"Know your enemy and your own, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles"... This is a famous saying by your grandson.

Military strategists from all generations have attached great importance to "knowing the enemy" in ancient and modern times.

The famous military strategist Yomini said: 'If you want to win the war, the safest and most reliable way is to wait until the enemy has completely correct information before taking action."

Therefore, knowing the enemy is the basis and prerequisite for all combat operations, and it is also one of the objective basis for determining the enemy's strategy.

War leaders always put the study of enemy situation first when formulating military action plans, deploying troops, and planning major battles. Countless war practices show that being familiar with the opponent's advantages, reality, strength, etc., in a certain sense, has a decisive impact on the outcome of the war.

Only by truly knowing the enemy can we correctly use soldiers and weapons, cleverly use various combat methods, properly organize offensive and defensive battles, use our strengths to defeat the enemy's shortcomings, and win by surprise.

Just as Guanzi said: "Therefore, if you don't understand the enemy's policies, you can't add them (don't advance easily), you don't understand the enemy's feelings, you can't make an appointment [don't make an appointment for a war easily), you don't know the enemy's generals, you don't take the army first (don't act easily), you don't know the enemy's soldiers, you don't make an appointment first (don't make an array to fight easily)."

Wei Liaozi also said: "Everyone who builds a military force must examine the power of the inside and outside, and make a decision." That is to say, only by considering the gains and losses of both the enemy and us must first consider the interests of the enemy and us before we can decide whether to send troops. This means that only by understanding the situation can we make a decision based on it.

This kind of investigation of the situation of the enemy and us before making a decision was made, Sun Tzu made it clearer: using spies to collect intelligence "the three armies rely on and act."

Any emperor has his own intelligence organization, because in this way, he can know himself and his enemy, and in this way he can maintain his own rule. The establishment of these institutions is to maintain the stability of imperial power, eliminate dissidents, and monitor important officials.

Li Shimin's bad people, as well as the inner guard, are such organizations, professional institutions used to collect military and political intelligence.

And now that Li Shimin is not in the palace, Zhang Jing's rights have been improved again. Not only does he need to collect innocence, but he also has the right to investigate and arrest. As long as there is any act in the court that is unfavorable or violates the emperor's will, bad people can be arrested without public interrogation, but they cannot be executed.

This power ranges from princes and nobles, royal relatives, to ordinary officials and ordinary people.

Bad people can be dealt with directly. Moreover, bad people are only responsible to the emperor and no one has the right to interfere. Of course, these are all in secret and openly not to disclose the rights of bad people. If they are really made public, it will cause some turmoil in the court.

In addition to this bad person, Yang Qu's inner guard also has great power. The main function is to monitor the Li Tang royal family and include the bad person. This is a insurance for the bad person by Li Shimin.

Li You came from the future, so he knew the importance of intelligence, which is why Li You established the sticking rod very early. Speaking of sticking rods, it is actually a notorious organization.

It turned out to be a small team of Yongzheng. The emergence of the sticky rod had nothing to do with power at first. Interestingly, Yongzheng was so quiet when he was young and did not like noisy sounds.

Yongzheng was the prince Yinzhen at that time, and lived in Dorobel's mansion, with many big trees in the mansion.

Whenever it was the hot summer, cicadas would chirp. Yinzhen also had the habit of taking a nap. It was so noisy that he could not fall asleep at all.

A bunch of people appeared, who specifically went to the trees to catch cicadas, stick rods and stick rods. As the name suggests, they used wooden poles to stick cicadas on the trees, which was also vivid and vivid. In addition to catching cicadas, these people also accompanied the prince to sweep dragonflies, catch fish, and engage in some entertainment activities. This is the original prototype of the stick.

In the 48th year of Kangxi, Yinzhen ushered in the first turning point in his life. Emperor Kangxi, for some reason, finally noticed this son. He promoted Yinzhen, who was originally Dorobel, to Prince Yong. What was the general environment at that time? Emperor Kangxi was in power for 60 years, and the princes were abolished, but he could not decide the candidate for a new prince. What made the princes most anxious was that Emperor Kangxi was not in any hurry at all, so the people below could not sit still.

Especially during such a sensitive period, Emperor Kangxi actually promoted Yinzhen, and his intention was already very obvious. Kangxi's move made the prince's dispute, which was already in a fierce struggle, even more intense, which is the famous "Nine Sons Fight for the Throne" in history.

Yinzhen was a smart man. He knew that in the dark, there were countless eyes staring at his every move. If he was a little careless, he would lose everything. So he thought of turning passive into initiative and creating a real "sticky rod".

On the sticky side, he still accompanied Yinzhen to catch cicadas and play, but secretly searched for information from all over the place and sent it to Yinzhen in private. In this way, although Yinzhen appeared to be calm, he had already had the emperor's aura of killing and decisiveness behind his back.

On the way to ascending the throne, the sticky rod not only provided information, but also cleared many obstacles for Yinzhen. There is also an alias on the sticky rod, called "Blood Drops", the code word is to clear away everything, hinder or may hinder Yinzhen. It can be said that Yinzhen was able to become the later Emperor Yongzheng, and the sticky rod was in this period and made outstanding contributions.

The reason why Li You named his intelligence organization the sticky rod is actually thinking that he can clear all obstacles for himself. Li You is not a murderer, but Li You has his own rationality.

Li You knows that the Tian family has no affection, so Li You will not impart his destiny to family affection. Li You needs more of his own strength. The sticking rod is Li You's dirty sword, and Li You must hold it tightly.

To enter the sticking rod, there are two requirements. First, they must be children from Dunhuafang and the first two groups of members. If they have relatives at home, they live in Dunhuafang, and the second is the one who is a juàn, which means that people who are extremely alert and those who enter the sticking rod must be people with insight.

In addition to these surface conditions, hidden things like the body must be good, self-discipline, etc. are all basic requirements.

The requirement for selecting candidates at the sticky rod is not just a restriction, but for: "Because the young man is full of energy, he is asked to learn all the laborers to prepare for the selection of guards in Gancheng in the future." This means that members who can enter the sticky rod are all for the purpose of becoming a dead soldier or a spy in the future.

Therefore, when setting thresholds, it is more difficult to ensure that the abilities of the dead soldiers and spies in the future are superior and better serve the emperor.

There is no specified number of members at the sticky rod, and they can enter as long as they meet the requirements. According to the official rank, from top to bottom, there are colonels, colonels, lieutenant, major, captain, lieutenant, and lieutenant... The lowest level is second lieutenant, so how powerful are these people?

The colonel basically has the power of the master and general, and so on, the colonel, the lieutenant colonel, the major is the regiment general... and so on, Li You's sticking rod was still very weak in the early stage, but about seven or eight months ago, after Blue Lotus was replenished to this sticking rod, the strength of the sticking rod had a qualitative leap.

Lan Lian used to do assassination business. Although some people were unwilling to do it again, some people were willing to do it. These people joined the sticking rod and began to train the dead soldiers and spies. It can be said that this is the most important factor, which instantly strengthened the sticking rod and improved the ability to sticking rod.

The Golden Crow Sect appeared after the ability to stick the rod is improved. Huo Zun tried his best to promote the Golden Crow Sect, but Huo Zun never thought that when he was desperately promoting the Golden Crow Sect and was determined to strengthen the Golden Crow Sect, there were already people in his Golden Crow Sect who were sticking to the rod. Wang Shaoyang was actually the one who sticking to the rod.

Huo Zun never dreamed that he was desperately deified Li You in the Jinwu Cult, and made the Jinwu Cult members worship Li You desperately. He thought it would be a fatal blow to Li You, but now he is going to become someone else's wedding dress.

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