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Chapter 261 Creating an Intelligence Organization
It is a coincidence that whether it is Yelu Hongji of the Liao Kingdom, Li Yuanhao of the Xixia Dynasty, Zhao Zhen of the Great Zhou Dynasty, or the leader of Tubo, Xisiluo, they can all be called heroes of the generation.

Nowadays, the alliance between Xia and Liao is irreversible, and Zhou cannot fight alone. Therefore, Zhao Zhen wants to invite Xi Siluo to the capital.

Although Tubo is not as powerful as Xixia, it is still a country with religious beliefs and should not be underestimated.

The Tubo army alone numbered about 100,000. Since the Tubo people had extremely high beliefs, in an emergency, the whole people might be able to mobilize.

Zhao Zhen intended to formally establish an alliance with Tubo. In fact, he also wanted to use Tubo's influence to contain Xixia.

"When did the officials decide to invite Xi Siluo to Beijing?"

When Zhang Fu and his wife left the gate of the Hou Mansion and were about to board the carriage, Wei Yuan couldn't wait to ask again.

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang simply got on the carriage first.

Zhang Fu thought about it carefully, "Probably not long after the official received your letter about reforming the military system."

Wei Yuan was instantly startled and broke into a cold sweat.

Therefore, Wei Yuan urgently needs to establish an espionage organization that is only loyal to himself.

Want to use Tubo's power to contain Xixia?
From then on, the imperial court only focused on defending the Liao Kingdom.

"Prime Minister Han, Prime Minister Wen, and the master will personally entertain Zusiluo. As for your official intention, you will accompany Zusiluo's son Dong Xiang."

Moreover, Wei Yuan also specifically told Zhang Guifen that if he did not leave the study, no one would be allowed to come and disturb him.

For a moment, Wei Yuan was thinking about something.

After hearing this, Chai Gong asked: "Master Marquis, we follow you and learn the skills of going into battle to kill the enemy. This is to spy on the enemy's situation and gather intelligence. I'm afraid I'm not even as good as an ordinary scout."

Could it be that the officials had already planned to delay the military reform at that time?

In the study room.

Once both parties lose their interests, they will part ways at any time.

As for Wei Yuan, Li Liangzuo, Dong Xiang, and Ye Luxin, these people are in their prime years.

"Please give me your orders, Lord Marquis!"

Over the years, not even some minor conflicts have occurred between the two countries.

However, due to the existence of Tan Yuan's alliance, neither Zhou nor Liao dared to act rashly.

Wei Yuan said earnestly: "From today on, we will set up an intelligence organization dedicated to spying on the enemy and gathering intelligence. We cannot rely solely on the Imperial City Division."

Kou Zhuang, Chai Gong, and Jiang Ji looked at each other, then made a decision at the same time and bowed one after another:
"I am willing to die for the Marquis!"

It seems that the heroes of the older generation are approaching the end of their lives.

The future is their time, and it is also a time of great struggle.

Zuo Siluo is already very old, much older than Zhao Zhen in terms of age.

Wei Yuan said: "Starting immediately, the three of you rush to Daizhou. I have written a letter to Liang Da, the regiment commander of Daizhou, asking him to select 300 trustworthy loyal and brave men in the army for you, and hand them over to you. train."

If Wei Yuan and even the entire Zhongyong Hou family want to be independent or achieve better development in the future, they must cultivate their own power.

Usually by this time, she would vaguely feel that something big had happened.

After Zhang Fu and his wife left, Wei Yuan went directly to the study room in the mansion and summoned three personal guards, Kou Zhuang, Chai Gong, and Jiang Ji.

After the Battle of Daizhou, Zhang Fu was named Privy Envoy and was in charge of military and state affairs.

Tubo used religious monks to travel to various countries to contact dignitaries to obtain information. Xixia's Yipintang penetrated everywhere. The Liao Kingdom was independent of the North and South Houses and only obeyed the emperor's Pishi Army. These spy organizations were amazing.

These ministers seem to have reached the level of being ministers, but in fact they don't have much left to live. Their lives have come to an end and they can no longer make progress.

This is an extraordinary talent born from decades of accumulation in various countries.

Zhang Guifen didn't know what happened suddenly, she just stood alone outside the study, waiting for him quietly.

He still knew too little about the information about Tubo, Xixia, and Liao.

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She didn't feel at ease when others were watching here.

Because no matter where you look at it, these rising stars seem to be far beyond ordinary people.

Yelv Renxian even took charge of the North Courtyard, served as the privy envoy, and was in charge of the national army. He was also named "King Xu" by Yelu Hongji. In the Liao Kingdom, he was unparalleled in the limelight.

When the wild interests meet the begging party, the situation is already overwhelming.

"Of course, this organization will not see the light of day in the short term. In other words, I hope that you can organize it secretly, without anyone knowing about it, and just obey my orders."

Li Yuanhao and Yelu Hongji are also approaching sunset.

The Imperial City Division belongs to Zhao Zhen, to the royal family, not to the Wei family.

After Zhang Fu said this, he got on the carriage and left.

At this point in time, it can really be said that it is an era when a new generation replaces the old.

Zunsiluo, translated into Chinese, means the disciple of Buddha, who is the leader of all religions.

The Imperial City Division and him are only political allies.

While they were talking, all three of them knelt down on one knee.

"How about asking General Zhaoyuan to give us some advice?"

Wei Yuan shook his head and said: "Lin Zhaoyuan is now the commander-in-chief of an army, so it is not suitable for him to go to the border for training."

"I have thought of a candidate, Gu Qianfan, the commander of the Detective Department of the Imperial City. This person is capable of gathering intelligence, carrying out assassinations, and interrogating with ease."

Someone from the Imperial City Division?
If the Imperial City Division knew about this, wouldn't the intelligence organization that the Marquis wanted to create become known to the officials?

Wei Yuan was well aware of the confusion among the three of them, and he continued:

"I asked Gu Qianfan to go to Daizhou just in the name of training scouts, so that he could hand over the skills he learned in the Imperial City Division to the border army scouts."

"As long as he can cultivate one or two talents, and those talents can help the three of you, this spy organization will naturally be established secretly."

"At the same time, with the help of the Daizhou border army officers and soldiers, it is not difficult to capture more enemy spies and let them use some of their own skills to integrate the strengths of hundreds of families and learn from each other's strengths, right?"

Hearing this, the three of them suddenly realized,
"Marquis Wei's plan is brilliant."

"I wonder what the name of this organization is?"

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After hearing this, Wei Yuan stood in front of the desk for a long time, thinking of many names in his mind, such as 'Jinyiwei', 'Supervision Department', and 'Bad Person'.
But they all felt that these titles were inappropriate.

After all, he had never founded a country, so how could he walk at night in brocade clothes? How can an illegal espionage organization be made legal?

After much thought, I finally chose a name called 'Ye Bu Shu'.

"Around Sichuan Road, those who stay out at night are called Ye Bushou."

"The spies of our army cannot see the light of day and can only sneak in the dark."

"That's why it's called Ye Bu Shu."

When Wei Yuan said this, the three of them bowed together.
"No harvest at night!"

Wei Yuan continued: "The initial number is three hundred people, divided into three departments, namely the Intelligence Department, the Assassination Department, and the Torture Department. Each of the three departments performs its own duties and is not allowed to interfere with each other."

"There are one hundred and fifty people in the Intelligence Department, one hundred people in the Assassination Department, and fifty people in the Torture Department. The Intelligence Department collects information from various places and compiles it and submits it to the Assassination Department. The Assassination Department dispatches experts to carry out assassinations and arrests. Finally, "Jiang Ji, you will be the director of the Intelligence Department, Kou Zhuang, you will be the director of the Assassination Department, and the last one will be handed over to Chai Gong."

"The three divisions are all under the jurisdiction of this commander. In private, you can call me 'Commander' or 'Commander'. Any undecided matters that you three are in charge of will be decided by me."

As soon as he finished speaking, the three of them bowed in unison again.
"For your humble position, please see Si Shuai (General Commander)!"

At this point, the border army intelligence organization "Ye Bu Shu" emerged.

This will become one of the important pillars of Weiyuan's power.

There are two main reasons why Wei Yuan suddenly wanted to establish an intelligence organization.

First, when he was away from home, he knew nothing about the movements and thoughts of the capital or even the official family;
Second, the understanding of Liao Xia, Tubo and other forces was limited to the literature and information provided by the Imperial City Division, but that was too little for Wei Yuan.

If there is a war with other countries in the future, Wei Yuan does not want to be controlled by the enemy because of intelligence.

Moreover, since he is now in contact with the center of power, he may not be clear about some things without Zhang Fu's notification.

Therefore, you must create your own espionage organization.

Regarding the details of establishing the organization, Wei Yuan completely copied Jin Yiwei's template.

The four of them talked for half the night.

When the three of them left the study, they suddenly saw Zhang Guifen sitting on the stone bench outside the study.

Without any explanation, the three of them immediately bowed and said, "I have met the mistress."

Zhang Guifen nodded.

The three of them left together.

Wei Yuan just walked out of the study and saw Zhang Guifen. He immediately walked forward and held her in his arms.
"It's so late, why don't you go rest?"

Zhang Guifen said: "You have just returned home and are discussing matters at this hour. How can I rest well alone?"

Wei Yuan said: "Isn't it better to save a fortune for a guy like Brother Zhuang?"

Zhang Guifen rolled her eyes at him, "Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. Besides, how old is Brother Zhuang? It's not time for us to worry about it."

Wei Yuan nodded, said nothing more, and went to the couch to rest with Zhang Guifen.

The latter personally brought the foot-washing water, squatted down, and took off Wei Yuan's shoes and socks.

Wei Yuan said: "For this kind of thing, just call Baozhu and the others."

Zhang Guifen said: "How long has it been? Tomorrow is the winter solstice, and there are many things for Baozhu and the others to do. I'm afraid they've been through too hard, so I've asked them to rest."

Wei Yuan said: "My wife has a body of thousands of dollars, but she is wronged just to wash her husband's feet."

Zhang Guifen shook her head, "This is my duty as a wife."

"Officer, don't be too tired. There are some things that one person cannot finish in one moment."

Wei Yuan did not respond.

After washing his feet, Zhang Guifen took off his clothes. When she saw the shocking scarred wounds on Wei Yuan's back, her heart couldn't help but throb in pain.

"Every time I see these scars on Brother Wei's body, I just think about how painful it must have been when Brother Wei suffered these injuries."

Most of Wei Yuan's injuries came from his back, and he was definitely not suspected of living an ignoble existence.

It's because whenever he is injured, it must be when he is under heavy siege.

He is like a god of death, making enemy soldiers terrified. How can they dare to confront him head-on? So I only dared to attack from behind.

Wei Yuan said: "Scars all over my body are worth a lifetime of meritorious deeds."

Zhang Guifen said nothing and took off Wei Yuan's clothes, and then she began to take off her own clothes.

At this time, Wei Yuan was like a flood. He could no longer hold back and directly pressed Zhang Guifen under him, sucking every inch of her skin unscrupulously and greedily.

Gradually, the surrounding atmosphere became heated.

Zhang Guifen slowly closed her eyes and let Wei Yuan play and vent.

Wei Yuan didn't give up until the early morning of the next day.

Zhang Guifen stayed up all night, and Wei Yuan asked her servants not to come and disturb her, and only let her rest.

As for the two children, they were temporarily handed over to Grandma Zhang to take care of them.

He had a habit of staying up for several nights when he was marching, but it was just one night, so it didn't matter.

After a simple wash, Wei Yuan put on his official uniform, had some breakfast, and then headed to the front office of the palace.

He hasn't returned for several months, and the administrative affairs in front of the palace have already piled up.

When the commanders in front of the palace saw Wei Yuan, they all looked surprised and bowed respectfully one after another.

"Commander Wei? I've met Commander Wei. I wonder why Commander Wei is here today?"

"Didn't His Majesty say that Commander Wei should have a good rest?"

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To be honest, since the top official of the front department is not here, they, the commanders or officials at all levels, rarely have some leisure time. They come to the Yamen with the idea of ​​​​stealing half a day's leisure.

Wei Yuan nodded to everyone and said, "I will only stay for a moment and will leave later."

After that, he asked people to move some of the accumulated military affairs.

Wei Yuan looked at it in detail and found that it was all trivial matters.

It mainly involves defense changes, training and other matters of a certain army.

As long as it is not during wartime, the position of commander and envoy in front of the palace is more like a casual job.

After simply handling some government affairs, Wei Yuan called the envoy in charge of the company affairs department and asked him to handle the complicated but minor military affairs.

Later, Wei Yuan left the Dianqian Division and went to the Danglu Army.

Before the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and when Emperor Taizu had not released his military power over a cup of wine, the commander-in-chief in front of the palace had great power and could command and mobilize more than half of the country's forbidden troops.

However, as the Emperor of the Zhou family continued to squeeze out the power that this position held, until now, Wei Yuan, the head of the generals, no longer had the power to mobilize troops, but only the power to train troops and reward and punish them.

Just imagine, Wei Yuan, who is the best military general, cannot command the army. How ridiculous is this?

Therefore, in fact, a pro-army that belongs entirely to Wei Yuan is the Danglu Army.

Nowadays, not counting the Forbidden Army near Gyeonggi Road, but the 300,000 Forbidden Army in Bianjing City alone, the Danglu Army is definitely a powerful army.

Although Wei Yuan only had the authority to train troops for the Danglu Army, he had created this army after all. Therefore, all the soldiers in the army obeyed Wei Yuan and highly recognized him.

Therefore, the Danglu Army was also regarded by Wei Yuan as the foundation for a stable life.

When arriving at the Danglu Army.

Yang Huairen reported to Wei Yuanhui:
"After Commander Wei left, many nobles and clan members approached the general, hoping that he could arrange their people into the new army."

"Originally, according to the attitude of the officials, no one would be allowed to get involved in the New Army. However, after the officials heard about this, they did not respond and seemed to turn a blind eye."

"The last general did not dare to take advantage of his power, so he wrote a letter to the officials to report the matter, but the letter was retained by the Third Division."

(End of this chapter)