Historically, it took nearly 20 years from the entry of the Manchu Qing to the fall of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty completed the occupation of the mainland. From Zhu Yongxing's departure from Burma to Yunnan, to the current confrontation between the two countries, it only took more than three years.

In other words, in the war to resist the invasion and occupation of foreign races, the people with lofty ideals and the common people did their best, shed blood, and paid great sacrifices. But all the efforts were buried by corruption, incompetence, infighting, etc., until the people were exhausted, but there was no hope left, and they were completely discouraged and had to submit to the rule of the alien race.

Now, it is completely different from history, and the flame of hope in the hearts of the people is burning brighter, and the re-established regime, although it is still called the Ming Dynasty, is no longer the disappointing court. And the tyranny and cruelty of the Manchu Qing have also been recognized and hated by the people.

He is disabled, I am benevolent; He is greedy, and I am righteous. Untie it upside down, and you will have ascended to the table; Out of the soup fire, Si is the coolness of the wo. Then the child-like son of the world and the heroes of the world, all of whom are the sons of my family and the brothers of the same spirit, have an incompatible strategy, and work hard to avenge the seventeen-year bitter hatred? Although the rebels have a secret plan, they have nothing to do. In addition, the skills of the donkey are poor, and the skills of the mountain ghosts are fully revealed. All for the people to penetrate, without fear. Therefore, if you are defeated, you will not be able to support it.

What made Zhu Yongxing feel admired was that someone had already seen this problem and made a subtle explanation. The so-called people's aspirations are, first, to have hope, a regime that can place hope, and a better life that can be hoped for; The second is to have a hateful enemy, so that we can be fearless and sacrifice for it.

These are now available. Although the finances are strained due to the war, the lives of the people in the Guangfu areas are improving day by day, especially in the old Guangfu areas such as Yunnan and Guangdong. The people, who have suffered and begun to regain their suffering, cherish this hard-won stability even more. I hope to get a long-term peace as soon as possible.

"No endowment." Zhu Yongxing has his own bottom line, he would rather overdraft the government's credit and borrow from the people, rather than take back the preferential policies that have been implemented, "The court can't be untrustworthy, although there are difficulties, but I would rather borrow." nor will they snatch an edict from the hands of the people. As for the selfish gentry, I will not order the plunder, but I will remember them. When the time comes, they will be disqualified from being gentry. ”

Hubu Shangshu Yicheng smiled bitterly and bowed back. As an official in charge of money and grain, he has the heaviest responsibility and the most pressure, but the construction of the endowment was vetoed by Zhu Yongxing.

"I know it's going to be difficult." Zhu Yongxing softened his breath and said, "But it's not impossible to overcome. I've had that before, yes. Even if it doesn't work out, there will be other ways. ”

After the liberation of Guangzhou, Zhu Yongxing met with Chinese merchants who had escaped from Luzon. Although it was difficult to withdraw from the military retaliation against the Spaniards in Luzon at that time, Zhu Yongxing gave other envoys to the Chinese merchants. The first was to contact the Chinese in Luzon and provide the Ming army with relevant information about the Spaniards; The second was to give these Chinese businessmen semi-official appointments, so that they could get in touch with the wealthy Chinese businessmen in the Dutch colony, that is, the West Indies, in the hope that they would donate money. contribute to the national war; Or sever commercial ties with the Spaniards in Luzon and impose trade sanctions.

If the Chinese in Batavia still had a wait-and-see attitude towards this national war. After the Ming army recovered half of the country, it became active. According to the news from the previously appointed Chinese businessmen, the overseas Chinese in Batavia will soon send representatives to meet with them, and they have a clear intention to donate money to support the war.

Overseas Chinese in Nanyang are very powerful economically, but they do not have corresponding power in politics. It can be said that they are the most suffering and humiliating of the oppressed nations in the world. At the same time, it is also the one with the largest number, the highest civilization, the most abundant financial and material resources, and the most extensive contact with the outside world.

However, the 400-year-old slaughter policy of the Western colonizers, as well as the consistent strategy of co-opting the indigenous people and suppressing the Chinese, have made many far-sighted people aware of this. So, during the period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in history. Once the Chinese motherland regains its inherent self-confidence and becomes a strong country, the Nanyang Chinese will receive the purest and inexhaustible support, which is one of the long-term goals they pursue.

Turning the pages of history, it can be seen that the tragic suffering of the Nanyang Chinese has a long history. In 1603, the Spanish colonists in the Philippines forbade the Chinese to mine gold, and the Chinese argued with reason, but more than 20,000 people were slaughtered; In 1639, the Spanish colonial authorities massacred nearly 20,000 Chinese, and the survivors were forced to adopt Catholicism and pay a high poll tax. In 1662, Spain angered the local Chinese because of Zheng Chenggong's recovery of Taiwan, and carried out the third massacre, which almost killed the local Chinese; In 1740, the Dutch East India Company carried out a sudden and frenzied robbery and massacre of the Chinese community in Batavia, Indonesia (present-day Jakarta); A large number of corpses were thrown into the river, making the river red, known as the "Red River Massacre"; In 1853, the Dutch colonists and natives of Kalimantan suddenly attacked the Chinese out of jealousy of the Chinese who were mining gold, and more than 30,000 Chinese and their families, women, children, and children were all killed, and none of them were spared......

This is a famous massacre and suppression in history, and as for the daily discrimination, oppression, humiliation, kidnapping and extortion of Chinese people, they are all over the country.

The descendants of Yan and Huang braved all kinds of difficulties and dangers, crossed the ocean to the strange land full of miasma and snakes, and brought civilization and vitality to the Nanyang wasteland with their advanced production technology, hard work and sweat, and even risked their lives. Moreover, the Chinese followed the kind nature of the Xi and Han peoples, and treated the indigenous people who were obviously at a disadvantage, which was completely different from those of the European Caucasian people who came later than them as conquerors, occupiers, and enslavers.

However, Chinese immigrants such as the overseas Chinese in Nanyang were not only suppressed and slaughtered by Western colonizers, but they were also discriminated against even in the domestic society at that time, calling them "outcasts of the Celestial Empire" and having no social status at all. It can be said that opening the historical books has recorded the dullness and indifference of China's feudal rulers in successive dynasties, and their indifference to their overseas people.

Returning to the roots, most overseas Chinese have such a traditional concept. If they can return to the motherland and glorify their ancestors, or overseas, they can use the motherland as a backer, of course, it is their heart's wish.

Therefore, it is reasonable for people like Zhu Yongxing to open his arms and treat overseas Chinese with a completely different attitude. (To be continued......)