Chapter 60 Nationality

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"...Xinjiang, the population census in 1897 was 1.35 million, and about 400,000 Han people. Later, the immigrants of our Han people increased day by day, and the local population also grew... This time, after the rebel party in the north and south, there were many massacres, and then our Xinjiang's pastoral reign was launched in a comprehensive manner... The population survey just conducted, and the population in the place dropped to 1.75 million, including 1.25 million Han people, and in the continuous increase, there were about 300,000 Uyghurs and about 200,000 Kazakhs and others..."

"...Annan, the people of Yue originally used Chinese (historical facts, Vietnamese were later written by the French). In addition, the people of Yue were originally immigrants from Han people and local hun blood. Now the Chinese is smooth. In addition, the northern part is mostly immigrants from Guangdong and Guangxi. At present, we have 6.35 million Han people, and the total population is only 8.2 million. The remaining population is mainly Vietnamese and Lao people..."

“………Méng Gu (outside) The population census in 1897 was about 850,000, of which 500,000 were (Méng Gu (Méng Gu had a population of only 600,000 in the early years of Xinhai)....”

"... Tibet, the population census in 1905 was 950,000 (another time and space in 1949), of which 150,000 Han people... This time, it is expected that more than 50,000 Tibetans will die, most of them are young and strong..."

"…Qinghai, the 1905 population census was 1.15 million (another time and space population in 1949 was 870,000), of which 350,000 Han people..."

"...Luzon Province has a total population of about 6.6 million, of which the total number of Chinese immigrants, Chinese and other Chinese people has a total of 2.65 million... The archipelago language is mostly Spanish, Chinese and local languages. The place has always been an archipelago and lacks a unified concept..."

"... The newly entered Siberia region of our empire experienced war, and most of the population fled back to Europe and Russia under the scorched earth policy of Tsarist Russia. A rough count is about 750,000 people, and most of them are old and weak... The former Far East Coastal Governor's population is only 350,000, and the rest are all returned to China..."

"The territory directly under the jurisdiction of our empire in the Governor of Hezhong District was directly under the jurisdiction of our empire. The ruling order of Tsarist Russia collapsed earlier, and mobs arose, and there were many atrocities of plunder, burning and killing. Later, the people who were sincerely surrendered, and those with strict discipline were included. Most of the remaining ones were cleared by our empire. Due to the war, many casualties and injuries were fled, and the population was currently 1.95 million..."

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"The total population of our empire is about 450 million, and the minority population is about 26.28 million, accounting for 5.8% of the total population, mainly distributed in the original border provinces and new areas."

Minister of the Interior Li Hanchang closed the folder and bowed slightly, "The above is the current population status of our empire, please give me instructions."

Prime Minister Tang Shaoyi looked at Zheng Yu, Zheng Yu nodded at him, Tang Shaoyi turned to Cen Chunxuan again, Cen Chunxuan smiled knowingly, and then Tang Shaoyi said to Li Hanchang, "Minister Li, Guangxi's total population is 7.5 million, of which 5.35 million are Han people. Is this true?"

"really."

"As far as I know, the people of Guangxi Zhuang have long been Chinese, and they are not divided into ethnic groups. And the total number of Han Zhuang should be more than seven million... Is your number inaccurate?"

Li Hanchang looked at Cen Chunxuan, the deputy chief of the Army Department who was born in a brave man. Seeing that the other party was not displeased or embarrassed, he said, "The statistics here regard those who still live in villages, practice the customs of Zhuang people, and have not fully practiced Chinese characters and Chinese as non-Hans, and still need education and assimilation..."

Zheng Yu knew it.

Regarding the issue of ethnic minorities, he had already done data collection and analysis before riding in Tibet in his previous life, so he naturally had some basic understanding.

Before the 20th century, Chinese Han culture was too strong, and many middle and upper classes of ethnic minorities were all Chineseized, especially the southwestern ethnic minorities. In order to avoid being marginalized, they did not say that they were young people, but called themselves Han people. For example, the Taiping Army during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was basically the main force of the strong people. Xiao Chaogui, Shi Dakai, Li Kaifang, Lin Fengxiang, Wei Changhui and others were all strong people, but they were Han people. 4∴8065 Cen Chunxuan was also a strong person, but he was a "scent of books and a family of poetry and calligraphy". He really did not have much national consciousness.

Because in their minds, the Han people are representatives of civilization and civilized, and ethnic minorities will be despised, so they all refuse to recognize themselves as ethnic minorities and all call themselves Han people.

As for the so-called national rise of various ethnic groups in another time and space, the Han people helped these ethnic groups create words, even language, help find culture, forcibly divide ethnic groups, and in the end, many problems arose.

For most minorities, when the Han people were strong, their admiration for Han culture and self-shaming were the mainstream; when the Han people were weak, their pride for their own culture was the mainstream, which was originally an uncomplex issue.

Zheng Ying's power started in the southwest and Annan, defeated the French army and went north to Longxing, and the Han people were in great force. With Kaihua education, the speed of sinicization was thriving. By the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, the Qing Dynasty was defeated in Japan, and the ruling order was shaken. Zhenzhan went north. Under the instigation of foreign forces, ethnic minorities in the northwest and méng Xinjiang rose, and Tibet rebelled, which triggered the mutual revenge of local ethnic minorities and Han people. Zhenzhan swept the north, and the rebellious people were severely punished wherever they passed, and the rebellious minorities were killed and blood flowed into a river. The Han people who survived the revenge also took the opportunity to "take revenge", causing the young and strong and damaged ethnic minorities in the northwest, especially the rebellious people were almost wiped out, and the population naturally declined.

In addition, this national war, the ambitions of ethnic minorities in the northwest border saw the opportunity to take advantage of it, and under the instigation of Tsarist Russia, the mobs burned, killed, looted civilians of all ethnic groups, and were then vigorously eliminated by the government, and another round of purge.

After a few rounds, the minorities were almost killed, and the remaining ones were mostly old, weak and young, and were also attracted by the military power. They were already scared and eager to be reborn as soon as possible. How could they have the intention of national independence?

"The Ministry of the Interior's opinion on the next step of ethnic issues," Tang Shaoyi paused, "Is there a draft?"

This time, the discussion on ethnic issues was a work that Zheng Yu had arranged long ago.

The border areas of the Chinese Empire were originally mixed with Hu and Han, or ethnic minorities were dominant. This time, the territory was opened up, and ethnic issues became more complicated. Although the collapse of the Russian Empire certainly made Zheng Yu and others relieved, they also had to be alert at the same time.

Such a huge Russian empire, such a powerful behemoth, collapsed immediately after being defeated in the war, which is really shocking.

According to later research, as long as the ethnic minority population exceeds 10, serious ethnic problems will basically break out in various multi-ethnic empires. And the ethnic minority population is less than 5, at least the country can be roughly stable.

China's ethnic issue was previously subjected to many constraints from the great powers, especially the northern Russia was eyeing it, and there were too many internal conflicts and contradictions, so we were always careful. Now that external troubles have subsided, Russia still needs to lick its wounds, and the great powers still need time to strengthen preparations for war. Zheng Yu has made up his mind to completely resolve the ethnic issue in the next five to ten years and lay a foundation for long-term stability for the country.

"The Ministry of the Interior's plan mainly uses compulsory compulsory education to popularize standard language and Chinese, through the construction of jiāo, the commodity economy impacts the closed natural economy, disintegrates the traditional tribal blood ties as the national foundation, and uses the large-scale entry of Chinese immigrants to completely change the local population composition." Li Hanchang said, "In addition, the young and strong ethnic minorities in the border rebellious areas are too many, many young and young, and there are not enough labor, and it is difficult to make a living. The Ministry of Civil Affairs requests to implement an immigration and marriage system, and use my single and unworthy Han immigrants to marry minority ethnic minority funvs, and their sons are included in the family, and use intermarriage assimilation strategy. On the one hand, solve the problem of poor Han people in the mainland, and on the other hand, solve the livelihood of children in the border, which is also conducive to ethnic integration."

"Especially, the rebellion and advance of our Emperor* team, many soldiers have some contact with local NV children, and it is inevitable that there will be some melon fields. At present, most of the military operations are over. The soldiers can be encouraged to marry local NV children, immigrate locally and start a family, engage in military reclamation, military pastoralism, or directly use immigration to open up farming and animal husbandry, or operate industry and commerce. This will not only avoid lovesickness between the two places, but also help strengthen the administrative management of the place."

"The above is the kingdom of our empire." Li Hanchang said, "On the domineering side, we take the military camps of our border troops, the military pastors as the bones, the armed settlement groups as the blood, and the security police of our empire as the **āng. All acts that dare to challenge the ruling order of our empire will be severely punished. At present, special military control will continue in all border areas, and the new areas will be in the marching control system. The Ministry of the Interior believes that it should continue. However, in the former rebel areas, some emergency situations can be abolished, while some regulations for cleaning up rebel elements and stabilizing social order should be solidified by regional legislation."

After Li Hanchang finished his talk one by one, Zheng Yu couldn't help but admire this person's thoughtful thoughts. These measures are indeed feasible.

Zheng Yu looked at Tang Shaoyi, "Can the cabinet be beneficial?"

"The above is very appropriate, and we won't stop me." Tang Shaoyi bowed slightly, "Please ask your Majesty to judge."

"Please give your Majesty the Holy Prison."

Zheng Yu stood up and looked at everyone with a calm expression. "The cabinet's strategy is very feasible, I am satisfied."

"Above the general idea, I will give you my personal opinion."

"The national issue is the key to a country's cohesion. If this problem is not solved well, the country will almost be buried with a time bomb... I, China, originally said the difference between Hu and Han, but now I am talking about Han people and minorities, but there is another Chinese nation above. What is the Chinese nation? In my opinion, the Chinese nation speaks Chinese, uses Chinese, and considers itself the people of China, and all the citizens who regard Yan and Huang as their ancestors. He can be born from Han people, from strong people, from overseas, and from borders. But as long as these are met, he is my Chinese nation."

"Now, talking about Han people and ethnic minorities is just a temporary measure, and it will be abolished in the future." Zheng Yu said, "This country does not need to produce many ethnic groups to make up for the numbers, and it shows that the national prestige is not on this. What is really good for a nation? It is not that they follow their barbaric and backward customs, nor that they are slashing and slashing and burning in chanting scriptures and mantras, nor that they are so inferior whenever they see the people who speak guarantee words."

"As the political affairs of the entire Chinese nation, you must help them to be civilized and open-minded, let them learn to think in Chinese, use standard words to flow, let them learn the splendid historical culture of China, let them feel the pride of being a Chinese ethnic group, let them integrate into the modern civilized society, and become dignified, thoughtful, and confident people."

Zhao Bingjun saw the young emperor's generous speech, admired him and said that he was worthy of being the son of the late emperor. He had obviously forced assimilation and destroyed other people's historical heritage and the nation, but he said so well.

"Some people may think that this is a high-profile sing." Zheng Yu looked around everyone, "But I want to tell you that it doesn't matter whether it is high-profile or not. The key is that this is the principle of the empire. What is writing? What is language? Text is a tool for recording civilization, flowing, and inheriting culture. Language is a tool for people to think."

Zheng Yu pointed to his head, "Backy nations lack concepts for modern civilization and modern industry and commerce. In their language and culture, there is no basic logic or corresponding words. How can you make them progress? Such people, such civilization, can only be more marginalized in this world and eventually become abandoned by society. No matter how much help you give them, they will think that they have been treated unfairly, think that this country is not their country, and they will be out of place with you."

"The best way is to make them become citizens who speak the same language, use the same words, and have the same thoughts as my main ethnic group. Just like the ancestors of the Chinese in the Yanhuang tribe over thousands of years, the Chinese ancestors have assimilated one surrounding ethnic group after another." Zheng Yu said, "Those who are willing to join my Chinese nation are compatriots. Those who have to hold on to their own old customs and habits, lag behind language, and are hostile to our Chinese are non-nationals, and naturally they have to deal with them according to law."

"The so-called "thunderbolt means to show the heart of a Bodhisattva and not take serious measures against a few bad sheep, sooner or later, will cause more people to be affected. At that time, no matter whether good or bad is good or bad, this time is an example." Zheng Yu said, "These backward minorities mostly advocate power. If you are stronger than him, they will obey; if you are weaker than him, they will plunder, burn and kill. For thousands of years, most of them. Whether for my Chinese clan or for themselves, all this cannot be repeated."

"One country, one nation is enough." Zheng Yu stretched out a finger, "If you want to study national culture, you can study it in a university. A language is enough for a few people and a dozen people across the country to speak. There is no need to use hundreds of thousands or millions to play the game of ethnic cultivation, and artificially cultivate an independent group that is clearly separated from the main ethnic group."

"I know that many prominent minority figures outside are also active recently," Zheng Yu's expression was serious. "Those who play cultural cards, national feelings cards, and religious cards all think that since I want to suppress the retro Han faction, I can rely on their power... Today I also make it clear to you that there is no second nation in China here. You must either accept this or leave this country."

Everyone was shocked.

It seems that the new emperor is not weaker in this matter than the late emperor Zheng Ying.

These people basically grew up in Zheng Ying's nationalist propaganda and education, and even the entire social atmosphere. They had long been full of "Chinese-oriented theory". They were used to equating the interests of the Han people with the entire country in everything. Even strong descendants like Cen Chunxuan were no exception and had long regarded themselves as minorities.

In the Zheng Ying era, the division of the Chinese people did not depend on bloodline, but on its own identification. The powerful force of the Chinese regime, its developed culture, education and technology, and its national prestige naturally attracted a large number of ethnic minorities to abandon the idea of ​​a little different ethnicity and take pride in being the Chinese people.

At this point today, the country has become a big trend and the country has become the master of East Asia. The sense of glory of being the people of China has made all the people in the country boast about the Han people, learning standard language, learning Chinese, learning new learning, and learning Chinese history and culture, which has set off an unprecedented heat.

Zheng Yu has absolute confidence. In the future, there may be many ethnic groups in China retaining some inherent customs and habits, but as a nation in the modern sense, there will only be this Chinese nation.

This is how people are. For the "noble nation" that you look up to in the civil and military achievements, you are always used to relying on it and trying every means to gain recognition. In later generations, many Chinese people were keen to bring blood ties between the Han people and the Aryans, and worked hard to prove that "the ancestors of the Han people were white people", and they were willing to add the sub-seeded people to the Aryans. This is really a pity.

The failure of Russia's ethnic policy was mainly due to the loose rule of Tsarist Russia, which was too rough in the assimilation of ethnic minorities, and its population did not constitute an overwhelming advantage. Russians only accounted for half of the population of the entire empire, and the foundation of their main culture was Orthodox religion. Most of the Russian ethnic minorities were stubborn Islam, or Eastern European nations that already had modern civilization, which inevitably led to difficulties in assimilation.

These problems do not exist in China.

In this era, most ethnic minorities in China did not have ethnic concepts. Due to the lack of many years of historical heritage and state power, they were basically in a tribal state, with backward and fragile culture, crude labor methods, closed and ignorant, and vulnerable in the face of modern civilization. At this time, it was easy to assimilate with the strength of the country and start from multiple aspects of politics, economy and culture.

The Han population accounts for 95, which greatly reduces the difficulty of this assimilation.

Even if some violence breaks out, Zheng Yu is not worried about so-called international intervention.

In this era, genocide is really common. The Russian Empire's systematic massacre and ban on Jews, Prussia and Germany's policy of settlement against Jews, the Balkans' racial and religious vendetta, Russia's massacre in Central Asia, and even the systematic genocide of the Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in the future, the Japanese's genocide in China, and even the development of Hitler's genocide against Jews and Slavs.

The so-called international community did not formulate the first international law against genocide until 1948.

1906 was actually an era of the laws of the jungle.
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