Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 134 East Coastism ([-])

After Mo Ming returned to the State Intelligence Bureau to report, he only gave a brief report, and was given a special task by Jiao Tang, the executive member of the Central Committee, the Minister of Internal Affairs, and the director of the State Intelligence Bureau——to escort these children to Luocha area of ​​Corps Fort.

Mo Ming is one of the few single people in the 500 time travel group, and there are no relatives at home, so he readily agreed to this task.

On October 10, 11 French children from the Gascony region and 136 orphans from the country assembled in the morning light and set off on the road.They lined up in a fairly neat formation, starting from the west gate of Dongfang County along Highway 29, and headed towards Dingyuan Fort.

Escorting these children along the way, in addition to the two future instructors of the Academy Corps dispatched by the State Intelligence Agency, there was also a platoon of cavalry troops.These children looked at the tall and handsome Lusitano horses and the cavalry in straight uniforms with eyes full of fear and curiosity.Many of them even saw horses for the first time, so they let out a series of exclamations.

After busying for a while, the two officials from the Intelligence Bureau stopped the chaos of the children and allowed the whole team to move on.

"I'll be the head of the child in the future. Alas, I don't know when the babysitter will be the head." A young-looking cross-travel intelligence agent said, and smiled at Mo Ming beside him after speaking.

"The child's head may not be so bad." Mo Ming said, "Brother is very kind, I haven't seen you in the General Intelligence Bureau before."

"It's been a few months since I was transferred." The young intelligence officer said, and then stretched out his hand: "Let's get to know each other, Liu Ang, a researcher at the Ethnic and Religious Policy Research Office of the General Intelligence Bureau."

"Mo Ming, Station Chief of the Bordeaux Station of the General Intelligence Bureau." Mo Ming stretched out his hand and shook Liu Ang.

"You are the legendary local tyrant stationmaster?" Liu Ang said with a look of surprise, "I can't see it. A gentle person, I didn't expect to be so powerful."

"What's the mess?" Mo Ming was a little puzzled.

"Uh, you don't know yet?" Liu Ang was a little surprised, "It's just that after you came back to report on your work yesterday, the entire intelligence bureau compound went crazy, saying that you were 'planting people' in French vineyards..."

"Hehe." Mo Ming glanced at Liu Ang, smiled, and changed the subject: "Is the Ethnic and Religious Policy Research Office a newly established institution? What does it mainly do?"

"What else can I do?!" Liu Ang said carelessly, "Of course I'm thinking about policies and regulations such as racial integration, assimilation, and religious control all day. At this stage, the results are still very limited.”

"That's not bad. As long as you keep on researching, you will always figure out something. Our country really needs people like you right now. Integration and assimilation of immigrants is a long way to go." Mo Ming said while walking .

"Hey, I can only say I'm trying my best." Liu Ang also seemed to be a talkative master, and it happened that the two of them were bored on the road, so they chatted casually.

Now the integration and assimilation of races has become a basic national policy of the East Coast Republic of China.To this end, the Religious Affairs Office under the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ethnic Policy Research Office of the General Administration of State Intelligence merged into a brand new organization under the direction of the Executive Committee—the Ethnic and Religious Policy Research Office.

The research office is a second-level institution directly under the General Administration of National Intelligence, which is one level higher than the foreign dispatch stations.Liu Ang is a senior researcher of the research office. This person with a bachelor's degree in law and a master's degree in economics is also very interested in history. His recent research topic is the three major multi-ethnic empires in history - the Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom of Austria and the Czar Russian national policy.

Regardless of Tsarist Russia, this country has a strong main nation, which does not conform to the status quo of the crossing people.Liu Ang focuses on the historical evolution of the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Austria, the gains and losses of ethnic policies, the cohesion of nationalities of various ethnic groups, and their sense of national identity.

"The nationalist trend of thought that broke out after the French Revolution gave birth to nation-states one after another. In English, the word 'nation' means both a country and a nation, which shows the social form at that time." Talking about his old profession, Liu Ang became more talkative, "Now is the age of great voyages, and national consciousness has not yet risen. Whether it is in European countries or in China in Asia, the people's national and national consciousness is not very strong. This is something we can take advantage of. If we travel 200 years later, it will be over, and it will be difficult for us to assimilate immigrants from European countries who are overflowing with nationalist thoughts."

"It's not easy to assimilate now. We can only try to let citizens of different ethnicities intermarry and mix blood, so that everyone's external racial differences will not be so obvious." Mo Ming said.

"That's just the first step." Liu Ang snapped his fingers and continued: "The next second step is to create a new ethnic group—the Dong'an ethnic group. We can learn from Ottoman who ascended the throne in 1839. The Ottoman thought trend that was born after the "Garden Decree" was issued by the Sultan Abdirmejid I of the Empire—that is, everyone in the empire is an Ottoman, not a Turk, a Greek, a Bulgarian, an Armenian, a Jew, Bedouins, Berbers, or whatever. Turkish politicians hope to use this trend of thought to counteract the dangerous national independence tendencies everywhere, to promote the loyalty of all citizens to the imperial government, and to maintain the integrity of the imperial territory.”

"Sounds like a good idea. However, it failed in the end, right?" Mo Ming asked. Although his history is not very good, he also knows that the Ottoman Empire has been in a state of slow collapse before World War I. , and completely collapsed after World War I.

"Yes, this policy failed in the end, but this does not mean that it has no merits. On the contrary, it is worthy of our reference and study." Liu Ang explained, "Turkey's young Ottomans ② criticize the upper echelons of the empire On the one hand, he tried his best to instill in people a sense of national pride, vigorously promoted the concept of "homeland", and believed that the Arab caliphs and Persians in the Middle Ages were all Ottomans. The entire Ottoman Empire belongs to all Ottomans, not just Turks."

"Well, instill a sense of national pride in the people, weaken the concept of the nation, and promote the concept of the motherland." Mo Ming thought about it and said, "You continue to talk, I think it's quite interesting."

"To put it bluntly, a country must be based on a nation in order to last long. This nation can be original or created." Liu Ang continued, "The reason for Ottoman's failure is that she did not It can solve the problem of ethnic integration. When she weakens, more than one-third of the country's population is Christian, the largest ethnic group is Arabs, and the Turks account for a small proportion of the population. At this time, the problem is very serious. Tricky. Her mistake was that she was too gentle to the peoples she conquered back then, and allowed them to retain their culture, traditions and beliefs, without thorough Turkization. It is incredible. In the end, the trend of nationalism In addition, the Western powers have repeatedly instigated national uprisings within their borders. In addition, she was on the wrong side and lost in the First Balkan War and the First World War. Then, the collapse of the empire is not so surprising. Surprised."

"So..." Mo Ming looked at Liu Ang and asked suspiciously.

"So the most urgent thing we need to do now is to long-term, persist, and vigorously promote our 'East Coast Principles'!" Liu Ang said decisively, "The previous ethnic policies were vacillating, assimilating indigenous peoples, erasing the national colors of European immigrants, etc. It’s a bit too conservative and cautious. Many Europeans still speak their own national languages; some Chaluyas still live their primitive and traditional lives; what’s more Or, those Guaraní people in the north still live in an independent tribe that is like a reservation, it's really outrageous."

Mo Ming smiled and continued to listen to Liu Ang's speech.To be honest, he actually agreed with the other party's opinion in his heart.

"Fortunately, some policies and measures issued by the central government have shown me signs of bringing order out of the chaos." Liu Ang changed his tone and began to exaggerate the central policy, "The introduction of the "Land and Resources Law" legally deprived the indigenous The legal right to land provides a legal basis for our actions. Recently, Dongfang County has issued measures requiring one town and two townships in the county (the county seat is Chengguan Town, Dingyuan Township, and Pasture Township) to strictly ban the primitive religion worshiped by the Charuya people. , all Charuyas must live in government-provided residences and wear government-provided clothing. All European immigrants and Charuyas are not allowed to communicate in languages ​​other than Chinese at any time. Violators will be fined or detained. shall be punished with imprisonment or exile."

"This is the use of a high-pressure policy." Mo Ming was a little surprised, "Is it appropriate to use such a policy at this stage, will it cause any incidents? The country is at a critical moment of development, and there is no room for any trouble at this time! "

① "Garden Edict": The reform edict promulgated by Ottoman Sultan Abdirmejid I on November 1839, 11, announced that Turkey had started the "Tanzimat" (meaning reform) movement.It got its name because the place where the imperial edict was read was in the royal garden of the Sultan's palace.

② "Young Ottomans": This is a group of liberals who opposed the autocratic rule of the Ottoman Empire and demanded freedom and a constitutional monarchy.Their organization did not have a name at first, and it was not until 1867 that the name of the Young Ottoman Party was officially established.

(End of this chapter)