After receiving the new order from the Executive Committee, Li Sanjie was also quite excited. Although Li Hongzhang's help this time exceeded the expectations of the Time Travel Group, to be honest, he has little to do with Li Sanjie. Moreover, negotiating with various countries and mediation is the main purpose of Li Sanjie staying in Shanghai. Li Sanjie also made a lot of preparations for this. If this matter is done well, then Li Sanjie will truly make a great contribution to the Time Travel Group.

So Li Sanjie immediately recruited staff from the Shanghai office to discuss how to carry out the tasks of the Executive Committee. Although Li Sanjie is not a formal staff member outside the Shanghai office, he has the highest administrative level and is qualified to start a meeting.

Now four main staff members of the Shanghai office are Liu Lantao, Li Hongbing, Chen Zhaosheng, and Gao Lei. Li Sanjie first conveyed the orders of the Executive Committee to everyone.

After hearing this, the other four people pondered for a while. Simply put, the Executive Committee asked Shanghai to do business outside the Shanghai, preferably a mass movement, and it is best to organize a collective parade, so that it can put huge pressure on all countries. In fact, this kind of mass movement was not uncommon in ancient China. The most recent one was the public bus letter incident that opposed the Qing government's signing of the "Treaty of Shimonoseki" that was humiliated after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. This incident was the fuse of the later reform of 1898-1895 and was also considered the beginning of the political movement of the Chinese masses. And to a certain extent, the Boxer Movement can also be regarded as a mass movement, but it eventually evolved into a mass mob movement.

In the old time and space, this mass movement was indeed a good way to put pressure on the ruling people. However, in this era, organizing such mass movements was quite risky. In addition to the letter to the public buses, other mass movements would have some violent tendencies. The Boxer Rebellion was not counted. Even the May Fourth Movement, which had a very high historical evaluation, also had the incident of hitting Zhang Zongxiang and burning Zhaojialou, which was already a very peaceful mass movement. In addition, it was

The international moral standards and social supervision responsibilities of this era are not yet fully established, and mass movements are often defeated by the rulers. Almost all European countries have had policemen, soldiers shoot at the demonstrations, causing bloody incidents. Moreover, at this time, countries generally despise China, and the sequelae caused by the Boxer Rebellion. Therefore, once a demonstration is held in the Shanghai Concession, whether countries will use violent means to suppress it is contrary to the original intention of crossing the group.

Liu Lantao said: "Although the executive committee's suggestions are very good, we have not been in Shanghai for a long time and the mass base is still very weak. It is probably difficult to move a mass movement. Even if it moves, it may not be difficult to control. If serious bloody conflicts are caused, the consequences will be out of control."

Li Hongbing also said: "Yes, and what if all countries send troops to suppress it? We cannot just move the masses and ignore them."

Li Sanjie said confidently: "I have a plan, but this requires the joint cooperation of all parties."

Liu Lantao said: "Director Li, what plans do you have and how do we cooperate with you?"

Li Sanjie smiled and said, "Didn't we show a group of students? Now is the time for them to come in handy."

Although the Shanghai office was basically very low-key after the breakdown of the Shanghai negotiations and there was no big move, the staff of the Shanghai office actually made a lot of preparations in the low-key manner. According to the Executive Committee's plan, the status of Shanghai outside the office is actually very important, and it is a responsibility that integrates business, intelligence, publicity, foreign exchange and other functions.

At present, business and foreign exchanges can be temporarily suspended, and publicity has already shown results. Therefore, intelligence collection is an urgent task. However, if you want to collect intelligence, you need to have a considerable social foundation and a large number of intelligence personnel. However, social foundation requires time to accumulate, and intelligence personnel cannot be recruited blatantly. Therefore, the Shanghai Office decided to start with the children and cultivate a group of small intelligence personnel. Although children do not have the social experience and experience of adults, they also have their own advantages. First, children will not attract attention, and they will not be too hindered by any means of inquiring about information or conducting training; second, compared with adults, children's greed is not so strong and easy to control; third, talents with existing potential among children can be sent to Tianjin for training.

Another advantage is that it has rich sources. Although Shanghai is the most economical city in China in this era, its prosperity is limited to the concession and part of the old city of Shanghai. In the surrounding areas of Shanghai Xiao District, rural areas, and prosperous areas, there are still large areas of poor residential areas, which has formed a relatively abnormal prosperity. There are also a large number of poor people, and there are also child laborers, young apprentices, and little beggars. In this way, small intelligence officers in the Shanghai office have a lot of choices.

However, the Shanghai office is not willing to accept everyone, and it also requires screening and interviewing. According to the selection criteria set by the Ministry of Security, first, the age must be at least 10 years old, preferably 12 or 3 years old, but never over 16 years old, because children under 10 years old are basically ignorant, and after 16 years old, they can be considered adults, lose their children's selection potential, and are prone to stick to bad social habits; secondly, they must be clever and flexible, which is also the basic condition for collecting intelligence. Even if they are not eliminated, they are of other use.

Another is that there are strict restrictions on the origin of children. Try to choose to have families in Shanghai, because they are small businessmen or children who are apprentices, but they must have a certain space for free movement, because such children will not have a good family background, which is easy to be attracted by small favors. Moreover, they are usually more mature and sensible, with more social contacts than factories, and more information sources. For children who go to private schools or new schools, they are selectively used. After all, they can afford private cushions and their family background will not be too bad. It is difficult for ordinary small favors to attract them; while for small beggars, they are cautious. This is mainly because ordinary urban beggars have certain organizations, and the background is relatively complicated. At present, Shanghai offices are not suitable for being related to gangs, so small beggars must be strictly reviewed and must have nothing to do with gangs before they can be selected.

The control of this small intelligence officer is also very particular. First, they must not know that they are hired by the Shanghai office. Therefore, they choose several other gathering places in Shanghai, and they must be in the residential areas of the poor. The more secret the location, the better. They are concentrated regularly, collect intelligence or dispatch tasks. Secondly, these small intelligence officers also know each other less, the better. It is best to have about 20 people as a group, each of which only knows the members of the group, and do not know the existence of other groups. In this way, even if one or two groups are exposed, the other groups will not be affected.

The task arrangements for these small intelligence officers are, first, to collect various intelligence, and the Shanghai Office concentrates on subdivisions, and the intelligence is divided into useless intelligence, effective intelligence, which means that it has certain value, but is temporarily useless and useful intelligence, which refers to intelligence that is useful to the crossing group; second, the Shanghai Office issues designated intelligence tasks, which are completed by these small intelligence officers.

The remuneration of each small intelligence officer is a piece-based reward, with only a fixed remuneration of 10 cents per month; if the collected information is valid, you can get a reward that is much higher than the fixed remuneration; if no effective intelligence has been collected for three consecutive months, you will not be paid in fixed remuneration; but you can continue to work for the Shanghai office until useful intelligence is collected or specified intelligence is completed, and the fixed remuneration can be restored. This method of remuneration naturally introduces modern systems, which is conducive to stimulating the enthusiasm of small intelligence officers.

At the same time, in the process of collecting intelligence, the abilities and personality of each small intelligence officer are examined. If there are any outstanding performances, further cultivation can be considered.

The Shanghai Office has selected children of appropriate age in Shanghai in accordance with these regulations. Of course, some children have no way to check their age and can only estimate them. There are still a large number of optional targets in this way. Now 47 children have been selected, divided into 3 groups, and three more poor houses have been rented in Shanghai as a gathering point, and intelligence collection activities have been launched.

The Shanghai office exhibited a group of students, which was a complete unexpected gain.

Although it is still under the rule of the Qing court, Shanghai is the most open-minded area of ​​this era. Many churches have opened church schools for the Chinese. Coupled with the enlightenment of the Westernization Movement, various social classes have opened large modern schools in Shanghai to teach European scientific knowledge and introduce European-style teaching methods. There are really many students who have received European-style education. Lu Xun, a famous literary master in the old time and space, is a typical representative.

Most of these young students are energetic, passionate, and simple patriotism. They also receive European education, have a broad vision, and are very dissatisfied with the incompetent rule of the Qing court. They just cannot find a way to save the country. Therefore, in the old time and space, any movement can arouse the enthusiasm of students. In this time and space, the emergence of time and space also makes these students seem to find hope.

Not long after the establishment of the Shanghai office, several students came to the door to ask the time travelers for advice on how to save the country. Although they were not prepared, Li Sanjie still warmly received these students and held talks with them. After all, Li Sanjie knew in his heart that these students were the hope of China's future. It would be better for them to come to the door on their own initiative.

Although Li Sanjie only received them in a general way, these students were very moved because it was the first time they had received such an equal reception and exchange, so their favorability for time travelers doubled.
Chapter completed!