakened by eight parts, and she was hit on the forehead by the pushed door.

bang

Amid the sound of the collision, the secretary exclaimed in surprise, "Director!"

"I-I'm fine!"

Seeing her secretary coming to help her up, Mao Renfeng waved her hand and said, "Don't help me, I can walk by myself."

He felt that he resembled Tan Sitong, who was loyal and devoted to the cause, but he never expected that in his secretary's eyes, he was swaying and looked like he was drunk.

Mao Renfeng took a deep breath and walked into the corridor—he thought that the corridor should be lined with heavily armed soldiers, each one staring at him menacingly, and then Zhang Anping would calmly walk out from among the soldiers, slowly pressing down on him like a mountain.

but……

He was wrong!
As soon as he went outside, he was met with a buzzing sound, much like hundreds of ducks quacking indiscriminately.

Mao Renfeng's mind went blank for a moment. This wasn't what he... had expected!

"Director! Deputy Director Zhang has gone too far!"

"Director, where does he place you, the director, in this?!"

"Director, please give the order! We will brave any danger without hesitation!"

Faced with the enraged crowd, Mao Renfeng was stunned for a long time before he finally realized what had happened—damn it, it turns out my men had gathered here on their own initiative!
At that moment, Mao Renfeng suddenly wanted to imitate Cao Cao and burst into laughter.

I, Mao Renfeng, am not without the strength to fight. I have so many loyal and brave subordinates under my command who are willing to die for me!
These "loyal" subordinates of Mao Renfeng, though currently making a commotion, were actually filled with strange thoughts:
What's wrong with Mao Renfeng? He looks a bit off!

"Everyone, be quiet!"

Mao Renfeng pressed down, thinking it would take a while to quiet these noisy fellows down, but to his surprise, they immediately shut up as soon as he spoke. This was actually quite normal, but Mao Renfeng had been having too much going on in his mind, which made him feel a sense of bewilderment, as if he, Mao Renfeng, could go anywhere in the world.

He was about to speak to comfort her when, unexpectedly, a thumping sound came from the corridor.

It was the sound of high heels hitting the ground.

Looking down the corridor, Zheng Yi appeared to be alone. Facing the numerous Maoist cadres on both sides of the corridor leading to Mao Renfeng's office, Zheng Yi seemed oblivious, maintaining his steady pace as he walked up to Mao Renfeng.

After saluting, Zheng Yi said:
"Director Mao, the district chief would like to invite you to a meeting in the small conference room."

After saying that, she turned and left, just as she had come, as if the Maoist cadres standing on both sides of the corridor did not exist.

At this moment, a scene first appeared in Mao Renfeng's mind:
After I entered the conference room, a group of people rushed out and pinned me down...

But he immediately dismissed the image—at this moment, he finally realized something: Zhang Anping's blockade of the headquarters of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics did not seem to be aimed directly at him!
If they were really after him, they should have taken him down by now, instead of sending Zheng Yi to invite him.

How to lure him into the meeting room and take him down?
There was absolutely no need for Zhang Anping to blockade the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics!

After realizing this, Mao Renfeng suddenly understood something:

Having fought with Zhang Anping for so long, he thought he was no longer afraid of him!

But actually?
He was simply certain that Zhang Anping wouldn't overturn the table.

The blockade earlier made him mistakenly believe that Zhang Anping was going to overturn the table. Faced with this situation, he instinctively thought that since Zhang Anping was determined to overturn the table, Mao Renfeng had no power to fight back and could only wait to be killed!

This is the scariest thing!

Realizing this, Mao Renfeng had to ask herself – where exactly did the problem lie?
If this blockade is aimed at me, why am I powerless to fight back?

At this moment, an official spoke up urgently:
"Director, you can't go! His surname is Gong, cough, he's up to no good!"

"Yes, Chief, you can't go!"

A group of Mao's faction cadres began to clamor excitedly; judging from their expressions, they were extremely worried about Mao Renfeng...

"Quiet down—Zhang Anping is a high-ranking cadre of the Party and the State, but am I, Mao Renfeng, not?" Mao Renfeng said without fear.
"I want to see what Zhang Anping is really up to!"

"This country belongs to the Party and the State. What trouble can Zhang Anping possibly cause?"

"You may stand by!"

At this point, Mao Renfeng regained his senses and naturally began to think more deeply—as the leader of the Mao faction, he had to demonstrate the demeanor befitting a leader.

Qiu Ning, a core member of Mao's faction and second only to Ming Lou in Mao Renfeng's heart, spoke up at this moment:
"Brothers, go back and stand by—take good care of your men! If anything unexpected happens, assemble immediately!"

Mao Renfeng thought to himself, "He truly deserves to be the cadre I have high hopes for; he really understands me."

"Don't panic," he said, blaming Qiu Ning instead.

"Zhang Anping can't turn the world upside down!"

Qiu Ning thought to herself, "If you're not flustered, you should make me take back my order. Ha, ha!"

……

In the office, Zhang Anping stood by the window, looking with amusement at the office diagonally opposite.

That was Mao Renfeng's office.

Previously, he had personally witnessed a group of Mao's faction cadres flocking to Mao Renfeng's office—these comrades certainly knew how to seize opportunities, and they were probably all there to stir up trouble.

I wonder what these comrades think when faced with each of his "colleagues" who share the same goal?

[Old Mao, you must be terrified this time!]

Zhang Anping's understanding of Mao Renfeng was beyond imagination!
He could guess Mao Renfeng's panic in the face of the sudden lockdown even with his eyes closed—which was why he sent Zheng Yi to notify them. If he had just made a phone call, Mao Renfeng probably wouldn't have dared to go to the conference room.

After this is over, Mao will probably have to turn against Zheng for military power!

Zhang Anping shrugged. He couldn't let himself bear the blame for forcing Zheng Yaoxian to rebel.

Turning his gaze away from the window of Mao Renfeng's office, Zhang Anping looked back at the cordon outside, his eyes filled with even more amusement.

This blockade seemed to isolate everything, but only Zhang Anping knew that this blockade could not contain the secrets of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics at all—the Investigation Department could establish a Party branch, and based on this prerequisite alone, the news could not be blocked!
So, Sister Chai must be completely bewildered after receiving a bunch of information.

[Mo Yi, you should be able to guess what I'm thinking. If she wants to come in, no one outside can stop her!]

Thinking of this, Zhang Anping gazed into the distance.

Are you satisfied with this scene?

……

Office of the Director.

After knocking and entering, Wang Tianfeng immediately reported:

"The Bureau of Investigation and Statistics has sealed off its headquarters with the help of the Inspection Division and the garrison."

Upon hearing this, the section chief put down his pen: "A blockade?"

He was somewhat taken aback, not expecting Zhang Anping to make such a big fuss—blocking the headquarters of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics!

The section chief didn't actually pay attention to the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics' next move—the defection of several intelligence station chiefs was not a big deal to him.

What he cared about was Zhang Anping's choice among the three strategies: "superior," "middle," and "inferior."

The one who was actually paying attention to the Bureau of Secrecy was Wang Tianfeng.

Perhaps out of guilt for deceiving Zhang Anping, he went to see the director after learning that the Bureau of Investigation's investigation department had sealed off the Bureau's headquarters.

Seeing the section chief's reaction, Wang Tianfeng explained:
"He was probably afraid of the news leaking out."

“That’s true, after all, it involves so many stations and groups—” the director suddenly realized, “Then I’ll let the adjutant’s office know so as not to cause any alarm.”

After saying that, the section chief couldn't help but chuckle and said, "This Zhang Anping really is decisive and efficient in his work."

Wang Tianfeng said:

"He was shocked by this."

"After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he actually did not want to stay in the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. In the end, he was unwilling to let down Boss Dai's hard work, so he continued to struggle in this quagmire."

After understanding the director's "imperial tactics," Wang Tianfeng pondered for a long time and concluded that, given Zhang Anping's personality, he was unlikely to betray him, and even less willing to expose the secrets of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics to others—so he was very likely to choose to resolve the matter while concealing it.

This is extremely detrimental to Zhang Anping's standing in the director's eyes.

Wang Tianfeng's heart was not made of stone after all. Zhang Anping was incredibly kind to him, but because of his position as the section chief, he chose to keep it from Zhang Anping. So, after much thought, he came up with this explanation.

The section chief nodded upon hearing this: "I've heard about this too, and I understand what you mean—but please don't interfere too much, understand?"

Wang Tianfeng nodded slightly and then took his leave.

If Zhang Anping knew about this, he would probably grit his teeth and repeat:
Wang Tianfeng, you're really my nemesis!
They'll either cause trouble or... make things worse!

(I'm late, so I've written a bit more.) (End of Chapter)