Chapter 578: Establishment of a Province

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In addition to supplying coolies to China and heavily polluting industries, the Japanese government has made the most money by providing women to China. Because of the blockade of Japan by the Chinese navy, there was a severe famine throughout Japan, and even if China helped Japan after the war, it would take a lot of time to completely solve these famines. In order to make a living, many Japanese women provide special services to the Chinese garrison in Japan, and the price is very low, often two or three cents can be cool. Moreover, the Japanese are not ashamed, but praise the self-reliance of Japanese women. Japan lost many men and many widows in the war, and most of these widows went down this path in order to survive.

In order to further expand the government's tax revenues to rebuild Japan and repay the huge war reparations owed to China, the Japanese government is even more interested in organizing domestic women to go abroad to earn extra money, and China and the Nanyang region are the main destinations for these Japanese women. Especially in China, China's long-term feudal ideology, patriarchal preference is very strict, which makes the ratio of men and women in the country imbalanced, and many singles can't marry wives. In order to live a good life, many Japanese women voluntarily marry in China. The Japanese government seized the opportunity to propose that a Chinese man would be able to marry a young and beautiful Japanese woman for only 200 Chinese yuan. For a time, a large number of Chinese singles poured into Japan, buying Japanese women to go home as wives as if they were picking goods.

Qinglou in China. I also took the opportunity to go to Japan to choose the right woman or girl to cultivate. The Qinglou industry has a long history in China. The ban is endless. Therefore, Wang Yuze did not forcibly ban this industry, but ordered the standardized management of this industry. First of all, the phenomenon of forcing good people into prostitutes was eliminated, and then health inspections were strengthened to avoid causing epidemic diseases. Coupled with the continuous development of the domestic economy, the people's lives are getting better and better. In this way, there will be no more cases of selling children and men. If these Qinglou want to absorb fresh blood, it will be even more difficult. Right now. Japan has opened up the export of women, which has undoubtedly brought a good news to the domestic Qinglou industry. For a long time, domestic green buildings no longer worry about the shortage of resources. As for the export of a large number of Japanese women, the ratio of men and women in Japan is unbalanced, and many Japanese men cannot marry wives, which is none of China's business.

According to incomplete statistics, before the First World War. In Japan, more than 5 million women have been exported to China, and except for those who marry into China, the rest of the women who are engaged in the Qinglou industry live a very miserable life. However, they have made a tremendous contribution to Japan's economic recovery. These women alone rely on Japan's foreign exchange every year. This is only two or three hundred million yen, which is enough for Japan to repay the huge war reparations owed to China.

However, China has not relaxed its control over Japan, dismantling all the arsenals in Japan, and even the police are trained by the Chinese side. As a result, Japan is not qualified to challenge China at all. Only honestly as a Chinese dog. In addition, the Japanese government owes Britain, France, and the United States huge debts. The new Japanese government also did not admit the debt, claiming that it was the work of the previous government, that Japan had been defeated by China, and that the new government that supported it would not admit these debts at all.

That's a huge debt of more than 300 million pounds! Britain, France, and the United States are angry about wow! They warned Japan that if Japan did not pay back, they would take military measures against Japan. Japan had no choice but to turn to China for help.

As the saying goes, it depends on the owner to beat a dog. Now that China is raising Japan as a dog, it will naturally not let Britain, France, and the United States bully Japan. As a result, China has made a very strong statement that it does not want to see a war in the Far East, otherwise it will be regarded as a provocation to China. This made Britain, France, and the United States angry enough, but the war had just ended, and none of the countries had yet to regain their strength. Britain, in particular, is still dragged into the quagmire of the Boer War in South Africa, and in the face of the threat from China, there is no other way to do it. This made the Japanese government realize for the first time that it was not completely beneficial to follow the boss of China! As for the economic sanctions imposed on Japan by Britain, France, and the United States, Japan has paid no attention to them. Japan's economy is completely tied to China, which is Japan's largest exporter and importer. As a result, Japan simply did not bother with Britain, France, and the United States. Britain, France, and the United States also put this account on China's head. It's just that if they want to take revenge, they have to accelerate the development of their military power. All of a sudden, the whole world once again set off an arms race.

In December 1899, although the Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty had been signed, the war was over for China. However, there is still a lot to be done. First of all, there was the question of the jurisdiction of such a large territory, and after a long period of deliberation, the cabinet decided to establish provinces on the new territories and implement the jurisdiction of the new territories. However, these territories, except for the Nanyang region, the rest of the territories have very poor natural conditions, and they are basically vast and sparsely populated. As a result, the area of these provinces is also very large.

After a long period of deliberation, the names and areas of these new provinces were decided. Wang Yuze also attended the meeting at that time, and for a time, the number of provincial-level administrative regions in China increased to 40.

First of all, the Suiyuan Special Zone, Chahar Special Region and Rehe Special Region in China were merged into Inner Mongolia Province. With the addition of the four municipalities directly under the central government, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Macao, China's original provincial-level administrative regions have become 31. The Eastern Siberian region is divided into three provinces: the Whale Sea Province, the Trans-Khingan Mountains, and the Arctic Province. Among them, the province of Whale Sea is a coastal area east of the Heilongjiang River and the Sea of Japan. Outer Khing'an Mountains Province is a vast area north of the Heilongjiang River. The Arctic Province is a vast area of ice fields north of the Trans-Khingan Mountains. Lake Baikal and the region north of it is named Beihai Province, and Lake Baikal has always been called Beihai in the history of China. The area west of Lake Baikal, up to the border between the Irtysh and Ob rivers on the border between China and Russia, was named Northern Xinjiang Province. Central Asia, part of the homeland of the Han and Tang dynasties, was directly named Xijiang Province. However, the area of Western Xinjiang is huge, including half of Central Asia. It includes the Pamirs to the west as far as the Aral Sea, to Samarkand in the south, and across Lake Balkhash in the north to the Northern Xinjiang Province of China. Alaska, which was obtained from the United States, was changed to Icefields. The southern region of the South Seas, directly named Central South Province on the Indochina Peninsula, includes the French Indochina colony, Burma and the Malay Peninsula north of the Strait of Malacca, except for Thailand, all under the jurisdiction of the Central South Province. As for Thailand, an independent country, China will obviously not stay with them for long. The part of Kalimantan that belonged to the British Straits Settlements, plus the Philippine Islands, which had previously become a Chinese colony, was merged into the Nanyang Province. As for the Dutch East Indies, it naturally became the target of Chinese prying eyes. Without the Indonesian archipelago, China's Nanyang Province would not be complete at all. It is also imperative that China drive out the Netherlands and occupy the Indonesian archipelago.

The sheer size of the territory also increased the central government's management of these territories. In particular, Xijiang Province and Northern Xinjiang Province are even more difficult to manage, with a large area, a large population, and a complex ethnic composition. After the establishment of the province, the personnel department immediately came up with candidates for the governors and vice governors of each province, and after Wang Yuze learned about it, he approved the appointment and personally summoned these governors and vice governors, asking them to take up their posts immediately. And, in a short period of time, the most important thing they have to do is to keep these places stable. The local garrison will fully cooperate with them.

These newly incorporated territories of China, many of which still have troops that continue to resist, and large-scale Chinese immigration in the future, will certainly cause problems with the local ethnic groups. Therefore, these provinces are also the provinces where the squadron is stationed. The role of the squadron is to ensure the interests of the people of the empire.

At the same time, in order to strengthen its control over these territories, the Ministry of Communications also planned to build a large number of new railways and roads to strengthen the ties between these newly established provinces and the empire. At the same time, the transportation conditions have improved, and the economy has to develop. In addition, if something unexpected happens, the Imperial army will be able to react quickly without worsening the situation.

China's territorial expansion, which is a great thing for the people of the empire, means that the empire is getting stronger and stronger. However, for the local indigenous people, it is a cup. The Russians in the north, the Russians and nomads in Central Asia, and the natives of the South Seas also fell into bad luck.

After the Chinese emigrated, they would definitely occupy the best land, while the interests of the indigenous people were completely ignored. This will exacerbate the contradictions between the Chinese and those indigenous people. However, Wang Yuze ordered a high-pressure policy against these indigenous people, and anyone who attacked the Chinese was killed. The so-called non-people in our clan will have different hearts, Wang Yuze will not care about the life or death of these indigenous people at all, as long as the interests of the people of the empire are guaranteed, it will be enough. This makes those indigenous people full of resentment towards the Chinese, but in this era, who has the big fist has the final say, these indigenous people, not even the nationals of the empire, naturally no one will pay attention to their demands!