Two consecutive major espionage cases caused a stir within the entire executive committee. Especially in the latter espionage case, the Dutch spies successfully stole some technology. Although it was not a core technology for the East Coast, it was already annoying and alert enough.

After all, it is pure luck to catch them this time. These unlucky Dutch people must have not expected that because they are not close, they were discovered by a group of French colleagues. After being arrested by French colleagues, they were immediately affected and uprooted. In short, if it weren't for such a dramatic event, it would be hard to say when these Dutch people would be able to find out. If these Dutch people gradually gain the trust of the East Coast people and come into contact with more advanced technology, then the Executive Committee may not be able to cry.

Jiao Tang, an internal affairs committee member who also serves as the director of the State Administration of Intelligence, made a review at the internal meeting of the Executive Committee. He Fang, who is directly responsible, resigned. After all, if something big happens, no one can stand up and take responsibility. Next, an accident responsibility investigation will be conducted. It is estimated that a large number of people's black hats will be removed, and those who are serious may have to be tried.

"About this matter, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the State Intelligence Administration will immediately conduct a survey and investigation of some factories that master core technologies across the country, and re-search the personnel entering in the past three years to ensure that there are no fish that miss the net." Jiao Tang sat in the meeting room of the Executive Committee and said with a serious expression: "This matter also reminds us not to underestimate any organizations and countries of this era. Especially those old European powers, we should not take it lightly. Although they are currently in war and may not have much energy to put on us, they are still trying to dig our corners and steal our technology through various means. Here I borrow an old saying from the old time and space: Imperialism will not die of my heart. We must be more vigilant in the future."

"Lao Jiao said it well." Ma Qianzu, chairman of the Executive Committee, commented. "But although the nature of this incident is very serious, the damage and losses caused are still within the controllable range. The low-precision hydraulic boring machine has existed in Europe. If the Dutch likes to steal it, it will be stolen. There is no big problem. I remember that modular shipbuilding was invented by the Dutch more than ten years later. We are considered an alternative 'return to the original owner'. As for those soybean seeds, they were not regarded as prohibited materials.

. It doesn't matter if the Dutch are willing to take it back as a treasure. I said this is not for anyone to excuse me. I just want to remind everyone that the next big investigation should be stopped in moderation and not to expand it at will. This is not very meaningful. For our own people, we should still focus on saving; for those directly responsible for accidents, of course, we should deal with those who are directly responsible for the accident, but for those who are not directly responsible, we should treat it differently and not beat them to death with one stick. After all, it is not easy to train a cadre. Especially now, we still lack cadres."

Everyone nodded after hearing this. Ma Qianzu's words were also a mature saying. The next nationwide screening survey may have stirred people's hearts a little uneasy. If you expand and deal with the responsible persons without restraint, it will easily cause certain social unrest, which is extremely unfavorable for the development and cohesion of the country. If you don't handle it well, the national unity and national integration that the people who have worked hard for several years will be cast a shadow.

"My members, I just want to ask about this matter, is the incident accidental or inevitable?" Just when everyone was a little silent, Shao Shude, who had rarely spoken at the executive committee, spoke up, and this also made the internal committee member Jiao Tang frown slightly.

"This matter is both accidental and inevitable..." Jiao Tang said slowly.

"How to prevent such incidents from happening again in the future?" Shao Shude immediately interjected and asked.

"Strengthen political review and identification; implement long-term observations on technicians who hold important positions, and implement the guarantor and introducer system; develop spies in various departments and factories..." Jiao Tang deserves to be an intelligence agent, and he came up with many measures casually.

"No, Lao Jiao, I don't think you understand what I mean." Shao Shude interrupted Jiao Tang without mercy, then raised his voice and said: "Your measures are all measures to treat the symptoms but not the root cause. Of course, it must be implemented, but this can only prevent these things to the greatest extent, but it cannot stop the recurrence of such events from the root. After all, there is always a misunderstanding, and as long as an incident occurs, it may cause disastrous consequences."

"Why..." Jiao Tanghua was halfway through, and suddenly he seemed to think of something and kept silent.

Shao Shude ignored him and just smiled and said, "There is only one way to cut off such incidents from the root, that is, to increase the scale of immigration from the Ming Dynasty and gradually get rid of its dependence on European immigration."

As soon as Shao Shude said, the other committee members were stunned at first, and then began to talk in a low voice. Shao Shude usually had a good relationship with the Emperor Han faction, and this incident probably also allowed the radicals to see the opportunity. Therefore, Shao Shude was probably entrusted by them to start formally raising this matter at the Executive Committee.

"Old Shao, we also know the benefits of immigration in the Ming Dynasty. After all, they were thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty after they came. They had no roots and no foundations, so they could only obey us unconditionally. Unlike those immigrants in France, the Netherlands, and England, they had a deep relationship with the local people and had no connections." This time, the Finance Committee Member Tang Yuan stood up and said, "But have you considered it? How much is the cost of immigration from the Ming Dynasty? Is it something that the government finance can bear at this stage? The fiscal budget in 1640 was 1.6 million yuan, of which 1.2 million yuan was prepared to be paid to the Portuguese migration.

The cost of civilians is 400 yuan per person, which is too expensive, which makes us breathless. This year, we have introduced about 2,000 adults and more than 800 children from France, plus other European countries and regions, a total of about 4,000 people. These 4,000 people only cost us less than 50,000 yuan in total. Of course, the cost of our own merchant ship shipping is not included, but compared with the sky-high price of immigration in the Ming Dynasty, it is still one in the sky and one underground. Lao Shao, you can calculate it yourself, how much does it cost to replace these 4,000 people with immigration in the Ming Dynasty?"

"I didn't say that European immigration will be stopped immediately in the year, and all of them will be replaced by Ming Dynasty immigrants. This is neither economic nor realistic." Shao Shude explained slowly: "I mean to gradually reduce the proportion of European immigration from next year and appropriately increase the proportion of East Asian immigrants, especially the Ming Dynasty immigrants. This proportion can be determined by the domestic economic situation and financial situation next year. To put it badly, even if a North Korean stick comes to the east coast, he is more reliable than these French and Dutch people!"

"I support Lao Shao's opinion." Without waiting for others to speak, Navy Commissioner Wang Qinian rushed to say: "But I think it's better to immigrate from East Asia to ourselves, so that we can minimize fiscal expenditures. I think everyone knows that immigrating from East Asia to the East Coast has become an emerging and profitable industry for the Portuguese in Macau. There are more than one thousand ships involved. This year they have brought more than 1,200 Ming Dynasty people to come. Next year, according to the oral agreement between us and the Portuguese, they will transport 2,500-3,000 people over, and we will pay a huge fee of 1 million to 1.2 million yuan for this.

Although the economic situation in the past two years is good and exports have increased significantly, we can't spend money so randomly. You know, the government is still carrying a debt of 400,000 yuan. How many warships can be built with 1 million yuan? Tsk tsk, I can't imagine. So, I suggest that the entire country should try to invest resources in the development of Eastern routes in the next stage in addition to economic construction. The first step is to start to renovate the environment and build fortresses at the northern end of Madagascar. Of course, the environment there is harsh. In advance, the development can be used to dispatch immigrants from the local area, and then supplemented by a large number of indigenous slaves in South Africa, so as to clear out an environment that is slightly suitable for living."

Wang Qinian's words are already very clear, that is, the most dangerous early development will allow local immigrants and South African indigenous people to go to the tank, and the travelers will not go. After the environment has changed greatly, we will make other plans. To put it bluntly, we will first use the lives of the indigenous people to fill it out. When the environment becomes livable and not so bad, we will then send travelers to lead the construction of the base according to the situation.

Shao Shude looked at Wang Qinian with some admiration. This guy really knows how to take advantage of loopholes. He just mentioned that he wanted to immigrate from the Ming Dynasty, so this guy rushed to restart the development plan at the northeast end of the horse. What he was planning? It was not for his navy! Developing an Eastern route requires strengthening the navy's strength, and more ships must be built. More ships are equivalent to increasing his power in disguise. Things are so simple.

At this sensitive moment, Shao Shude and Wang Qinian's proposal to increase the number of East Asian immigrants has indeed touched many people's hidden worries. Although it is a established national policy to create a new East Coast tribe and will never change, adding more East Asian immigrants who have nothing to do with old European countries now seems to be negligent. Therefore, after discussion, the Executive Committee passed the suggestions of Shao Shude and Wang Qinian in principle.
Chapter completed!