Chapter 1209 Grassroots Officials
Haihan's cadre training system can be said to be a shortcoming hidden in the country's rapid development. Although the executive committee has been aware of the hidden dangers this problem will bring from the beginning of time travel, and has also made measures to this end. Many efforts were made, including setting up own courses to obtain scholars, appointing officials who served in the Ming Dynasty, and each department setting up its own cadre training courses, etc. However, after all, the time to establish itself was too short, and the number of qualified cadres was still far behind the expansion speed of Shanghai and Han Dynasty. .
Because of this, some colonies in the South China Sea could only be controlled by the military for a period of time after their establishment, making it difficult to organize sustained and effective colonial construction. This situation has not improved much so far, so among the cadres going south this time, there will be people like Han Zhengshan and Lu Yi who were recruited almost on a temporary basis. If measured strictly according to the employment standards, new immigrants like them would not even be qualified to be appointed as cadres. But now is the time for employment, and although they lacked personal qualifications, they were still hired by the relevant departments under exceptions.
Although Tan Juren also has doubts about the ability of this group of men, he has no room to change the candidates at the moment. Even if he can, the other people replaced may not be any better than the existing candidates. Therefore, what he can do is to improve the strength of his subordinates as much as possible, so that they can better implement their governance intentions and achieve some decent results after arriving in the colony.
The content of Tan Juren's lectures mainly focused on the colonial power structure and departmental division of labor and coordination mechanisms. For cadres who had just officially entered the bureaucracy, it was actually difficult to understand them immediately. On the other hand, "veteran civil servants" like Han Zhengshan who have been in government offices for many years will gain a lot after listening to Tan Juren's explanation.
According to Han Zhengshan's understanding, Haihan's division of labor in power was more detailed and thoughtful than that of the Ming Dynasty government, and there were ready-made models that could be applied. Everyone knew their responsibilities. This way of division of labor and cooperation It will operate more efficiently than the Ming government. However, Han Zhengshan believes that this is also related to Haihan's amazing financial resources. The place where his boss Tan Juren will take office is said to have a population less than that of a county in the Ming Dynasty, and there are more than a dozen cadres in charge. Han Zhengshan I can't imagine that a county government has so many people in charge who share power with the county magistrate.
According to the Ming dynasty's bureaucratic system, under the county magistrate, there is a county magistrate and a chief registrar, who are responsible for grain and horses, patrols, tax collection, household registration and other matters. The functions are managed by Dian Shi. Further down are the three squads of government officials and Minzhuang, totaling a hundred or so people in a mess. But Haihan's grassroots bureaucracy is much larger. According to Tan Juren, the cadres they received training are all grassroots officials, and then there are the handymen like the third shift of government officials. There are more than a dozen officials here, and the overall staffing is naturally many more than the county government establishment in Ming Dynasty.
In addition, the salary for working in the Haihan government agencies is not low. The funds required to maintain such a large organization are naturally far greater than those of the county-level government agencies of the Ming Dynasty. Taking into account the expenditure, this model is not suitable for Obviously it doesn't work. But the benefits of having more people are also obvious. The responsibilities and powers of grassroots officials at Han Zhengshan's level are clearer, and their leader Tan Juren can focus more on the command work in the planning and implementation process of the colony. Instead of being too busy dealing with large and small civil affairs.
From Han Zhengshan's perspective, it is actually impossible to tell whether Haihan's approach of exchanging large investments for high efficiency is better than that of the Ming Dynasty government. However, Haihan was able to reach the border of the Ming Dynasty within just a few years. Founding a country and continuously expanding outwards, it can be seen that the role of this operating model is still quite significant. The question that Haihan's bureaucratic system can leave the outside world to question is that almost all of its citizens come from other countries, mainly the Ming Dynasty, to serve. How high the loyalty of these citizens under Haihan's rule may be. A weakness of Han.
Of course, judging from what Han Zhengshan saw after arriving in Haihan, the people of Haihan were in awe of their ruler. Many people regarded the "chief" as a god descending to earth, and there was no dissatisfaction at all. Even if some people miss their homeland, they won't complain too much about their current living conditions. After all, it's hard to find an environment like Haihan's where there is almost no risk of war in the areas under its control. Especially in the Ming Dynasty, which is facing internal and external troubles. Except for the coastal areas of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fuguang, which are relatively peaceful, the inland and north have been plunged into successive wars. The rapid growth of the immigrant population in Haihan in recent years is partly due to Given by the wars in the Ming Dynasty.
Tan Juren also showed a sense of superiority without hesitation when talking about this aspect: "Why did civil unrest occur in so many places in the Ming Dynasty? Some people may say it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, but these are only superficial phenomena, and they really play no role. The decisive factor is that too many people have no food to eat, and the government has no way to solve their survival problems. This situation will not occur in our country. We have a food harvest that far exceeds the needs of the people for survival, and we have a strong government. With the protection of the armed forces, grassroots cadres like you supporting the operation of various departments and agencies, and the wise executive committee pointing the way forward, this country cannot be in chaos.”
If they had never been to Haihan and witnessed the situation here with their own eyes, then most of the people here would not believe Tan Juren’s boast. However, after hearing these words now, everyone including Han Zhengshan felt that this was completely unreasonable. Exaggerated truth. The prosperity and stability in Haihan is a situation that each of them can personally feel, and it is also the biggest reason why the people of Haihan are willing to submit to the rule of the Executive Committee.
But apart from these inspiring political propaganda, Han Zhengshan found it difficult to listen to Tan Juren's professional knowledge. This was because he was from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so it was not easy for him to understand Tan Juren's Mandarin Chinese with a strong Cantonese accent. Secondly, what Tan Juren said contained too many words and concepts that he did not understand. Tan Juren spoke ten sentences, and Han Zhengshan could only half-guess six or seven.
Han Zhengshan turned to look at Lu Yi, who was sitting next to him, and saw that he also looked confused. He thought that Lu Yi was from Songjiang Mansion and must be in a similar situation to himself. However, he is a doctor. In addition to treating illnesses and saving people, he only needs to go to the local area to teach a few apprentices to complete the task. He does not need to have such a thorough grasp of the theoretical knowledge of administrative management taught by Tan Juren.
Among the other people attending the class, there were two or three who had been taking notes with pens to record what Tan Juren said. Han Zhengshan noticed that what they were holding was not an ordinary brush, but a pen with a metal nib. There was also a small bottle of ink in front of them. After writing for a while, they had to dip the pen in the ink. The usage was consistent with the brush. Tan Juren also saw Huang Tongyang using this kind of pen when he was at the police station. It is said that the tip of the pen is made of fine steel, and the Haihan people call it a "pen". The strokes he writes are extremely fine, and a piece of paper can write more content than a brush. Much more.
Those who can write proficiently with this kind of pen obviously cannot be immigrants who have recently arrived in Haihan. Han Zhengshan knows that these colleagues must have been naturalized in Haihan for a long time. Han Zhengshan immediately decided to wait for Tan Juren to finish his speech, and then go get close to these gentlemen - not for the writing tools they used, but to borrow the notes they took to read, so as not to miss the important points of this speech. content. This group of cadres who will follow Tan Juren to the south include new immigrants such as Han Zhengshan and Lu Yi, as well as several old naturalized citizens who have been working in the agency for a long time. Although it is impossible to use all experienced cadres, the executive committee still hopes to arrange a lineup with the old leading the new, so that the working group going south can get started quickly after starting work locally, so that all departments will not be unable to do so due to lack of experience. Working well. As for a relatively unstable position like the Sheriff, with Tan Juren and the local military attache keeping an eye on it, it is unlikely that anything big will go wrong.
In the courses that followed in the next few days, the "heads" of each department personally came to the podium to teach. Although these students already have the title of cadre, they do not dare to show any slackness in front of the "chief". Regardless of whether they understand or not, they still have to brace themselves and endure. Han Zhengshan has deepened his understanding of Haihan's bureaucracy and various departments through these courses. The topics he chats with Lu Yi and others every day are also related to the discussion. Han Zhengshan laughed at himself that if he had such enthusiasm for learning when he was a child, he would have been admitted to the imperial examination, and now he would at least be a scholar or even a scholar.
Of course, these things learned in the training class have nothing to do with the subset of classics and history that are required to be tested in the Ming Dynasty imperial examination. Instead, they allow these rookie cadres to master the methods and methods of managing the people and maintaining the operation of the institution as much as possible in a short period of time. These theories are not profound; all they lack is practical experience.
Starting from the third day of training, all trainees, under the leadership of the chief officer, went to the immigration camp to select and register candidates for the southward journey. The immigration quota assigned to Tan Juren is 800 people, which includes more than 170 naturalized people who have been confirmed. The remaining places will be selected from the immigration camps.
According to the consistent practice of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, voluntary registration has been opened a few days ago. In addition to immigration subsidies, land, houses and many other preferential treatments, the benefits that immigrants will receive are that the registration period will be shortened to one hundred days. naturalization inspection period. As long as you make no obvious mistakes within 100 days of arriving in the local area, you can automatically obtain Haihan nationality and enjoy national treatment. This is much easier for new immigrants than staying in the local area to compete for limited naturalization quotas.
Of course, the new immigrants do not know the specific place where they will be assigned, otherwise many of them may be discouraged. After all, not everyone is willing to accept going overseas thousands of miles south of Sanya. prospect.
Of course, Han Zhengshan already knew the destination he was going to through the past few days of teaching, but in fact, the difference between knowing and not knowing was not very big, because he simply could not imagine what the local environment would be like. But one thing is certain, that is, no matter how far away the assigned place is, it is still the land under the rule of Haihan, and all the rules and social systems are not much different from Sanya. The most important thing is that there are Haihan troops stationed locally, so there is no need to worry too much about safety issues.
New immigrants who have limited knowledge of Haihan are more concerned about whether the difference in treatment between going there and staying in Sanya is cost-effective. However, even if they do not participate in migrating south, they may not be able to stay in Sanya in the final allocation. Most of them will still be sent to other places. By then, they may not be able to actively sign up for such favorable treatment as going south. When the new immigrants realized this, the number of people who signed up was still quite large, greatly exceeding the official's initial expectations.
In this way, the task of Tan Juren and others is much easier. They only need to select qualified people from the applicants, instead of forcibly removing a group of people from the immigration camp and escorting them to the southern colonies by force.
Han Zhengshan is also one of the interviewers who selects immigrants. However, due to the large number of immigrants, this kind of interview is actually just a formality to let the newly appointed cadres get familiar with the work process. There is no time to review them one by one. As long as the limbs are sound, there are no obvious physical disabilities or diseases, and the intelligence is normal and you can understand commands, you will basically pass the test. However, Han Zhengshan still paid attention to some of them, because after arriving in the local area, he had to set up a security agency in a short period of time, and it would be difficult for him and the seven or eight rookie police officers who would be assigned there to effectively manage the local area. The public security situation, so the establishment must be expanded, and the recruitment targets must be among these new immigrants.
The registration and selection of immigrants continued until the end of the training period. In the next few days, various supplies began to be gradually loaded at Sanya Port and Shengli Port. During this period, Han Zhengshan and others had to let the upcoming The immigrants who went south understood the distribution of their powers and knew who they should listen to and who they should be responsible to in the coming period. In other words, the training content they received in the past few days was changed, and then the new immigrants were preached to them. On the one hand, this is to enhance their understanding of their own work, and on the other hand, it is to allow these immigrants to understand the social division of labor after arriving locally, so that they will not misunderstand or be resistant to the cadres' commands.
Three days later, everything was ready, and the southbound immigration fleet was about to set off.
(End of chapter)