Chapter 59: East Coast Doctrine (3)
"Rest assured, this policy is mainly aimed at the natives." Liu Ang said, "The proportion of the local population is already a bit too large, and this is actually our own fault. The army's capture of the Charuya is getting bigger and bigger, and often the entire village is forcibly relocated, so these new Charruas have a strong resistance and hatred towards the government, and the assimilation effect is very poor. Moreover, under their influence, some of the Charuya people, whose original national color has been weakened a lot, have also partially restored their original traditions, which has led to the intensification of the phenomenon of 'reverse assimilation', which is worrying. Hence the policy of cracking down on the backward traditions of the Charuya. β
"I see." Mo Ming nodded, it has been more than half a year, and his grasp of the domestic situation is indeed lacking.
"Hey, hey. The Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Government Council are still clamoring for more immigrants and more people all day long. Liu Ang sneered, "It's all a group of guys with not very bright brains, and sometimes it's not necessarily a good thing if there is a large population." Especially at a time when the size of the population is approaching the limits of our ability to educate, assimilate, and control, what we need at this time is to slow down and integrate the interior. Once everything is straightened out and the foundations are laid, then it's time for us to restart immigration. It's a pity, it's a pity, many people don't see this. β
"Then you're going to be disappointed." Mo Ming sighed and said, "This time I brought back seven or eight hundred French immigrants from Gascogne, France, plus more than a hundred children. In a few months, there should be a second group of immigrants, and then there may be a third and a fourth, you know......"
"It's a national thief!" Liu Ang shouted angrily, causing the children around him to look back at him, Liu Ang couldn't help but lower his voice and said: "Those guys from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce think they are doing something that kills two birds with one stone, which can not only make money, but also make people." Look at their beauty, it is estimated that they will be written into the work report at the end of the year as an achievement, I bah! This population is unstoppable, and it is dangerous to continue like this. Well, the child can go in more. Without him, good education, good brainwashing, good slavery, and good education are all our 'own people', but adults should be very cautious. Stationmaster Mo, you are a person who has made great efforts and can speak well in this regard, can you give your opinions to the General Administration and the Ministry of Internal Affairs in a timely manner? β
"I'll think about it." Mo Ming nodded and said, "Do you see if there are any examples of successful gentle assimilation in history?" β
"Nope!" Liu Ang shook his head and said without hesitation, "The early days of the Ottoman Empire were actually examples of moderate assimilation. She allowed the peoples of the conquered areas to retain their religious beliefs, habits, and traditional cultures, and forbade anyone to forcibly convert them to Islam. Moreover, he acted fairly, and when the conquered nations clashed with the Turks, they acted according to the law and did not take sides. β
"Failed to assimilate the peoples of the conquered regions?" Mo Ming was a little surprised. At that time, the Ottoman economy was developed, the society was stable, the country was at its peak, and a large number of talents in various fields were produced. The Turkish nation has a strong sense of superiority and pride, and is the object of admiration and admiration of all the ethnic groups in the conquered areas, and it has not been assimilated?!
"Nope!" "In fact, throughout the centuries of the Ottoman Empire, she assimilated some nomadic tribes in Asia Minor. The Bedouins of the Arabian Peninsula, the Armenians and Azerbaijanis of the Caucasus, and the Greeks and Balkans of South-Eastern Europe were almost not able to assimilate, and the only possible success was the young children who were handed in as a 'blood tax' (1). The reason is that the Turks themselves are too merciful to the tribes and peoples who refuse to accept Turkification, too gentle to the infidels who refuse to convert to Islam, too weak to the forces of the localities that show dangerous independent tendencies, and almost all the mistakes they can make. β
"And what about the Kingdom of Austria?" Mo Ming asked, "What about the ethnic policy of this multi-ethnic empire?" β
"The country is doing even worse in terms of national integration!" Liu Ang criticized mercilessly, "In fact, she is the real model of gentle assimilation." The Habsburgs' vain attempt to achieve the integration of all ethnic groups through the binding of economic interests, the abolition of ethnic discrimination policies, and the strengthening of a unified identity with the state was simply delusional and naΓ―ve, and even worse than the Turks. In times of peace, when such a country is constantly strife, let alone in times of crisis, it is simply a mess. After its defeat in 1859 by the combined forces of the Saxon and France, the loss of the territory of Lombardy and the powerful range of central Italy, the country was already at the end of its rope; The disastrous defeat in the Austro-Prussian War in 1866 triggered a national crisis in the empire, and the Hungarians, with the support of Bismarck, began to have a strong tendency towards independence. In the end, the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph had to raise the Hungarians to the same status as the South Germans, implement the imperial 'dualism', and give the inhabitants of Croatia, Svolania, Transylvania and other regions within the territory a great deal of autonomy, and finally gave the empire another 50 years, and after the defeat in World War I, it was still inevitable to disintegrate the tragic fate. β
"It seems that this country has never intended to have ethnic integration from the beginning, and it is a pity that they are still the same religion." Mo Ming smiled and said.
"They have their historical limitations. That is why we cannot repeat the mistakes of those two countries. Liu Ang said, "National assimilation should be done as soon as possible." Taking advantage of the fact that the national consciousness is not strong at present, it will be vigorously implemented, and it will be moderately effective in 10 or 20 years, and a new nation may be formed in 100 or 200 years. The national imprint and religious beliefs of immigrants must be strongly suppressed, and the mistakes of Turkey must not be made. In fact, we have done it before, there is only one Christian church in the whole country, and the priests and pastors are basically in our hands. If you look at the European immigrants, many of them came to the New World because of religious persecution, and how long have they not been to church? β
"It's true that a lot of people haven't been in church for a long time." Mo Ming nodded, agreeing with Liu Ang's words, "Actually, I have thought about this issue. The Protestants who were supposedly persecuted did not really care whether they were Catholic or Protestant, but they were accidentally wounded in the unjustified religious wars of the Old World. Many of them are actually shallow believers, and going to church to pray is just a habit of life for many years. Moreover, many people have now converted to Taoism and Buddhism, and it is complete nonsense to say how fanatical and loyal their beliefs are, and everything is a floating cloud in the face of interests and high-pressure control. β
"So keep going. We must resolutely promote 'East-Coasting' and propagate the 'East-Coast Doctrine' trend of thought. What are the elements that make up a nation? Culture, identity, and a land to live together. The core of the idea of East Coast doctrine is three points: First, all citizens are East Coasters and are proud to be citizens of the East Coast Republic. The Republic of East China is the most powerful country in the La Plata region, and the benefits of national development are shared by all citizens. 2. The culture of the East Coast is the most advanced culture, and all other cultures, such as Indian culture, Polish culture, Gascogne culture, Finnish culture, etc., are backward traditions and cultures that must be abandoned. There is a religious culture that needs to be eliminated gradually and covertly, and not to be said directly, as that may cause a backlash. 3. The East Coast Republic of China is our common motherland, and its territory is the foundation on which we rely for survival. β
"Sounds good." Mo Ming praised, "The effect may not be so strong now, if we wait until ten or twenty years later, the next generation of mixed-race descendants will grow up, then the East Coast ideology may be twice as effective with half the effort." β
"Not bad! Intermarriage between ethnic groups must be promoted, otherwise there may be ethnic divisions in the country. This kind of thing needs to be achieved through inducement, and it is too difficult to enforce it at this stage. Wait until our basic plate and the next generation of mixed-race descendants grow up in the future, and then enforce inter-ethnic marriage to eliminate racial differences, and whoever resists intermarriage, refuses to speak Chinese, and refuses to accept the most advanced culture, then whoever refuses to accept ...... most advanced culture will be 'guilty'! When he said the word "guilty" at the end, Liu Ang almost gritted his teeth and said it.
"It's naked!" Mo Ming looked at Liu Ang and said with a playful smile: "Everything is so cruel and impersonal, propaganda brainwashing, high-pressure control, and force implementation, Ha Lu Ha, not warm at all." However, I like that if this new country wants to develop and survive in the cracks, it must abandon any bourgeois naΓ―ve illusions, and mobilize and stimulate every ounce of our country to compete with the Europeans through a ruthless policy of iron and blood, so that it is possible to achieve ultimate victory. The current government can only say that it has done so-so, and we have to look at it again. β
"Brother, I've found my soulmate." Liu Ang said excitedly, "There are a few people in our policy research office who think the same as you. At present, this country needs a high degree of centralization, iron and blood will, and militaristic style, and the current policy of moderation is too conservative. β
The two chatted for a long time, and there was a tendency to hate each other. Before arriving at Dingyuan Fort, Liu Ang wrote a note to Mo Ming, on which was an address in the county seat of Dongfang County, called "National Power Alliance".
Mo Ming looked at the note in his hand thoughtfully.
(1) "Blood tax": a system practiced by Ottoman Turkey in the Balkans and the Caucasus conquered by it. That is, the ethnic groups in the conquered areas should send a large number of children aged 7-10 to the Turkish Sultan, who will send people to brainwash them and train them militarily.
As adults, they fought tenaciously and bravely, and were fiercely loyal to the Sultan, and were an important force in the Ottoman Empire's expansion. These children were mainly born into Christian families of Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Albanian, Armenian, Greek and other ethnic groups, and most of them were converted to Islam, and the Turkization was quite serious. He was ruthless in suppressing and massacring his own national uprisings, and had a deep sense of identity with the Ottoman Empire.
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