Chapter 3133
Gong Shiqi came to He Xi's office in a familiar way, but was blocked by the secretary because He Xi was in a meeting at this time.
Gong Shiqi didn't complain at all. He had followed He Xi for many years and knew that his boss was always very busy and spent about half of his working time in various meetings.
A large amount of intelligence information is collected here from all over the country in various forms every day. After preliminary screening and classification, there is still a lot of content that needs to be handled by He Xi personally.
If He Xi is asked to review written materials and various reports on his own, then it may not be enough to stay awake 24 hours a day, so he can only adopt a more efficient method and arrange briefings every day, with the relevant person in charge reporting verbally. method to allow He Xi to quickly grasp information.
At the same time, there are still a large number of tasks and plans that need to be discussed and deployed. These tasks cannot be implemented entirely by written means, and face-to-face meetings also need to be arranged to complete these tasks.
In Gong Shiqi's understanding, He Xi's attendance at seven or eight meetings a day was considered a normal schedule. However, He Xi's time is very precious, and many matters are settled in one word, so most meetings will not last too long, and you shouldn't have to wait too long.
However, the waiting time was shorter than Gong Shiqi expected. Before his butt was hot, the secretary came to invite him, saying that He Xi would let him in to observe the meeting.
Gong Shiqi didn't refuse, so he got up and entered He Xi's office.
There were not many people in the room. Apart from He Xi, there were four other attendees, but they were all new faces that Gong Shiqi didn't recognize, and they all looked quite young.
The four people recognized Gong Shiqi, and when they saw him entering the room, they all stood up and greeted him: "I've met Mr. Gong."
He Xi pointed at these people and introduced to Gong Qiqi: "These are all colleagues from the Intelligence Analysis Division... You first sit down and listen to what they have to say."
Gong Shiqi also greeted them with his hands and sat down to listen.
The Intelligence Analysis Division is an organization under the Ministry of Security. Its main job is to analyze various intelligence information and filter out those incidents that deserve attention and need to be dealt with quickly.
Most of the people working in this organization are old employees who have retired from the front line for various reasons, and they are equivalent to using their experience to continue to shine.
However, in recent years, the Ministry of Security has also begun to recruit qualified young people directly from various colleges and universities, using their good education to process the increasing amount of written materials.
Although these young people lack work experience in the intelligence field, they have richer knowledge than older employees and can often find information in written materials that is easily overlooked.
The young people Gong Shiqi saw at this time were obviously the fresh blood recruited in recent years. He has been back here less in recent years. These new people recognize him, but he doesn't recognize each other.
These intelligence analysts are reporting to He Xi the clues they have discovered recently, which are related to the safety of important figures in Haihan.
Recently, some secret letters with obscure contents have been sent back from the north. It is said that the author of these secret letters was a suspicious person who was monitored by the Ministry of Security. However, he escaped early when the Ministry of Security tried to arrest him, and only these unknown persons were found from his residence. A secret message that can be destroyed in time.
"These secret messages used many code words of unknown meaning. We combined past information and tried to decipher the contents of the secret messages. The result is that someone may be organizing an assassination operation against important figures in our country."
"The time and place mentioned in the secret letter coincide with the Executive Committee's next trip north. We believe this is not a coincidence, and corresponding measures must be taken to avoid possible risks." Gong Shiyiyi While listening to the report, they reviewed the materials they brought.
The content of the letter was written by a family head named Zhu to his son in Hangzhou, saying that a batch of important goods would be shipped to Hangzhou in the near future, and asked him to find warehouses and laborers in advance and be prepared to properly receive the goods.
The owner of the family seems to attach great importance to this batch of goods. He has written several letters about this matter, repeatedly emphasizing that no trace of preparation work should be missed. He also asked his son to notify the local distributor in advance and start work as soon as the goods arrive in Hangzhou. Listed for sale.
These secret letters look no different from ordinary letters. At first glance, they are just letters from the family head to arrange business arrangements for the younger generations. Nowadays, there are not more than 10,000 but also 8,000 foreign merchants doing business in Hangzhou. There are countless goods coming in and out every day. It is very common to arrange arrangements through letters.
If these letters were not found on specific occasions, they might not have attracted the attention of the Ministry of Security at all.
After hearing this, He Xi was noncommittal and asked Gong Qiqi what he thought about it.
Gong Shiqi said: "If I am not mistaken, my colleagues in the north should have confirmed the situation of the Zhu family?"
An intelligence analyst responded: "Sir Hui Gong, it is true. Because the person involved was not caught, colleagues over there visited many commercial banks in Hangzhou, but did not find relevant information. There are not many people with the surname Zhu. See, if there is no information at all, then this so-called businessman’s identity is most likely just a persona created by the other party.”
"The father and son surnamed Zhu in the letter may be the masterminds behind the scenes and the people actually commanding the operation respectively. And the distributor mentioned in the letter, we think, may be his subordinates or associates under his instructions. As for the important goods... we It is thought to refer to the arrangements for the Executive Committee’s subsequent visit to Hangzhou.”
In fact, there have been rumors about the arrangement of the Executive Committee’s visit to Hangzhou since Bai Kesi visited the local area last year. The progress of many major local engineering projects in Hangzhou depends on the schedule of the executive committee, so the time to start relevant preparations there is much earlier than the time to confirm the itinerary in the newspaper.
The scope of this matter is so large that it is impossible to completely keep the news secret from the outside world. It would not be surprising if outsiders find out about it.
Gong Shiqi nodded and continued to ask: "Then what is the reason why this matter first attracted our attention?"
The intelligence analyst continued: "It was because the man surnamed Zhu was trying to contact a senior officer in the local garrison, but his intention was unknown. The officer was very vigilant and reported the matter."
"After getting the news, my colleagues over there immediately arranged to monitor the man. Later, they found that something was wrong. When they were about to arrest him, the man may have noticed something and escaped quietly to avoid surveillance."
Gong Shiqi said: "Regardless of whether someone is arrested or not, colleagues in the north should be able to handle such a case. Why bother to report it?"
He Xi took over the conversation at this time: "After analysis by my colleagues over there, I believe that this matter is likely to be related to the Ming Dynasty officials, but at what level it is involved, there is currently insufficient information and it is difficult to say for the time being."
"If this matter is caused by the high-level officials of Ming Dynasty, and it involves too much, it may be more troublesome. Sending back the notification also allows us to make corresponding preparations in advance, just in case."
(End of chapter)