After the war, when Zhao Weiji summarized all the reasons for the failure, he discovered one thing he had not done well, and that was the lack of intelligence.

During the whole war, he felt like he was being led by the Khitan army. After the battle, he felt that this war was not about the Song army fighting wherever they wanted, but about fighting wherever the Khitan army asked you to fight.

After considering this problem, Zhao Weiji decided to build his own intelligence, and he now has a good basic platform, which is "Shilin Daily".

"Madam, how is our "Shilin Daily" doing?"

"What's wrong? I finally remembered that you still have such an industry? It's been a long time since you wrote me a lyric." She knew her husband had no idea what he was thinking when he said this.

"This word needs inspiration. In a few days, I will write it to you when I have inspiration in a few days." Zhao Weiji was a little embarrassed after being choked by Chai Yu. His words were all plagiarized from Nalan's surname De. Nalan

There were so many words, and he had to think about which ones suited the current situation, so he could not read them out quickly.

"I'm going to open a new column in our "Shilin Daily" newspaper called News."

"News? What is that?" Chai Yu heard the word news for the first time, and it was probably some new thing from the Immortal Cult.

"News is novelty, fresh anecdotes. I plan to hire a group of people to go to the country to collect new things and anecdotes that happen in every place, and then let them write articles and publish them in "Shilin Daily" so that everyone can understand our news.

Country."

"Tell the truth." Zhao Weiji's seemingly high-sounding reason was immediately exposed by Chai Yu.

"I am planning to set up an organization to collect intelligence and use Shilin Daily to deliver information." Zhao Weiji, who was immediately seen through by his wife, was a little confused on his face.

"That's right." Chai Yu knew that this guy's purpose would not be so simple every time he acted, so he believed that the person he said he wanted to be the emperor would not do such a simple thing.

"What are you going to do?"

"At the beginning, I simply wrote about anecdotes from across the country. Specific intelligence work will be gradually established later."

"Okay, you can handle this matter yourself."

A few days later, all readers of "Shilin Daily" suddenly discovered that there was an extra section in the newspaper, that is, an article introducing interesting things in other parts of the country began to be published in the newspaper.

In the following days, articles related to different places were published, ranging from scenery to local delicacies and even local customs.

This is exactly Zhao Weiji's new action. He used "Shilin Daily" as a platform and hired a large number of people to go to various parts of the country to collect stories, write about some local characteristics, then pass them back and publish them in the daily newspaper.

Of course, Zhao Guangyi also saw the articles in the daily newspapers, but because they were just commonplace affairs and none of the articles related to official politics, he didn't take them to heart.

"What does this have to do with the intelligence system you are planning to establish?" After reading anecdotes about the country for several days, Chai Yu didn't see any special intelligence value. Instead, he was a little greedy, because there was an article describing it.

The Sichuan snacks are so delicious.

"Of course it works. Who has the right to take the lead in publishing articles in the daily newspaper now?"

"Neither our family nor the officials can get involved."

Zhao Guangyi was not a fool. He saw the huge power of this industry soon after the newspaper came out. However, due to Taizu's instructions, he could not directly stop the publication of the newspaper.

But it was not without means. In the end, Zhao Guangyi chose to cooperate with Zhao Weiji's family. Newspapers could be published and articles could be published, but the two families had the final say on what articles could be published and what articles could not be published.

The specific measure was that the newspaper re-hired editors, and these editors were approved by the Nanyang County Prince's Palace and the officials. These editors have the right to choose to publish articles. Neither the officials nor the County Prince's Palace can interfere.

"That's right. If I directly establish a large-scale intelligence system and frequently deliver intelligence back to the capital, do you think the officials won't notice it?"

"It's probably quite embarrassing. With the official's intelligence, it will be difficult to hide it from him."

"So I'm going to use this newspaper to convey information."

"Use newspapers?"

"Yes, although we have no control over what articles to publish, there is still no problem in opening an insignificant column. Such a column will publish some folklore and will not arouse anyone's suspicion, and the articles will be easy to understand.

The writing difficulty is also very low.”

"Then what?"

"Then I'm going to ask all my intelligence personnel to integrate the important information into these articles. If you don't believe it, read it." Zhao Weiji said as he took today's newspaper and then randomly searched for the articles listed in today's news.

article, and then typed it out into ten characters per line.

Then Zhao Weiji took another piece of cardboard with some square holes on it, about the size of a character. He saw Zhao Weiji covering the article he had just copied with the cardboard.

Now only the words in the holes can be seen. Chai Yu read these visible words in the normal reading order: "Chengdu Fulu has a good summer grain harvest."

After seeing these few words, Chai Yu couldn't help but be shocked. It was possible to deliver news in this way. In this way, whether it was political information or not, it could be openly published in newspapers.

The person who writes the information first uses cardboard to write down what he wants to convey, then removes the cardboard, uses these words to expand an article about local folk customs, and then directly passes the letter to the newspaper.

After the newspaper is released, Zhao Weiji can just use the same cardboard to read it. As long as both sides agree on the format, for example, when writing, use a cross-line layout.

In this way, Zhao Weiji would be the first to know about any disturbance in any place.

Thinking of this result, Chai Yu felt a chill go down his spine. Why didn't he know that this person was so insidious when he first got married?

Of course Zhao Weiji saw Chai Yu's expression and knew what she was thinking: "Does this make you think that I am very sinister? My plan is not over yet. I am also planning to hire a large number of rangers to go to Liao and Xiazhou to replace

Let’s collect intelligence from these two places.”

This aroused Chai Yu's curiosity even more: "How to do it?"

"For the same reason, the rangers also use the same method to transmit information back to the country, and then use our domestic spies to interpret the information, then write a new article, and then use the same method to pass it on to us."

It turns out that Zhao Weiji had already targeted these rangers when he planned to establish intelligence. Most of the rangers in ancient times had good martial arts, were easy to socialize with, and valued justice over life. However, many lacked a source of livelihood and could only help others see them.

The nursing home earns a certain amount of living expenses.

Zhao Weiji found a group of such people through Yang Yanzhao, and deceived these rangers into working for him from the perspective of family justice and supporting his family.

And luckily, he found the best gang in the world: the Beggars Gang.

Although the real Beggar Gang does not have the superior martial arts and righteous gang leader as described in martial arts novels, the leader of the Beggar Gang here is still a good man who loves chivalry and justice.

As soon as this beggar named Hong Wu heard that he was just sneaking into the Liao Kingdom to inquire about information, and he also had money to get, he was quickly moved.

"Mr. Zhao, your conditions are very attractive to me, but most of the beggars here are illiterate."

"It doesn't matter. I will send a caravan into the interior of the Liao Kingdom when the time comes. You just need to ask your beggars to tell the merchants I sent you the information they have found. They will be responsible for writing it."

"That's no problem. It's a pleasure to work with you."

In this way, with the help of the Beggar Gang and other rangers, Zhao Weiji's entire intelligence system was established under Zhao Guangyi's nose.

A large amount of information began to appear in front of Zhao Weiji's eyes, the most important of which was the No. 6 figure in the Liao Kingdom, Yelu Mo.

This person who had never been recorded in history suddenly became the No. 6 figure in the Liao Kingdom and had to attract Zhao Weiji's attention.

After further probing the relevant information about Yelumo, Zhao Weiji sighed: "Is there really a butterfly effect? ​​Because of my arrival, a Khitan who was originally unknown has a stage to show himself?"

Zhao Weiji's inference was correct. This was indeed the butterfly effect caused by his arrival. Originally, Yelu Mo should have been just a low-level officer of the Liao Kingdom, and he was shot to death by a hidden arrow when he followed Yelu Xiezhen to conquer Goryeo.

However, due to the arrival of Zhao Weiji, Yelu Mo had the opportunity to show off his skills in front of Handerang, so he was later lent to Yelu Xiezhen by Handerang to conquer Goryeo, and was directly shot to death.

Instead, he fully demonstrated his extraordinary talents through Han Derang's discovery, and then became famous in one battle after Yongxi's Northern Expedition, rising to the number six figure in the Liao Kingdom.

But no matter what, Zhao Weiji decided to conduct a comprehensive investigation on Yelu Mo, and the results of the investigation shocked him.

From Yang Yanping's siege in Shuozhou to the defeat of the entire Yongxi Northern Expedition, this man's shadow was all behind him.

"History books can't be trusted sometimes. There are still such powerful people hiding in the Liao Kingdom. I said that the descriptions of Brother Yelv Xiu and Yelu Xiezhen in the history books never say that they had such a scheme.

It’s a story of meticulous planning.”

At this time, Yelumo didn't know that after keeping a close eye on Zhao Weiji for a long time, he himself was finally on Zhao Weiji's blacklist.

After the intelligence system began to take shape, Zhao Weiji discovered an embarrassing problem. There were too few talents around him, and the people who could be trusted were basically family members.

He must start thinking of ways to recruit more talents. They are needed in all aspects.
Chapter completed!