In the Linhua Hall of Hanyuan Palace, in the elegant and exquisite palace, a man and a woman were sitting together, talking intimately.
"My dear wife, I am pregnant. Please pay more attention to safety on weekdays. If it is not necessary, try to avoid going out. If you are bored, ask the people around you to inform me in front of me, and I will make time to accompany you."
Li Mingyuan held the other person's little hand and gave gentle instructions.
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I am accompanied by Her Majesty the Queen and several sisters in the palace. I live a happy and fulfilling life every day and will not feel bored."
The virtuous concubine Li Yina brushed her golden hair to her ears with her hands and leaned gently into Li Mingyuan's arms. Her clear and bright blue eyes revealed joy and happiness: "I have just been diagnosed with pregnancy, and my belly has not yet appeared.
Huai, normal outing activities have not been affected, Your Majesty does not need to worry about my health."
"My concubine is right. You can maintain normal outing activities during the first four to five months of pregnancy, but you need to pay attention to some aspects. After all, you are carrying our child, so you can't be careless."
"I will remember your Majesty's instructions and will pay extra attention to safety when traveling in the palace in the future."
Sensing the importance in Li Mingyuan's words, Concubine Li Yina stopped playing around and said seriously with a coquettish expression.
"After all, you are pregnant for the first time. You have no experience in some things. If you have nothing to do, you can communicate more with the queen and the concubines. You can get some pregnancy maintenance experience from them, which can also help you in the future of pregnancy.
In the next few months, I will suffer less.”
The four imperial concubines, Ying'er and Xiaolan, gave birth to three sons and four daughters one after another. In this regard, Li Mingyuan gradually accumulated some experience.
"The living environment in the palace is different from that in Brazil. If you are not used to getting along with the maids and attendants around you, you can bring it up and let your father select a few good sisters who have grown up from your family to accompany you in the palace.
You can save yourself from being alone for a while."
"Before I entered the palace, I studied Chinese with the female gentleman invited by my father. After I entered the palace, I stayed in my hometown for three years. After three years, I got used to the local way of life and the domestic life in the palace.
I don’t feel any discomfort in getting along with women.”
Living in a different environment, the palace maids and attendants I came into contact with were all Chinese. I said it was adapting, but in fact, it still felt different from when I lived in Brazil. However, I chose to marry Li Mingyuan and live a different life.
Even if she feels uncomfortable with Western life, Li Yina is unwilling to speak out.
Living in a foreign country and trying to integrate into the Chinese society, it is normal to feel a little uncomfortable at first. After graduating from university in his previous life, Li Mingyuan joined the French Foreign Legion and stayed with a group of foreign soldiers with different customs. It was also difficult at first.
But after a few years of getting along and getting used to each other over a long period of time, the feeling of discomfort will slowly disappear.
Compared with Li Mingyuan's passive integration into the French Foreign Legion's life rhythm in his previous life, Li Yina's situation is undoubtedly much better.
I have a gentle, handsome and tall husband who can receive love and care from my husband in daily life. In terms of family, my father and brothers and sisters have escaped from the period in the Republic of Brazil where they were always on tenterhooks and worried about attacks by Republican officials and black mobs.
risks of.
The father was employed as a state adviser, responsible for providing his husband and the Ministry of National Security with military and political intelligence on both the Brazilian Republic and the Brazilian Empire. The two older brothers had just passed the entrance examination and were about to enter the Army and Navy Military Academy respectively. A widowed sister,
In August last year, I married a Chinese military officer.
The more than ten core members of the entire family and the fifty or sixty relatives attached to the family have all been fully integrated into the Han military and political culture circle. They have fewer and fewer Western imprints on them, and their family status and living conditions are also working day by day.
Under this situation, even if there are some discomforts in the lifestyle, overall, Li Yina's family is still much better off than the previous situation.
As Li Yina's husband, Li Mingyuan did his best to fulfill his responsibilities as a husband, taking time to accompany her and giving her real care and consideration. Outside of family life, Li Mingyuan would not forget to use the advantages of Li Yina's family to contribute to the Han country in Brazil.
Provides useful intelligence in the direction of strategic expansion.
Putting aside the trivial matters of national government affairs, Li Mingyuan gave Li Yina a careful look. At noon the next day, in a study room on the left side of the former Zhongji Hall, Li Mingyuan summoned the Minister of National Security Shen Fushan and the State Counselor Silva.
Together, they asked them for various information about the Republic of Brazil and the Empire of Brazil.
"Your Majesty, according to intelligence provided by a group of Brazilian businessmen bribed locally, the Brazilian Republican government is brewing a black migration plan. They plan to move 200,000 black people from the central and inland areas to the southern state of Sao Paulo and
Paraná.”
Minister of National Security Shen Fushan said: "The dispersed migration of black people from inland and central areas to coastal areas is an important part of the Brazilian Republican government's population whitening plan. I believe that the relocation of 200,000 black people is just the beginning.
After the resettlement of 200,000 black people is completed, the Brazilian Communist Party government will formulate a larger plan to continue to relocate and evacuate more black people to other parts of Brazil."
"Forced relocation and evacuation of black people require a large amount of financial funds. Can the Brazilian Republican government come up with this money?"
Li Mingyuan does not believe that the Brazilian republican government is willing to spend precious financial funds just to whitewash local black people.
"At first I thought the source of the intelligence was wrong, but after comparing and verifying the information from many sources, I believe that this matter is most likely true and credible."
Shen Fushan explained: "In the late period of the Brazilian Empire, due to the collapse of the national finances and the verge of bankruptcy in finance, industry and other fields, the financial resources and power of Brazil's emerging bourgeoisie suffered a major blow. When the republican forces and the big capitalist class joined forces to push Pedro
After Pedro II was ousted from power, the republican government completely abolished all restrictions on blacks on the basis of Pedro II's abolition of black slavery, and tried to use the released black labor force to promote the development of the frustrated financial industry and light industry. However, Brazil
The policies of the republican government did not achieve the expected results. They completely got rid of slave status, and in the political field, after obtaining the same electoral rights as adult white people, black people took advantage of their numerical advantage to win elections in the central and inland areas where the population had an absolute advantage.
, won the victory, many blacks from the lower class became government officials and began to intervene and manipulate local government affairs.
Under the influence of freedom, democracy, and republican ethos, from the establishment of the Brazilian Republican government to the present, in the past ten years, black forces have gradually penetrated into the military, government, agriculture, planting and other fields, especially in the central and inland areas.
In several provinces, black forces quickly replaced local whites and took control of the main local political and military power...
Black power is difficult to control. The coffee, sugar and other plantation economies that were originally built on cheap labor suffered the same fate as the financial industry and light industry because of the slave emancipation policy.
Without the support of finance and light industry, the coffee plantation industry has become the main source of finance for the Brazilian Republican government in the controlled areas. Therefore, in order to save the coffee plantation industry economy that has fallen into recession and solve the problem of black gathering in the central and inland areas, the Brazilian Republic
Only then will the government be willing to pay a huge financial price to implement the black relocation plan."
"It seems that the black issue has become the top problem for the Brazilian Republican government."
Li Mingyuan nodded and roughly understood the dilemma currently facing the Brazilian Republican government.
Brazil's domestic industrialization was interrupted midway due to the failure of the Paraguay War. The originally prosperous light industry and the financial industry that relied on emerging industries also collapsed due to the impact of the Paraguay War, the subsequent Argentine War, the Brazilian Civil War and several other wars.
Excluding light industry and finance, coffee planting and cane sugar planting are the main sources of fiscal revenue in Brazil. The sugar planting industry is concentrated in the Brazilian Empire headed by Princess Isabella, and the remaining coffee planting industry is distributed in the central part of the country.
Mainland provinces.
Over the past two decades, civil war has continued. Brazil has not only lost the population of about 800,000 white immigrants from the same period in history, but has also lost about 1 million people in total population due to war factors.
The declining population is mainly composed of native whites who have emigrated. Without the introduction of white immigrants, coupled with the outflow of domestic whites, the proportion of blacks and whites in the Republic of Brazil and the Empire of Brazil has reached an extraordinary limit. After more than a hundred years in later generations, the ratio of blacks to whites continued.
Only with the importation of immigrants did the Brazilian government increase the proportion of non-blacks to 50% of the total population, and this also includes mixed-race people with black ancestry. If the one-drop principle is followed, anyone with black ancestry will be classified as black.
ethnic group, then the proportion of black people in Brazil accounts for at least 80% of the total population.
In the real world, at the end of 1888, the population of the Republic of Brazil was approximately 6.6 million, and the ratio of blacks to whites was 2.6:1.
The total population of the Brazilian Empire is about 2.3 million, and the ratio of black to white population is 4.2:1.
There is a big difference in the total population and the proportion of blacks and whites between the Republic of Brazil and the Empire of Brazil. The reason for this difference is related to the distribution of blacks in Brazil.
The main ethnic groups in the two southern states of Brazil (excluding Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, which were occupied by the Han) are descendants of white European immigrants, and blacks account for less than 10% of the local population.
In central and inland areas such as Rio de Janeiro, Milas Guías, and Bahia, the number of black people is roughly two to three times the number of white people.
In the north-central Amazon rainforest area, the main residents are indigenous Indians, with relatively small numbers of whites and blacks.
The central and northern coastal areas, namely Pernambuco and other provinces, have always been the main importing places for African slaves, and the number of black people is much higher than that of white people and Indians combined.
Both the Republic of Brazil and the Empire of Brazil also face the problem of a high proportion of black people. Compared with the Republic of Brazil, the Brazilian Empire has a smaller population and a higher proportion of black people. However, due to the earlier outbreak in the central and northern coastal areas,
The black uprising was suppressed by Pedro II and the local black rebel armed forces were greatly weakened. However, the current situation within the Brazilian Empire is better than that of the Brazilian Republic.
The problems left over from the beginning of the establishment of the Brazilian Empire gradually evolved into a tumor adsorbed on the body of the country. If the essential problem of ethnic conflicts cannot be solved, even if the Han Dynasty gives up its expansion strategy, it will be difficult for the Republic of Brazil and the Empire of Brazil to become
Regional power.
Of course, it is impossible for Han to give up the strategy of expanding its sphere of influence in Brazil. For the sake of the future health and stability of the country, the remaining black issues within the Republic of Brazil and the Brazilian Empire also require Li Mingyuan to plan and deal with them in advance.
"The Brazilian Republican government has not yet officially announced the implementation of the black relocation plan, which shows that they themselves also have doubts about this plan. In this case, the local side can add fuel to their fire and let our people slightly modify the news.
Then go out for a walk and see how the black people in the Republic of Brazil and the white people in the south will react."
If the Brazilian republican government really moves 200,000 or more black people to the southern region, it will undoubtedly have a serious negative impact on the expansion strategy of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, in order to prevent the actions of the Brazilian republican government, it intervened in advance and carried out sabotage.
, but it is also very necessary.
"The Calaveras family still has some good friends in Sao Paulo state and Rio de Janeiro. If we reveal to them the Republican government's plan to relocate black people, it will definitely have good results."
After Li Mingyuan gave the instructions, Silva took the initiative to take part of the task in Chinese with a Western accent.
"It's a good thing that the Calaveras family can serve the country."
Li Mingyuan was happy to see Silva taking the initiative to play his role and praised: "The Calaveras family is a family with a long history. Although your family belongs to a collateral branch, as an example of defecting to the empire, I hope you
Can set a better example for the native white community."
"Both white people and Chinese people are part of the Han nation. I am willing to make greater efforts and sacrifices for the development of the empire."
"There is no need for you to make sacrifices. As long as you can complete the few things entrusted to you, it will be regarded as a great achievement. In the future, if the virtuous concubine gives birth to an heir, coupled with the achievements you have made, you may be able to benefit the family.
Earn a hereditary title and restore the glory of the Calaveras family."
"Your Majesty, please give me your instructions. I promise to complete the tasks assigned by Your Majesty."
Silva was very neat and agreed directly without asking what task Li Mingyuan was delivering.
"I heard that Count Deu, the new naval commander of the Brazilian Empire, is related by marriage to the Calaveras family. I want you to go to the Brazilian Empire in person and use your family's relationship with Count Deu to convince him to support the relationship between the Brazilian Empire and the Calaveras family.
Cooperate with Han."
"Although the Brazilian Empire has had unpleasant experiences with the Empire before, under the pressure of the republican military force, I believe that Count Dewu and Queen Isabella will be able to sort out the situation and accept the olive branch extended by His Majesty."
Count Deu is the prince of the Orens family and the uncle of Queen Isabella. Relying on the previous relationship between the Calaveras family and the Orens family, as well as the actual needs of the Brazilian Empire, he persuaded Count Deu, and then
In Silva's eyes, it is not very difficult to persuade Queen Isabella to agree to conclude military cooperation between the two parties through the relationship of Count Dewu...