Chapter 3414
Strictly speaking, the "Infinite Plan" hosted by He Xi is not a formal operation with complete procedures. At that time, the Ministry of Security was still in its early stages of establishment, and its funding and manpower were extremely limited. There were simply not enough resources to realize He Xi's idea.
Therefore, although this plan was reported to the Executive Committee, due to its huge expenditure and extremely long action cycle, it was not officially approved by the Executive Committee. He Xi was only allowed to conduct a pilot project at an appropriate time.
Therefore, almost all of the people selected by He Xi and sent to lurk in the Ming Dynasty's ruling areas did not have the official establishment of the Ministry of Security, and all the expenses were supported by He Xi in his own name.
The Wujian Plan sent out hundreds of lurkers one after another, and the cost was of course extremely huge. Fortunately, the time-travelers were able to receive extremely generous dividends after the founding of Haihan, so He Xi was able to continue this plan for a long time.
However, as time goes by, many of these lurkers have been naturally eliminated, and the remaining few have basically become successful and no longer need financial support from Haihan.
But this also caused problems. These lurkers left Haihan very early, and their dependence and obedience to Haihan were almost always maintained by financial support. However, after they successfully entered the upper class of society, they began to work for Haihan. The motivation is also gradually decreasing.
There are many people who later entered the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty and simply changed their allegiance, choosing to return to the Ming Dynasty wholeheartedly, and gradually broke away from the connection with Haihan.
After all, although Haihan is getting stronger and stronger, the benefits and constraints it can bring to them are getting less and less, while being loyal to the Ming Dynasty provides real opportunities for advancement.
Moreover, the areas annexed and controlled by Haihan were all on the coast, which forced a large amount of wealth and population to return to the Ming Dynasty's inland areas. They would not be affected by the war in the short term, but instead caused deformities in the areas where these people lived. Prosperity, there are many opportunities to benefit from such a sea change.
Under such circumstances, it is difficult to say how loyal the personnel He Xi sent to the Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, and Jiangxi regions in his early years would be.
He Xi also knew that these lurkers could no longer be completely trusted, so he did not dare to report their existence to the Executive Committee, lest he shoot himself in the foot.
But He Xi was unwilling to let go. After all, he had put a lot of effort into supporting them in the early stage, and if he gave up on his own initiative, he would lose everything.
Whether there are dates or not, you have to play a few shots to find out.
However, He Xi's current physical condition makes it difficult to sort out the results of Wujian's plan in person, so he is planning to let his protégé Zhang Qianzhi take over.
If this thing fails, it is not a formal plan implemented by the Ministry of Security anyway, and there will be no loss for Zhang Qianzhi. If he could leverage officials in certain areas to help Haihan capture several state capitals without a single blow, it would be an absolute great achievement.
He Xi gave an order, and his subordinate standing not far away quickly came over and handed him a book.
He Xi motioned to Zhang Qianzhi to take it over and explained to him: "This is the roster of the Wujian Project. Take it back and take a good look at it. If you have any questions, come back to me."
Zhang Qianzhi agreed and saw He Xi closing his eyes to rest. Knowing that the conversation had come to an end, he took the initiative to resign and leave.
Zhang Qianzhi returned to the Yamen, asked his subordinates to cancel other arrangements for the day, and then took out the roster behind closed doors and started to look through it.
Although theoretically these participants of the Infinite Plan are not within the Ministry of Security's establishment, their personal recording methods are still in the usual format of the Ministry of Security. And judging from the paper quality of the roster, Zhang Qianzhi can judge that it was compiled not too long ago. It has obviously been copied and updated, and is not the original version.
This approach is not difficult to understand. After all, a lot of people have been eliminated during the implementation of this plan. It would be a waste of time if Zhang Qianzhi had to screen them one by one by himself.
Today, there are only about thirty people recorded in the case, and they are basically concentrated in the four places mentioned by He Xi.
However, these people can get He Xi's continuous attention, and their current status is naturally unusual. It can be said that all of them have successful careers.
Among these people, the one with the highest official position is a right-hand political officer in the Administrative Envoy Department of a certain place. This is already a high-ranking official of the third rank. However, this person was in charge of grain storage, farming and other matters, and was a civil affairs official. It seemed that he would not play a big role in the major events planned by He Xi.
There are several fourth-grade officials, including two in the magistrate alone, one deputy envoy from the Prosecution and Prosecution Department, one deputy envoy from the Wei Commandery Department, and one Xuanfu envoy from a certain Xuanfu Department.
Further down, there are even more officials in the fifth, sixth and seventh grades, more than twenty people.
The more Zhang Qianzhi watched, the more frightened he became. It was beyond his imagination that so many people in the Ming government were related to He Xi. He couldn't help but admire He Xi's ability to keep his composure and not use these chess pieces after so many years.
In addition to these people who have entered the officialdom, there are also several people who are wealthy businessmen and large landowners. Judging from the information, they should also have considerable influence in the local area.
From this, Zhang Qianzhi thought that it seemed that He Xi's support for these people in his early years was mainly based on obtaining fame. Many of them should be scholars and have certain talents, so they were selected by He Xi and sent to the Ming Dynasty.
If we look at the total number of people sent out by He Xi, the success rate is really good. There are so many high-quality officials out of a few hundred people.
However, Zhang Qianzhi believes that this is the main reason why the Wujian Plan later lost control over the participants.
Those who are engaged in business will have more legitimate reasons to maintain contact with Haihan, and they can even go to the south to meet with people from Haihan's security department in person in the name of business.
But these political officials cannot leave their jurisdictions without orders from above. Their identities are sensitive and they cannot trust others to pass messages on their behalf, so they have basically no reliable channels to contact Haihan on weekdays.
The Haihan Security Department's intelligence network is mainly concentrated in coastal areas, and He Xi has not invested resources in establishing special information channels for these chess pieces. As time goes by, it is inevitable that contact will gradually be lost.
In addition to recording the personal information of these people on the roster, there is also a final subjective evaluation, which is the current trustworthiness of these people.
From beginning to end, Zhang Qianzhi's evaluations were all "low" or "extremely low". It was obvious that He Xi was not optimistic about whether these people would still be loyal to Haihan. It is not an easy task to get these people to return to Haihan.
Zhang Qianzhi couldn't help but sigh and said to himself: "This is to treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor!"