Chapter 2320 The darkness under the feet
Chang''an.
Autumn is over and winter is coming.
This winter may still be cold, and next year''s winter will be even colder.
If we don’t weaken the nomadic barbarians first, and wait until the real cold wave hits and internal and external troubles break out together, then it will not be so simple as a "great national integration" that can be described.
All of this requires continuous efforts and continuous improvement.
Change bit by bit, step by step.
Changing dynasties, breaking through reincarnation, and just shouting slogans can make it happen?
Be optimistic in the midst of pessimism, look up to the light in the dark, work hard, and don''t sink.
『Besides...』 Fei Qian said slowly, "There is a space in Tongguan... so we also need to set up a division to deal with it. Don''t be careless, so as not to harm the space... And this matter, maybe it can be used..."
Pang Tong reacted quickly, and looked at the food on the table, "My lord''s intention is... to use the restaurant as a cover?" 』
Fei Qian nodded, and then talked about the Tongguan restaurant.
Teahouses, restaurants, and restaurants have always been the best places to inquire about news. Although Fei Qian had arranged for some Mohist disciples to inquire about news in Chang''an''s Sanfu, they were all scattered. don''t do...
To put it simply, there are not too few spies under Fei Qian''s command, especially those sent out in the early years, and some have even mixed into Cao Cao and Sun Quan''s rule, and some have done well, but other spies, Or spies, they are relatively common and scattered, without any system.
Because Fei Qian''s main requirement for spies is to deliver news, and there is no assassination or sabotage that requires the use of force. Therefore, for these spies under Fei Qian''s command, they are generally more comfortable, and there is nothing wrong with them. Too much pressure, of course, even if you don''t need any faith blessings, you won''t have much complaints about Fei Qian.
It’s just that this can be regarded as Fei Qian’s negligence on the other hand. Because of the caravan and the carrier pigeons placed in various places, Fei Qian has been able to obtain some information directly and conveniently, and has not noticed the difficulty of obtaining information. Therefore, there was no special effort to expand and develop the spy team until the Tongguan incident reminded Fei Qian.
Where there is light, there is shadow. Even if it cannot be seen under multiple light sources, it does not mean that it does not exist. Fei Qian does not use spies for destructive actions, but there is no guarantee that others will not.
This order of light and shadow is very important. Whether it is the order of the people or the order of spies, it is very important. After all, the reason why human society is different from animals, or that Homo sapiens could defeat Neanderthals in ancient times is because of the division of labor and cooperation and unity. And this kind of unity is based on certain rules, that is, order.
"Winehouses, restaurants, walking horses, hidden piles..." Fei Qian said, wringing his fingers, "All of them are under the management of the "Youwen Division". , no more than ten years...』
Similar to undercover, it’s best to have a time limit, otherwise it’s like Infernal Affairs five years after five years, ten years after ten years, and in the end you don’t know whether you are really an undercover agent or a fake traitor. In comparison, five to ten years will be slightly better.
Anyway, these can be settled first, and then slowly supplemented and improved later.
Pang Tong frowned and said: "My lord''s intention, is to start the "Embroidered Clothes Envoy" again?" 』
『Embroidered clothes messenger? Fei Qian was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "Is Shiyuan worse than embroidered clothes?" 』
Pang Tong didn''t hide it, nodded and said: "Embroidery does more harm than good, and the disaster of witchcraft is caused by it, which is really unpleasant." 』
『Haha...』 Fei Qian said with a smile, 『The matter of witches and Gu, Xiuyi Jiangchong may have gone too far, but it is not enough to determine. There are no checks at the top, greed at the bottom, no checks and balances, and no rules and regulations. 』
When talking about these internal and external feudal state spy agencies, people generally think of Jinyiwei, then East Factory, West Factory, etc., and then Xuedizi, but in fact, the history of spies and agents in China is more than ordinary people know the time is early...
The earliest spy records happened in the Xia Dynasty more than 4,000 years ago. A beautiful woman named Nu Ai became the first female spy in recorded Chinese and even world history.
Dayu''s son Qi destroyed the abdication system and allowed China to enter the slave society overnight. It was the Xia Dynasty. But Xia Qi''s family did not sit for long, and died after two generations. Taikang, Qi''s son, was a fatuous and incompetent emperor who only cared about sensuality, wine and food. As a result, the barbarians rebelled and the world was in chaos.
Hou Yi of the Youqiong family took the opportunity to seize the world and killed Taikang. It is called "Taikang lost the country" in history.
"Youqian", is this name a coincidence, or a hint?
This Houyi is the descendant of the legendary man who is very busy with arrows and very good at arrows. Everyone in this ethnic group calls him Houyi. However, even though this Hou Yi took over the country, he would not be able to govern the country. The land and mountains he seized from the Xia Dynasty were quickly taken away by the minister Han Yun. And Qi''s descendant, Shaokang, has the ambition to restore the country, he secretly accumulates strength, and sends a beautiful woman named Nuai to infiltrate the Hanyun side to spy on information, so as to know himself and the enemy. As a result, Shaokang successfully defeated the Hanzhuo Group and revived the Xia Dynasty. It was called "Shaokang Zhongxing" in history, and Nv Ai became the first recorded spy.
Is female Ai just single? not necessarily. It''s just that only her name is left in history. Or the name is actually a code name.
During the Han Dynasty, because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty needed to unite the power of the Han Dynasty against the Xiongnu, he also needed to suppress opposing opinions internally, which gave birth to the "Embroidered Clothes Envoy".
The Eagle Claw of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the embroidered emissary, was ordered to inspect various places. He was very active at one time, and even "Wei Zhenzhou County" had a prominent position. Wearing embroidered clothes, holding scepters and tiger charms, these people patrolled and inspected everywhere, and if they found illegal problems, they could act on behalf of the emperor. After a while, what happened later, because Jiang Chong did a good job...
It is difficult to study the details of the witchcraft case, but one thing is certain, that is, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who said that he "dismissed all schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone", did not believe in the so-called benevolence, righteousness and loyalty of Confucianism. In his bones, he still believes in the set of emperor''s art of Confucianism and Law, which is characterized by domineering, cold-blooded, cruel, and suspicious.
In the period of Wang Mang, because he wanted to usurp the throne, he picked up the Embroidered Clothes Envoy again, and then felt that the previous "Embroidered Clothes Envoy", or "Embroidered Clothes Zhizhi" was not a good name, so he changed it to "Embroidered Clothes Law Enforcement". 』, In fact, it is to change the soup without changing the medicine.
When it came to Jinyiwei, it still had a taste of embroidered clothes, but it was "inwardly rolled up" in the later stage, and when it came to the sticky pole of my Qing Dynasty, the only purpose was to suppress internally...
Fei Qian nodded, then shook his head and said: "Liu Tao has a saying, "There are eight wanderers, the masters serve traitors and wait for changes, open and close human feelings, observe the enemy''s intentions, and regard them as spies." This is not a class of embroidered clothes. There is also no right to save the battleaxe. It is the responsibility of inspections to apprehend lawbreakers and eliminate **** in villages and towns, and those who have heard about it have no right to intervene. 』
Many secret service agencies in later generations eventually collapsed. The most important reason was that they had too much power, so that in the later period, they even did not hesitate to feed tigers, raise bandits, frame crimes, and slander Zhongliang to preserve their position and power. Therefore, the separation of responsibilities, especially some important functional departments, is particularly important.
"Zhi Yin Jianming records the officials, the inspection office roams the countryside, there are news divisions to spy on the criminals, Dali Temple litigation and trial," Fei Qian gestured with his hands, "these four perform their duties, regardless of high or low , the functions overlap each other, just like the four pillars work together to strengthen the community...』
After hearing this, Pang Tong nodded, and then asked, "So, with the position of Wen Si, who does the Lord want to take?" 』
『How about Derun? ’ Fei Qian said.
Pang Tong thought for a moment, nodded and said, "My lord''s choice is very good." Derun was born in a poor family, knows the hardships of the people, and has the ability of mathematics and science. He should be able to summarize the news and deploy people from all over the world. Then this Dali Temple has a very heavy responsibility..."
Fei Qian asked, "Who does the meaning of Shi Yuan belong to?" 』
Pang Tong pondered for a while, and then said, "How about Sima Zhongda?" 』
Fei Qian thought for a while, then nodded, "Good. 』
The adjustment this time is not only about these things on the surface, but also some things hidden under the surface. For example, the Zhiyin Supervisory Committee tends to recruit women from the gentry to take up official positions, and the inspection office focuses on arranging for veterans from various war zones. Soldiers and non-commissioned officers, Youwen Division is mainly composed of poor children from the grassroots, while Dali Temple arranges people who are proficient in the law and have relatively high status.
As long as you have seen some people in the market in later generations, you know how important it is whether the judges in charge of a specific case are just or not, and the words and deeds of these judges not only affect a case, but can even cover and map to an era. Ten years, or even decades of influence.
For example, whether to help or not, such as fines for not working overtime, and the case of a certain car suing consumers for infringement, etc., which can even affect a century!
The reason why ordinary people choose to lie down and admit defeat, be beaten and punished is not because they think it is fair and just, but because "it''s not me who was wronged, but the master of martial arts who was wronged!" 』Ordinary people still have to eat and sell jelly to make ends meet. Who can stand up to three years, five years and ten years of lawsuits? Can you hire "Martial Juren" to accompany you all the way?
Therefore, under such circumstances, Fei Qian weighed again and again, thinking that the current Dali Temple must select some young disciples of the Dashi clan as judges. Convenience is to lose one''s own position. When dealing with some more common cases, it is easier to refuse bribes and focus on one''s own reputation. The older ones are less motivated and easy to be muddled.
On the other hand, the children of these noble families are also qualified to study the law of criminal names, and they are more able to measure legal issues from the standpoint of the ruling class. And so on, although they are also proficient in the law, but more often these people use their ingenuity to use these laws and local collusion to obtain benefits...
Even with this arrangement, there are still loopholes.
But that’s all there is to it…
It is impossible for humans to be perfect, let alone a system formulated by humans?
However, compared with the frizzy systems of the current big men, if it is really structured according to Fei Qian''s thinking, then it can be said that this system covers the upper, middle and lower levels, and the distribution of personnel is also diversified. In addition, it is mainly responsible for legislation The Senluyuan, and the Zhijianyuan, whose main function is to criticize and remonstrate, are like the four pillars and two beams of a house. With the addition of the original administrative doors and windows, the entire court''s laws and regulations are built.
Of course, these are not enough, there are follow-ups...
Rules are rules, and execution is execution. It is often seen that a good policy is eventually implemented with a bad result. Therefore, in the end, how this set of structures will eventually evolve will still require constant observation and adjustment.
『There is one more thing...』 Fei Qian looked at Pang Tong and said, 『Under the Minister’s Office, set up another secretariat... The person in charge, it’s not easy to choose yet, Shi Yuan, you can take the concurrent role first...』
『Secretariat? 』Pang Tong didn''t know why.
Although the word "secretary" has already appeared in Dahan, it did not refer to people at the beginning, but to things. That is to say, those books with some mysterious colors, one is the secret books in the palace ban, because they are all kinds of classic documents collected in the palace ban, so they are generally not made public, so they are called "secretaries". Similar to some things that are not very public, such as the emperor''s daily life record and so on.
Another kind of "secretary" refers to the prophecy and picture book.
After all, Chenwei was too popular in the Han Dynasty, just like the status of a certain war in capital in later generations, a certain war will not be destroyed if the capital does not fall. From the ruling class to the upper circle, all consciously use and maintain Chenwei, so of course Chenwei will not fall, so it refers to Chenwei, or a kind of budgetary adage for wizards and alchemists, also called secretary.
It was not until the later period of Cao Cao that in order to fight against the Shangshutai, which apparently belonged to the emperor, a new organization, the Secretary Order, was established to replace the Shangshuling''s duties of sending and receiving memorials, drafting and uploading them with "Dian Shangshu Shi".
However, the secretariat that Fei Qian wants to establish is different from these two.
『Secretariat, main secretary. Fei Qian said slowly, "Zhi Yin, inspector, heard, Dali, its use may be obvious, or hidden, if it is obvious in the bright place, it should be reported directly, but the secret of the dark place, how can it be reported layer by layer ? Those who are straight Yin may hide and forget, inspectors may be slack and unfair, people who hear about it may be obscene and refuse to listen, Dali may pervert the law and injustice, etc., if we report it clearly, can we know it? 』
Pang Tong was stunned for a while, and then he touched his chin involuntarily, with a look of mourning on his face. Pang Tong felt that this matter seemed simple to say, but it was actually very complicated, and it was inevitable that he would lose his chin again...
Fei Qian understood it at a glance, so he ordered the table and said, "Eat food in one bite, do things in one bite, did you say that you want to eat all the meals in the world, why not be afraid?" The so-called secretarial place is like this, just like Zuo Zhuan, who record things over time, summarize them according to time, compare and approve them, and then we can know their authenticity..."
"For example, it was reported that there was a grievance in the countryside, but Zhiyin did not see the record, the inspection did not find the grievance, and Dali did not see the case..." Fei Qian smiled and said, "If there is no secretary, it is just arguing with each other. Time has passed and the death case can’t be eliminated...』
Pang Tong was stunned, but asked again: "If it is the secretary''s place..."
Fei Qian sighed and said, "It''s better than nothing." 』
Pang Tong is also silent.
"Tian Guorang will be a secretary for a period of time first, to see how his character is, and then make arrangements..." Fei Qian continued, "As for the matter of Longyou... moved Wang Yanyun to sacrifice wine for the Longxi Academy, built a Ming Hall in Xiangwu, and accepted the poor family The common people will go to school, and Wang Wenshu will go to Longyou to seal Jincheng Order...』
For a long period of time, the Taiyuan Wang family, as a Shanxi gentry, stood on Feiqian''s side, and several disturbances did not cause Feiqian any trouble, and even Wang Chang quelled a rebellion. Although it is not so perfect in the process of commanding soldiers, it is already very rare.
Therefore, after the pacification of Longyou this time, Fei Qian planned to arrange some more powerful positions for these two people from the Wang family in Taiyuan. Obediently following Fei Qian would be beneficial. There may not be those who are in a hurry to fight, but there are arrangements for those who are not in a hurry.
If you want to make the overall society progress, the most important thing is to improve the wisdom of the people.
It is very difficult to improve the wisdom of the people.
Even in the later generations, in the era that Fei Qian experienced, there were constant remarks about changing clothes of various patterns, and after taking off the coat of these remarks, the word "foolish people" was actually revealed.
At the beginning, what was said was "an atomic bomb is not as good as a tea egg, and a scalpel is not as good as a butcher''s knife", and then it became "to learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well, it is better to have a good father", and then it evolved into "life is so hard, enjoy yourself in time, and be happy". Although the forms are different, in fact they are all for the purpose of letting the children of the poor and the poor people cut off their own future.
Because the high school entrance examination and the college entrance examination are the only relatively fair assessment methods that the country uses all possible means, even dispatching armed forces to ensure...
And those who advocate that life is as long as it is fun, jumping up and down clamoring that life is not just two exams, and talk about why you can''t live for two exams, but these people will never say that, except for these two exams, it is still a test. Except for relatively fair exams, all other exams and other things are not even relatively fair, even if you don''t study, don''t get a certain degree, sometimes you don''t have the opportunity to compete with others!
These people only need to lure some people from poor families and poor people when they have the most hope of changing their lives, and they can make some people go astray foolishly. Afterwards, when life beats me to the point of being miserable, I will stand tall and criticize, "Look, the reason why these poor people are poor is because they are lazy, because these idiots didn''t work hard when they should work hard, and they should work hard." When there is no diligence! So who can blame these people for being poor? 』
In the future generations, some caring people will lure a large number of people to pursue pleasure, lie down, and give up, let alone the big man now? If Jia Xu, Zhang Liao, Tai Shici and others have not opened up a gap in Longxi and Longyou, and pierced the opening of the school palace, so that the people at the bottom can have a gap to climb up, are we still waiting for the opening to be reopened? Close it up and come back to express regret?
This climbing process must be very hard, it can even be said to be painful, but at least...
There is still light overhead, and hope!
(end of this chapter)