Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 615 "Beautiful" Diversity
This small sugarcane farm, which is not too big and looks shabby in the local area, is actually a microcosm of Cuban society.Almost all the aborigines who originally lived here died of infectious diseases, and most of the Spaniards were driven away. Now people living here are Chinese, native whites, European immigrants, aborigines and Africans.

Many people have lived here for nearly 20 years, and have bred the next generation here, and are used to life here.But no matter who it is, seeing the emperor of this great empire is still frightening.

When the farm workers were told that the person in front of them was the emperor, they didn’t know who started it, so some people knelt down. Most of them knelt on one knee, and the black workers only had two knees, but the Chinese workers didn’t know how to kneel. , but they stand awkwardly.

Bai Mingxiu smiled and asked everyone to get up, but his appearance was much more friendly than those civil servants in Haifan Mansion.

"Hi everyone, you all understand Chinese, right?"

Most people nodded, even though their Chinese might not be very good.

Bai Mingxiu saw the leaders inspecting on TV back then, and the questions he asked were basically "how many people in the family" and "how are you doing?" Now it's his turn, but it's actually the same.

"How do you feel about life in Cuba?"

The Chinese farm worker who was questioned said cautiously: "It's much more tiring than when I was at home, but I also earn more. I plan to save money for a few years and return to my hometown to marry a wife."

This is also a very common phenomenon. Many adults in their 40s and [-]s, who are about the same age as Bai Mingxiu, have experienced the War of Restoration and have barely lost their blindness. However, it is impossible for them to be as educated and have more Good labor skills.Many of them are ordinary farmers. They don’t have to worry about food and clothing in their hometown, but now the local people have become richer and richer. Many rural girls even want to marry better, at least marry a technical secondary school student, and marry someone who lives in the city. of.These farmers have no skills, and it is not so easy to find jobs in the city now. If they want to make money, they have to rely on the way of working overseas.

Bai Mingxiu encouraged him and encouraged him to make his home in Cuba in the future.

Another agricultural worker from Ireland said to the emperor energetically: "Your Majesty the Emperor, thank you for accepting us to live on your land. We live much better here than in Europe. We have our own I live in my house, and I can still eat meat every day, I praise you, benevolent monarch.”

And a black farm worker said sincerely in broken Chinese: "Thank you for making me, my family and my descendants no longer slaves."

It cannot be said that there is no discrimination at all on the land of Ming Dynasty, but legally, there is no slavery in Ming Dynasty, and there will be no issue of racial segregation.European immigrants and African immigrants can all be treated equally in Cuba, which means a lot to these black people who were former slaves.

However, the transshipment of black slaves has stopped for more than ten years. Whether in Cuba or the North American continent, the number of black people has become smaller and smaller.Even recently some people have heard that Daming's West Africa, South Africa and other propaganda departments are developing well, and there are more people who look like themselves there. Some blacks in North America who have obtained Ming status have chosen to take a boat to live in these propaganda departments.Daming also relatively welcomes them to do so, because after all, they know Chinese and are already naturalized.

Bai Mingxiu smiled and said to everyone: "Cuba accepts immigrants from different parts of the world, whether they are Han Chinese, Irish, Polish or African, here is inclusive and diverse, as long as you work hard, you can live well Daming respects your culture and customs. Of course, the premise is not to destroy the lives and safety of others. Whether you believe in God or Emperor Zhenwu, you must be able to accept each other and be loyal to your country——Da Ming empire."

Fortunately, I met the Emperor of the Empire and got such an opportunity to talk with him kindly, which moved the immigrants from different places very much.

After Bai Mingxiu left, the farmers and workers still did not calm down their excitement.

"His Majesty the Emperor is indeed a great monarch. No bullshit king of England or the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire can compare with him." The Irish farmer praised him.

"Yes, and he has no airs at all, which is unbelievable."

Another farm worker who immigrated from Europe said: "I feel that being able to come here and become a citizen of Ming Dynasty is simply the most correct thing I have done in my life."

These peasant workers come from all over the world and have their own cultural backgrounds, but at the moment they feel connected to each other, and at the same time they are proud of their identity as citizens of the Ming Dynasty.

Groupness is a very delicate concept. Human beings divide groups or groups according to different standards to achieve self-protection or self-satisfaction. Race is such a thing. Racial discrimination can form internal unity and produce internal superiority.The concept of the nation-state was thus gradually consolidated.Later, there are countries with a pluralistic nature. Although there are different races within the country, they agree with a culture and a way of life.

Bai Mingxiu came from later generations and has seen too many such operations.Although this similar sense of identity and superiority is actually very vain, and in the final analysis is based on material prosperity, it has to be said that it is helpful for social stability and progress.

Therefore, when immigrants from different origins begin to identify with the Ming Dynasty, they will consciously feel superior and separate themselves from the original country or nation of cultural origin. This is also the effect Bai Mingxiu hopes to achieve.

In fact, what Bai Mingxiu did was very bad.Southeast Asia has almost realized the socialization of the Chinese, while North America, Australia and other places are basically the private land of the Chinese.The diverse and inclusive society that sounds beautiful is actually only placed in relatively narrow and closed places such as Cuba.

In order to deal with the large-scale European immigration that may appear next, Bai Mingxiu decided to separate Cuba, Haiti and Puerto Rico from the North American overseas territories, and merge them with the newly institutionalized Bahamas to form the Ming Caribbean United Consolation Territory.

He even wanted to increase the population here and make it more developed, so as to contribute to the economic development of Ming Dynasty.Therefore, he started to transfer the Arab population from the Ming Dynasty's West Asia, North Africa and other propaganda departments, and the Indian population from India, plus possible European immigrants, and put them in the Caribbean.

This achieved his goal of killing two birds with one stone, reducing the population pressure in India and the Middle East, and reducing the threat of these inward-looking civilizations to the internal stability of the Ming Empire. It also expanded the population of New Pluralism, supported Ming, and developed the local society and economy.

(End of this chapter)