Chapter 1269

Propaganda System

Chapter 1269 Propaganda System
After the two completed the formalities, they returned to the office of the management committee. Chang Degao asked Liu Shang to sit and wait for a while, took his relevant formalities to the personnel department for filing and registration, and then brought back a stack of forms for Liu Shang to wait for. Fill in one by one.In fact, these materials are similar to the contents filled in the household registration section before, and they are mainly personal information, but the occupational content is much more detailed, such as the applicant's past occupational background, skills and fields he is good at, any personal works or Deeds, and even personal cognition of "propaganda work", must be recorded in words.

Although Liu Shang is cautious, he can't help but feel a little dizzy when faced with so many contents that need to be filled in. He is not completely clear to whom these personal information will be sent to and where they will be filed, but one thing he can be sure of is that Haihan is safe. The Ministry will definitely have a special person to review outsiders like him who are directly recruited into the Yamen.If he made any mistakes when filling in these materials, he might be caught by the professionals, and he had to deal with it carefully.

Before coming to Sanya, he had heard that Haihan’s management of the people is very meticulous. Liu Shang hadn’t had any personal experience before. Now that he has to go through the naturalization procedures to become a Haihan, he realized that the rumors are true, just because of the detailed registration of the information , it is far from comparable to the household registration management of the Ming government.Liu Shang's understanding of affairs in this field is far better than ordinary people. He is very clear that this kind of enhanced management is not just a matter of registering a few more documents on paper, and the increased workload for the relevant departments will also increase. It is very impressive. Review, filing, sorting, storage, and a series of follow-up links must be handled by dedicated personnel, and the increased manpower and costs cannot be ignored.

Liu Shang believes that Haihan's methods are not superficial, but that they are strictly screening and monitoring the people under the rule, especially those who work in the government, based on the registration information.And he can roughly predict that this is by no means the final test. It is unlikely that he will officially join the job immediately after completing the formalities, and there will definitely be a several-day probationary period.

Sure enough, after Liu Shang filled out these registration forms, Chang Degao said: "Although you used to make a living as a storyteller and have some practical experience in how to publicize among the public, what we want to use is not a storyteller who works for money. Sir, it is a professional who can promote patriotism. So before you enter the job, there will be a training period of ten to fifteen days, depending on your performance in the training. During this period, there will be lecturers who will teach you the future The required professional knowledge is very important for your work after joining the company, so you must study hard!"

Although Liu Shang didn't know what the content of the so-called training was, he saw that Chang Degao said it very carefully, so he quickly agreed to it.Anyway, it takes some time to delve into the affairs of this line of work, and it can save a lot of energy and time if there are professionals to teach it.He also wanted to know more about Haihan's powerful methods in the field of propaganda, which could discipline hundreds of thousands of immigrants to be loyal to him.

There have always been different opinions about how the country of Haihan rose to the shore of the South China Sea in just a few years.The general consensus is that it is because Haihan has unrivaled powerful force and strong economic strength to support the army's conquests in the north and south, and the continuous expansion of territory and population through military means.Haihan's military and economic advantages are, of course, the most easily observed by the outside world. However, as the understanding of Haihan continues to deepen, many new viewpoints have been raised, such as how Haihan achieved it in a short period of time. In order to annex tens of thousands of people, and still continue to introduce a large number of immigrant populations, but there is no chaos caused by the integration problem, it is impossible to have a clear explanation for this only by citing military and economic viewpoints.

Could it be that the executive committee-style regime is more advanced?Of course, no one would dare to express such outrageous views.However, there are not no ways to express opinions around the corner. More and more professionals who study the Haihan issue believe that the most neglected thing in the past is actually the ruling method of the Haihan Executive Committee, which includes Haihan Governance measures in the area of ​​advocacy.

The government of the Ming Dynasty did not have many means of working in this field, and the various notices posted outside the yamen and at the gate of the city were probably the most important means. In addition, the supervision of public opinion and publications was extremely rough, and more often it was to stipulate what things " Can't do, can't say", rather than active publicity and guidance.Compared with Haihan in this regard, the government's governance methods can only be described as "primitive".

According to Liu Shang’s experience after coming to Sanya, Haihan’s emphasis on propaganda is top-down. The special establishment of the Propaganda Department, a department directly managed by the executive committee, is enough to show how much Haihan’s ruling class attaches importance to this work.In Liu Shang's view, the specific working methods of the Propaganda Department can be said to be pervasive. From the moment they board the ship to Sanya, there are special personnel on board to introduce the customs of Haihan to the new immigrants who are going to Haihan for the first time. Favors, laws and regulations, immigration policies, etc., allow new immigrants to have a general understanding of their destination on the way.

After arriving in Sanya, you can feel the diversification of propaganda methods, such as slogans and banners that can be seen everywhere, newspapers and various street propaganda activities that common people can also access, and even recruit storytellers like him. There are many things, all of which are promoting the wealth and strength of Haihan.The Haihan ruled area centered on Sanya is rich in materials and peaceful in society. Living in such an environment, it is indeed easy to be constantly brainwashed by public opinion propaganda to cultivate a sense of superiority as a Haihan citizen.The folks in the southeast coastal area of ​​Ming Dynasty also seemed to be significantly affected by this. Every year, a large number of civilians still choose to cross the sea to Hainan Island to join the Haihan people.

Although Daming is unlikely to follow Haihan's example and set up such a yamen that specializes in propaganda work, Liu Shang is personally very interested in Haihan's work methods in this field, which is why he chose to enter Sanya under the guise of a storyteller. one.Liu Shang believes that even though Haihan's advantages in the military and economic fields are difficult to defeat, if we can find the loopholes in its domestic ruling methods, then we can try to formulate some more targeted measures to restrain Haihan's development.Especially in the field of propaganda, which plays an important auxiliary role in maintaining its rule, in order to find a way to crack the brainwashing methods of the Haihan government on the people, it is necessary to have a thorough understanding of this field first.

After arranging this matter, Chang Degao took Liu Shang to meet Hong Jingwen, the head of the Propaganda Section.Chief Hong's office is next door to Changdegao's office, but as the official in charge of publicity work in the Sanya Port area, his office is not the quadruple room on Changdegao's side, but used alone.

Liu Shangyi saw that this man seemed to be about the same age as Chang Degao, and looked like a young man in his early twenties, but perhaps because of his official position, his temperament was indeed calmer than Chang Degao, so he listened quietly to Chang Degao. After Gao's introduction, he simply encouraged Liu Shang, and then asked Chang Degao to take him to go through the training procedures.

"Section Chief Hong and Director Chang are both young and promising! Liu has passed his age, but he has not accomplished anything. I think I am ashamed!" After coming out of Hong Jingwen's office, Liu Shang also pretended to be emotional.He was really surprised by the youthfulness of the Haihan officials. Even the other people in the same office as Chang Degao didn't seem to be very old.He knew that Haihan had his own system for selecting talents through imperial examinations, but these people were able to become officials at such a young age, which also showed the trust of Haihan's senior management in their abilities.Of course, if you look at it from another angle, this is probably because Haihan’s founding of the country is still short, and there are not enough professional bureaucrats to fill these positions, so they can only appoint a large number of young people trained by them.

Chang Degao responded: "You are too polite, but Chief Hong's resume is indeed incomparable. He came to Sanya two years earlier than me. He used to train with Director Yu of the Youth League and Director Zhang of the Security Department. His professional ability He is much better than me. At that time, the chiefs taught in person, and they can be regarded as the direct disciples of the chiefs, and their future development must be much better than me."

Liu Shang didn't know who Chang Degao was referring to as Director Yu and Director Zhang, but he didn't understand what he said. It seemed that Chief Hong's qualifications were indeed quite deep, and he was probably regarded as one of the young officials in Haihan. The best.

Liu Shang tentatively asked: "Then Chief Hong... is our immediate boss?"

Chang Degao explained: "Speaking of this, let me explain to you the structure of our Propaganda Department. Although our Propaganda Department is an independent unit, it still accepts the administrative management of the Management Committee at the local level. The Sanya Port area Section Chief Hong is in charge of the local publicity work. He can be said to be my immediate boss. As for you, it depends on the work assignment after training. If you are assigned back here, of course it will be the same."

Liu Shang continued to ask: "Then how many people are there in our propaganda department?"

"Counting Chief Hong, there are ten people in total." Chang Degao continued to explain: "Although we don't have many people, the task is not light. The daily floating population in the Sanya port area is several thousand, and the population of the entire port area is year-round. They are all above [-]. Every densely populated place here is our work area. Every slogan, every flag you see outside, every notice and newspaper posted on the roadside bulletin board, In short, we are responsible for all the propaganda content you see and hear in Sanya Port. By the way, there are craftsmen like you who perform storytelling in teahouses and restaurants, and that is also the object of our supervision."

Liu Shang was a little confused when he heard it. At first it sounded like he had a lot of authority and he was in charge of everything, but after careful consideration, it seemed that he was in charge of all trivial matters, and no specific measures were mentioned.After hearing about how the Propaganda Department works, he still didn't have a clear idea.

But Chang Degao went on to say: "You are new here, and now I am telling you about the work, and you don't know how to do it, so I have to arrange for you to receive a few days of training... It's not too early now, you first follow me Go to eat, and in the afternoon we will go to the training center to go through the formalities."

As soon as Liu Shang heard this, he seized this opportunity to ask Chang Degao to go out to eat out, but Chang Degao waved his hand and said, "No need to spend money, our staff here take care of the meals, just come with me."

Chang Degao took him downstairs, and instead of going out the gate, he went directly north through a corridor, and Liu Shang smelled the aroma of food.It turns out that behind the office building, there is also a canteen dedicated to providing meals for employees.Although there are six pine tables in a small area, it is enough to seat three NO.40 people, which is basically enough for the employees of the office building.Chang Degao took a wooden tray for him, and asked him to follow behind him.

The employees have two meat and two vegetables for lunch, plus a small bowl of seaweed soup. There is no limit to the amount of rice, all of which are served on the tray by the cafeteria staff.Liu Shang has never tried such a way of dining, and it is also very novel.He was quick-witted and quickly noticed the benefits of this arrangement. Everyone can eat the same dishes, and they just need to line up to get them. The operation efficiency of the cafeteria is extremely high, and employees don’t need to bring their own bowls and chopsticks , After eating, put the tableware in the recycling place next to it and you can leave. Our own canteen staff will clean it up.

The food in the canteens of these institutions in Haihan has always maintained a very high standard, and the executive committee will even conduct irregular visits and surprise checks to ensure that the quality of food in the canteens will not be reduced due to the gradual laziness of some chefs. Side stall level.After Liu Shang took two bites, he felt that the food was different from the usual food, and the taste was more delicious, so he raised this question to Chang Degao before he knew it.

Chang Degao said: "You have a sensitive tongue, and you can tell the difference so quickly. Let me tell you, the ingredients used in the canteens of the government are all special, unless you go to the few high-end restaurants in Sanya, otherwise the general market Restaurants are definitely incomparable. Besides, if you eat in a restaurant outside, no chef will be willing to use a variety of seasonings and spices in the dishes. This is not a small cost. I tell you not to go out to eat, just Because the food in our canteen is better than outside, and it doesn’t cost money, so it’s a good deal.”

Liu Shangxin said that these small favors from Haihan people seem ordinary, but they are really effective in buying people's hearts if they focus on the details. Working in this environment, it is no wonder that many people have devoted their lives to Haihan since then.However, the increased operating cost should not be a small amount. If the Haihan people's yamen operate in this way, they can only say that they are rich and self-willed.

(End of this chapter)