Chapter 1841
Opportunity to Change Destiny
Chapter 1841 Opportunity to Change Destiny
Among the warring areas in northwestern North Korea, probably only the Datongjiang base has maintained a relatively stable order.The coalition forces to aid North Korea consisted of four countries. Counting the prisoners of war and hosts, there were people from six countries in this base. The wartime military control measures also adopted a rationing system for food, so no one dared to challenge Haihan's prestige.
Whether it is the Han people from Liaodong or the Koreans sent here by the government, compared with the refugees who were displaced outside, they are considered lucky to be able to enter this safe haven protected by the Haihan Army during the war.
Pyongyang City, located in the upper reaches of the Datong River, and the northern part of the city were directly abandoned before the war. Tens of thousands of people were temporarily evacuated to the south of the Datong River, the upper reaches, and the Haihan control area in the lower reaches. .The Qing soldiers occupied Pyongyang City without bloodshed. Although they did not grab many valuable things, they set fire to most of the houses inside and outside the city when they left. A large number of homeless North Korean civilians.
Although the North Korean government is also organizing post-war reconstruction and relief, it is far from meeting the needs of the people, and the only place nearby that can guarantee basic living conditions is the Haihan military base located in the lower reaches of the Taedong River.Because there are still many unfinished infrastructure projects in the Haihan base that require a lot of labor, at least the civilians working here can still be guaranteed food and housing.Therefore, the North Korean migrant workers who should have chosen to return home after the war showed no sign of leaving voluntarily. On the contrary, more North Korean people continued to appear outside the base, hoping to find a livelihood here.
Among them, there are also some people who came up with the idea of changing their families after learning about Haihan's immigration policy.After all, Haihan's military strength is obvious to all. If it hadn't been for his timely action, North Korea might not be able to resist the southward invasion of its strong neighbor in the north. The people of Haihan under the protection of powerful armed forces obviously would not have such concerns.
More importantly, for many North Korean people who were originally at the bottom of society, changing their nationality is very likely to be an opportunity to change their own destiny.They have many opportunities to meet Haihan soldiers in the Datongjiang base. There are various ways to learn about the background and current treatment of these Haihan soldiers, and they can also learn more about Haihan’s national conditions from the side. Most people can't help yearning for the rich and peaceful southern country that Haihan Bing said.
Of course, it is no longer as simple and easy as it was in the early years to become a Haihan nationality. It is not easy to pass the customs after applying. Moreover, considering the diplomatic relationship with North Korea, it is not appropriate for the Haihan garrison to openly collect and transport a large number of people from North Korea. At most, it can only absorb some labor force for local use in the name of recruiting civilian husbands.
Several high-ranking Haihan officials had to be busy with post-war affairs, so they naturally had no time to manage civil affairs in person, and Liu Shang, who was transferred from Liaodong for support, temporarily became an official in charge of civil affairs in the base.At present, there are still nearly 8000 Liaodong Han refugees and Korean civilian husbands in the base, and there are thousands of North Korean refugees outside the base who are counting on Haihan to take in. To manage these tens of thousands of people who are not Haihan, Liu Shang has to spend every day Ten hours to deal with a myriad of things.After the battle, the army began to take turns to rest, but the department he was in charge of had no time off, and still had to keep going.
Liu Shang can obviously feel that his physical condition is declining recently. After all, he has not slept soundly for almost a month in a row, and he will often be woken up after lying down for an hour or two to deal with some emergencies.Such as construction site accidents, refugees looking for relatives, food distribution, fight disputes, suspected spies, etc., there will always be many things that his subordinates are uncertain about, and he has to come forward to solve these troubles.
When he first arrived in Shandong, Liu Shang missed his days in Sanya very much. After he went to Liaodong, he felt that his life in Shandong was quite easy.Now that he has been working in North Korea for a while, he misses his time in Liaodong very much. Although the living environment is a bit tough, at least he can eat and sleep well every day. It is not like this refugee camp stretching for miles on the banks of the Datong River. There are countless troubles waiting for him every day.
Liu Shang even thought about sending a report back to Liaodong more than once, but he also knew that this would not work. The military specially seconded him from Liaodong because of his ability in civil affairs management and propaganda work. It is not so simple to find someone to replace him. Even if he submits an application report, he will not be allowed to leave. On the contrary, it may cause dissatisfaction from the higher-ups.Liu Shang is a person who pursues an official career, so naturally he doesn't want to affect his future development prospects because of this kind of thing, so although the work here is very heavy, he still gritted his teeth and persisted.
But a few days ago, Liu Shang got some good news. It is said that another official has been transferred from Sanya. He will probably take over the civil affairs management of the Datong River Base in the future. He is already coming to North Korea by boat from Dinghai Port, Zhoushan. It's on the way, and it shouldn't be long to wait for the itinerary.This means that Liu Shang can hand over the work here to his successor soon, and return to Liaodong with complete merit.
Seeing that he was about to get out of the sea of suffering, this news finally made Liu Shang feel better. Even most of his subordinates noticed that his boss was no longer as anxious as he was a few days ago.
After Liu Shang came to North Korea, for work needs, he also promoted some smart and capable personnel from the North Koreans to serve as stewards and supervisors. Under his precepts and deeds, these people quickly learned how to observe words and expressions to please their bosses and manage their affairs. Compatriots, and seek interests for themselves in this position of connecting the preceding and the following.
Cui Ren is one of the stewards personally promoted by Liu Shang. Before entering the Datongjiang base, he was just a poor scholar in Anzhou. Writing letters, contracts and other things for others in the countryside for a living.When the Qing army went south, Cui Ren felt that Anzhou was not safe very early on, so he persuaded his family to go south to escape the war.
Cui Ren's foresight was right. When he and his family arrived in Pyongyang, he was surprised to find that the government here was organizing the people to evacuate Pyongyang, and the entire city was evacuated. It seemed that the city was about to be abandoned in advance. .Even the city of Pyongyang was abandoned by the imperial court, so Anzhou naturally had no hope. Cui Ren's family could only be thankful that they left Anzhou early, otherwise they might have become spoils of war taken away by the Qing army.
In order to attract the Qing army to the lower reaches of the Datong River to start a decisive battle, North Korean officials obeyed Haihan's arrangement and abandoned the defense of Pyongyang City. At this time, tens of thousands of North Korean refugees were waiting to be resettled on the banks of the Datong River.Due to the limited water transport capacity, not everyone can go to the safe area in the south. Among them, the rich and powerful can naturally get the qualifications to take a boat across the river to the south bank to escape the war. Cui Ren's family has no background and no family property. There is no way to participate in this cruel competition.
According to the government's arrangement, Cui Ren's family has two choices. One is to go to the upper reaches of the Taedong River and enter the mountains northeast of Pyongyang to escape the war. qualifications.
The former will inevitably face the dilemma of lack of food and clothing in the wild, and may be captured by the Qing army who went south later, while the latter seems to be not much better. After all, the army of another country is stationed there. After arriving there, Maybe it's just a matter of being a cow and a horse.
Cui Ren made the right decision again at this time. He resolutely took his family down the south of the Yangtze River in Datong. It took him two days to reach the Haihan control area. He was just an adult man, but he was thin and weak. At first, Hai Han didn't plan to take him in, but later Cui Ren claimed to be able to read and write, and after passing the inspection, he was accepted exceptionally.
There are not too many refugees like Cui Ren who have a certain cultural foundation and no family background, and there are many vacancies suitable for him in the refugee camp.After Cui Ren's family settled down, he was sent to work as a clerk, responsible for registering refugee information.When he was in the country, he often wrote contracts and other things for others, so he got started very quickly, and started working after simple training.
Liu Shang noticed the existence of Cui Ren when reviewing the refugee registration information, and brought him in for an interview. After confirming Cui Ren's identity and background, Liu Shang decided to promote him to be a more powerful steward. Not just a clerk with a pen.
The reason why Liu Shang appreciates Cui Ren so much is because he thinks that Cui Ren is a person with a goal in life, not just for asylum or a livelihood. If he is given more power, then maybe he can serve Hai Han Complete more tasks.
Although Cui Ren had never been a village chief before, he seemed to be self-taught in this regard. He did not disappoint Liu Shang. The camp area soon became the most orderly area in the civilian camp.
Liu Shang would take an hour or two to inspect the camp every day, and deal with some backlogged affairs by the way. Today, when he inspected the camp under Cui Ren's jurisdiction, Cui Ren took the initiative to say that he had something to report to Liu Shang alone.
Liu Shang followed Cui Ren into a tent, and Cui Ren fumbled and took out an oiled paper bag from his sleeve, put his hands in front of Liu Shang and said, "I accidentally got a piece of ginseng yesterday, my lord has worked hard all day, just use it to nourish your body." .”
Liu Shang didn't pick it up right away, but responded calmly: "Your thing...couldn't have been dug out here?"
When Cui Ren saw Liu Shang asked about the origin of this ginseng, he didn't hide it, and told him honestly.It turned out that there was an Orion in the camp he was managing. Seeing the end of the war, the North Korean civilians might be sent back to their original places one after another. However, this Orion was moved to apply for Haihan naturalization. After Cui Ren heard about it, he went to talk to this Orion. After gaining the trust of Orion, he handed over this root of ginseng to him, hoping to get a chance to apply for naturalization through Cui Ren, an "official".
Cui Ren took the ginseng and didn't intend to take it for himself, so he took it out and handed it to Liu Shang the next day.After listening to his explanation, Liu Shang felt that there were no loopholes in it, so he took the oiled paper bag in his hand, and when he opened it, he smelled a plant aroma. There is no injury, and the weight is about half a catty. Although it is not a top-quality product, it is considered a rare item in this place.
"You really have a heart." Liu Shang nodded and said: "But you are quite courageous, and you dare to agree to apply for naturalization for someone without permission!"
Hearing Liu Shang's words, Cui Ren didn't have any sullen intentions, and immediately responded: "I don't dare to be in a lowly position, but I think it's a waste of money to lose such good things, so it's better to take them down first and let the adults enjoy them. As for the application for immigration As for the matter of naturalization, it will naturally have to wait for the heads of state to make up their minds."
This kind of operation of deceiving others for their own benefit is actually very common in the civilian camps and refugee camps in the base, but as long as it does not affect the daily operation, Liu Shang will not go out to picket it. This kind of thing, after all, may happen to the current situation, and he himself is one of the beneficiaries.
Of course, Liu Shang has been working in this circle for a long time, and he knows very well that there will be no pies in the sky. If his subordinates take the initiative to give him benefits to flatter him, they must be looking for something.Cui Ren went around and didn't dare to say it clearly, so he had to take the initiative to ask questions.
"Then tell me, what benefits do you want to exchange for this ginseng?" Liu Shang asked straightforwardly.
Cui Ren responded: "The lowly position dare not negotiate conditions with adults, all I want is to be able to find a long-term livelihood for the family."
Liu Shang pondered: "Then what do you mean, you don't plan to follow the government's arrangement and return to your original place?"
Cui Rendao: "Before I was in Anzhou, there were only two shabby houses. Now there may not even be any shabby houses. When I go back, I can't even find a place to stay. Instead, I am here to work for Haihan in peace and stability. To tell you the truth, my lord, Humble job really wants to stay, and I ask the adults to make it happen."
Cui Ren didn't say a word about his desire to be a naturalized Haihan, but this intention has actually been expressed when he talked about the origin of ginseng.No matter who Liu Shang was, he naturally understood what his subordinates meant.In fact, there are quite a few North Koreans like Cui Ren who want to stay, especially those temporary officials who have been promoted after coming to the base and started to enjoy power, and they don't want to return to the days of ordinary people.
If it was in Liaodong, such a small matter could indeed be resolved by Liu Shang, but this is North Korea, and the matter of recruiting North Korean citizens for naturalization is more sensitive, and the higher-ups have specifically said that they should not handle it casually, so Liu Shang is concerned about this. Also be careful.What's more, officials from Sanya are about to hand over the work. Now that Cui Ren has promised to do special things for him, his successor may not agree to it, and it will inevitably be another trouble at that time.
(End of this chapter)
Among the warring areas in northwestern North Korea, probably only the Datongjiang base has maintained a relatively stable order.The coalition forces to aid North Korea consisted of four countries. Counting the prisoners of war and hosts, there were people from six countries in this base. The wartime military control measures also adopted a rationing system for food, so no one dared to challenge Haihan's prestige.
Whether it is the Han people from Liaodong or the Koreans sent here by the government, compared with the refugees who were displaced outside, they are considered lucky to be able to enter this safe haven protected by the Haihan Army during the war.
Pyongyang City, located in the upper reaches of the Datong River, and the northern part of the city were directly abandoned before the war. Tens of thousands of people were temporarily evacuated to the south of the Datong River, the upper reaches, and the Haihan control area in the lower reaches. .The Qing soldiers occupied Pyongyang City without bloodshed. Although they did not grab many valuable things, they set fire to most of the houses inside and outside the city when they left. A large number of homeless North Korean civilians.
Although the North Korean government is also organizing post-war reconstruction and relief, it is far from meeting the needs of the people, and the only place nearby that can guarantee basic living conditions is the Haihan military base located in the lower reaches of the Taedong River.Because there are still many unfinished infrastructure projects in the Haihan base that require a lot of labor, at least the civilians working here can still be guaranteed food and housing.Therefore, the North Korean migrant workers who should have chosen to return home after the war showed no sign of leaving voluntarily. On the contrary, more North Korean people continued to appear outside the base, hoping to find a livelihood here.
Among them, there are also some people who came up with the idea of changing their families after learning about Haihan's immigration policy.After all, Haihan's military strength is obvious to all. If it hadn't been for his timely action, North Korea might not be able to resist the southward invasion of its strong neighbor in the north. The people of Haihan under the protection of powerful armed forces obviously would not have such concerns.
More importantly, for many North Korean people who were originally at the bottom of society, changing their nationality is very likely to be an opportunity to change their own destiny.They have many opportunities to meet Haihan soldiers in the Datongjiang base. There are various ways to learn about the background and current treatment of these Haihan soldiers, and they can also learn more about Haihan’s national conditions from the side. Most people can't help yearning for the rich and peaceful southern country that Haihan Bing said.
Of course, it is no longer as simple and easy as it was in the early years to become a Haihan nationality. It is not easy to pass the customs after applying. Moreover, considering the diplomatic relationship with North Korea, it is not appropriate for the Haihan garrison to openly collect and transport a large number of people from North Korea. At most, it can only absorb some labor force for local use in the name of recruiting civilian husbands.
Several high-ranking Haihan officials had to be busy with post-war affairs, so they naturally had no time to manage civil affairs in person, and Liu Shang, who was transferred from Liaodong for support, temporarily became an official in charge of civil affairs in the base.At present, there are still nearly 8000 Liaodong Han refugees and Korean civilian husbands in the base, and there are thousands of North Korean refugees outside the base who are counting on Haihan to take in. To manage these tens of thousands of people who are not Haihan, Liu Shang has to spend every day Ten hours to deal with a myriad of things.After the battle, the army began to take turns to rest, but the department he was in charge of had no time off, and still had to keep going.
Liu Shang can obviously feel that his physical condition is declining recently. After all, he has not slept soundly for almost a month in a row, and he will often be woken up after lying down for an hour or two to deal with some emergencies.Such as construction site accidents, refugees looking for relatives, food distribution, fight disputes, suspected spies, etc., there will always be many things that his subordinates are uncertain about, and he has to come forward to solve these troubles.
When he first arrived in Shandong, Liu Shang missed his days in Sanya very much. After he went to Liaodong, he felt that his life in Shandong was quite easy.Now that he has been working in North Korea for a while, he misses his time in Liaodong very much. Although the living environment is a bit tough, at least he can eat and sleep well every day. It is not like this refugee camp stretching for miles on the banks of the Datong River. There are countless troubles waiting for him every day.
Liu Shang even thought about sending a report back to Liaodong more than once, but he also knew that this would not work. The military specially seconded him from Liaodong because of his ability in civil affairs management and propaganda work. It is not so simple to find someone to replace him. Even if he submits an application report, he will not be allowed to leave. On the contrary, it may cause dissatisfaction from the higher-ups.Liu Shang is a person who pursues an official career, so naturally he doesn't want to affect his future development prospects because of this kind of thing, so although the work here is very heavy, he still gritted his teeth and persisted.
But a few days ago, Liu Shang got some good news. It is said that another official has been transferred from Sanya. He will probably take over the civil affairs management of the Datong River Base in the future. He is already coming to North Korea by boat from Dinghai Port, Zhoushan. It's on the way, and it shouldn't be long to wait for the itinerary.This means that Liu Shang can hand over the work here to his successor soon, and return to Liaodong with complete merit.
Seeing that he was about to get out of the sea of suffering, this news finally made Liu Shang feel better. Even most of his subordinates noticed that his boss was no longer as anxious as he was a few days ago.
After Liu Shang came to North Korea, for work needs, he also promoted some smart and capable personnel from the North Koreans to serve as stewards and supervisors. Under his precepts and deeds, these people quickly learned how to observe words and expressions to please their bosses and manage their affairs. Compatriots, and seek interests for themselves in this position of connecting the preceding and the following.
Cui Ren is one of the stewards personally promoted by Liu Shang. Before entering the Datongjiang base, he was just a poor scholar in Anzhou. Writing letters, contracts and other things for others in the countryside for a living.When the Qing army went south, Cui Ren felt that Anzhou was not safe very early on, so he persuaded his family to go south to escape the war.
Cui Ren's foresight was right. When he and his family arrived in Pyongyang, he was surprised to find that the government here was organizing the people to evacuate Pyongyang, and the entire city was evacuated. It seemed that the city was about to be abandoned in advance. .Even the city of Pyongyang was abandoned by the imperial court, so Anzhou naturally had no hope. Cui Ren's family could only be thankful that they left Anzhou early, otherwise they might have become spoils of war taken away by the Qing army.
In order to attract the Qing army to the lower reaches of the Datong River to start a decisive battle, North Korean officials obeyed Haihan's arrangement and abandoned the defense of Pyongyang City. At this time, tens of thousands of North Korean refugees were waiting to be resettled on the banks of the Datong River.Due to the limited water transport capacity, not everyone can go to the safe area in the south. Among them, the rich and powerful can naturally get the qualifications to take a boat across the river to the south bank to escape the war. Cui Ren's family has no background and no family property. There is no way to participate in this cruel competition.
According to the government's arrangement, Cui Ren's family has two choices. One is to go to the upper reaches of the Taedong River and enter the mountains northeast of Pyongyang to escape the war. qualifications.
The former will inevitably face the dilemma of lack of food and clothing in the wild, and may be captured by the Qing army who went south later, while the latter seems to be not much better. After all, the army of another country is stationed there. After arriving there, Maybe it's just a matter of being a cow and a horse.
Cui Ren made the right decision again at this time. He resolutely took his family down the south of the Yangtze River in Datong. It took him two days to reach the Haihan control area. He was just an adult man, but he was thin and weak. At first, Hai Han didn't plan to take him in, but later Cui Ren claimed to be able to read and write, and after passing the inspection, he was accepted exceptionally.
There are not too many refugees like Cui Ren who have a certain cultural foundation and no family background, and there are many vacancies suitable for him in the refugee camp.After Cui Ren's family settled down, he was sent to work as a clerk, responsible for registering refugee information.When he was in the country, he often wrote contracts and other things for others, so he got started very quickly, and started working after simple training.
Liu Shang noticed the existence of Cui Ren when reviewing the refugee registration information, and brought him in for an interview. After confirming Cui Ren's identity and background, Liu Shang decided to promote him to be a more powerful steward. Not just a clerk with a pen.
The reason why Liu Shang appreciates Cui Ren so much is because he thinks that Cui Ren is a person with a goal in life, not just for asylum or a livelihood. If he is given more power, then maybe he can serve Hai Han Complete more tasks.
Although Cui Ren had never been a village chief before, he seemed to be self-taught in this regard. He did not disappoint Liu Shang. The camp area soon became the most orderly area in the civilian camp.
Liu Shang would take an hour or two to inspect the camp every day, and deal with some backlogged affairs by the way. Today, when he inspected the camp under Cui Ren's jurisdiction, Cui Ren took the initiative to say that he had something to report to Liu Shang alone.
Liu Shang followed Cui Ren into a tent, and Cui Ren fumbled and took out an oiled paper bag from his sleeve, put his hands in front of Liu Shang and said, "I accidentally got a piece of ginseng yesterday, my lord has worked hard all day, just use it to nourish your body." .”
Liu Shang didn't pick it up right away, but responded calmly: "Your thing...couldn't have been dug out here?"
When Cui Ren saw Liu Shang asked about the origin of this ginseng, he didn't hide it, and told him honestly.It turned out that there was an Orion in the camp he was managing. Seeing the end of the war, the North Korean civilians might be sent back to their original places one after another. However, this Orion was moved to apply for Haihan naturalization. After Cui Ren heard about it, he went to talk to this Orion. After gaining the trust of Orion, he handed over this root of ginseng to him, hoping to get a chance to apply for naturalization through Cui Ren, an "official".
Cui Ren took the ginseng and didn't intend to take it for himself, so he took it out and handed it to Liu Shang the next day.After listening to his explanation, Liu Shang felt that there were no loopholes in it, so he took the oiled paper bag in his hand, and when he opened it, he smelled a plant aroma. There is no injury, and the weight is about half a catty. Although it is not a top-quality product, it is considered a rare item in this place.
"You really have a heart." Liu Shang nodded and said: "But you are quite courageous, and you dare to agree to apply for naturalization for someone without permission!"
Hearing Liu Shang's words, Cui Ren didn't have any sullen intentions, and immediately responded: "I don't dare to be in a lowly position, but I think it's a waste of money to lose such good things, so it's better to take them down first and let the adults enjoy them. As for the application for immigration As for the matter of naturalization, it will naturally have to wait for the heads of state to make up their minds."
This kind of operation of deceiving others for their own benefit is actually very common in the civilian camps and refugee camps in the base, but as long as it does not affect the daily operation, Liu Shang will not go out to picket it. This kind of thing, after all, may happen to the current situation, and he himself is one of the beneficiaries.
Of course, Liu Shang has been working in this circle for a long time, and he knows very well that there will be no pies in the sky. If his subordinates take the initiative to give him benefits to flatter him, they must be looking for something.Cui Ren went around and didn't dare to say it clearly, so he had to take the initiative to ask questions.
"Then tell me, what benefits do you want to exchange for this ginseng?" Liu Shang asked straightforwardly.
Cui Ren responded: "The lowly position dare not negotiate conditions with adults, all I want is to be able to find a long-term livelihood for the family."
Liu Shang pondered: "Then what do you mean, you don't plan to follow the government's arrangement and return to your original place?"
Cui Rendao: "Before I was in Anzhou, there were only two shabby houses. Now there may not even be any shabby houses. When I go back, I can't even find a place to stay. Instead, I am here to work for Haihan in peace and stability. To tell you the truth, my lord, Humble job really wants to stay, and I ask the adults to make it happen."
Cui Ren didn't say a word about his desire to be a naturalized Haihan, but this intention has actually been expressed when he talked about the origin of ginseng.No matter who Liu Shang was, he naturally understood what his subordinates meant.In fact, there are quite a few North Koreans like Cui Ren who want to stay, especially those temporary officials who have been promoted after coming to the base and started to enjoy power, and they don't want to return to the days of ordinary people.
If it was in Liaodong, such a small matter could indeed be resolved by Liu Shang, but this is North Korea, and the matter of recruiting North Korean citizens for naturalization is more sensitive, and the higher-ups have specifically said that they should not handle it casually, so Liu Shang is concerned about this. Also be careful.What's more, officials from Sanya are about to hand over the work. Now that Cui Ren has promised to do special things for him, his successor may not agree to it, and it will inevitably be another trouble at that time.
(End of this chapter)