Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2010 Beining ([-])

On February 1688, 2, in Beining County, there was lightning, thunder and downpour.

Because of an unexpected flash flood, He Yuan's plan to visit several other settlements was interrupted, and at the same time, he could not continue to return to Hue Port along the original dilapidated road.For the sake of safety, he had to turn back to Bei Ninh, intending to go to Changshun Port from here, and then return to Hue by boat.

Beining County is the capital of the Beining area, with a large population and a developed economy. It is no exaggeration to say that it is one of the best cities on the Brazilian plateau. Many indicators have surpassed those cities in the Baoding area. The speed of development is evident.And the reason for achieving such a great achievement is actually related to the policies of the Beining District Administrative Office!

After Liu Houfei, the former commissioner of the regional administrative office, left, the newly appointed leadership abandoned the original approach of balanced development of the entire region, and instead invested nearly half of the regional administrative office’s fiscal revenue (including funds allocated by the central government) into the construction of Beining County. Among them, it can be said that the entire region is developing the capital city, so that Beining County has been dubbed a "huge construction site" for many years.

The fruits of this development are obvious.Beining County now has a small-scale iron and steel factory, which provides raw materials for the continued development of the region; there are five central power workshops invested by the government, which provide a source of power for mechanical processing for hundreds of workshops or small enterprises; there are a large number of agricultural products Deep-processing enterprises, producing dozens of products including wine, flour, tobacco, canned fruit, and cured meat, which were famous in the Portuguese era; there are also a large number of handicraft workers gathered here, and the regional administration will almost distribute immigrants Most of the craftsmen here were cut down, and at the same time, money was spent to hire craftsman apprentices in the coastal areas to develop in Beining. As a result, the production of daily necessities in Beining County increased greatly, and they began to sell to the whole region. Commodities from the Baoding area compete.

Of course, such a development model has also brought a certain degree of evil results, that is, the imbalance between regional development.There are so many counties in the Beining area with a population of several 10. As a result, the people in Beining County, the capital, have been wiped out. Other counties have a low level of development, and now they have to import a large amount of industrial products and daily necessities from Beining. Flow, the market will inevitably wither down.Many people complain that the finances of these counties are maintained by land transfer fees. As a result, the central government has taken the bulk of the supporting construction funds, and then they have to buy various commodities from them. How can there be any spare money to build places?And if the infrastructure in this place is not well built, why do they attract more people to settle here?

These are real problems.But now it seems that the Beining District Administrative Office is determined to go dark on this road.There are two main tasks for them now. One is to build the capital city of Beining County, intending to make its population and economic scale equal to that of cities in developed areas. The second is the construction of the Beining Railway, which is also needed. Local governments allocate a large amount of resources for supporting construction projects, so they are the top priority of regional administrative offices and occupy an important position in the annual fiscal expenditure budget.

"Use the regional leader to drive the development of other cities, and finally realize the common prosperity of the whole region." The above is the slogan put forward by the leadership team of the Beining District Administrative Office at the beginning of taking office. Now almost ten years have passed, and I don't know if there is any Make it happen.According to He Yuan's understanding over the past few years, it seems that it has not been achieved, but it is also understandable: Isn't this the case in the Hue area?There are only three counties in the area, and the combined strength of the other two is less than half of that of Hue County, which is already very illustrative.

Because of the heavy rain, He Yuan and his entourage were trapped in the Beining Hotel—the former Beining County Guest House, owned by the state-run Dongfang Hotel Group—and could not leave.In desperation, He Yuan could only be patient, drinking tea by the window, and quietly waiting for the weather to improve.

Beining Hotel is located on the most prosperous cross street in the county.Because of the heavy rain, there are very few pedestrians on the street, and some people are rushing by to make a living.At this time, a group of more than ten people came over with umbrellas and bags, with dejected expressions on their faces.Behind them were two policemen in black uniforms, with rifles on their backs, looking sternly at the old and young in front of them.

Strictly speaking, these dozen or so people are no longer citizens of the East Coast, or they have never been naturalized.They came in exile from the Ottoman Empire, and they were very dissatisfied with some of the somewhat violent religious policies on the east coast, so they planned to leave here and settle in New Courland, which was said to have a looser religious policy.Because that place is located in the tropics and has frequent battles with blacks, the population of whites has been greatly depleted and continues to be replenished.Although their place is a place where Catholicism dominates, there are also a large number of Jews, Orthodox Christians, and Protestants, and they are not harsh on Green Christians, so they plan to move there.

The key to their departure is said to be that the people on the east coast used all the imams they trained themselves, and they resolutely did not use those religious figures who were exiled from the Ottoman Empire.Moreover, what makes them even more unbearable is that they only allow the construction of religious sites when the population of Green Christians reaches a high proportion, and the type is also in the traditional Chinese style, and imported products such as onions are strictly prohibited .

The latest regulations of the East Coast Bureau of Religious Affairs have made it very clear that whether it is Catholicism, Protestantism, Orthodox Church (legal status is still under review), Green Church or Buddhism, the buildings and some ceremonial supplies of religious places must strive to be localized. Religious persons must use Chinese to preach or hold religious ceremonies, except those specially approved to study classics. They are not allowed to study or use foreign languages ​​such as Latin, Arabic, and Sanskrit in private. Violators will be subject to various criminal penalties. .

The Bureau of Religious Affairs also specifically used localized model Buddhism as an example, pointing out that Buddhism has been introduced to China for more than 1000 years, has been deeply integrated with Chinese culture, and has been accepted by the social elite.If other foreign religions want to develop, the first step is to carry out comprehensive reforms, cut off from the past history, and re-root in Chinese culture for development.They directly pointed out that many mosques in mainland China are in the style of traditional Chinese cornices and painted buildings. Isn't that very good?Do you have to build an onion to be satisfied?Sorry, this is not allowed. Once violated, the Religious Affairs Bureau has the right to apply to the local public security bureau for assistance in demolition.

Assimilation has never been a warm word!Many times, behind this seemingly flimsy word, it means slaughter and conquest, and it means that a large number of people are forced to change their way of life and live an unspeakable life again.In this regard, strictly speaking, the east coast is not as civilized as the Ottomans and the Russian Empire, and even the United Provinces are inferior.In these countries, pagans can live in peace, and even religious activities can be carried out as usual, and the beauties interfere, and only need to pay an extra tax (the Russian Empire doesn’t even have this extra tax), but On the east coast, you have to make a lot of changes, and you may even be changed beyond recognition, which makes a lot of immigrant pagans depressed, and even some social elites try to emigrate away.

In this situation of religious high pressure, it seems understandable to say that people on the east coast are uncivilized. After all, among the major powers, the Kingdom of France used violence to force heretics or heretics to change themselves. The extremely frenzied Spain and Portugal have both turned off their flames, and mainland China has no intention of caring about these, so the behavior on the east coast is more conspicuous, covering the appearance of the beacon of civilization with a layer of dust.

But it doesn't matter, the east coast now has a population of more than 600 million, industry, agriculture, and commerce are developing steadily, colonies are blooming everywhere, and various scientific researches are also advancing steadily. The stage where immigration, technology, and capital are extremely eager.It turns out that the immigrants from your Ottoman Empire are all high-level intellectuals, experienced military officers, and well-informed businessmen. They seem to be of high value, but now that the east coast has developed for so many years, all kinds of talents abound. It’s time to accept them all. That’s why there has been a vigorous clean-up of underground churches and mosques in the past year, strictly purifying the religious environment, and strictly implementing the purpose of localization. Religious people who can’t adapt can only be sent out of the country. Otherwise, the fate of being exiled to overseas colonies cannot be ruled out.

As the head of the Hue Regional Administrative Office, He Yuan has also cooperated with the Syphilis Patient Statistics and Investigation Bureau to do some such wet work in the past two years, cleaning up some illegal institutions such as underground seminars that came out of nowhere.Those people are often full of grievances when they are judged, because there are few religious places other than Taoism approved by the people on the east coast, which makes it impossible for many pagans to carry out religious activities collectively, which indirectly contributes to the proliferation of underground seminars.However, the country conducts special operations against such churches from time to time, so these people are full of grievances and are at a loss as to what to do. In the end, they can only be sent to overseas colonies to preach to kangaroos.

He Yuan naturally supports this kind of action. Although he sometimes criticizes it because of its damage to the economic order, she is generally sensible and knows that in an immigrant country like the East Coast, assimilation is the most important thing. Importantly, East Coast priority and East Coast doctrine need to be talked about at any time, otherwise this country will only be a mess.

From this perspective, he is very pessimistic about the prospects of multi-ethnic empires such as Ottoman and Russia—well, recently, the Kingdom of Austria is also frantically occupying foreign lands—and feels that there is always a huge bomb buried in its country , If there is a little carelessness in the future, it may explode, causing huge damage to society.This kind of destruction is often a perfect effect that foreign enemies will never be able to achieve. It will cause social division and ethnic division, and make this great empire collapse in endless internal friction and disintegrate invisible.

Eat beef, drink white wine, wear leather hats, wear Song Dynasty costumes (alienated or improved versions, such as the costumes of Bai Yutang’s wife in the previous article), listen to East Coast music (combining traditional Chinese musical instruments with European and Moorish musical instruments), learn various Scientific and cultural knowledge, loyalty to the executive committee and the country, this is what a commoner on the east coast should do.Those who do not meet this point will inevitably not be accepted by the mainstream society on the east coast.The price of marginalization means that your status in this social group will be lowered, and the final end will undoubtedly be to fend for yourself, and you will no longer be able to exert much influence.

He Yuan can also be regarded as a member of the upper class and a second-generation husband-in-law, and he has a relatively clear understanding of the thoughts of the country's rulers.With the death of the older generation, the current rulers are becoming more and more unscrupulous. Relying on the strong national power of the East Coast, they continue to export influence externally and grab commercial benefits. Internally, they emphasize integration and assimilation, and strive to integrate Twist into a rope.There is no doubt that this kind of operation is the correct way to develop the country. If it persists for 80 or [-] years, the foundation of the country on the east coast will be completely stabilized, and its position in the world will no longer be shaken.

"The life of the people on the east coast is so good now. Everyone has food to eat, and the consumption of meat, fish, wine, milk, and fruits is also very large. Commodities from all over the world can also be seen, and entertainment methods are becoming more and more popular. The more diverse. If you are not satisfied with this, then what else can you say? What are these people thinking about all day long? The living conditions in Beining are not as good as those of Duck Lake and the prairie on the east coast. , is already quite good. As a result, you can’t lift your heads from the scriptures and try to adapt to a new life. It can only show that you know nothing about real power and are destined to be eliminated by the world. If you die, you will die, no one will sympathize, and you don’t deserve sympathy!” When he got up from the window sill and left, He Yuan thought: “In the future, it is time to strengthen investment in basic education. At present, many places are still blank. Well, primary school compulsory education has never really been implemented, and the effect on assimilation is quite obvious."

(End of this chapter)