Chapter 1311 Military Camp Performance
Based on Haihan's quality requirements for military personnel, the time required to train a qualified soldier will not exceed one hundred days, and some non-combat units can even compress the training time for new recruits to about half of this number. But to get a qualified officer, it is not a task that can be completed in two or three months. The combat experience of the officer itself is very important for his command role on the battlefield, and ordinary soldiers with civilian backgrounds often do not have this Therefore, many former Ming army officers with real materials were quickly put into use after joining Haihan. Their past training and relevant combat experience can help them quickly enter new roles and adapt to their new roles. The system and combat methods of Haihan's army are also much faster than those of newcomers.
Of course, these officers who switch to Haihan will have some hidden dangers in terms of political reliability. Therefore, after they enter the Haihan Army, in addition to receiving military training, it is also indispensable for them to transform their thinking. Establish the absolute authority of the Haihan Executive Committee in his mind. Since these people could be loyal to the imperial power in the past, it is also expected that they will become loyal to the Haihan regime in the future.
Although the overall strength of the Ming Army was in a sluggish state of decline during this period, the officers of the regular army generally had good professional qualities, which could be described as a valuable asset to the Haihan Army. In order to prove their abilities and loyalty after taking refuge in Haihan, these people tend to be particularly active in training and combat. Whenever there is a combat mission, especially when the mission is performed in the Ming Dynasty, the first to call for battle is Often it is these officers.
At this time, the officers who are qualified to accompany them are basically the middle and upper-level military attachés in the local garrison. The fact that officers from the Ming army account for a considerable proportion here is enough to show that Haihan attaches great importance to them. But Liu Shang, who was also born in the Ming Dynasty, couldn't help but feel sour in his heart when he saw such a scene. These officers trained by the Ming Dynasty should have been loyal to the Ming Dynasty in the army, but due to various reasons, they are now working for the Haihan people. , and it is very likely that he will lead his army to become an enemy of the Ming Dynasty in the future. Such a situation makes people feel very sad just thinking about it.
After taking a break for lunch, Qiu Yuan took everyone to visit the Haikou garrison camp next to the military port in the afternoon. There is a lecture event held here specifically for military personnel, and all junior officers in the garrison will be present to participate. However, the content of this lecture was mainly in the military field and had nothing to do with economics and trade, so there was nothing wrong with Liu Shang.
Yu Xiaobao said that those who did not have work arrangements could go back to rest first, or go sightseeing in Haikou city on their own. However, Liu Shang wanted to collect more military intelligence, so he immediately expressed his intention to stay and observe, and also help out by the way. Get started at the venue. Yu Xiaobao thought it was reasonable. Anyway, there was nothing confidential in the lecture, so it wouldn't hurt to let Liu Shang, a newcomer, listen to it.
Liu Shang succeeded in staying without any effort, but the content of the lectures he heard later made him a little disappointed. Because not much of what Xiaobao and Lu Ting lectured actually related to military intelligence, the whole process was almost all about advocacy. The wisdom of the Haihan Executive Committee and the bravery of the Haihan Army were nothing more than a brainwashing class in Liu Shang's eyes. Of course, the audience's feelings may be a little different. Liu Shang saw that many people were listening intently and applauded very hard. It didn't look like they were acting.
"This is probably the power of faith!" Regarding such a scene, Liu Shang could only come to a helpless conclusion. He had already had contact with people from the Haihan Publicity Department before, so he naturally knew how powerful this department was. The contents of these promotional materials were all written by dedicated personnel, and some adjustments would be made to the content for different industries. After repeated dissemination and indoctrination, people often believe in its content and even regard obeying the decrees of the Haihan Executive Committee as a belief. The brainwashing effect is very terrifying.
Why Haihan attaches so much importance to publicity work? Regarding this issue, Liu Shang also asked his employment introducer Chang Degao. Chang Degao explained to him at the time that this was because Haihan State had a small population. The leaders hoped that the citizens would have a unified understanding and unite as one, so they paid special attention to achieving such an effect through propaganda means.
However, after Liu Shang gradually understood the social structure of Haihan, he believed that there was another extremely important reason, that is, the composition of the citizens of Haihan was extremely complex. If this almost brainwashing method was not used to ideologically transform the citizens, Then nationals from multiple countries and ethnic groups can easily have various conflicts due to differences in language, culture, and customs, which may even affect the political stability of Haihan.
To put it bluntly, it is out of actual needs. It can be regarded as a method adopted by Haihan senior officials to consolidate their rule. However, Liu Shang also has to admit that Haihan people can achieve good results no matter which field they work in. This propaganda work Same thing. If the Ming Dynasty could have a propaganda system like this, then the rebellious peasant army in the country might not be able to cause such a big trouble.
Haihan's senior officials have always attached great importance to propaganda work, especially the political and ideological work of the military. As the northern gate of Haihan's "homeland", the military importance of Haikou Military Port is self-evident. For the troops stationed here, the top management naturally pays close attention to the propaganda work. Even without the arrival of the inspection team, various propaganda methods will be used in turn on a daily basis.
After Yu Xiaobao finished speaking, he saw that Liu Shang seemed to be in a trance, so he took the initiative to ask him: "Would you like to arrange for you to come up and give a lecture? I heard that you were a very good storyteller before, and you also talked about the battle cases of our army. , I think the soldiers here will also like this theme very much.”
Liu Shang quickly declined: "What I said before was mostly made up by myself, which is fine for people's amusement, but I'm afraid it's inappropriate in this situation. If there is any misunderstanding among the soldiers, then I will be at great fault." .”
Yu Xiaobao shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter. Just choose your best performance later. It doesn't take too long. Just follow your previous arrangements."
Liu Shang couldn't refuse, so he had to reluctantly agree first, thinking that he had been away for so many days, so he shouldn't forget the words later. Now I quickly took advantage of the time before I went on stage to recall the jokes.
After Lu Ting finished speaking, Yu Xiaobao returned to the stage again, announced that he would temporarily add a folk art program, and then invited Liu Shang to the stage.
Liu Shang knew that he had to go through this test today, so he didn't have any stage fright, so he immediately went to the stage. However, he didn't bring any props like the wooden folding fan when he came out this time, and he was a little uncomfortable at the beginning. However, Liu Shang had quite a lot of acting experience and quickly calmed down his emotions. Although he was temporarily captured by Yu Xiaobao, Liu Shang still took the time to prepare his most familiar joke, the Battle of Star Island. However, due to limited time, he could not tell the complete story here, so he intercepted the climax of the battle, where the two armies faced each other head-on at the Star Island Immigration Village. Before being recruited by Chang Degao into the Propaganda Department, Liu Shang performed the most adapted version of this battle at Xinlong Tea House, and the response from the audience has been very good. In addition, it was a new close combat example that happened a few months ago, so he used it to cope with the situation. It's very suitable for emergencies.
Since he couldn't talk about the whole book, Liu Shang had to summarize the previous situation with a simple description before starting to introduce the main topic. The Battle of Xingdao was the Hainan Army's largest combat operation this year, and the incident happened in such a hurry that Hainan Island basically had no time to intervene in the preparation stage. However, the fighting performance of the Star Island garrison was very powerful. They defeated the invading coalition forces of the two countries and captured a large number of enemy troops.
Regarding the battle of Xingdao, Haihan's various official media have made extensive reports. Almost everyone in the country knows that Haihan's army fought a great victory in the South China Sea. At that time, Liu Shang also took advantage of this hot spot and quickly became famous in Sanya's storyteller circles. The book he compiled does contain a lot of imaginary processing, which is somewhat different from the facts. However, his processing is basically a positive image of the Haihan Army officers. It not only sounds entertaining, but also very interesting. It is easy to win the favor of the audience and can be said to be a more clever choice.
The reaction of the audience in the audience soon proved the correctness of Liu Shang's choice. These officers were obviously much more attentive than when they were listening to the boring political speech just now. As Liu Shang's tone changed, his face also changed. Expressions such as nervousness, anger, excitement, etc. appear. Liu Shang soon discovered that the effect of storytelling here was almost the same as in a teahouse. The audience was also a group of rough guys without much knowledge, and they were also very interested in things like fighting. The reaction to listening to the book was Naturally it is very similar.
After discovering these similarities, Liu Shang's originally nervous mood relaxed a lot, and he became more comfortable performing. He spoke alone on the stage for about a stick of incense before finishing the final battle. The warm applause and cheers from the audience seemed to exceed Yu Xiaobao's speech just now.
Liu Shang did not dare to stay on the stage longer. After returning to his seat, he received unstinting praise from Yu Xiaobao: "Now I know how the people from the Propaganda Department picked you. You really have two brushes." Ah!”
Liu Shang quickly said something modest, saying that Chang Degao and Hong Jingwen gave him the opportunity, and it was just his ability to eat. After hearing this, Yu Xiaobao also felt that Liu Shang was very good at being a person, and he knew how to help his boss to make his presence felt. After this man entered the officialdom, his career in the future should be smoother.
I have to say that the technology Liu Shang has mastered can indeed play an excellent propaganda role on the right occasion. If the content of the propaganda is all political slogans, then I am afraid that there will not be much effect left after today's lecture. But after Liu Shang performed this storytelling program temporarily, the audience was obviously much more impressed by today's lecture. At least there was a discussion to compare the story told by the storyteller with the official statement in the newspaper. What are some similarities and differences.
Liu Shang was originally a little worried that his adapted version would have some minor and minor violations, but since Yu Xiaobao had already guaranteed it and the performance was very effective, he felt relieved. Qiu Yuan also became interested in Liu Shang's background. After some inquiring, he heard that he was a new employee of the propaganda department who had not yet joined the job. He sighed at the moment: "The paparazzi are amazing! They can also dig up this kind of information! ”
Liu Shang didn't understand the meaning of his slang, so he could only sit aside and laugh. Yu Xiaobao understood this joke, but he didn't dare to say it, otherwise wouldn't it be disrespectful to Ning Qi, who manages the Propaganda Department?
That night the group returned to stay at a guest house in the city. The arrangement for the next day was for the inspection team to meet with the heads of local departments and listen to relevant work reports. Afterwards, I will meet with several business representatives, both from Haikou and other countries. In the afternoon, another publicity event was scheduled, targeting people from the local political, business and cultural circles. This was the only stop where the inspection team held two publicity activities during this trip.
The content of Liu Shang's speech this time returned to the topic, and he was still responsible for the speech on trade policy. Haikou area has always been the capital of Hainan Island in the past, and it is close to the mainland. Therefore, the scale of business here is second only to Sanya on the island, and is much better than Danzhou. Qiu Yuan also paid special attention to publicity activities. Before that, he had given Yu Xiaobao a piece of information about the local trade environment. He hoped that the inspection team could add some information to the publicity meeting.
In the end, this job naturally fell on Liu Shang, but fortunately, the content of this speech was not much. Liu Shang had memorized the manuscript without spending much time, and even asked Qiu Yuan to review it in advance. once to avoid any mistakes.
After the preaching activity, Qiu Yuan once again hosted a banquet for the inspection team, so that the team could set out to practice tomorrow. The mission in Haikou was over, everyone was in a very relaxed mood, and Liu Shang also had a rare drink. However, he did not do it to celebrate the successful completion of the preaching activity in Haikou, but because Zhang Qianzhi, who had been on his back all the way, was finally disappearing - Haikou is Zhang Qianzhi's office, and the next trip will not be I will go with the inspection team again.
Finally getting rid of this elusive trouble, Liu Shang felt a little more relaxed. He really didn't like the feeling of being monitored intentionally or unintentionally, and this psychological test had lasted for more than ten days. If it continued like this, he was a little worried that he would have a mental breakdown. Although the most dangerous place is the safest, Liu Shang really couldn't wait to stay away from Zhang Qianzhi's monitoring range. Even if you return to Sanya, you will still be exposed to certain safety risks, but it will be more comfortable than staying on a boat with this venomous snake for a long time.
(End of chapter)