"Mr. Li, I'm glad to meet you!"

In the big stone house, Yang Chao met with Li Qingquan, the leader of overseas Chinese in the Philippines, he is an overseas Chinese in Jinjiang, Fujian, who went to the Philippines to develop from his great-grandfather's generation, but did not cut off ties with his homeland, and even every generation grew up in his hometown, studied, and married. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Like most Filipino overseas Chinese, it is often the wife and children who stay at home, and the man works hard alone, the same is true of Li Qingquan's family, Li Qingquan's own wife is also married in his hometown, the more successful overseas Chinese businessmen, the more they insist on Chinese identity, and the more unwilling they are to intermarry with the Nanyang indigenous peoples.

"Mr. Yang, flattered, flattered!"

Li Qingquan held Yang Chao's hand with both hands, and bowed his body to look extremely humble.

Li Qingquan's identity Yang Chao has already inquired, one of the most famous overseas Chinese in the Philippines, his great-grandfather has been running the Philippine timber industry for four generations, mainly exported to the United States, and is a giant in the Philippine wood industry. And the character is quite good, very willing to fund the school, he went to his hometown after a private school when he was a child, went to the Philippine family industry to study business, and then went to Hong Kong St. Joseph's College of Literature to study, although the study of Chinese and Western is a bit exaggerated, but the Chinese and Western cultures are very familiar.

The Americans ruled the Philippines and adopted American-style education and implemented English teaching, which the Chinese were often not very happy to accept, so there was a tradition of a large number of overseas Chinese businessmen putting their children in their hometowns to study.

However, the Americans do not prohibit the establishment of private schools, so the overseas Chinese in Manila have raised their own funds to open Chinese schools, and Manila alone now has nine Chinese schools, accommodating 7 or 8,000 students, basically satisfying the primary education of 5 or 60,000 overseas Chinese children in Manila, but there is still very little intermediate and senior education, and only one career school can be studied, and the university has to return to China or go to Europe and the United States.

"I heard Gong Zhaoqing from the Fujian Chamber of Commerce mention you, and I heard that you have made a great contribution to the education of the Filipino Chinese, which is a great good deed to accumulate virtue."

Yang Chao doesn't care about how much money these people make, although the tradition of China's rich people benefiting Sangzi, although it is a little conservative, it also has the Confucian idea of kissing oneself, then family, then villagers, and then the countrymen, but it is better than Scrooge, so mentioning this kind of behavior can very close the distance between overseas Chinese businessmen with this kind of thinking.

"Ashamed, ashamed. When it comes to the education of overseas Chinese in the Philippines, the contributions of Mr. Chen Yingying, Shi Guangming and Chen Qingyuan are not greater. ”

Chen Yingying and the other three are directors of the Philippine-Chinese Education Association.

Since the Chinese education industry in the Philippines has always relied on the fundraising of businessmen, although the wealthy businessmen are relatively supportive, there is no institutional guarantee and therefore it is very unstable. In 1914, the Chinese Consulate in the Philippines took the lead in electing more than 60 famous overseas Chinese businessmen such as Chen Yingying as directors to establish the Philippine-Chinese Education Association.

After the establishment of the Philippine-Chinese Education Association, it guided overseas Chinese to run formal schools, but did not solve the source of funds, formulated a detailed charter, and introduced a supplementary donation system, requiring Chinese businessmen to pay membership dues according to their turnover, which is currently 4% of turnover.

Overseas Chinese not only did not complain about this, but were very supportive of it because of openness and transparency, and there was never any arrears. Due to the strong economic strength of overseas Chinese, the Philippine-Chinese Education Association has received sufficient funds for education, and more and more schools have been opened.

At the same time, the system is also more perfect, this kind of resource nature of the donation, the association is directly entrusted to the Manila tax bureau to collect, and there is still no arrears, which is quite touching.

"Mr. Li is polite, Mr. Li's fundraising amount is quite considerable, so naturally he has made a great contribution."

Yang Chao said with a smile, according to the proportional payment, of course, whoever has a big business, who pays more, of course, there are some situations that make people feel uncomfortable, that is, many wealthy businessmen in order to prove their strength, exaggerate their turnover and pay more, of course, this is not out of morality, but overall it is still goodwill.

"It's just that the university education in the Philippines is still very imperfect, if Mr. Li is interested, I can match the education system of the Philippine-Chinese Education Association with the domestic education system. After all, it's not easy for you to stick to it overseas. ”

Yang Chao sighed.

Li Qingquan's eyes couldn't help but flicker, the Central Plains Dynasty has always had a very contemptuous attitude towards overseas Chinese, the Ming and Qing dynasties didn't even treat them as people at all, when the feudal dynasty didn't treat their own small people very seriously, and when Spain and the Netherlands slaughtered the Chinese, the Ming and Qing dynasties ignored them.

The reason why the Nanyang region became a base against the imperial court was a very important reason, because the Chinese central government did not pay attention to these people and did not care about them. Therefore, whether it is Kang Liang's royalist party or Pao Ge's revolutionary party, a large amount of funding can be found in Nanyang.

"Needless to say, the words of thanks, there is no meaning, the Chinese people in the world are a family, blood is thicker than water, flesh and blood are connected, and they can't be separated."

Yang Chao saw Li Qingquan's appearance, that is, what he was going to say, because Yang Chao had seen a lot, and Chen Jiageng and those people had not said so, after seeing the support of the Republic government created by Yang Chao for overseas Chinese, they were indeed a little flattered, and now there are almost no supporters of the Revolutionary Party and the Royalist Party in the Anglo-Dutch colonies, but Yang Chao's Fuqiang Party has set up a branch there, which is supported by a large number of Chinese businessmen.

By this time, Li Qingquan had not yet explained his intentions.

But Yang Chao directly proposed: "I heard Li Sidi say that you are here to bring a message to the Filipinos?" ”

Only then did Li Qingquan state: "My lord is bothered, I am indeed here to help the Filipinos spread the word, and they don't want to see China and the United States fighting in the Philippines." ”

Yang Chao said with a smile: "Overseas Chinese don't want to see China and the United States fighting in the Philippines." ”

Li Qingquan said embarrassedly: "Our small people are naturally looking forward to a peaceful day, but we dare not interfere in major national affairs, if it is for the sake of the nation, we will not hesitate to make a small sacrifice." ”

Yang Chao said with a smile: "The country, the nation, not all are composed of one individual. Overseas Chinese in the Philippines are also Chinese children, so how can the Chinese Government ignore the interests of overseas Chinese? So your views should still be listened to by the government, and I personally support you in making your voice heard in Congress. As far as I know, there are nearly 100,000 Filipino expatriates, all of whom retain Chinese nationality and have close ties to their hometowns. Since you are a Chinese national, are you eligible to run for parliament, and you can make a voice to represent your interests as a member of parliament. ”

Li Qingquan was stunned: "Can we still run for parliament?" ”

He really didn't expect this, because he didn't dare to dream of this, China is the most traditional agricultural society, and the status of businessmen in all agricultural societies will not be high, and the status of overseas Chinese businessmen is even lower, and the parliamentarians are also the officials of the past in the eyes of overseas Chinese, but they are just officials who don't need exams, and they didn't expect that they can also compete.

It's just that Li Qingquan immediately sighed, they have earned money overseas, and they have also done some good things in their hometown, building roads and bridges, donating schools, etc., in fact, many of them have the old idea of shining the lintel, so the overseas Chinese who made money did not do good deeds at the first time, but built a big mansion in their hometown to show off.

They are enviable in their hometown, but their connections are not sufficient, after all, those who want to mix overseas are often poor people who can't survive, they used to go out for a mouthful of food, they are small families in the local area, and what if they build a big mansion after making a fortune, they can't change the identity of the poor family, and they can't compare to the local big suzerain's prestige and power.

Yang Chao smiled: "It depends on your ability." Provincial legislators may not be able to sit down, but it is not difficult for county-level councilors, and with your qualifications, it is still easy to spend some money to do good deeds for your hometown, establish good relations with local big families, and attract some votes. ”

Li Qingquan's heart moved, anyway, what they asked for was an official identity, and what they asked for was the glorious lintel, the purpose of the glorious lintel was not to wash away the roots of the cold family back then, and satisfy the vanity of being a master, as for just a county-level councilor, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat, and it can still be used in Nanyang, I don't know how many people envy it.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Li Qingquan began to talk about business: "I don't know how you think the Philippine matter should be resolved, Lord Yang?" ”

Yang Chao smiled: "I want to hear the Filipinos' own thoughts first." ”

"What Mr. Quezon means is to build the Filipino's own Philippines, and he wants to tell China that the Filipinos have the ability to manage themselves," Li Qingquan said. ”

Yang Chaochengzhu said with a smile in his chest: "Of course, there are more than 12,000 government officials in the Philippines, of which there are only more than 500 Americans, and the vast majority of them are Filipinos, and Filipinos naturally have the ability to manage themselves." But—"

As soon as Li Qingquan heard this, he knew that Yang Chao was very familiar with the situation in the Philippines, and he was obviously very concerned about the Philippines, but that "but" made Li Qingquan a little uneasy.

"But what about the Chinese, the Filipinos have the ability to manage themselves, and I think the Chinese have the ability to manage themselves. What do you think? ”

Li Qingquan didn't know what Yang Chao meant, so he agreed with it first and then said: "Of course, of course, the Chinese have the ability to manage themselves. ”

Yang Chao smiled: "That's good." So you can go ahead and open the conditions. I think Quezon must have made a promise to you, otherwise you wouldn't have traveled all the way to China to help him spread the word. I hope that the motherland's concessions will ensure the status of your Filipino overseas Chinese. ”

Then Yang Chao lowered his voice and said: "Let me give you a thorough explanation, on the Philippine issue, we intend to accept the opinions of local overseas Chinese to the greatest extent. Your attitude can now represent China. As long as you feel that the conditions offered by the Filipinos are appropriate, you can promise them that our country will accept them and help them to gain freedom and freedom. ”

After hearing this, Li Qingquan was immediately stunned, the Chinese government had made such a big battle, and it was about to start a war with the American devils, but it handed over the decision to them overseas Chinese, he immediately felt very hot, but his heart was even hotter, as if it was rolling, when did we overseas Chinese have this face.

What he didn't know was that Yang Chao just wanted to let the Filipinos know that it was the overseas Chinese who decided to help them win the Du Li, adding some merits to the overseas Chinese, so that they could play with the Filipinos for a longer time in the future, otherwise with their economic status, it would be impossible not to be hated.

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