Chapter 22 Leak
When Paul returned to the hall, the officers were still discussing the next stage of action enthusiastically.
He shouted angrily: "Stop! Stop it!"
Everyone looked at him in confusion. The Earl had been out for a while. Could it be that he was eating? He invented his own gunpowder.
"Our background has been known to everyone, and I am so angry." I heard the earl say angrily, and then he described to everyone the meeting with the two clergymen and how the other party was. Suspicious and inquisitive, how did I endure the humiliation and prove my innocence?
"What? These two guys are so rude. They don't even look down on their own lord because of their clerical status?"
"My lord, you have the power to drive them out of your territory." Yes, let the diocese send a polite priest."
"It's strange, Father Anderson doesn't seem like this kind of person. My family was very kind when I was near the church."
"Yes, I also know Dean Leonard. Although he is a bit old-fashioned, he is quite a good person."
Knight Schroeder slapped the table hard, and everyone immediately stopped talking and looked at him .
"Everyone, I think your focus is wrong. There are soldiers who ignore the ban and reveal military secrets to others without authorization. Even if the other party is a clergyman, who can guarantee that there are no degenerates among religious people? If we use our secrets to exchange certain benefits with our enemies, it will cause immeasurable losses to our army. This is what the Earl is worried about, am I right?"
" Yes! Yes! You... you!" Paul was heartbroken, as if he was afraid that the officers he had promoted were so unwary.
The officers looked at me and I looked at you. All of them blushed, and the hall was extremely embarrassed for a moment.
In the end, Bryce broke the silence: "Sir, look, how should this matter be handled?"
"How else can we handle it? This matter must not be left alone. , check! We must find out who leaked the secret. Everyone who went to the church after the battle is suspected. It is better to kill a thousand people by mistake than to let one go."
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Two days later, the person who leaked the secret was found out, and a public trial was quickly held. We must make good use of this negative example to draw a red line in the hearts of all officers and soldiers.
“…The dangers of leaking secrets are clearly stated in the confidentiality regulations…You speak unabashedly, but you just don’t take the lives of your comrades seriously…Even among clergy, there are inevitably degenerates… "
In front of the entire army, the earl spat and lectured for two hours.
Finally, he looked at the leaker who was kneeling on the ground and shivering.
"Now, I pronounce the sentence..." Seeing that the leaker was shaking even harder, he hesitated for a moment, but finally could not make up his mind. "Considering that this is the first time this kind of incident happened, I will temporarily sentence him to 10 years of hard labor, but if it happens again If a similar incident occurs, I will definitely hang the offender, and I will do what I say."
All the officers and soldiers were horrified after hearing this, but the leaker kowtowed as if he was being pardoned, "Thank you, sir. "
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The leaks reminded Paul Grayman that it was time to establish an intelligence agency, not just for the military, but also for the future. For the development and construction of the territory, external political and economic intelligence is indispensable. In addition, it is to protect one's own secrets and prevent other forces from secretly prying.
He found Philip, the most loyal and reliable butler so far, to discuss the matter. Unexpectedly, the old butler said that he was too embarrassed to take on the responsibility and recommended another person to take charge of the matter.
He looked surprised: "Cecil? Why do I feel that this person is unreliable? I remember that on the day I took over the position of lord, that guy said that I was 'just a child, what can I know'." "Don't you think so? Can't you see? He was cooperating with Bryce, and Bryce's behavior later shocked those with evil intentions."
Is that so? One is a good person and the other is a bad person.
“The Cecil family has also served the Grayman family for generations. They followed your ancestors before they migrated to the Northwest Bay. Old Cecil was once your grandfather’s intelligence chief and was quite good at espionage. Cecil learned a lot of skills from his father, but after your father succeeded to the position of lord, he thought that espionage work was unnecessary and sent him to manage the forestry. "
"Oh? "Paul is interested. This is really a pillow for sleepiness.
"Let's do this, you call him here, and I will see how this person is doing first."
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In the afternoon, Cecil, the forest supervisor, came to the Lord's Castle, and Paul was talking I tested it here and found that there was nothing wrong with it. Sure enough, was he deliberately pretending to cooperate with Bryce that day?
So he announced the appointment of Cecil as the intelligence director of the territory, and would continue to serve as forestry director concurrently until a suitable successor was found.
“Thank you for your hard work, but I will give you double your salary.”
"It is my duty to serve you, and I dare not say that it is hard." Cecil knelt down on one knee, wiped away his previous unlucky look, and said solemnly.
"Very good, you get up, let's go to my study together, and discuss in detail how the future work should be carried out."
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Paul and Sisi I discussed in detail the establishment of the intelligence agency and the protection of secret matters in the territory in the study. He didn't know what the espionage technology was like in this world, so he brought up all the things he had seen in the Internet in his previous life. For reference, Cecil approved the following measures:
1. Secret matters in the territory are divided into three levels: secret level, confidential level, and top secret level. "Top secret" is the most important secret, and leaking it will cause particularly serious damage to the security and interests of the territory. "Secrets" are important secrets, the disclosure of which will cause significant damage to the security and interests of the territory. "Secrets" are general secrets, the disclosure of which will damage the security and interests of the territory.
2. Secret personnel are divided into three levels: "core secret personnel", "important secret personnel" and "general secret personnel". Core secret personnel can have access to top secrets, secrets and secrets, and important secret personnel can have access to secrets. And secrets, generally personnel involved in secrets can only have access to secrets.
3. It is necessary to establish a special agency to manage secret matters and be responsible for the classification of secret matters and the rating of secret personnel. The name of the agency is tentatively named "Secret Affairs Bureau".
4. Even high-level secret personnel are not allowed to contact low-level matters outside their scope of authority without permission from relevant departments.
5. It is necessary to establish a code system specifically for intelligence work.
During the discussion, Paul learned that some similar measures to the above points had already appeared in the world, but Cecil was very surprised that a half-year-old child could know these.
Finally, Paul requested that the focus of his recent intelligence work be devoted to obtaining intelligence on pirates, especially the shark gang that occupied Zealand Port. He planned to completely eliminate all pirates in his territory within three months and open up the seaport.
Cecil asked for a piece of parchment and recorded the details of the Earl's instructions in detail.
(End of this chapter)