Chapter 1517 The conflict of interests between the local and overseas territories
Many policies of the Tang Empire's overseas territories were very strict.
In terms of culture, we naturally adopted the method of exterminating local culture. From writing to books to clothing, anything that could be exterminated would not be left behind and replaced with the culture of the Tang Dynasty.
As for propaganda, not to mention, any unofficial newspapers, publishing houses, bookstores, etc. are prohibited. Anyway, anything related to paper and text, except official ones, is not allowed.
In overseas territories, all books published by non-official publishing houses of the empire are illegal, and private book sales are prohibited.
In terms of education, restricted education was adopted. The empire would set up government-run primary schools in overseas territories for the children of imperial subjects who immigrated to the local areas.
However, it is limited to primary schools, and the official will not set up middle schools or other above-secondary education institutions in overseas territories.
And unlike the empire that encourages private education in its homeland, the empire prohibits private education in its overseas territories and does not allow private individuals to run their own schools.
After receiving primary school education, the subjects of the empire in the overseas territories need to return to the empire to attend middle school if they want to further their studies. For this reason, the empire has a pair of state capitals in several coastal provinces with the overseas territories.
One is connected to one, for example, Guangzhou is connected to the state of Malacca.
After the imperial subjects of Malacca State have completed primary school in the local area, they can directly report to the middle school in Guangzhou.
However, the schools in these overseas territories are only open to the children of ordinary subjects of the empire, and are not open to any non-subjects of the empire.
The Tang Dynasty never played tricks on foreign students. The empire's education system and modern scientific knowledge were only open to the people of the empire. As for the natives, it was better to continue to be ignorant.
At the same time, government-run primary schools in these overseas territories are not open to the children of officials.
However, this does not mean that there is a direct ban. The reason why it is not open to the children of officials is simply because the Ministry of Personnel clearly stipulates: In order to protect the safety of the underage children of imperial officials and solve the worries of officials who go to overseas territories, it is specially stipulated that imperial officials traveling to overseas territories must
When serving in overseas territories, underage girls are not allowed to accompany them.
The minor children of officials are not allowed to go to overseas territories, so naturally they cannot talk about receiving education in overseas territories.
In terms of technical control, this is even more stringent. The establishment of a local factory requires registration and approval, even for companies affiliated to the Ministry of State-owned Enterprises and the Royal Assets Division.
Moreover, it is impossible for factories with a larger number of workers to obtain approval. The ones that can be approved are actually traditional handicraft industries. These are only handicraft workshops, not modern factories.
More importantly, in the eyes of the Import and Export Committee, institutions or individuals in overseas territories, even the military, need to apply for and obtain approval from the Import and Export Committee to transport any type of machinery and equipment from the mainland, even if it is just a screw.
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Well, there is actually no need to apply, because it is 100% certain that it will not be approved. It has been nearly twenty years since the Import and Export Committee was established, but it has never approved the export of even a single screw.
When the Tang Army and Navy landed in Malacca, the army wanted to temporarily build a landing railway in Malacca to transport rails and locomotives from the country, but they were directly rejected by the Import and Export Committee.
These measures are all intended to strengthen the empire's control over overseas territories and avoid technology leakage. However, these policies will inevitably hinder local economic development, especially the ban on the export of machinery and equipment, which also affects the economic development of overseas territories.
, because this also means that the way overseas territories want to develop industry is completely blocked.
However, even so, the empire's top officials unswervingly implemented strict overseas territorial governance policies and import and export control policies.
Because in the minds of Datang's senior officials and the management of major domestic companies, the best world map is like this: the empire itself becomes the world's factory, and other places serve as raw material suppliers.
Industrial raw materials and agricultural products from all over the world are continuously imported into the empire. The raw materials enter the factories and are turned into various industrial products. These industrial products are then shipped from the empire for sale around the world.
This forms a cycle of raw materials, production, and sales!
Of course, this model is just the wishful thinking of the empire's high-level officials, and it can still be implemented now, but within decades to hundreds of years, the empire's overseas territories will definitely not be willing to serve as a supplier of industrial raw materials and a consumer market.
How did the United States fail in history?
There are many superficial reasons, but in essence, it is the contradiction in the economic division of labor between the mainland and the colonies.
The descendants of British immigrants to North America have completed the initial accumulation of primitive resources through hundreds of years of accumulation. Naturally, they are not willing to serve only as a producer of industrial raw materials and a consumer market.
They are eager to obtain the most profitable part of the economic cycle system, which is the industrial production part.
Why is it that such a large market in North America has been occupied by local businessmen, while we can only farm?
So they also established factories, but what is even more tragic is that due to technical reasons, the technology of these factories is not very good, and they cannot compete with local factories.
What to do in the end?
What else can we do, rebel!
As a result, the factory owners shouted "Ziyou" and waved their whips to drive the slave workers in their factories to launch a duli revolution.
Of course, these are too straightforward descriptions and may not be appropriate, but the essence of this world is all about conflicts and contradictions of interests. Some seemingly high-level things, if you look carefully and deeply, they are
You will find that the essence inside is still very pure, that is, the struggle for interests.
The Tang Empire's overseas territory management policy naturally had many flaws, and some of these flaws were even fatal.
However, it will take at least several decades for these fatal flaws to break out. Whether Li Xuan will still be alive in a few decades is still a matter of debate. He will not worry about this kind of risk in a few decades.
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Besides, every era has its own interests.
After he dies, it is highly likely that his successor will change the colonial policy. After all, there are relatively few people as extreme as Li Xuan.
If we had a normal-thinking emperor, not a time-traveler emperor, then it is unlikely that after unifying the empire, he would rush forward with the global expansion plan before he had time to cultivate his health and enjoy a life of splendor and wealth.
Try to conquer the world!
This kind of thing seems to be a ridiculous thing for any normal person, and only a time traveler like Li Xuan can do it, and do it regardless of the consequences!
Based on the global strategy of the Tang Empire and the policy of overseas territories, although the shipyard in South Africa, Western India, has resumed production, the production method is the same as in the Portuguese era, without any mechanical equipment.
There is no way, the empire prohibits the export of any mechanical equipment, and the Import and Export Committee wants to ban even a single screw from leaving the empire!
Not to mention overseas territories like the Port of South Africa, even the four places of Butterworth Province, Luzon Province, Banten Province, and Malacca State that have been included in the empire's mainland are still export control areas.
Although the above-mentioned areas are nominally part of the mainland, the local population structure is still dominated by indigenous people. The imperial subjects in Luzon, Banten and Malacca have a combined population of only one million. However, the local
How many indigenous people are there? Who knows how many!
The same is true for Beihai Province. The empire's large-scale immigration to Beihai Province has just begun. The entire immigration plan will take at least five or even ten years before the empire's people can occupy the entire Beihai Province and become the dominant ethnic group in the area.
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The empire will not consider relaxing technical controls on the area until the people of the empire completely occupy the area!
The South African Shipyard is a government-run shipyard directly owned by the West Indian State. Since its resumption of production, in addition to repairing ships arriving at South African ports, its main task is to produce offshore patrol vessels, port vessels and other small vessels used by the navy.
The tonnage of these offshore patrol ships is generally not large. For example, the small ships used in ports are considered large when they are dozens of tons, and there are also small ships of only a few tons.
Even the navy's offshore patrol ship is only over a hundred tons.
The Tang Navy's offshore patrol ships have been developed for many years and have already formed multiple series, ranging from dozens of tons to one hundred tons to more than two hundred tons.
And different offshore patrol vessels are arranged according to different conditions in various places.
In recent years, due to transportation problems, small and medium-sized ships used in some overseas territories that are too far away have basically been built locally.
For example, Xinjin Mountain in the Americas is extremely far away from the mainland of the empire, with the Pacific Ocean in between. The offshore patrol ship, which weighs hundreds of tons, cannot cross the Pacific Ocean at all.
The same situation applies to West India in Africa. The distance is too long and transportation is difficult, so the small and medium-sized ships used by some colonies tend to be built locally.
Of course, shipbuilding in the colonies cannot violate the relevant regulations of the Import and Export Committee. Shipyards in these colonies do not have access to mechanical equipment and can only use traditional shipbuilding methods.
However, the boats they built were only small boats, and they were not the most advanced steam and steel ships in the country, but just some sailing wooden ships. They were built in the same traditional way, but at most they were slower in efficiency.
After the South African shipyard resumed production, it built several offshore patrol ships for the navy. In addition, some patrol ships were transferred from Xiyin City and Motor City, so that South Africa City has more than ten offshore patrol ships.
The fleet of warships patrolled day and night, cooperating with the main warships to blockade the entire South African waters!