1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

Shame on you!

Shame on you!

Even at this point, the Fujiwara no Nakadashi, who made everyone feel complicated and could be described as "respected and hated", was still taunting wildly on the stage:

"...I used to say that I don't care whether my subordinates are 'communists' or 'capitalists', because we are all human beings with human weaknesses, and we are all the same. You still don't believe me. Now you see, what's the difference?"

"In Communist Party terms, this Liu Quande is the epitome of 'red blood,' right? But what happened? Before the National Security Bureau comrades could even take action, he was already eager to reveal the exact color of CCP cadre Luo Ruiqing's underwear!"

“Is this a member of the Chinese Communist Party?”

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There was a burst of coordinated laughter from the meeting hall, which made the CCP members feel even more embarrassed.

Although it can be explained by "individual case", "youth" and "corruption", Liu Quande is indeed an extremely "red-blooded" member of the Communist Party of China, and this cannot be washed away.

However, after feeling embarrassed and being ridiculed, the CCP members began to think about "performing well" and "fighting for reputation instead of money":

Don't think that guys like Liu Quande, Li Wangui, Wang Fuhai, Zhang Qingshan, and Yang Xianze can represent us Chinese Communist Party members!

I would never do that!

Good performance, clean yourself! Roll God! Start!

"Of course, all talk and laughter aside, I'm bringing these things up to warn you all: corruption is a major reason a political party loses its fighting power and a nation falls... So I want to express my personal stance."

Fujiwara no Kanezane knocked on the table, his voice quiet but serious:

"For members of the Communist Party of Asia, corruption is a zero-tolerance issue. Once discovered, there is no room for forgiveness or correction. Husbands and wives, fathers and sons, are equally responsible. Five generations of members are prohibited from engaging in any work related to official government agencies... Specific regulations will be issued in the form of a new Civil Service Law and the Communist Party of Asia Disciplinary Regulations."

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As soon as these words came out, everyone immediately understood that Fujiwara no Kanezane's actions were not meant to "eliminate dissidents" or "test loyalty" as some people imagined. He was serious!

The rule that "one person commits a crime, five generations are punished" is almost like severing the lineage of an entire family. Just look at today's Party Constitution and you'll see that there are definitely more explosive and detailed contents in the Civil Service Law and the Regulations on Disciplinary Actions of the Communist Party of Asia!

Maybe not being allowed to take the civil service exam is just the lightest punishment! Does he hate corruption so much?

Or does his "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" and his "Asian Co-Prosperity Party" necessarily require such near-saintly members?

Some people with dirty hands or who have been tempted by temptation in the past are feeling the pressure. Some who attended the "Ruijin Anti-Corruption Conference" even wondered, "How come the management here is even stricter than our own Communist Party?"

The core meaning of Fujiwara no Kanezane's words is actually this: If you don't do it, there are plenty of people who will.

It's hard to find a three-legged toad, so how could a two-legged official be missing? Just kill him, what else is there to be reluctant about?

Is it not easy for the country to train a cadre?

If the country only trains cadres like this, then the country will be doomed.

"Okay, that's all I have to say. If you feel you don't meet my expectations, you can leave the meeting now. I won't force anyone to join the party, and I won't hold past mistakes accountable. But once you join, you must abide by my rules from the day you join."

Withdraw from the meeting? Not force yourself to join the party?

Haha, at this point, what fool would dare to say that he doesn't want to join the party and wants to quit?

Isn't that making it clear that I don't want to follow His Highness, and I'm also saying "I want to be corrupt"?

Hehe, you're worried that the Disciplinary Inspection Committee's performance this year won't be good, so you're rushing to give it to them, right?

After asking three times, the meeting place fell silent and no one left. The person next to Fujiwara no Kanezane nodded:

"Alright, Comrade Zhao Ziqi, please read out the 'Civil Servant Salary and Benefits and System and Mechanism Reform Plan'!"

604 Appreciate the saints, learn from the saints, but do not force saints

Hum hum...

He truly deserves to be the number one lackey of Hachiman-no-miya in the Chinese administrative system...

When Zhao Ziqi walked onto the stage, many people, including Communist Party members, thought so in their hearts.

However, there were indeed many people who were dissatisfied with Zhao Ziqi at the beginning, but later they basically disappeared in the face of the other party's abilities and achievements. At least there were fewer and fewer people who dared to challenge him face to face.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Zhao Ziqi replaced Fujiwara Kanezane and stood in front of the podium, but the first thing he did was not to read the document, but to conduct a self-examination according to the standards of the new party constitution.

After all, when Fujiwara no Kanezane was still unstable, in order to avoid being too honest and arousing suspicion, Zhao Ziqi and Chen P had to disguise themselves and try to adapt to the overall environment at that time.

The price was that the Communist Party members arrived one after another, began a crazy internal struggle, and went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs with Chen Kang every day to have tea with Doihara.

Now, Fujiwara no Kanemitsu has upgraded the standards for party members and cadres based on the standards of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. As the top leader in government affairs, he must take the lead in making a thorough break with the past.

But, here, this is why everyone is convinced - how many people can memorize the contents of the Party Constitution in such a short time and apply it to themselves?

So if you think about it, there's really nothing to be jealous of. Not only did he join us early, but he's also incredibly loyal and capable. From being the director of the National Highway Bureau to the chairman of the central government, he's done everything perfectly.

There were many people who followed His Highness at the beginning, and few of them died, but the only two talented people who were truly appreciated and promoted by him were Zhao Ziqi and Wang Yong.

Some opportunities cannot be obtained by envy, and even if they come, you may not be able to seize them.

Putting aside other things, how many people have come to realize the obvious truth of "His Highness does not like flatterers or dreamers, but appreciates doers" after hitting the wall, being scolded, and suffering losses countless times?

After completing the review, Zhao Ziqi slowly read out part of the content of the "Civil Servant Salary and Institutional Mechanism Reform Plan" that many people had already heard about in advance.

This plan is indeed complex—it specifies in detail the categories, grades, salaries, management mechanisms, entry and exit methods, and other aspects of the civil service system. It is arguably the most comprehensive civil service management system in the world.

It's simple, actually - after giving a few slaps, give a red date, so that the bureaucracy can gain some benefits, become a little more obedient, and be more willing to unite under the banner of His Majesty Fujiwara and fight hard.

This was a plan that was strongly opposed by Li Desheng when he discussed it with him on the grassland.

Li Desheng's reason for opposition was the same as it had been throughout history—all Party members and cadres, including himself, should be "public servants of the people," serving the people wholeheartedly. All were equal, so what hierarchy or special treatment was there for them?

Establishing a "wage and benefits hierarchy system" will only give rise to a bureaucratic class that is divorced from the masses, leading to cadres competing for ranks and treatment, widening the gap between the rich and the poor, increasing social inequality, and corroding the purity of the revolutionary ranks.

Similarly, he also opposed the "military rank system" that the Five-Star Eastern Republic was about to implement, believing that the Red Army's model could better reflect the equality of officers and soldiers, make the troops more united, and enhance their combat effectiveness;

Li Desheng is extremely wary of the alienation of people caused by the hierarchical system. He worries that if these things are expanded, party members and cadres will become less and less like Communist Party members, and the Communist Party will become less and less able to represent the will and interests of the people.

But after repeated consideration, Fujiwara no Kanezane decided to implement it.

There's no way around it. History has proven the teacher right, but it's also proven him wrong. The reason the teacher was right is, of course, because he accurately identified the nature of the bureaucracy, saw through the problems of the hierarchy, and even predicted what a bureaucratic system, even one that initially seemed promising, would eventually become.

To say he was wrong, we can answer with the words Mark hummed at that time: "Comrade Desheng, guess how many Li Deshengs there are in China?"

There is naturally nothing much to say about the situation in later generations, but even at present when CCP members are generally more capable and dedicated than ordinary people, it is indeed a bit difficult to hold them to Li Desheng's standards.

There are great parts in human nature, and naturally there are weak parts. Selfless dedication is certainly worthy of praise and admiration, but requiring everyone to be selfless and not consider their own interests is absolutely impossible, at least at present.

Material treatment can be hard sometimes, and most people can grit their teeth and persevere without any problem, but if you ask them to continue to suffer like this, I'm sorry, there are not so many saints and ascetics like Jiao Yulu in this world.

So, as Fujiwara Kanezane just said when he was criticizing those Japanese devils, "I don't expect everyone to be selfless and selfless, but at least they should act like human beings and not cross the line."

Establishing a complete civil servant management system that clearly defines powers, treatment, and responsibilities is essentially about setting a "bottom line."

Within the bottom line, I will definitely give you what I deserve, but if you dare to do anything beyond the bottom line, I will have sufficient reasons to deal with you, so don't cry too loudly then.

Unlike Li Desheng, who had been working with a group of saints/half saints/one-third saints/one-quarter saints for a long time, Fujiwara Kanezane, who came from a state-owned enterprise in later generations, had no expectations of the bureaucratic collective from the beginning, and did not think he could change them.

If one could suppress most of the bureaucratic collective's foolish actions while alive, and not be bullied by them directly, but only be forced to pretend to obey in secret, then he would be a saint among saints!

You say we can only fight with words, so I will fight with force;

You say you want to crack down on counter-revolutionaries, so I will torment the common people;

You said that leading cadres are not allowed to attend banquets, so I will ban everyone from eating in restaurants.

died?

It's good enough that they don't dig up your grave after you die.

All Fujiwara Kanezane had to do and could do was to raise the lower limit and bottom line of the bureaucratic collective he had to rely on, so that he would be qualified to talk about the future path forward.

Perhaps it was because of Fujiwara no Kanezane's status, perhaps because he couldn't control the Northeast, or perhaps because of the words "Have you forgotten the anti-corruption campaign in Ruijin? Have you forgotten the rectification movement in Nanchang?"...

In short, Li Desheng was reluctantly persuaded and planned to first see what changes would occur after the Five-Star Oriental Republic experimented with this "bureaucratic system" and what voices would emerge within the Communist Party of China.

After all, practice is the only criterion for testing truth!

As expected, when Zhao Ziqi went on stage to read the document, the atmosphere in the audience changed significantly, and the cadres became much more "serious".

It’s not that they were not serious when listening to Fujiwara no Kanezane’s speech, but that kind of seriousness was often due to political reasons, while this kind of seriousness was truly due to personal interests.

This is not because everyone has low moral character, but it is the involuntary human nature.

Anyone who doesn't even care about or fight for his own personal interests is either a great saint, a pure idiot, or a bad guy with ulterior motives.

Zhao Ziqi first described the overall national and government structure—only minor adjustments had been made to the existing system, but the general structure remained the same: central government-provincial-municipal-county-township/village.

In the past year or so of practice, the basic government system of the Five-Star Eastern Republic has been operating according to this model. This time, with the establishment of the Communist Party of Asia, it has been further clarified in the form of a document.

For example, the head of state, commander-in-chief of the armed forces and chairman of the Military Commission is undoubtedly Fujiwara no Kanezane, Zhao Ziqi is the chairman of the central government, what are the permanent departments of the central government, and what are the corresponding permanent institutions in the provinces/cities/counties/towns/villages, etc.

Therefore, Zhao Ziqi only briefly mentioned this aspect and then jumped to the "new things":

"...from top to bottom, from low to high, there are 12 levels of management positions, divided into national-level chief positions, national-level deputy positions, provincial and ministerial-level chief positions, provincial and ministerial-level deputy positions... to first-level clerks and second-level clerks;"

"National-level positions include the head of state, the chairman of the Central Military Commission, and the chairman of the Central People's Government. National-level deputy positions include the vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, the vice-chairman of the Central People's Government, the president of the Supreme People's Court, and the president of the Supreme People's Procuratorate..."

"...There are 10 levels of technical cadre positions: Chief Scientist, Chief Engineer, Expert Engineer, Senior Engineer, Deputy Senior Engineer, Chief Engineer, Deputy Chief Engineer, Engineer, Assistant Engineer, and Trainee Engineer..."

"..implementing a 'promotion and demotion' mechanism..."

The Communist Party of Asia was only established today, so the party positions such as the General Secretary, Secretary of the Secretariat, Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, Discipline Inspection Commission, etc. of the Communist Party of Asia were not subject to rating like the positions within the Communist Party of China in later generations.

On the one hand, since Fujiwara no Kanezane had publicly declared "one-party dictatorship" and "non-party members cannot serve as the head of any state department," these important positions could not be held by non-party members, and there was no need for special classifications.

For example, the Chairman of the National Supervisory Commission (National Disciplinary Inspection Commission) must be concurrently the Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. Even if the latter has no administrative rank, if someone is dealt with directly within the Party, his or her administrative position will also be dealt with in the process.

On the one hand, the Asian Communist Party and the Five Republics are currently small in scale. Fujiwara no Kanezane does not want to create a bunch of state-level and vice-state-level officials to cause trouble in the future, nor does he want anyone to focus on handling party affairs and ignore administrative and people's livelihood.

For example, a young son of a powerful official who has no local administrative experience and no contact with ordinary people can easily be promoted to the rank of director or deputy director after working in the party organization for a few years, squeezing out the room for advancement of other outstanding cadres.

Am I right?

The Shandong boss who went from student to deputy director in 5 years?

Besides, the file will not be changed once it is downloaded. If necessary, you can make adjustments based on the actual situation in the future.

Zhao Ziqi read the script very slowly, and everyone was quickly thinking about the rules in their minds.

The system itself is not unusual, because starting from the Beiyang government, the Chinese government has established a similar modern system of "special appointment officials (level 1), simple appointment officials (level 8), recommended appointment officials (level 12), and commissioned officials (level 16)", and in some aspects it is even more complicated;

The biggest difference is that the Five-Star Oriental Republic has an additional set of "technical cadres" career paths.

According to the document, this job grade system is designed for technical personnel who are not good at administrative management or leadership. It guarantees their social status and treatment, and also ensures that they will not neglect their technical skills by doing administrative work for the sake of salary.

For example, "chief scientist" refers to "deputy national position", and then corresponds to the next one. That is to say, the lowest trainee engineer is treated the same as a first-level clerk.

In other words, the upper limit for technical cadres is lower than that for administrative cadres, but the starting point is higher.

It is obvious that Fujiwara no Kanezane is showing an attitude of attaching importance to professional and technical personnel such as technical cadres, engineers and scientists.

Because, although the upper limit is low, how many administrative cadres can reach the provincial, ministerial or even national level?

Most people will stay at the low level, at which time technicians are obviously more popular and will be promoted faster.

Nowadays, an ordinary medical student is considered a super treasure, and technology is worth a lot of money.

So, is it possible to upgrade technical skills first and then switch to administration?

However, this loophole has also been blocked - technical cadres can only be transferred to administrative cadres when they reach the level of deputy chief engineer to senior engineer. Transfers at lower and higher levels are not allowed, and once transferred, there is no way to transfer back.

To put it bluntly, if you want to work in technology, just focus on it. Even if you want to switch to administration, you should work honestly for a few years and accumulate technical knowledge first.

After understanding this, some cadres from industries with high professional and technical requirements such as agriculture, industry, and medicine have a better understanding.

Fujiwara Kanezane has always respected these professional and technical personnel, and now this has been established at the institutional level, making everyone more worry-free and more willing to work in the Northeast.

To put it bluntly, it may sound like a traitor's words. Although the Northeast is indeed extremely cold and not suitable for living for southerners, looking at the thriving development of the Five-Star Eastern Republic, the Northeast will definitely be more than just a place for work to choose from in the future.

Maybe I can go back to my hometown in the future!

For the administrative staff in the meeting, the clarification of job titles and ranks did not have much impact, because the job title and the power it brought were the core.

However, the job grade assessment has solved the grading and promotion issues for new recruits who have taken several civil service examinations over the past year or so, allowing them to work and strive with greater peace of mind.

As for "being able to go up and down", the Kuomintang also has similar regulations, but the regulations are like this, and whether it can be implemented is another matter.

But then again, according to Fujiwara no Kanezane's style, he could suddenly promote a young man to a high-ranking official, and he could also demote a high-ranking official to the lowest level, which was another form of "being able to go up and down".

The issue of job grades seems simple, but it is actually very complicated. Behind it is a complete set of management systems. Zhao Ziqi cannot talk about every part, so he quickly jumped to the issue of treatment corresponding to the job grade.

On this point, there are huge differences between the Five-Star Oriental Republic and the Communist Party of China and the Kuomintang government.

First of all, “not a lump”.

Putting aside the fact that the CCP still implements the "allowance system," all government civil servants are paid a fixed monthly salary at every level (regardless of whether they can receive it).