Compatriots are of course treated differently. Even when the visa officer came, he only asked a few simple questions in Cantonese, such as where his ancestral home is, where he was born, where his parents are, and how he came to the UK.
Then the visa was obtained, and along with it was a ferry ticket.
Ferry tickets, yes, those who obtain a talent introduction visa not only have a visa, but also a free ferry ticket. For Daming, who is determined to harvest several waves of European intellectual leeks, he will definitely not be stingy with a few ferry tickets.
A few days later, when he and Rutherford boarded an ocean cruise to Yingtian in the Ming Dynasty, Tang Sheng... no, it should be Gu Hongming. His name was written in Chinese characters on his visa.
"Hey, this world is really unfair!"
Rutherford looked at his friend jokingly.
"The things that many people dream of are so easy for you. It's really hard to imagine!"
Is it unimaginable?
Rutherford didn't think this was unimaginable. After all, Townsend was their compatriot, and it was normal for them to give various preferential treatment to their compatriots.
"I……"
Gu Hongming thought for a while, looked at the people standing on the deck, and then said.
"Actually, I don't know either. I know that my father was born in Guangdong, which is the Qing Dynasty, and I was born in Nanyang... a compatriot."
It is really a very fresh, yet very familiar word.
Compatriots!
This vocabulary is the thought that Emperor Zhu Da has instilled in all the people of Ming Dynasty for more than ten years.
In the past, compatriots were only used to describe "compatriots from the same mother", but in the Ming Dynasty, all Chinese people were compatriots. They were all descendants of Yan and Huang, and they shared the same blood.
The reason why he constantly instilled and strengthened the "view of compatriots" was because Emperor Zhu Da was afraid that the citizens of the Ming Dynasty overseas would form a regional concept in one or two generations, regard their homeland of China as "outsiders", and be indifferent to their Chinese compatriots, or in other words,
Lopsided.
Going one step further and coming up with something like "American High Quality" would be really nonsense.
No matter what happens in the future, Ming Dynasty will be a part of China. No matter how Ming Dynasty develops, its roots are in China. The roots of all Ming Dynasty people are in China. Therefore, the "Chinese Compatriots View" is the most basic concept and extends to everyone.
The people’s unremitting indoctrination formed the Ming Dynasty’s version of “political correctness.”
What is "political correctness"?
It is a basic principle that cannot be challenged. For this reason, when the embassy staff saw Gu Hongming, they were sincerely happy, because in the simple and straightforward understanding of the Ming Dynasty people, even if Gu Hongming was born in Nanyang, then
We are also compatriots from China!
Compatriots are compatriots, and their blood is connected.
He has a cold brow and looks down at the Western ghosts, but he bows his head and is willing to be a fellow countryman.
This is the attitude that the embassy should have towards its compatriots!
Of course, another reason is that South America is a country entirely composed of immigrants. They come from different provinces and counties. They even have different accents. Only by strengthening the "view of compatriots" can they understand
Realization that they are a whole.
Therefore, cultivating the concept of compatriots is essentially part of the national education of the Ming Dynasty. If the citizens of the Ming Dynasty were all a group of slaves who "do not know their own country", then how could the Ming Dynasty participate in world hegemony?
Since modern times, any country that attempts to participate in world hegemony must first complete the ideological construction, especially the construction of nationalist ideas. Therefore, the "view of compatriots" is essentially a nationalist concept.
Of course, it is not as direct as nationalism.
After all, it’s the Ming Dynasty!
The country was founded in a foreign land, and there are still millions of Hispanics in the country. If you start to act like this, you will cause countless troubles, so we are compatriots!
More obscure!
Compatriots, of course, have special care for compatriots. Even in the cabin, Gu Hongming lived in a double cabin, which was almost equivalent to first class, except that there was no bathroom or guest room. However, Gu Hongming was extremely satisfied with this.
After all, Rutherford could only live in a six-person cabin.
When Gu Hongming felt what his compatriots had brought to him, most of the others on the ship were full of expectations for Ming Dynasty. Who could not look forward to it?
After all, Ming Dynasty means a new life, a completely different life.
This is true for these scholars and young people from Europe, and it is even more true for our compatriots from the homeland of China.
"When the Ming Dynasty comes, we will not only no longer have to wear patched clothes, but we will also be able to eat white rice every day."
“You can even eat meat! There’s beef for every meal!”
In the crowded cabin, with dim light, Song Yukun held a pictorial he picked up from nowhere, stared at the building on the pictorial, and spoke plausibly.
"Is this house really suitable for everyone?"
This drawing paper was from the "Life" pictorial magazine he picked up on Java Island. There was only half of the pictorial, but from then on, he made up his mind to go to Daming.
"Uncle, is Daming really that good?"
Lying on the two-foot-high bed, Han Jiao Zhun turned around and asked.
"If it's not good, can uncle take you out? You are smarter than your brother. When the Ming Dynasty comes, if you work hard, you will be able to live in a big house and earn a lot of money in less than five or six years.
Ming Yuan."
He stuck his head out and said something to his nephew in the bunk next door, and Song Yukun said specifically.
"By the way, Ahu, you can no longer call me uncle from now on. You have to call me dad. Don't let people misunderstand you. Do you understand?"
"Yes, Dad."
Three years ago, when Han Jiaozhun was only nine years old, he had to follow his brother Zhengzhun to serve as an apprentice in Java in the Dutch East Indies because of his poor family. Now his uncle is taking him to the Ming Dynasty for his own good.
"Also, from now on, your surname will be Song. Well, let's call it... Jiashu, Song Jiashu, the same name as our boss. This name is good and noble!"
Noble!
Not only is he noble, but he also vents his anger. From now on, Song Jiashu will be our son!
Thinking that his boss would beat and scold him whenever he made a mistake in the past, Song Yukun felt secretly happy.
"Hey, I made you awesome, now it's better, you are our son..."
When I was feeling secretly proud, suddenly, there was a commotion outside the cabin.
"Arrived, arrived... arrived in Ming Dynasty!"
Arrived in Ming Dynasty!
The people who were talking to each other all picked up their simple luggage one after another. For a moment, the narrow cabin was filled with people, and everyone walked out of the cabin with anticipation.
Daming, this is the place they talked about all the way. The reason why they traveled thousands of miles to come here is to start a new life here, and now they are finally there...
