At the beginning, people were not very concerned about this news. After all, each country had its own military strategists, and it was normal for military strategists to use spies. There were endless methods such as living spies, dead spies, internal spies, double agents, and rural spies.
However, when the Governor-General's Office announced the list of Qing's spies, it not only caused a sensation in Xiangzhou, but also caused controversy on the list.
Because the identities of these people are very strange, some of them clearly support Fang Yun, there are core members of the Chujiao Society, among whom the head of the society, Chai Ying, is one of them. There are the prefects of Juyuan Prefecture and Tangshan Prefecture. These two prefects always refer to the governor in their speeches, and even claim that all government orders are made according to Fang Yun's instructions, and often criticize Qing officials and Qing country.
There were officials who "accidentally killed" civilians who raised spirit beasts, and a county magistrate who punished teachers for having a dinner party... The identities of most of these people were related to major recent events.
The Governor's Office then released detailed evidence.
Mi Jun, the prefect of Juyuan Prefecture, was the son of a Qing spy who had been hiding in Jing for a long time. His family was all under orders from the Marshal's Office of Qing. As an outstanding spy, Mi Jun used all means to transfer to Xiangzhou. On the surface, he opposed Qing officials, but secretly helped them.
After Fang Yun began to crack down on the rectification movement, Mi Jun received an order from Qing Guo, asking him to interfere with Fang Yun.
Mi Jun later admitted that Qing State had a clear means of attacking Fang Yun.
When Fang Yun arrested a spirit beast dealer, the spies of Qing State sent people to kill the civilians who raised spirit beasts, pretending that it was an accidental killing, so that the image of the constable who was not afraid of danger and worked hard would collapse, and he would become a murderer of the civilians.
Fang Yun wanted to rectify the extravagant and wasteful habits in the officialdom, but the spies of Qing State, under the banner of Fang Yun, withheld the official money and winter gifts from all officials, causing resentment among the officials and opposing Fang Yun.
When Fang Yun wanted to severely punish the officials, the spies from Qing State made a mountain out of a molehill and classified the minor faults of innocent officials as major crimes, exacerbating the conflict between the low-level officials and Fang Yun.
Fang Yun said that scholars should argue with literature instead of violence, so the Qing State sent the scholar Chai Ying to knock the juren unconscious with a stone, and then let Chai Ying continue to smear Fang Yun under the banner of protecting Fang Yun and eliminating the bad elements.
Seeing the evidence released by the Governor-General's Office, many people broke out in cold sweat. The official struggle between the two countries was too vicious. If the Governor-General's Office had not announced this matter, many people would not have known that Chai Ying, who claimed to support Fang Yun but beat people, was actually a spy used by Qing State to tarnish Fang Yun's reputation.
However, those veteran officials just smiled indifferently when they saw all this, believing that there must be a master behind Fang Yun. With Fang Yun's blank official experience, it was impossible for him to see through this matter, nor was it possible for him to keep it in check and then suddenly take action.
Some people also think that Fang Yun is framing them, and that he is trying to divert the attention of the human race when it is clear that he did something wrong.
Finally, Fang Shouye couldn't help it and said on the discussion board that this was actually Fang Yun's strategy to lure out the snake. In fact, when the official accidentally killed the people who raised spirit beasts, Fang Yun suspected that someone was resisting the Governor's Office, and there might even be external forces interfering, but he kept it to himself. Then the spies of Qing State began to take large-scale actions, reducing the welfare of officials under the banner of Fang Yun, deliberately punishing teachers who did not waste money, and deliberately beating the candidates on the day they entered Beijing. These events are all related.
Fang Shouye even pointed out that these are the means by which lower-level officials fight against upper-level officials. However, although some officials hold high positions, they have been sidelined and cannot obtain real and effective information, or they only care about their own interests and cannot see through the vicious means of the middle and lower levels and external forces. Even if they realize it, they think that these are useless means. They don't know that three people make a tiger, and if such things accumulate, they are enough to destroy anyone in a high position.
However, careful people discovered that many officials were taken to Baling on the 16th, but the number of people on the list of spies was less than one-third of the total number. So what would happen to the other two-thirds
On October 19, most of those who were "invited" to Baling City by Fang Yun left one after another. Some had already submitted their resignations, and some were demoted by one level. However, everyone wrote a letter of apology, admitting that they were dissatisfied with some of Fang Yun's policies and deliberately did evil under the banner of Fang Yun, so that more low-level officials would hate Fang Yun.
There is still a group of officials who have not left Baling City. Because they have been imprisoned, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Supervision are searching for evidence of their crimes.
When the whole story was collected and written up in an article on the discussion board, everyone suddenly realized that before Fang Yun rectified the administration of officials, he had already anticipated that middle and lower-level officials would use small means to resist, so he pretended not to know and then caught these people in one fell swoop.
Those who had previously accused Fang Yun admitted their mistakes one after another. Many of them felt ashamed and admitted that they were stupid and underestimated Fang Yun's methods.
In Fang Yun's study, Dong Wencong bowed deeply to Fang Yun, but did not get up for a long time. He said, "I am ignorant and do not know your wise plan. Please punish me."
"I deliberately concealed this matter from you. It's not your fault." Fang Yun said.
Dong Wencong stood up and said seriously, "If you had told me in advance, maybe they would have found some clues about me. Maybe I was also kept in the dark, and they were sure that you couldn't see through this matter, so they intensified it, and more and more people got involved, and finally you caught them all. Let's not talk about those Qingguo spies. Since there are Zuo Xiang's party members among these officials, we Xiangzhou officials can take this opportunity to jointly submit a memorial to impeach Liu Shan. I think this matter is linked to each other and carefully planned. If you hadn't been prepared, we would only think that some officials were dissatisfied and would not have other guesses. I'm afraid there is only one Liu Shan who can do this."
Fang Yun nodded and said, "You guessed right. Although the order was given by the Marshal's Office of Qing, the real mastermind must be Liu Shan, because only Liu Shan can formulate a plan against Xiangzhou and me, and those Qing people can't be so detailed. Liu Shan is really old and strong. If I didn't see through this, Xiangzhou would definitely get out of control and develop in an unpredictable direction. In the end, although it was my crackdown on spirit beast dealers and rectification of official administration, it was Liu Shan who really messed up Xiangzhou and caused the people to live in misery. At that time, I had already failed and was forced to leave Xiangzhou. No one would speak for me. Everyone would put the blame for the chaos in Xiangzhou on me. Later, Liu Shan came forward to turn the tide. The human race would only remember Liu Shan saving people from danger, but they didn't know that he took at least half or even more responsibility."
Dong Wencong asked: "What have you been through? Why do you see things more clearly than those of us in the officialdom?"
Fang Yun reached out and patted the "Ancient History of Monsters" on the table, saying, "History has been repeating itself. There is nothing new under the sun. A glimpse of a small part can reveal the whole picture. You are not yet a university scholar. When you become a university scholar, you will master the power of studying things and seeking knowledge, and then use sincerity and integrity to eliminate selfish desires. When you encounter anything, it will be as clear as reading the lines on the palm of your hand."
Dong Wencong shook his head slightly and said, "Except for a few scholars of various schools who are well versed in the holy way, even if the other scholars can see through this matter, it is already the end of the incident. I still think that you must have a unique experience."
.(To be continued)