1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

"Civil Service Exam..."

When she heard the name, Soong Ching Ling thought about it for a moment and understood what it meant. She was not surprised.

Because, not to mention the imperial examinations during the Qing Dynasty, as early as the Sun Yat-sen era, the Kuomintang government designed the "Public Office Candidate Examination System", which stipulated:

"The qualifications of the members of the National Assembly and the five branches of government, as well as all officials, both large and small, throughout the country, are determined by the Examination Yuan."

So, in theory, all public officials of the Kuomintang are "passed the exams."

Of course, in the Kuomintang, theory is theory and practice is practice.

Due to frequent wars, national instability and lack of funds, the Kuomintang government did not hold the first-ever senior civil service examination until July 15 last year, and it was full of problems.

For example, the plan was to admit 100 students, but only 31 actually met the requirements. So, the examination committee chairman and others suddenly decided to add 2 to 5 points to everyone's score, thus forcing the total number of students to 100.

For example, Zhou Bangdao was clearly the top scholar, but Dai Jitao, being blind, mistook "ranking by order" for "ranking by grades" and mistakenly believed that Zhu Leizhang was the top scholar.

After discovering the mistake, Dai Jitao, in order to save his own face, simply let it go and did not change the result, so Zhou Bangdao lost his top spot.

For example, in the second round of the first exam, no women were admitted. The female examiner Zhang Mojun cried and made a scene, forcing the committee to admit two unqualified women to demonstrate "gender equality."

Zhang Mojun was very happy that his goal was achieved. He pulled the two "female champions" to praise the street and gave them pens, making a good show of himself.

For example, in the second imperial examination in history, the first place was clearly Yu Zhensheng, but someone went to Dai Jitao's wife Niu Youheng to sue Yu Zhensheng for "sibling marriage" (actually, marriage with the same surname);

Dai Jitao then prepared to expel Yu Zhensheng without any evidence, but later realized he had made a mistake and, also to save his reputation, changed his ranking to third...

In short, although there were many problems, compared with the imperial examination system that had long been abolished and the pure "AIDS-style selection", the civil service examination was undoubtedly much more advanced, so the government was still strictly enforcing it on the surface.

Who would have thought that the "Manchukuo" would be organizing its first civil service examination so soon?

Soong Ching Ling increasingly believed that the Japanese really intended to treat "Manchukuo" as their own territory.

Looking at Mr. Lin’s expectant look, we can tell that the other party didn’t think that “Manchukuo” was a “fake country” at all.

Song Qingling sighed in her heart, but said: "Then I would like to congratulate Mr. Lin in advance on his admission to high school."

"Thank you for your kind words, but I heard that this time His Highness Kanezane personally set the questions and graded the papers. That's quite rare..."

A few people chatted as they walked, and after a long journey of twists and turns, they came to a large open space with temporary straw huts and tables and chairs placed under the huts. There were many people there and the scene was noisy.

At the entrance to the hut, they were stopped by a young woman with a small iron plate on her chest:

"Hello, what are you doing here? I can help you get a number." "Uh..."

Mr. Lin quickly handed over his Civil Service Examination Application Form: "Hello, ma'am. I'm here to submit my application form."

"Oh, registering for the civil service exam, right?"

The woman took Mr. Lin's registration form and looked at it carefully:

"You don't need to take a number. Just go in, find window number 1, and hand in your form and money. Remember to get the receipt."

"OK, thanks."

Mr. Lin nodded gratefully and went in quickly. The woman then asked Song Qingling and the others:

"What do you do?"

"Well, we're here to accompany him, not to do anything."

"Oh, then don't go in. It's crowded and hot inside. Be careful of heatstroke." "Then can we watch it outside?"

"Sure, as long as you don't block the door." "Okay, okay..."

So Soong Ching Ling quickly led people to the side of the road and started chatting with the woman:

"Big sister..."

"Are you older than me?"

The staff member pointed to her "staff" badge and said with a smile: "You don't have to call me Big Sister, just call me Xiao Wang."

"Xiao Wang...Excuse me, what is the number?" "Oh, that one..."

Xiao Wang pointed to the noisy crowd in a shed not far away.

A tall staff member in black pants and white shirt, who stood out from the crowd, ran to the waiting group and shouted:

"Number 788! Has number 788 arrived?"

Following his voice, a thin man in a long gown quickly waved a small piece of paper:

"Here I come! I'm 788!"

"Okay! Number 788, take your ticket and go to window 7!" "Okay!"

Then, the sound of ding-ding-ding bells rang out. The tall man looked back and called out to the next person:

“Number 412! Number 412!” “…That’s it.”

Outside, Xiao Wang was helping people get numbers and doing their work while carefully explaining the "number-taking system" and the "separate window system" to Soong Ching Ling:

"Everyone who comes in has to take a number. The first digit of the number indicates the service window. After each window completes one person's business, they will notify the caller, who will then notify the next person to come..."

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Without much thought, Soong Ching Ling immediately understood the benefits of this system: 1. It ensures orderly queuing and avoids people scrambling and making noise;

2. Record the number of receptions and handling status of each staff member every day to facilitate performance statistics;

3. Improve efficiency, so that a bunch of people don't waste time asking questions together. Wow, what a great system...

Of course, the prerequisite is that there are good people to carry out the work and that there is this "Temporary Administrative Service Center".

Can the National Government do it? Obviously not.

Putting aside the attitude, just bringing so many departments together to work together will cause big chaos.

Ugh...

Song Qingling became more and more desperate, and believed more and more that what Ms. Koch said was the truth.

"...Anyway, that's about it. We've only been running it for three days, so we're still making improvements. If you have any suggestions or comments, please let us know."

After this period of communication, Soong Ching Ling naturally developed a great liking for Xiao Wang, who was well-spoken, gentle, meticulous, and patient with others, and could not help but chat about some personal issues:

"Xiao Wang, judging from your accent, you are from Northeast China, right?" "No, I'm from Shanghai."

"Huh? I can't hear it at all!" "Haha, when in Rome, do as the Romans do!"

"Then why do you come to work here?"

"Oh, that's because my husband came to the Northeast for work, so I came with him."

"Then you joined the government and were assigned here?"

"Well, but at first I worked as a handyman in the Shenyang Imperial Palace, and then I applied to come here on my own."

"Why? Isn't the palace good?"

"The Queen...ah...Her Majesty Wanrong is a good person, but doing odd jobs in the palace doesn't seem very interesting. Besides, we're really short of staff here, so I came here."

“Oh, you really are…”

As they chatted, Mr. Lin, who had just gone to pay the bill and submit the form, finally returned with the receipt. Xiao Wang immediately asked:

"Mr. Lin, why are you so slow? Is someone giving you a hard time? If so, please tell me!"

The serious tone surprised Soong Ching Ling.

If someone makes things difficult for the public, will the relevant staff be punished? Mr. Lin quickly waved his hand:

"No, no, I just heard some new news and chatted with the staff over there."

"What's the news?"

"The staff told me to go back and organize my information and write down my family background and life experience. What's called a resume?"

As he spoke, Mr. Lin carefully took out a piece of paper:

"Here, this is it... After you finish writing it, get at least three local guarantors to sign it and tell them you're ready to apply for an ID card."

Soong Ching Ling took a closer look and found that the paper contained her name, date of birth, place of origin, and other information.

Just like the "Registration Form" just now, it is full of "wrong characters".

It seems that the Manchukuo government has made up its mind to fully implement "simplified characters"?

"Oh, I know about that. It's okay. Just do as he says. Don't worry, it's completely free."

Xiao Wang also took out a rectangular card from his pocket. It was less than the size of a palm and was obviously made with great care. He handed it to Soong Ching Ling and Mr. Lin.

"Here, this is the ID card of the future. Starting with the citizens, everyone will have to get one, because this is the personal identification document required for any official affairs in Manchukuo..."

Song Qingling took it carefully, touched it in her hand, and said in surprise: "Is it made of iron?"

“It’s stainless steel.”

Soong Ching Ling and Mr. Lin were stunned for two seconds, then collectively stunned. Stainless steel!

Even if you don't know what it is, just hearing the word "steel" will tell you how expensive it is!

Such an expensive thing is actually used as an identity document! Did "identity cards" exist during the Republic of China period?

Of course there is.

That thing is a bit like the ancient "road pass" and is made of hard paper; however, almost no one uses it.

Because the production cost is high and the scope of use is very narrow, it leads to "high-level people don't need it and grassroots people can't afford it";

By the way, the real so-called "National Identity Card of the Republic of China" did not appear until 1947. It was also made of hard paper and had a very limited distribution range.

In any case, there is no way we would use precious copper, iron, steel or even stainless steel for such an insignificant thing!

This, this, this... Manchukuo is really too arrogant! Xiao Wang explained the reason:

"...I heard that His Highness Kanezane purchased stainless steel and various equipment in bulk from the United States specifically to make ID cards. Honestly, they're really good..."

"This... is indeed... too good..."

Putting aside the price, anyone with eyesight can see the exquisite craftsmanship of this "identity card".

front:

The large characters of "Manchuria Empire Resident Identity Card" and the imperial orchid emblem are issued by: Shenyang Public Security Bureau

有效期:1932年8月1日——1942年8月1日背面:

Name: Wang Genying

Gender: Female Date of Birth: January 1, 1906 Place of Birth: Shanghai, Jiangsu Province

(Note: At this time, Shanghai was already a "special city" during the Republic of China period and did not belong to Jiangsu Province, but the protagonist did not want to create a bunch of "Shanghai-born Tianlong people")

ID number:310106193201016666

"Identity documents, please keep them safe. Lending is strictly prohibited. Violators will be severely punished." There's even a pretty clear photo!

Soong Ching Ling carefully rubbed the "photo" that was so lifelike, almost identical to the real Wang Genying, and asked:

"How...how did you do that?"

"Oh, this is the acid etching technology from the United States. They use a camera to transfer the image onto a photosensitive film, and then use certain methods to engrave the photo and text information onto the metal plate..."

Wang Genying scratched his head and reluctantly explained:

"I'm not sure how it's done, but I heard it's very expensive, and the technology is still in the trial stage and not very mature. It's said to be officially launched by the end of this year..."

Compared with Mr. Lin, who was amazed and had obvious anticipation in his eyes, Soong Ching Ling was shocked completely based on political sensitivity.

The lavish spending of money is secondary, as is the advanced technology. The key lies in the determination to keep the Northeast running forever, which is revealed in this arrogance!

This is not right!

I remember that Japanese people were not like this originally!

Who on earth is this "Fujiwara Kanezane"?

Why do you have such a vision!

Judging from everything that has been shown so far, he is definitely a top leader with great ambitions.

Under his leadership, Northeast China will definitely fall completely into the arms of Japan, even more completely than Taiwan!

Thinking of a Japan that actually had control over the Northeast region, a huge population and abundant resources, Soong Ching Ling couldn't help but tremble slightly.

From a national perspective, I should have tried to stop this Japanese, but why couldn't I make up my mind?