Chapter 288: I Only Know There Is a King, I Don't Know There Is an Emperor (I)
When Wang Guorui took everyone to Dong Wanlu, many people in Dong Wanlu also knew Wang Guorui. Although this Dongwanlu claims to be the capital of a province, this Dongwanlu is actually not flattering, because the city of Dongwanlu is only more than 10,000 Chinese, and if it is a provincial capital of more than 10,000 people, it can really laugh to death. And those immigrants are mainly filled to other places, after all, the South Seas are too big, it is impossible to fill them quickly, and then there will be a steady stream of immigrants. So this has caused Wang Guorui, the governor, to look up and not look down, and everyone knows Wang Guorui.
"Lord Wang!" "Hello Lord Wang!" "Hello, Lord Wang, came out so early today!" ……
Wang Guorui also clasped his fists with both hands and said, "Hello everyone! Today I have come to greet the representatives of the Imperial Court, who have come to inspect this place. ”
"The Imperial Court?" Someone immediately wondered.
And at this time, that Yu Geng immediately said: "Yes! I am on the orders of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor to inspect Lanfang, a subject country of our Qing Dynasty, and all the people of Lanfang should respect our Empress Dowager and Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and should be subject to the orders of our Qing Dynasty. ”
When Wang Guorui heard this, he couldn't help but smile in his mouth, this Yu Geng still wants to sow discord until now. Yu Geng has sowed discord many times on the island of Taiwan, but his sowing discord is almost useless, because there are people following him at any time on the island of Taiwan, and those officials on the island of Taiwan also know how to avoid suspicion. What's more, the Manchu Qing Dynasty hurt the hearts of the Taiwan people too much, and the people in Taiwan were also very sad about the mainland. At that time, Taiwan was bent on being Chinese, but the Manchu Qing forced them to surrender to Japan, can this not be sad? In a word, that is why I was dedicated to the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch. So this situation is too shocking, so that the local people in Taiwan are very uninterested in the imperial court.
Although the people of Taiwan may not approve of the rebellion, they are also very satisfied with the current situation of Taiwan's autonomy. If you can self-govern yourself, then you don't have to worry about Taiwan being ceded again. Yu Geng's work in Taiwan had little effect, and he was reluctant to come into contact with the workers. Yu Geng actually found the wrong direction. Yu Geng also pays attention to Taiwan's leadership, they are all international students, and they are clear about the difference between the mainland and Taiwan. So even if they come to the mainland, they are not willing to return to the rotten continent.
And Taiwan is different. Taiwan is the place where their dream of becoming a rich country and a strong people is realized, so Yu Geng's effect on the leadership of those who are international students is very low. And Yu Geng is also pretentious, disdainful of trying to win over those workers. In fact, those workers who came from immigration, they still have a lot of loyalty to the Manchus, after all, the Manchu Qing ruled for more than 200 years not in vain. But Yu Geng disdained to put down his body to socialize with those workers. That's what makes him ineffective.
Wang Guorui is not worried that this Yu Geng will pull people away at all, after all, this Yu Geng values the face of the nobles too much, and his identity as an official is too much, and he disdains to communicate with the people. Therefore, he is destined to not be able to win over too many people, because he doesn't know what the people need, and blindly pays attention to loyalty or the righteousness of the monarch and ministers, so that no one will be able to look down on him at all.
"The Imperial Court? Why did the court order us? Someone asked right away.
"Bold, what you say is a big rebellion!" Yu Geng said angrily.
Yu Geng is a diehard loyalist of the imperial court, and the most undesirable thing is that some people are not loyal to the imperial court. And he has nothing to do with Wang Guorui, but a common people dare to be so "reactionary". Of course, this was unacceptable to him.
"Hahahaha, I'm already from Lanfang Province, and the imperial court can't control us. The court, when we were oppressed by the Dutch, where was the court? Back then, Luo Fangbo also wanted to be subordinate to the imperial court, but what did your Qianlong Emperor say about our Lanfang? They thought that we were outcasts from overseas, unworthy of being vassals of the imperial court, and even disdained to let us be incorporated into the imperial court. What did the imperial court think of us back then? Treat us as pariahs, and then let us be oppressed by the Dutch, and let us be slaughtered and plundered by the natives. But the court didn't say anything to help us, and even secretly said that it was good to kill, thinking that we deserved to end up like this? You say, "The court has given us a favor?" Why should we obey the orders of the imperial court! Someone shouted angrily.
Yu Geng was speechless, in fact, the Chinese central government regarded those overseas Chinese as outcasts in ancient times. In ancient times, the Chinese were proud of overseas Chinese all over the world, but in ancient times it was completely different. In ancient times, for those overseas Chinese, except at the end of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they were slightly more tolerant. However, before the middle of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, these overseas Chinese were regarded as outcasts, and they were not regarded as members of your own nation. And these outcasts were slaughtered by foreigners, and the Central Government of the Chinese Party would not say much, and even secretly commented on what they "deserved".
This was not only true of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but even of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, overseas Chinese have no sense of belonging to the Chinese central government. You must know why they want to make a living overseas, isn't it because the domestic land annexation is too strict, and then they are forced to find a way overseas? And China is such a "stupid", obviously its own domestic land annexation is very strict, but it still does not allow people to go abroad to make a living. If they can be allowed to go abroad to earn a living under the strict conditions of land annexation, then the Chinese can not only expand their strength greatly, but also expand their territory to the whole world in advance. If so many dynasties in the past could do this, then the Chinese would have unknowingly become an empire on which the sun never sets. At that time, because there was not so much population in the country, those landlords were forced to lower the rent, and then give the people a way to live, and the dynastic rule could be completed.
It's a pity that the ancient feudal dynasties were stupid and didn't know how to do this, and as a result, one dynasty after another collapsed like this. But perhaps there is a deeper reason for this, that is, to protect the interests of the landlord class. Because if the people go overseas to make a living, then I am afraid that there are fewer people planting land in the country, so if the landlords exploit the people too much, then those tenants will also go abroad to make a living. At that time, the landlords were forced to lower their rents, unable to raise them higher and higher under the competitive pressure of the tenants to maximize their profits. In order to make the landlords profitable, the feudal ruling class chose to restrict the people from going abroad, and then forced the people to survive in the country, so that the landlords could get enough benefits to live!
"However, then none of you can betray the court! The court, the emperor, that is supreme, they have Tianxian in their mouths...... "Yu Geng still wants to use the past to say."
"Phew!" Someone immediately squirted on the ground.
"Don't mention to me that the emperor of the court is supreme, when did the emperor of the court manage us? We, the people, pay taxes, that is, we want the court to serve us. We, the people, pay taxes, that is, the food and clothing of the court officials, and they should serve us, not ride on our heads to do the right thing. But the current imperial court, not only does not think about how to make the country better and how to serve the taxpayers, they actually exploit the people all day long, and then satisfy their idea of getting promoted to get rich and marrying a little wife. They have never paid attention to our people, who are all very poor, but they are not willing to let us go. We had no choice but to go abroad. ”
"And after going abroad, we really got the teachings of Lord Wang. Lord Wang told us that the imperial court should serve the taxpayers, and the officials and even the emperor are all people who rely on the taxpayers to provide for them. They should be responsible for the people and serve the taxpayers, so that they can be regarded as a qualified court and emperor. And now what is the emperor, he doesn't want to feed the taxpayers, but not only increases taxes to compensate foreigners, but he doesn't pull out a dime. There are so many princes and ministers in Chaotian, and there are thousands of rich people in their families, but they are not willing to use their wealth to serve the country at all. If those powerful people can use their wealth to serve the country, not to mention that they can enrich the country and strengthen the army, even if they can repay the indemnity of those foreigners, it is more than enough. But they are not willing to take advantage of the ordinary poor people, are they a person who is responsible for taxpayers? ”
And Yu Geng's face is also red, and now this is pointing at the monk and scolding the bald man, because Yu Geng is also a Manchu magnate. What kind of virtues were those Manchu magnates, how could he not know? The Manchu magnates were all unstoppable, although they said that they wanted to serve the country, but when it came to money, they did not pull out a dime. The more the end of this dynasty comes, the more those powerful people care about money, and the more unwilling they are to pay to protect their families and defend the country. You know, the powerful also know that the ship is about to sink, so they want to be able to keep their money and then be able to live well after losing power. This is also the reason that the wall is down, and everyone pushes through the drum and beats the people, the more a dynasty needs money, the more difficult it is to obtain money supplements, after all, countless people are holding their money bags and don't want to continue to maintain this dynasty.
Isn't that the case with the Manchu elites? Of course, they knew that the Manchu ship was already unstable, so they were able to make money faster than anyone else, just so that if the Qing Dynasty fell one day, they would still be able to go to a foreign country to live a rich and happy luxury life?
"I think it's better to let Lord Wang be the emperor!" (To be continued.) )