So the five executive standing committee members immediately gathered together to discuss the response. Originally, Wang Yunpeng wanted to return to Qingdao to preside over the work, so he had to stay in Tianjin for one more day.

This discussion mainly has three issues. First, the change in the public opinion trend this time, and who planned it behind the scenes. Although when I first heard this news, everyone's reactions were almost completely consistent, it must be dominated by various countries. In terms of motivation, it is reasonable. If it cannot be defeated in war, it is caused by public opinion. This is seen by many people in the old time and space, and the evidence is obvious that newspapers from various countries played a leading role in this public opinion offensive. If it is said that it has nothing to do with other countries, who would believe it?

But Xia Bohai and Qin Zheng calmed down and thought carefully, after they believed that at least in terms of motivation, it was not entirely reasonable. It is reasonable for countries to lose battles on the battlefield and hope to find the situation in the public opinion field. But what goal do countries want to achieve in this way?

Provoking a war again? If countries really want to fight again, there is no need for reasons at all. They have already sent troops. It is precisely because each country has its own reasons and interests that cannot fight again, so countries plan to negotiate with the time travel group. They can negotiate peace between the two sides, which is the best choice for countries that are currently difficult to use military means.

So will it be logical to use public opinion pressure to make the Time Travel Group concessions in the negotiations? If the Shanghai consuls of all countries think this way, then they should be dismissed, because now, all countries should be very clear that Time Travelers will not succumb to such pressure, and they do this, aren’t afraid of backfiring and putting the foundation for this negotiation?

Based on these considerations, Xia Bohai and Qin Zheng believed that the dominant leader behind this public opinion attack could not be the joint actions of various countries, or at least it could be the actions of individual countries. But it is hard to say which country they are, because Russia, Britain, France, the United States, even Germany, and Japan are all possible, and there is also a major suspect, namely Qingting. From the motivational point of view, such speculation is reasonable, but with the minds of the Qing rulers, it is hard to say whether they can come up with this method.

This has led to a new issue. Under the current public opinion attack, does the time traveler still need to negotiate with various countries? After all, this is one of the reasons for attacking the time travel group.

However, Xia Bohai firmly believed that negotiations must proceed as usual, as long as countries do not cancel them. Because first the negotiations are in line with the interests of the current time travel group, and the time travelers and other countries sign a treaty of traitorism, that is, there is no compensation or cede land, nor does it sell out national interests. It is completely an equal treaty. It is really unreasonable to refuse negotiations based on these irresponsible public opinion attacks. It is really unreasonable. The Qing court signed a treaty of cede land and traitorism. Of course, the principle must be adhered to in the negotiations and must not allow the other party to take advantage of this public opinion attack.

This point was also firmly supported by the other four people. At this time, we must not give in. However, the Time Travel Group must not be indifferent to this public opinion attack. We must find a way to deal with it, or even counterattack.

Xia Bohai said: "If you want to deal with this public opinion attack, you must first figure out who the instructor is behind it. It is impossible for us to find out the instructor when we sit in Tianjin to guess the secrets. Therefore, I think it should be handed over to the Ministry of Security for handling, after all, they are professionals."

Qin Zheng said: "I agree with this, but is it necessary for us to protest to other countries and try the reactions of various countries?"

Xia Bohai thought about it and said, "This can be done, but it's better to listen to the advice of the Ministry of Security before deciding to see if it is beneficial to their work."

Xiao Jianjun said: "What can we do if we find the envoy? How can we deal with it? Send someone to kill them? Kill Yi Jingbai?" As he said that, Xiao Jianjun also made a hand-cut move.

Qin Zheng shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, no, this is a state terrorism, and there is no need. Since the other party wants to fight a public opinion war, then we should start with a public opinion war. Don't forget that we all come from modern society. Are you still afraid of fighting public opinion war with them? The propaganda in Shanghai was very successful in the past few times, and we also have our own newspapers and do well in Shanghai, so we can fight a public opinion war with them?"

Wang Yunpeng said: "But we only have one newspaper, and the other party obviously has the support of most foreign newspapers in Shanghai, so it may be difficult to win this public opinion war by relying solely on newspapers."

Xu Ji said: "Shanghai is not only foreign newspapers, there are many large Chinese newspapers. We can go to find them. After we return, we have done so much for China. This is obvious to all. I don't believe that these Chinese newspapers do not have conscience. If they really don't work, they will use money to buy them."

Qin Zheng said: "The public opinion matters are mainly responsible for ***. I think it's better to listen to their ideas. Professionals do professional things, maybe they have better ideas."

Xia Bohai nodded and said, "This is correct. Our stalls are getting bigger and bigger now, so we don't have to work hard on everything, otherwise what should we do if we set up so many departments? We just need to keep the general manager in mind." After a pause, he said, "Call the security department first."

Not long after, the head and deputy ministers of the Ministry of Security Shang Qisong and Jiang Shiwei came to the conference room. After meeting, Qin Zheng briefly told the two of them about their life. After listening to Qin Zheng's speech, the two asked a few more questions, mainly about Qin Zheng's feelings during his time in Shanghai, the attitudes of various classes towards the time travel group, and the attitudes of various countries, etc. Qin Zheng also answered them seriously one by one, but in the end he deliberately emphasized that these are his own subjective understandings and whether they are in line with the real situation, Qin Zheng could not guarantee it.

After asking, Shang Qisong said: "As far as the current situation is concerned, we have very limited clues. Therefore, if you want to understand the real situation, you must go to Shanghai to investigate and raise protests to various countries. However, we think we can wait until our people arrive in Shanghai and participate together, and take the opportunity to observe the reactions of various countries in person."

Xia Bohai nodded and said, "This is OK, you can organize it and arrange personnel to go to Shanghai." After a pause, he said, "In addition, our intelligence layout in Shanghai should be launched immediately. Otherwise, if something like this happens, our response will not be so passive. Therefore, let's do it together this time. How much fund is required? You can apply."

Shang Qisong said: "The funding matter can be taken temporarily. The ministry still has some funds. In addition, it is necessary to go to Shanghai to actually investigate the situation before it will be necessary to pay a lot of money. What we need most now is to get the authorization of the Executive Committee. Can extraordinary means be used in Shanghai, such as kidnapping, coercion, severe interrogation, and what is assassination? How much power does the Ministry of Security have to operate, it must have a clear authorization."

Jiang Shiwei added: "Our rating for Shanghai is a green level, that is, an absolute neutral zone. We have little influence in Shanghai. Therefore, without the power to use extraordinary means, it is difficult to find useful results?"

Xia Bohai and others looked at each other and knew that the two were right. The nature of the intelligence work determined that kidnapping, coercion, harsh interrogation, assassination and other means, otherwise there would be no way to do it. Moreover, the two raised this issue before, and did not make their own decisions. They also satisfied Xia Bohai and others. The intelligence department has always been a double-edged sword. Although it can handle many shameful things, it can easily cause the intelligence department to become arrogant and act recklessly, causing a lot of trouble to the government. The government has to wipe their butts, and if it is not done well, it will cause the government to fall. Fortunately, the intelligence department has not yet shown such signs.

It should be said that since the establishment of the Ministry of Security, its work has been effective. It has initially established an intelligence network covering the entire Tianjin area. It has arranged as many as hundreds of non-staff intelligence collection outlets, more than 20 formal intelligence collection points, and more than 10 informants have been deployed. It has basically achieved full control of Tianjin. It has successively cracked down on 10 intelligence activities of various countries against the Time Travel Group, arrested 17 people between countries, including Japanese people, with 8 people. In addition, 5 naturalized personnel from the Time Travel Group sold by various countries were found, and the rule of the Time Travel Group in Tianjin was successfully maintained. And it is also arranged in Beijing and Qingdao. It can be said that for this reason, the rule of the Time Travel Group is still stable, and the Ministry of Security has played a considerable role in it.

Xia Bohai thought about it and said: "The principle is that the Ministry of Security can use all means when performing tasks, but there are two principles. One is that one must not expose its identity during actions. If the identity is exposed, the government will not agree on it. I hope the Ministry of Security can understand this."

Shang Qisong nodded and said, "We can understand that it will not cause trouble for the government." It is shameful to engage in intelligence, so once the identity of the intelligence personnel is exposed, the government will do the first thing to do is to completely refuse to admit it. Of course, in the old time and space, governments of various countries also knew what they wanted. If they seized intelligence personnel from other countries, they would not be exposed easily, but would handle it secretly.

Xia Bohai also said: "But these methods are directed at ordinary people. For those with certain identities and social status, such as consulates from various countries, officials of the Qing court, you must apply to the Executive Committee for attacks and only then can you take action after obtaining approval from the Executive Committee. Of course, all the actions of those people need to be applied for. We cannot formulate a detailed list. You need to master them yourself. Do you understand!"
Chapter completed!