Chapter 1388 Secretary
Liu Shang is not a full-time civil affairs official, but he did a lot of publicity activities for the people and new immigrants during his time in Hainan Island. This is a skill he is good at. If not, he would not be favored by Yu Xiaobao. He was called into the Youth League and then sent to Shandong. Liu Shang had already received systematic training on how to introduce the country's general profile and related immigration policies to the Ming Dynasty immigrants who had just come into contact with Haihan. When he was in Sanya, he had received systematic training in small scenes like the Majiazhuang Immigration Camp with an audience of more than 200 people. , there is no operational difficulty for him.
"I, Liu Shang, today, on behalf of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Haihan, would like to introduce the situation of our country of Haihan to all the fellow villagers, as well as your future living arrangements..."
Liu Shang began to preach slowly, while also observing the reactions of the audience. A good speaker must have the ability to adjust the content, rhythm and style of his speech according to changes in the audience's emotions. Liu Shang has accumulated a lot of practical experience in long-term street storytelling performances, and has also learned from the Haihan Propaganda Department. With all kinds of theoretical knowledge, his ability in this field can be said to be outstanding. Even the seemingly omnipotent time traveler has very few people who can beat him in this aspect.
During the long voyage north, Liu Shang had many in-depth exchanges on immigration issues with Su Yu, who was in the same cabin. He also learned a lot of knowledge from Su Yu that could not be obtained by relying solely on propaganda activities. One of the routines that impressed him very deeply was how to identify immigrants with ulterior motives during the propaganda activities.
Haihan established many immigration recruitment points in the coastal areas of southern Ming Dynasty. Whether in the early days or now, many people sneak into the immigration camps with evil intentions, or hope to form gangs in the immigration camps and take advantage of the chaos to make a fortune, or He wanted to use this channel to lurk in Haihan as an immigrant. These people do not choose to immigrate to escape war or poverty. Their real purpose of pretending to seek refuge in Haihan is often ulterior. If not identified and dealt with, they may easily become a virus in Haihan society in the future.
The civil affairs and security departments have summarized many methods to distinguish the attributes of immigrants during their long-term work. One of the most effective methods is to observe the reactions of new immigrants during policy presentations. People with bad intentions often don't care about the introduction of Haihan's national conditions, because to them it is just meaningless brainwashing propaganda, and they have long been willing to refuse to accept it. They often only care about the rules and regulations within the immigration camp, or how to obtain naturalized citizenship from Haihan in a short period of time. These are the keys to achieving their respective goals.
People who really want to settle in Haihan are often very interested in the part in the immigration propaganda that describes Haihan as a peaceful country and a prosperous and stable country, because that is where their hope for future life lies, and it is also why they choose to abandon their homeland and go to Haihan. the main reason. As for the rules and regulations and resettlement plans, although ordinary immigrants will also care about them, for these desperate people, wherever they are arranged by Haihan and what kind of work they do, it is definitely far better than the current living environment, so in fact, these contents On the contrary, I don't care that much.
Liu Shang was originally a person with good observation skills. He compared Su Yu's experience with his own past experience and found that it made sense. Especially when he recalled the time when he entered the Haihan Immigration Camp through immigration channels, his mentality was exactly the same as what Su Yu said. From this, Liu Shang realized more deeply why Haihan used a lot of space to promote the beauty of Haihan country in his propaganda against immigrants. In the past, he only thought that this was a brainwashing offensive by the Haihan people, but after Su After Yu's explanation, I realized that it could still have such a secret function.
However, after coming to Shandong, Liu Shang has not really tried such a method. It must be said that the arrangement of fate was very clever. Liu Shang learned a lot about immigration matters along the way. Not long after arriving in Shandong, he was appointed and sent to the Majiazhuang immigration camp to take charge of the propaganda work. If it weren't for the things he had learned recently, it would probably be difficult for him to discover all the abnormal conditions here in such a short period of time.
More than two hundred immigrants sat on the ground and listened to Liu Shang's general introduction to Haihan Kingdom. The vast majority of these immigrants are poor people who came to nearby counties and counties. They choose to leave their hometowns when they can no longer survive, trying to find a way to earn a living among the Haihan people. Although Liu Shang himself has no intention of bragging for Haihan, his relatively objective description is that for country people like them who have never seen the market and have only sold vegetables in the capital city, Haihan The country is already a paradise-like place. Many people's eyes were sparkling, full of longing for the beautiful country described.
During this process, Liu Shang also paid special attention to the few people named by Ma Bo just now. These people's eyes wandered, their heads shook, and their attention was not on Liu Shang at all, which was exactly in line with the characteristics Su Yu had mentioned.
For Liu Shang, this was not a coincidence, but verified some of his previous guesses. There are some people in this immigration camp who do not expect to immigrate to Haihan, but they happen to have some unclear connections with Mabo, the director of the immigration camp. Liu Shang didn't know their true identities, but if they were refugees seeking survival, they would never be so numb to the future scene he had painted. Moreover, these people are not good at hiding themselves in the crowd. If they are true professionals, even if they are not interested in this speech, they will never show such an amateur reaction.
The existence of these people, in addition to Ma Bo, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Security, and Ma Bo's immediate boss here, Chen Yixin, are aware of this. This is the next question Liu Shang will consider. It was only his second day in Majiazhuang, and he didn't know much about the situation here. He didn't even know if there was any other hidden reason why Chen Yixin transferred him here. Liu Shang did not intend to report his findings to Chen Yixin or others immediately. Before there was clear evidence, the existence of these people could not actually explain anything. However, the other party did not act professionally. Liu Shang believed that if he continued to observe, he would be able to Get more information.
In a room only a hundred feet away from the immigration camp, Chen Yixin was also asking his secretary about the affairs of the immigration camp: "Has the propaganda cadre transferred from Zhifu Island yesterday started working now?"
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The secretary bowed slightly and responded: "Looking back to the commander, Liu Shang went to the immigration camp this morning. It is said that he was preparing to hold a propaganda event. Maybe it has already started at this time."
The secretary who worked for Chen Yixin was named Zeng Xiaowen. He passed the Ming Dynasty imperial examination as a scholar when he was young. He was considered a relatively rare high-level intellectual among immigrants. And he was not the kind of poor literati who clung to a collection of classics and history. Before taking refuge in Haihan, he had worked as a master for a certain magistrate in a county in Zhejiang for three years. If the county magistrate hadn't suddenly died of illness while in office, he might have had the opportunity to climb a few steps higher. Cultural people like this who have certain talents and political experience are the ones Haihan is most willing to spend great efforts to recruit.
Just when Zeng Xiaowen was unemployed, the Haihan Army invaded Zhoushan, and soon established a foothold outside Ningbo and began to recruit people of all kinds in Zhejiang. During that period, Haihan's recruitment notices were plastered all over the counties of Ningbo Prefecture. Zeng Xiaowen noticed that the Haihan people gave extremely favorable conditions and treatment to the famous Ming literati, which was far higher than his income as a master. So with the mentality of giving it a try, Zeng Xiaowen took a boat to Zhoushan for an interview, and was successfully admitted. The person who conducted the final interview for him was Qian Tiandun, a senior military official. After the interview, he directly asked him if he was willing to become a Haihan citizen in order to become rich and benefit future generations. Zeng Xiaowen had no such plan when he went to Zhoushan, so he declined Qian Tiandun's invitation. However, he did not expect that Qian Tiandun had another big move, and immediately offered him a considerable price to join him. After the immigration subsidy was increased to a thousand taels of silver, Zeng Xiaowen finally couldn't resist the temptation and gritted his teeth and agreed to the invitation. This amount of money was by no means a small amount for him, not to mention that it was only a one-time subsidy, not a job entry. formal income thereafter.
Zeng Xiaowen was soon sent to Sanya to receive three months of civilian work training, and then returned to Zhejiang again and became a civilian officer in the Haihan garrison. The high price Qian Tiandun offered him was certainly not in vain. After Zeng Xiaowen returned to Zhejiang, he provided great help to Haihan's various local activities. Especially for the beheading operation carried out jointly by the Haihan military and the Ministry of Security in Hangzhou in 1634, Zeng Xiaowen, who was familiar with the local conditions in Zhejiang, contributed a lot to the planning stage and was later awarded by the Ministry of National Defense.
Zeng Xiaowen also got a new position as Chen Yixin's full-time secretary. In fact, this position has many similarities with his past position as a master in the county government. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is returning to his old job, but with a different Haihan-style title. After Zeng Xiaowen took office, he followed Chen Yixin to Shandong. Later, Chen Yixin was assigned to be responsible for civil affairs. In many cases, Zeng Xiaowen, who was more familiar with government affairs operations, handled it on his behalf. Chen Yixin also gave great trust to this capable subordinate. For example, he left it to Zeng Xiaowen to follow up on the work changes in Majiazhuang Immigration Camp.
After listening to Zeng Xiaowen's answer, Chen Yixin was silent for a while before continuing to ask: "The person I originally wanted was unable to come because he had to cooperate with the military court in investigating the case, so I found Liu Shang as a temporary replacement. I don't know if he can. Competent. You must have met him at the celebration party the day before yesterday. What is your impression of this person?”
Zeng Xiaowen responded: "I feel quite calm. In addition, judging from the files, this person's work in Sanya has been recommended by the Propaganda Department and the Youth League. His professional ability should be quite good. Dealing with the immigration camp should be a piece of cake."
The person Chen Yixin originally applied to be transferred here was actually Su Wei from the Ministry of Civil Affairs. However, because Su Wei exposed the military's omissions in the immigration work and is currently assisting the Ministry of Security and the Military Court in their investigations, he could only withdraw. The next best thing was to transfer Liu Shang from Zhifu Island. In fact, he had already read Liu Shang's personal information, but he was used to hearing the opinions of his secretary. Sometimes, Zeng Xiaowen can give some unique insights from his own perspective, which is often Chen Yixin's blind spot when thinking about problems.
"But what I'm worried about is not whether he can handle the errands in the immigration camp, but that he is too capable and will take care of things he shouldn't, which will affect our deployment." Chen Yixin said his worries softly.
Zeng Xiaowen responded understandingly: "The humble post will go back and talk to him."
"Say what you should say, and don't say what you shouldn't." Chen Yixin did not object to Zeng Xiaowen's suggestion, but only gave a few more special instructions.
After the assassination in October, the military took a series of retaliatory measures against the Dengzhou government, and made a posture of sending troops from sea and land to attack Dengzhou, which frightened the Ming army and could only hide in the city. Can't get out. Later, the military went north to attack Liaodong, but it did not give up on pursuing Zheng Ai's clue, because Zheng Ai had too much information about the deployment of troops in Majiazhuang and Chen Yixin's daily life. This situation was not normal.
According to the view of the Ministry of Security, someone in the occupied area must have provided detailed intelligence to the Ming army, and it is very likely that it is an intelligence network that has been operating for a period of time. Neither the military nor the Ministry of Security can, of course, sit idly by and watch the existence of such an enemy intelligence network in the Shandong occupied area, so the investigation has been carried out secretly.
The Security Department had found some clues before, but Hao Wanqing hoped to catch them all, so he never alerted the snake, but slowly conducted investigations in secret. At this time, the military's dark side in immigration was exposed during the handover process by Su Yu, a civil affairs cadre from the cadre team going north.
During the more than a year since Haihan occupied Fushan County, the local civil affairs have been managed by the military, and it is inevitable that some cases of abuse of power for personal gain will occur. Chen Yixin and other senior officers are not completely unaware, but when the water is clear, there will be no fish. If the benefits of oil and water are completely lost, it will be difficult to carry out many tasks. However, after the immigration issue was exposed, the Ministry of Security believed that this might be related to the intelligence case under investigation, and therefore asked the military to cooperate with the Ministry of Security's investigation and provide more information.
One of the requirements is to cooperate with the Ministry of Security in investigating all immigration institutions, including the Majiazhuang immigration camp. Although Chen Yixin had no prejudice against Hao Wanqing, he had no intention of leaving all matters on his property to the Ministry of Security for investigation and handling. No matter what problems exist in Majiazhuang Immigration Camp, Chen Yixin hopes to solve them as soon as possible before the Ministry of Security takes action.
(End of chapter)