When Han Mo heard Han Xince's explanation, he immediately linked the East Flower Hall with the Ming Dynasty's Jinyiwei organization. The responsibilities of the two seemed quite similar. The Ming Dynasty's Jinyiwei was a spy agency known to the world, and everyone was afraid of talking about it. However, the East Flower Hall seemed to be much more secret. At least, as a child of aristocratic families, he could not understand its appearance. Then ordinary people could not have much knowledge of the East Flower Hall.

"What is the difference between East Flower Hall and West Flower Hall?" Han Mo said in confusion: "Are they the same department?"

Han Xince shook his head and said, "Compared with the East Flower Hall today, it is in the sky and underground. The people in the West Flower Hall are afraid that they are less than a fraction of the East Flower Hall."

Han Mo was stunned. As long as he heard this, Han Mo felt the desolate scene in the West Flower Hall.

"But the West Flower Hall six years ago was beyond the reach of the East Flower Hall." Han Xince sighed softly: "When Gongyan was alive, the West Flower Hall was in a state of glory. The black flag of Wei and the purple guards of Qing were incomparable to the West Flower Hall."

Han Mo became more and more confused as he heard it, and asked, "So how did the East Flower Hall cover the West Flower Hall now?"

Han Xince thought about it, but did not answer directly, but asked: "Does the Fifth Master know when the East Flower Hall was established?"

Han Mo shook his head.

"The East Flower Hall was founded in the year when the emperor ascended the throne, but only in just eight years." Han Xince whispered: "The West Flower Hall was established when the late emperor was there, and it has been thirty-nine years!"

Han Mo was stunned. Judging from the year of establishment, the history of the West Flower Hall is much longer than that of the East Flower Hall, and he can be the grandfather of the East Flower Hall.

"Thirty-nine years ago, the first emperor ascended the throne. In our country, countless spies from the enemy country were hidden in our country, wantonly destroying the order of our country, and repeatedly assassinating officials from our country." After a pause, Han Xince whispered: "At that time, our aristocratic family was still much more harmonious than now. The aristocratic family jointly established an institution to deal with spies from the enemy country. Because the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple had many criminal cases, they could not withdraw any people to deal with spies from the enemy country. This is also true. Xue Gongyan, the Minister of the Ministry of War at that time, took the initiative to establish a new institution to deal with spies from the enemy country."

"Xue Gongyan is not a child of a noble family, and she can also take the position of Minister of War?" Han Moqi said.

Han Xince nodded and said, "Yes, he is the only non-academic son of aristocratic family who has served as the minister since the founding of the Yan State. This Xue Gongyan is also an amazing person. He is from Linyang County, which is the territory of the Hu family. He is not a child of aristocratic family. At that time, the Northwest Camp was recruiting troops, so he joined the army. It is said that when he was in the army, he was only thirteen years old. He made many military achievements in the Northwest Camp, fought bravely, and his military position rose step by step. When he was twenty-four years old, he went deep into the hinterland of Qing State, captured more than ten princes and generals of Qing State, and killed countless enemies, and was famous. He was promoted to the Minister of War, which is one of the rare rewards! For this reason, the aristocratic family wrote a letter to oppose it, but the generals of the Northwest Camp fully recommended it, which created this strange thing that non-academic sons of aristocratic family who served as the minister!"

"Xue Gongyan's preparation for the construction of the West Flower Hall must have received everyone's approval!" Han Mo imagined Xue Gongyan's majesty, with a little admiration in his heart.

"At that time, spies in the enemy country were rampant. Although the aristocratic families had Shadow Guards, they all fought each other, and Shadow Guards could not always follow their masters. In this way, there were many opportunities for spies in the enemy country. Countless officials were buried in knives. At that time, our Yan State was in panic. Even our Han family had many officials killed by spies, so everyone wanted to set up an institution to deal with spies in the enemy country. Xue Gongyan took the initiative to stand up, and everyone wanted to ask for it. So soon, the court issued an order to set up a Xihua Hall." Han Xince said slowly: "It was a coincidence that when Xue Gongyan asked the late emperor to give his name, it was in the Xihua Hall in the Imperial Garden that a concubine who served the late emperor casually said that she could be called the Xihua Hall. The late emperor immediately agreed, and the name of the Xihua Hall was settled."

Han Mo smiled and said, "Is this the origin of the West Flower Hall?"

Han Xince nodded and smiled, "This name is a coincidence, it is very casual. Maybe no one could have thought that this random name would make the spies from the enemy country and the officials of the country frightened in the years to come, like a maggot possession."

"Snow Gongyan has since taken office and has become the first director of the Xihua Hall. Xue Gongyan has outstanding military achievements and is very prestigious in Yan State. Moreover, he values ​​affection and friendship. Xihua Hall ordered people to recruit people, and strange people from all over the world surrendered to the Xihua Hall. Xue Gongyan strictly deleted and selected many elite talents from it. These people later became the main force of the Xihua Hall, and the Xihua Hall became the direct power of the emperor and the trump card in the hand of the emperor!" Han Xince drank a cup of tea, as if he was dry, and drank a few more sips before saying to Han Mo: "The Fifth Young Master uses tea!"

Han Mo was immersed in the historical story of the West Flower Hall, and had no intention of drinking tea. He asked, "How did you go?"

Although Han Xince's official position is several levels higher than Han Mo, in the family, Han Xince's identity is not as good as Han Mo's direct descendants. Therefore, Han Mo urged Han Xince did not care. Instead, he smiled and said, "Xue Gongyan comes from the army and is in the Ministry of War, so the system of the West Flower Hall is strict and there are many documents. Although all the subordinates of the West Flower Hall are not ordinary people, they dare not act recklessly under strict control. The 'Twenty-One Regulations of the West Flower Hall' established by Xue Gongyan at that time has become the most important code of the West Flower Hall and has been continued."

"Twenty-one items in the West Flower Hall?" Han Mo blinked and looked at Han Xince in confusion.

Han Xince smiled and said, "Fifth Young Master, don't worry, you are the director of the West Flower Hall now. When you take office tomorrow, you will naturally know what the West Flower Hall is twenty-one."

Han Mo nodded slightly. There is no need to hurry. I am afraid that when I arrived at the West Flower Hall, the first thing I had to learn was the so-called "Twenty-One".

"Although Xue Gongyan values ​​love and righteousness, she is very strict in the management of her subordinates. It is said that the first batch of Xihua Hall selected had more than 200 people, but after half a year, after rigorous training, most of them were eliminated, leaving only more than 70 people. Outsiders don't know how to train back then, but those who know the inside story understand that people who came out of Xihua Hall were not only proficient in tracking techniques, but were also good at assassination. Such a group of people were still in the sun at the beginning, but later the Xihua Hall became more and more secret. In the end, the Xihua Hall yamen was set up at the Wushui Lake in the western suburbs of Yanjing. Within a radius of ten miles, it was strictly ordered that no one could enter, so no one knew the details of the Xihua Hall." Han Xince thought about it, as if he was thinking about something, and slowly said: "At the beginning of the establishment of Xihua Hall, it was not an opponent of the spies of the enemy country, and the loss was

It was also very heavy. In the first two years, there were no less than a hundred heroes who sacrificed their lives for the country every year. Fortunately, Xue Gongyan has been paying attention to absorbing fresh blood, and Xihua Hall is always replenishing new people. Therefore, although Xihua Hall has suffered heavy losses, in this failure, they gradually understood what a real spy is. After two years, the form gradually improved, and the people in Xihua Hall can also draw with the enemy spies. By the fifth year, the enemy spies were no longer the enemy of Xihua Hall in the territory of our Yan Kingdom. A large number of enemy spies retreated from our Yan Kingdom. Xihua Hall defeated countless enemy spies. It was from then on that time that the fame of Xihua Hall began to sound... Of course, what the people in Xihua Hall did was not an open and upright thing. Ordinary people naturally did not know the existence of Xihua Hall, let alone the scenery of Xihua Hall."

Han Mo could understand this point naturally. Only by maintaining independence and secrecy in Xihua Hall can they hide their way of action, which is conducive to their action plan. And from a certain perspective, the more mysterious they are, the more shock they will give to their opponents, and they will occupy a certain psychologically favorable position.

"Although ordinary people do not know the existence of the West Flower Hall, the strange people on the Jianghu Road still got the news. Those who had to surrender to the aristocratic families to make a living immediately came to the West Flower Hall. Xue Gongyan carefully selected them and obtained a large number of talents. The power of the West Flower Hall was at its peak at that time. If the cabinet had not been afraid that the West Flower Hall was too strong, they jointly asked the emperor to limit the number of people in the West Flower Hall, they were afraid that the West Flower Hall would become the strongest institution in our Yan State."

"The cabinet limited the number of people in the Xihua Hall to 300, so in the following decades, Xue Gongyan had always abide by this rule, strictly controlled the Xihua Hall department to 300 people, and had four places." Han Xince said slowly: "Because the Xihua Hall is also an official institution. Although it is special, there are some archives in the Ministry of Personnel. It is precisely because of this that I have some understanding of the mysterious Xihua Hall. How did the Xihua Hall divide the labor in the West then? I still don't know what the Xihua Hall was doing today.

After the fifth young master went to the West Flower Hall, he would probably know. Some of them were secretly active in Yan State, lurking in various counties to monitor the movements of major families, some were scattered in Yanjing City, monitoring the movements of all officials, and also went to other countries to establish intelligence networks to explore other countries' intelligence departments. In short, in the hands of Xue Gongyan, the West Flower Hall was extremely powerful and had not fallen for decades...!" He leaned close to Han Mo and whispered in his ear: "This is also an important reason why major families fear the emperor!"

When Han Mo heard this, his thoughts were not clear, but he became even more confused. If this happened, the West Flower Hall would be an amazing spy agency, and the Director of the West Flower Hall was a dream position. Why was he named the Director of the West Flower Hall and would be ridiculed by many court officials?

"With the protection of the late emperor, Xue Gongyan's Xihua Hall has stood in Yan State for 30 years, but Xue Gongyan has been assassinated countless times but is still safe and sound. This is a miracle. In the past few decades, the Xihua Hall has indeed made many contributions to our Yan State. Countless important members of the enemy country were assassinated by the Xihua Hall, and many important information from the enemy country has been continuously sent to the cabinet, making great contributions to our Yan State's control of the movements of other countries. In China, although many officials were dismissed in the hands of the Xihua Hall, to be fair, the Xihua Hall is for the protection of the Xihua Hall.

The officials of the Yan State protected the Yan State made great contributions. Thirty years passed by, the late emperor passed away, and the current emperor ascended the throne. Xue Gongyan was over 60 years old, but his prestige remained unabated. The Xihua Hall was still the most powerful spy agency among all countries." Han Xince picked up the teacup and moistened his voice again, and then continued: "But after the emperor ascended the throne, he might think that the power of the Xihua Hall was too heavy and it was a little difficult to manage, so he immediately set up another new spy agency...!" Looking at Han Mo, he whispered: "That's the East Flower Hall!"

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ps: I'm busy today, I'm up late, sorry, I'll lose my tickets!
Chapter completed!