Chapter 1388
Secretary
Chapter 1388 Secretary
Liu Shang is not a full-time civil affairs official, but during his stay in Hainan Island, he did a lot of publicity activities for the people and new immigrants. This is his good skill. He was recruited into the Youth League and sent to Shandong.Liu Shang has received systematic training on how to introduce the country’s general situation and related immigration policies to immigrants from Daming who have just come into contact with Haihan. When he was in Sanya, a small scene with more than 200 listeners like Majiazhuang Immigration Camp, There were no operational difficulties for him.
"I, Liu Shang, today, on behalf of the Haihan Ministry of Civil Affairs, would like to introduce the situation of my Haihan country to all the folks, as well as your future living arrangements..."
Liu Shang began to preach without haste, while observing the audience's reaction.A good speaker must have the ability to adjust the content, rhythm and style of his speech according to the emotional changes of the audience. Liu Shang has accumulated a lot of practical experience in the long-term street storytelling performances, and also learned from Haihan Propaganda Department. All kinds of theoretical knowledge, the ability in this field can be said to be outstanding, even the seemingly omnipotent traveler, very few people can surpass him in this area.
During the long voyage to the north, Liu Shang had many in-depth exchanges with Su Yu, who was in the same cabin, on immigration issues. He also learned a lot of knowledge from Su Yu that could not be obtained only by preaching activities.One of the routines that impressed him very much was how to identify immigrants with ulterior motives in the process of preaching activities.
Haihan has established many immigration recruitment points in the coastal area in the south of Ming Dynasty. No matter in the early days or now, many people mixed into the immigration camp with bad intentions, or hoped to form gangs in the immigration camp to take advantage of the chaos to make a fortune, or He wanted to use this channel to sneak into Haihan territory as an immigrant.These people did not choose to immigrate to escape war or poverty. Their real purpose of falsely seeking refuge in Haihan is often hidden. If they are not identified and dealt with, they will easily become viruses in Haihan society in the future.
The civil affairs and security departments have summed up many methods to distinguish the attributes of immigrants in their long-term work. One of the most effective methods is to observe the reactions of new immigrants during the policy presentation.But people with bad intentions often don't care about the introduction of Haihan's national conditions, because it is just unnecessary brainwashing propaganda to them, and they have long been willing to refuse to accept it.They often only care about the internal rules and regulations of the immigration camp, or how to obtain the naturalization of Haihan Kingdom in a short period of time. These are the keys to achieving their goals.
However, those who really want to settle in Haihan are often very interested in the part of immigration propaganda that describes Haihan as prosperous and stable, because that is where their hope for future life lies, and it is also why they choose to abandon their homeland and join Haihan. the most important reason.As for the rules and regulations and resettlement plan, ordinary immigrants will also care about it, but for these desperate people, where they are arranged by Haihan and what kind of work they do, it must be far better than the current living environment, so in fact, for these content On the contrary, he didn'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 he really felt that it made a lot of sense.Especially recalling the time when he himself entered the Haihan immigration camp through the immigration channel, his state of mind was exactly the same as what Su Yu said.As a result, Liu Shang also realized more deeply why Haihan used a lot of space to promote the beauty of Haihan country in his speeches on immigrants. In the past, he just thought it was a brainwashing offensive by Haihan people, but after Su After Yu's explanation, I realized that it can still play such a secret function.
However, after coming to Shandong, Liu Shang has not really tried such a method.It has to be said that the arrangement of fate was very ingenious. Liu Shang learned a lot about immigration affairs along the way, and he was ordered not long after he arrived in Shandong, and was sent to the Majiazhuang immigration camp to preside over the propaganda work.If it weren't for the things he had learned recently, it would have been difficult for him to discover the abnormal conditions here in such a short period of time.
More than 200 immigrants sat on the ground and listened to Liu Shang's overview of Haihan Kingdom.The vast majority of these immigrants are poor people from nearby states and counties. They choose to leave their hometowns when they can't survive, and try to seek refuge with the Haihan people to make a living.Although Liu Shang himself has no intention of bragging for Hai Han desperately, he described it relatively objectively. The country is already a paradise-like place.Many people's eyes are shining, and they are full of longing for the beautiful country in the description.
During this process, Liu Shang also paid special attention to the few people who were 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 happened to fit the characteristics that Su Yu had mentioned.
For Liu Shang, this was not a coincidence, but verified some of his previous guesses.Some people in the immigration camp did not expect the immigrants to live in Haihan, but it happened that they had some unclear connections with the director of the immigration camp, Ma Bo.Liu still doesn't know what their true identities are, but if they are refugees trying to survive, it is absolutely impossible for them to be so numb to the future scene they have painted.Moreover, these people are not good at hiding themselves in the crowd. If they are real professionals, even if they are not interested in this speech, they will never show such an amateur reaction.
Besides Ma Bo, whether the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Security, and Chen Yixin, Ma Bo's immediate boss, knew about the existence of these people was the next question Liu Shang considered.He had only arrived in Majiazhuang on the second day, and he didn't know much about the situation here, and he didn't even know whether there were other secrets behind why Chen Yixin transferred him here.Liu Shang does not intend to immediately report his findings to Chen Yixin or others. Before there is no clear evidence, the existence of these people can't explain anything, but the other party is not professional. Liu Shang believes that if he continues to observe, he will 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: "The propaganda cadre transferred from Zhifu Island yesterday, has he started working now?"
The secretary bowed slightly and replied: "Looking back at the chief, Liu Shang went to the immigrant camp this morning. It is said that he is preparing to hold a lecture. Maybe it has already started by this time."
The secretary who served Chen Yixin was named Zeng Xiaowen, who had passed the imperial examination in Ming Dynasty as a scholar when he was young, and he could be regarded as a relatively rare high-level intellectual among immigrants.And he is not the kind of poor literati who clings to a collection of classics and history. Before joining Haihan, he worked as a teacher for a certain county magistrate in a certain county in Zhejiang for three years.If the county magistrate hadn't died of illness suddenly in office, he might still have a chance to climb a few steps to a higher place.Cultural people like this with certain talents and political experience are the ones Haihan is most willing to spend his best efforts to recruit.
It just so happened that when Zeng Xiaowen lost his job, the Haihan army entered Zhoushan, and soon established a foothold in the sea off Ningbo, and began to recruit all kinds of people in Zhejiang.During that period, Haihan’s recruitment notices were plastered all over the counties in Ningbo Prefecture. Zeng Xiaowen noticed that Haihan people gave extremely favorable conditions and treatment to famous Ming scholars, which was far higher than his salary as a teacher.So with the mentality of giving it a try, Zeng Xiaowen took a boat to Zhoushan for an interview, and was admitted smoothly.
At that time, it was Qian Tiandun, a high-ranking military official, who conducted the final test for him. After the interview, he directly asked him if he would like to become a naturalized Haihan, so as to make a fortune for the benefit of future generations.When Zeng Xiaowen went to Zhoushan, he didn't have this plan, so he declined Qian Tiandun's invitation, but he didn't expect that Qian Tiandun had another big move, so he immediately offered a considerable price to invite him to join the group.After the immigration subsidy was increased to a thousand taels of silver, Zeng Xiaowen finally couldn't resist the temptation, gritted his teeth and agreed to the invitation. This amount of money was definitely not a small amount for him, not to mention that it was just a one-time subsidy, not a job entry. formal income thereafter.
Soon Zeng Xiaowen was sent to Sanya for a three-month civilian job training, and then returned to Zhejiang again to become a civilian officer in the Haihan Garrison.Of course, the high price that Qian Tiandun charged for him was not for nothing. After Zeng Xiaowen returned to Zhejiang, he provided Haihan with great help in various local activities.In particular, the Haihan military and the Ministry of Security jointly executed the beheading operation in Hangzhou in 1634. Zeng Xiaowen, who was familiar with the local conditions in Zhejiang, contributed a lot in the planning stage and was awarded by the Ministry of Defense afterwards.
At the same time, Zeng Xiaowen also got a new position as Chen Yixin's full-time secretary.In fact, this position has many similarities with his previous job as a master in the county government. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is returning to his old job, but he has just changed his title in the Haihan style.After Zeng Xiaowen took office, he went north to Shandong with Chen Yixin. Later, Chen Yixin was assigned to be in charge of 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 competent subordinate. For example, he handed over the work change at the Majiazhuang immigration camp to Zeng Xiaowen to follow up.
After listening to Zeng Xiaowen's answer, Chen Yixin was silent for a while before continuing to ask: "The person I originally wanted couldn't come because I had to cooperate with the military court to investigate the case, so I found this Liu Shang as a temporary replacement. I don't know if he can come. Competent. At the celebration banquet the day before yesterday, you should have met him, what is your impression of this person?"
Zeng Xiaowen replied: "I feel quite calm. In addition, according to the file, this person's work in Sanya has been recommended by the Propaganda Department and the Youth League. His professional ability should be quite good. It should be no problem to deal with the immigration camp."
The person Chen Yixin originally applied to be transferred here was actually Su Yu from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but because Su Yu kicked out the military's omissions in the immigration work, he is currently assisting the Ministry of Security and the military court in the investigation, so he can only withdraw. The second best thing is to transfer Liu Shang from Zhifu Island.In fact, he has already read Liu Shang's personal information, but he is used to hearing the opinions of his secretary.Sometimes, Zeng Xiaowen can give some unique insights from his own perspective, and this is often a blind spot for Chen Yixin when thinking about problems.
"But my worry is not whether he can handle the errands in the immigration camp, but because he is too capable and takes care of things he should not take care of, which will affect our deployment." Chen Yixin expressed his worries softly.
Zeng Xiaowen comprehended and said: "That humble official will go back and talk to him."
"Say what should be said, and don't say what should not be said." Chen Yixin did not object to Zeng Xiaowen's suggestion, but only gave a few more words of advice.
After the assassination in October, the military imposed a series of retaliatory measures on the Dengzhou government, and made a posture of sending troops from land and sea to attack Dengzhou together. The Ming army was so frightened that they could only hide in the city. Can't get out.Later, the army went north to attack Liaodong, but they did not give up on Zheng Ai's clue, because Zheng Ai had too much information about the deployment of troops in Majiazhuang and Chen Yixin's daily life, which was not normal.
According to the view of the Ministry of Security, someone in the occupied area must have provided detailed information to the Ming army, and it was very likely that it was an intelligence network that had been operating for a period of time.Regardless of whether it is the military or the Ministry of Security, of course, they cannot sit idly by and watch such an enemy intelligence network exist in the occupied Shandong area, so the investigation has been carried out in secret.
The Ministry of Security had found some clues before this, but Hao Wanqing hoped to catch them all, so he did not startle the snake, but slowly investigated in secret.At this time, Su Yu, the civil affairs cadre of the northbound cadre team, was in the process of handing over the work, and the dark side of the military in terms of immigration was also exposed.
During Haihan's occupation of Fushan County for more than a year, the local civil affairs have been managed by the military, and some situations of using power for personal gain are inevitable.Chen Yixin and other high-level military officials are not completely ignorant, 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.It was just that after the issue of immigration was exposed, the Ministry of Security believed that it might be related to the intelligence case under investigation, so it asked the military to cooperate with the investigation of the Ministry of Security and provide more information.
One of the requirements is to cooperate with the Ministry of Security in investigating all immigration agencies including the Majiazhuang immigration camp.Although Chen Yixin didn't have any prejudice against Hao Wanqing, he didn't intend to hand over the affairs of his own land to the Ministry of Security to investigate and deal with.No matter what problems exist in the Majiazhuang immigration camp, Chen Yixin hopes to solve them by himself as soon as possible before the Ministry of Security takes action.
(End of this chapter)
Liu Shang is not a full-time civil affairs official, but during his stay in Hainan Island, he did a lot of publicity activities for the people and new immigrants. This is his good skill. He was recruited into the Youth League and sent to Shandong.Liu Shang has received systematic training on how to introduce the country’s general situation and related immigration policies to immigrants from Daming who have just come into contact with Haihan. When he was in Sanya, a small scene with more than 200 listeners like Majiazhuang Immigration Camp, There were no operational difficulties for him.
"I, Liu Shang, today, on behalf of the Haihan Ministry of Civil Affairs, would like to introduce the situation of my Haihan country to all the folks, as well as your future living arrangements..."
Liu Shang began to preach without haste, while observing the audience's reaction.A good speaker must have the ability to adjust the content, rhythm and style of his speech according to the emotional changes of the audience. Liu Shang has accumulated a lot of practical experience in the long-term street storytelling performances, and also learned from Haihan Propaganda Department. All kinds of theoretical knowledge, the ability in this field can be said to be outstanding, even the seemingly omnipotent traveler, very few people can surpass him in this area.
During the long voyage to the north, Liu Shang had many in-depth exchanges with Su Yu, who was in the same cabin, on immigration issues. He also learned a lot of knowledge from Su Yu that could not be obtained only by preaching activities.One of the routines that impressed him very much was how to identify immigrants with ulterior motives in the process of preaching activities.
Haihan has established many immigration recruitment points in the coastal area in the south of Ming Dynasty. No matter in the early days or now, many people mixed into the immigration camp with bad intentions, or hoped to form gangs in the immigration camp to take advantage of the chaos to make a fortune, or He wanted to use this channel to sneak into Haihan territory as an immigrant.These people did not choose to immigrate to escape war or poverty. Their real purpose of falsely seeking refuge in Haihan is often hidden. If they are not identified and dealt with, they will easily become viruses in Haihan society in the future.
The civil affairs and security departments have summed up many methods to distinguish the attributes of immigrants in their long-term work. One of the most effective methods is to observe the reactions of new immigrants during the policy presentation.But people with bad intentions often don't care about the introduction of Haihan's national conditions, because it is just unnecessary brainwashing propaganda to them, and they have long been willing to refuse to accept it.They often only care about the internal rules and regulations of the immigration camp, or how to obtain the naturalization of Haihan Kingdom in a short period of time. These are the keys to achieving their goals.
However, those who really want to settle in Haihan are often very interested in the part of immigration propaganda that describes Haihan as prosperous and stable, because that is where their hope for future life lies, and it is also why they choose to abandon their homeland and join Haihan. the most important reason.As for the rules and regulations and resettlement plan, ordinary immigrants will also care about it, but for these desperate people, where they are arranged by Haihan and what kind of work they do, it must be far better than the current living environment, so in fact, for these content On the contrary, he didn'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 he really felt that it made a lot of sense.Especially recalling the time when he himself entered the Haihan immigration camp through the immigration channel, his state of mind was exactly the same as what Su Yu said.As a result, Liu Shang also realized more deeply why Haihan used a lot of space to promote the beauty of Haihan country in his speeches on immigrants. In the past, he just thought it was a brainwashing offensive by Haihan people, but after Su After Yu's explanation, I realized that it can still play such a secret function.
However, after coming to Shandong, Liu Shang has not really tried such a method.It has to be said that the arrangement of fate was very ingenious. Liu Shang learned a lot about immigration affairs along the way, and he was ordered not long after he arrived in Shandong, and was sent to the Majiazhuang immigration camp to preside over the propaganda work.If it weren't for the things he had learned recently, it would have been difficult for him to discover the abnormal conditions here in such a short period of time.
More than 200 immigrants sat on the ground and listened to Liu Shang's overview of Haihan Kingdom.The vast majority of these immigrants are poor people from nearby states and counties. They choose to leave their hometowns when they can't survive, and try to seek refuge with the Haihan people to make a living.Although Liu Shang himself has no intention of bragging for Hai Han desperately, he described it relatively objectively. The country is already a paradise-like place.Many people's eyes are shining, and they are full of longing for the beautiful country in the description.
During this process, Liu Shang also paid special attention to the few people who were 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 happened to fit the characteristics that Su Yu had mentioned.
For Liu Shang, this was not a coincidence, but verified some of his previous guesses.Some people in the immigration camp did not expect the immigrants to live in Haihan, but it happened that they had some unclear connections with the director of the immigration camp, Ma Bo.Liu still doesn't know what their true identities are, but if they are refugees trying to survive, it is absolutely impossible for them to be so numb to the future scene they have painted.Moreover, these people are not good at hiding themselves in the crowd. If they are real professionals, even if they are not interested in this speech, they will never show such an amateur reaction.
Besides Ma Bo, whether the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Security, and Chen Yixin, Ma Bo's immediate boss, knew about the existence of these people was the next question Liu Shang considered.He had only arrived in Majiazhuang on the second day, and he didn't know much about the situation here, and he didn't even know whether there were other secrets behind why Chen Yixin transferred him here.Liu Shang does not intend to immediately report his findings to Chen Yixin or others. Before there is no clear evidence, the existence of these people can't explain anything, but the other party is not professional. Liu Shang believes that if he continues to observe, he will 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: "The propaganda cadre transferred from Zhifu Island yesterday, has he started working now?"
The secretary bowed slightly and replied: "Looking back at the chief, Liu Shang went to the immigrant camp this morning. It is said that he is preparing to hold a lecture. Maybe it has already started by this time."
The secretary who served Chen Yixin was named Zeng Xiaowen, who had passed the imperial examination in Ming Dynasty as a scholar when he was young, and he could be regarded as a relatively rare high-level intellectual among immigrants.And he is not the kind of poor literati who clings to a collection of classics and history. Before joining Haihan, he worked as a teacher for a certain county magistrate in a certain county in Zhejiang for three years.If the county magistrate hadn't died of illness suddenly in office, he might still have a chance to climb a few steps to a higher place.Cultural people like this with certain talents and political experience are the ones Haihan is most willing to spend his best efforts to recruit.
It just so happened that when Zeng Xiaowen lost his job, the Haihan army entered Zhoushan, and soon established a foothold in the sea off Ningbo, and began to recruit all kinds of people in Zhejiang.During that period, Haihan’s recruitment notices were plastered all over the counties in Ningbo Prefecture. Zeng Xiaowen noticed that Haihan people gave extremely favorable conditions and treatment to famous Ming scholars, which was far higher than his salary as a teacher.So with the mentality of giving it a try, Zeng Xiaowen took a boat to Zhoushan for an interview, and was admitted smoothly.
At that time, it was Qian Tiandun, a high-ranking military official, who conducted the final test for him. After the interview, he directly asked him if he would like to become a naturalized Haihan, so as to make a fortune for the benefit of future generations.When Zeng Xiaowen went to Zhoushan, he didn't have this plan, so he declined Qian Tiandun's invitation, but he didn't expect that Qian Tiandun had another big move, so he immediately offered a considerable price to invite him to join the group.After the immigration subsidy was increased to a thousand taels of silver, Zeng Xiaowen finally couldn't resist the temptation, gritted his teeth and agreed to the invitation. This amount of money was definitely not a small amount for him, not to mention that it was just a one-time subsidy, not a job entry. formal income thereafter.
Soon Zeng Xiaowen was sent to Sanya for a three-month civilian job training, and then returned to Zhejiang again to become a civilian officer in the Haihan Garrison.Of course, the high price that Qian Tiandun charged for him was not for nothing. After Zeng Xiaowen returned to Zhejiang, he provided Haihan with great help in various local activities.In particular, the Haihan military and the Ministry of Security jointly executed the beheading operation in Hangzhou in 1634. Zeng Xiaowen, who was familiar with the local conditions in Zhejiang, contributed a lot in the planning stage and was awarded by the Ministry of Defense afterwards.
At the same time, Zeng Xiaowen also got a new position as Chen Yixin's full-time secretary.In fact, this position has many similarities with his previous job as a master in the county government. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is returning to his old job, but he has just changed his title in the Haihan style.After Zeng Xiaowen took office, he went north to Shandong with Chen Yixin. Later, Chen Yixin was assigned to be in charge of 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 competent subordinate. For example, he handed over the work change at the Majiazhuang immigration camp to Zeng Xiaowen to follow up.
After listening to Zeng Xiaowen's answer, Chen Yixin was silent for a while before continuing to ask: "The person I originally wanted couldn't come because I had to cooperate with the military court to investigate the case, so I found this Liu Shang as a temporary replacement. I don't know if he can come. Competent. At the celebration banquet the day before yesterday, you should have met him, what is your impression of this person?"
Zeng Xiaowen replied: "I feel quite calm. In addition, according to the file, this person's work in Sanya has been recommended by the Propaganda Department and the Youth League. His professional ability should be quite good. It should be no problem to deal with the immigration camp."
The person Chen Yixin originally applied to be transferred here was actually Su Yu from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but because Su Yu kicked out the military's omissions in the immigration work, he is currently assisting the Ministry of Security and the military court in the investigation, so he can only withdraw. The second best thing is to transfer Liu Shang from Zhifu Island.In fact, he has already read Liu Shang's personal information, but he is used to hearing the opinions of his secretary.Sometimes, Zeng Xiaowen can give some unique insights from his own perspective, and this is often a blind spot for Chen Yixin when thinking about problems.
"But my worry is not whether he can handle the errands in the immigration camp, but because he is too capable and takes care of things he should not take care of, which will affect our deployment." Chen Yixin expressed his worries softly.
Zeng Xiaowen comprehended and said: "That humble official will go back and talk to him."
"Say what should be said, and don't say what should not be said." Chen Yixin did not object to Zeng Xiaowen's suggestion, but only gave a few more words of advice.
After the assassination in October, the military imposed a series of retaliatory measures on the Dengzhou government, and made a posture of sending troops from land and sea to attack Dengzhou together. The Ming army was so frightened that they could only hide in the city. Can't get out.Later, the army went north to attack Liaodong, but they did not give up on Zheng Ai's clue, because Zheng Ai had too much information about the deployment of troops in Majiazhuang and Chen Yixin's daily life, which was not normal.
According to the view of the Ministry of Security, someone in the occupied area must have provided detailed information to the Ming army, and it was very likely that it was an intelligence network that had been operating for a period of time.Regardless of whether it is the military or the Ministry of Security, of course, they cannot sit idly by and watch such an enemy intelligence network exist in the occupied Shandong area, so the investigation has been carried out in secret.
The Ministry of Security had found some clues before this, but Hao Wanqing hoped to catch them all, so he did not startle the snake, but slowly investigated in secret.At this time, Su Yu, the civil affairs cadre of the northbound cadre team, was in the process of handing over the work, and the dark side of the military in terms of immigration was also exposed.
During Haihan's occupation of Fushan County for more than a year, the local civil affairs have been managed by the military, and some situations of using power for personal gain are inevitable.Chen Yixin and other high-level military officials are not completely ignorant, 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.It was just that after the issue of immigration was exposed, the Ministry of Security believed that it might be related to the intelligence case under investigation, so it asked the military to cooperate with the investigation of the Ministry of Security and provide more information.
One of the requirements is to cooperate with the Ministry of Security in investigating all immigration agencies including the Majiazhuang immigration camp.Although Chen Yixin didn't have any prejudice against Hao Wanqing, he didn't intend to hand over the affairs of his own land to the Ministry of Security to investigate and deal with.No matter what problems exist in the Majiazhuang immigration camp, Chen Yixin hopes to solve them by himself as soon as possible before the Ministry of Security takes action.
(End of this chapter)