Prime Minister's Mansion, Zhuge Liang's residence.

Ma Su was standing in the room and talking plausibly to Zhuge Liang, who was sitting on the main seat. There were two people sitting under Zhuge Liang, one was a thin and lanky old man, the other was a middle-aged man with a resolute face, and the three

Everyone who heard what Ma Su said couldn't help but nod, smile and say nothing.

"Good, what Youchang said is very much in line with what I want." When Zhuge Liang saw Ma Su finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to signal him to sit down, and nodded in praise.

He turned to the old man and asked, "What do you think, Your Majesty?"

The old man cupped his hands and replied: "What You Chang said is an old man's advice to seek the country. This time Sun Quan sent Zhang Wen to pay a return visit at the time of re-establishment of Soochow. Lian thought that the reception of Zhang Wen could be more grand. Next,

The prime minister can attend more banquets to show the court's sincerity."

"Wang Changshi, isn't this too much?" The middle-aged man sitting below the old man said: "With the dignity of the prime minister, how can I accompany Zhang Wen several times? This would be detrimental to the status of the prime minister and the imperial court."

"It doesn't matter, Bo Miao. In order to revive the Han Dynasty, why should I care about my status?" Zhuge Liang said with a smile.

It turns out that this old man is Wang Lian, the chief minister of the Prime Minister's Office. As the most important assistant of the prime minister, the chief official can be said to be the chief manager of the prime minister's office, with a status only below the prime minister. Now Wang Lian is not only the chief minister of the prime minister's office, he is also worshiped as the chief minister of the prime minister's office.

The captain of the Tunqi School and the title of Marquis of Pingyang Pavilion can be said to be a high-ranking official. In addition, he was able to stick to his integrity and dare to give direct advice, so Zhuge Liang always respected this veteran official.

The middle-aged man who objected was none other than Shangshu Deng Zhi, who had returned from his mission to Soochow. This time, he had achieved special honors and was highly regarded by Zhuge Liang. He had become a rising star in the court. He also served as his envoy to Wu.

When Zhang Wen returned, with this status, he was also the main person who received Zhang Wen in turn. Today he entered the Prime Minister's Mansion to ask Zhuge Liang about the regulations for dealing with Zhang Wen.

Nowadays, rebuilding the alliance with Soochow is the top priority of the court. Although Deng Zhi has reached a preliminary agreement with Sun Quan, the biggest reason why Sun Quan sent Zhang Wen here is to test the sincerity of Shu Han. After all, Sun Quan also knows that in recent years, Soochow

Wu's back alliance is a bit heavy. He captured Jingzhou, captured Guan Yu, surrendered to Cao Wei, and defeated Liu Bei in Yiling. I'm afraid the Shu people are eager to eat their flesh and sleep with them. Therefore, they can't just do it alone.

In order to happily re-alliance with Shu based on what Deng Zhi said, it would be better to send someone to understand the thoughts of Zhuge Liang and the powerful people in Shu.

Therefore, even Zhuge Liang could not take it lightly when it came to receiving Zhang Wen. He invited Wang Lian, the chief historian, and Ma Su, who joined the army, to come together to negotiate.

Ma Su was indeed a great staff officer. When Zhuge Liang asked, he analyzed Sun Quan's intention of sending Zhang Wen here incisively and proposed three strategies for receiving Zhang Wen, which are to treat people with sincerity, to move people with affection, and to seduce people with benefits.

As soon as these three strategies were put forward, they immediately won the praise of the three people in the room. Deng Zhi especially agreed deeply. On the way back, he had established a good relationship with Zhang Wen and knew Zhang Wen's temperament well.

This person has a scholarly spirit, so treating this person with sincerity and friendship will definitely win him closeness and favor in Shu. Coupled with this, he can get twice the result with half the effort by using money and silk to benefit him.

Deng Zhi couldn't help but thought to himself that what Ma Canjun said was the right medicine, and he was indeed a talent that the Prime Minister valued. But he didn't expect that in order to win Zhang Wen's heart, the Prime Minister would even condescend to him. The Prime Minister really dedicated himself to reviving the Han Dynasty.

Everything, as the main person to receive Zhang Wen, I must complete this task well to live up to the Prime Minister's expectations.

Seeing that the three of them had no objections, Zhuge Liang immediately stated that the rules for receiving Zhang Wen would be implemented in accordance with Ma Su's plan.

"Zhonglang, there is something going on at Mingyan Tower."

While Zhuge Liang was meeting with Wang Lian and the others, in a remote public room of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Wei Min, the lieutenant in charge, was also meeting with his subordinates.

Since Zhuge Liang established the government, the officials in the Prime Minister's Mansion have been appointed to have a long history, a military officer, a Sima, a chief bookkeeper, a history of various Cao officials, a record office, a subordinate governor, etc. Unlike the Eastern Han Dynasty, the government officials were recruited by the head of the palace himself. In the Shu Han Dynasty,

The officials subordinate to the Prime Minister are all appointed by the imperial court and become de facto courtiers. It can be said that the officials subordinate to the Prime Minister's Office are the core of the current government. If the long history level is the top level of the Prime Minister's Office, the Cao Cao is in the middle level of the Prime Minister's Office.

Among them, those who were engaged in Zhonglang. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, those who were engaged in Zhonglang had a rank of 600 shi and served as a staff advisor. During the Three Kingdoms period, their powers and responsibilities gradually evolved into either being in charge of officials, being in charge of various Cao Cao, being in charge of secrets, or being in charge of secrets.

Consultation, in short, the responsibilities of the Zhonglang nowadays are set according to the situation, and are not limited to customization.

Since the chaos in the world at the end of the Han Dynasty, wars have been frequent. In order to take the initiative, the princes from all walks of life have attached great importance to secret reporting, and have sent personnel to conduct reconnaissance, spy on the news, and instigate rebellion, such as the school officials of Cao Wei and Soochow, while the Shu Han side will

The intelligence agency within the Prime Minister's Mansion is called Youwei. Wei Min, the Zhonglang, is directly responsible for the Youwei affairs in the Prime Minister's Mansion. The person he met this time was his direct subordinate, Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Han Chong of Youwei.

There is one Zhonglang general in Youwei, who is in charge of all the affairs of the whole army, and is directly responsible to the Zhonglang Wei Min. Currently, the Zhonglang general in Youwei is none other than Wei Min himself. The Zhonglang general has five school captains in the front, rear, left, and right, and the left school captain is in charge.

The right colonel is responsible for the detailed spying on Cao Wei, the right colonel is responsible for the detailed spying on Soochow, the lieutenant colonel is responsible for domestic espionage supervision, the former colonel is responsible for carrying out special spying, and the rear colonel is responsible for the internal supervision of Youwei.

.At the state level, the roving guard is in charge of a Sima; at the county level, the roving guard is in charge of a governor; at the county level, the roving guard is in charge of a Qu Wei, and the subordinate guards are Tun Wei

, Bo Wei, Shi Wei.

"Oh, tell me in detail." When he heard about the situation, Wei Min's expression only changed for a moment, and then returned to his normal appearance. He is forty-three years old this year. He is in the prime of life, and he is flexible and thoughtful.

He is meticulous, not fond of appearances, and has good plans. In addition, he is from Nanyang in Jingzhou and an old man who followed the late emperor to Shu. Therefore, he won the trust of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang. When he was in Jingzhou, he was directly ordered by Zhuge Liang to engage in detailed work to inquire about military affairs.

After the late Emperor entered Shu, he became the person in charge of the espionage agency. He was fully in charge of internal and external military information. Now he is nominally a lieutenant in the Prime Minister's Office and is actually the person in charge of espionage matters.

, directly responsible to Prime Minister Zhuge.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Han Chong did not hesitate and said immediately: "Late yesterday night, a man covered with black robes and a mask of black cloth entered Mingyan Tower to meet with that man.

Got some noodles.”

"Do you know what they said?" Wei Min's squinted eyes suddenly opened.

"Our people didn't dare to get too close. The thing they heard most clearly was that the visitor seemed to say that a female school official in Chengdu died. I don't know how to deal with it and asked for instructions from above. Behind it were military rations, a hiding place, and Soochow.

A few words."

"A female school official died?" Wei Minqi asked, "Did one of our people do it?"

Han Chong shook his head and said: "Chong has checked and found that our people have not killed any female school officials this month, and have not even captured a female school official. Therefore, I think the death of this female school official has nothing to do with us.

."

"It should be so." Wei Min nodded and said, "But this is strange. The death of a school official was not caused by us. Could it be that they did it themselves? Or did they die of illness? Died in an accident?"

"Shiyuan, you are going to check all the women who died in the city within this month, and you must find this female school official."

"No, I understand." Han Chong responded.

"Shiyuan, are you here to tell me that you only found this information?" Wei Min looked at Han Chong with a half-smile and said.

Han Chong said with a smile: "I can't hide anything from Zhong Lang. As long as I find this kind of discovery, I don't dare to disturb you." He paused, took a sip of tea and said: "We have two major discoveries this time."

Wei Min's eyes sparkled, and he smiled and said, "I knew it, why don't you tell me quickly?"

"Zhonglang, just now my subordinates said that our people only heard a few words about military rations, hiding place, and Soochow. In fact, there are two more words." At this point, Han Chong stopped talking, and his eyes were full of meaning.

His eyes looked at Wei Min.

"What two words are they? Could it be?" Wei Min seemed to understand something in his heart. He seemed to already know Han Chong's next answer.

"Blue Bird."

Wei Min secretly thought, it is indeed the case. He is too familiar with the name Qingque. In recent years, Qingque, the leader of the craftsmen he most wants to capture, is definitely at the top of the list. This person has been sent to Shu by Cao Cao since the Liu Zhang era.

Lurking, he was extremely active when the late emperor and Cao Cao were fighting for Hanzhong, spying on military intelligence, spreading rumors, and inciting officials to rebel... He was the mastermind behind several major and detailed cases. This man was thoughtful and resourceful.

I tried to find him several times, but in the end I got rid of him.

In the past two years, this person has disappeared. There has been no news about this person for a long time. If I hadn't heard the code name Qingque occasionally, I would have thought that this person had been transferred back to the Puppet Wei Dynasty. I never thought that I would hear about him again today.

When I heard the name Qingque, I had to follow the clues to find this person this time.

Wei Min woke up from his meditation and said: "Shiyuan, it seems that this person is not a small person. Maybe he is the school official directly under Qingque. Do you know who this person is?"

Han Chong said: "Zhonglang, this is about the second major discovery. Although this person is very, very vigilant, it seems that the Puppet Wei Dynasty has not noticed that Mingyan Tower has been discovered by us.

Therefore, our people successfully tracked this person and saw him enter the Shu County Prefect’s Mansion with our own eyes.”

Wei Min touched his beard and sneered: "Hmph. Sure enough, there is Cao Wei's detailed work in the Shu County Prefect's Mansion. I'm afraid this person is among the few people we have been suspecting."

Han Chong also thought of this: "I'm afraid that's the case."

"This discovery is indeed very important, and the meritorious personnel must be recorded." Wei Min said: "In addition, this is another good opportunity for us to catch Qingque. After you go back, you must continue to keep a close eye on Mingyanlou.

Surveillance, the second one is to find the dead female school official, dig out the heavyweight agent hidden in the prefect's mansion from her, and then break through her body to find our old friend Qingque."

Han Chong agreed with his hands, and then asked: "Zhonglang, where is the Shu County Prefect's Mansion, what should we do? Last night our people heard that this person's voice was a bit old, and he was an elderly man."

Wei Min thought for a while and said: "Well, although the old voice helped us narrow down the scope, the most suspicious people are all elderly, so this is of little use. This person is very vigilant and moves

It’s better not to make it too big, just as normal as before.”

"No. Chong understands."

***The author has something to say***

Youwei evolved from the ancient name of spies, Youshi. Wei Min and Han Chong are both real historical figures. They all refer to Wenjing and Shiyuan, but they have lost their names, actions, counties and counties. Only Yang Xi is there

There is a sentence mentioned in "Ji Han Fu Chen Zan", so I got the name by combining the characters. In fact, due to the extremely lack of historical materials of the Shu Han Dynasty, and Chen Shou was a man who cherished words as much as gold, a large number of Shu Han figures lost their way. In order to prevent these
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