Chapter 1559
Troubleshoot clues
Chapter 1559 Troubleshoot clues
Although Su Keyi is unwilling to admit it, he also understands that apart from trade, Haihan also has other means in the field of military and international relations to hold the East India Company hostage.If the cooperative relationship with Haihan is stopped, it is not just the addition of an opponent like Haihan. For example, the presence of Spain and Portugal in the Far East will force the Dutch to put aside their disputes over international trade and re-examine their relationship with Haihan. Relationship.What's more, there are An Nanguo, who is known as Haihan's number one supporter, and Daming, who has officially established diplomatic relations with Haihan. No matter how arrogant Su Keyi is, he will not think that the East India Company can fight against so many countries on its own. .
Besides, war was not the original intention of the establishment of the East India Company. The shareholders paid to maintain the operation of this institution. The main purpose was to obtain income in the Far East. Making money was the company's top priority.The East India Company is not only trading with Haihan now, but is in the Far East international trade system under the leadership of Haihan. An even more unacceptable outcome for the East India Company than the new trade agreement.
Be soft, what else can be done, even if Su Ke's heart is higher than the sky, but the status quo is like this, the East India Company can't come up with enough conditions to bargain with the Haihan people, and there is no other better choice than to bow their heads.
Although the Portuguese was in a slightly better situation than the Dutch in this negotiation, Thomas couldn't be happier. Since the Dutch didn't dare to turn against Haihan, there was nothing for him to gain.On the contrary, the trade agreement announced by Schneider will soon be implemented. Whether this is a blessing or a curse for Portugal, Thomas can't see clearly for a while.
After seeing off the worried ministers of the two countries, Schneider immediately picked up the phone on his desk and dialed the number of He Xi, Minister of Security, and informed him of the exposure of the whereabouts of the Portuguese merchant ship "Diego".
The "Diego" haunts the waters of Zhejiang, and always stops at the local port, and the appearance of its hull is obviously different from that of Daming and Haihan's ships. It is basically impossible to completely hide its whereabouts. It is not surprising that Dutch merchant ships in this area found it.However, the transportation mission of the "Diego" to Shandong is confidential, and even the sailors on that ship may not know the final destination.How this news was inquired by Su Keyi of the East India Company is a question worth pondering.
Either the Dutch merchant ship quietly entered the northern waters without notifying Haihan, and found the "Diego" somewhere, or it was the staff of a related department who intentionally or unintentionally The secret was revealed to Su Keyi.The former situation can be regarded as the boldness of the Dutch, but it is difficult to obtain empirical evidence, while the latter situation is more serious in nature. This kind of leak must be investigated and handled by the Ministry of Security.
Su Keyi's status is quite special. According to diplomatic rules, the Ministry of Security cannot directly arrest him for interrogation. After receiving this report, He Xi was also scratching his head.Fortunately, the Ministry of Security also has experience in handling such cases, so He Xi hung up the phone and asked the secretary to notify Xu Shiqi to report.
Gong Shiqi, a general trained by He Xi, followed Hao Wanqing to work in the north, and Xu Shiqi is probably the best among those who follow him now.In fact, Xu Shiqi is not a newcomer anymore, he joined the security department only more than a year later than Gong Shiqi, just a little bit of luck. In 1634, when Gong Shiqi became famous in the industry after executing the beheading operation in Hangzhou, Xu Shiqi was still working hard to obtain the qualification to enter the foreign affairs special service department of the Ministry of Security.Later, He Xi was ordered to return to Sanya to preside over Haihan's security intelligence affairs, so he brought Xu Shiqi back to Hainan Island.
Although there is no opportunity to go to a foreign country to make contributions, Hainan Island is the key to Haihan's security and intelligence affairs, and most of the intelligence personnel sent to Haihan by various countries are concentrated here.In terms of the proportion of intelligence personnel in the population, Sanya is probably the most densely populated place for spies from various countries in the entire Far East, not one of them.
Among these intelligence personnel lurking in Sanya with different identities, there are not only low-level personnel who are monitored and arrested by the Haihan Security Department, but also hidden piles who have changed their identities and joined the nationality for a long time, staying here for a short time as merchants or crew members. Spies, and even official personnel from other countries who are openly operating in Sanya as diplomats.With the scale and technical capabilities of the Haihan Security Department, it is obviously difficult to monitor or arrest all these foreign spies with different identities.
It is impossible to completely prevent other countries from obtaining information from Haihan. The main responsibility of the Ministry of Security is to protect as much as possible the political, economic, military, social and other intelligence information related to Haihan's fundamental interests.The news that Schneider reported to the security department was not big or small, but He Xi couldn't ignore it, so he sent Xu Shiqi to him and gave him a general introduction to the relevant situation.
After Xu Shiqi listened to the briefing, seeing that He Xi didn't give specific instructions right away, he knew that his boss was waiting for him to express his views on this matter, so he immediately took the initiative to say: "Chief, let me talk about myself first for that humble job." If you have any opinions, please correct me, Chief.”
He Xi nodded, motioning for him to continue.
Xu Shiqidao: "Su Keyi himself is a Chinese, and he has basically no cultural barriers with our country. He has a unique advantage in collecting intelligence. He is stationed in Sanya on behalf of the East India Company, and he frequently enters and exits various departments of our country. Gao, it may be that he accidentally heard or saw some relevant documents when he was working in a department, and it may not necessarily be that someone deliberately betrayed the information to him."
He Xi didn't express his position, but encouraged him to continue his analysis: "Tell me your reasons."
Xu Qiqi continued: "The reason for his humble job is also very simple. Su Keyi has been dealing with our country for several years, and it is not a recent event that he came to Sanya. This person has almost no loopholes in security intelligence. It can be said that He is very cautious. But when Director Shi throws out this material to fight back against the Portuguese, he should have considered in advance the impact of the leak. If the source of this information is the Dutch channel, Then it is very likely that we will be exposed because of our subsequent investigation. I don’t think Su Keyi will act in such a hasty way with Su Keyi’s long-standing style of work.”
The reason given by Xu Shiqi coincides with that of He Xi. Cheng Dapeng, the intelligence chief of the Ministry of Security in Batavia, had dealt with Su Keyi long ago. At that time, Su Keyi was only a Chinese in the East India Company. Clerk only.Regarding this person's behavior style, the Ministry of Security has relatively detailed and reliable records. He Xi had already studied it before summoning Xu Shiqi, and also believed that Su Keyi was unlikely to make such a low-level mistake in a sane state.
"Then here comes the problem. If he didn't make a slip of the tongue in a hurry, there must be some purpose in throwing out this material. News like this, as long as it is exposed once, is actually worthless. What does Su Keyi want to achieve? The effect or purpose of doing such a move?" He Xi also began to participate in the discussion.
"Maybe he just wanted to attract our attention, and then misled us to investigate the departments and personnel related to this matter, taking the opportunity to create chaos." Xu Qiqi tried to analyze: "Even if we didn't find out anything in the end, probably It will still plant a thorn in my heart, and the Dutch may have some long-term plans."
He Xi said: "Related to this matter, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Shipping, the Ministry of National Defense, and us. The level of secrecy surrounding the Diego is not low, so only a few high-level officials and those who handle the matter know the news .If we really want to sort out and investigate, the list should not exceed 50 people."
Hearing what his boss said, Xu Shiqi seemed to have decided to carry out an investigation, so he responded immediately: "Then I will list this list first, and then see who among them has had contact with Su Keyi recently, and make it the key object of investigation first. No matter which department Su Keyi has visited, there will definitely be a visitor record, so you can find out when you check it."
Seeing that Xu Shiqi understood the spirit very quickly, He Xi nodded with satisfaction and said, "Regardless of whether his purpose is to mislead us to conduct self-examination, the work that the Security Department should do must be done. Also, apart from official meetings In addition, Su Keyi's recent private itinerary should also be investigated, after all, we are still not sure whether his source of information was obtained during working hours."
Xu Shiqi said: "The Ministry of National Defense...can you say hello to Chief Yan first, so as not to cause misunderstandings."
For the Ministry of Security, the military is a trouble that the Ministry of Security does not want to take the initiative to touch, because the military has its own intelligence system, and the people in the Military Intelligence Department of the Ministry of National Defense have always been reluctant to allow the Ministry of Security to intervene in military affairs, especially when investigating cases. The Military Intelligence Department has always believed that the military personnel involved in the case should be investigated and dealt with by the military itself, and should not be intervened by the national intelligence agency.In the past, Xu Shiqi had encountered difficulties in the military in the process of handling cases. If the chief did not greet and issue an official letter for this kind of matter, the people below would definitely have difficulties and it would be difficult to achieve their goals.
He Xi nodded and said, "I'll say hello to the Ministry of National Defense later, and let the Military Intelligence Department work with you."
Even if He Xi came forward, it was unlikely to persuade the Ministry of National Defense to bow to the Ministry of Security, so the best way to deal with this matter is to let the two parties cooperate to complete the internal self-examination work of the Ministry of Defense.Otherwise, with Yan Chujie's straight temper, he would probably cry out in the executive committee again, making jokes like "East Factory assassinated the Ministry of War".
As for the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Shipping, they are relatively weak in this regard. The Ministry of Security has to cooperate with the case investigation.What's more, this matter was originally reported by the Minister of Commerce Schneider, and the Ministry of Commerce's cooperation with the investigation work will definitely not be a problem. It only needs to do a little work for the Ministry of Shipping.
After agreeing on the general plan, He Xi stopped asking about the details and handed over the case to Xu Shiqi for handling.The Ministry of Security has a lot of affairs, and it is impossible for He Xi to spend too much time on this kind of case where the level of leaks is not too serious. He also believes that with Xu Shiqi's ability, he should be able to get to the bottom of this matter.
After Xu Shiqi returned to his office, he immediately called a meeting with his subordinates to assign tasks.The Ministry of Security was divided into different divisions according to their functions, and Xu Shiqi was in the Secret Service Division responsible for case investigation and field operations.Several action teams were divided under this office. The group led by Gong Shiqi, who was far to the north, was number one, and the group led by Xu Shiqi was number two.
The establishment of this group of people is not fixed. Generally, a fixed team of seven to 12 people will be maintained, and then according to the needs of the task, people will be temporarily recruited from other departments to supplement them, and they will be released after the task is over. prepared by.For example, in the case of Spanish espionage that occurred in Sanya in early 1634, the Ministry of Security mobilized two special service teams during the investigation, each with more than [-] members.In addition to the field teams responsible for armed operations, this temporary establishment also includes civilian personnel responsible for data collection, collation, and analysis.
Xu Shiqi's team was able to get the second number in the Secret Service, so naturally they made a lot of contributions.It's just that most of the tasks they perform are private, so the rewards they get can only be announced internally, and very few people outside know the existence of this special service team.And dealing with intelligence-related cases like this one is also the specialty of the second team.
Xu Qiqi first listed all the personnel from various departments who could have access to the "Diego" route arrangement, and then appointed members to investigate the relevant personnel from the three departments of the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Shipping, and the Ministry of National Defense. He is personally responsible for the internal investigation of the Ministry of Security and the investigation of Su Keyi's recent movements.
"According to what we know, it was only half a month ago that the Portuguese merchant ship left the Zhejiang waters, so anyone in these departments who had contact with Su Keyi within [-] days must conduct an investigation. I not only want to know what they talked about with Su Keyi, but also make sure that they have not taken any benefits from Su Keyi, and their identities and families have nothing to do with Batavia. If there is even a little bit of suspiciousness, You can't let it go." Xu Shiqi put forward very strict requirements on his subordinates.
At this time, someone raised another possibility that is easy to be missed: "What if the Portuguese leaked the news intentionally or unintentionally?"
Xu Shiqidao: "Our manpower is limited, so we must first investigate the most likely clues. If the most likely causes are ruled out, then the remaining seemingly impossible situations may be true. It's the truth."
(End of this chapter)
Although Su Keyi is unwilling to admit it, he also understands that apart from trade, Haihan also has other means in the field of military and international relations to hold the East India Company hostage.If the cooperative relationship with Haihan is stopped, it is not just the addition of an opponent like Haihan. For example, the presence of Spain and Portugal in the Far East will force the Dutch to put aside their disputes over international trade and re-examine their relationship with Haihan. Relationship.What's more, there are An Nanguo, who is known as Haihan's number one supporter, and Daming, who has officially established diplomatic relations with Haihan. No matter how arrogant Su Keyi is, he will not think that the East India Company can fight against so many countries on its own. .
Besides, war was not the original intention of the establishment of the East India Company. The shareholders paid to maintain the operation of this institution. The main purpose was to obtain income in the Far East. Making money was the company's top priority.The East India Company is not only trading with Haihan now, but is in the Far East international trade system under the leadership of Haihan. An even more unacceptable outcome for the East India Company than the new trade agreement.
Be soft, what else can be done, even if Su Ke's heart is higher than the sky, but the status quo is like this, the East India Company can't come up with enough conditions to bargain with the Haihan people, and there is no other better choice than to bow their heads.
Although the Portuguese was in a slightly better situation than the Dutch in this negotiation, Thomas couldn't be happier. Since the Dutch didn't dare to turn against Haihan, there was nothing for him to gain.On the contrary, the trade agreement announced by Schneider will soon be implemented. Whether this is a blessing or a curse for Portugal, Thomas can't see clearly for a while.
After seeing off the worried ministers of the two countries, Schneider immediately picked up the phone on his desk and dialed the number of He Xi, Minister of Security, and informed him of the exposure of the whereabouts of the Portuguese merchant ship "Diego".
The "Diego" haunts the waters of Zhejiang, and always stops at the local port, and the appearance of its hull is obviously different from that of Daming and Haihan's ships. It is basically impossible to completely hide its whereabouts. It is not surprising that Dutch merchant ships in this area found it.However, the transportation mission of the "Diego" to Shandong is confidential, and even the sailors on that ship may not know the final destination.How this news was inquired by Su Keyi of the East India Company is a question worth pondering.
Either the Dutch merchant ship quietly entered the northern waters without notifying Haihan, and found the "Diego" somewhere, or it was the staff of a related department who intentionally or unintentionally The secret was revealed to Su Keyi.The former situation can be regarded as the boldness of the Dutch, but it is difficult to obtain empirical evidence, while the latter situation is more serious in nature. This kind of leak must be investigated and handled by the Ministry of Security.
Su Keyi's status is quite special. According to diplomatic rules, the Ministry of Security cannot directly arrest him for interrogation. After receiving this report, He Xi was also scratching his head.Fortunately, the Ministry of Security also has experience in handling such cases, so He Xi hung up the phone and asked the secretary to notify Xu Shiqi to report.
Gong Shiqi, a general trained by He Xi, followed Hao Wanqing to work in the north, and Xu Shiqi is probably the best among those who follow him now.In fact, Xu Shiqi is not a newcomer anymore, he joined the security department only more than a year later than Gong Shiqi, just a little bit of luck. In 1634, when Gong Shiqi became famous in the industry after executing the beheading operation in Hangzhou, Xu Shiqi was still working hard to obtain the qualification to enter the foreign affairs special service department of the Ministry of Security.Later, He Xi was ordered to return to Sanya to preside over Haihan's security intelligence affairs, so he brought Xu Shiqi back to Hainan Island.
Although there is no opportunity to go to a foreign country to make contributions, Hainan Island is the key to Haihan's security and intelligence affairs, and most of the intelligence personnel sent to Haihan by various countries are concentrated here.In terms of the proportion of intelligence personnel in the population, Sanya is probably the most densely populated place for spies from various countries in the entire Far East, not one of them.
Among these intelligence personnel lurking in Sanya with different identities, there are not only low-level personnel who are monitored and arrested by the Haihan Security Department, but also hidden piles who have changed their identities and joined the nationality for a long time, staying here for a short time as merchants or crew members. Spies, and even official personnel from other countries who are openly operating in Sanya as diplomats.With the scale and technical capabilities of the Haihan Security Department, it is obviously difficult to monitor or arrest all these foreign spies with different identities.
It is impossible to completely prevent other countries from obtaining information from Haihan. The main responsibility of the Ministry of Security is to protect as much as possible the political, economic, military, social and other intelligence information related to Haihan's fundamental interests.The news that Schneider reported to the security department was not big or small, but He Xi couldn't ignore it, so he sent Xu Shiqi to him and gave him a general introduction to the relevant situation.
After Xu Shiqi listened to the briefing, seeing that He Xi didn't give specific instructions right away, he knew that his boss was waiting for him to express his views on this matter, so he immediately took the initiative to say: "Chief, let me talk about myself first for that humble job." If you have any opinions, please correct me, Chief.”
He Xi nodded, motioning for him to continue.
Xu Shiqidao: "Su Keyi himself is a Chinese, and he has basically no cultural barriers with our country. He has a unique advantage in collecting intelligence. He is stationed in Sanya on behalf of the East India Company, and he frequently enters and exits various departments of our country. Gao, it may be that he accidentally heard or saw some relevant documents when he was working in a department, and it may not necessarily be that someone deliberately betrayed the information to him."
He Xi didn't express his position, but encouraged him to continue his analysis: "Tell me your reasons."
Xu Qiqi continued: "The reason for his humble job is also very simple. Su Keyi has been dealing with our country for several years, and it is not a recent event that he came to Sanya. This person has almost no loopholes in security intelligence. It can be said that He is very cautious. But when Director Shi throws out this material to fight back against the Portuguese, he should have considered in advance the impact of the leak. If the source of this information is the Dutch channel, Then it is very likely that we will be exposed because of our subsequent investigation. I don’t think Su Keyi will act in such a hasty way with Su Keyi’s long-standing style of work.”
The reason given by Xu Shiqi coincides with that of He Xi. Cheng Dapeng, the intelligence chief of the Ministry of Security in Batavia, had dealt with Su Keyi long ago. At that time, Su Keyi was only a Chinese in the East India Company. Clerk only.Regarding this person's behavior style, the Ministry of Security has relatively detailed and reliable records. He Xi had already studied it before summoning Xu Shiqi, and also believed that Su Keyi was unlikely to make such a low-level mistake in a sane state.
"Then here comes the problem. If he didn't make a slip of the tongue in a hurry, there must be some purpose in throwing out this material. News like this, as long as it is exposed once, is actually worthless. What does Su Keyi want to achieve? The effect or purpose of doing such a move?" He Xi also began to participate in the discussion.
"Maybe he just wanted to attract our attention, and then misled us to investigate the departments and personnel related to this matter, taking the opportunity to create chaos." Xu Qiqi tried to analyze: "Even if we didn't find out anything in the end, probably It will still plant a thorn in my heart, and the Dutch may have some long-term plans."
He Xi said: "Related to this matter, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Shipping, the Ministry of National Defense, and us. The level of secrecy surrounding the Diego is not low, so only a few high-level officials and those who handle the matter know the news .If we really want to sort out and investigate, the list should not exceed 50 people."
Hearing what his boss said, Xu Shiqi seemed to have decided to carry out an investigation, so he responded immediately: "Then I will list this list first, and then see who among them has had contact with Su Keyi recently, and make it the key object of investigation first. No matter which department Su Keyi has visited, there will definitely be a visitor record, so you can find out when you check it."
Seeing that Xu Shiqi understood the spirit very quickly, He Xi nodded with satisfaction and said, "Regardless of whether his purpose is to mislead us to conduct self-examination, the work that the Security Department should do must be done. Also, apart from official meetings In addition, Su Keyi's recent private itinerary should also be investigated, after all, we are still not sure whether his source of information was obtained during working hours."
Xu Shiqi said: "The Ministry of National Defense...can you say hello to Chief Yan first, so as not to cause misunderstandings."
For the Ministry of Security, the military is a trouble that the Ministry of Security does not want to take the initiative to touch, because the military has its own intelligence system, and the people in the Military Intelligence Department of the Ministry of National Defense have always been reluctant to allow the Ministry of Security to intervene in military affairs, especially when investigating cases. The Military Intelligence Department has always believed that the military personnel involved in the case should be investigated and dealt with by the military itself, and should not be intervened by the national intelligence agency.In the past, Xu Shiqi had encountered difficulties in the military in the process of handling cases. If the chief did not greet and issue an official letter for this kind of matter, the people below would definitely have difficulties and it would be difficult to achieve their goals.
He Xi nodded and said, "I'll say hello to the Ministry of National Defense later, and let the Military Intelligence Department work with you."
Even if He Xi came forward, it was unlikely to persuade the Ministry of National Defense to bow to the Ministry of Security, so the best way to deal with this matter is to let the two parties cooperate to complete the internal self-examination work of the Ministry of Defense.Otherwise, with Yan Chujie's straight temper, he would probably cry out in the executive committee again, making jokes like "East Factory assassinated the Ministry of War".
As for the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Shipping, they are relatively weak in this regard. The Ministry of Security has to cooperate with the case investigation.What's more, this matter was originally reported by the Minister of Commerce Schneider, and the Ministry of Commerce's cooperation with the investigation work will definitely not be a problem. It only needs to do a little work for the Ministry of Shipping.
After agreeing on the general plan, He Xi stopped asking about the details and handed over the case to Xu Shiqi for handling.The Ministry of Security has a lot of affairs, and it is impossible for He Xi to spend too much time on this kind of case where the level of leaks is not too serious. He also believes that with Xu Shiqi's ability, he should be able to get to the bottom of this matter.
After Xu Shiqi returned to his office, he immediately called a meeting with his subordinates to assign tasks.The Ministry of Security was divided into different divisions according to their functions, and Xu Shiqi was in the Secret Service Division responsible for case investigation and field operations.Several action teams were divided under this office. The group led by Gong Shiqi, who was far to the north, was number one, and the group led by Xu Shiqi was number two.
The establishment of this group of people is not fixed. Generally, a fixed team of seven to 12 people will be maintained, and then according to the needs of the task, people will be temporarily recruited from other departments to supplement them, and they will be released after the task is over. prepared by.For example, in the case of Spanish espionage that occurred in Sanya in early 1634, the Ministry of Security mobilized two special service teams during the investigation, each with more than [-] members.In addition to the field teams responsible for armed operations, this temporary establishment also includes civilian personnel responsible for data collection, collation, and analysis.
Xu Shiqi's team was able to get the second number in the Secret Service, so naturally they made a lot of contributions.It's just that most of the tasks they perform are private, so the rewards they get can only be announced internally, and very few people outside know the existence of this special service team.And dealing with intelligence-related cases like this one is also the specialty of the second team.
Xu Qiqi first listed all the personnel from various departments who could have access to the "Diego" route arrangement, and then appointed members to investigate the relevant personnel from the three departments of the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Shipping, and the Ministry of National Defense. He is personally responsible for the internal investigation of the Ministry of Security and the investigation of Su Keyi's recent movements.
"According to what we know, it was only half a month ago that the Portuguese merchant ship left the Zhejiang waters, so anyone in these departments who had contact with Su Keyi within [-] days must conduct an investigation. I not only want to know what they talked about with Su Keyi, but also make sure that they have not taken any benefits from Su Keyi, and their identities and families have nothing to do with Batavia. If there is even a little bit of suspiciousness, You can't let it go." Xu Shiqi put forward very strict requirements on his subordinates.
At this time, someone raised another possibility that is easy to be missed: "What if the Portuguese leaked the news intentionally or unintentionally?"
Xu Shiqidao: "Our manpower is limited, so we must first investigate the most likely clues. If the most likely causes are ruled out, then the remaining seemingly impossible situations may be true. It's the truth."
(End of this chapter)