1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 128 Discrimination of Huayi
"But we maintain a very good relationship with Daming now. There are many communication channels both official and non-governmental, and as our trade scale continues to expand, the interest disputes between Daming and us will only get deeper and deeper. I don't think so. I believe that there will be a breakdown in the relationship between the two sides in the near future, and even a war. In just one or two years, we will have enough vested interests in Ming Dynasty, and there will be more and more people like Luo Shengdong. Spare no effort to maintain the relationship with us, and deal with those hidden dangers that may cause trouble for us." Naturally, Schneider will not be easily persuaded by Yan Chujie's words, and in his opinion, Yan Chujie's attitude is more like a way to achieve his goal. Deliberately appearing alarmist.

"Da Ming is one of our external threats, but it is not the only threat!" As one of the directors of the Military and Police Department, Tao Donglai really couldn't watch his comrades continue fighting alone, so he could only choose to participate in this battle. During the debate: "Everyone present here, don't forget that our future opponents include the Spaniards, the Dutch, the Portuguese, the British, and countless pirates in the vast sea area from Wusongkou to Malacca! Any of these forces None of them will be less threatening than Da Ming, and they will never treat us as descendants of the same clan like Da Ming. Our rhetoric of being born in Haihan will not mean anything to these sea forces Special effect. Don’t think that only pirates can do looting, if we don’t have enough strength to protect ourselves, these western powers will also swallow us as a piece of fat!”

"Everyone, don't think that these naturalized people are qualified soldiers after one or two months of intensive training. Their current combat skills are basically zero! To put it seriously, these soldiers and security guards don't even know what war is. Their understanding is not even comparable to those keyboard strategists among us! Without years of training, they would not be able to fight on the battlefield. Compared with the guard soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, they just lined up more neatly!"

"Also, everyone, don't overlook the time it takes for an army to form an army. The army may only need one or two years to form an army, but for the navy we rely on in the future, one or two years may only be enough to train a group of sailors That’s all, it’s still far from the requirements of becoming an army! Where will our future navy come from? Isn’t it going to be trained batch after batch from new barracks! Is the one-to-two thousand a month a lot of expenses? Compared with the navy, the army’s initial It is considered very small, and now it is complaining about suffering and poverty, will the navy still be able to do it in the future?"

Tao Donglai seldom spoke so emphatically in internal meetings, and there was a brief silence in the meeting room after he finished speaking.In the end, it was Schneider who broke the silence: "Mr. Tao, what I mean is not to oppose the establishment of a military force by the Military and Police Department, but to oppose the large-scale expansion of the army at this stage. We should at least wait until..."

"We can wait, but our opponent won't wait so kindly!" Yan Chujie interrupted Schneider before he finished speaking: "President Tao also made it very clear just now, the naturalized soldiers and security guards we trained , It will take some time to truly form combat effectiveness. In fact, they can't even meet the quality requirements of future generations of recruits, so they have to be deployed because of the needs of the situation. Although we will take the route of elite soldiers in the future, the soldiers on hand now They are not elite soldiers, and in the eyes of the military and police department, they have not even reached the level of a qualified soldier, so all we can do now is to expand the scale of the establishment and make a fuss about the number."

"Well, I don't think I have a better way to convince you, but I want to remind you that it is best to readjust the military and police budget for the next quarter, and I suggest that starting from the next quarter, the military budget should be approved by the Executive Committee. After the deliberation of the committee, it can be fulfilled in the Ministry of Finance. After all, our executive committee model is a democratic system, not a military regime, right?" Facing the resolute attitude of the two big bosses, Schneider reluctantly gave up continuing Confrontation, but he still hopes to add a restriction to the military and police department in terms of the rules of the game.

This time Tao Donglai didn't insist anymore, nodded and said: "This is what should be done. In fact, I think it is necessary for all departments to formulate a budget for next year's development plan at the end of the year. Since we have already started When implementing the internal currency settlement system, the means of budgeting and final accounts should be promoted accordingly, Mr. Shi should be very clear about the importance of this, right?"

"Of course." Seeing that Tao Donglai's attitude eased, Schneider cheered up and explained: "Making the government's annual fiscal revenue and expenditure budget is the core of the financial work of the transcending regime, and it is also the difference between an emerging regime like ours. It is one of the biggest differences from the feudal regime. With the government budget, we can scientifically formulate development plans and effectively supervise various functional departments. I unconditionally support Mr. Tao’s proposal on this issue. The annual budget system should indeed be implemented as soon as possible. be implemented."

Although there were some slight digressions, the executive committee finally reached a consensus on this and approved the military and police department's enrollment expansion plan.However, when reviewing the list of expatriates sent by the Military and Police Department, some people raised new doubts.

"How come there is Little Japan's name here?" Meng He pointed to the personnel list and said loudly: "Isn't Gao Qiaonan the foreman of the labor camp? Why is he also on the dispatch list of the Military and Police Department?"

"Let me explain this." Yan Chujie said: "This little Japan has always been outstanding during the labor camp, and his organizational skills are also good. Do things. Ren Liang made several reports to the military and police department, all mentioning that he hoped to transfer Gao Qiaonan's identity to the naturalized people and give him a chance to make progress."

Before that, Ren Liang managed the labor camp in an orderly manner, and also proposed a far-reaching employment plan such as the "labor hierarchy". The executive committee fully recognized his ability.Since this candidate was proposed by Ren Liang, Meng He would not question Ren Liang's vision, but Yan Chujie's answer did not solve all the doubts in his heart: "Then the specifics of sending this little Japan over there?" What is the effect?"

Yan Chujie responded: "Continue to do the supervisory work he is good at. The Vietnamese population imported from Xingang is likely to reach 2000 in a short period of time, and most of the people we send to the local area are technicians and armed personnel. There are very few managers on the construction site, and Ren Liang believes that people like Gao Qiaonan can play a greater role in Xingang than the labor camp foreman.”

"Is it a talent for Little Japan to be good at management?" Meng He joked.

"It's not so much a talent, it's better to say it's an acquired habit." Ning Qi explained for Yan Chujie: "The Bushido they follow is a system of absolute obedience. Their vocation, so in our opinion, Takahashi Minami's obedience has always been very good, and he will use himself as the standard to demand and train his subordinates."

"Gao Qiaonan has always played a bad role in the labor camp. We use the Japanese to manage the Vietnamese and let Gao Qiaonan play the image of a villain. In fact, this can also avoid conflicts between us and Vietnamese immigrants to a certain extent. A direct conflict." Yan Chujie added.

When it came to this topic, Tao Donglai couldn't help explaining his views: "I don't think you should pay too much attention to the racial issue of the naturalized people. Multi-ethnic and even multi-racial coexistence under our management. We will face the situation sooner or later. In our factories and troops, there will probably be Japanese, Vietnamese, Koreans, Mongols, European whites and even African blacks. We should not be limited to future generations Recognize that language, ethnicity, race, and skin color are used as the boundaries that distinguish between countries, inside and outside, and our criteria for expropriating naturalized people should be based on the basic recognition of the social system we have implemented, and the height of our transcending regime. loyalty!"

"About Gao Qiaonan's work arrangement, I think this is a good opportunity for us to try to solve the ethnic issue systematically in the future. Everyone here should know that in future generations our country has suffered too much because of the wrong ethnic policy. What a pity, I think the biggest root cause of the disaster is the different treatment of different ethnic groups in the system! We don’t engage in "two less and one lenient", but we can't discriminate against other ethnic groups and races. Only in this way can the naturalized people of different nationalities and races recognize their new identities to the greatest extent!"

"Mr. Tao, the ethnic policy you mentioned is not bad, but I think it is difficult for a big Han chauvinist like me to agree with your point of view. Wouldn't this weaken the status of our Han people in disguise?" Meng He, who tends to think in the Imperial Han Dynasty, immediately expressed doubts about Tao Donglai's statement.

"Are you trying to talk about the distinction between Hua and Barbarians by saying that? Your view is not Han chauvinism, but narrow nationalism." Tao Donglai immediately retorted: "Even according to the old ancestors, with the "Spring and Autumn Annals" " and the "Three Ceremonies" to distinguish between Huaxia and barbarians, it is only a cultural distinction. To put it bluntly, it is to abide by our social system and cultural heritage, that is, the Chinese people. What we need to do is to assimilate the naturalized people culturally and institutionally, instead of distinguishing the naturalized people according to ethnicity, race, etc. Non-Han ethnic groups, if we do that, won’t we be on the wrong path of later generations?”

(End of this chapter)