The induction ceremony for new officials came to an end. More than 300 young officials held their appointment certificates in their hands, sat upright and dignified in the square, and looked seriously at Li Mingyuan who stood in the center of the stage.
"Gentlemen and fellow students, our country is still young and the infrastructure of higher education is weak. It is not easy for you to stand out from hundreds of thousands of young people across the country."
The opening ceremony affirmed the efforts of the young people below to become government officials, and Li Mingyuan introduced them to the current world situation as usual.
“Since the British fleet landed at the mouth of the Yangtze River and defeated the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the dominance of the Far Eastern China has gradually fallen into the hands of the Western powers, and the Central Plains region’s status as the supreme power of the Celestial Empire for thousands of years has also been overthrown.
The countries in Southeast Asia, the Malay Peninsula, and Indonesia were all occupied and infiltrated by the British, French, and Dutch.
Outside of the continent of Europa, countries and territories in other parts of the world have almost been carved up.
The remaining areas are being carved up, conquered, and settled. Think of the Han and Tang dynasties when all the nations came to visit, and the prosperous times. Think of the magnificent feelings of the Han soldiers who expanded their territories and conquered the battlefields with blood.
, and now, the Western Region, Northeast, Southern Xinjiang and other places have become foreign territories, and the soldiers who buried their bones on the border have become lonely ghosts!
Why! Because of the depravity of imperial rule, they were confined to a corner of the ancient Far East, sealing off the country and taking pleasure in squeezing the people of the country!
It has been more than 240 years since the fall of heaven at the end of the Ming Dynasty. It coincides with the invasion of the white-skinned foreign barbarians and the fall of the Chinese mainland. At this time of national ruin, we overseas Chinese should strive to be stronger in spite of the adversity and work hard to win.
, in order to re-establish the spirit of the people, transform the character of the people, and jointly build a prosperous and powerful country in South America!"
Speech and incitement are essential qualities for a national leader. Li Mingyuan tried to use sincere words to impress the young people below.
"The 19th century was an era of alternation between the old and the new, an era of ascendant colonialism. Poor and weak countries were occupied by powerful countries, and decadent and declining countries were controlled by powerful countries. In the Far East, Japan's Meiji Restoration was only ten years old, but it was such a country that had not yet completed industrialization.
In April 1879, the small country of Seoul officially annexed the Kingdom of Ryukyu, changed Ryukyu to Okinawa Prefecture, appointed Nabeshima Naohina as the first governor of Okinawa Prefecture, and forced the King of Ryukyu to immigrate to Japan by force. And you are looking at the Westernization of the Qing Dynasty.
During the reform, the Eight Banners nobles and local governors and ministers undermined each other, and countless people exploited the interests of the people in the name of Westernization.
It was more than ten years since the Westernization Reform was started, and the reform period was five years earlier than that of Japan. However, in the face of Japan's provocation to send troops to Taiwan in 1874 and the annexation of Ryukyu in April 1879, no one in the Manchu and Qing court dared to speak out!"
The majority of the Han people are Chinese who immigrated from the mainland. When analyzing the world situation, it is inevitable to involve the Central Plains of the Far East.
"There are overseas Chinese wherever the sea water passes! No one is willing to leave their hometown and come overseas to seek life. However, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were corrupt and incompetent. Even the famous scholars and scholars were oppressed and insulted by the Eight Banners nobles. Therefore, the Chinese who left their homeland had no choice but to unite and unite.
Gather everyone's strength together, fight with the white-skinned ghosts and local indigenous people, and use knives and swords to seize the land where overseas Chinese live!"...
Li Mingyuan stood on the stage and spoke non-stop for twenty minutes, half of which was used to introduce the history of colonial expansion by European powers. The rest of the time was mainly used to explain a concept to young officials: the Manchu Qing court was decadent and backward, and the rule of
The rule of the Eight Banners nobles was brutal and would inevitably collapse within thirty years; only by uniting under the Han ruling group headed by Li Mingyuan could the overseas Chinese have a long-term future.
If you move to South America and still have illusions about the official rule of the Central Plains, or if you are lucky and plan to leave the Han Dynasty and join the Manchu Qing court, you will not only lose more than you gain, but you will also be spurned by all overseas Chinese and attacked by the Han government.
At the end of the speech, Li Mingyuan personally met with more than a dozen newly recruited official representatives, had a brief exchange with each of them, and left the venue under the protection of the security forces.
The next day, large reports about the induction ceremony of young officials appeared in local newspapers in Chang'an (Cordoba), Songjiang (Buenos Aires), and Xinjing (Porto Alegre).
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"Reform and reform, make the country strong through education!"
"Education Morning Post" reprinted a passage from Li Mingyuan's speech, and then connected the newly recruited young officials with the development of local education in Han Dynasty, emphasizing Li Mingyuan's emphasis on national education and the remarkable results of ten years of education construction.
"Continue to deepen the reform of the official selection system and provide outstanding grassroots officials to the country." "Daily Minutes" is an official media affiliated with the Ministry of Rites of the Central Committee. The reporting method is quite satisfactory, and the content of the report is biased towards the reform of the grassroots official appointment system.
"In the age of great strife, in the age of expansion, the great man is destined to rebuild Yanhuang!"
Different from the official media under the jurisdiction of government agencies, which have their own focused reports, the Qingjun Daily, an official newspaper affiliated with the National Defense Forces Headquarters, begins with a magnificent report: "The destiny of the country is clear, and the fate of the country is in the Han Dynasty. It has been three thousand years of chaos.
We, the sons of the Han family, should forge ahead, attack the white Western barbarians, guard the country 30,000 miles below our feet, and create unprecedented great achievements in China!..."
A week later, the latest issue of the current affairs report of the New York Times published a column about Han: “The poor Argentines lost their land wealth, and the savage yellow people stood on top of the bones of white people and laughed and celebrated.
God bless the Argentines to free themselves from the clutches of the yellow race as soon as possible..."
In the United States, due to the impact of white discrimination against Chinese workers, the Han occupation of Argentina had a greater impact on them. Private newspapers took advantage of the narrow-minded and vengeful psychology of the white people at the bottom to promote a large number of remarks about yellow people threatening white people in an attempt to gain newspaper sales and social influence.
, and the upper class monopoly capitalists in the United States, especially large farmers and textile factory owners, are taking advantage of the blockade of Han Dynasty to sell grain, livestock, agricultural product processing products, textile products and other industrial and agricultural products at high prices. They have no intention of competing with the middle and lower classes.
The white people joined the team that instigated the government to go to war against the Han Dynasty.
Agriculture is the foundation of the country's economic rise. According to statistics, from 1870 to 1879, the area of cultivated land in Han Dynasty increased five times, from 16 million acres to 81 million acres.
Especially between 1875 and 1879, the reclamation of the wheat belt and corn belt increased wheat production by nearly 2.4 times and corn production by about 3.5 times. The development of humid areas in northern Argentina increased rice production by about 4 times. At the same time, because
There are vast natural pastures in the La Plata area, and pasture and corn can be grown on large areas of cultivated land as feed. Therefore, the animal husbandry in Han Dynasty developed very rapidly. Correspondingly, slaughtering, canned meat processing, and agricultural product processing and manufacturing
Enterprises and other light industrial enterprises have received strong support from the government in the past ten years and have gradually grown into pillar technology industries. Since 1878, the total output value of local agricultural, livestock products and agricultural product processing enterprises has surpassed textile enterprises, becoming the third largest production output value in Han Dynasty.
One industrial sector.
The development of local agricultural production has strongly supported and promoted the development of industrial production and expanded the domestic market. The industrial layout of Han Dynasty first started with the processing of agricultural products and the cotton textile industry. The processing of agricultural products and the cotton textile industry first cultivated a local industry. Secondly, the funds earned from the export of agricultural products and cotton textiles have eased the government's financial constraints in developing core heavy industries.
The United States also relied on agricultural products. Throughout the entire 19th century, agricultural product production and processing industries have provided the United States with the most extensive fiscal revenue. It was not until the last decade of the 19th century that industrial output surpassed agricultural products and agricultural product processing industries and became the United States' largest financial source. pillar industries.
The local agriculture in Han adopts a production model based on family farms. On average, a family has 200 to 300 acres of agricultural land, and the agricultural products produced are generally two to three levels higher than those of American farmers.
The land in the La Plata Plain is more fertile than in the United States, and the Chinese are not as diligent as American farmers. Therefore, in the export competition of agricultural products, Han Chinese goods have a significant price advantage.
Before the British blockade of Han's maritime transportation, among the American countries, Brazil was experiencing constant civil strife and its agricultural exports were severely weakened. Taking this opportunity, Han's agricultural exports surpassed Brazil's and became the second largest grain exporter in North and South America after the United States. country.
The United States was concentrating on farming and development, and was limited by its military strength. It had neither the ability nor the will to attack Han across the ocean. Britain sent a fleet to blockade Han. Although it helped the United States, its domestic opposition became louder and louder.
At this time, the yield of one acre of agricultural land was only more than 200 kilograms. The cost of transporting food from India and other colonies was higher for the British than buying it from South and North America.
Moreover, the daily cost of the ocean-going fleet's overseas expedition, which lasts for three to four months, also gives the British government a headache.
British Prime Minister Gladstone was unwilling to involve Britain in a protracted war. At the beginning of the war, he did not agree to use force to resolve the Argentine dispute. After the ocean-going fleet went to Argentina, Gordon's troops failed to complete the strategic goal of rescuing the Argentine government. Gordon himself The telegram sent to request military support was not only rejected, but the British troops landed on the coast of Argentina were also forced to withdraw to Brazil by the London government.
The armed intervention failed and the naval blockade was futile. On July 20, with the support of Prime Minister Gladstone, the British Defense Secretary Sir Hartington issued a proposal, suggesting that the strategy of maritime blockade of Han be abandoned to prevent Han from burning the boat and uniting with Paraguay. Attack Brazil together.
It must be said that the situation in South America in 1879 was extremely chaotic. On the Pacific coast, Chile, Bolivia, and Peru were still at war. China and Chile faced off on the southern line of Puerto Montt. Paraguay stood with Bolivia, and Peru supported the two countries against Chile. of war.
Along the eastern Atlantic line, the Han regular army was divided into two locations. One was deployed across Argentina to deter local whites, and the other was deployed along the border with Brazil to contain part of the regular army of the Brazilian government and support the black riots in Brazil.
Continuous wars and constant turmoil are a true reflection of South America. As for Paraguay, the Paraguayan King Lopez Jr. is about to add fuel to the tense situation in South America.
