Chapter 101 Civil Affairs Work
Ma Qianzhu said: "In the past, such regulations were based on power considerations. [No pop-up novel website] At the beginning, our business was small, so it was not appropriate to be too detailed. Each unit had one specialty and multiple capabilities - also to improve efficiency. Now since We need to build a system, and it’s good that Commissioner Wu and everyone have raised it like this.” He paused, “This matter can be brought up for consideration at a meeting of the Senate.”
Wen Desi frowned and wanted to say something, but didn't.
The meeting then discussed a series of follow-up issues, especially the discussion on when to launch occupation of the entire island of Hainan. The actual occupation will inevitably involve the issue of garrison and cadre allocation, both of which are currently lacking. After a discussion meeting, it was decided to first occupy the Chengmai-Qiongshan area and control the entrance and exit ports of Hainan, and then proceed to actual occupation of each state and county on the island one by one.
"If that's the case, wouldn't it be necessary to expand the army?" Someone whispered below. After the end of this war, the total number of soldiers in the 6th Navy exceeded 10,000. There was originally a voice in the Planning Council, the Senate and the Government Affairs Council, hoping that after the war was over, disarmament would be carried out to reduce the number of naval forces to a more reasonable range, or at least stop the expansion of the size of the army.
Now we want to occupy the entire island. There are thirteen prefectures and counties in Hainan. After excluding Lingao, each prefecture and county must station at least one company of garrison troops, and the entire island requires a basic garrison of twelve infantry companies. As a result, not only can the Army not be reduced, but it must be increased in order to be able to use it. Not only are the members of the Senate and the administrative bureaucracy unwilling to see the further expansion of the Army, the Navy also does not want the Army to urgently encroach on limited population resources amid tight manpower.
"There is no need to expand the army." Ma Qianxu said, "Just use the existing troops. We actually don't need to station an infantry company in every county."
"Without the garrison, our right to rule cannot be established." A regime without the backing of force is obviously unable to send administrative troops to the countryside, and this is what they value most and strive to promote.
Effective administration cannot be achieved by relying solely on distant deterrence. A small number of cadres cannot sink into the grassroots at all. Once the core interests of local forces are touched, they will be "crowded" out by local forces using violent or non-violent means. Retaliation once or twice will not produce long-term effects. In the end, we can only make concessions to local forces: by transferring part of the administrative power in exchange for the cooperation of local forces, we can ensure that taxes are paid and food is paid. This is nothing more than repeating the mistake of not sending political power to the countryside since the Tang and Song Dynasties.
Long before the second anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, the Central Government Affairs Council specially organized personnel from the Civil Affairs Committee to conduct research on how to ensure that the dispatched cadres could act effectively in the local area while deploying as few troops as possible after the war.
The person who conducted this study was not a soldier, but the researchers came to the following conclusions after conducting in-depth research on the Japanese’s actions to establish grassroots political power and eliminate bandits during the security war in Northeast and North China and after the founding of the People’s Republic of China:
For a complete county-level government, each county should have at least one county squadron that can be directly commanded by county leaders, so as to ensure the minimum force deterrence and public security. If this is not possible, at least ensure that a rescue force can arrive within 2 to 3 days after the distress signal is sent out.
"A county squadron is a company. Is it different from the one infantry company in each county just mentioned?" Although Wu De agreed with the setup of one squadron in each county, this arrangement of one squadron in each county still went beyond the planning institute's original plan. Plan - to reduce the size of the army as much as possible.
"There is a big difference." The speaker was Liu Muzhou, Deputy People's Commissar of the Civil Affairs People's Committee who was assigned to conduct the study. A fair-faced man with a beard and elegant manners. Although he speaks Mandarin as plainly as possible, Su Bai's accent will appear from time to time.
"The county squadron is a kind of local armed force, in other words, it is similar to the armed police. Both training and equipment can be relatively simple. The personnel and maintenance funds can also be obtained from the local area as much as possible." He said, "I suggest that the county squadron can try its best to If local people are employed, the military pay does not need to be as high as that of the regular army."
Liu Muzhou's plan was to send armed work teams into various counties and try to do so in the name of the Ming Dynasty official. For example, Chengmai's "Aftermath Bureau" is an example. Although the name of aftermath cannot be used in other places, other public-private agencies with similar names such as the "Rural Treaty Bureau", "Appeasement Bureau" and other temporary agencies can be used. Start by intervening in major local issues and gradually expand your power to all aspects of county government. When the time is right, we will clean up the subordinate staff in the county and fully control the county administration.
"The initial armed task force must be protected by strong force, and an infantry company should have it. Otherwise, it will be difficult to deal with the complex local situation. According to intelligence collection from all aspects, banditry in all counties in Qiongzhou Prefecture is very serious, and Most of the local wealthy families have the same surname as the Tu Emperor, and almost all of them are armed. No one will attack you without the backing of strong force." Liu Muzhou elaborated on his specific action plan, which was nothing unusual for Ma Qianzhu and others. : It is nothing more than a replica of what gd did when it took over the power: dispatch a work team - go deep into the masses, understand the situation, find partners - train local cadres - establish an organization - establish local armed forces - comprehensively liquidate the old forces... Finally, The political power was established. What Liu Muzhou did was not unusual. But they are facing a more difficult situation than gd: although the more than 20 years of history of the Republic of China is a tragedy, at least in most places across the country there are intellectuals and intellectuals who have more or less accepted modern trends and new ideas. Small businessmen, workers and farmers, in a county, at worst, there will always be an elementary school with dozens of middle school graduates and dozens or hundreds of elementary school graduates. What they have to face is a society with nothing. The intellectuals in this society can hardly be relied on. Their knowledge and status are of little use in crossing the political power, but are very dangerous. They also have a great say. The time-travelers are not only incompatible with this society, but also smell like overseas barbarians.
Ma Qianzhu listened to his plan: the government would adopt a rolling model. First, Chengmai, Qiongshan, Danzhou, and Ding'an, a group of areas with a relatively solid foundation of government rule, early expansion, and densely populated areas - from which a large amount of population and food resources can be obtained as soon as possible - carry the remaining power of this great victory. , and dispatched a work team to receive it in one go. Organizations were then established, with each county first establishing a militia and then a county squadron. Wait until these states and counties are stable before moving on to the next batch of states and counties. In this way, the first batch only needs to dispatch three or four work teams and infantry companies, and it will not occupy too many cadres and military forces at once.
"... while receiving training, cadres and military personnel will be trained," Liu Muzhou said. "Accept one place, stand firm in another place, and then infiltrate another place..."
After Liu Muzhou finished speaking, Du Wen asked: "We currently lack cadres, especially those who can go deep into the countryside." Du Wen has been engaged in social work for a long time and knows the importance of the cadre issue. "There are enough indigenous cadres. And many elders I don’t want to go deep into the masses and have a noble aristocratic complex. I think there should be at least a compulsory obligation. Every senator must take a certain amount of time to go to the countryside and work in the local area every year.”
There was a commotion in the conference room. The idea is intellectually good, but clearly unpopular. Someone cautiously expressed their objection: not every senator is suitable for mass work.
"You can do supportive and technical work." Du Wen continued to insist, "At the very least, you can do literacy."
"I think this issue can be submitted to the Senate for discussion." Xiao Zishan, who presided over the meeting, decided to kick the ball to the Senate. Anyway, her proposal related to all the senators, and it was most appropriate for the Senate to discuss it. It is certain that this proposal will be shot when it reaches the Senate.
"Let's talk about the issue of pensions for those killed in battle and those who are disabled..." Liu Muzhou continued. Carrying out special care work is a major matter to stabilize people's hearts. In the past, it was relatively easy because there were no major battles. This time there were more casualties and the work was more complicated. At this time, the preferential treatment and conditions were briefly announced.
At this time, Wu Di said: "The cost of special care is still very high. I hope the executive committee will consider whether to set up a special fund or simply establish a military insurance."
Insurance is an institution that the financial system has always advocated. Because the economic scale of Lingao is small and commercial activities are not developed enough. In addition, most economic activities are state-owned enterprises, so the insurance system is regarded as a "non-urgent" system construction and has been postponed. However, people in the financial system have never given up their efforts in this area.
The current military pension is an excellent opportunity to promote the insurance system, so Wu Di immediately seized this opportunity.
His proposal is to start with the social insurance system.
"It is equivalent to forced savings in disguise." Wu Di said, "For the time being, our demand for commercial insurance is not large, so we can start with social insurance. Otherwise, the future expenditures on pensions, medical care, and special care will increase year by year, so we must start early in this regard." Work hard to catch him.”
First, a compulsory insurance system is implemented among military personnel. Military personnel must pay a certain percentage of their military salary income as insurance. This insurance is used to pay for the death, injury, and disability of military personnel.
"... If the soldier is fine when he retires, the fee can be given directly to him in cash as retirement payment." Wu Di has been considering this plan for a long time. "We can also implement it on employees and civil servants. Promoting similar policies will be of great benefit to our financial stability and social order. Especially at this stage, there is no need to pay for various social welfare on a large scale. It is the best time to accumulate funds."
Social insurance can be said to be a rolling payment in which new debts are borrowed to repay old debts. If we seize the time now to expand the fund, future government investment will be more effective. Wu Di particularly emphasized this point, which aroused the interest of many people. Wu De originally attached great importance to the preferential care of soldiers. Now that he saw Wu Di coming up with such a plan that was beneficial in all aspects, he immediately expressed his support.
Others did not object, so they decided to entrust Delong Bank to conduct a special survey on this issue and propose a plan for review during the Senate meeting.
The meeting then adopted a series of policies on pensions, aftermath, merit evaluation and awards, celebrations, placement of disabled veterans and preferential treatment for militia demobilization.
Most of these tasks involved civil affairs. Liu Muzhou was busy taking notes and submitting various related elder proposals received from bb to the meeting for review - the Civil Affairs People's Committee did not have a full member, and his deputy position was actually Official position.
After the meeting, Liu Muzhou hurried back to his office, and he immediately started arranging for someone to be the "deacon" of the Chengmai aftermath bureau. He planned to focus on Chengmai and bite it off first to accumulate some experience for the subsequent states and counties.
This candidate is very important, because next he plans to let this person be the director of the office in Chengmai-actually the future county magistrate.
The Organization Department gave him a list and resumes of veterans who were interested in serving local administration. Liu Muzhou chose a man named Fei Si. Soon his file arrived at the office of the Civil Affairs Committee. Liu Muzhou called Fei Si and asked him to prepare to unload his luggage and report in immediately.
Then he called Fangcaodi and asked Hu Qingbai to see if there were any suitable indigenous students in the administrative class who could be dispatched as members of the work team. While I was busy working, suddenly Du Wen came.
"Director Du, why are you here free?" Liu Muzhou quickly stood up to greet him. Needless to say, the director of the social work office has to come for another face-to-face interview. Liu Muzhou didn't like her intervention, but there was nothing he could do. With her experience in establishing grassroots political power in the countryside and her research on rural society, no one was better than her.
"There's something going on," Du Wen sat down unceremoniously on the chair opposite the desk, "Chengmai is the new district. I originally wanted to go and have a look in person, but there are a lot of things going on in Lingao..."
"Yes, yes, now Lingao is fully establishing village-level political power. Your affairs are very busy, and the work here cannot be separated from you." Liu Muzhou said quickly.
In terms of rank, Du Wen is Liu Muzhou's subordinate, but Liu Muzhou knows that Du Wen is far above him when it comes to leadership qualifications in the Time Travel Group, especially since she is also the main person in charge of social work with outstanding achievements - Guang One can be proud of his social work in the Thirteen Villages area during the Lingao bandit suppression campaign.
It is precisely because of this that Liu Muzhou is afraid of her interfering, because once she dictates the implementation of policies, it will be difficult for him to refuse - people need theory and practice.
Du Wen glanced at him with a look that said, "I know exactly what you are thinking about." She leaned back in her chair and said, "Our social work department was originally supposed to go to Chengmai to conduct in-depth social research. Now I If you can’t go, I’ll recommend someone.”
"Who do you want to recommend?" Liu Muzhou recalled the staff in the social work office. Originally, there were only two people, Du Wen and Dong Weiwei. Later, they had a noon meeting, but they were transferred again. Now there should be only the director and deputy director. Director's Department.
"Liu Yuefei." Du Wen said, "This person has just been transferred to our department and he is very active." She felt a little unnatural when she said this, "Too active. We might as well let him be transferred outside."
"A girl? I'm afraid it's not very convenient to work in such a quasi-security area..."
"He is a man." Du Wen said with disdain, "You can arrange him however you want - he is very motivated. You can arrange him in Chengmai first and then in Qiongshan... It is best to arrange him in the whole Hainan Island. Investigate everything."
"Okay, social research is also very important work. Since he is very passionate about this, it is perfect."
Du Wen nodded indifferently, and Liu Muzhou felt that she seemed to be relieved. Then she added: "In addition, I would like to make some comments on social work at this stage."
"All ears."
"Women's work." Du Wen emphasized these four words, and then she was very satisfied to see that Liu Muzhou did not frown subconsciously, "We have not mobilized local women enough, and we have not publicized enough."
Liu Muzhou was indeed all ears. Du Wen was right. Liu Muzhou knew that the women in Hainan were actually very capable and even better than men in terms of hard work and hard work. However, everyone has always thought that women's work is Du Wen's bad taste, so they basically ignore it.
"So I suggest that the work team dispatched this time must be combined with indigenous women cadres. Women's work in Hainan should also be mobilized - and youth work. There is also a gap. I think we have organizations such as children's leagues. It should also be organized.”
"Youth work must be arranged by the executive committee. We cannot do it ourselves. And generally, the education department is responsible." Liu Muzhou said. He thought that this was no better than women's work. The status of youth organizations was very important. The executive committee had not yet made specific arrangements, so it was better for the civil affairs committee not to get involved.
"Okay. Let's talk about this later." Du Wen then recommended a female cadre, "Tan Xiaoqin from Yanchang Village is our earliest female cadre. She graduated from Ma Nong Lecture School. She did a good job in Yanchang Village, but the clan power there is too strong. "Qiang, I don't think leaving her there is of much use. It's better to transfer her out and send her to a wider world to hone her skills." She said and waved her hand excitedly.
"I don't have any objections." Liu Muzhou thought that it didn't matter at first. It would be good to have one more female cadre. "But do people want it? A single unmarried girl works outside with a man. She doesn't want her family to be afraid, but she won't be happy, right? This is Feudal society"
"Isn't it our mission to change customs? Are we going to keep accommodating the ignorant and backward social trends without making efforts to change them?"
"Yes, yes," Liu Muzhou was speechless, thinking that Fei Si had a lot to do now. "To be cautious, I think it would be better to have two female cadres working together."
Cover the sky! ~!
