Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 510 East Coast Colony

Hongwu Xuanweisi is equivalent to New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Washington DC, a part of Maryland, a part of Virginia and a part of Connecticut in the United States in another plane.Compared with the division of state boundaries in the United States, there is no rationality at all. The boundaries drawn by Ming Dynasty can be said to be all natural boundaries, which are easy to identify.

Hongwu Xuanweisi did not specify where his western boundary was, because the Bai Ming Xiu Society expanded Daming's sphere of influence all the way from Hongwu Xuanweisi to Long Live City, penetrating the mainland.But in fact, in Bai Mingxiu's mind, the western boundary of Hongwu Xuanwei Division should be bounded by the Appalachian Mountains in the future, and will not extend to the Great Lakes region.

However, in the future, large-scale unorganized North American territories will actually be managed by the Hongwu Xuanwei Division.However, based on the strict standards of Xuanwei Division, this is also a land with a total area of ​​more than 10 square kilometers. In another dimension, it can be said to be the essence of the United States.

However, in the 10-square-kilometer Daming Xuanweisi, there are only 80 registered Ming nationals, that is, the group of escorts led by Bu An.

The British are actually very satisfied with the demarcation of the North American colonies this time. The Dutch have withdrawn from the North American colonies as a whole. Now the east coast of North America is divided up by Ming, Britain and France as a whole.

From the St. Lawrence River to the St. Croix River is the French colony, that is, Acadia; from the St. Croix River to the Housatonic River, this section is the British New England colony; from the Housatonic River To the Potomac River, it was the Hongwu Xuanwei Division of the Ming Dynasty; the land from the Potomac River to the Savannah River was the British southern colony; the land south of the Savannah River was designated as the land that the Ming Dynasty acquired from Spain. The Florida Colony was established as the Yongle Xuanwei Division, and the reign names of the past monarchs were still used.

In fact, Britain and France are also very afraid that without a clear division, Ming will use its own force to act recklessly and destroy the colonies they have established.In fact, many colonies of Britain and France are just small places with thousands of people. They are sparsely populated and have little control. They are often overthrown by Indians, let alone the mighty Ming Dynasty.

If the Universal Fleet passes by, if they really want to fight, then they basically have nothing left.So now they have signed a proposal to divide the sphere of influence of the North American colonial demarcation line, to prevent each other from aggression, and to respect their respective sovereignty. In fact, Britain and France are also very satisfied.

Daming, on the other hand, through clear divisions and in a way that does not contribute much, is equivalent to forcibly compressing the expansion space of Britain and France's respective future colonies.After all, Daming came from the west, so the vast western space is tantamount to becoming something in Daming's pocket.Britain and France can actually see this, but they have no room for resistance in the face of such a strong method from Ming Dynasty.Furthermore, the vast North American continent also blocked Da Ming's deployment, so they didn't worry about how much threat the Ming people coming from the west would bring them.

Bai Mingxiu was also very happy after Liang Haisheng successfully signed a treaty with Britain and France on the division of spheres of influence in the colonies on the east coast of North America.He directly ordered the cabinet to immediately formulate a development plan for the two major colonies in the East of the United States, and the cabinet was unambiguous and soon had a strategy.

Xue Shuting, Minister of the Immigration Affairs Department, came to the Taiping Palace and said: "Your Majesty, the Hongwu Xuanweisi and the Yongle Xuanweisi are important strongholds established by our Ming Dynasty in the East of the United States, and they are also one of the "human wall tactics" of our Immigration Affairs Department. Important leaders, so these two propaganda and consolation divisions must be superior to the development order of other North American colonies, big, easy, and first. The minister's opinion is that two brigade-level garrison troops will be sent to the past. Some of the immigrants from the quota went to these two propaganda departments, and gradually developed into two colonies that communicate with each other and can be self-sustaining."

Xue Shuting's idea is also very straightforward. The colonies in North America are very different from the colonies in Southeast Asia.Several propaganda and consolation departments in Nanyang are very close to the mainland of Daming. Basically, they will arrive within a week or two by boat. The exchange of people and goods is easy and smooth. In fact, it is very easy to directly integrate into the economy of Daming.Tang Beilu once practiced Taoism with Bai Ming, and the propaganda and comfort divisions in Nanyang were filled with Chinese and developed the economy.The whole process is like the Chinese ancestors from the Yellow River Basin and the Yangtze River Basin, constantly expanding their territory outwards and transforming the local area into their own land.

They went east and defeated Dongyi in today's Qilu land, and then there was Qilu;From the barbarian land to the Han land, there is actually such a process.Tang Beilu's strategy for Nanyang is that there is such a state that quantitative changes have turned into qualitative changes, and eventually places like Luzon and Java have become Ming provinces dominated by Chinese, rather than colonies.

But North America is too remote after all, and it is inconvenient for people to communicate with the mainland.So most of the time, it still needs to be able to have enough output, food, drink, and industrial development here.The imperial court did not expect any huge profits from these places. What Bai Mingxiu really valued was the expansion of the living space of the Chinese.

After hearing Xue Shuting's plan, Bai Mingxiu nodded and said: "Other problems are not big, but if the two colonies in the East and the United States maintain their own autonomy for a long time, I am afraid that they will have problems with me in the Ming Dynasty. Mentality difference.”

Xue Shuting said: "Even if the customs and culture are different between the two local provinces, the people are all proud of being the people of Ming Dynasty and loyal to His Majesty. Naturally, the Second Propaganda Comforter of the Eastern United States can be the same."

Bai Mingxiu actually believes in the cohesive nature of Chinese culture and the concept of great unification, but he still said: "The country is strong, and it can stick together even if it is thousands of miles apart, but if one day the Ming Dynasty weakens, I am afraid it will be another matter." .”

Xue Shuting said: "Then those of us who are officials and those in power should try our best to avoid this day."

Bai Mingxiu smiled, but did not answer this question.He immediately recruited 5000 garrison troops in the system, [-] people each from the Hongwu and Yongle Xuanwei Divisions, and will go to the two Xuanwei Divisions in batches.The Garrison Corps basically does the hard work of land reclamation, and then the Ministry of Immigration Affairs will send some immigrants to live in the two Propaganda Divisions.With such a toss, the two Departments of Consolation may become more prosperous than places like New England, Arcadia, and the Southern Colonies in just a year or two.

(End of this chapter)