At the end of 1868, at this New Year's banquet, the Chinese order, the political program proposal proposed by Xiao Letian, finally became the Chinese code followed by the Ryukyu Kingdom, and the Ryukyu Kingdom became the first Chinese United Kingdom. member states.
Today is destined to be a day that will go down in history. It is absolutely a supreme honor to be able to swear an oath at this moment. What the hell will it be ten days later? People will always remember the glory of the first echelon. As for the second echelon, who will remember it?
Businessmen have very sensitive intuitions, and Shopkeeper Niu vows never to give up this golden opportunity!
He suddenly knelt on the ground and cried loudly, "Uuuuuu... Prime Minister, why? Why should we be excluded? It's fine if I didn't get the invitation. You obviously invited me! Why did you make me wait in the end? Ten days…”
"I'm not convinced, I'm absolutely not convinced! I have no credit for the Prime Minister's great cause, but I have worked hard! In the past few years, I have been allocating food and grass for the Prime Minister all over the world, and I have not dared to slack off at all. I am not showing my merits, I only ask the Prime Minister Give us this opportunity..."
Before Xiao Letian could speak, suddenly another person appeared from the VIP seat and knelt down next to Shopkeeper Niu, shouting, "There's me, Prime Minister, don't forget me! I'm Lao Mi... When the French called, I broke up my family to pay for my debts." Food without asking for anything in return! Today I only ask for this honor. Prime Minister, please accept me. I will apply to join the Chinese clan today..."
When these two people disrupted the situation, the entire VIP viewing area was in chaos. Many wealthy businessmen from Tanggu, Jiangnan, and Nanyang rushed out to claim this honor, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.
Xiao Letian frowned and said, "You must know that it is not up to me, Xiao Letian, to decide who can become Chinese. You must apply and pass the review of the Citizens' Assembly and meet the conditions before you can become Chinese!"
"Now that there are rules, what's the use of having rules if you don't follow them?"
At this time, King Shangtai, who was the first to take the oath, suddenly spoke, "Father Shang! I have an idea! If you want to build the Noble Parliament and the Citizens' Parliament, the ten days you mentioned are definitely not enough, and the candidates for the two parliaments are also not enough. You have to think carefully, everything is a rough idea and needs your help to get on the right track, right?"
"In this case, I suggest that the Prime Minister first set up a temporary preparatory organization. The Prime Minister has the final decision-making power for these temporary applications! After the parliament is ready, you can gradually transfer power. This is the safest way!"
King Shangtai's proposal was supported by everyone present. Xiao Letian nodded, "Okay, since you have applied to join the Chinese ethnic group, I have unified this application. Please come and take the oath!"
Shopkeeper Niu of Sihai Trading Company cried so much that snot bubbles came out of his nose. He wiped his right hand back and forth on his chest until it was spotless before he dared to put it on the Chinese code.
Shopkeeper Niu was not taking an oath at all. He was crying the whole time. He cried out the feelings of all the merchants in the world. The unfair treatment of the merchant class for thousands of years has turned into tears at this moment.
The wealthy businessmen who can watch the ceremony today are all closely related to Lotte Bank and banks, and have made great contributions to Xiao Letian's career. They were originally among the first wave of Chinese people on the list, and many of them have contributed to it. Enough to be knighted.
Xiao Letian followed the trend and did not take special care. However, in order to rush to the end, he could only let two or three people or even four or five people take the oath together, because there were already some elderly guests in the crowd who needed to take part in the soup to maintain their strength. One day is too much for even young people to handle.
But something unexpected happened. When the last group of swearers walked back to the crowd happily, a very weak voice sounded in the corner.
"Prime Minister...can I apply to join the Chinese ethnic group?"
He was speaking Chinese, a Chinese that everyone could understand, but the accent didn't have four tones. Everyone looked around the corner and saw that it was a black man, a black man that few people knew.
For a whole day, more than 90% of the people in the hall did not notice that there was a black man in the corner of the VIP area. They were not only attracted by the Chinese order, but also a form of discrimination against black people.
Don't say that Chinese people don't know how to discriminate against foreigners. In ancient China, there were many times when they criticized barbarians. Now that white people have begun to rule the world, the Chinese people feel a little inferior to white people. But when facing these black charcoal Kunlun slaves, the Chinese people are still very good. A sense of superiority.
The three black men in the corner were completely ignored by everyone!
Now one of the black people suddenly asked to apply to join the Chinese ethnic group? This sentence immediately attracted the attention of everyone present, but after watching for a long time, most people still didn't recognize him. No one knew the name of this old black man or what he did.
Wang Huaiyuan wanted to step forward to remind the prime minister, but Xiao Letian stopped him by raising his hand.
"You don't need to remind me, I have not forgotten him! Jim...a friend from far away America, Jim who came to Asia with the Fortune!"
Xiao Letian took two steps forward and stretched out his right hand. Jim was flattered. He didn't expect that the Prime Minister, who was busy with everything, would actually remember him, an insignificant person.
Holding his hands tightly together, the black American technician who first helped Xiao Letian cast Yingyang felt the warmth in Xiao Letian's hands. At that moment, his eyes were filled with tears of excitement.
"Thank you! I didn't expect you, Prime Minister, to still remember me..."
"How could I forget? The first time I saw you was on the Fortune in the Bohai Sea. You led the minting team to operate the American-made stamping minting machine. You helped me create the most exquisite silver coins in Asia!"
"I will never forget that you have been living and sleeping on the boat for the past few years and have suffered countless hardships, but you have worked hard without any complaints..."
"I still remember another accident where the pressure pipe of the boiler ruptured. You risked being scalded to death by closing the main valve. In that accident, 80% of the skin on your left arm was scalded..."
"I have not forgotten you, so when the Ryukyu Mint was officially put into operation, you were the first engineer I hired. You deserve credit!"
Jim burst into tears. He held Xiao Letian's hand and said, "Prime Minister, I have learned a lot of Chinese in the past few years. I can communicate with everyone normally. I am also willing to accept the legal and moral constraints here! I want to ask, Can I apply to become Chinese with such conditions?"
"Yes! Of course I can!" Xiao Letian said categorically, "The Chinese race has never been defined by blood. The Chinese race is the same culture and moral values. You speak Chinese, write Chinese, accept the laws of the Chinese race, and recognize The moral standards of the Chinese ethnic group...of course you are a member of the Chinese ethnic group!"
"Not only that, your achievements will not be wiped out, you also have the right to be knighted!"
