Chapter 1395
Chapter 1395
Chapter 1395
When the suggestion box was set up, the Haihan Army informed the public that the letters put into it would be personally reviewed by the chief.However, the cultural level of the people near Majiazhuang is relatively low, and the people who can read and write are mainly concentrated in a limited number of rich families. In fact, not so many people can give Chen Yixin their opinions or inform Chen Yixin in writing. To a certain extent, they are more inclined to serve people like gentry and merchants.
However, with the growing prosperity of Majiazhuang, some Confucian scholars who specialize in ghostwriting have also appeared here, so as long as they are willing to spend a little money, even people who are not very literate can participate in this anonymous game, which greatly reduces the participation cost. threshold.Of course, the contents of the letters put into the box are not necessarily valuable information. On the contrary, most of them will not make the officials interested in following up.The military doesn't take the time to get involved in those goofy, sneaky things.
However, in the letters secretly stuffed into the box at night, occasionally there will be some interesting information, such as revealing that the businessman who rented out a yard in a certain inn is actually a Jiangyang thief who was wanted in various state capitals in Shandong, or reporting An unscrupulous drugstore tried to quietly remove the medicinal materials Haihan urgently needed and transport them to other places.In a situation like this, the military will intervene without hesitation and deal with it as soon as possible.From the perspective of public security, this measure has played a somewhat positive role.
When Chen Yixin is busy, this matter is usually handed over to Zeng Xiaowen. He doesn't have so much time to care about trivial matters.So although he said that he wanted to read it himself, in fact, after Zeng Xiaowen took back the letters in the box, he still conducted a simple screening first, and then presented the valuable parts to Chen Yixin for review.
Chen Yixin didn't expect much from the information he could receive through this method, but today Zeng Xiaowen quickly came to him with a secret letter: "Chief, this letter may need to be paid attention to."
"Oh?" Chen Yixin knew that his secretary would not be aimless, so he took the letter from him and unfolded it.After seeing the above content clearly, Chen Yixin frowned slowly.
This is a scrawled report letter, which contains a list of personnel, including Ma Bo, the director of the Majiazhuang immigration camp, and several named personnel in the camp.The reason for the report was not corruption or favoritism, but to point out that the real identities of these people were all spies sent by the Ming government to lurk here.But in this report letter, there is only a list, and no evidence is listed. It can be said that it is completely empty talk.
Chen Yixin looked at Zeng Xiaowen and said: "This is only a report, there is no actual evidence, but you will show it to me in a hurry, you should have discovered something."
Zeng Xiaowen replied: "Chief, this report letter lists a list of people with names and surnames. The whistleblower is obviously familiar with the situation in the immigration camp. Are these names real? Go to the immigration camp to check the roster later. You know. But there are very few people in the immigration camp who can be sent outside to do things, and those who can write report letters basically submit letters after dark to avoid revealing their identities. But after dark, in the immigration camp The person who is in the immigration camp will not be able to get out, and the immigration camp is full of foreigners, and the possibility of sending the report letter is extremely small, so this person is probably not a refugee in the immigration camp, but It is someone who can often go in and out of the immigration camp and is more familiar with the conditions inside."
Chen Yixin nodded slightly and said, "It makes sense, let's continue."
Encouraged, Zeng Xiaowen gained a little more confidence, and continued: "If the inferences mentioned above are true and the reporter is not a refugee inside, then it is impossible to frame a few innocent people who have never met out of personal grievances. It's too big. I think this matter is worth investigating."
Chen Yixin looked down at the list again. The scribbled handwriting was probably done on purpose. He knew that some people who wrote the report letters would even write with another hand on purpose to change their handwriting to conceal their identities.However, who wrote the letter should be able to be found out if you do a peace of mind investigation. After all, the number of people who have access to the internal affairs of the immigration camp in their daily work is limited, and it can be found out in half a day by the method of exclusion.But at this time, it is not necessary to spend time and effort to investigate the identity of the whistleblower. Of course, the priority should be to investigate these few reported objects.
"Don't scare the snake away tonight. When the troops from Zhifu Island arrive tomorrow, we will continue to act according to the original plan, but the few people on this list must be taken care of." Chen Yixin quickly made up his mind: "When the time comes, arrest them." It is up to you to check these people.”
"Then Ma Bo..." Zeng Xiaowen protracted his tone, and tentatively asked.Although Ma Bo was not a big shot, he was Chen Yixin's in-laws. Zeng Xiaowen would definitely have to get a clear order before he dared to deal with this matter.
"Catch them together!" Chen Yixin's face remained unchanged: "At that time, his home will also be searched carefully. If there are suspicious people, we will arrest them first! Ma Dongqiang, I will go over to say hello tomorrow."
"Understood!" Zeng Xiaowen gave a military salute to Liu Shang, then took the report letter and withdrew.
For Chen Yixin, the stability of the local social situation is more important than anything else. As for a small person like Ma Bo, if he really dares to play a role in resisting Haihan's rule, then he doesn't mind arresting him and punishing him.The degree of protection that the in-law relationship can give Ma Bo is at most effective when his fault is harmless, and it cannot really protect him to do whatever he wants. As long as he violates Haihan's taboo, Chen Yixin will not have any scruples in dealing with it .
Chen Yixin looked out of the window at Majiazhuang, and while thinking about his action plan, he thought to himself, by this time tomorrow, maybe the atmosphere in the village will not be as lively as it is now?
"At this time tomorrow, I wonder if I can sleep peacefully?" Liu Shang lay in the darkness, but his eyes were not closed.He knew that he had made a very risky choice, and the risk he had to face this time was likely to be comparable to the time he planned to escape in Sanya.
Liu Shang knew that he must not compromise with Ma Bo. Although the other party did not make any excessive demands, he knew that the consequences of cooperating with such a fool would be implicated and there would be no other way out.How could I lose the official position I had so hard to get, and the bright future ahead, because of this guy's nonsense?
At this time, Liu Shang really realized that the importance he attached to his current job and identity far exceeded his expectations.Since the other party refused to let him go no matter what, in order to keep his existing intangible assets, he could only launch a counterattack in his own way.
Liu Shang didn't have the ability to silence Ma Bo, of course, even if he had the ability, he probably wouldn't take such a risk.All he could do was to expose the fact that Ma Bo was in collusion with the Ming government, and let the Haihan people deal with this young man.Suggestion boxes can be seen in areas under the rule of Haihan. Liu Shang is no stranger to this, but he has no way to explain why he can identify these people who have been reported as spies of the Ming Dynasty, because doing so is very likely to cause him Expose your identity.
Although Liu Shang spends most of his time in Majiazhuang these days, he only enters the immigrant camp for the preaching activities every two days. After receiving the report letter, if the identity of the whistleblower is reversely calculated, he will probably be included in it soon.However, compared to other personnel who can freely enter and exit the immigration camp, he should have spent the least amount of time in the immigration camp, and the corresponding degree of suspicion will be much smaller.
Of course, this possibility is not great, and the military may not be interested in even digging out the whistleblower. Liu Shang thinks that he has a good chance of getting out safely.It’s just that he still underestimated the capabilities of Haihan’s military. After reading the content of the report letter, Zeng Xiaowen had roughly figured out his ideas, and he could even list a list of people including Liu Shang who might write this letter. The list of persons who reported the letter.
What Liu Shang worried about was that the evidence he gave was insufficient. Whether this report letter could attract enough attention from the military is still unclear.If the military thinks there is no evidence and refuses to investigate the matter, then Liu Shang will probably have to submit the next report letter to the security department on Zhifu Island.
Liu Shang had originally negotiated with Ma Bo to stay in Majiazhuang for one more day, and then found a reason to leave for Zhifu Island, but after submitting the report letter tonight, he felt a little inexplicably worried.He knew that he was worried about the long nights and dreams, and other changes in the reported matter, but the current situation was not under his control, and after this step, he could only retreat to the side and be a spectator.
Ever since he saw the bodies of Liao Yuan and Qin An in Sanya, Liu Shang has never been so worried about something as he is now, so much so that his sleep has been significantly affected.He repeatedly calculated various possible situations in his mind, and thought about different countermeasures. It was not until the middle of the night that he couldn't resist the mental exhaustion and fell asleep.
The wake-up call of the barracks awakened Liu Shang from his sleep. Although the sky was still dark, Liu Shang knew that it should be almost sunrise.After he arrived in Shandong, he almost lived in accordance with the army's schedule, so he was used to getting up early, and after washing up, he went to the collective canteen for Haihan official personnel to eat.As for the breakfast prepared by Ma Bo's family, he will not enjoy it now.
Liu Shang didn't expect to run into Zeng Xiaowen again after breakfast, and this time the other party obviously took the initiative to find him again: "Officer Liu, have you been busy with work these days?"
Liu Shang didn't understand what he meant, so he responded subconsciously: "I'm not busy, what instructions does Secretary Zeng have?"
"Since you are not busy, then I have something to trouble you to run!" Zeng Xiaowen logically gave Liu Shang a task, asking him to send some immigration and business-related documents back to Zhifu Island.Of course, this errand is not for nothing. Zeng Xiaowen said that Liu Shang can be given two days off to rest on Zhifu Island before returning to work here.
Needless to say, Liu Shang was surprised. He didn’t expect that Ma Bo came to persuade him to go back to Zhifu Island to stay for a few days. After breakfast, I went to collect the documents and set off. What kind of situation is this?Could it be that my previous judgment was wrong, and Zeng Xiaowen is actually with Ma Bo?Then, isn't there a high probability that the whistleblower letter I put in the suggestion box last night will fall into Zeng Xiaowen's hands?
Liu Shang's heart sank when he thought of this, and he felt that his previous efforts seemed to be in vain.If the other party says something, I have to do it, and I can't resist.Even though there was no need to send yourself to run errands for sending documents, the other party still made such an unreasonable arrangement.He really didn't quite understand, since Zeng Xiaowen could use an administrative order to send him away without any difficulty, why did Ma Bo coerce and lure him, staged a farce to force him to leave?When I return to Majiazhuang from Zhifu Island in two or three days, what will happen to the situation?
At this time, Liu Shang's mind was full of question marks, even though he was always calm, he was a little confused when he was disturbed by Zeng Xiaowen.But his face was tense, Zeng Xiaowen didn't see any clues, and left after giving the order.
Liu Shang had such a delicious breakfast that he didn't have the heart to think about other things at all.In the end, he could only helplessly think that if it was impossible, he could only pretend to be sick and try not to come to Majiazhuang.Anyway, I have never conspired with Ma Bo on anything, and I will not be directly implicated in anything that happens to this idiot in the future.As for the report, he didn't dare to think about it anymore. If Zeng Xiaowen and Ma Bo were really on the same side, then he must have a hard time after returning to Majiazhuang.
Liu Shang went to Zeng Xiaowen's office to get some documents that needed to be sent back to Zhifu Island, but Zeng Xiaowen politely sent a carriage to take Liu Shang to the pier at the mouth of the Jiahe River.
Liu Shang did not wait for the ferry at the pier, but instead waited for two troop carriers.Seeing that the army soldiers filing down from the boat consisted of at least two companies, Liu Shang couldn't help being a little surprised. He hadn't heard of any military action arrangements in the near future. How could there be such a large-scale troop transfer?
While he was in doubt, someone greeted him: "Officer Liu!"
Liu Shang saw that he knew the officer who was greeting him. He had met him at the banquet on Zhifu Island before, and he went up to exchange a few words, and then asked insinuatingly whether the transfer was for a war or if there were other arrangements. .
The officer shook his head with a smile and said, "It's not a war, it's just a normal troop change."
Hearing this, Liu Shang knew that since it was not a war, the movement of this army should not be a high-level secret, so he asked casually, "Then where are you going to be stationed?"
"Majiazhuang." Sure enough, the officer had no intention of hiding anything, and immediately gave the answer.
(End of this chapter)
When the suggestion box was set up, the Haihan Army informed the public that the letters put into it would be personally reviewed by the chief.However, the cultural level of the people near Majiazhuang is relatively low, and the people who can read and write are mainly concentrated in a limited number of rich families. In fact, not so many people can give Chen Yixin their opinions or inform Chen Yixin in writing. To a certain extent, they are more inclined to serve people like gentry and merchants.
However, with the growing prosperity of Majiazhuang, some Confucian scholars who specialize in ghostwriting have also appeared here, so as long as they are willing to spend a little money, even people who are not very literate can participate in this anonymous game, which greatly reduces the participation cost. threshold.Of course, the contents of the letters put into the box are not necessarily valuable information. On the contrary, most of them will not make the officials interested in following up.The military doesn't take the time to get involved in those goofy, sneaky things.
However, in the letters secretly stuffed into the box at night, occasionally there will be some interesting information, such as revealing that the businessman who rented out a yard in a certain inn is actually a Jiangyang thief who was wanted in various state capitals in Shandong, or reporting An unscrupulous drugstore tried to quietly remove the medicinal materials Haihan urgently needed and transport them to other places.In a situation like this, the military will intervene without hesitation and deal with it as soon as possible.From the perspective of public security, this measure has played a somewhat positive role.
When Chen Yixin is busy, this matter is usually handed over to Zeng Xiaowen. He doesn't have so much time to care about trivial matters.So although he said that he wanted to read it himself, in fact, after Zeng Xiaowen took back the letters in the box, he still conducted a simple screening first, and then presented the valuable parts to Chen Yixin for review.
Chen Yixin didn't expect much from the information he could receive through this method, but today Zeng Xiaowen quickly came to him with a secret letter: "Chief, this letter may need to be paid attention to."
"Oh?" Chen Yixin knew that his secretary would not be aimless, so he took the letter from him and unfolded it.After seeing the above content clearly, Chen Yixin frowned slowly.
This is a scrawled report letter, which contains a list of personnel, including Ma Bo, the director of the Majiazhuang immigration camp, and several named personnel in the camp.The reason for the report was not corruption or favoritism, but to point out that the real identities of these people were all spies sent by the Ming government to lurk here.But in this report letter, there is only a list, and no evidence is listed. It can be said that it is completely empty talk.
Chen Yixin looked at Zeng Xiaowen and said: "This is only a report, there is no actual evidence, but you will show it to me in a hurry, you should have discovered something."
Zeng Xiaowen replied: "Chief, this report letter lists a list of people with names and surnames. The whistleblower is obviously familiar with the situation in the immigration camp. Are these names real? Go to the immigration camp to check the roster later. You know. But there are very few people in the immigration camp who can be sent outside to do things, and those who can write report letters basically submit letters after dark to avoid revealing their identities. But after dark, in the immigration camp The person who is in the immigration camp will not be able to get out, and the immigration camp is full of foreigners, and the possibility of sending the report letter is extremely small, so this person is probably not a refugee in the immigration camp, but It is someone who can often go in and out of the immigration camp and is more familiar with the conditions inside."
Chen Yixin nodded slightly and said, "It makes sense, let's continue."
Encouraged, Zeng Xiaowen gained a little more confidence, and continued: "If the inferences mentioned above are true and the reporter is not a refugee inside, then it is impossible to frame a few innocent people who have never met out of personal grievances. It's too big. I think this matter is worth investigating."
Chen Yixin looked down at the list again. The scribbled handwriting was probably done on purpose. He knew that some people who wrote the report letters would even write with another hand on purpose to change their handwriting to conceal their identities.However, who wrote the letter should be able to be found out if you do a peace of mind investigation. After all, the number of people who have access to the internal affairs of the immigration camp in their daily work is limited, and it can be found out in half a day by the method of exclusion.But at this time, it is not necessary to spend time and effort to investigate the identity of the whistleblower. Of course, the priority should be to investigate these few reported objects.
"Don't scare the snake away tonight. When the troops from Zhifu Island arrive tomorrow, we will continue to act according to the original plan, but the few people on this list must be taken care of." Chen Yixin quickly made up his mind: "When the time comes, arrest them." It is up to you to check these people.”
"Then Ma Bo..." Zeng Xiaowen protracted his tone, and tentatively asked.Although Ma Bo was not a big shot, he was Chen Yixin's in-laws. Zeng Xiaowen would definitely have to get a clear order before he dared to deal with this matter.
"Catch them together!" Chen Yixin's face remained unchanged: "At that time, his home will also be searched carefully. If there are suspicious people, we will arrest them first! Ma Dongqiang, I will go over to say hello tomorrow."
"Understood!" Zeng Xiaowen gave a military salute to Liu Shang, then took the report letter and withdrew.
For Chen Yixin, the stability of the local social situation is more important than anything else. As for a small person like Ma Bo, if he really dares to play a role in resisting Haihan's rule, then he doesn't mind arresting him and punishing him.The degree of protection that the in-law relationship can give Ma Bo is at most effective when his fault is harmless, and it cannot really protect him to do whatever he wants. As long as he violates Haihan's taboo, Chen Yixin will not have any scruples in dealing with it .
Chen Yixin looked out of the window at Majiazhuang, and while thinking about his action plan, he thought to himself, by this time tomorrow, maybe the atmosphere in the village will not be as lively as it is now?
"At this time tomorrow, I wonder if I can sleep peacefully?" Liu Shang lay in the darkness, but his eyes were not closed.He knew that he had made a very risky choice, and the risk he had to face this time was likely to be comparable to the time he planned to escape in Sanya.
Liu Shang knew that he must not compromise with Ma Bo. Although the other party did not make any excessive demands, he knew that the consequences of cooperating with such a fool would be implicated and there would be no other way out.How could I lose the official position I had so hard to get, and the bright future ahead, because of this guy's nonsense?
At this time, Liu Shang really realized that the importance he attached to his current job and identity far exceeded his expectations.Since the other party refused to let him go no matter what, in order to keep his existing intangible assets, he could only launch a counterattack in his own way.
Liu Shang didn't have the ability to silence Ma Bo, of course, even if he had the ability, he probably wouldn't take such a risk.All he could do was to expose the fact that Ma Bo was in collusion with the Ming government, and let the Haihan people deal with this young man.Suggestion boxes can be seen in areas under the rule of Haihan. Liu Shang is no stranger to this, but he has no way to explain why he can identify these people who have been reported as spies of the Ming Dynasty, because doing so is very likely to cause him Expose your identity.
Although Liu Shang spends most of his time in Majiazhuang these days, he only enters the immigrant camp for the preaching activities every two days. After receiving the report letter, if the identity of the whistleblower is reversely calculated, he will probably be included in it soon.However, compared to other personnel who can freely enter and exit the immigration camp, he should have spent the least amount of time in the immigration camp, and the corresponding degree of suspicion will be much smaller.
Of course, this possibility is not great, and the military may not be interested in even digging out the whistleblower. Liu Shang thinks that he has a good chance of getting out safely.It’s just that he still underestimated the capabilities of Haihan’s military. After reading the content of the report letter, Zeng Xiaowen had roughly figured out his ideas, and he could even list a list of people including Liu Shang who might write this letter. The list of persons who reported the letter.
What Liu Shang worried about was that the evidence he gave was insufficient. Whether this report letter could attract enough attention from the military is still unclear.If the military thinks there is no evidence and refuses to investigate the matter, then Liu Shang will probably have to submit the next report letter to the security department on Zhifu Island.
Liu Shang had originally negotiated with Ma Bo to stay in Majiazhuang for one more day, and then found a reason to leave for Zhifu Island, but after submitting the report letter tonight, he felt a little inexplicably worried.He knew that he was worried about the long nights and dreams, and other changes in the reported matter, but the current situation was not under his control, and after this step, he could only retreat to the side and be a spectator.
Ever since he saw the bodies of Liao Yuan and Qin An in Sanya, Liu Shang has never been so worried about something as he is now, so much so that his sleep has been significantly affected.He repeatedly calculated various possible situations in his mind, and thought about different countermeasures. It was not until the middle of the night that he couldn't resist the mental exhaustion and fell asleep.
The wake-up call of the barracks awakened Liu Shang from his sleep. Although the sky was still dark, Liu Shang knew that it should be almost sunrise.After he arrived in Shandong, he almost lived in accordance with the army's schedule, so he was used to getting up early, and after washing up, he went to the collective canteen for Haihan official personnel to eat.As for the breakfast prepared by Ma Bo's family, he will not enjoy it now.
Liu Shang didn't expect to run into Zeng Xiaowen again after breakfast, and this time the other party obviously took the initiative to find him again: "Officer Liu, have you been busy with work these days?"
Liu Shang didn't understand what he meant, so he responded subconsciously: "I'm not busy, what instructions does Secretary Zeng have?"
"Since you are not busy, then I have something to trouble you to run!" Zeng Xiaowen logically gave Liu Shang a task, asking him to send some immigration and business-related documents back to Zhifu Island.Of course, this errand is not for nothing. Zeng Xiaowen said that Liu Shang can be given two days off to rest on Zhifu Island before returning to work here.
Needless to say, Liu Shang was surprised. He didn’t expect that Ma Bo came to persuade him to go back to Zhifu Island to stay for a few days. After breakfast, I went to collect the documents and set off. What kind of situation is this?Could it be that my previous judgment was wrong, and Zeng Xiaowen is actually with Ma Bo?Then, isn't there a high probability that the whistleblower letter I put in the suggestion box last night will fall into Zeng Xiaowen's hands?
Liu Shang's heart sank when he thought of this, and he felt that his previous efforts seemed to be in vain.If the other party says something, I have to do it, and I can't resist.Even though there was no need to send yourself to run errands for sending documents, the other party still made such an unreasonable arrangement.He really didn't quite understand, since Zeng Xiaowen could use an administrative order to send him away without any difficulty, why did Ma Bo coerce and lure him, staged a farce to force him to leave?When I return to Majiazhuang from Zhifu Island in two or three days, what will happen to the situation?
At this time, Liu Shang's mind was full of question marks, even though he was always calm, he was a little confused when he was disturbed by Zeng Xiaowen.But his face was tense, Zeng Xiaowen didn't see any clues, and left after giving the order.
Liu Shang had such a delicious breakfast that he didn't have the heart to think about other things at all.In the end, he could only helplessly think that if it was impossible, he could only pretend to be sick and try not to come to Majiazhuang.Anyway, I have never conspired with Ma Bo on anything, and I will not be directly implicated in anything that happens to this idiot in the future.As for the report, he didn't dare to think about it anymore. If Zeng Xiaowen and Ma Bo were really on the same side, then he must have a hard time after returning to Majiazhuang.
Liu Shang went to Zeng Xiaowen's office to get some documents that needed to be sent back to Zhifu Island, but Zeng Xiaowen politely sent a carriage to take Liu Shang to the pier at the mouth of the Jiahe River.
Liu Shang did not wait for the ferry at the pier, but instead waited for two troop carriers.Seeing that the army soldiers filing down from the boat consisted of at least two companies, Liu Shang couldn't help being a little surprised. He hadn't heard of any military action arrangements in the near future. How could there be such a large-scale troop transfer?
While he was in doubt, someone greeted him: "Officer Liu!"
Liu Shang saw that he knew the officer who was greeting him. He had met him at the banquet on Zhifu Island before, and he went up to exchange a few words, and then asked insinuatingly whether the transfer was for a war or if there were other arrangements. .
The officer shook his head with a smile and said, "It's not a war, it's just a normal troop change."
Hearing this, Liu Shang knew that since it was not a war, the movement of this army should not be a high-level secret, so he asked casually, "Then where are you going to be stationed?"
"Majiazhuang." Sure enough, the officer had no intention of hiding anything, and immediately gave the answer.
(End of this chapter)