Qin Zheng nodded and said, "This kind of speculation is also very logical, but is there an insider among us? I don't doubt anyone, but I don't think that it's completely impeccable inside us. If someone inside us conspires with the perpetrator this time for some interest, or provides some intelligence assistance, this is also a reasonable speculation."

Zhou Mian said: "I had such suspicion when the first case occurred, but after the second and third cases, I think this possibility is not great. First of all, the people who cleaned up Prince Gong's Mansion and Prince Su's Mansion were all people who brought us from Qingdao. They were basically the first time they came to Beijing and had no intersection with the people here, let alone knowing the perpetrators. In just 2 or 3 months, it is impossible to have a relationship with the perpetrators. What is the help of the perpetrators to commit crimes? In addition, we did not clean up Prince Qing's Mansion, and we did not know the situation of Prince Qing's Mansion, and it was even more impossible to help the perpetrators commit crimes in Prince Qing's Mansion. Therefore, based on these situations, we believe that the probability of an insider among us is not high. The person who provides support to the perpetrators should be outsiders, and it is very likely that they are royal families and officials in the former Qing Dynasty. Something may not be 1 or 2 people, but a group of people. This is the third point we have determined."

Qin Zheng said: "It is really good to be able to confirm these three points. So how do you plan to solve this case next."

Zhou Mian said: "We have taken some measures before, strengthened the supervision of the passageways entering and leaving Beijing, checked the information of customers in various hotels in Beijing in detail, and monitored various antique markets in Beijing. Next, we plan to monitor a group of royal families and officials from the former Qing Dynasty to find clues. Of course, the list of the whole group has not yet been determined. Secondly, we are aiming to judge that the perpetrators may commit the crime again in the near future, strengthen the protection of various royal palaces and Beile palaces, and send additional guards, so that they can strengthen patrols in key areas at night."

Li Zhengdong said: "But this requires a large amount of manpower. It is not enough to rely solely on the strength of our police system. It also requires the National Guards, so what is the assistance of the army."

Qin Zheng nodded and said, "Although you can rest assured that our committee will coordinate this, you need to report the protection and patrol plans for key areas as soon as possible to organize personnel."

Li Zhengdongdao: "Yes, we will make a plan right away."

At this time, Qin Zheng said again: "From your report just now, you have done a lot of work to solve the case and achieved certain results during this period, but there is still a considerable distance from solving the case. Moreover, I think you have made a major mistake in your previous work, which is to only focus on our own strength and ignore the power of other local people. Although I do not understand the knowledge of case solving and reconnaissance, from the experience of the old time and space, solving cases is actually mainly based on two things: one is high technology; the other is to report by the masses. Detectives like Sherlock Holmes and Poirot only exist in literary works. In reality, there is basically no case that can be solved by relying solely on personal observation and reasoning. Although we have mastered a certain amount of high technology, it is far from enough in this era. If we even give up mobilizing the masses and rely solely on our own abilities, it is far from possible. We can achieve the current achievements, but we do not rely solely on our strength. Even the weapons we brought during our time travel are at the level of artifacts in this era. From the perspective of the times, they are still very small. Only by fully utilizing the human and material resources of this era and combining them with our modern knowledge and historical experience can we have today's situation."

"And what I have seen in this case so far is that you basically rely on the reconnaissance knowledge and experience in the old time and space, which is equivalent to solving cases by relying on personal strength. Of course, these knowledge and experience are indeed very important, but relying solely on these knowledge and experience to solve cases is far from enough. Not only do you not fully utilize the strength of the local people and their collective efforts, but even the power within the police system has not been fully applied. In the current police system, a considerable number of people are servants and public servants in the Qing Dynasty, Although this group of people has been infected with a large number of bad habits in the Qing Dynasty, they have lived in the local area for many years and have been connected with the three religions and all walks of life at the bottom of society. They have many relationships and are well-informed. If used properly, this will be a great help for solving cases! Therefore, for such a group of people, we must strengthen supervision and constraints to prevent them from bringing bad habits in the Qing Dynasty into our team, thus bringing us adverse effects, but we should also make full use of their advantages. Otherwise, we would not have needed to recruit these people into the police system at the beginning."

"Not to mention that we are fully exerting the power of the local people, working together, and preventing and controlling. Although we have not ruled in Beijing for a long time now, the people lack understanding of us, and thus lack recognition and sense of belonging. In the social opinion of this case, there is a clear tendency to be a perpetrator, but this does not mean that the people support the perpetrators. They have more of a mentality of watching the show. However, as a party to the government, it is obviously not a likable role, but this does not mean that we cannot fully mobilize the people's strength. Just give them some motivation. If you reward clues and whistleblowers, I believe this is quite attractive to most people."

After listening to Qin Zheng's words, Li Zhengdong also felt a sudden realization. He had indeed ignored the power to mobilize the local people in the past, so he said, "I understand, let's prepare immediately."

Qin Zheng continued: "But this case has a great impact now. If it is not handled well, it will cause great obstacles to our next military operations. Therefore, I can only give you 15 days. The committee will do its best to support the help you need. But within these 15 days, the case must be solved and the perpetrators must be caught."

After hearing this, Li Zhengdong and Zhou Mian felt extremely stressed, but Qin Zheng said that it was obviously impossible to refuse, so the two of them could only accept this order.

After returning to the police station, the two immediately divided the work. Li Zhengdong organized personnel to formulate protection and patrol plans for key areas. Zhou Mian recruited former Qing dynasty officers and public servants who were responsible for criminal investigation to hold a meeting to explain the situation of the case to them, the pressure faced by the police station, and asked them to fully mobilize their social relations, collect clues, and find out the case. If clues that can be provided to help solve the case, they will inevitably be improved.

In the Qing court's official system, officials and officials were two completely useless systems. "Officials" mean entering the upper class, with clear ranks and promotion paths, while "officials" are always at the bottom of society, and there is almost no chance of promotion. Yamen runners, tolerances, etc. are all officials. Even if they accumulate a lot of wealth, they are not likely to be promoted to the higher level official system. Moreover, their descendants can almost only be officials, and they can only change their destiny through the imperial examination. However, the official system of the East China Government will be different from officials. Theoretically, the grassroots police officers also have the opportunity to be promoted. Of course, the chance of being promoted to high-ranking officials is still not high, but it is much better than before, to be officials in their lifetime.

Most of the former Qing dynasties were willing to endure the strict rules and systems of the East China government, and still stayed in the police system. In addition to the high salary and the on-time issue, the opportunity for promotion was also an important reason. Therefore, after hearing Zhou Mian's order, many people began to be moved. After all, under normal circumstances, it would only take time to get promoted. Even in the Qing court, the opportunity for promotion was only once every three years. But now the opportunity is right in front of you. As long as you find clues to solve the case, you can get the opportunity for promotion. These people are basically native Beijingers, with familiar people and land here, and there are really many ways among them, and they are also eager to try it.

After Zhou Mian finished speaking, he announced the resignation of the meeting. Everyone stood up and left. Zhou Mian also packed up his things. After everyone was finished, he was about to leave the conference room. At this time, someone turned back and said, "Chief."

When Zhou Mian saw that the man was named Li Chenggui, a constable from the Qing Dynasty. He was quite smart. He also received several years of Xinxue education when he was a teenager. He performed well among the staff of the Qing Dynasty. He went to the scene for investigation these days. Zhou Mian nodded and said, "Li Chenggui, is there anything wrong?"

Li Chenggui said: "Chief, I have a master, surnamed Shen. He has been the chief constable for more than 20 years. He has a wide network of contacts in Beijing and has a very informative news. If we can ask him to come out to help and solve this case, there is great hope."

Zhou Mian said: "Is your master Shen Qianfeng?"

Li Chenggui nodded and said, "Yes."

Of course, Zhou Mian knew that Shen Qianfeng was also a sensible figure in Beijing. He was over 60 years old. Because he was in his family for four generations, he was called Shen Siye. He was born in a family of constables. His ancestors were all constables and were all chief constables in Beijing. Now his disciples and disciples are widely distributed in various parts of Beijing. It can be said that they are all over the world, and both officials and private sectors can be enjoyed. Therefore, they not only have a wide range of channels in the lower class of Beijing, but also have many connections in the middle and upper class.
Chapter completed!