Let us remember that the principle of justice must be applied to the lowest strata of society.

- Marcus Tulius Cicero (Roman statesman, orator, orator, jurist, and philosopher)

Since the introduction of the military merit hierarchy, the reform program in Sardinia has been officially on track; And the wealthy class, who were originally reluctant to support the reforms of the Augustan family, willingly supported the reforms under the temptation of the aristocracy. But over time, another task came to Oscar's table, and that was the question of the arrangement of Roman immigrants; I don't know how the Maxentius family deceived these Roman civilians, anyway, now they have become Oscar's biggest burden.

The reason why Oscar insisted on causing trouble for himself was not only to expand Sardinia's population and military base; It is also because of the following five considerations: first, immigration plays an important role in the consolidation of the country; Second, migration plays a huge role in promoting ethnic integration and resolving ********; Third, immigration is conducive to the spread of culture; Fourth, immigration is conducive to the rational distribution of the population; Fifth, the process of migration itself is a process of development.

A country must not only have territory, but also people. A nation cannot be consolidated by territory alone, unless no one is interested in the place. This has been true in the past and will be in the future. There has been a lesson in the history of mankind where there is territory and no one occupies it. Oscar believed that no country could exercise its sovereignty without its citizens. Of course, while we praise immigrants, we must also recognize that many migrants have been forcibly relocated in the past at great cost. After Oscar decided on the immigration plan, he advocated a variety of active policies, rather than through political, military, and other pressures; To enable immigrants to develop better in new territories, to promote the prosperity of new territories, and to consolidate territories.

The best solution to the national problem is national integration and mutual learning; It should be pointed out that it does not matter if the characteristics of a nation are not changed by force, as long as they choose to change them. For national culture. On the one hand, it is necessary to protect; On the other hand, peoples also have the right to change themselves. There have been many immigrants in the history of Rome, and successful immigrants have played a very important role in national integration and the stability of the republic. In order to truly benefit immigrants: first, it is necessary to make the living conditions and cultural atmosphere of the places of migration better than those of the places of emigration; Second, the pull force of the moving place and the thrust force of the moving place must be large enough.

Immigrants are the most active carriers of cultural transmission; The Romans used to like to wear wide robes with large sleeves, and the more powerful the person, the more they wanted to hide their figures. The nomads of the north wanted to ride horses. To hunt, the clothing is tight-fitting and easy to move. The Romans learned this through immigration, contact with nomads. In addition, in the past, the Romans used to sit on the floor and sit cross-legged on the mat. And the barbarians of the northern Gaul peoples were accustomed to riding horses, and usually sat on small stools. Because the barbarians gradually moved inward, the Romans gradually adopted the habits of the Hu people and made various chairs.

The spread of crops can be carried by mobile populations, such as through merchants, and through trade by sea, but the spread of new crops is inseparable from immigration. The farmer is the most realistic, and he may not want to give him the seeds of new crops. But seeing immigrants grow new crops and harvest a good harvest, the income is high. He will take the initiative to learn. Not only are crops spread and promoted with the migration of immigrants; Also, music, dance, art, and so on are spread by immigrants.

It is not possible to have a balanced distribution of the population all over the world, which is normal because of the different geographical conditions. Moreover, the trend in the world is not to become more dispersed, but to be highly dense. For example, the population of Rome was concentrated in the Latin provinces and in the regions of Campania, Apriria, and Brution. The same is true of Greece and Egypt, both of which are massively concentrated. However, both centralization and decentralization must be reasonable, and rational distribution needs to be constantly adjusted through immigration. In the future, more people may move to overseas provinces, but the north also needs migration, and the population needed in the north is not about numbers. It's about quality. The rational distribution of the population requires regular population transfers, so as to ensure that the majority of a country's population can fully play its role and truly make the best use of people's talents. This is also inseparable from immigration.

Agrarian societies rely mainly on manpower, and it is impossible for a place to produce a large number of people in a short period of time; To make a big change in it, it has to rely on foreign labor and population, so the impetus for development in every place in history has come from immigrants. Completely local, many places lack both labor and advanced production technology. Not even good crops. At this time, the development of agriculture was basically proportional to the population, so the development of the Roman area was a process of continuous migration, and where the immigration was successful, the development was also successful. There are also areas that have been developed (the northern border areas), but have been desolate and regressed after war, and the impetus for redevelopment is mainly due to new immigrants.

These aspects were great benefits for immigration, and they were necessary for Oscar to fully integrate Sardinia into Roman society; The province of Upper Sicily was only officially established as a Roman domain after a large number of Roman immigrants. Unfortunately, due to the defeat at the Battle of Lili, Upper Sicilia had become Hannibal's domain, and decades of Roman efforts were in vain. Moreover, with immigration comes not only benefits, but also a lot of troubles.

One of the biggest troubles was the bitter conflict between the Roman settlers and the indigenous people of Sardinia; As more and more immigrants were sent to Sardinia by the Maxentius family, Oscar had already moved the first batch of 20,000 immigrants to Calaris. However, the contradictions between immigrants and indigenous peoples left Oscar anxious; Because the immigrants, although they were poor proletarians in Rome itself, came to Sardinia and considered themselves to be the superior people of Sardinia. Naturally, the indigenous people of Sardinia were not willing to suffer such anger, so a very fierce conflict broke out between the two sides.

If it's just some verbal battles, Oscar can be slowly channeled, but things have developed to the point where the two sides are armed fighting, and Oscar really can't sit idly by; But how to manage it? After this conflict, the aborigines were very hostile to the Roman immigrants and were not willing to accept them into their original circle of life. And the Roman immigrants still put on a high look, looking down on the aborigines everywhere. In short, neither side is used to seeing the other now, and neither is willing to interact with the other.

Faced with such a situation, Oscar had no choice but to discuss with Vipsani in the Doge's palace what measures should be taken to change the situation; But there's nothing Vipsani can do about it. While everyone was at a loss, the guards came in to report that Dulles had come to see the leader; This Dulles came to ask for an audience. Could it be that he has a solution to immigration? Oscar and Vepsani thought of this seemingly unlikely idea at the same time, so Oscar asked the guards to bring Dulles in immediately.

When Dulles, who followed the guards into the room, saw Oscar and Vepsani, he greeted them very respectfully; Then he took out a parchment and presented it to Oscar, and said, "Your Excellency, Leader." Recently, the question of Roman immigration in Sardinia has become a topic of conversation for everyone; Everyone talked about this matter after dinner, and they all expressed their disgust and dislike for this group of immigrants. The students naturally knew that the immigration program itself was aimed at better integrating the whole of Sardinia into the Roman system, so all the students took it upon themselves to think of some measures to solve the contradictions between the two sides; for family use. ”

I didn't expect this Dulles to come to offer advice; At this point, Oscar was not interested in the parchment roll in his hand, so Oscar asked Dulles to tell him what he thought. Dulles was also undaunted and confidently said: "In fact, the root of the immigration problem is not the contradiction between Rome and Sardinia. Rather, the aborigines are worried that the immigrants will strengthen what belongs to them, and the immigrants are also worried that the aborigines will exclude them; Of course, there is also the Roman superiority of the immigrants. In order to resolve these conflicts, students have the following three strategies:

First, we need to have an open and honest adoption of Indigenous peoples and immigrants; It is clear to everyone that the arrival of immigrants will not affect the lives of the indigenous peoples, who will only use the terra nullius and family property in Sardinia. And to show everyone that both immigrants and natives were subjects of the Roman Republic, and were part of the Romans; There is no difference between the two. At the same time, the family also severely punished some opportunists who fanned the flames between the two sides.

Secondly, we can disperse all the Roman immigrants, who numbered up to 100,000, throughout Sardinia; The expansion plan of nine cities in eight districts and one government is already in progress. We can also immigrate a certain number of Roman immigrants from each district. Of course, when arranging for the two sides to live in the same city, it is necessary to strengthen the coordination of the relationship between the guards and the local cadets; In the long run, immigrants and aborigines will gradually understand each other's strengths, and they will be more receptive to each other.

Finally, we can use some typical propaganda methods to motivate both sides to live in harmony and friendship; Families can arrange examples of indigenous peoples and immigrants living together in perfect harmony and helping each other, and promote them throughout Sardinia. In order to buy people's hearts, the family can even confer several lordships on these particularly well-behaved people; In this way, driven by interests and reality, both immigrants and indigenous people will let go of their grievances against each other, and the problems caused by immigration will be easily solved. ”

Dulles's strategy is not brilliant, but the practical effect should be good; After all, no one is going to get along with their own interests, is there? Since Dulles has the intention of contributing to the family. And he also paid his own sweat, and Oscar would not treat him badly; Oscar immediately appointed Dulles as Vipsani's immigration assistant, responsible for assisting Wipsani in dealing with immigration issues. In addition, Oscar personally negotiated with Vipsani and Dulles a plan for the specific arrangements for immigration to Sardinia.

The total number of immigrants was as high as 100,000: the capital city of Calaris had a population of 30,000. 20,000 immigrants; Sassari had a population of 5,000 and immigrants 15,000; Nuoro had a population of 12,000 and immigrants of 7,000; Oristano had a population of 9,000 and immigrants 10,000; Carbonia had a population of 20,000 and immigrants of 5,000; The original population of Sanluli was 6,000, and the immigrant population was 13,000; The original population of Ranusai was 17,000. 10,000 immigrants; Olbia had a population of 21,000 and immigrants of 10,000; Tampio Bosania had a population of 12,000 and immigrants of 10,000.

Such a resettlement arrangement plan not only takes into account the ratio of migrants to indigenous peoples, but also integrates the population balance of the eight districts; Before immigration, there was a huge difference in population between the eight districts, with more than 20,000 people in the large districts and just over 5,000 in the districts. Now, through this adjustment of the resettlement plan, the population of each district is around 25,000; The minimum is not less than 19,000, and the maximum is not more than 31,000, which can be regarded as the benefit of immigration. The solution proposed by Dulles will also become the standard measure for the Augustus family to solve the problem of immigration to the new territory in the future. (To be continued.) )

PS: Today's two chapters are the final foreshadowing, and from tomorrow to the end of this volume, all are war scenes; The foreign wars of the Brutus, the foreign wars of Julius, the wars of Numidia and Carthage, the foreign wars of the Augustans, etc. One by one, the characters who will crisscross the battlefield will slowly appear, I hope that friends who have always supported Chasing Wind and "Empire" can like it; If you have any comments, you can also comment and tell the wind, thank you!