Chapter 1079 Layout of East Island!

After explaining things to Wang Hanchao, Song Weijie asked him to leave as soon as possible. As the governor of Sichuan, he was still very careful about his reputation and did not want to have too much contact with Wang Hanchao, a bandit...
If he didn't need the other party this time, he would never let this bandit into his study. He even felt that talking to Wang Hanchao was a blasphemy to his identity as the Governor of Sichuan!
Thinking of this, Song Weijie secretly made up his mind that if he successfully overcomes the difficulties this time, he would get rid of Wang Hanchao and silence him, and not let the world know that he, as the governor of Sichuan, used this group of bandits to do dirty work!

Just two days ago, Huang Tong left Sichuan and went to Yijing as Song Weijie's special envoy to negotiate with the Yijing court on behalf of Song Weijie!
To be honest, the conversation between Huang Tong and Song Weijie before he left gave Song Weijie a lot of feelings, and also made Song Weijie have clearer ideas!

Although Huang Tong was pessimistic about the situation in Sichuan, Song Weijie was optimistic about the suggestions he gave. He believed that as long as Huang Tong's two suggestions were implemented well, it would not be impossible to repel the Fengwu Army, defend Sichuan and maintain their own power!

The first suggestion Huang Tong gave that day was to let Song Weijie do a good job of protecting the Sichuan Army from internal traitors. To this end, Huang Tong also cited the example of the Luoan court to sound a wake-up call to Song Weijie...

Song Weijie also agreed with this and felt that what Huang Tong said made a lot of sense. It could be seen from the previous internal plenary meeting that Huang Tong was not the only one in Sichuan who held pessimistic views in the face of the aggressive and powerful Fengwu Army!
In addition, as the Fengwu Army fought wars across the country over the years, the name of the United Coordination Office has gradually become known. People all over the world know about this notorious spy organization, and some people even deify the United Coordination Office and begin to attribute the Fengwu Army's achievements to the credit of the United Coordination Office!

Because the plan of sending spies to Jingchu was uncovered by the Coordination Office and suffered heavy losses, Song Weijie hated these henchmen of Ye Mingsheng to the core.

But at that time Song Weijie had not yet realized that the Coordination Office might infiltrate Sichuan and Shu, and Huang Tong's words woke him up!
After some thought, Song Weijie felt that what Huang Tong said made sense. In order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the Luoan court and becoming the next Shangguan Changgong, Song Weijie also began to think of ways to deal with it!
At that time, the first solution that Song Weijie thought of was to learn from the foreigners and defeat them. He also set up his own "Comprehensive Coordination Office" in the same way as Ye Mingsheng did.

In fact, Song Weijie did do so, but the problem is that it takes time to build an effective intelligence network. It doesn't mean that if you decide to set up such a spy agency today, it will be able to operate efficiently tomorrow and bring you the intelligence you want...

At this moment, the threat from the Fengwu Army made Song Weijie feel like a thorn in his back and a fishbone stuck in his throat. It is no exaggeration to say that what Song Weijie lacks most now is time!

Therefore, the possibility of using the newly established spy agency to counter the successful infiltration of the Coordination Office is not high!

Just when Song Weijie was at a loss, one of his advisors named Feng Hui gave Song Weijie a suggestion!
If Feng Hui's advisor wants to resist the infiltration of the Fengwu Army, he must rely on the power of the local gangsters in Sichuan, that is, some underworld organizations. These underworld organizations have a history of hundreds of years in Sichuan. Their members involve all walks of life in Sichuan and are very well-informed!
Master Feng Hui's suggestion made Song Weijie's eyes light up, and he thought it was a very good suggestion!
However, as the governor of Sichuan, he still has to save his dignity and does not want to have too much involvement with these underworld organizations to avoid being criticized behind his back!

However, when he thought about the fact that the Coordination Office was plotting to corrupt his generals and to give him the most fatal blow at the critical moment, Song Weijie could no longer sit still!
After carefully weighing the pros and cons, Song Weijie finally decided to adopt Feng Hui's suggestion and use the power of these underworld organizations to guard against infiltration by the Coordination Office!
For this reason, Song Weijie asked someone to find Wang Hanchao from the Big Brother Society. This Wang Hanchao was not chosen casually. In fact, although Wang Hanchao’s Big Brother Society was very powerful in Sichuan, there were also several characters in Sichuan who were more powerful than him······························
The reason for choosing Wang Hanchao is because Wang Hanchao has a very good sworn brother named Zhao Qiang, and the two have a very close relationship!

This Zhao Qiang is not a good person either. He is a loan shark and smuggler of salt in Jingchu, and his hands are stained with too much bloody silver!
When the Fengwu Army entered Jingchu, Zhao Qiang not only did not stop and avoid the limelight, but instead thought that this was an opportunity to make a lot of money. He stockpiled a lot of supplies in order to drive up prices, monopolize the market and make huge profits!
This undoubtedly ran into the gun barrel of the Fengwu Army, so there was no suspense. The Fengwu Army made Zhao Qiang an example and executed him and his 39 accomplices at Caishikou, and all their property was confiscated.

Originally, Zhao Qiang's family members were also going to be exiled, but after Wang Hanchao learned about this matter, he used some unknown connection to rescue Zhao Qiang's family members and brought them to Sichuan.

Not only that, Wang Hanchao also held a very grand funeral for Zhao Qiang in Sichuan, and swore to the sky that he and the Fengwu Army were irreconcilable, and he would avenge his good brother Zhao Qiang and make the Fengwu Army pay with blood!
It was because of this incident that Wang Hanchao stood out among the Sichuan bosses and entered Song Weijie's vision!

After all, it is not impossible for these underworld bosses in Sichuan and Shu to be won over by the Coordination Office. Once the news leaks out and his important officials know that he has hired underworld people to monitor them, there is no doubt that they will become more alienated from him...
Therefore, under such circumstances, Wang Hanchao, who had a grudge against the Fengwu Army, appeared extremely valuable, and the possibility of him being won over by the Fengwu Army was very low. It was for this reason that Song Weijie made the decision to choose Wang Hanchao!

When Wang Hanchao heard that he had a chance to work for the Governor, he came over happily. Not only that, he was thinking happily that once he did a good job for Song Weijie, he could cling to Song Weijie's big legs. Wouldn't he be able to get whatever he wanted in Sichuan and Shu in the future?
But Wang Hanchao never thought that in Song Weijie's eyes, he was just a piece of paper for wiping buttocks. Although he was needed, he would be discarded without hesitation after use!
In addition to preventing the infiltration of the United Coordination Office, Song Weijie also planned to adopt another strategy of Huang Tong, which was to contact the aristocratic families in Guanzhong, hoping to get in touch with them so that they could stand up and disrupt the rear of the Fengwu Army when the Fengwu Army attacked Shu!

Sending Huang Tong to Yijing to negotiate with Ye Mingsheng was actually a little trick of Song Weijie. First, he did feel the pressure from the Fengwu Army, so if possible, he was willing to make more concessions to gain Ye Mingsheng's understanding!
At the same time, Song Weijie was doing his best to prepare for war, and sending Huang Tong to negotiate with Ye Mingsheng also implied that Song Weijie wanted to delay time as much as possible. After all, he needed time to integrate the manpower and material resources of Sichuan and Shu, and it also took time to establish connections with the aristocratic families in Guanzhong!

Now Song Weijie has made preparations for both situations. If Ye Mingsheng is willing to take a step back and make the conditions less harsh so as to guarantee his power in Sichuan, then he is willing to surrender and accept Ye Mingsheng's enthronement. After all, compared with the Fengwu Army, his strength is absolutely inferior!
But if Ye Mingsheng insisted on forcing him into a desperate situation, he would never sit still and wait to be killed. Even a rabbit knows how to bite when it is cornered...
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Yijing, Ye Mansion.

At this moment, Ye Mingsheng had no idea about the conflicting thoughts in Song Weijie's mind. He was now listening to Ji Xian's report.

"Sir, everything is going well for No. 1 in Higashima. He is indeed very capable. He has already established good relations with Higashima to establish relations with the Hojo family, the Ishihara family and other daimyo and shogunate!"

Ye Mingsheng nodded slightly when he heard this. He was not surprised by this situation. After all, Number One had been a good card in his hand for so many years!
After a moment of silence, Ye Mingsheng ordered:
"Tell No. 1 to sow discord not only between the shogunate and the daimyo, but also between the daimyo and the daimyo. In short, I want the situation in East Island to be as chaotic as possible, and it would be best if it were a mess, so that they would fall into serious internal friction!" Ji Xian also replied after hearing this:
"We are also making progress in this regard, but because we have limited manpower and energy in East Island, the progress is a bit slow!"

Feeling the meaning of Ji Xian's words, Ye Mingsheng raised his eyebrows and asked:
"How much support do you need?"

Ji Xian thought for a moment and replied:

"Currently, we have a total of 131 spies planted in East Island, and another 71 assassins in the action team. Although there are a lot of people, the number of branches in the entire East Island is still a little small..."

"Also, the shogunate seems to have noticed us. Recently, we've received news from East Island that they've started to hunt us down. Several of our colleagues have died for their country!"

"It is foreseeable that the shogunate's search will become more and more intense, and the situation we will face will become more and more severe!"

"So we need at least 200 people who have received professional training and learned the East Island Japanese language to join the team!"

"As for the money, in order to sow discord between the Daimyo of Higashima and the shogunate, the funds you approved in the first phase have been used up. In order to advance the next work, we need at least as much funding as in the first phase!"

Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but frowned after hearing Ji Xian's answer. Long before he defeated the Luoan court, he had already started to prepare for a rainy day and began to lay out plans for Dongdao.

However, the Fengwu Army's main focus at that time was still on unifying the Great Zhou. Plus, the Fengwu Army's financial situation was not very good, and every ounce of silver had to be used sparingly. Therefore, Ye Mingsheng did not dare to take too big a step in the layout of Dongdao, and could only arrange people to go there bit by bit!

However, after defeating the Luoan court, Ye Mingsheng realized that his process of unifying the Great Zhou had entered the countdown··························

Therefore, the pace of layout in East Island was accelerated, and the internal guards were asked to increase the number of spies who would be lurking in East Island in the future.

These spies are different from the spies trained by the Internal Guards and the General Coordination Office in the past. The goal of training spies in the past was mainly within the territory of the Great Zhou. Although there are some differences in language, writing, and customs in various parts of the Great Zhou, overall there are still many similarities!
Therefore, some spies can basically be trained by learning some professional skills, practicing their accents, and studying local customs!
But it’s different when lurking in Japan. First of all, language and writing are a big hurdle. If you want to lurk in Dongdao, you must first learn to speak Japanese and write Japanese characters!

Otherwise, you won’t be able to understand what they say or read what they write, so there’s no point in lurking around!

Just for the language barrier, you have to study hard for at least a period of time. According to past experience, it takes at least a year to be able to use Japanese for daily conversations and write some Japanese texts. It will take even longer to master it!

Now, it’s only been a few months since Ye Mingsheng decided to expand the number of trainees, and those spies have not yet fully mastered the Japanese language and writing······················
If we rashly send them to Japan to carry out the mission at this time, firstly it would be irresponsible for their lives, and secondly it would easily have a counterproductive effect!

Secondly, in terms of money, in order to realize his idea of ​​causing chaos in Dongdao, Ye Mingsheng had ignored Zhang Juning's protest and approved a special fund of 150,000 taels of silver.

Ye Mingsheng originally thought that the 150,000 taels of silver could at least last through this year, but now it seems that Ye Mingsheng was just overthinking!
And if another 150,000 taels of silver are approved, then the total amount will be 300,000 taels of silver, which is not a small amount!
Sichuan has not been pacified yet, and the military is clamoring for funds. Zhang Juning is not well-off either. If he pays 150,000 taels at this time, it may even affect preparations for the war in Sichuan!

Seeing Ye Mingsheng's hesitant expression, Ji Xian also spoke very sincerely:

“Things happening on East Island are reaching a critical moment. If the manpower and material resources are not available at this time, not only will the progress of things be stagnant, but it may even have some adverse effects. Please think twice, Marshal…”

(End of this chapter)