When Major Passel arrived at the command post, Desai was in a gloomy face. He asked the intelligence officer to read the private message written by Litisia first. Since the letter had been kneaded into a ball by Desai, Passel had to carefully lay it flat on the table.

"This matter should be taken advantage of by Member Sanluge!" After reading the details, Passel said cautiously.

After all, Sanluge is Litisia's only relative in Catalonia, but once he annoys the Duke of Hruna, the superiors do not care about any aristocratic rules or kinship, and will directly eliminate all political enemies from the spirit and the **. In the past year, there have been many Catalan aristocrats who died at the guns of the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Ministry of Military Police on various charges.

"Who is used by? It can be seen that the blind man is the short bastard Bishop, Amat! He is also the godfather of Sanluge. Even if the two guys don't wear the same pair of pants, they still speak in a tone! Also, news from Palma Island said that the special envoy sent by Amat has been visiting the British Mediterranean Fleet Command for half a month. What are they discussing and what are they preparing for? They are just secretly trying to conspire to betray me and my future kingdom!" Desai raised his neck high and cursed in a rough voice.

Passel was silent and no longer spoke. Outside the command post, Lieutenant Jacques, the guard officer, had commanded the Duke's guard to block the others 50 meters away, so that no officers and soldiers could get close or hear the conversation between the two inside.

After a pause, Desai calmed his anger a little. He asked Passel coldly: "How is the relationship between the Military Intelligence Agency and the Privy Council of Rome now? Have they agreed to our request?"

Passel shook his head and said, "The progress is not great. In Manresa, the plenipotentiary of the Privy Council still insists on the final conditions offered by the Roman Catholic Church and hopes that we will rescue Pius VII, the Roman Catholic Pope imprisoned by Napoleon, before they agree to the one appointed for you to become the future Archbishop of the Kingdom of Catalonia."

A few years ago, Pope Pius VII was forced to crown Napoleon I, the first French Empire emperor. However, during the ceremony of the throne, the crown in his hand was taken away by Napoleon and crowned himself and his queen. Pius VII regarded it as a great shame. In 1809, Napoleon attacked Vienna and annexed the states of the Pope. Pius VII was furious and announced that Napoleon would be eliminated again. Napoleon arrested Pope Pius VII in the Vatican on July 6, 1809 and escorted him back to Savona for imprisonment.

At the beginning of this year, the Military Intelligence Agency sent people to engage in unofficial contact with the Privy Council of Rome, representing the Duke of Hruna, hoping to get the support of the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church was very interested in this and soon sent a plenipotentiary envoy to Manresa secretly. However, the prerequisites of the Catholic Church were too harsh, which annoyed Desai, and the two sides had been in such a stalemate.

"This is a threat, a threat! The Holy See did not show their sincerity." Despite his anger, Desai could only complain here. It was impossible to rescue Pius VII in advance. It would inevitably turn against Paris. It would be an unbearable disaster. At least before 1813, both himself, the Desai division, or the future Catalonian-Aragorn Kingdom must follow the pace of Emperor Napoleon. This is the basic national policy that Desai has adhered to for a long time.

Since the direct road of the Privy Council in Rome was not accessible, we had to find another way. Desai was walking back and forth in the camp, thinking about how to proceed next. Suddenly he turned his head and asked at Passel: "How is Pope Pius VII's physical condition in the Castle of Savona?"

"The body and spirit are good. Even though he has been imprisoned by Napoleon for a long time, his heart is still as calm as before." As he said this, Passel was a little worried. He raised his head to stare at the superior, and his confusion expression appeared on his face.

Desai smiled, and his words said with a joke: "Don't worry, a devout Catholic! I have no plan to harm God's apostle who walks on earth. It is just out of my extremely kind nature, considering the Pope's healthy body. In that dark, humid and hot castle, more or less produces some kind of disease and terrible infectious disease. If the doctors around the Pope have equipped our special medicine, they may be able to save Pie Seven's life in time and make a good relationship."

Desai's words shocked Passel. He knew that the superiors in front of him could no longer tolerate the almost rebellious behavior of Amat and others. It was their last bottom line for Duke Hruna. Therefore, the rulers of the future kingdom were determined to completely eliminate the dissenters, even if they set off a bloody storm in Catalonia.

As long as he obtains the support of Pope Pius VII, who is sympathized and respected by the world, Amat's plan to archbishop of the Catalonia-Aragorn Kingdom will be stranded and replaced by the candidate for the archbishop who is loyal to Desai.

"Do you tell Prime Minister Say?" Passel asked again. Of course, the information was the preparations for the conservative aristocracy by the Military Intelligence Agency, rather than some hidden practices against Pope Pius VII or the Roman Privy Council.

"Yes. Before the division went to war, I had already blown the wind on Professor Say in the Zaragoza military camp, including your future appointment!" Desai continued: "When we successfully take over the city of Evora, you can return to Manresa in advance to build your own department. In addition, your position in the division intelligence department will be temporarily replaced by Lieutenant Vidoc Jacques. As for the position of Director of the Intelligence Department of the Military Intelligence Bureau, I also signed and agreed to the candidate that Colonel Serne had just nominated."

According to the results of the discussions between Desai and Sai in Zaragoza, the Duke of Hruna will split a (civil) police department from the Ministry of Gendarmerie, and Major Passel will serve as the first minister of the department and resign from the position of the Intelligence Department of the Military Intelligence Bureau. In addition to being responsible to Desai on the one hand, the Minister of Police also needs to report to the Prime Minister of Manresa's cabinet.

In the future, Passel's main responsibilities are two main responsibilities: first, within the framework of the current laws, investigate, arrest and interrogate all acts that violate civil crimes, and send the suspects to the local magistrate court for trial (report to the Prime Minister of the Cabinet); second, in the Catalonia-Aragorn region, including some sensitive border areas, investigate, arrest, interrogate, and even hunt down and execute foreign spies who collect intelligence or engage in sabotage activities in the local area (directly responsible for Desai). It is a bit like the later FBI.

After losing the responsibility of supervising civil police, the power of the Ministry of Military Police has not been greatly reduced. In addition to continuing to carry out military discipline and supervision tasks for general armed forces to prevent military crimes, Desai also agreed to Colonel Carls' request to rebuild the Military Police Intelligence Department (previously under the Military Intelligence Bureau) and be responsible for collecting all military-related intelligence information.

In this way, the Ministry of Military Security has obtained certain rights of the Military Intelligence Bureau and does not restrict law enforcement areas. At certain special moments in military-occupied areas or local areas (when large-scale riots or armed riots occur, at the request of the Prime Minister of the Cabinet), it has the special mission of armed police, and assists or completely implements the functions of general administrative police and judicial police in maintaining social security.

During the reconstruction and transformation of the three major intelligence departments, it seems that the Military Intelligence Bureau suffered the greatest losses. Not only did the reorganized military intelligence part leak some privileges, but he lost a senior chief officer, Passel. At the same time, the Military Intelligence Bureau's law enforcement area has not been improved at all, but it has been firmly restrained by the upcoming police department. While continuing to expand intelligence services, we must also beware of competition from the military intelligence department that is eyeing the covetous situation.

Since September last year, whether it is funding, candidates, or material allocation, Desai has always given priority to meeting the various needs of the Military Intelligence Agency, which has led to the rapid development of the Military Intelligence Agency in just over 10 months. The number of employees has expanded from the initial less than 200 to more than 3,000. In addition to internal recruitment, the expansion of the Military Intelligence Agency also benefited from the digestion and absorption of a large number of spies sent by the French police during the Fouche era. Of course, the above mentioned above has not yet been counted as a large number of non-staff members, such as Sergeant Thias, the Paris Socialite Team, etc.

Since April this year, including the Manresa Cabinet and the Desai Division, many people have complained to Desai openly and secretly, saying that the Director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, Colonel Sherney has too many resources in his hands, which is not conducive to the balance of power and internal stability. Everyone wrote letters to the Duke, hoping to reduce and share the various powers of the Military Intelligence Bureau. After some careful consideration, Desai immediately accepted everyone's opinions, and then redistributed the power of the Military Intelligence Bureau to avoid the bad situation of being too big.

In another year, when Desai leaves Catalonia and travels to Poland, all the troops in the kingdom (including regular troops, security regiments, reserve militias) and the three major intelligence agencies must be responsible for the roundtable committee led by Desai's agent, Miss Litisia, rather than obeying the instructions of the Manresa Cabinet or the two-level parliament (except some of the responsibilities of the Ministry of Police).

"Duke, what should I do with Decha Sanluge?" Passel asked a sensitive question.

If Baron Sanluge was not Miss Litisia's uncle, perhaps Passel would not be willing to ask more questions, and he would directly execute him in secret according to the Duke's wishes. Even though Sanluge was already the candidate for the establishment of the Catalonia-Aragorn Kingdom, in the eyes of this senior chief of the Military Intelligence Bureau, the so-called Speaker of the House of Nobles is not as good as shit.

"Give Sanluge a last chance. If he gives up, it's equivalent to giving up everything. Do you understand!" said Desai.

"I understand!" Passel nodded. He immediately took out the blank official document, quill and ink, and leaned on the desk and wrote quickly. Passel drafted a secret document according to the opinions of the superiors. After the Duke of Desay reviewed and signed, he handed it over to the Suijun Intelligence Department to compile it into a password text. Finally, the messenger from Manresa was brought back to Catalonia.

Two hours later, at 3 a.m. on July 14, Desai and his division command post boarded the flat-bottomed sailboat returning from Porter City and left Morran Town. At the same time, a military police battalion carrying out the blockade mission around Morran Town also evacuated.

When the next morning, the villagers of Moran opened the door and looked around as usual, they realized that the group of barbaric French troops that had blocked the traffic inside and outside the town for a week had evacuated this place. Hundreds of townsmen rushed to the streets. While celebrating the good news of the sudden departure of the French army, no one cared about the true whereabouts of the invaders, but they only hoped that the vicious Frenchmen would not disturb their peaceful life again.
Chapter completed!