Chapter 21: Leaks

When Paul returned to the hall, the officers were still discussing the next phase of the operation enthusiastically.

He shouted angrily: "Stop! Stop everything!"

Everyone looked at him in puzzlement. The Earl has been out for a while, so maybe he ate the gunpowder he invented.

"Our old background is known by others, and I am so mad." Only the earl said angrily, and then described to everyone the process of meeting with the two clergymen, how the other party was suspicious and inquisitive, and who was he? How to bear the burden of humiliation and prove your innocence.

"What? These two guys are too rude, don't they even look down on their lord because of their priesthood?"

"Lord Earl, you have the right to drive them out of the territory, and ask the diocese to send a polite priest."

"Strange, Father Anderson doesn't look like this kind of person. My house is near the church. I'm usually very kind."

"Yes, I also know Dean Leonard. Although he is a bit old-fashioned, he is quite a good person."

Knight Schroeder patted the table vigorously, and everyone immediately stopped discussing and looked at him.

"Everyone, I think your focus is wrong. There are soldiers who disregard the prohibition and disclose the secrets of the army to others without authorization. Even if the other party is a clergyman, who can guarantee that there are no degenerates among the religious people? If we exchange our secrets with our enemies, it will cause immeasurable losses to our army. This is what the Earl is worried about, am I right?"

"Yes! Yes! You...you!" Paul was heartbroken, as if he hated iron but steel, why were the officers he promoted so vigilant.

All the officers looked at me and I looked at you, all of them blushed, and the hall was extremely embarrassing for a while.

In the end, it was Bryce who broke the silence: "My lord, look, how should we deal with this matter?"

"What else can I do? This matter must not be left alone. Check! We must find out who leaked the secret. Anyone who has been to the church after the battle is suspected. It is better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let one go." .”

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Two days later, the person who leaked the secret was found out, and the public trial was quickly held. We must make good use of this negative example and draw a red line in the hearts of all officers and soldiers.

"...The danger of leaking secrets is clearly stated in the secrecy regulations...Speaking out loud, just not taking the lives of comrades-in-arms seriously...Even clergy, there will inevitably be degenerates..."

In front of the entire army, the Earl scolded him for two hours, spitting all over the place.

Finally, he looked at the leaker who was kneeling on the ground trembling.

"Now, I sentence..." Seeing that the leaker trembled even more, he hesitated for a moment, but finally he couldn't make up his mind, "Considering that this kind of incident happened for the first time, I will sentence him to 10 years of hard labor for the time being, but if it happens again For similar incidents, I will definitely hang the offenders, and I will do what I say."

All the officers and soldiers were horrified when they heard this, but the leaker seemed to be pardoned and kowtowed vigorously, "Thank you, my lord, for not killing me."

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The leak incident reminded Paul Greiman that it is time to form an intelligence agency, not just for the military. With the development and construction of the territory in the future, external political and economic intelligence is essential. The other is to protect one's own secrets and prevent other forces from spying on them secretly.

He found Philip the most loyal and reliable butler to discuss this matter. Unexpectedly, the old butler said that he was embarrassed and recommended another person to take charge of the matter.

He looked surprised: "Cecile? Why do I think this person is unreliable? I remember that on the day I succeeded the lord, that guy said that I was 'just a child, what can I understand'."

"Can't you see it? He was cooperating with Bryce. Later, Bryce's performance shocked those who had evil intentions."

Is that so? One sings the red face and the other sings the bad face.

"The Cecil family has also served the Greiman family for generations. They have followed your ancestors before they migrated to the Northwest Bay. The old Cecil used to be your grandfather's intelligence officer and has a lot of experience in espionage. Cecil I learned a lot of skills from his father, but after your father succeeded to the lord, he thought espionage work was unnecessary and sent him to manage forestry."

"Oh?" Paul became interested, this is really sleepy sending pillows.

"Well, you call him, and I'll see how this man is."

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In the afternoon, Cecil, the forestry supervisor, came to the Lord's Castle. Paul tried it out during the conversation, and felt that there was nothing wrong with it. Was it a deliberate act to cooperate with Bryce that day?

So he announced the appointment of Cecil as the intelligence director of the territory, and until a suitable handover person was found, he would continue to serve as the forestry director.

"Thank you for your hard work, but I will give you double salary."

"Serving the adults is one's duty, and I dare not say it's hard work." Cecil knelt down on one knee, swept away the bad luck before, and said solemnly.

"Very well, get up, let's go to my study together, and talk in detail about how the future work should be carried out."

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In the study, Paul and Cecil discussed in detail the establishment of intelligence agencies and the protection of secrets in the territory. He didn't know how the spy technology in this world was, UU read www. uukanshu.com then put forward all the things that he saw in the Internet street stalls in his previous life for reference. Cecil agreed with the following measures:

1. The secret matters in the territory are divided into three levels: secret level, top secret level, and top secret level. "Top secret" is the most important secret, leaking it will cause particularly serious damage to the security and interests of the territory. "Confidentiality" is an important secret, the disclosure of which will cause serious damage to the security and interests of the territory. "Secret" is a general secret, leaking it will damage the security and interests of the territory.

2. Secret-involved personnel are divided into three levels: "core secret-involved personnel", "important secret-involved personnel" and "general secret-involved personnel". Core secret-involved personnel can access top-secret, confidential and secret, and important secret-involved personnel can access classified information And secrets, general classified personnel can only touch secrets.

3. It is necessary to establish a special organization to manage secret matters, responsible for the classification of secret matters and the grade evaluation of secret-related personnel. The name of the organization is tentatively designated as "Secrecy Bureau".

4. Even high-level secret-related personnel are not allowed to touch low-level secrets outside the scope of their authority without the permission of relevant departments.

5. It is necessary to establish a code system specially used for intelligence work.

During the discussion, Paul learned that some similar measures in the above points had already appeared in this world, but Cecil was very surprised that a half-grown child could know these.

In the end, Paul requested that the focus of recent intelligence work be devoted to the acquisition of pirate intelligence, especially the shark gang that occupied Sealand Port. He planned to completely eliminate all pirates in his territory within 3 months and open up the sea.

Cecil asked for a piece of parchment to record in detail the details that the Earl had ordered.