After a few days of calm, Zhang Wei summoned Zheng Daoyou alone and asked him about immigration, which is currently his greatest concern. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zheng Daoyou came to Zhang Wei's office and began to report: "Your Majesty, so far this year, the number of immigrants has exceeded 9 million, of which more than 7 million have emigrated to Vietnam, 600,000 to the South Asian theater, 200,000 to Luzon and Sulu provinces, 300,000 to Jinzhou provinces, and tens of thousands of people to Java and other provinces. This year, we will definitely exceed the task of immigrating 10 million, and strive to reach 12 million to 13 million. ”

Zhang Wei said: "The main reason for completing the task of 10 million immigrants this year is the evacuation of the Southern Xinjiang Special Administrative Region, and a large number of local people have immigrated to Vietnam with the army and the government, and the pressure of resettlement next year will be very great." Moreover, the number of immigrants in the South Asian theater is too small, and there are large areas of fertile land and barrenness, so it is necessary to increase the number of immigrants in the South Asian theater; In addition, from now on, increase the immigration to South America, which also occupies large territories; It was enough to keep the number of immigrants in the Golden State at about 300,000 per year, and the other provinces under the direct jurisdiction of the empire suspended immigration. ”

Zheng Daoyou said: "Your Majesty, as you said, the number of Vietnamese immigrants will also decline next year, and it would be good to maintain more than 1 million per year; The number of immigrants who immigrated to the South Asian theater and South America is too far away and the cycle is too long, and the number of immigrants will not be very large, and more than 500,000 immigrants from the South Asian theater will be guaranteed next year, and there will be 300,000 immigrants in South America. ”

Zhang Wei also knows that it is to ensure that there are 300,000 immigrants in South America, which is already very large, and the distance is too far away for each ship to run a few times a year.

Zheng Daoyou thought about it again and said: "Your Majesty, now that the Chinese Empire has suffered another major flood, several provinces in the Yangtze River basin have been very seriously affected, even parts of northern Jiangsu, Henan Province, and Shandong Province have also been affected. ”

"Okay, let's increase the immigration from these two areas now, there is no need to add ships to you separately, the transport team directly under the General Staff does not have many tasks now, you ask the Chief of the General Staff Lu to borrow 200 cargo ships with a load of 8,000 tons first, and then come to me if it is not enough."

"Yes, thank you for your support."

Zhang Wei continued: "At the same time of immigration, the Government Council should strengthen the ideological and moral construction of the whole territory of the empire, the empire was established for too short a time, there is no foundation, it would be good if the current children grow up, but I can't wait for that time, so the empire needs to invest a certain amount of energy to guide; For example, good results have been achieved in students' ideological and moral education and military training and education. In the next step, the empire should strengthen the education and guidance of adult thoughts, so that they can establish lofty patriotic sentiments and noble moral sentiments; I don't want to see my pockets rich and my head empty; Those who are morally corrupt may not be held criminally responsible, but they may be expelled from the territory of the Empire, repatriated to the Chinese Empire, or disqualified from citizenship, depending on the severity of the circumstances. ”

Zheng Daoyou thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, a few days ago, I proposed many times to break the small-scale peasant economic model, but you did not agree, but recently I have been thinking about this problem, the small-scale peasant economy determines their small-scale peasant consciousness, the idea of being at ease with what happens and the idea of being safe with small wealth is popular, coupled with the unique local feelings, clan concepts, and hometown concepts of the Chinese, if the empire is not guided, it will definitely be a huge obstacle to the rapid development of the empire in the future; Your Majesty has called for the ideological and moral construction of citizens, and I feel that this is the right time. “

Zhang Wei retorted: "Although I do not agree with your suggestion to break the smallholder economic model, we have been promoting actions to break the smallholder consciousness, which are two different concepts, you should not confuse them; In the Chinese Empire, all people were family-centered, and now the empire is gradually transforming to the individual and small family as the center, gradually eliminating the influence of clan forces, many immigrants are not adaptable, this process will be very long, and in this process the ideological and moral construction must keep up. The Chinese are too deeply influenced by Confucianism, and there are many good virtues that must be passed on, and the government must do a good job of guiding them. “

"Yes, Your Majesty."

At the same time, Yuan Shikai, the emperor of the Chinese Empire, convened a meeting at the Xinhua Palace to discuss the issue of immigration.

Yuan Shikai said: "Yang Du sent a telegram from southern Xinjiang, claiming that the population of the southwestern provinces had decreased by more than two percent, and the immigrants were all Han Chinese, and the proportion of ethnic minorities in the southwest had increased significantly, which seriously affected the security of the imperial frontiers, and now everyone can discuss this issue." ”

Minister of Finance Liang Shiyi said: "Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen, not only is there a large number of immigrants from the southwest, but also the merchants and shipping companies of the empire have immigrated to the Xia Empire or registered their enterprises in the Xia Empire, which is a heavy blow to the empire's economy, and seriously affects the empire's tax revenue, and we must introduce relevant measures to prevent the occurrence of such incidents." ”

Cai Yuanpei, Minister of Education, said: "Every year, a large number of people in the empire go to study in the Xia Empire, and very few can really return, that is, the students sent by the government are unwilling to return to China; Moreover, the schools established by the Xia Empire in various provinces every year select many promising talents in advance, and handle the immigration of their entire families. ”

Wang Shizhen, chief of the General Staff, said with a smile: "I understand now, the Xia Empire said very well at the beginning, supporting His Majesty to be the emperor, it turns out that they are unwilling to carry the burden of the Chinese Empire, and they just want to treat the Chinese Empire as a cow and milk it at any time, so that we will never be able to develop, and we will always rely on others." ”

"Hey, the Xia Empire is rich and rich, and it is not comparable to the empire." Yuan Shikai said with emotion: "What can I do? ”

Xu Shichang, Premier of the Government Council, said: "Your Majesty, everyone, we have to look at the problem in two, even if the number of immigrants in the Xia Empire surges, the population of the empire continues to grow, the war is reduced, the life is stable, the medical conditions are improved, the price of food is at the highest some time ago is also much lower than in previous years, all the many factors, resulting in a continuous surge in the number of births, if the Xia Empire does not immigrate, now there are not a few people who just starve to death every year; Moreover, most of those who are willing to immigrate to the Xia Empire are homeless, landless people, or residents of places where disasters occur, that is, criminals, bandits and bullies in prisons, and the Xia Empire does not refuse to come, which reduces the great burden of the empire. ”

Cai Yuanpei said with emotion: "The Xia Empire does have its strengths, and it can make the best use of its talents and materials; Even bandit bullies have become useful people in the Xia Empire, which the empire cannot. ”

Xu Shichang said: "The continuous heavy rains in the Yangtze River basin, and the same is true in the northeast region, where the displaced people are endless, and there is no food and clothing, how much financial resources can the empire allocate to help the victims? If you don't emigrate, will you wait to starve to death? The empire has sent personnel to inspect the living conditions of immigrants in the Xia Empire many times, and there is a world of difference compared with domestic life. ”

Chancellor of the Exchequer Liang Shiyi said: "The empire's economy continues to develop, tax revenue continues to increase, and this year's fiscal revenue is expected to be 150 million taels, but the expenditure has also increased significantly, and the annual military expenditure alone reaches more than one-third of the total revenue, plus administrative, educational, police and other expenditures, infrastructure construction, loan interest repayment and other expenditures, there is almost no left." ”

After discussing for a long time, the more he listened, the colder he became, Yuan Shikai was very disappointed, and the immigration meeting ended in vain.