Chapter 1272 Nothing can be done
Although this training base does not allow free entry and exit, there are not many restrictions on students' internal activities. As long as they do not cause trouble, they will not be expelled even if they attend other professional training courses. Liu Shang's current publicity major happened to have no classes, so he was free to wander around and visit the training content of other majors.
There are many majors in this training base. Liu Shang browsed around and found that in addition to medical and health care, there are also import and export trade, finance, culture and education, prospecting, public security, farming, construction, navigation and many other majors. The training content and duration of each major are different. After completing the training course, trainees will be assigned to serve in state agencies in various industries. Other classes called "Professional Continuing Education" do not allow outsiders like Liu Shang to attend. It is said that the students in these classes are all current employees and will be promoted after passing the further training.
There were many majors that Liu Shang had never heard of before, and he didn’t know that this industry could actually be taught in such a formal way. But then he thought about it and Haihan also established an yamen to manage the industry to operate it. This is a training The course is just a trivial matter. Liu Shang can also feel from this that the importance Haihan senior management attaches to certain industries is indeed very obviously different from that of Ming Dynasty.
If the Ming Dynasty wanted to become an official in the dynasty, they either had to pass the imperial examinations to gain fame step by step, or else they had to risk their lives and fight on the battlefield. Such people can become officials by relying on their expertise in a certain field or industry. This situation is relatively rare in the Ming Dynasty. Even if there are, they are only low-level officials in charge of specific affairs in the six ministries.
However, Haihan's initiative is to prepare exclusive promotion channels for ordinary people in various industries. These people do not need to be familiar with the Four Books, Five Classics and hundreds of schools of thought, nor are they good at writing eight-part essays. They only need to be in a certain field that Haihan's senior management needs. If you have expertise, you can enter the official Haihan organization through recruitment and gain opportunities for further study and promotion.
Liu Shang doesn't understand what the shackles and distinctions between the ruling class and the ruled class are, but he can now truly feel how attractive and stimulating the Haihan system, which opens up the channels for social advancement, is to the common people. . Even new immigrants who have no background at all and have just arrived in Sanya will have the opportunity to obtain nationality and status based on their skills. This was absolutely impossible in the Ming Dynasty.
It is no wonder that there have been no major natural or man-made disasters in the southeastern part of the Ming Dynasty in recent years, but a large number of people still choose to leave their hometowns and move to Hainan Island. Moreover, these people who leave the Ming Dynasty often do not flee because they cannot survive, but just want to immigrate to Hainan Island. After that, we can strive for a better future for ourselves or the next generation. If changing nationality can bring you the opportunity to serve as an official in the DPRK, and this country is still on the rise after the founding of the country, how many people can resist such a temptation?
It’s not just ordinary people who are tempted by this. According to Liu Shang’s knowledge, there are also many people from the southeast coast who resigned from their posts due to various reasons and came to serve as officials in Haihan, and officials who were originally local officials in Qiongzhou , a considerable number of people changed their families after the island changed hands and joined the Haihan sect. Today, in Haihan's bureaucracy, there are still at least 20% people who have served in the Ming government. The only good thing is that Haihan seems to have no intention of promoting this system in the mainland. Otherwise, after a few more years of operation, just by raising its arms, I am afraid that entire states and counties will directly join Haihan.
After seeing these people, Liu Shang thought that the people in the government he had come into contact with after coming to Sanya should have received similar training here. Having said that, if Haihan did not have this mass-production training method, it would be difficult for the competent authority to maintain a detailed division of labor and have enough personnel available. Of course, looking at it from another perspective, it is precisely the complexity of Haihan government agencies that places great demand on professionals, which led to the creation of such a recruitment and training system.
Haihan's rapid founding and rise of the country is certainly inseparable from the role of such a large team of officials. Haihan has enough manpower to conduct detailed management and command of all walks of life, so that the entire national machine can run faster and smoother.
Although Liu Shang is not a politician, he has been exposed to a higher level than ordinary people in the past, and his vision is not bad. Even if he cannot fully understand Haihan's methods of governing, he can still distinguish the brilliance in it. come out. At this time, Liu Shang would inevitably think of the question that had been bothering him repeatedly since coming to Sanya: "Can these things be replicated and implemented in the Ming Dynasty?"
But he immediately rejected his idea. There were too many unreasonable things about Haihan's way of cultivating talents. If it were placed in the Ming Dynasty, I'm afraid it would immediately attract criticism from scholars, and the existing bureaucratic collective would also be absolutely unacceptable. They will not allow some mud-legged people who have never read the books of sages to join their own group. For the people in the court, maintaining the existing power system and balance is far more important than radically changing the bureaucratic selection system. As for whether the country's development speed will fall behind Haihan because of this, the big shots in the court Do you care? For Ming Dynasty, which is in the midst of internal and external troubles, there are at least 10,000 more important and urgent things to deal with than Haihan. Who would pay too much attention to Haihan, who is quietly making a fortune? Han's side?
What's more, the most critical financial hurdle cannot be passed at all. The Ming Dynasty now has to deal with the peasant army that has messed up the Central Plains, and also has to deal with Hou Jin's southward kowtow campaign, which is becoming more and more powerful every year. Every year, military expenditures are enough. The imperial court's finances have always been in a state of negative equity, and they have to collect additional taxes from the relatively peaceful provinces on the southern coast to maintain it. There is no room left to expand the existing official team. Even if there is this spare money, it will probably be used first to strengthen city defenses at various border passes and recruit troops to put out fires everywhere.
The Ming Dynasty had been established for more than two hundred years and its territory was thousands of miles away. However, it was not as developed as smoothly as the Haihan Kingdom, which started from a small bay on the border of the South China Sea. This was simply unbelievable to Liu Shang, and it was hard for him to believe it before he came to Sanya. Such a situation. But the reality is cruel. What he saw and heard in Sanya all verified this conclusion. Although when he saw Haihan's development and prosperity, he couldn't help but make sour comments such as "it's just like this" and "the world is getting worse", but when he calmed down and looked at the problem objectively, he had to admit that Haihan was almost He is better than Daming in all aspects that he can feel.
To admit this, it is undoubtedly quite sad for Liu Shang, who was born in the Ming Dynasty, but what is even more sad is that so far, he has not seen any hope of overthrowing Haihan's rule on Hainan Island. The common people Liu Shang came into contact with in the local area, both old and young, were quite satisfied with their current living conditions. Even if some people did not live a prosperous life, the peace under Haihan's rule was unmatched by other places. of.
There are no bandits or bandits on the entire Hainan Island, and there is no piracy activity outside the island. Any petty thief caught will be thrown into a hard labor camp and undergo several years of labor reform. This simple folk custom of not closing the door at night and not picking up lost things on the road has really been realized in Sanya. The people are not short of food and clothing, and are accustomed to enjoying a peaceful life under the protection of powerful armed forces. How can it be possible to incite the people to initiate civil strife under such social conditions?
As for Haihan's ruling class, it seems to be more difficult to create civil strife, because Haihan's political system does not consist of a king or imperial power, but a group of people who govern together. Although there are only nine people at the top of the power pyramid, this lineup changes every few years, and all pure-blooded Haihan people jointly recommend candidates. This means that in theory, every Haihan person has a chance to become a ruler. One member, but if anyone wants to monopolize power, he will inevitably incur resistance from everyone else. In Haihan's system, there are many preventive measures for loopholes that can theoretically lead to rebellion. Haihan people are notoriously shrewd, and outsiders have little chance of stirring up unrest among Haihan's top brass.
Assassinating Haihan's senior figures is of course one of the options, but the problem is that there are many candidates for Haihan to enter the executive committee and govern. Even if you are lucky enough to hurt one or two people, it will not be enough to shake Haihan's rule. On the contrary, this may trigger a military counterattack from Haihan. If the situation develops to that point, it will be completely counterproductive. Even if Liu Shang is willing to risk his life to try, the superiors will never agree to implement such a method that will hurt both sides and only make the situation worse. The more Liu Shang thought about it, the more headache he felt. He couldn't help but wonder if he had overestimated his capabilities when he chose to take on this task. So far, he feels that he has not found any way to shake Haihan's rule, and he does not think that his colleagues who are also lurking here can be any better than him. Whether such a confrontation would be effective, and whether it would be in vain in the end, questions like this slowly began to arise in his heart. Although Liu Shang tried hard to tell himself that he should be loyal to the emperor, patriotic and firm in his beliefs, he was still unable to withstand the constant impact of reality bit by bit. The goal he vowed to disintegrate the Haihan regime before coming to Sanya seemed to be in constant collapse.
Once such pessimism arose, Liu Shang could not help but have doubts about his career prospects. With his background as a storyteller, even if he passed this training and entered the Propaganda Department, he would probably have to work in a position like Chang Degao first. Work for a few years to earn performance, right? I don't have the distinguished resume of being a disciple of the chief like Chief Hong, so if I want to climb up, I will probably have to wait for a long time. The Propaganda Department is no better than other departments, and its performance seems to be difficult to quantify. Other yamen rely on their political and martial arts skills to get promoted, but does the Propaganda Department rely on their loud voices? Relying on words? It doesn't seem very realistic when you think about it. At first, I thought that if I could sneak into the Yamen, I would be successful, but now it seems that entering the Yamen may not be able to play a big role.
In this training center, food and housing are taken care of, and Liu Shang has freedom of movement and no tasks, so he has this free time to ponder these ideas that he had not considered carefully before. Everyone else was busy with their own things, and no one paid any attention to this man who was lying on the lawn looking at the sky in a daze. Liu Shang spent two days in the training center in a daze before someone finally noticed this idle man with nothing to do.
"Get up!"
A big face suddenly appeared in Liu Shang's field of vision, asking him to stand up and reply. He quickly got up and saw a group of people standing next to him. He recognized the person who called him up. He was a staff member named Xiang who was in charge of security in the training center. His exact name was unclear, but the students privately called him Xiang Dalian.
"Which class are you in? Are you lying here during class time? You don't have to study?" Xiang Dafian asked Liu Shang unceremoniously.
Liu Shang quickly reported his name and department, and explained the reason why he did not participate in the study. His current situation was not man-made, it was purely a coincidence, and there was no need to worry about offending anyone by speaking out. However, he still has to stay here and wait for classes to start, so he can't easily offend the staff here.
"Recruited from the Propaganda Department? Which department?"
As soon as Liu Shang finished speaking, a voice asked from the crowd next to him. He turned his head to look and saw that the speaker was a young man with short hair who was surrounded by people. He looked about the same age as Chang Degao and Hong Jingwen whom he had interacted with before, but he seemed to be more dignified. There were also two guards standing with short-barreled firecrackers on their waists. It seemed that their identities were not simple.
Before he could figure out the identity of this person, Xiang Dalian, who was standing next to him, had already introduced him hurriedly: "This is Director Yu from the Youth League. Please answer me!"
Director Yu from the Youth League? Liu Shang felt that he had heard this title somewhere, and then he remembered that Chang Degao had taken him to see Section Chief Hong two days ago. When talking about his origin, he mentioned "Director Yu of the Youth League" by the way. Could it be that What a coincidence that this is the young official in front of me?
But regardless of whether it was true or not, Liu Shang knew that with his current status, he could never make a difference in front of the other party, so he immediately bowed and responded: "The person I am recruiting is the Publicity Department of the Sanya Port District Management Committee."
"Oh? Is it Hong Jingwen?" Director Zai asked again.
"It's the senior officer from Changde under Section Chief Hong." Liu Shang saw that he called him by his first name, but he didn't dare to judge the relationship between him and Hong Jingwen, so he said honestly at the moment.
"He's the person Xiao Chang recruited!" Director Yu looked Liu Shang up and down. Someone next to him had already handed over the roster and pulled out Liu Shang's registration information. Director Yu took a rough look at this, then turned around and asked, "Were you a storyteller before?"
(End of chapter)