"Due to the drought, victims from all over Shandong have fled to famine, causing famine or praying for rain. But praying for rain is of no avail. There is hunger everywhere, and many people have sold their wives and sold their children and been homeless. Many people have died, and the suffering is unspeakable..."
Looking at this report in the "Da Ming Daily", Emperor Zhu Da couldn't help but let out a long sigh. Although the news report only contained two or three hundred words, he had a certain understanding of this "Ding Wu Famine".
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This major drought kicked off in 1875. In this year, most areas in the northern provinces showed signs of drought, and the Zhili area showed signs of disaster in mid-spring. There was still little rain until winter. At the same time,
Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu and other provinces all experienced severe droughts after the autumn of this year.
This year, the drought has worsened and the disaster area has further expanded. Zhili, Shandong, and Henan are the main disaster areas, extending to Liaoning in the north, Shaanxi-Gansu in the west, and Jiangsu and Anhui in the south, forming an unprecedented vast drought area.
Although the disaster seems to be extremely serious now, it will only get worse next year and the year after. After all, this is a severe drought that has affected hundreds of millions of people.
"According to the official statement, tens of millions of people starved to death. In fact, it must have been multiplied by at least two!"
When talking to himself, Emperor Zhu Da himself did not believe this number. Even if it was multiplied by two, it would be difficult to convince others. According to the habits of those officials in the Qing Dynasty who whitewashed peace for the sake of red tops, they
If they don't shrink by 70% to 80%, they will be sorry for their red tops.
This is also the reason why Emperor Zhu Da dared to introduce so many immigrants, because the introduction of large numbers of immigrants led to the decrease of Han immigrants in Northeast and other places.
After all, those people were going to starve to death in history. He said that the introduction was of a relief nature. Through large-scale disaster relief, more people were saved and then brought to the Ming Dynasty. Those people in history were greatly
They all starved to death on the way to escape.
During this drought, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties had almost no relief. Historically, they relied on donations from merchants in Jiangnan and Nanyang. But this time? It relied on the Ming Dynasty!
In order to relieve the victims, Ming Dynasty not only purchased millions of stones of rice from Nanyang, but also transported millions of tons of wheat, corn and other grains from the mainland. Not only to save people, but more importantly, to save those people
bring back.
Bring those compatriots who would otherwise starve to death to the Ming Dynasty, and they will become the cornerstone of the Ming Dynasty's national power. Only with them can the Ming Dynasty truly rise.
"Twenty million!"
Facing Liu Kunpeng, the former Ming Dynasty General Consul in Haizhou and current director of the Immigration Affairs Department, Emperor Zhu Da said.
"This time, we will strive to transport 20 million people to the Ming Dynasty! We will strive to introduce 7-8 million immigrants from the country every year in the next two years. By the time Shengde is nine years old, we will almost be able to reach 20 million immigrants.
A goal worth tens of millions!”
Taking advantage of the "Ding Wu Qi Huang" to introduce 20 million immigrants was the goal set by Emperor Zhu Da for himself. In fact, this was also the basis for the annexation of Brazil.
"With these 20 million immigrants, we have the confidence to digest the fat meat of Brazil. Brazil... only has a population of 10 million. After the war is over, after the black slaves are liberated and sent back to their hometown in Africa, Brazil will
The population is only six to seven million, so we have an advantage in terms of population, so..."
Staring at Liu Kunpeng, Emperor Zhu smiled and said.
"Director Liu, you have a huge responsibility! Whether the Ming Dynasty can turn Brazil into a part of the Ming Dynasty depends entirely on whether you can accomplish this task!"
After all this is completed, Ming Dynasty will not only gain Brazil, but may even gain the entire South America!
"Your Majesty, we need a boat!"
Liu Kunpeng said directly.
"Currently, Ming Dynasty's immigration ships can only meet the needs of 2.5 million immigrants at most every year. According to the situation in China, the Immigration Department has purchased more than 36 merchant ships totaling more than 187,000 tons from abroad and refitted them.
It is an immigration ship. It is expected that after the modification is completed, it will be able to add 75,000 immigration slots. However, even so, the annual increase in capacity will only be about 500,000. To complete this task, at least the existing immigration ship needs to be
The ship's tonnage increased by 1.8 million tons..."
An additional 1.8 million tons of merchant ships will be added within two years!
For Daming, it is definitely an unprecedented challenge!
Let alone the Ming Dynasty, there is no country in the world that can do it. And this is not just a matter of adding hundreds of merchant ships, it also requires hundreds of captains and tens of thousands of crew members. It is not just ships.
"Then continue building and buying ships. In short, what I need is people!"
In fact, as early as five years ago, Emperor Zhu Da had already begun to prepare for this "Chinese migration to the southeast" - in the past five years, the enrollment of Ming Dynasty's merchant marine school has expanded five times, and the tonnage of merchant ships has also increased steadily.
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More importantly, there are now a number of immigrant ships under construction on the Ming Dynasty slipway, and the most important ones are sixteen large immigrant ships with a displacement of up to 17,000 tons. They are a symbol of the powerful shipbuilding industry of the Ming Dynasty. They were also Emperor Zhu Da
The basis for attracting people from China.
"The first batch of new 10,000-ton immigration ships should be launched by the end of the year. You can go to the shipyard to supervise it. After all, immigration! But the fate of my country, Ming Dynasty, depends on it!"
Immigration is the national destiny!
From the day Emperor Zhu Da arrived at Nanhua Bay, this sentence became the foundation of Nanhua's survival, and it was also the foundation of Ming Dynasty's foothold in South America.
Why were Europeans able to gain a foothold here?
It’s not just the gun in your hand that counts, it’s the people!
A steady stream of people and immigrants immigrated to this land from Europe. In North America, tens of millions of European white immigrants turned the United States and Canada white. In Central and South America, white immigrants mixed with Indian women.
, took control of that land, and in Brazil, millions of European immigrants, Indian women, and female slaves multiplied and multiplied, making Brazil a so-called melting pot of races.
And what about the indigenous people in the vast new continent of North and South America? They either "integrated" into it or disappeared, and in the end only a few pitiful indigenous people remained.
In the final analysis, guns and guns were just the beginning of the European conquest of the Americas, and immigration was the key. They relied on millions of immigrants to turn America into their new continent, their paradise, and even European civilization.
Localized version in New World.
Now, it's China's turn!
Maybe in South America, those white people came earlier than the Chinese, but it doesn't matter. As long as the population is large enough, nothing is a problem. Population will solve everything.
Just like the Ming Dynasty now, although there are more than two million white people and mixed-race people, so what? They only account for 10% of the Ming Dynasty's population, and they will eventually lose their language, traditions, and customs little by little.
Integrating into Ming Dynasty bit by bit.
After those people who speak Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese die, this land will truly become the "homeland" of the Ming Dynasty.
"Chinese Crossing to the Southeast!"
After Liu Kunpeng left, Emperor Zhu Da walked to the map. He looked at the vast ocean on the map and said to himself.
"The "Ding Wu Qi Huang" may be a human tragedy, but it is the capital of the Ming Dynasty in its struggle for world hegemony!"
This capital is people!
Only with people can there be other possibilities...
(End of chapter)
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