On the issue of counting the number of Chinese in Vietnam, whether it is the current state of Vietnam, whether it is the future Republic of Vietnam, or the unified Vietnam in the future, they all deliberately or unintentionally ignore a part of it, and reduce the proportion of Chinese as much as possible.

The data they released did not include the "Ming Thanh people" who had lived and multiplied in Vietnam for nearly 100 or even hundreds of years, did not include ethnic minorities such as the Hmong and Dai people, and even did not include the Nong people. So much so that at the time of the reunification of Vietnam, there were different opinions and contradictions.

The official claim was less than one million, compared to more than one million before the fall of South Vietnam, while the number of Chinese who fled abroad to the angry sea was believed to be no less than two million.

They're all right, the difference is how to define the Chinese.

The Cantonese, Chaozhou, Hakka, Fujian, and Hainan people living in the southern cities such as Xidi have the best traditions, the largest number of people, the most economic power, a certain degree of autonomy, and the self-proclaimed orthodox overseas Chinese, known for their unity, and even those from Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu are rejected, not to mention the "Mingxiang people" who intermarry with the locals and can speak fluent Vietnamese.

In fact, "Mingxiang people" have their own traditions.

Although they continued to intermarry with the natives, they were not assimilated. They set up ancestral shrines to worship their ancestors, enshrined Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty and the 17th Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the ancestors of the founding of the foundation such as General Chen Shangchuan, and established the "Mingxiang Society" and "Mingxiang Hall", which retained the clothes and crowns of the Ming Dynasty and inherited Chinese cultural customs in the hall, so as to show that they did not forget that they were the remnants of the Ming Dynasty.

One more person and one more strength, the Mingxiang Hall is close at hand, and the people of Mingxiang are undoubtedly the objects that must be fought for and united.

Thinking of this, Qian Xinlin proposed: "Mr. Li, you are the director of more than a dozen Chinese schools, can you think of a way to recruit more Mingxiang children in the second half of the year." ”

Of the five gangs on the embankment, only the three gangs of Guangfu, Chaozhou and Fujian are really rich, and they have the most schools and hospitals, the best teaching and medical conditions, and even the guild halls are more magnificent than the Hakka gang and the Hainan gang.

Mingxiang people are not very good at business, life is difficult, and the guild hall has very little money, unlike the wealthy Guangfu, Chaozhou and Fujian gangs, which can recruit thousands of poor students for free.

Li Weimin's eyes lit up, and he said thoughtfully: "Not only do we have to recruit Chinese schools in Chaozhou, but also the Chinese schools in Guangfu and Fujian." There are not enough teachers to go to Hong Kong to invite, and as for the old antiques, let their sons do the work. ”

He is doing business in partnership with the richest group of rich people on the embankment, and there should be no problem in mobilizing it.

Qian Xinlin nodded and continued: "Chu Zhen has now become a small Chaozhou, and there are more than 100,000 Chaozhou people there. It's all fellow villagers. Compared with Mingxiang people, they do much better work. ”

"I plan to build an industrial village over there, but now there is not enough money and manpower, and it will be next year at the earliest."

Li Weimin smiled, pointed to the map on the wall and said, "Mr. Qian, in fact, I want to unite not only them, but also the Vietnamese Catholics in the north. For the past seven years, they have been on the side of the French, and almost all Catholic villages have militias organized to fight against the Vietminh or provide logistical support to the French army, and in some villages even have female militias.

Lansdale said angry Catholic militiamen threw grenades at them the other day when the French abandoned some Catholic areas. Abandoned by the French, fearing Vietminh retaliation, they would certainly retreat south. If there is a church organization, the efficiency will be very high, and the number of people will be several times or even dozens of times more than expected.

All of a sudden, Diem will definitely be caught off guard, and when the time comes, I will think of a way to resettle some of them near our resettlement site. All of them withdrew from the north, all of them had fought with the Vietminh, and all of them supported Ngo Dinh Diem, so it should not be difficult to deal with each other, and relations should not be difficult. ”

There was no guarantee that the Vietminh would not leave guerrillas in the south, and with Catholic villages that were at odds with the Viet Minh, there would be less pressure on the Nong settlements.

Qian Xinlin pondered for a moment, and couldn't help but smile: "Mr. Li, if conditions permit, I think we should place as many as possible." In the future, if the events you have just speculated are to happen, they will surely become our staunchest allies, because as is the case in Nong, they have no choice but to warm up with us. ”

"That's what I thought, but I can't get my hopes up too much. After all, for Diem Diem, they are the real supporters and the most solid foundation for governance. If nothing else, Ngo Dinh Diem will find ways to place them in some of the more important areas around Saigon and in the center. ”

"No matter where they are placed, the relationship must be good, not for the present, but for the future."

"Of course."

Li Weimin took a sip of coffee, and then said: "As for moving part of it, I plan to do this, first, to arrange people to collect the rout of the national army and the refugees who have fled from the mainland; The second is to mobilize the compatriots in Laos and Cambodia who are living in difficulty through the Federation of Lao and Cambodian overseas Chinese students.

The political situation in these two places is unstable, and I am worried that there will be anti-Chinese and even massacres in the future, as well as Indonesia, Malay and Myanmar. In short, those of us living in Southeast Asia are like lost dogs, slaughtered like fish on a chopping board, so the federation cannot only focus on Vietnam, but should look farther and longer, and when the time comes, we can save a few and help a little. ”

Qian Xinlin was deeply moved, and was silent for a while before he whispered: "Mr. Li, Southeast Asian compatriots are mainly Cantonese, Chaoshan, Minnan, Hakka and Hainanese, and there are guilds everywhere, and it is not very difficult to do things, the key is that it requires a lot of funds. ”

"So we have to divide the work, and for a while in the future, I will be responsible for making money, dealing with Diem Diem, and you will be responsible for organizing. Many of them have received higher education, and some have even stayed in school, and they are very reliable, so they can be used boldly. ”

"Mr. Li, this burden is not a little bit heavy, Xinlin really doubts that he can do it."

"Mr. Qian, people live for a lifetime, grass and trees for an autumn, we have to find something to do, don't we? No matter what the future holds, in fact, I don't know what the future will be, at least we have tried, and we have not walked in this world in vain. ”

Qian Xinlin took a deep breath and pretended to smile easily: "Okay, I'll try, like you said, being idle is also idle, it's better to find something to do." ”

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PS: It's recommended to go down to Sanjiang, ask for a collection again!