Chapter 1390 It’s hard to cover up
Long before Haihan unified Hainan Island, the military had already opened up colonies overseas, starting the history of Haihan's expansion of its control areas. In the early stages of development, such occupied areas often lack a complete management system, and there are not enough professional officials to take over. Therefore, in most cases, they are managed by the military first, and after a certain period of time, they will gradually cooperate with industry departments and Specialized agencies will carry out the handover - just like the work handover currently underway in the Shandong occupied area.
After all, the military's professional field is not to govern local areas. Of course, such an arrangement will have many disadvantages, but only in this way can it achieve basic governance and development of the occupied areas while rapidly expanding externally. Therefore, this approach has been continued. It has gradually become a default plan in Haihan’s external expansion process. The military has gradually accumulated a lot of practical experience in this process, and has relatively mature operations in managing overseas colonies, and has obtained extremely generous benefits from it.
It is no exaggeration to say that in addition to Haihan's own development needs and the personal ambitions of military leaders, there is another reason that cannot be ignored but is kept secret from the outside world. The military continues to reap huge profits from these military-controlled areas. The economy, personnel, and the strategic location of the controlled area itself, etc., these factors bring subsequent benefits to the military that far exceed the significance of occupying the land itself. The Haihan Army was able to quickly become the most powerful armed force in the South China Sea and Northeast Asia in just eight years, not just by relying on the military budgets approved by the Executive Committee every year to the Ministry of National Defense and the military industry.
Of course, this cannot be said to be a conspiracy. The Executive Committee is not completely ignorant of the military's methods. Even senior officials who are accustomed to opposing the military are also aware of this situation. Just because of the needs of the development situation, this country has to use this plan to manage overseas controlled areas. Although it does not seem very reasonable, at this stage, it is indeed a legal behavior recognized by the Executive Committee. .
However, this approach will not be implemented forever. With the official establishment of Haihan State, all aspects of the system are gradually being improved, and the human resources that the cadre training system can provide for various departments in the country are also increasing. The lack of professional officials in overseas controlled areas is slowly improving. Even overseas colonies thousands of miles away from Sanya, the Executive Committee hopes to bring them under the unified control of the central government as soon as possible, so it will dispatch professional cadres faster The team went to take over local government affairs. The impact of this change on the military is probably that the military control period in various places will be greatly shortened compared with before, and the direct benefits that can be obtained from local areas will also be reduced.
This is the general trend, and the military does not intend to fight against the policies formulated by the Executive Committee, but at least it must try its best to protect its deserved interests. In order to prevent Fort Victory from finding more excuses to reduce the military's control over overseas colonies, the measures the Ministry of National Defense can take is to maintain the stability of social order as much as possible in these areas under military control. For a special country like Haihan whose territory is scattered across a vast ocean, the stability of its overseas colonies is the best manifestation of its solid rule. As for whether the military or professional departments manage these places, that is secondary.
Chen Yixin will be assigned the task of managing civil affairs after the situation in Shandong stabilizes. Part of the reason is that the military wants to use this opportunity to express its attitude to the executive committee. The military is still very concerned about local government management and has specially arranged for it. A dedicated officer is responsible for this area.
As long as there is no major local chaos, senior generals including Chen Yixin will not devote too much enthusiasm to government affairs. After all, the attention of the Haihan military has shifted northward from Shandong to Liaodong. Functions have also begun to change in the direction of logistics bases and transit ports. If security issues hadn't emerged one after another in recent months, Chen Yixin would not have turned his attention back to the immigration matters that he has already started handing over to the cadre team heading north.
Chen Yixin doesn't care what tricks the people in the immigration camp can play. This is an area under Haihan's control. As long as he gives an order, everyone in the immigration camp, including Ma Bo and others who manage them, will be killed in one day. They will be packed up and sent to the sea, and then sent to do coolies in the South China Sea, which is so far away that they can't even imagine. However, if the matter is handled so simply and crudely, it will inevitably leave an excuse for the Ministry of Security to "block information" and will also cause the Ministry of Civil Affairs to question the military's ability to handle the problem.
Therefore, Chen Yixin could only choose to wait carefully and wait for a more reasonable time before closing the net. During this period, he did not want anyone to interfere with his deployment, so he asked his secretary Zeng Xiaowen to come forward to say hello to the new propaganda officer. As for whether Liu Shang's personal destiny would change due to his own will, Chen Yixin did not spend the slightest energy to consider such trivial matters. Just like he doesn't care about Ma Bo's life or death, in the face of military interests and Haihan national interests, the fate of these people is actually similar to that of ants. If there is any difference, it may just be that they are in different camps.
Liu Shangke didn't know his current situation. Although he was aware of Zeng Xiaowen's warning to him, the direction of his understanding seemed to be more or less deviated.
"The world is as black as crows! Haihan's yamen is indispensable for these dirty things!" Liu Shang slowly enjoyed his lunch, but a trace of a mocking smile appeared on his face. He was born in the Ming Dynasty, so he could naturally imagine that a place like Majiazhuang would be filled with all kinds of shady gray transactions, and it was inevitable that Haihan officials would be involved. I just didn't expect that I, a careless civil servant, would be wooed and warned by two groups of people in just two days after I came here.
Liu Shang took advantage of the meal time to slowly go through the clues he had. He was basically sure that Ma Bo was not very clean, otherwise he would not have tried every means to bribe him on the first day, and the means It still seems quite rough. As for Zeng Xiaowen, Liu Shang really couldn't understand it. He initially thought that the other party was warning him not to go against Ma Bo, but after thinking about it, he felt that something was wrong. It didn't seem that simple.
Zeng Xiaowen behaved very steadily when dealing with people. He was not a vulgar person like Ma Bo. He was a close confidant of the chief, and his status was not low in the Haihan bureaucracy. Logically speaking, he should at least be observing in secret. How could Tian Situation jump out from behind the scenes without expressing his attitude? If Chen Yixin had such an impatient confidant around him, it would be unlikely that this person would take up a position like secretary that requires careful thinking and calmness.
What is there in this small Majiazhuang immigration camp that is worthy of a close confidant of the chief minister jumping out to express his stance to a little person like himself? If Zeng Xiaowen is not with Ma Bo, then whose attitude does he represent?
Liu Shang is a very cautious person, and he does not think that Zeng Xiaowen would come to him specifically to make such a boring joke. After the other party left, he had completely lost his initial contempt for the errand and began to think about how he would deal with such a situation. He did not have the overall perspective that Chen Yixin had at that level. He did not have a close backer in the Shandong occupied area, and he did not understand the local social conditions well. These objective reasons made him encounter great difficulties in judging his own situation. However, he is not an idle person. His professional training and rich social experience allowed him to quickly figure out the next steps he would take.
Whether it was Ma Bo's bribery or Zeng Xiaowen's warning, there was only one reason, and that was that there were things in the immigration camp that they did not want outsiders like Liu Shang to know. As for the reason why they treated him like this, Liu Shang didn't want to think about it anymore. He knew that as long as he found out the truth, he could deduce the reason. Although such a single-handed operation may be dangerous, Liu Shang did not feel much fear, but instead felt a faint sense of excitement. The job he has been engaged in is a high-risk industry. Is there anything more dangerous than sneaking into an enemy country? Sanya has already been invaded by people from the dragon's pond and tiger's den, and Liu Shang doesn't believe how much trouble a small place like Majiazhuang can cause for him. No matter what secrets are hidden in the immigration camp, Liu Shang has decided to dig them out. This is not for justice or merit, but purely to satisfy his own curiosity.
"You forced me to do this." Liu Shang silently put the last peanut in the bowl into his mouth, chewed it slowly and stood up. Since he has to take risks and do something that may have no profit, he has to find a good reason for himself. Even if no one actually forced him, it would be good to use this to anesthetize himself.
Although Chen Yixin transferred him to Majiazhuang for the purpose of promoting the immigration camp, in fact Liu Shang's work is not limited to the immigration camp. There are only so many people in the immigration camp, and it is impossible for him to stay there all day long. Even if you have the spirit to preach to these ignorant people in the immigration camp, your throat will not be able to bear it. And if he keeps making excuses to stay in the immigration camp, it will be easy for others to notice his abnormal behavior.
According to the official division of labor, in fact, the entire promotional activities in the Majiazhuang area now have to be taken over by Liu Shang, which just gives him a good entry point to implement his plan.
An hour after saying goodbye in the cafeteria, Liu Shang and Zeng Xiaowen met again. The difference is that this time it was no longer Zeng Xiaowen who went to see Liu Shang, but Liu Shang took the initiative to come to him. He originally wanted to directly ask to see Chen Yixin, but was told that Chen Yixin went out to handle official business in the afternoon, so he had to do the next best thing and ask to see Zeng Xiaowen first.
Zeng Xiaowen was slightly surprised when he saw Liu Shang. He didn't expect that the other party would find him again so quickly. Could it be that this guy didn't understand his warning just now and went to the door to ask for the answer?
However, after hearing Liu Shang's intention, Zeng Xiaowen felt a little relieved: "You mean, you need some manpower to cooperate with your work?"
Liu Shang nodded and said: "Preaching activities and the like, the next person can do it. However, in the past two days, I have seen that many slogans outside the village have been mottled. I plan to organize some manpower to come up with some new slogans."
The slogans Liu Shang mentioned are propaganda slogans that can be seen everywhere inside and outside Majiazhuang. These contents are painted on the courtyard walls with white paint, and the contents above can be seen from a long distance. However, because the production time was when the military first occupied this place, these slogans began to fall off in many places after a year of exposure to wind and sun. Moreover, the content of the slogans at that time was mainly about rectifying public security, and it was not that It is suitable for Majiazhuang, which is now taking the trade distribution center route.
Zeng Xiaowen responded: "Your request is very reasonable, but our army's troops stationed in Majiazhuang are limited, so I'm afraid we won't be able to arrange too many manpower for you..."
"There is no need to dispatch troops." This situation had actually been calculated by Liu Shang, so he immediately took the initiative to propose a solution to this problem for Zeng Xiaowen: "This job cannot be done in one or two days. I can just find some people." All it takes is a migrant worker.”
Even if Zeng Xiaowen wanted to help Liu Shang, he couldn't be of much help in this job. Not everyone can do such a thing as writing slogans. At least he must be proficient in writing and have a certain cultural foundation. Otherwise, the painted slogans will be crooked, which will be a loss to Haihan’s face. Even in the army, there are not many people with this ability. Generally, a battalion-level unit is equipped with so many officers dedicated to propaganda. Zeng Xiaowen is competent, but his own job does not allow him to do this kind of time-consuming external work part-time.
The new propaganda cadre took the initiative to ask Ying to do work, which was of course a good thing. Zeng Xiaowen also hoped that Liu Shang would be busy, so as not to spend all his unreleased energy on paying attention to the immigration camp. There was no need to specifically ask Chen Yixin for such a small matter. Zeng Xiaowen's authority was enough to make the decision, so with a stroke of his pen, he approved a sum of funds for Liu Shang to purchase paint and tools, as well as hire migrant workers. Of course, this money is not military expenditure, but is spent from special propaganda funds.
But Liu Shang's purpose in taking this batch of documents was not just to burst out with enthusiasm for work, but also to use it to go to the immigration camp to ask for people. He did not plan to hire help, but wanted to select some people from the immigration camp that he was interested in. In this way, in addition to his preaching work in the immigration camps, he would also have ample opportunities to have direct contact with those whom he classified as problematic. No matter what Ma Bo and Zeng Xiaowen are trying to cover up, Liu Shang believes that he will be able to remove these obscurations and find the truth.
(End of chapter)