Sheet 427 Fortification of the port area

Despite the fact that Zhan Gui had already joined the operation of the Haihan intelligence agency, Hao Wanqing had no intention of pulling him directly into the Ministry of Security. Within the scope of the work of the Ministry of Security, in fact, there is far more than one Zhan Gui serving it, like the early partners such as the "Fu Ruifeng" Li family, which also provided a lot of convenience for the work of the intelligence agencies in the mainland. However, in the eyes of the Ministry of Security, these peripheral partners can only stay in the process of cooperation, and there is still a long way to go before they can fully trust. Unless they one day renounce their Ming nationality and join the Haihan naturalization, it is impossible for them to enter the Haihan security intelligence agency.

After sending off Zhan Gui's fleet, Hao Wanqing immediately began to deal with another troublesome matter. According to the information sent back by the Guangzhou Office, several people from Guangzhou Jinyiwei have already crossed to Qiongzhou, and He Xi suspected that these people were planning to infiltrate the Sanya area for activities, and asked Hao Wanqing to do his best to find traces in Sanya and deal with them carefully.

Unlike other official institutions, the Ming Jinyi Guard did not directly obey the orders of the Governor of Liangguang, but was under the unified command of the Nanzhen Fusi in Nanjing. Therefore, although Haihan got along relatively well with the officials at all levels in Guangdong, it still could not affect the yamen at the level of Jinyiwei Zhenfusi, and in the past two years, Haihan's reputation in the southern coastal areas has become more and more famous, and it has also attracted the attention of the Ming intelligence agency.

In fact, since a year ago, Nanzhen Fusi has begun to collect information about Haihan, but the Gong Zongqi deployed by Jinyiwei in Yazhou was successfully bought by He Xi shortly after the establishment of the Yazhou Office, as for the report to the above, it is naturally according to the meaning of Haihan's side, only picking out some small things to write, and trying his best to portray Haihan as a group of Han descendants who can only do maritime trade. And with the assistance of this Gong Zongqi, the relevant departments even took care of the hundred households of Jinyi Wei in the capital city of Qiongzhou.

This deliberately created image still played a somewhat disguised role in the early stage, at least during the tenure of Gong Zongqi in Yazhou, the Jinyi Guards did not take any form of hostile activities against the Shengli Port area - of course, this is mainly the silver that played a role, in order to buy this group of Jinyi Guards on Qiongzhou Island for a long time, the Garrison Office did not spend a lot of money on this. So much so that after the change of the Executive Committee last year, it was discussed very carefully. Shouldn't this group of brocade guards in Yacheng be completely uprooted, so that this expenditure can be saved for the Cliff Office to do other more useful things, such as further increasing the remuneration for recruiting scholars, and attracting those Ming scholars who are still on the sidelines.

Of course, this issue was later vetoed by the security department, because it was not yet appropriate to completely cut off the intelligence eyes and ears of the Ming Dynasty in the Yazhou area, so as not to attract the attention of the authorities. However, the heart of guarding against people is indispensable, and it is possible for the Ming Dynasty to send people to infiltrate the control area. The security sector has always been relentless.

The news from Guangzhou this time was different from the past, He Xi specifically pointed out in the telegram. This time, the order came directly from the Nanzhen Fusi, and the people sent also set off from Nanjing, which was beyond the scope of the influence of the Guangzhou Office. When the Guangzhou Office got the news, the people had already set off from Nanjing for more than 10 days, and according to He Xi's judgment, Jinyiwei's people probably would not stay in Guangzhou specifically, but would go south to Qiongzhou by boat. At present, the Guangzhou Office has begun to set up arrangements at the Lijiazhuang Immigration Station, and has intensified the investigation of new immigrants, so as to eliminate the opportunity for the other party to sneak in through the immigration channel as much as possible.

However, it is difficult to say whether such efforts will be effective. After all, it is too difficult for those naturalized cadres who have only been trained for a short period of time to distinguish professionally trained intelligence agents from the many immigrants, and since those people are planning to infiltrate secretly, they will inevitably find the most difficult way to expose their identities, and the large number of immigrants who move from Guangzhou Prefecture to Sanya on Qiongzhou Island every month is undoubtedly an excellent choice. Sha Xi, who is in charge of immigration affairs in the Guangzhou Office, is now based in Lijiazhuang, but because there are too few professionals, this kind of investigation can only be said to be better than nothing, and the real effect will probably be very limited.

And except for immigrants. Another way to openly enter the Sanya area is to engage in maritime trade. Whether it is a sailor or a maritime merchant, it is not difficult to enter the Haihan control area in a similar capacity, and the main way for Haihan to deal with this type of outsiders is to restrict the activity area. Non-naturalized people living or temporarily staying in Sanya have always been limited in their areas of activity, especially in the inland areas in the direction of Tiandu. It's a completely no-go zone for outsiders - and it's probably a mysterious area of most interest to the outside world.

Since it is not clear how many personnel were sent this time, the specific purpose and the time of the infiltration, there are not many specific countermeasures that the Ministry of Security can take. What Hao Wanqing could do was to issue a notice to the departments of port affairs, civil affairs, shipping, commerce and trade, justice, and the Central Military Commission. Of course, the report did not mention in detail the possible Ming spies, but only asked all units to cooperate with the Ministry of Security in the near future.

After sending out the investigation report, Hao Wanqing called the people from the secret service and asked them to send people to Yacheng to monitor the local Jinyi guards day and night. Although the people sent by Nanjing may not be in contact with the Jinyi Guard organization in Yacheng. But it's also a way to find out the hidden pile. Haihan had already taken over the defense of Yacheng last year, and two companies of troops were stationed near Yacheng all year round, and once anything was discovered, the militia troops could be mobilized to deal with it. If the Jinyi Wei from Nanjing doesn't enter Yacheng, it's fine, if you really go into the city to contact the local Jinyiwei, then probably things will be simple.

The Executive Committee also gave sufficient support to the measures taken by the Ministry of Security, so that the Military Commission had specially prepared a company of militia to stand by at Fort Victory, temporarily under the direct command of the Ministry of Security. The Police Division has also organized elite troops to assist the Ministry of Security in its operations.

Yu Zhen, the third-level superintendent of the Police Department of the Haihan Ministry of Justice, is also one of the cadres who participated in the operation. He himself is from a public family, and he adapted very quickly after entering the police system, although the laws and regulations formulated by the Haihan people are different from the "Da Ming Law", but in fact, many law enforcement methods are still the same. Yu Zhen has been doing well since taking office, and has properly handled many public security incidents in Sanya Xingang, and has been promoted to his current position without encountering any twists and turns.

Since he was promoted to superintendent, Yu Zhen moved all his family to Sanya New Town, and applied for naturalized citizenship for all his family, and he was determined to follow the Haihan people. For such naturalized cadres with high loyalty, the Executive Committee has always been stingy in giving them the opportunity to express themselves. This time, the investigation report was sent to the Ministry of Justice, and Ren Liang did not hesitate to trap the aftershocks when he selected people. If only he could get this errand done. Then the promotion speed in the Ministry of Justice is probably only comparable to Fu Li, an internal relation.

Even if Ren Liang didn't explain the stakes, Aftershock could still feel the importance of this errand. He had long known that there was also a privileged body called the "Ministry of Security" under the Haihan Executive Committee, which had much more authority than a public official like him, and did not even need to produce an arrest warrant issued by the Ministry of Justice to arrest people. However, this agency is very low-key, usually inconspicuous, and has very little contact with the police department, and this is the first time that Yu Zhen has heard that the two departments are going to jointly handle the case. And he is one of the seconded personnel from the Ministry of Security to the Police Division.

Aftershock leaned into the small mirror hanging on the wall to make sure his uniform was fully dressed. He didn't have any valuables at home. This small mirror, which has a market price of about 100 yuan in circulation coupons, is probably the most valuable piece of furniture. However, this does not mean that Yu Zhen's living standard is low now, he is one of the first naturalized residents to move into the Sanya New Town Apartment, the structure and internal facilities of this Anju apartment are not much different from the garden house that sells for 1,500 taels of silver, and the benefits of naturalization allow him to buy this house at a price of almost 50% off.

However, due to insufficient savings, Yu Zhen had to apply for a five-year low-interest loan from Haihan Bank, but the price was well worth it, and if he didn't have a house in Sanya Xingang now, who would be embarrassed to admit that he was a cadre outside? People like Yu Dashan and Zhang Tiangui not only bought the cheapest apartment in Shengli Port before. Now we have also purchased a new apartment building in Sanya New Town. Aftershock's upstairs and downstairs neighbors are almost all naturalized cadres of the same level as him.

Although the house is a little smaller and there is no private courtyard space, Aftershock is very satisfied with this living environment. You must know that people like Luo Shengdong and Wei Ping, who were originally officials in Yacheng, now buy a house here that is similar to him, and when he saw Luo Shengdong in Yacheng before, he had to respectfully call Master Luo. Now he saw that he would politely take the initiative to greet "Superintendent Yu", a change in status that he had never dared to imagine before. And here, he can clearly see his hope of continuing to make progress in the future, instead of running errands in the Yacheng government like in the past, and doing more than one head in his life is just a state city catcher.

Aftershock knows exactly where he got his life from today, and what he should do if he wants to pursue a higher level in the future. He didn't care whether Haihan would continue to be a local powerhouse or break the territory and become a country of its own in the future. With the wisdom of the chiefs, he believed that he could not go wrong with it.

Aftershock tidied up and went downstairs to work. When the naturalized people on the road saw him in black uniform, they would respectfully give way to the side, which made Aftershock's vanity feel very satisfied. The naturalized people of Sanya do not take the arresting officials of Yacheng seriously, and the personnel of the inspection department like Wei Ping can only scare the newcomers who have just arrived on the dock. And the real deterrent in the civilian population is the police who have to wear black uniforms.

Coming to the port area, Yu Zhen did not go to the office first, but walked around the dock to see if Yiqiē was operating normally. As many as eight terminals have been completed in Sanya New Port, and the construction of inland terminals in the upper reaches of the two rivers continues. Yu Zhen once heard Zhou Hengxing, director of the port management committee, mention that there are as many as 30 wharves planned in the entire inland port area, and more than 100 ships of 400 materials can dock at the same time, which is larger than the Pearl River wharf outside Guangzhou and has a stronger cargo throughput capacity.

Although the plan is only about a quarter of the way through, the aftershocks can already roughly imagine the prosperity of the place after it was completed. With the prosperity of the port, the task of maintaining law and order has also increased, but fortunately, the Executive Committee has recently approved an application for the expansion of the police division, and it is said that a new batch of police cadets has begun to be recruited, and a group of retired professionals from the Haihan militia will also join the police department. This made Aftershock feel a little more relaxed, at least he didn't have to rely on a squadron of police to maintain law and order in the Sanya port area like before.

After Yu Zhen walked around the wharf, Shi Shiran went to the nearby staff canteen to have breakfast, and then went to the port management committee to sign in to work. The offices of the entire Xingang port affairs, shipping, public security, health, civil affairs and other departments are concentrated in the courtyard of the port management committee, and the employees who go to work have to rush here before the specified time every day to turn over the bamboo cards in the attendance box on the wall. The name of the employee is written in red and black on both sides of the bamboo card, one end is eye-catching, hanging on the nail in the box, and the box will be opened when commuting, and the employee will turn the bamboo card as attendance. The person in charge of the supervisor only needs to see whose sign has not been turned over at the allotted time to know if anyone is late and has left early. Of course, if someone has an itchy hand and wants to flop on behalf of others, then as long as they are caught once, they will be deducted from the month's salary, and generally no one will take such a big risk to do such a violation.

Aftershock flipped over his bamboo plaque and did not rush to leave, but stood by and waited to see if his men would be late and absent from work. However, today's attendance situation did not leave any chance for aftershocks to find a prick, and all the police officers completed their attendance before the time was up.

When Yu Zhen returned to his place, he first called all the people outside to assemble, and then announced to them that from now on, the entry inspection at the port should be intensified, especially the merchant ships and migrant ships coming from the north of Qiongzhou Island or the mainland, and more strict searches need to be carried out. Of course, Yu Zhen will not tell the matter of Jinyiwei, the first lesson he learned in the police department is the confidentiality system, he knows very well what can be said and what cannot be said, for the following grassroots police, the reason he can give is that there may be Jiangyang thieves sneaking into Sanya to commit crimes in the near future, which is also a very credible reason.