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Dream Castle in the Red River Valley

"The work of immigrating to the island of Madagascar is on hold, the place is in a mess right now, what is the rush to immigrate...... Running out of places to go? Li Fushou put down the briefing in his hand and said indifferently.

Today is the day of the Prime Minister's routine audience with His Majesty, and Prime Minister Viscount Pham Chung Zhai, the new Minister of War Count Mo Rufeng, the Minister of Finance Viscount Hu Chaoshan, and the Minister of Colony Minister Count Zhu Wei are all waiting in the Xianju Palace.

Seeing the displeased look of the saint today, Prime Minister Viscount Fan Zhongzhai hurriedly replied; "Please be aware that the government has not launched a plan to resettle to the former French island of Madagascar, but the enthusiasm of the people is high, and many companies have launched a plan to colonize the island of Madagascar, including construction enterprises and industrial enterprises, and some private banks are also impatient to land on the beach, in order to seize the opportunity."

"What about your government?"

Li Fushou was obviously not satisfied with such an answer, and his gaze swept at everyone majestically, bringing great pressure to everyone.

After a pause, he continued;

"Whether the French island area has the conditions for immigration, you must know very well that the local tribal vendettas are frequent, and all kinds of evil incidents emerge one after another, which makes the French anxious.

The law and order environment is very important, and it is related to the lives of ordinary people.

As an old colonial country with the most colonial experience, why can you do what the French can't do?

The government's reasonable guidance and restriction on the spontaneous fanatical colonization of the people and allowing it to breed and spread is undoubtedly a manifestation of administrative inaction.

It is the duty of the Colonial Ministry to conduct a thorough examination of this matter. ”

Count Zhu Wei, Minister of the Colonial Department, was a veteran minister of the three successive cabinets, with profound qualifications, and his most brilliant achievements were the formation of the "Eagle School" education system and the early and middle immigration work, which was praised by the people, and made indelible contributions to the construction of the imperial talent system.

But now that the majesty of the saint is getting heavier and heavier, even the founding father with such profound qualifications as Count Zhu Wei was sincerely afraid to be reprimanded by His Majesty, and replied in a trembling voice; "Weichen must reflect deeply, please punish Your Majesty."

"It's not too late to make amends!"

Li Fushou's tone softened a little, the achievements of the Colonial Department over the past few years have been beautiful, and in cooperation with the African General Manager (which has been abolished) in the construction of overseas colonies, he has summed up and opened up a set of effective and mature experiences.

During the period of military administration in the Luzon Islands, a smooth transition of the situation was achieved, which contributed a lot.

So Li Fushou slapped him, gave a sweet date, and continued; "The colonial ministry should not rest on its laurels in the past book, but should take the initiative to carry out its work and be good at discovering and solving problems.

Take this incident as an example;

When Eurasian Shipping Company launched a cruise flight to Madagascar, how did the colonial department check it in the early stage, and did it assess the relevant risks? Are there eligibility criteria for immigration? Have the relevant departments fulfilled their responsibilities?

The Ministry of Communications in the back is also responsible, there is no careful assessment of the route, and all the procedures for the opening of the route have been passed in just a few days.

By extension, have the evaluation of government officials and departmental supervision been implemented in practice, and are they mere formalities? This is a question worth pondering.

I also saw this news from the newspaper and felt very surprised, so I asked Secretary-General Zhang Li to find some relevant information, and let Secretary-General Zhang introduce it. ”

Everyone's eyes suddenly converged on Secretary-General Zhang Li, only to see him take out the relevant documents, then smiled apologetically at everyone, and began to introduce;

"Before we get into that, let us look back at the history of the African colonies.

The original African expedition was formed in 1883, the year when the Queensland government was involved in the colonization of Africa, taking the lead in conquering Somalia, before the Treaty of Berlin began with the partition of Africa.

In 1886, at the behest of the British, we launched a war to conquer Mozambique, defeated the Portuguese, and secured the chosen land in southeastern Africa.

substantively

When His Majesty planned his strategy for Africa in 1882, he had his eye on the island of Madagascar.

At that time, the island was under the rule of the strongmen of the Kingdom of Madagascar, and the people mobilized to defeat the invasion of the British and French forces twice, and its strength should not be underestimated.

To this end, the military plans to form an expeditionary force of 24,000 people to carry out transoceanic expeditionary operations and fight a tough battle.

It was only later that the situation changed, and by chance, the British took the initiative to send the option of Mozambique to us, which contributed to the colonial strategy of taking the lead in conquering Mozambique.

Now it seems

Mozambique has become the core interests of the empire in Africa, and after 18 years of development, the industrial, agricultural and pastoral industries have begun to take shape, and the abundant human and material resources that can fully support large-scale wars are very promising and a far-sighted strategic decision.

In the seventies and eighties of the 19th century

At the height of its development, the Kingdom of Agascar was home to more than 3.3 million people living on the island, and under the rule of a powerful queen, the kingdom was a regional power in southeastern Africa.

More than 30 years have passed

During this period, after two Anglo-French invasion wars, epidemics from Europe, the death of the powerful queen of the Kingdom of Madagascar, and the chaos of the major tribes within the kingdom, the population was once reduced to more than 2.6 million.

Its national strength has declined sharply, the fields are barren, the political situation on the island is chaotic, the armed tribes are lined with hills, and bandits are rampant.

After the French and we colonized the island of Madagascar, there was another movement of people on an unprecedented scale.

In the space of more than ten years

No less than one million Malagasy women have flowed into Mozambique through overt and covert channels, which has greatly alleviated the contradiction between the male and female populations in the region, but also created new regional contradictions.

That is, the island of Madagascar has a staggering deformity in the ratio of men to women, according to rough statistics;

In 1904, the population of the former French island of Madagascar was about 1.05 million, of which more than 900,000 were males and less than 150,000 were females, and most of them were middle-aged and elderly women over 35 years old.

The female population in the region is extremely scarce, and the vast majority are concentrated in the hands of the upper echelons of the tribe and the indigenous warlords on one side, and the situation is very miserable, and many women are ravaged to death.

Therefore, the actual life expectancy of indigenous women is between 35 and 38 years old, and in the next 4~5 years, the existing 150,000 female population will shrink by half, and the various tribal armed forces will break out more tragic infighting because of the competition for women.

The empire's colony of Madagascar, with a population of about 260,000, is facing the same sharp contradiction, and the tribal bloodshed that has erupted because of hormones has now reached a point where it is increasingly impossible to hold the coffin board.

It will not be possible to resolve once and for all the current chaotic situation on the island of Madagascar without resolving the acute contradiction of the disproportionate ratio of the male and female population.

The military has made a careful assessment of the situation and believes that it is expected to send 15,000 troops and no less than 40,000 militiamen to conduct a three-year security operation and spend 25 million gold on military expenditure.

Considering the history of the Kingdom of Madagascar, every time an invading army waged a war, it became a strong bond that united the local indigenous armed forces, abandoning their respective grievances and feuds to fight together.

The two invasion wars of Britain and France were both frustrated by this.

If the sweep plan is thwarted, the security operation will fall into a long-term tug-of-war, and considering the negative teaching material of the Anglo-Boer War, the military does not recommend a large-scale entry into the island at this time.

The island of Madagascar has an indigenous population of about 1.3 million, with nearly 9 percent of the male population, mainly between 25 and 35 years old, accounting for more than 8 percent, and the vast majority of the remaining are men over 35 years old, and no more than 20,000 children under 15 years old.

Considering that the average life expectancy on the island is no more than 40 years, it is expected that the population will naturally decline by 80% in 10 years, and this number will decrease if it encounters widespread diseases, natural disasters, and intensified tribal warfare.

That is to say, in 10 years, the population of Madagascar will not be higher than 26~300,000 people, 15 years will be at the level of 12~150,000 people, and 30 years will not be higher than 30,000 people.

According to previous statistics on the situation on the island

From 1900 ~ 1904, there were 374, 506, 595 and 739 cases of robbery and murder that caused more than two deaths on the island, village fires, tribal infighting and vicious riots against the colonists respectively, showing a clear upward trend, the proportion of large-scale fires with more than 10 casualties increased significantly, and the number of deaths in the turmoil also increased sharply, and the situation on the island tended to be white-hot.

Frequent wars and infighting have caused blood feuds between tribes to become more and more fraught, and if they are properly guided, such as importing some cold weapons and old-fashioned gunpowder weapons to weaker tribes, stirring up and intensifying conflicts, and promoting the division of warlords and warlords, etc., it can also accelerate the irreversible process of population decline.

Hence the study analysis

Under the condition of appropriate guidance, it will be a more appropriate choice to start the process of immigration after 1910 and control the scale and area of immigration in the initial stage.

The military is expected to invest two 1,200-member third-line security regiments to build 8~10 migrant villages and towns, and implement measures such as burning crops, armed expulsion of indigenous mobs, setting up forbidden areas, and setting up checkpoints in the areas near the colonial area in advance to ensure the safety of migrants in the early stage.

Step by step, step by step, and don't rush it.

In the past few years, Madagascar has not been allowed to enter the sea, not a single grain or drop of oil has been allowed to be imported, and a large-scale burning of crops has been implemented around the existing resettlement areas, and a policy of opening up forbidden areas has been carried out to guide the French immigrants to enter Mozambique and survive this difficult period. ”

Hearing Secretary General Zhang Li's introduction, Prime Minister Viscount Fan Zhongzhai turned his face unkindly, looked at General Mo Rufeng, Minister of War and said; "Mr. General, such an important military plan, how come I don't know?"

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, I beg your pardon that the War Department has hundreds of military plans for the surrounding situation, and this is just one of them. If you would be willing to spend half a month to learn more about it, the War Department would appreciate it. Admiral Mo Rufeng waved his hands helplessly, meaning that this is not my responsibility, and then said;

"Every year, the War Department tracks hot spots and develops corresponding military plans, and each hot spot military plan has three ABC options to deal with sudden emergencies.

This includes the Northern Far East, the Central and Northern Zhili regions of the Shenzhou Continent, the Jiaodong Peninsula, the southeastern coastal provinces, as well as the Viet Nakyo, Ryukyu, Korea, and even Siberia.

The South Seas region also includes the French Indochina Peninsula, the Thai-Burma region, the Dutch island of Sumatra, Java, New Zealand and other places.

The West Asian strategy included advances into the Arabian Peninsula, the Persian Gulf, control of Yemen and the Kingdom of Oman, as well as many in Africa, as well as plans to participate in wars in Europe.

It is one of the functions of the Army General Staff Headquarters to conduct thorough research on possible and impossible wars and to formulate practical military plans for wars in various environments.

9 out of 9 of these military plans will be locked in a filing cabinet forever, dusty with the passage of time, and will not meet the day when they are used.

Of course, due to a deep knowledge of the colony, I do not deny that the military plan for the island of Madagascar has been done more carefully.

Your Excellency the Prime Minister, it is really the people of society who are moving too fast, less than a week after the signing of the Treaty of Paris, there have been regular cruise flights from Brisbane to the island of Madagascar, and we have only learned through the newspapers, and we have received a summons from His Majesty before we have time to report to you......"

"Okay, Sensei explained so much to him." Li Fushou waved his hand impatiently and commanded directly; "This time, the cruise to the island of Madagascar was rescheduled to Mozambique, and the subsequent route was cancelled. As for the follow-up policy of Madagascar, you can discuss it, and there is no need to report it. You have to be glad that I found it early, otherwise once there is an incident of Chinese women being abducted and plundered by the local aborigines, it will be the face of the empire, and then the war will be fought or not? ”

"Please calm your anger, Weichen knows that he is wrong."

"I don't blame you, after all, you cabinet officials don't care about these trivial matters, they are all mistakes of officials in charge of specific affairs, and the board can't hit your ass." Li Fushou waved his hand quite generously, this matter was raised high, put down gently, and there was no need to make a big fuss; "After you go back, we must implement the departmental system and investigate the responsibility of dereliction of duty officials, so that the mediocre can be transferred from their existing posts, and we must earnestly grasp the annual review and evaluation of officials, and do not let people be superficial, otherwise these guys will still poke you in the basket."

"Your Majesty, we are ashamed."