Chapter 2712

Chapter 2712

Chapter 2712

However, the influx of a large number of Japanese immigrants will inevitably have an impact on the composition of the local resident population, and even become a factor of instability in the local society.How to manage immigrants from different regions and even different countries is also a problem that every overseas colonial authority must face, and it is also the goal that everyone in the mission cares about.

Amakusa Shiro explained his experience in this area to everyone without any concealment: "For the management of overseas colonies, our country has accumulated very rich experience and has a relatively mature system. In the Sasebo area, in addition to the most basic household registration, In addition to public security and employment, we also focus on three aspects of work—taxation, military service, and education.”

"When the old man was still working under Mr. Qian, I heard his old man often mention that paying taxes, joining the army, and indoctrination are the three magic weapons to control the immigrant population. It is said that if you don't pay taxes, you don't know the relationship between them. If you don't join the army, you don't know the relationship between each other. Only by doing these three things can we really win people’s hearts and make them regard themselves as one of the people of Haihan. Now applying this theory to the governance of the Sasebo area is quite effective, old man I will still always be grateful for Master Qian’s teachings.”

The "Master Qian" that Amakusa Shiro spoke of was, of course, his former immediate boss Qian Tiandun.Although Qian Tiandun has been leading troops and fighting for many years, and has not really served as a local official in a certain place, he has indeed experienced many hardships in the initial period of overseas colonial areas in the process of expanding the territory for Haihan situation.

From the South China Sea to Liaodong, from Annan to North Korea, most of the actual control areas opened up by Haihan outside Hainan Island have the participation of Qian Tiandun and his troops.Therefore, Qian Tiandun, as a person who experienced it, does have profound insights into how to manage the overseas colonial areas and quickly integrate the naturalized people into the Haihan social system.His foresight and insight are much higher than that of ordinary officials, and the experience he has summed up is enough to make latecomers regard him as a model.

Amakusa Shiro was not the only one who benefited from it. After listening to this statement, Tao Hongfang and others also pondered the beauty in their hearts.

Taxes let new immigrants understand who they are under the jurisdiction of here, military service lets immigrants know who they should be loyal to, and civilization is to let immigrants accept their new nationality and new identity from the cultural level.Amakusa Shiro himself was born as a naturalized Japanese citizen, and he felt the effectiveness of the relevant methods even more. This is indeed something that Han officials cannot do.

For now, the relevant policies in the Sasebo colonial area are basically implemented in accordance with domestic standards, but some adjustments will be made in terms of details according to the actual local conditions.

For example, naturalized citizens of Japanese descent who enlisted in the army in Sasebo would not stay in the local service in principle, but would be dispatched to Liaodong, North Korea and other places to complete military service after completing recruit training, in order to prevent some Unsafe factors.

There are also relevant measures in terms of culture and education. The school will deliberately increase courses related to Han culture, and select some Japanese students with better foundations to cross the sea to study in Haihan.Of course, considering the actual cost, students who can receive this kind of treatment often have a certain family background, and there are even children of nobles from the surrounding areas.

Zhu Zian also raised a question of his own interest: "General Amakusa, what is the nature of the Sasebo area based on, and has it drawn a boundary with Japan?"

Amakusa Shiro said: "From the beginning, our country has clearly informed the Japanese shogunate that it will station a certain size of armed forces in the Sasebo area to protect Haihan's interests in Japan and the safety of Haihan citizens in Japan. Of course, the Japanese shogunate must It will not support us to do this, but there is no effective way to do it. As for the border demarcation, the Japanese do not want to do it, and we do not want to do it, so until today, the two countries have not reached any formal agreement on this .”

Zhu Zian is also considered smart, although Amakusa Shiro did not explain the reason, but he immediately figured out the reason.If the Japanese take the initiative to negotiate and demarcate the border, it is tantamount to recognizing the legitimacy of Haihan's establishment of a military base and a colonial area in the Sasebo area, which will definitely be quite detrimental to the ruler's reputation.The reason for Haihan's reluctance to demarcate the border is even simpler. No demarcation means no demarcation line, and no demarcation line means that the scope of the Sasebo colonial area can continue to expand outwards in the future depending on the situation. frame inside.

Regarding the demarcation of the border, one side does not want to mention it for the sake of face, and the other side does not want to mention it for the sake of future development. The two sides have reached a strange tacit agreement on this, allowing the Sasebo colonial area to maintain its existence in this way. For Zhu Zian, this is indeed considered It is an unheard of strange thing.

What Shi Chengwu is more concerned about is related to the local military functions: "General Amakusa, the Sasebo troops who came with the mission this time will deploy 850 people to the local area to complete the personnel rotation. Are you ready?"

Amakusa Shiro nodded and said: "The list of replacement personnel has been made, and some of them need five to seven days to complete the handover work, which should be completed before your return trip."

The troops stationed here are all dispatched from the country, so a rotation system is adopted. Each troop deployed here will be stationed for about two years for training, and then will be transferred back to the country to be replaced by another troop.This is also the normal state of Haihan's troops stationed abroad. In the fleet traveling with the mission this time, some of the troops were stationed in Jeju Island, Seoul, Sasebo and other places.The troops who have completed the training mission will return to Zhoushan Dinghai Port by ship later.

Tao Hongfang then asked questions about local finances: "General Amakusa, has the local fiscal revenue and expenditure reached a balance? Maybe there is already a surplus?"

Amakusa Shiro shook his head with a smile and said: "It's not that easy. It cost millions to build this base at the beginning, and the daily military expenditure after the garrison is by no means a small amount. The output of only a few thousand local people is not enough to fill the hole. To tell you the truth, the funds needed for the operation of the Sasebo base still have to be allocated by the East China Sea region, and there will not be much change in the foreseeable period of time."

Tao Hongfang said: "Since the sea trade route has been established, maybe we can consider developing some local characteristic industries?"

Amakusa Shiro said: "Actually, I have also thought about it, but there are many practical difficulties in implementing it. First of all, the local population is too small. Without a population, there will be no labor force. Without a labor force, it will be difficult to have enough output, and it will not be able to attract businesses to settle in. .Secondly, there are no special local products, except for various service industries centered on the base, there are only farming, fishing, and shipbuilding.”

(End of this chapter)