Chapter 3111
Chapter 3111
Of course, Tao Donglai's question did not bother Schneider, and he replied without thinking: "Of course, it is trying to increase the attractiveness of Xingdao and recruit more immigrants from the outside... The recent promotional activities of Xingdao in Sanya are not Is it just doing this? I think the effect is quite good. Every day when the lottery draws, the square is full of people, and the public's attention is quite high."
Tao Donglai said: "These publicity activities organized by Sing Tao are just to use short-term economic benefits to attract immigrants. They have a certain effect, but they are far from meeting the needs of promoting the rapid growth of the local population. Improve Sing Tao The attraction is right, but at the moment it's not enough."
Schneider thought for a while, and then said: "I understand. In fact, what to do, the article in the Times has already made it very clear. One is wealth, and the other is power."
"Singdao is short of people, and after the expansion of the territory, there are even more shortages of people. There are many jobs that other ethnic groups are not qualified for. Therefore, immigrants from China will have more opportunities to become superior people in the future. This is also an objective fact."
"Speaking of which, the activity organized by the kid from Tan Juren's family seems to be a bit of a joke... No, he is organizing this activity just to pave the way for the publicity measures you have prepared?"
Tao Donglai said: "We didn't make an appointment in advance, it just coincided with the meeting. Whether there is a lottery or not, we have to take this step. For Xingdao, stagnation means gradually dying, and it can only be achieved through continuous improvement. Expand externally to maintain development. What Xing Tao can’t do by itself, we have to push it.”
Of course, Schneider is not ignorant of the situation in Xingdao. After listening to Tao Donglai's explanation, he has already roughly understood the reason of the matter.
Since Xingdao is far away from the mainland of Haihan and is not a traditional settlement of Han people, population has always been a local problem.As life in Haihan became more and more affluent, the traditional three-piece set of land, house, and household registration could attract fewer and fewer immigrants to Xingdao.
People with better local conditions will, as Tao Donglai said, try to move back to the country and settle down.Even if I can't go back, I will try my best to send the descendants back to China to get better development opportunities.
The local population structure has also begun to change, and the proportion of Han people has decreased year by year. If things go on like this, it will definitely shake the foundation of Haihan's local rule.
The only solution is to expand outward.Only expansion can make Xingdao offer more attractive conditions and recruit more immigrants.
Sing Tao's military action against the northern end of the Strait of Malacca at the beginning of the year was the prelude to its external expansion.It's just that its publicity ability is really poor, so that even if private forces like Tan Tianming intervene, it is still far from reaching the level that the high-level officials hope to see.
If we continue to procrastinate, we may miss the best opportunity for publicity, which is why there was that very radical article in the Haihan Times.
But Schneider was still unclear about one thing. He turned to Ning Qi and asked, "If I remember correctly, you have always been opposed to continuing external expansion and advocated digesting Da Ming first. Why did you suddenly change your position and support Lao Tao's approach?"
Ning Qi replied: "Then I want to declare that I do not support his approach, and I have reservations about his expansion theory. The Times published this article without asking for my consent. You will only know when you are mature."
Schneider continued: "Then if you knew in advance that there would be this article..."
Ning Qi replied decisively without waiting for him to finish his sentence: "If I had known in advance, I would have directly removed this article and prevented it from appearing in the Times, at least not on the front page."
Tao Donglai said with a smile: "It's just an article, and there is no need to be so ruthless. Although we have different opinions on the direction of development, our goal is the same, and we are all to make this country created by ourselves a better place." become stronger, don't you?"
Ning Qi said: "The objective reality is that if we choose the development direction you advocate, we will only rapidly expand into a European-style colonial country. It seems very strong, but it is likely that after one or two generations, we will lose our centripetal force and fell apart."
"This is a situation that will inevitably happen in the future, and there have been many examples in the history we know. Even if we have mastered technology beyond the times, we may not be able to change this dangerous trend."
"What we should do is to use a few generations to build a truly powerful empire in East Asia, with a sound system and firm rule, and then use this as a basis to achieve global expansion."
"Stop, stop, stop! Why did you come back to this topic again!" Seeing that the differences between the two were getting bigger and bigger, Schneider quickly stopped their argument.
He is no stranger to the situation at hand, because this is not the first confrontation between these two opinions.
As early as a few years ago, these two factions of opinion gradually took shape in the senior management of Haihan, and both believed that the other party's ideas would lead to a detour in the country's development.
As long as the executive committee holds a meeting to discuss issues related to the country's development direction, the two factions will definitely have disputes like the current one, but neither can convince the other.
The key point of disagreement is whether Haihan should give priority to digesting the family property of Ming Dynasty and integrate the small countries in East Asia, or should seize the opportunity of the age of great voyages and take global expansion as its main mission at present, so as not to let Western countries Take the lead in colonial campaigns.
Whether they are promoting their own ideas or opposing the other side, the two factions naturally have a lot of theoretical basis. As long as they argue, it will be endless. Schneider doesn't want to be involved again.
Schneider now belongs to the very small third faction, that is, the center and balance faction.He neither opposes digesting Ming's territory, nor opposes external expansion. He only hopes that these two development strategies can be carried out simultaneously.
But striking a balance is unwelcome and will only see it as heresy on both sides.Every time Schneider tried to get both sides to give in, he didn't get any good looks.
Schneider quickly changed the subject: "Even if you want to support Xing Tao, it's impossible to let the children of Tan Juren's family take charge of the overall situation here in Sanya, right?"
Ning Qi said: "That kid is my student, named Tan Tianming, and his vision is pretty good. But you are right, his ability is far from being able to do it alone, and he doesn't have enough energy to complete related tasks, so Xingdao sent people over and put the Sanya office back into operation."
Tao Donglai said: "Perhaps you don't know yet, the new person in charge sent here this time is the senior commander of the Xingdao Foreign Mercenary Corps. Roger's intention of sending him here is not only to fill this vacancy, but also to Expressing our attitude to the Executive Committee.”
Tao Donglai said: "These publicity activities organized by Sing Tao are just to use short-term economic benefits to attract immigrants. They have a certain effect, but they are far from meeting the needs of promoting the rapid growth of the local population. Improve Sing Tao The attraction is right, but at the moment it's not enough."
Schneider thought for a while, and then said: "I understand. In fact, what to do, the article in the Times has already made it very clear. One is wealth, and the other is power."
"Singdao is short of people, and after the expansion of the territory, there are even more shortages of people. There are many jobs that other ethnic groups are not qualified for. Therefore, immigrants from China will have more opportunities to become superior people in the future. This is also an objective fact."
"Speaking of which, the activity organized by the kid from Tan Juren's family seems to be a bit of a joke... No, he is organizing this activity just to pave the way for the publicity measures you have prepared?"
Tao Donglai said: "We didn't make an appointment in advance, it just coincided with the meeting. Whether there is a lottery or not, we have to take this step. For Xingdao, stagnation means gradually dying, and it can only be achieved through continuous improvement. Expand externally to maintain development. What Xing Tao can’t do by itself, we have to push it.”
Of course, Schneider is not ignorant of the situation in Xingdao. After listening to Tao Donglai's explanation, he has already roughly understood the reason of the matter.
Since Xingdao is far away from the mainland of Haihan and is not a traditional settlement of Han people, population has always been a local problem.As life in Haihan became more and more affluent, the traditional three-piece set of land, house, and household registration could attract fewer and fewer immigrants to Xingdao.
People with better local conditions will, as Tao Donglai said, try to move back to the country and settle down.Even if I can't go back, I will try my best to send the descendants back to China to get better development opportunities.
The local population structure has also begun to change, and the proportion of Han people has decreased year by year. If things go on like this, it will definitely shake the foundation of Haihan's local rule.
The only solution is to expand outward.Only expansion can make Xingdao offer more attractive conditions and recruit more immigrants.
Sing Tao's military action against the northern end of the Strait of Malacca at the beginning of the year was the prelude to its external expansion.It's just that its publicity ability is really poor, so that even if private forces like Tan Tianming intervene, it is still far from reaching the level that the high-level officials hope to see.
If we continue to procrastinate, we may miss the best opportunity for publicity, which is why there was that very radical article in the Haihan Times.
But Schneider was still unclear about one thing. He turned to Ning Qi and asked, "If I remember correctly, you have always been opposed to continuing external expansion and advocated digesting Da Ming first. Why did you suddenly change your position and support Lao Tao's approach?"
Ning Qi replied: "Then I want to declare that I do not support his approach, and I have reservations about his expansion theory. The Times published this article without asking for my consent. You will only know when you are mature."
Schneider continued: "Then if you knew in advance that there would be this article..."
Ning Qi replied decisively without waiting for him to finish his sentence: "If I had known in advance, I would have directly removed this article and prevented it from appearing in the Times, at least not on the front page."
Tao Donglai said with a smile: "It's just an article, and there is no need to be so ruthless. Although we have different opinions on the direction of development, our goal is the same, and we are all to make this country created by ourselves a better place." become stronger, don't you?"
Ning Qi said: "The objective reality is that if we choose the development direction you advocate, we will only rapidly expand into a European-style colonial country. It seems very strong, but it is likely that after one or two generations, we will lose our centripetal force and fell apart."
"This is a situation that will inevitably happen in the future, and there have been many examples in the history we know. Even if we have mastered technology beyond the times, we may not be able to change this dangerous trend."
"What we should do is to use a few generations to build a truly powerful empire in East Asia, with a sound system and firm rule, and then use this as a basis to achieve global expansion."
"Stop, stop, stop! Why did you come back to this topic again!" Seeing that the differences between the two were getting bigger and bigger, Schneider quickly stopped their argument.
He is no stranger to the situation at hand, because this is not the first confrontation between these two opinions.
As early as a few years ago, these two factions of opinion gradually took shape in the senior management of Haihan, and both believed that the other party's ideas would lead to a detour in the country's development.
As long as the executive committee holds a meeting to discuss issues related to the country's development direction, the two factions will definitely have disputes like the current one, but neither can convince the other.
The key point of disagreement is whether Haihan should give priority to digesting the family property of Ming Dynasty and integrate the small countries in East Asia, or should seize the opportunity of the age of great voyages and take global expansion as its main mission at present, so as not to let Western countries Take the lead in colonial campaigns.
Whether they are promoting their own ideas or opposing the other side, the two factions naturally have a lot of theoretical basis. As long as they argue, it will be endless. Schneider doesn't want to be involved again.
Schneider now belongs to the very small third faction, that is, the center and balance faction.He neither opposes digesting Ming's territory, nor opposes external expansion. He only hopes that these two development strategies can be carried out simultaneously.
But striking a balance is unwelcome and will only see it as heresy on both sides.Every time Schneider tried to get both sides to give in, he didn't get any good looks.
Schneider quickly changed the subject: "Even if you want to support Xing Tao, it's impossible to let the children of Tan Juren's family take charge of the overall situation here in Sanya, right?"
Ning Qi said: "That kid is my student, named Tan Tianming, and his vision is pretty good. But you are right, his ability is far from being able to do it alone, and he doesn't have enough energy to complete related tasks, so Xingdao sent people over and put the Sanya office back into operation."
Tao Donglai said: "Perhaps you don't know yet, the new person in charge sent here this time is the senior commander of the Xingdao Foreign Mercenary Corps. Roger's intention of sending him here is not only to fill this vacancy, but also to Expressing our attitude to the Executive Committee.”