Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 926 Cultural identity is the strongest

"Mr. Chen, I still have business to do first, so I will take my leave first!"

After notifying Ruan Da, Ruan Hao also said to Chen Mazi.

"Mr. Ruan, you are busy with your work."

Chen Mazi also smiled back. The other party respected himself a foot, and he should also respect the other party. The status of Han immigrants is still quite high here.

I am just an ordinary citizen, and the other party is an official, and I am so respectful to myself, mainly because I am a Han immigrant.

When Ruan Hao left on horseback, Chen Mazi also drove the carriage to the house.

This year is the first year for immigrants to come to Cochin. At first, I didn’t get used to it, but gradually I like the life here. Not only do I have my own fields, but the grain is high-yield, and I am exempted from taxes for several years. up.

He has already made a plan. After selling the ripe rice, he plans to build a reinforced concrete house. It is rainy and humid here in Cochin. Ordinary houses, whether they are wooden houses or brick houses, are very difficult to live in. Uncomfortable, the houses made of reinforced concrete above the town are comfortable to live in, and they are also the most popular houses now.

"The price of rice has dropped again. It is more cost-effective to grow sugarcane. Next time, we will plant another [-] acres of sugarcane."

The matter of building a house is naturally a major event, and it is also something to be happy about, but Chen Dazi is worried about the drop in rice prices.

This Cochin rice is the best rice, but the price is lower every crop, and it can’t be sold for much money now. For Chen Mazi who is in urgent need of money, it is obviously more cost-effective to plant sugar cane Some.

Chen Dazi was calculating the next planting, while Ruan Da, who was lying under the shade of the tree, was still lying comfortably. He felt that the current life was really too comfortable.

Daming's tax is low, only [-]% of the tax is charged, the food in this family is too much to eat, and the women work hard, so he can just take care of the happy life.

"Study, what's the use of reading, I really don't know what the emperor thinks, if the money can't be spent, it's better to give it to us directly, and let the children go to study."

He thought of what Ruan Hao said just now, and suddenly he didn't care about it.

In his opinion, reading is useless at all, it is better to let the children help out at home, but this is an order from the Ming court, and he has to obey it.

The authority of the Ming Dynasty has already been erected here, and the blood of all the elites of the gentry was murdered. There are too many people who died. They are in awe of the people of the Ming Dynasty, and this is even more true for the court of the Ming Dynasty.

On the one hand, the Ming court brutally suppressed and killed those natives who resisted the Ming rule, and on the other hand, it also gave many benefits to those who obeyed the Ming rule.

For example, in terms of taxes, the taxes collected by the Ming Dynasty in Jiaozhi were much lower than those collected by the Li Dynasty in the past. The land tax alone was reduced by more than half.

With such a combination of kindness and power, coupled with the appointment of officials to manage, the entire Cochin rule was quickly stabilized.

This is different from the three provinces of Nanyang, Xianglin, and Zhenghe.

There are very few aborigines here in Nanyang Province. After the killing at the beginning, among the population of Nanyang Province, immigrants from the Ming Dynasty accounted for the vast majority, and the few aborigines were no longer important.

Therefore, in Nanyang Province, the model is mainly based on plantations. There are a large number of plantations occupied by commercial banks, and there are also plantations owned by individual immigrants from the Ming Dynasty.

The situation in Xianglin Province is similar. Xianglin Province was originally handed over to Champa, and the local aborigines in Champa were killed by the Annan Houli Dynasty. After they belonged to Ming Dynasty, their population was very small and they actively integrated Ming rule.

Therefore, Xianglin Province is also dominated by plantation economy. A large number of plantations are spread throughout Xianglin Province, and a large number of slaves are used for farming.

As for Zheng He Province, the situation is different. Zheng He Province has a special geographical location. It is located in the Straits of Malacca, with a sparse population. In the promotion of plantation economy.

The most special thing is this Jiaozhi, which has a very large population. When it was Annan Kingdom, Annan was considered one of the most powerful countries in the entire Nanyang region. One of the important reasons is because of the large population here.

Despite the killing by the army last year, there are still a lot of aborigines here. Although there are a large number of immigrants, the population of native aborigines still accounts for the majority in terms of population structure.

This has also led to the fact that the plantation economy is not prevalent here in Jiaozhi, mainly based on the small peasant economy, and the plantation economy cannot prevail.

Ruan Tianran didn't understand the deep meaning of why the imperial court forced these indigenous children to go to school. In the final analysis, it was to consolidate Daming's rule here.

During the Yongle Dynasty, Daming once ruled here, but soon lost its rule here.

There are several important reasons for this. One is that Da Ming’s rule here at that time mainly relied on these local gentry clans. If they were loyal to Da Ming, Da Ming’s rule would be stable. Once they had ambitions, Da Ming’s rule here would collapse. .

This is like the problem of the southwestern chieftain in the past. The chieftain is the emperor of one side. Did he make a fuss in order to benefit from the Ming court?

At that time, the rule of Ming Dynasty in Jiaozhi was more serious than that of the Southwest Tusi, because the gentry here were more powerful than the Tusi.

The other main reason is that there are too few Han Chinese, and there are still a lot of Han Chinese in the southwest region, so although the chieftains are capricious, Ming can still forcefully suppress them.

There are few Han people here in Jiaozhi, and unless the Ming court was stationed for a long time, it would be powerless to suppress these local rebellions. Over time, it lost interest in ruling here.

As the saying goes, the land is not enough to provide for, and the people are not enough to command, and this is what is being said.

In addition, cultural differences are also an extremely important factor. Although the Ming Dynasty has a great influence on this place, and the characters used here are also Chinese characters, there are too few people who can read and write. Naturally, it is not enough to form a cultural identity like the Central Plains. .

Having learned these lessons, Liu Jin naturally took targeted measures when mopping up Cochin.

The first is to deal a heavy blow to the local gentry in Cochin, not only dispatching the Ming army to clean up these gentry, but also dispatching Korean and Japanese samurai regiments to sweep them, severely hitting these local gentry forces.

Without these gentry families, it means that there is no leader, and the remaining ordinary people can't afford to make troubles at all. Just giving them some sweetness in taxes and having food and drink is enough to make them accept the rule of Ming Dynasty.

The second is the appointment of Liuguan. In the entire provinces of Nanyang, all the officials were appointed Liuguan from Daming.

Although many problems and difficulties were encountered at the beginning, because the appointed officials cut off the opportunity and possibility for these local people to gain power, the rule became more stable.

Then the most important thing is cultural assimilation and integration. Like the Western Regions and Hezhong region, Daming is also fully implementing the Han culture here, and fully implementing the policy of Daming.

It is required that all people must change their Chinese surnames to Chinese names, learn Ming Mandarin, learn Ming characters, practice Ming etiquette, celebrate Ming festivals, and respect the ways of Confucius and Mencius.

In this regard, the most important thing is to start with the education of children, build schools, recruit local students, and pay attention to Confucian culture, the principles of Confucius and Mencius, the principles of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and the promotion of the superiority of Ming people.

It is precisely for this reason that the children of these local people are forced to go to school. The purpose is to promote Han culture, promote national integration, and consolidate Ming Dynasty's rule here.

No matter how strong the military and institutional rule is, it is not as good as the integration of culture and nationality. Only with a common culture, language and writing, even if Ming Dynasty weakens in the future, this place will still become an inseparable part of China.

At that time, even if the Ming people don't say anything, these natives who have received the advanced and excellent Han culture education will be proud of the Ming people, the inheritors of the Han culture, and become an inseparable part of it.

Regarding this point, it has been proved time and time again in later generations that cultural identity and integration are the strongest means of integration and assimilation.

Ruan Da didn't understand the deep meaning of this, he was just a low-level commoner, he only knew that since Emperor Ming ruled them, their life was indeed much easier.

Taxes are lower, food is more, and if you work harder, you can still work in workshops, factories, and plantations run by Han people. The income is quite good, and life is much more comfortable than before.

For such low-level people, it doesn't matter who is the emperor, whether it is from the Ming Dynasty or their local people, who can make them live a good life is the most important.

PS: My head is dizzy, there are Kawen, the writing is very messy, and there is no theme~~
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