Chapter 471 Released
During the three days after the meeting with Yan Chujie, Li Qingyang spent almost entirely in a state of anxiety. At the beginning of his arrest, he was indeed determined to fight to the death and serve the country with his own life. However, the Haihan people did not give him a chance to express this. After being escorted to Sanya, he was constantly interrogated, interrogated, and interrogated again. Although the Haihan people did not use any physical torture, the repeated interrogations day after day made Li Qingyang almost fall into a state of emotional collapse. Except for him gritting his teeth In addition to Jin Yiwei's internal secrets that he was sworn to keep, he almost completely explained the operation and his own situation in a state of confusion.
Even so, Li Qingyang knew that what he had done had violated professional ethics. To put it more seriously, it would not be too much to link it with treason. After all, Sanya was dominated by a group of armed giants who had no intention of the court and were disobedient. With their In the current situation, it is possible to raise flags and start local separatism at any time. Li Qingyang knew that even if he could be released safely, he would probably be unable to stay in Jinyiwei any longer because of the failure of this operation.
But what Li Qingyang didn't expect was that the Haihan people were so bold as to try to recruit him to serve for them. This was definitely a result beyond his expectation. Although Yan Chujie's words seemed to make sense, Li Qingyang still stubbornly believed that many of them were "fallacious theories", especially those who opposed the court's policies and looked down on the government offices. According to Li Qingyang's temper, what he encountered If you see this kind of unruly people, you should immediately take them away and send them to the torture chamber to have their bones loosened. Of course, just thinking about it, you are lucky that you haven't been dragged into the torture chamber by the Haihan people to have their bones loosened.
Li Qingyang must be lucky that he met a group of civilized people, otherwise even if he is not dead now, after being detained for such a long time, his current situation will probably be spent in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. The conditions offered by Yan Chujie gave him hope of survival, but after being held in Haihan Prison in Sanya for so long, he indeed no longer had the courage to die. Now that there is hope of survival, even if the conditions are harsher, Li Qingyang is not willing to give up this hard-won opportunity.
As for whether this was considered a complete betrayal of Jin Yiwei and the imperial court, Li Qingyang could only console himself that at least he had not done anything that directly harmed the interests of Ming Dynasty. And indeed, as Yan Chujie pointed out, as long as he, Li Qingyang, stays in Sanya and regularly sends reports back to Nanjing according to the original arrangement, then at least Nanjing will not send anyone over to surrender for a period of time, which is certain. To a certain extent, unnecessary personnel losses in Jinyiwei Yamen were avoided.
And if the successor sent next time is a guy with unstable moral integrity, and directly surrenders to the Haihan people under coercion and inducement, wouldn't the loss that will be caused to Jin Yiwei and the Ming Dynasty court be greater and more terrible than himself? Rather than that, it's better to let yourself be the villain and take the blame. At least you still have some bottom line and know what you can and cannot do.
Of course, Li Qingyang does have a conciliatory attitude in his heart. Since the Haihan people are willing to give him a chance to live in Sanya for a long time, and also say that they can give him enough freedom of movement after a period of inspection, he will take this opportunity to complete the Haihan survey. The investigation work of Han and Han, and then finding a way to write a report on the true situation of Han and Han and sending it back to Nanjing, can be regarded as making up for the merit. As for what measures Nanjing will take against Haihan, whether it will advise the court to send troops, or whether it will continue to sit back and watch Haihan grow stronger, that is not something that Li Qingyang can control.
However, Yan Chujie also said that whether Li Qingyang can regain his freedom will ultimately be decided by the Haihan Executive Committee. According to the information that Li Qingyang has, there are a total of nine people like Yan Chujie in the Haihan Executive Committee, who are called "executive committee members". Almost all major events under Haihan's rule are handled by the executive committee members of this executive committee. They discuss and make decisions together. Li Qingyang is actually not unfamiliar with this system, because it has many similarities with the cabinet system implemented by the power center of the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty cabinet began in the fourth year of Jianwen and ended in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen. It served as the national decision-making body for more than two hundred years. After Emperor Jianwen established the cabinet, he took the decision-making power of the prime minister back into his own hands, and the power of deliberation was handed over to the cabinet, and the power of administration was handed over to the six ministries. The three local departments in charge of justice, military, and administration were directly responsible for Six departments are responsible.
At first, the Cabinet Grand Master only had the status of advisor and was the emperor's personal secretary. Only the emperor had the final decision-making power, and the cabinet was not a real authority at this time. However, starting from the reigns of Renzong and Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, the status of the cabinet academicians increased day by day, and their power also increased, becoming the emperor's top staff and decision-making body. At that time, memorials of all sizes across the country were compiled by the General Affairs Envoy, and the Secretary of Ceremonies handed them to the emperor for review and then sent them to the cabinet. All handling opinions were formulated by the cabinet, approved by the emperor, and finally proofread and sent to local officials.
During the reign of Emperor Shizong of the Ming Dynasty, after Xia Yan, Yan Song and others took charge of the cabinet, the cabinet completely transformed into prime ministers, and their status had risen to above the six ministries. When Zhang Juzheng served as the chief minister of the cabinet during the Wanli period, his functions and status were almost very close to the status of the prime minister in modern state power.
Before hearing about the ruling system of the Haihan Executive Committee, Li Qingyang, like many citizens of the Ming Dynasty, believed that imperial power plus the cabinet system was the best governing system in the world, but he had some preliminary understanding of Haihan. Afterwards, Li Qingyang suddenly discovered that the seemingly perfect Ming cabinet system actually still had many hidden dangers.
The Ming Dynasty cabinet has never obtained the status of legal administrative authority. Over the past two hundred years, no emperor has dared to violate the ancestral system and formally hand over the power to manage the world to the cabinet system. The cabinet has been unfair from beginning to end. It has not legally become a formal administrative agency at the central level. This has led to many conflicts of interest between the cabinet, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, the Six Ministries and even the imperial power. The cabinet does not have the legal power to suppress other administrative agencies. After all, in name only, the cabinet is only the emperor's. Just a private staff agency.
There is the imperial power at the top, six ministries at the bottom, and standing on the same level is the yamen of Si Li Jian. There are so many frameworks that govern the cabinet, and the efficiency of doing things can naturally be imagined. The Executive Committee of Haihan is said to be the supreme decision-making body here. All people living here, including the Haihan people, must obey the decrees issued by the Executive Committee. There is no imperial power on the executive committee that can suppress them, and there are no six ministries below that will go against them, and there is no eunuch organization like the Secretary of Ceremonies to fish in troubled waters. Even if Li Qingyang's understanding of this ruling system is still at a very superficial stage, He could also imagine that the operating efficiency of this governing body would probably far exceed that of the Ming Dynasty government. This is probably why the Haihan people were able to create such a big situation in less than three years after settling in a remote place like Sanya.
In Li Qingyang's view, the principles of Ming's cabinet discussions and Haihan's executive committee are similar. Although he doesn't know what "elite governance" means, there is no doubt that he can occupy an important position in the Haihan executive committee. Those who hold a special position should also be outstanding people at one time. For example, Li Qingyang could tell that Yan Chujie, who was negotiating terms with him, was a military general. His dark, rough skin and murderous look in his eyes were very obvious features, and it was absolutely impossible for a military general to enter the Ming Dynasty's cabinet. Yes, this can be regarded as one of the differences between the two discovered by Li Qingyang.
But according to what Li Qingyang knows, the Haihan Executive Committee consists of nine executive committee members. According to common sense, at least five of these nine executive committee members must think that Li Qingyang’s life is worth keeping, so that Yan Chujie’s proposal can be approved. accomplish. The number of votes that Yan Chujie can cast is only one-ninth. If he cannot affect the voting results, then what awaits Li Qingyang will still be a long and endless life of imprisonment. If that were the case, Li Qingyang would probably feel that it would be better to die from the beginning. After three days that lasted like a year, Li Qingyang finally waited for the final sentencing. Hao Wanqing brought his two subordinates to the single cell where Li Qingyang was detained, and read him the resolution of the Executive Committee: "According to the voting results of Resolution No. 3 of the Fourth Executive Meeting of the Executive Committee in September, the current handling opinions are as follows, Approved the application of the Haihan Security Department to admit the surrendered personnel of Jinyiwei into the special establishment. At the same time, the surrendered personnel were immediately released and given the treatment of naturalized citizens during the probation period. Further arrangements will be made based on their performance after the probation period is over. "
Li Qingyang didn't understand the previous string of things at all, but he knew very well what the word "release" meant. When he heard these two words from Hao Wanqing's mouth, Li Qingyang finally breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he had passed the most difficult level.
After Hao Wanqing finished reading the notice, he waved and said: "Unlock all the shackles for him."
"Thank you, Mr. Hao!" Li Qingyang said his thanks first, knowingly.
Hao Wanqing waved his hand and said: "We don't call you "sir" here. From now on, you will also belong to our security department. According to the rules, we will address each other by title."
"Director Hao!" Li Qingyang's mind was spinning fast. He had heard people here call him this before when he was being interrogated by Hao Wanqing. At that time, Li Qingyang didn't quite understand whether it meant a name, a font size, or something else. Later he learned that the "director" was an official position in the Haihan system. Li Qingyang didn't know exactly how much power this official position had, but he at least knew that Director Hao Wanqing was in charge of the field that competed with Jin Yiwei, and it seemed that he was definitely the big boss in this department. If compared with the internal hierarchy of Jinyiwei, Li Qingyang believed that even if Hao Wanqing was not the top leader like a commander, he was at least a high-ranking official at the level of the governor, commanding colleagues or commanding officials.
Li Qingyang's guess was quite close. He Xi was the head of the security department appointed by the executive committee, and Hao Wanqing was considered the stable second person in this organization. Moreover, the Security Department is the subordinate unit of the Executive Committee and has many privileges. Among the many "directors" of Haihan's various institutions, Hao Wanqing can be regarded as a high-ranking one.
Hao Wanqing nodded calmly in response. After his subordinates removed the shackles on Li Qingyang, he took out a second document: "What we are reading now is your appointment notice from our Haihan Security Department."
The reason why he didn't read it all in one breath just now is because Hao Wanqing was strictly following the procedures. He first completed the release process in accordance with the resolution of the executive committee and then appointed him. Hao Wanqing cleared his throat and continued to read: "Li Qingyang, a member of the Ming Dynasty Jinyi Guards, is now hired as the special affairs consultant of the Haihan Security Department. The employment period is tentatively scheduled for one year. The contract will be automatically renewed if both parties have no objections at the end of the period. During the employment period, Haihan The Ministry of Security will provide Li Qingyang with corresponding basic living treatment in accordance with the fourth-level labor standards for naturalized citizens, and his work remuneration will be calculated according to the internal staff standards of the Haihan Security Department. Li Qingyang must abide by the Management Code and Code of Conduct of the Ministry of Security, and all matters related to intelligence work. All matters must be arranged by the Security Department, and you are not allowed to leave the designated activity area without authorization, you are not allowed to contact outsiders at will, and you are not allowed to inquire about Haihan’s confidential affairs that are not related to work..."
The content of this employment agreement is much richer than the executive committee's resolution notice. Every detail is listed in it, and the responsibilities that Li Qingyang will bear and the regulations that must be observed are stated in great detail. Li Qingyang did not dare to be careless and listened carefully with his ears raised. This thing is the foundation for him to settle down in Sanya in the next one or two years. Even if there are many things in it that he doesn't understand yet, he has to remember them in his mind first, and then slowly seek specific explanations from Hao Wanqing when he has time later. .
Hao Wanqing read for five minutes in one breath before finally finishing the document. This is not because the Ministry of Security has nothing to do and wrote a long article to entertain Li Qingyang, but at the Executive Committee meeting the day before, an executive committee member specifically made a request - it is okay to release Li Qingyang, and it is also okay to hire Li Qingyang, but it must be This matter should be institutionalized as a precedent in laws and regulations, because with the expansion of Haihan's power in the future, there may be more and more cases of appointing defectors from other parties, and standardizing it will also help relevant departments Carry out people management.
The person who came up with this idea was naturally Gu Kai, who was in charge of justice, but I have to say that Gu Kai also had some insight into this idea. So the Ministry of Safety had to comply with Kai Kai's request and write out a complicated employment agreement, which finally got the approval of the executive committee.
(End of chapter)