African Nationhood

(I was delayed by something in the afternoon, sorry!)

The March sea breeze kept blowing, and a man with an old face and a slightly fat body stood on the Portuguese fortress on Diu Island and observed the surrounding scenery.

Diu Island is surrounded by the turquoise Arabian Sea and is dotted with vast golden sandy beaches.

This island fortress is dotted with cabins, churches and villas, and the Portuguese influence is evident in the architecture, food and handicrafts.

Its northern part is dominated by stunning salt pans and tidal flats, while its southern part is dotted with rocky limestone cliffs and pristine beaches.

He has been in the South Asian subcontinent for several months. He is the commissioner of the East India Administration in South China.

Since the South Chinese mercenaries helped the Portuguese king pacify the domestic republican rebels, he received an order from the cabinet to go to the South Asian subcontinent to take over the Portuguese Indian colonies.

Xie Wang is a leader among the Nam Hwa generation, and he is also the first among his peers to receive the honor of being released overseas.

The symbolic meaning of this is very obvious, which shows that their generation has gradually become the backbone of Nanhua, and the future of Nanhua will be entrusted to their hands.

They love Nanhua, support Chairman Shi, and even more love the hard-won good life.

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The East India Administration included Diu, Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli and Goa.

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The total area of ​​these four regions is 4305 square kilometers, but they are not connected together and are scattered in various places. It must be said that this is slightly unfavorable to the control of the East India Administration.

Goa has the largest area among the four major administrative regions, covering 3702 square kilometers.

Among the other three districts, Dadra Nagar Haveli has the second largest area at 451 square kilometers, while the combined area of ​​Daman and Diu is only 112 square kilometers.

As the administrative commissioner, he took his administrative team to the Goa colony first.

After handing over with the Portuguese there, they began to organize various affairs in Goa.

The people of Goa are divided into three categories: local indigenous people, mixed-blooded Portuguese and Indians, and pure-blooded Portuguese. Among them, there are very few pure-blooded white people. The mixed-race people have naturally become the privileged class in Goa.

The city council formed by them controlled all local rights, which was quite detrimental to Nanhua's rule.

Xie Wang thought over and over again and decided to let Goa maintain the status quo for the time being, and first go to the other three places to inspect it before dealing with it.

Therefore, he stayed in Goa for two months and met with local representatives of all walks of life to express goodwill before leaving Panaji, the capital of Goa, and took a boat to inspect other territories.

His first stop was Daman, which was just a small coastal port town with nothing outstanding.

Apart from fishery and agriculture, this port city has basically nothing worth mentioning, and its food crops are only sufficient for self-sufficiency.

Dadra Nagar Haveli is one of the few fertile places where agriculture is the main industry, producing cereals, pulses and cotton.

There are also some small industrial businesses there, such as textiles and flour mills.

There are many woodlands in this area, accounting for about 41.5% of the total area, and the most valuable wood is teak.

In the era when the Portuguese dominated the sea, the teak here was very important.

But now in the era when steel is king, this place has declined.

Generally speaking, except for the Goa region, the other three regions in the East India Administration do not have much economic value, and the proportion of military aspects is larger.

In addition to Diu Island, the Diu area also has a small piece of land inland, mainly to supply water and food to the island. It is good to develop tourism in this place.

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After inspecting the four major areas under his rule, Xie Wang has noticed that the South Asian indigenous people are silently encroaching on these Portuguese colonies.

The Portuguese have allowed pure-blood Portuguese to mix with local indigenous people since the 16th century.

Although the Portuguese forced the people in the areas under their control to convert to Catholicism, these mixed-race people and the people under their rule were more influenced by the local indigenous culture.

The Portuguese-Indian mixed-race people are getting closer to the indigenous Indians, and they also identify more with the cultural customs of the South Asian subcontinent.

(This is also the reason why Portugal lost Goa in 3 days, and also because Portugal is too weak. If it were as good as France, India would not dare to take Goa by force.)
This is very detrimental to Nanhua. Nanhua's overseas territories require absolute control.

Therefore, Xie Wang already had a clue about the future administrative management of the East India Administration. He planned to contact the local Minister Zhong Yilin after returning to Goa.

After obtaining the approval of the cabinet, Shewan will embark on drastic reforms in Goa.

On March 3, Shewan returned to Panaji, the capital of Goa, and then sent a long telegram directly to the Ministry of Overseas Territories.

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On April 1912, 4, Minister Zhong Yilin arrived at the outer port of Panaji aboard the battleship "King of Wei".

Two troop cruise ships came with him, with 3000 Marines on board, bringing the number of troops stationed in Goa to more than 5000.

In addition to soldiers, there are 500 Chinese teachers and 300 medical personnel.

Zhong Yilin's main purpose here is to support Xie Wang and let him boldly promote reforms.

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With strong local support, Xie Wang issued the first policy agenda of the East India Administration five months after taking office.

This policy agenda clarifies that Chinese is the official language under the administration, and all school-age children in the administration must give up learning Portuguese and indigenous languages ​​and switch to learning Chinese.

Adults must also gradually learn Chinese and abandon Portuguese and indigenous languages.

Those who do not comply will be deemed as defying and provoking the authority of the Administrative Office, and the Administrative Office has the right to impose penalties on their behavior, including whipping and fines. In serious cases, they may be sentenced to reeducation through labor.

The regional council must be reorganized, with the proportion of locals reduced to 30%. The executive government's orders are greater than the resolutions of the regional council. The functions of the regional council need to be integrated with those of Nanhua itself.

At the same time, the judicial aspect also needs to be reformed: all judicial practitioners must pass an assessment by officials from the judicial department and be issued a professional qualification certificate before they can hold a certificate.

The Ministry of Justice has the power to punish any unlicensed person who engages in legal practice privately, including caning and fines. In serious cases, he may be sentenced to reeducation through labor.

The Administrative Office will comprehensively review and confirm the ownership of land and mineral resources within the territory, and at the same time launch a crackdown on smuggling activities.

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As soon as this policy agenda was launched, there was a huge protest in Goa. Strong protests broke out in Panaji, Khabarovsk and Belnem.

Goa Daily, a newspaper in Goa, even published a protest article on its front page with fierce words.

The content is simply that the South China government ignores the rights and interests of the local people and oppresses the local people. The article calls on the local people to unite to fight against the tyranny of the East India Administration.

Xie Wang didn't care about these objections. In his opinion, these were not enough, and they needed to make a bigger noise.

So he added fuel to the fire. He spoke publicly and claimed: "Anyone who opposes the executive program of the East India Administration is free to choose whether to leave. The attitude of the East India Administration is firm and consistent.

All overseas territories under the South China Autonomous Territory are treated equally, and Goa is not specifically targeted. "

This public speech directly stimulated some privileged people in Goa, but they did not dare to directly come forward and confront the government with force.

They signaled their subordinates to organize grassroots workers and farmers to demonstrate in front of the Panaji government in an attempt to get the administrative government to abandon its previous policy agenda.

Xie Wang was not used to their bad habits at all, and directly dispatched the garrison to arrest these marchers.

Most of the hundreds of demonstrators were arrested, and then the garrison began to interrogate these arrested people and interrogate those behind the scenes.

Those who are not recruited are directly shipped to Sumatra to work as hard labor. The tropical plantations there already lack labor, and there are as many laborers as there are.

Moreover, Xie Wang's original intention was to clear out the locals here and then fill them with South Chinese people.

By then, this territory will be firmly in Nanhua's hands, and no one can take it away.

The situation in Goa is becoming increasingly tense, and the privileged locals are starting to get scared. (End of chapter)