Chapter 964 Case closed
How to break down the interrogation subject's psychological defenses, Ren Liang and Hao Wanqing's skill in this regard must be far greater than that of these subordinates. After the two of them put on a red-faced show, Du Wen knew that there was no luck, and he was also fooled by them. The words came out bit by bit.
In fact, the Spaniards had already noticed the existence of the emerging force of Hai Han in 1629. At that time, the Hai Han militia sent troops to intervene in the Annam Civil War and assisted the northern court in defeating the Nguyen armed forces in the south. It was regarded as relying on its own force in the South China Sea. Got a bit of a reputation. Although the Spaniards did not believe that this civilian armed force could threaten them at the time, they still habitually prepared to send people to the areas controlled by Haihan to lurk and collect intelligence. However, when the Spaniards were making relevant preparations, Haihan launched the Qiongbei Offensive in 1630. In order to maintain stability, Haihan blocked the entire Qiongzhou Island to the outside world for a period of time, so that at that time, Haihan had already arrived in Guangdong and was preparing to divert to Sanya. Du Wen had to wait until the next year to make the trip.
After arriving in Sanya, Du Wen quickly got the opportunity to naturalize based on his cultural foundation. In addition to the library, Du Wen could choose to go to the immigration agency under the Ministry of Civil Affairs. However, Du Wen believes that dealing with those dirty immigrants all day long will not help in gathering intelligence. On the contrary, Haihan people's book stocks should have the opportunity to come into contact with some confidential documents, and they will have more free time to do other things. , so he chose this seemingly good job as a cover for his identity.
However, after taking this job, Du Wen discovered that the reality was still quite different from his imagination. The job was leisurely, but there were not many opportunities to collect valuable information. Although there were mountains of secret information in the library, Du Wen could not understand even one percent of it, and the value of the information that could be passed back to Manila often failed to meet the expectations of his boss. Although he also worked hard to convey Haihan's rapid development through written reports, the Manila authorities were not interested in Haihan's social organizational structure and infrastructure capabilities. They only wanted to obtain Haihan's constantly updated military technology and military intelligence, and This happened to be an area where Du Wen had difficulty obtaining information.
However, Du Wen has not been idle in the past few years in Sanya. Although he has not collected much valuable intelligence, he still uses the opportunity of part-time adult literacy class teacher to slowly develop several peripheral intelligence personnel, without exception. They are all naturalized citizens. Although he couldn't do anything as big as assassinating important figures and subverting Haihan's rule, it was enough to help him collect some less important intelligence information from various levels. From this perspective, Du Wen can actually be regarded as a qualified intelligence officer. Finding important information is not a problem of his personal ability, but a problem of insufficient culture.
At the same time as Du Wen confessed, Lin Nan and Zhang Qianzhi had already led their teams to arrest them according to the list of personnel he had given. Fortunately, the peripheral personnel Du Wen recruited were basically ordinary people, and none of them served in important institutions such as the military, police, or finance. This is mainly because Du Wen usually comes into contact with groups whose cultural level and social status are relatively low. These people are also less resistant to economic temptations and often help Du Wen in order to obtain the rewards promised by Du Wen. He runs errands and does things.
"The political and ideological work in literacy education still needs to be strengthened!" Ren Liang was also very helpless about the loophole Du Wen found. The more uneducated people are, the easier it is to be incited and deceived, and the literacy education projects in the past few years have not helped The emphasis on political education is obviously not enough, which is why Du Wen's unsophisticated measures succeeded.
Hao Wanqing was more open-minded about this: "That's what the intelligence front is like. It's not like you doing public security. As long as we strengthen legal education and carry out strict crackdowns, we can at least achieve results within a period of time. And this time we arrested Du Wen and others People will not prevent external forces from sending people to lurk in Sanya. You see, the Jinyiwei who first came to Sanya as undercover agents have been with us for several years, and they have not given up yet, and they continue to send people over. "
The person Hao Wanqing was talking about was Li Qingyang, a member of the Jinyiwei family. Soon after he was arrested in Sanya, he chose to join Haihan. After that, he joined the Haihan Security Department and became one of the main persons in charge of Haihan's fight against the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty. one. In the past few years, Jinyiwei is still sending people to Sanya to carry out lurking, but because its methods of doing things have not improved much, and Haihan's own intelligence network has gradually penetrated into the official circles along the southeast coast, these people who came to Qiongzhou Island It is difficult for Ming intelligence personnel to completely conceal their whereabouts. Basically, there are a few unlucky people who are caught by the Ministry of Security every year.
As a public security case, the two consecutive murder cases will indeed have a relatively bad impact on the local people. Fortunately, the relevant aspects are handled in a timely manner, the case is quickly solved and the perpetrators are arrested. Next, as long as notices are issued to appease the people, the situation can be calmed down quickly. . However, the final results announced to the outside world will not involve the intelligence front. The existence of the Ministry of Security itself is a secret that everyone knows but cannot be mentioned casually. The work done and achievements achieved by the Ministry of Security will not be disclosed to the outside world casually. Announce it.
As for whether Haihan will use this as an excuse to put pressure on the Manila authorities or even take some more drastic measures of retaliation, that is not something that the Ministry of Security can decide on its own. Such measures involving major external policies must first receive clear instructions from the Executive Committee before the Ministry of Security can take action. However, judging from the current international affairs that Haihan needs to deal with, even if this matter needs to be responded to, it will not be ranked in the near future.
On February 4, a notice with the seal of the Haihan Ministry of Justice appeared on the streets of Victory Port, announcing that two recent serial murder cases had been solved and the criminals had been apprehended. The criminals, Du and Li, were greedy for money and conspired to kill a Persian businessman and Su, an employee of a local commercial bank, and stole some personal property, which has now been stolen. The criminals have also confessed to all the facts of the crime. The trial phase is now over, and the execution date will be selected after the Haihan Court pronounces its verdict. In addition, several co-defendants who assisted the two men in committing crimes and selling stolen goods have also been arrested.
In recent years, Haihan has rarely conducted public executions. At most, only a few public representatives will be present to supervise the execution process. However, with such a notice stamped with the official seal, it can basically put to rest all the discussions and speculations about the two cases among the local people during this period. As for whether the criminal was sentenced to life imprisonment or death, not many people care about this matter. After all, the two victims and the two principal criminals have no family members in the local area, and no one will go to the Haihan Ministry of Justice to find out the truth and deal with it later. Disposition of Prisoners.
Although the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Security of Haihan invested a lot of manpower and material resources in the investigation of this case, this is not the matter that attracts the most attention in Sanya at the moment. At most, it is just a topic for people to talk about after dinner. At present, both official and private attention is focused on the seventh anniversary of Haihan's arrival on Qiongzhou Island in more than a month. For the past six years, Haihan has held a grand or simple celebration ceremony on April 1 every year to commemorate the team's successful arrival here over many obstacles and thus single-handedly created a new social system. For the people, this anniversary is as important as the New Year. The parade and military parade held in Victory Port every year on the anniversary are the people's favorite activities. In recent years, celebrations have also been held simultaneously in Haihan's overseas colonies, so that the public can fully feel the power and reliability of the Haihan group.
Although these celebrations are quite expensive, the Executive Committee is still happy to set aside this amount of expenditure in the annual budget, because it will play a huge role in cultivating the people's national consciousness and enhancing their own cohesion. Being able to participate in a celebration in person is far more effective than receiving a month of brainwashing education. Almost all institutions under Haihan will organize their employees to participate in it in different ways.
However, the content and scale of this year’s anniversary celebrations are different from those in previous years. Units at all levels, from top to bottom, large and small, have received notice in advance. During this year’s anniversary celebrations, the Executive Committee will make a public announcement. Haihan founded the country. This is definitely a first-class event for all people who have already joined Haihan citizenship and who are about to join Haihan citizenship.
Of course, the people who are most excited about this are the naturalized cadres who have already served in institutions at all levels. The official founding of Haihan means that they have transformed from managers at all levels into real officials. Although this official position may not be recognized by the Ming Dynasty, what does it matter? The current Haihan is no worse than the Ming Dynasty. He can hold an official position in the Haihan government and enjoys even better treatment than the officials of the Ming Dynasty. For most of the Haihan naturalized cadres who came from civilian backgrounds, this can really be regarded as a glorious achievement in their lives. After receiving the notice, many people even began to secretly calculate what official position they would be assigned after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Of course, the Executive Committee cannot completely eliminate these selfish thoughts, but it does not have time to take into account the petty calculations of some people at the moment. The main focus now is still on various internal and external adjustments and transformations after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Although there will be no major changes in the staffing, structure, and functions of various internal agencies and departments, in the future, when they operate in the name of the country, the rules and regulations will begin to become stricter.
In terms of external international relations, most countries that have established diplomatic relations have actually treated Haihan as an independent country for a long time. However, Ming Dynasty is a special case that is difficult to deal with. After all, Hainan was founded on Hainan. Legally speaking, the island actually belongs to the territory of the Ming Dynasty. According to the Ming Dynasty's consistent style, even if it knows that it is defeated, it will still choose war and will never compromise. Although the two provinces of Fuzhou and Guangzhou, which have been thoroughly penetrated by Haihan, are unlikely to send troops to fight, if the diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty are not properly handled, there will eventually be certain obstacles to Haihan's future expansion plan to the north.
For this reason, Haihan even began to contact senior government officials of Fuzhou and Guangzhou more than a year in advance, trying to negotiate a reasonable solution. However, although the senior officials of these two provinces also understood that they could not stop what Haihan wanted to do, they were unwilling to publicly stand up and speak out for Haihan - after all, they were still receiving official pay from the Ming Dynasty. If they were to stand on such a big issue of right and wrong, If you take a wrong stand, you will be punished by the court in minutes, and losing your official position is relatively minor. Even if you are not careful, you will be punished for "internal connections and external affairs, committing rebellion" and other major crimes that implicate the nine clans.
The solution given by Xiong Wencan, who is currently in charge of Fuzhou and Guangzhou, is still to hope that Haihan can put the overall stability of the situation first and postpone the opportunity of founding the country. Of course, if he really wanted to follow his wishes, he would have allowed Haihan to be incorporated into the Ming Dynasty, and he would have applied to the court to classify Qiongzhou Island as a separate administrative region as the Haihan fiefdom, and at most send a prince to take charge. To show that this is still the territory of the Zhu family.
Although the conditions proposed by Xiong Wencan were unprecedented for the Ming Dynasty, there was no way for Haihan, who was determined to found the country, to accept it. It has been the seventh year since the time-travel group came to this time and space. Preparations for politics, economy, culture, military, diplomacy, commerce, etc. have basically been in place. The founding of the country was the result of the entire group of time-travelers coming to this time and space. The first long-cherished wish cannot be given up due to external pressure. Even in the face of war, the Haihan Executive Committee will probably not make any concessions.
Therefore, the negotiations between the high-level government officials of Haihan and Fuguang provinces have always been in a deadlock. Ming officials are more inclined to play dead on this matter, neither supporting nor opposing, nor making any statement on this matter. There are no plans to send representatives to attend the so-called Haihan founding ceremony. Of course, as to whether Haihan needed to issue credentials to the Ming Dynasty to apply for formal establishment of diplomatic relations after the founding of the People's Republic of China, senior officials in Fuzhou and Guangzhou also advised Haihan not to do such superfluous things, because at this time, the court's attention was all focused on the north, and the peasant army The Ming Dynasty and the Tatars outside the Pass are currently the two most important enemies of the Ming Dynasty. As long as Haihan does not make too much noise, in fact, the imperial court will not take into account what is happening in the south at all.
The executive committee delayed the matter for a long time, and finally decided to do their own thing and ignore the attitude of the Fuguang government. After all, the interests of officials in these two places and Haihan are too entangled. Even if Haihan openly establishes his country, they will not be able to actively provoke a war. Most of them will wait for the court's decision before considering their next reaction. Does the Ming court still have the energy to open another battlefield in the south? Anyone with a discerning eye knows the answer, so the Haihan Executive Committee believes that although Ming Dynasty will not accept the fact that Haihan was founded, it cannot take any effective measures to prevent it.
(End of chapter)