mission!
Each generation has its own mission.
What is my mission?
"I must study politics and war, so that my sons will have the freedom to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, shipbuilding, navigation, commerce and agriculture; their children will have the freedom to study painting, poetry, music, architecture,
rights to sculpture, weaving and ceramics.”
Staring at the city of Quito outside the window, Zhu Yobai silently recited this famous quote by John Adams in his heart. Although he was the second president of the United States, his father also highly respected some of his views.
In fact, the open mind is the reason why the empire can catch up from behind. When I was a child, my father deliberately explained the meaning of this sentence. According to his explanation, this is the hierarchy of needs theory. Only when you reach this level can you have the energy to go on.
Level by level, go up level by level. This is even the reason why my father admired this sentence.
"Every generation has a mission that it needs to complete."
With his brows furrowed, Zhu Youbai was a little confused now.
"Where is my mission?"
As the king of Ecuador, the reason why he is so confused is because until now, he has not figured out his position.
Am I first generation or second generation?
The reason why Zhu Youbai came up with such an idea was because of the special national conditions of Ecuador - he was invited to serve as king by the Ecuadorians. After being crowned as king, he has been committed to the development of the kingdom.
In addition to carrying out massive land reforms, he also launched a large-scale base construction project that attracted imperial investment. In just two years, Ecuador's industrial and commercial economy underwent earth-shaking changes.
Logically speaking, as a king, he should be more pleased, but in reality?
There were other thoughts deep in his heart.
What kind of country should Ecuador be in the future?
Is it Ecuador?
Or China’s Ecuador?
The answer is obvious, China's Ecuador is Zhu Youbai's goal.
If he wants to achieve this goal, it means that he must do something - commit to the Chineseization of the country.
And this is what his generation must accomplish.
"I want to hand over a Chinese country to my children."
When Zhu Youbai expressed his idea to Yuan Tianxi, Associate Minister of the Executive Yuan, he did not expect to be immediately opposed by him.
"Your Majesty, what we need is to change this country silently through spring breeze and rain, rather than through radical and coercive means."
As the associate minister, Yuan Tianxi was once the chief of affairs of Prince Lu's palace, that is, the general manager of the palace. With his assistance, he had helped Zhu Youbai establish an administrative team before he came to Ecuador for his coronation. Because of this, they would not
Becoming puppets, of course, with the support of the empire, they cannot become puppets.
But it’s better to have your own people in charge of some of the government’s key points than not having your own people at all.
"What are radical coercive measures?"
Zhu Youbai said directly.
"It takes ten years to cultivate trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. What's wrong with setting up Mandarin classes in schools? The books have the same text and the language has the same pronunciation. Isn't this the policy that the empire has pursued for many years? How many people in Shanxi can't speak Mandarin now? Many children
My Mandarin is better spoken than many new immigrants.”
As the earliest area conquered by the empire, Shanxi has been completely Chineseized. Many non-Chinese children can no longer even speak Spanish or indigenous languages, and Mandarin is the only local language.
In Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and other places, compulsory Chinese language education has also made great progress. It is for this reason that Zhu Youbo felt that similar policies should be implemented in Ecuador.
"Your Majesty, the biggest difference here is...this is not an occupied area!"
Yuan Tianxi said directly.
“The reality we must face is that the population of Ecuador is divided into two parts: those who support the kingdom, and those who support the establishment of a republic to imitate the political measures of the empire. Those who supported the crowning of the king only accounted for 35% of the total population.
Although the land reform has been passed in two years and has reached about 70%, the latter still has a broad public base. If we adopt coercive measures to promote Mandarin, we will inevitably encounter resistance from those people. In the case where the Chinese population does not dominate,
Our efforts are just in vain. Of course..."
After a pause and looking at the king, Yuan Tianxi said.
"Unless we adopt the coercive measures adopted by the empire in the occupied areas, this means that we need to invest a large number of security forces to maintain law and order, and at the same time, we also need to bear huge military expenditures. In Yu Chen's view, this is obviously not worth the gain.
after all……"
Yuan Tianxi said while taking out a report.
"Instead of compulsory, we should adopt the Cuban and Mexican methods, that is, by introducing immigrants and completing Ecuador's ethnic integration through marriage. Currently, Ecuador only has a population of 1.1 million, of which 8% are white and 24% are European and Indian.
Mixed race, 50% are Indians and 18% Chinese. Although the proportion of Chinese seems to be small, among the 200,000 Chinese immigrants, 160,000 are male immigrants in their prime. So far, about 60,000 immigrants have settled with locals.
Women intermarry, and currently, the Chinese family population has exceeded 260,000."
Why do so many local women marry Chinese immigrants?
To put it bluntly, the economic base determines the superstructure - the income of Chinese immigrants is high. Their income is generally more than double that of local workers and four to five times that of farmers. In this case, every Chinese man is a local woman.
A feast for the eyes.
In fact, this is also the reason why before the Chinese entered Latin America, Indian women married white people one after another - even the poorest white people had higher political status and financial resources than ordinary Indians.
Women... are married off.
"Whether their wives are European-Indian, Indian or white, this means that 60,000 non-Chinese Americans have lost the opportunity to get married and have children. The Chinese population is increasing, and we need
The purpose is to further increase the number of Chinese immigrants and at the same time increase the income of Chinese immigrants."
As Yuan Tianxi spoke, he handed the report in his hand to the king, and then said.
"This is my suggestion. Considering the current war's role in promoting the kingdom's industrial and commercial economy, whether it is factory expansion or new construction, it has provided a large number of jobs. In order to ensure the overall image of Chinese Americans as a high-income group, we must
Increase the intensity of immigration from within the country instead of giving jobs to locals. Of course, if they can speak Mandarin, I think it may be easier to find a job..."
As a senior politician, Yuan Tianxi knows very well what should be used to induce those people to learn Mandarin instead of forcing them to learn. Just like when the Spaniards occupied this land, they did not set up schools here, nor did they force the locals to learn Mandarin.
People learn Spanish, but interests will drive locals to learn it. And this is also common in other occupied areas of the empire.
But for Ecuador, what is needed here is not just local people learning Mandarin, but more importantly, integration. Only through integration can this country truly become a member of the Zhuxia.
This chapter has been completed!