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"What should we do? We must immigrate as soon as possible. Otherwise, even if the country is conquered, it will belong to someone else." Li Yan said.

The development of the Great Su Kingdom has exceeded everyone's expectations, and the speed of territorial expansion almost depends on the marching speed of the troops.On this continent, there is currently no force that can compete with a cavalry of tens of thousands of people.And this is North America, not the virgin forests of South America.

To put it bluntly, if you can't effectively rule the territory you fight, you will eventually be regarded as your own territory by the indigenous people.What a waste of time!

"At this speed, our war horses can cover every piece of land here in less than five years," Huang Wu said.

"It's just that the aborigines surrendered too quickly." Huang An said depressingly.

"No one can blame them. The people here have no sense of political power at all. When they encounter a strong enemy, they can only surrender. But it does not mean that they recognize us in their hearts. King Su of North America (referring to Li Yan) is right. If we If you can’t control it effectively, it’s useless if you occupy it.” Zhu Youjian recalled the history of North America in another time and space.

The conflict between Europeans and natives was not accidental, but inevitable.Because there were too few Europeans when they came in, they actually got along well with the aborigines at first, but when the aboriginals realized the importance of political power, resistance was inevitable.

Some tribes imitated the Europeans and began to establish political power, formed an organized resistance, and their weapons also improved.Cavalry, muskets and other weapons and equipment are used.This is also the Europeans, who don't understand strategy and can only force it.If the aborigines are facing the Han people, it is estimated that 36 tricks have been played early.

But whether it is hard annihilation or soft differentiation, it will take a lot of energy in the end.Neither is as effective as mass immigration.The best way to assimilate is to let you live among us, hearing and seeing changes.

But the premise is that I have more people than you.

"At least 2000 million people need to be immigrated." Li Yan stretched out two fingers.

"My God! This is an impossible task." Deng Wenchang yelled out in fright.

There are lessons from history: the largest large-scale immigration of pagoda trees in history, with a total of 500 million people, has been implemented for 50 years.That's still in the country, and the formation is only a thousand miles away.And here is North America, thousands of miles away, with 2000 million immigrants, who can do it?

"I think that we need to change our minds and not just think about problems on the basis of inertial thinking. Otherwise, as Deng Aiqing said, this will be an impossible task.

Our goal is to assimilate here, not occupy here by force.I ask everyone to think about it, what our people are best at is assimilation, and what are the ways we assimilate? "Zhu Youjian must speak out now, otherwise this meeting will be a meeting that dampens everyone's enthusiasm.

"Text." Deng Wenchang was the first to call out.

"What about before Emperor Qin unified the writing?" Zhu Youjian asked again.

"Same root, same family." Huang Wu said.

"What about after the same clan?" Zhu Youjian asked again.

"Surname." Li Yan said.

"Yes! Within the scope of our Han cultural circle, the surname is our root, and the surname fixes our source." Zhu Youjian said: "No matter where you are, a surname is enough to bring us closer. Everyone believes that 500 years ago, people with the same surname might have belonged to the same family."

After a crash, the whole hall was buzzing, at least everyone agreed with Zhu Youjian's statement.In fact, it is not big labels that solidify the foundation of our ethnic group, but individual surnames.

"In this sense, we have a family first, and then a clan! And the surname is the reproduction of each ethnic group, just like these tribes on the land of North America. Many years ago, that was exactly what we looked like." Zhu Youjian said loudly.

"Then according to the emperor's wishes, what should we do?" Deng Wenchang asked.

"Issue a decree to Nanjing: Let all the surnames in the country send out elite forces to expand the ethnic groups of each surname. According to the principle of whoever collects first, get the first to get a surname for each tribe in North America. In addition, tell the country who has the ability If there are more tribes, the number of surnames will expand." Zhu Youjian loudly preached.

"Wow!" All of a sudden, the whole hall exploded.

Aboriginal people do not have surnames. This is a fact known to everyone. Aboriginal people are very similar to celebrities, and some of them are even indistinguishable from each other. This is also known to everyone.According to the emperor's method, this is tantamount to encouraging people with different surnames to grab people.For Daming, whose traditional clan concept is still deep, this will be a huge policy bonus.

As soon as this policy came out, it's no wonder that the big families of all surnames are still crowded.

"Your Majesty, is this plan feasible?" Li Yan asked in a low voice.

"Look! We may even save the ferry tickets for immigrants. But this method still needs to be planned carefully, and I still need to consider some details. For example, to give policy support to surnames with a small number of people, how to make North America If people accept it, it is better to perfect it." Zhu Youjian said.

What kind of immigration is the most suitable and cost-effective?

The most suitable and cost-effective immigration is the most voluntary immigration.Compulsory immigration like that of Dahuaishu immigration is actually a bit of a waste of money and people, and it has been criticized a lot.And the large-scale immigration of money, the burden on the court is too heavy.In fact, European colonization was very successful. This is not to say good things about others on purpose.

Isn't it a success to expand from a small piece of land in Europe to more than half of the world in three to five hundred years?Moreover, European countries did not force or spend money. Instead, they continued to collect taxes. It was precisely because the colonies continued to support them that Europe continued to develop. Even if they continued to war, they did not stop their development.

On the contrary, the Han people were kept in captivity on a fixed site for hundreds of years, and they were not allowed to flow.

Zhu Youjian expected that the policy of developing with surnames would definitely arouse the enthusiasm of the domestic people, but he did not expect such a big wave.

When the emperor's idea was sent to Nanjing by imperial decree, the Wuyue Qian family, Langya Wang family, Chenjun Xie family, Longxi Li family, Taiyuan Wang family, and Hongnong Yang family all wrote a letter requesting that they each send five thousand children to North America. Expand the ethnic group.Even the Confucian family in Qufu, who was at odds with Zhu Youjian, asked someone to find a relationship, saying that they would never be half a step behind others.

Once the big clan moves, other clans with larger populations will naturally not lag behind.They held clan meetings one after another, donated money, and offered people, and no one was far behind.And some surnames that are not rare are also asking if the court can give some preferential policies. After all, these surnames have limited capabilities.

In the end, Zhu Youjian made a decree: In order to take into account everyone's opinions, all surnames listed on hundreds of surnames are eligible to participate in this movement to expand the ethnic group.Based on the standard of at least 100 young adults for each surname, the imperial court gave free ferry ticket support and gave specific guidance.In addition to the fixed number of 100 people, big clans are allowed to send capable young men to participate in the expansion of the clan, and there is no limit on the number of people.

But the ticket is self-care, and the time limit is one year.

In the following year, Zhu Youjian didn't say a penny, and immigrated 20 people to North America for nothing, directly spreading hundreds of surnames all over the North American continent.Almost 95% of North American aborigines have taken a Han name.

For example, Little Crow was renamed Zhang Xiaowu, and Sitting Bull was named Liu Peisheng.In particular, the name of Sitting Bull was chosen by Zhu Youjian himself, because his surname was Liu before crossing over, and adding a horizontal line to the word Niu is a new character.However, familiar people are still accustomed to calling Little Crow "Zhang Crow" and Sitting Bull "Liu Sitting Bull".

Chapter 733: Gold Rush

The second step of the immigration plan proposed by Zhu Youjian is the gold rush.

We all know that there is gold in the western part of North America.But in fact, there are not as many legends, but because the US government wanted to promote the development of the west, it used this incident to make a big publicity, which led to a large number of eastern populations moving westward.And Zhu Youjian also wanted to copy this trick to attract immigrants from Ming Dynasty to the New World.

Therefore, after the implementation of the surname plan began, another shocking news spread throughout the north and south of the Ming Dynasty through newspapers-the Great Su Kingdom discovered a large gold mine.With the help of detailed reports one after another, people have a comprehensive understanding of the mainland thousands of miles away through newspapers.This is wave after wave of information bombardment, and it has finally succeeded in arousing the fascination of a large number of people.

"Is it possible to give the first batch of colonists a chance to go home and visit their relatives?" Li Yan understood Zhu Youjian's strategy, so he suggested it.

"Of course, now is a good opportunity. Everyone will be given a bag of gold as travel expenses." Zhu Youjian said with a smile: "Otherwise, there will be no place to put the gold in your warehouse."

The gold in the warehouse of the Great Su State was accumulated by the indigenous people for thousands of years, and it was not dug out from the gold mine at all, but how did the common people know this?

Northern Subei of the Ming Dynasty is an endless plain. There is a lot of land here, but the population is also large.Compared with Dashangou, the life here is considered affluent, but there is still not enough to eat in times of famine.

But since the emperor pacified the north, the situation has been getting better every year, and there is no need to worry about eating enough, but the north of Jiangsu is getting poorer and poorer.

Why?Because the price of grain is too stable, the common people work in the fields all year round, and there is only one full stomach left at the end of the year.However, when the price of food does not rise, the demand for other living materials is increasing.For example, when building a new house, cement, bricks and tiles are new nowadays, and it is popular to ride a carriage even when going out.

Liu Changshun is an authentic farmer in northern Jiangsu. After most of his life, he has always walked to the market with his feet, so he is not willing to spend money on a carriage.He rushed all morning today just to go to the market to cut some meat, and at noon someone came to propose marriage to his eldest son Liu Hebing.

"Sir, do you want to take a car? It only costs a dime." New-style carriages passed by him one after another, shouting continuously.

"Don't sit, my legs and feet are good." Liu Changshun's feet hurt, but he insisted on not sitting.

Although it was a morning meeting, Liu Changshun didn't go home until noon because of the long distance.I saw that the matchmaker had already sat at home in advance.

"Auntie, what does the girl's family you just mentioned do for a living?" Liu Changshun's wife kept asking the matchmaker.

"Speaking of this house, it's a big deal. The girl's eldest brother is a businessman who has gone out for two years, and five bright and big tile-roofed houses have been built. The girl said, I don't want your gift money , as long as you are willing to go out to run a business with your brother-in-law," the matchmaker said.

"Is there such a good thing? Why don't you take my son out to make a fortune?" Liu Changshun's wife thought she had heard it wrong.

"That's right, my mother's family is kind. But there are some things that need to be clarified in advance. The girl is a good girl, but she suffered from eye disease when she was a child, and her eyes are not very good."

"Blind!" Liu Changshun's wife came to her senses.