"Since Yan Qing and Xu Bin have come to take charge in person, Your Majesty does not need to worry too much. The current Taiping people may be able to stir up a pot of water, but it is almost impossible to stir up big waves. Besides, we still have With Xu Bin, an expert, who knows the Taiping Sect thoroughly, maybe we can catch a few big fish." Xiao Tang deliberately wanted to lighten the somewhat gloomy atmosphere and changed the topic.
"Xiao Tang, don't place too high expectations on Xu Bin. Although he was born in the Taiping Sect and served as a junior and senior master, his focus at that time was not on the academic affairs of their Taiping Sect, but on the military. Of course, as a senior Young Master, he must be able to know a lot of high-level insider information, but as far as I know, a confidant of You Daofang has always been responsible for the educational affairs of the Taiping Sect. Even Xu Bin and Lan Bailin rarely interfered. In the Taiping Sect, The military and politics are very naive, but the system of teaching and teaching, that is to say, the development of academic affairs is quite careful and solid, otherwise it would never be possible to cause such a big disturbance in a short period of time. It is a pity that they lack talents. , and the few talents, especially Daofang, were not able to make full use of them. In addition, the middle and upper class people were short-sighted and of low quality, which led to the Taiping Religion’s rapid destruction. However, the destruction of the Taiping Religion’s military strength did not affect their level. The network has caused too much damage. In addition to the destruction of the military power of the Taiping Religion, other religious organizations are still quite intact."
"After I received the reports from Pinglu and Yulin, I went back and reviewed some of our previous measures. I felt that we had underestimated the enemy and thought that the military power of the Taiping Religion had been destroyed. Then the Taiping Religion would naturally disappear. We One thing that has been overlooked is that the Taiping Religion is not a simple political organization, but a mixture with strong religious overtones and armed with religious organizational structures. To completely destroy this deep-rooted force, it is difficult to cure it by force alone. To be effective, we need to use a combination of various measures, especially digging them out from an economic basis."
"Then does Your Majesty think that in addition to involving the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Imperial Security Bureau, we can also take some economic measures? For example, increase in-kind relief to the impoverished areas of Sanna in the north, or increase relief through work. The investment in infrastructure in the three northern regions is also to strengthen the supervision of the financial sectors in these areas to prevent funds from flowing into the hands of these rebels." Xiao Tang pondered what Wu Feng meant and put forward his own ideas.
"Well, please arrange it. Let the financial department and the central bank give a certain degree of preference to the three northern counties. This is a fundamental solution. The first thing we need to solve is what has been exposed now." Wu Feng nodded, now There are too many places that need funds, and the empire's finances are already somewhat overwhelmed. Tian Yi also hinted twice that he needs to be cautious in spending, otherwise a financial crisis will have a chain reaction.
It seemed that even the sky felt the chilly atmosphere in Pinglu City and became much gloomier. Travelers were in a hurry on the streets, and the early spring sunshine disappeared. A bit more wind, sand and spring cold made the city look particularly desolate and cold. It has been a few days since Yan Qing arrived in Pinglu City. Before entering Pinglu, Yan Qing asked the people who followed him to the northern plains to disguise themselves and sneak into Pinglu City. He first connected with the informants deployed by the internal affairs department in various places. To understand the general situation, the Taiping Sect people do have a very good popular foundation in this area, and the barren and remote mountains are a good place for the Taiping Sect's power to be entrenched. However, the internal affairs department is not a vegetarian, and Yan Qing believes that it will not be long before he can find out some real information.
He is quite dissatisfied with Yan Qing, the new city guard of Pinglu Mansion. He also knows that with the governor of Beiyuan taking office, a large number of so-called economic officials have flooded the Beiyuan officialdom. Most of these guys are from Jiangnan and Donghai areas. For The actual situation in Beiyuan is not well understood, and understanding it requires a process. It takes time to develop economic officials, and the Taiping people don't seem to want to give these officials a chance to get used to it.
Although the phrase "Pinglu has three thousand ditches" cannot completely reflect the geographical terrain of Pinglu Mansion, it can be regarded as describing that in addition to the fragmented and complex geographical environment of Pinglu, the harsh natural environment also created Pinglu's powerful people. According to folk customs, Yan Qing had been to Pinglu when he took up the post of Minatohara Castle, and he also understood the situation in Pinglu. He also knew that it was in these areas that the Taiping Sect had the space to survive.
As soon as Yan Qing arrived at Pinglu Mansion, there was a conflict between Pinglu local officials. Yan Qing asked the police officers in the towns under Pinglu Prefecture to take immediate action when necessary to restrict the movement of people within their jurisdiction. Anyone who wandered around the house without justifiable reasons would be arrested and detained for investigation. He also asked the security team to immediately send out two policemen. The brigade divided Pinglu into two areas, the east and the west, to conduct wind training, and first dispersed the clouds of turmoil that had been lingering over Pinglu Mansion. With the entry of the secret advance team and special police force of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the situation in Pinglu, which was once out of control, was quickly brought under control.
However, this also led to the intensification of conflicts between local officials headed by Pinglu Castle Guards and the Imperial Ministry of the Interior. Local officials believed that the large-scale curfew and restrictions on the movement of people taken by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Pinglu had seriously affected the newly constructed Pinglu Mansion. With the economic development momentum of open land, the construction of infrastructure had to be terminated, and the excessive dog hunting and registration detainment also made the local gentry angry. The joint letters of the gentry have been piled up on the desk of the city guard, and even sent to Anyuan. The desk of the Governor's Mansion.
However, Yan Qing was unmoved. The development of Pinglu's local economy had nothing to do with his mission. His mission was to quickly stabilize the situation in Pinglu and to dig out the potential disasters that currently existed in Pinglu. But Yan Qing knows that fighting against the remnants of the Taiping Sect is a long-term and arduous task. While the soil that breeds this trend of thought still exists, it is still not possible to eradicate these hidden dangers.
Possibly, even if the flatland economy develops, these Mars will still exist for a long time. Now what he needs to do is to secretly do everything possible to take a long-term view after controlling the situation, catch big fish, and prepare for a long-term competition. Overtly, he is like a comb combing his hair, filtering them one by one, selecting some outcrops to kill as a warning to others. Shock people's hearts.
Yan Qing is quite satisfied with the special operations team he personally formed. These people are divided into two parts. One part is elites drawn from the internal affairs departments of various places. They are familiar with local conditions, good at investigation and modeling, good at tracking and interrogation, and have comprehensive skills. Most of them have outstanding abilities, and the other part are mostly outstanding people from the martial arts sects of the White Empire. Most of these people have special skills and strong martial arts, and are especially suitable for secret dog hunting, group killings and tracking.
Although the Ministry of Internal Affairs is a department under the Government Administration Council, and on the surface it does not have as high a status as the Imperial National Security Agency and the Imperial Security Bureau, and its power does not seem to be as powerful as these two directly subordinate bureaus, the Imperial Ministry of Internal Affairs has an advantage that neither of them can match. That is, the Imperial Ministry of Internal Affairs not only has jurisdiction over the Internal Affairs Bureau of each imperial government, but also has jurisdiction over the Imperial Police Headquarters. All the police are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The open and secret internal affairs forces are gathered to cover every corner of the entire empire. The intelligence network covers every industry in the empire. This huge advantage is that no one department can match it in advance. In theory, the internal affairs department of this country can use the resources in its hands to compete with the two major spy agencies of the empire without falling behind at all.
The special operations team of the Ministry of Internal Affairs also showed its prowess in this operation. In addition to cooperating with the special police force to carry out some overt operations, the special operations team also attacked alone and destroyed two important secret lairs of the Taiping Religion. The Taiping Cult also fully experienced the ferocity and ruthlessness of the Imperial Internal Affairs Department through the method of acupoints, so much so that when the Imperial Overwatch Council launched an investigation after receiving complaints from the people, they could not find any evidence. Although the Imperial Overwatch Council was suspected of neglecting its duties, It is also enough to prove the strength of this force.
Compared with the Ministry of Interior's vigorous and vigorous actions in Pinglu Mansion, the Imperial Security Bureau's actions in Yulin seemed to be calm. The appearance of Xu Bin, a mysterious figure, has always been a mystery to the top political circles of the empire. Apart from a few high-ranking officials and dignitaries such as Xiao Tang and Ling Tianfang, there are only individuals who are directly related to Xu Bin's appointment as the Imperial Security Bureau. Where did this man come from, and why did he establish the Imperial Security Bureau known as the "Imperial Scissors" without any warning? He was so powerful that no one knew his origins. Xu Bin seems to have been extremely low-key since he became the director of the Imperial Security Bureau. He is even rarer than the elusive Imperial Director-General of National Security Diao Su. He has not seen the appearance of this leader of the four directly affiliated agencies even in several major dynasties. Many people who don't know what's going on even doubt whether this person actually exists, and whether His Majesty the Emperor deliberately used such an unknown name as a code name to replace the head of the Imperial Security Bureau. In fact, this person does not exist.
The arrival of the Imperial Security Bureau had almost no impact on the local authorities in Yulin. When the local government asked the Imperial Security Bureau personnel who came to contact them if they needed assistance, they only received a vague reply that they would ask in advance if necessary. The whole of Yulin seems to be extremely calm and normal. Except for some mysterious figures who often enter a certain huge house in Yulin City at night, everything seems lackluster. But this does not mean that there is peace here, until one night there is a sudden storm and heavy rain.