There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 76 First Intelligence Analysis
  As the saying goes, professional things must be left to professionals.

Guo Zheng is really a good person in intelligence work. Not long after Tingfeng Pavilion was established, they produced the first comprehensive intelligence.

It was a good start for Lin Feng's gang's intelligence career.

After Lin Feng got the report, he read it carefully. The content of the intelligence was very comprehensive, including the changes in important court officials, the movements of the peasant army, the court's suppression of bandits, etc.

I have seen a lot of these contents in the county government's court newspapers before, but when viewed together, it is different. It is obviously much more comprehensive.

Lin Feng felt that although his current power was limited to a corner of Fugu, he still had to lead his main team to learn to observe the general trend of the world before considering the next development direction.

Therefore, Lin Feng notified Li Xiongzhen, Fang Dashan from the escort team, and Fang Tiezhu from the Minzhuang team to come over to listen to the intelligence report from Tingfeng Pavilion.

In the lobby of Linzhai, several people sat together.

We didn't drink, mainly because we were afraid that everyone would drink too much and talk nonsense, so one person would have a cup of tea.

Guo Zheng first reported the first phase of intelligence they collected.

The first is the court.

In the first half of the 10th year of Chongzhen's reign, Wen Tiren, the chief minister of the cabinet, ordered Zhang Hanru to impeach Qian Qianyi, which implicated Cao Huachun, the eunuch in charge of rituals. Cao detective discovered some of Wen's secrets and reported them to Emperor Chongzhen. After reading it, Chongzhen said, "Be benevolent and benevolent."

Wen Tiren still pretended to be ill and asked to serve, thinking that the emperor would comfort him. Unexpectedly, Emperor Chongzhen followed suit and dismissed Wen Tiren.

He was promoted to Zhang Zhifa (also known as Shenghu) as the Minister of Rites and the Bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion, and took over as the chief assistant of the cabinet.

Although this happened in June, news circulated very slowly in ancient times, and people in remote counties may not necessarily know about the changes in the top brass of the imperial court. This was the first time for Li Xiongzhen and others to hear it.

However, such a high-level personnel change has little to do with Fugu County, so it was just treated as a story.

The second is the situation of the peasant army.

At the end of September this year, Li Zicheng, Guo Tianxing and others besieged Hanzhong Fucheng, but were defeated by Hong Chengchou's troops. Li Zicheng turned to conquer Ningqiang Prefecture at the junction of Shaanxi and Sichuan and regained his momentum.

In early October, Li Zicheng, Guo Tianxing, Hun Tianwang and other nine groups entered Sichuan through Qipanguan, Yangpingguan and Lishukou respectively. In the middle of the month, Li Zicheng and other soldiers surrounded Chengdu. They did not leave for seven days and marched to more than 10 prefectures and counties in central Sichuan. Emperor Chongzhen urgently ordered Hong Chengchou and Cao Bianjiao to lead their troops to rescue Sichuan.

The third is the situation of local bandit suppression.

This year, Xiong Wencan replaced Wang Jiazhen as Prime Minister for the military affairs of Shaanxi, Henan, Shanxi, Chu, Sichuan and Nanji.

While Yang Sichang adopted the strategy of building four main points and six corners, increasing troops and vigorously encircling and suppressing the peasant army, Xiong Wenji adopted a strategy of suppressing and appeasement at the same time, with appeasement as the main strategy.

In October, Xiong Wencan induced Zhang Xianzhong to surrender. To be precise, it was not an inducement to surrender. Zhang Xianzhong saw that the situation was not good and sent money to buy a temporary worker within the Ming Dynasty system to work.

In November, Luo Rucai, Yi Zhangqing, Xiao Qin Wang, Yi Long, Hui Dengxiang, Wang Guangen and other peasant troops also came to Xiong Wencan.

At this point, the peasant army movement in the Ming Dynasty was at a historical low. Next year, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting defeated Li Zicheng again and almost wiped out the peasant army nationwide.

In fact, there is nothing confidential about Guo Zheng's intelligence analysis. Most of it is a summary of the imperial palace newspapers.

But for several people attending the meeting today, this is the first time they heard many things.

After hearing this, Lin Feng took a tactical sip of tea and said, "Let's talk about it, everyone. What do you think after hearing this information?" "President, these things are so far away from Fugu, so far away from us. What does it matter?" Fang Dashan said carelessly.

"Xiong Zhen, please tell me." Lin Feng named him.

"I think whether you are doing business or doing other major things, you must pay attention to the general trend of the world. For example, there is a war in Sichuan now, so if you want to do business there, you must pay special attention. Also, Hanzhong Prefecture just suffered a military disaster. There may be a shortage of food," Li Xiongzhen analyzed.

"Xiong Zhen is right. We should not only keep our heads down, but also look up at the sky and the surrounding situation. Otherwise, it will be difficult to grasp the direction and focus of development." Lin Feng said.

"President, is it because the surrounding area is chaotic, so we need to form a good people's Zhuang team? In the past, they said that there was no such a large number of people's team." Fang Tiezhu thought for a moment and said.

"Yes, that's the truth in a nutshell. The surrounding situation is closely related to our development. This is why I want to set up Tingfeng Pavilion to strengthen intelligence analysis. Guo Zheng, you have done a good job in compiling intelligence for the first time. ." Lin Feng responded and affirmed Tingfeng Pavilion.

Guo Zheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately stood up and said, "Thank you so much, Mr. County, for your affirmation. We will definitely work harder to improve the intelligence."

“In doing intelligence work, we must not only summarize these situations, but also analyze and summarize something more useful to us.

For example, now that the imperial court has changed the chief minister of the cabinet, what political opinions does the new chief minister have? Does he advocate raising taxes or not raising taxes? Is the assessment of states and counties strict or not? This is about us.

For another example, Governor Hong and Governor Sun have both gone to Sichuan to suppress bandits. The troops in Shaanxi will be empty, and the local control and deterrence will be reduced. Our old rival, Liu Qianhu of Yulin Guard, may do something wrong. moth. " Lin Feng analyzed.

"Yes, the boss of the governor's office is not here, so he will definitely not have time to take care of the soldiers at the border guard station. That Liu Qianhu will definitely take the opportunity to attack us. We must hurry up and prepare for war." Fang Dashan finally understood some information. importance.

Upon hearing this, Guo Zheng immediately stood up and said: "County Lord, we have sent a person to Yulin City to inquire about the situation of Yulin Guards. We have also sent a person to Zhenqiang Fort to closely monitor Liu Qianhu's movements."

"Yes, Chief Guo is very foresighted. We must keep an eye on the man named Liu at this time." Lin Feng praised.

"The adults have put the points in place. Your analysis today has enlightened us. We will do more analysis in the future." Guo Zheng responded.

"This is why I asked everyone to come here today to listen to the intelligence analysis. Our Fugu does not exist independently from the court and the surrounding environment. When making big decisions, we must consider these big situations and circumstances. This is the overall view. .”

"If you want to do big things, you must have an overall view!" Lin Feng emphasized again.

"Looking at the overall situation? What the president said is really insightful!" Li Xiongzhen also praised.

"Haha, I only have a superficial grasp. We must analyze more together and improve together in the future." Lin Feng said modestly, and then said to several people:
  "Based on the current situation, Qianhu named Liu is very likely to cause trouble in the near future.

In terms of response, one is that Guo Zheng and your Tingfeng Pavilion should strengthen their understanding of the situation there and strive for early warning.

The other one is Fang Dashan and Fang Tiezhu. You must organize the training of the escort team and the people's strong team as soon as possible, equip them with weapons and armor, speed up the improvement of their fighting ability, and be ready at any time to cover up the water and the earth when the troops come. "

"Understood!" the crowd responded.

In this way, the first intelligence analysis meeting of the Lin Feng Group was over. Everyone had little experience and could only continue to learn by doing.

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