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Chapter 173 - Fish Driven by the Abyss (Part II)

“…… Cultural heritage? Do you mean the Four Books, Five Classics, Eight Strands, Poetry, and Songs? Those elegant things that the readers pretend to be? ”

The civil servant of the Eastern Republic scoffed at this, "...... If it's tangible cultural heritage such as books and antiques, we don't mind building a museum and storing it. If it is intangible cultural heritage such as singing and dancing, it can also be filmed or recorded in writing for preservation. But these living sour and rotten literati, who would be willing to serve them as uncles? People are Wenqu stars, and they are all very arrogant. Even if they are given generous treatment, they will only take it for granted, without the slightest gratitude.

For a modern regime, these traditional Confucian scholars, who can only memorize a few books and have eyes on the top of their heads, represent only trouble and burden. Those who are also Zhou Lishangshu and other things, what is the use of the new big 6 in the strong and the strong fighting for hegemony?

Of course, if they're just content to write something to earn a fee, like those writers of modern times, that's fine. But the problem is that these literati of the feudal dynasty actually regard themselves as politicians, and they really think that with a few bullshit articles, they should hold great power and govern the people! But what if they were to be officials? Hmph, one by one, they all deal with official business, and then concentrate on corruption and sabotage! The year before last, because there were too many immigrants suddenly introduced in a short period of time, and there were not enough educated township officials, we tried to let a few people from the Ming Dynasty become the mayors of the newly established colonial towns on the border. But he tolerated those Indian barbarians everywhere, and he looked closer than his own grandson! Later, they were all beheaded for embezzlement or collusion with foreign enemies......

In short, if everything follows their thoughts, I'm afraid that we will have to destroy the country and the species in less than half a year. But if you don't follow their thoughts, they will always think about how to rebel, and even if the rebellion fails, they will be disgusted with you, what use do you want them to do with such a bad embryo? ”

Hearing these words, Wang Qiu and the rest of the civil servants in charge of immigration couldn't help but feel the same way. Indeed, in the Suzhou and Hangzhou regions of the Ming Dynasty, except for some Suzhou embroidery masters and porcelain craftsmen, there were no professionals who could not be obtained from other places, and the remaining population could only serve as basic labor. But those arrogant traditional literati, who are obviously unwilling to serve as basic laborers, are useless guys, but they firmly believe that they are born more noble than anyone else, and when others should be cattle and horses for themselves, the best way to deal with them is to abandon them.

“…… Those stinky and sour people are indeed very difficult to serve. They all dragged as if we owed them millions. ”

Another civil servant, who had just crossed over and was working at the headquarters of the Australian Chinese League, also echoed and sighed, "...... Previously, we selected immigrants to Australia, and we were going to build a village there as a pilot. Originally, I found a very famous Hangzhou Juren to serve as the village head.

Who knew that after that guy heard that there was an official to do, he actually put on a stinky stand of ignorance, and when he learned that he was just letting him be a village head, he even dared to blow his beard and stare at us, saying, 'How can we be mere officials after ten years of cold windows and full of sage books?' ’

As a result, when we reviewed the immigration, we would rather look for illiterates. Even if you need a few literate people, you only dare to use small traders or old children, and you will never dare to use scholars with merit and fame, even if they are the first talents, they will be dragged to death...... Not to mention the fact that they are absent from work all day long, they still feel so good that they always feel that they should stop when they leave their world, and even cause trouble from time to time......"

“…… Therefore, as long as the direction is wrong, then the more knowledge there is, the more reactionary it becomes, and we have a deep understanding of this issue. ”

A member of the Lingao Crossing Group, Zhao Yinggong, the owner of Phoenix Villa, also came over to join the discussion, "...... It is really too difficult to reform those old literati who are stubborn in their thinking. On the one hand, these people demand the treatment of the national rank, and on the other hand, they will only come up with some unreliable ideas at most, and most of them have listened to bad ideas. If you want them to do something down-to-earth, it's really worse than killing them.

In order to recruit local intellectuals, we also held a civil service examination on Hainan Island, but there were no old literati willing to take the examination, because they thought that even if they passed the examination, they could only start from the grassroots civil servants, and the starting point was too low and too cheap for them. The vast majority of scholars dream of becoming a big official in one step, but how can they agree to the kind of 'clean official' who only needs to talk and do not have to do practical things? ”

“…… Therefore, let's sit back and watch Jiangnan be smashed by the Qing army, how can we build a new world without destroying an old world? ”

The civil servant of the Eastern Republic said, "...... From a humanitarian point of view, this is truly a disaster. But for those of us who travel through time, a disintegrating and chaotic Chinese empire is more in our interests. We can cultivate our own sphere of influence in the coastal areas and gain trade benefits from the six inner regions, and the displacement caused by the war provides us with a steady stream of immigrants.

The reason why those early Europeans were willing to risk the huge death rate of more than half and cross the sea with their families to the colonies of the Americas and East Asia was not because of the long and brutal Thirty Years' War, the melee of the Italian city-states and the civil war between Britain and France, so that the people at the bottom were forced to live and had to try to flee to overseas colonies in search of a chance to live in peace?

Even for China itself in this time and space, a period of brutal war is necessary. According to the conclusion drawn from historical experience, without experiencing the pains of blood and fire, a country will never be able to abandon those outdated and outdated things and move towards a new social form.

Therefore, the explosion of a full-scale civil war and the collapse of the old imperial order will give us a better chance to slowly infiltrate this ancient and rigid country, and then change it in our own way. An ancient country cannot be transformed successfully without undergoing a great and painful transformation! ”

“…… So why can't we make a concerted effort, first rely on our military power to occupy the whole of China, and then carry out reforms step by step? Instead, sit on the sidelines and watch them fight each other, killing corpses all over the field and bleeding like rivers? Someone asked.

“…… First of all, this war to conquer the Ming Empire will bring us a very large number of casualties. And you also understand that we can't afford to die too many people, and even now, the number of modern Chinese time-travelers in this world is very limited.

Second, we simply did not have time to train enough cadres to carry out land reform and modernization in the whole of China. As a matter of fact, the current purge of the two occupied areas of Guangdong and Liaodong alone has stretched our ruling and administrative forces to the limit. As for Zhejiang, except for a few townships and towns that have fierce resistance and need to be punished, we have not even carried out land reform in the countryside, but have only given some temporary official titles to some local squires who are familiar with current affairs, so that they can continue to maintain autonomy, but the public security problem in northern Zhejiang is still very serious.

At the high-level meeting of the Huameng, there has always been a proposal to abandon Hangzhou, withdraw to the south of the Qiantang River, and even abandon the whole of Zhejiang, and only keep Zhoushan Island as an offshore base. It was only because of the need to recruit immigrants that it was not approved, after all, Jiangnan is the place with the largest Chinese population.

If we ignore our actual strength and want to start a war of reunification now, then at most we can only dominate the world on the surface, but at the local level, we will change the soup but not the medicine. And a dynastic war that changes the dynasty is meaningless for the progress of society. Rather than unify on the map and let these class enemies of the old society enter the system as speculators, burrow into our stomachs and make us in a dilemma, it is better to occupy a few important places, watch them kill each other, and then sweep them all away when the time comes. ”

The owner of Zhao Yinggong commented, "...... Finally, we need to look farther and not just focus on one acre and three points of land in China. If we are confined to this land, the meaning of any change is limited. Only by using endless wars and famines to drive millions or even tens of millions of Chinese overseas to a broader world can it truly mean the take-off of the Chinese nation!

As for the situation in China itself, you can rest assured that everything is under control. From ancient times to the present, no matter how many natural disasters and wars have repeatedly ravaged, this land has always belonged to the Chinese. At least under our supervision, no alien race can take this land away! ”

In this regard, everyone is deeply convinced. Although they are theoretically compatriots with the Han people of the Ming Dynasty, there is a huge gap between them and the Han people of the Ming Dynasty. When they watched the pigtailed soldiers of the Eight Banners slaughtering the city from the satellite camera, they basically looked at the chaotic wars in the Middle East in the same way that the modern Chinese people looked at the chaotic wars in the Middle East, gloating more than they felt the same feelings, let alone feeling righteous indignation.

However, schadenfreude is schadenfreude, although everyone lacks a good impression of those Ming Dynasty gentry who inherited the characteristics of traditional Chinese culture, basically did not pay taxes or do business, and were only responsible for pleasure, but they also did not want to see the Manchu Eight Banners really sit firmly in the south of the Yangtze River Therefore, when talking about how to deal with the Ming envoys from Songjiang, everyone thought that they should be given a small amount of assistance appropriately, and the superiors also gave instructions.

“…… Mr. Lu Xun said that there are only two eras in the history of the Chinese, the era of wanting to be slaves and the era of temporarily stabilizing slaves, and the latter is something we do not want to see, because it will reduce our source of immigration. So it is necessary to keep Jiangnan in chaos. ”

Wang Qiu held the tablet and announced to everyone some internal reference information that only he and Zhao Yinggong were qualified to read in real time, "...... For this reason, the headquarters of the Huameng has just agreed to sell grain and ordnance to the remnants of the Ming Dynasty in Jiangnan. Also, what you may not know is that the envoys of the Ming Dynasty who came to Hangzhou recently were not one, but two, in addition to the Yonghe Emperor in Shanghai, who sounded like he was born to sell soy milk, the orphans and survivors of Emperor Chongzhen also sent envoys to us, and this envoy was actually his own people......"

Speaking of this, Wang Qiu couldn't help but sigh, "...... It is no wonder that the Chongzhen Emperor of this time and space will behave completely differently from the Chongzhen Emperor in our history, and when the crisis comes, he will actually make the decision to flee Beijing! It turns out that there are traversers under his hands......"

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In the deserted streets and alleys of Hangzhou, Zhang Pu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Yonghe Emperor's court, had just finished the preliminary negotiations with the owner of Zhao Yinggong and offered gifts, and was sitting on a swaying "Australian rickshaw" at this time, ready to return to his residence in the city to rest.

Originally, Zhao Yinggong, as the landlord, arranged a courtyard for them in Phoenix Villa. But although Zhang Pu and the "Yonghe Imperial Court" behind him were down, they still tried their best to support the dignity of the "Heavenly Empire", so this envoy was not a light car, but brought Fang Yizhi, Zhang Dai, Xu Fuyuan and many other Jiangnan celebrities. And every celebrity who accompanied him brought a number of servants, adding up to more than 200 people. So the small courtyard arranged for them in Phoenix Villa was too cramped, and the food provided to them was poor (just no brocade clothes and food, so they could eat the same big pot of rice as the soldiers), and as a result, after only staying up for one night, Zhang Pu asked to change to a spacious place to live.

However, at present, a large number of troops and civil and military officials are stationed in the Phoenix Villa, and there is really not much room to be vacated at once.

Fortunately, there is Hangzhou City next to it, and there are many idle mansions of the rich at the moment, so Zhao Yingong randomly selected a few relatively intact mansions for them to choose, and then sent someone to clean the mansion they picked, and sent a few soldiers to stand guard at the door, and sent some rice, noodles, vegetables and meat every day, even if it was a temporary reception for the envoys. As for the inside of the mansion, you need to bring your own servants to serve you.

Coming to the door of the mansion where he stayed, Zhang Pu got out of the car, just walked through the corridor, walked into the flower hall, and saw Fang Yizhi who went to the street to inquire about the news, and rushed over, "...... Heaven is like brother, heaven is like brother! The thief really has a lot of food here! I just went to the grain shop on the street of Hangzhou to see, only the price of white rice and fine noodles is very high, and the price of coarse wheat is only one tael per stone, which is only 30% of the price of Songjiang wheat! There is also sweet wheat (corn), and the price of sweet potatoes is even cheaper! And all of this food is sold openly, and in unlimited quantities! If you just want to ship it out, it might be a bit of a hassle......"