After Emperor Tongzhi left Manila, the British fleet immediately weighed anchor and sailed northward along the west coast of Luzon Island.
After passing countless coastal villages, towns and seaports, the British lookout posts were shocked to find that the entire Luzon Island had erected the Ming Huanglong flag representing the Chinese rebel army.
At this moment, Emperor Tongzhi and the others no longer have the energy to scold these overseas survivors for their rebellion. There are enough rebellions in the world, and it is not enough for these people to violate the bright yellow color.
The European group, Zai Chun and the accompanying people at least understood one big truth, that is, the so-called ban of the Qing Dynasty in the past was ridiculous, and the stupidity of the Celestial Kingdom that was all about oneself was really worthy of self-deprecation.
The world is so vast. The Qing Dynasty thought that it was the center of the world, but how many peoples did not even know that the Qing Dynasty existed. Many people only had a vague concept of China in their minds throughout their lives.
What kind of hair is not allowed to grow, what kind of taboos are banned, what kind of taboos are tabooed by emperors...it's all bullshit, and it's all bullshit if they leave the Qing Dynasty's national border.
The Luzon rebels so blatantly used the Ming Huanglong flag as a symbol and used it in all residential areas under their control. Do you, the Qing Dynasty, have any objections? If you have any opinions, no one will care about you!
What really shocked the British and Emperor Tongzhi was the efficiency of these overseas Chinese in establishing local political power. No one expected that within a few months, the control of the Chinese rebel army would actually penetrate into the countryside.
A small fishing village with only a dozen or so households on the coast also flew bright yellow dragon flags. This showed that this village had accepted the rule of the Chinese, and they had abandoned Spain, or given up their meaningless resistance.
"Oh God! How did the Chinese do it? The administrative system was established so quickly. It is simply impossible..."
Listening to the British captain's whispers, Zai Chun's mouth was full of bitterness. Of course he knew what was going on, because the Chinese are currently the only country in Asia that implements compulsory education.
Zai Chun did not have specific data, but he felt that as of the end of 1871, the number of Chinese graduates who had graduated from six-year primary schools was at least more than five million, and the number of people who had graduated from nine-year secondary education must have been more than three million!
What a huge reserve of intellectuals this is! Xiao Letian has only been in charge of Ryukyu for five or six years. How could he achieve this?
It's not like that perverted cramming education that destroyed me. In Xiao Letian's previous life, the entire society attacked the inhumanity of compulsory education and reduced the burden on children one by one.
But in this era, in the areas controlled by the Chinese, let alone reducing the burden, the children do not even have winter and summer vacations!
Only during traditional festivals such as Mid-Autumn Festival, Qingming Festival, Spring Festival and Lantern Festival, children can have one or two days off. The rest of the time is not even weekends.
One year has passed and two have passed, and all the children have grown up with the rapid expansion of the Chinese family, and no one is slacking off at all.
Xiao Letian wants to use abnormal education to catch up with the world's technological pace. He uses this inhumane method to quickly improve the level of education for all.
Never say that reading is useless. In this era, if you know one or two thousand Chinese characters after graduating from primary school, you can go down to work as a preacher or even become a manager at the village or town level.
That era didn't require you to be highly educated or literate, right? Can you write? It is enough to be able to read various newspapers to the illiterate people according to the script, and tell the people the good governance formulated by the Chinese head of state.
When the time comes, you will be able to write other people's names, be able to do basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and be able to count the population, age, lives in your village... all kinds of taxes will not be calculated too wrong, that's enough!
In this era, people like this can already make people look up to them. Even when families have children, they will ask these primary school graduates to name their children.
It is precisely because of millions of intellectuals who have received primary education that Xiao Letian can confidently expand his political power. Even in China, a country with thousands of years of ancient civilization, no one dares to say that power will be transferred to the countryside.
But the Chinese created this miracle. In the wild Nanyang after the war, a brand-new political power was taking root, deeply controlling the smallest capillaries.
Zai Chun couldn't describe his mood at this moment, but he knew very well that the Qing Dynasty was developing slowly at the speed of an ox cart, and even taking one step had to take half a step back.
But the master's Chinese race is developing at a speed that exceeds that of the European powers, at the speed of sound waves and light!
"In the long run, this will be fine... Even if the master does not have the intention to annex my Qing Dynasty, what about the future? What about Xiang Ying and those people? The master will grow old sooner or later, and those fanatics..."
Zai Chun thought for a while, "Yes, where are those fanatical militarists? They will definitely invade my Qing Dynasty..."
"It has to change, it has to change... If you don't change, you will die..."
Politicians will always see the world from a different perspective than ordinary people. In the eyes of ordinary people, they will be curious about the beautiful natural scenery and different humanities of Luzon.
Even local delicacies will attract their attention!
In the eyes of soldiers, whether each harbor here can park warships and whether it can be developed into a naval base is the most important thing to consider.
In Zaichun's eyes, the controlling relationship between heaven, earth and people is the most important. The villages are like the intersections of the lines on the chessboard, and the cities are like black and white.
The whole thing forms a huge network, which controls everything a political power needs, such as population, land, resources, mountains and rivers...and how can you gather all this power in your own hands to serve us? Used!
This is the power of administration, this is the absolute control of the country!
The flying yellow dragon flag of the rebel army is the representative of the penetration and execution ability of the Chinese government! Millions of intellectuals who are loyal to the Chinese people are spreading, cooperating with hundreds of thousands of elite troops to ensure security.
"Three years, at most, three years... Not only will Luzon not become a burden to the Chinese, this land can even replenish the Chinese economy..."
"Every population in so many villages is a resource! Men can serve as soldiers or workers, children can go to school and become future scientists or big businessmen, and even women are a guarantee for faster reproduction..."
"The treasures hidden under the earth still have to be unearthed by these people, and new technologies have to be created by people to form productive forces..."
"Time waits for no one, the execution is too terrifying... No one in this world can control it, Master..."
"Protect yourself, I, the Manchus, must develop the strength to protect ourselves now!"
No one could guess what Emperor Tongzhi was thinking right now, but everyone saw his stern expression. Da Sixi and others thought the emperor was angry that these overseas survivors dared to use bright yellow against the ban.
Da Sixi bravely said, "Long live Lord, please calm down. They are all barbarians who don't understand the rules... Otherwise, how could they dare to use bright yellow..."
Snap... there was a crisp sound, and before Da Si Xi Ma finished taking pictures, he was slapped on the face!
"Shut up! Get out of the way..." After Zai Chun said that, he turned around and went directly to the cockpit to find the British captain. He wanted to personally urge the ship to increase the speed and return to the Qing Dynasty as soon as possible.
"Pass my order, spend money to hire a faster merchant ship, and go to Mawei immediately to report... Just say that I am back and I want to see my new army!"
"I want to take my Royal Guards back to Beijing with me!"
