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Nanyinzhou, Rio, the capital of the Portuguese-Brazilian colony, has entered a state of martial law in the past two days.
The third fleet of Ming Dynasty Huangzhuang Xintianfu, carrying the three guards of the main army of Xintianfu Huangzhuang, handed over defense with the Portuguese in Rio City.
The commander-in-chief of the entire operation was the Duke of Jinyang of the Ming Dynasty, the fifth grandson of Li Dingguo, the general of the Ming army, and the governor of the Ming Dynasty, Li Yuquan, who took over the military affairs.
In the hall of the Brazilian Governor's Palace in Rio, high-level officials of the Brazilian colony, headed by Prince João of Portugal, gathered together.
Surrounded by a group of guards, Li Yuquan made a formal announcement and also emphasized to the senior officials of the former Portuguese colony that the colonial handover required:
“According to the peace treaty signed by the Ming Dynasty with Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, France and other European and American countries.
“The ownership of the entire Nanyinzhou region, including the Brazil region, belongs entirely to the Ming Dynasty.
“All Thai-Western immigrants and their descendants in Yinzhou can leave on their own with personal belongings such as gold, silver, and soft goods.
“But all relics of the ancient Yin people must be left behind, whether they belong to former public facilities or private belongings.
“No one is allowed to damage any public property, any private property that cannot be carried, or any ancient Yin people’s relics.
“European and Western countries have five years to transport their own immigrants to leave the Ming Dynasty. During this period, immigrants must pay living expenses.
“Daming Xintianfu Huangzhuang Transportation Company can provide passenger transportation services to all people, but tickets must be purchased in advance.
“Original officials at all levels in Brazil must stay temporarily to cooperate with Ming Dynasty’s reception work, and Ming Dynasty will pay reasonable labor remuneration.
“After receiving them, Daming will send them to where they want to go for free, including Mexico, Thailand, and Mexico.
"Everyone, have you heard the rules clearly? If you have any questions, you can ask them now. Don't come back to question them later."
The scene immediately began to have noisy discussions.
These new regulations of the Ming Dynasty directly and completely subverted the original local order.
In the original colonies of various countries in Thailand and Spain, the highest status was of course the immigrants from Thailand and Spain, and then the descendants of mixed Thai and Yin races.
Then there are the Yin people who can speak Thai and Spanish, then the Yin people who cannot speak Thai and Spanish, and finally the Mo slaves.
After the arrival of the Ming Dynasty, the people of the Ming Dynasty who had the rights of native citizens of the Ming Dynasty were of course the highest status.
However, the Yin people who could be "civilized and enlightened" were theoretically equal to the Ming people, and they were all citizens with full rights.
In fact, this is aimed at the elites of the Yin people in the original Xintian Mansion who were completely assimilated by the Ming Dynasty, as well as the mixed descendants of the Ming people and the Yin people.
The merchant country that Ming Dynasty built on the Brazilian plateau was, in a sense, prepared for this group of people.
From now on, they will all be the real main residents of this vassal state.
Of course, now that the Ming Dynasty is implementing the restructuring of the vassal state, all pure-blood descendants of the Ming Dynasty in the vassal state will gradually become Ming citizens.
The native citizens of the Ming Dynasty have all the civil rights of the Ming Dynasty vassal state.
Therefore, no matter which vassal country the Ming people went to, they wanted to have the same rights as the local residents, as well as the priority rights that actually existed.
The ordinary people of the Shang Kingdom are the ordinary Yin people who have no mixed blood and no culture. They are the main body of the indigenous people of Yinzhou.
They can be promoted to Shang citizens through "civilization", which is in fact a complete enlightenment transformation.
They are potential subject citizens of the Shang State, and they all have national status second only to citizens.
Thai-Western immigrants and mixed descendants of Taiyin and Yin were regarded as outsiders and could not be integrated into the Shang country through "civilization".
They only have the right of residence and can only work as workers and farmers, or engage in low-end service industries, and cannot be any bosses or farmers.
In this way, the identities of the Taixi people and their mixed descendants and the ordinary local Yin people were completely reversed before and after the Ming Dynasty took over.
Mo Ren's identity has not changed, but his management has become stricter.
For the senior Thai-Spanish immigrants at the scene, the change in status of these people had little to do with them; they were definitely going to leave.
Their focus is in another direction.
The Portuguese and Brazilian nobles at the scene discussed for a while, and Prince João came out as a representative to ask for details:
"General Li, according to the agreement between the Portuguese-speaking Ming Dynasty, we have the right to take away all Thai-Spanish immigrants and Mexican slaves. The Ming Dynasty cannot force them to stay..."
Li Yuquan waved his hand directly and said impatiently:
"We will not force them to stay. Our Highness, Prince Dashi, wants you all to take them away without leaving any one behind.
"We just consider the actual situation. You simply don't have the ability to take them all away. There will definitely be some left in the end.
"Especially those self-reliant grass-headed kings in the interior, Ming Dynasty also asked you to take them away, can you take them away?
“So Ming Dynasty just formulated the rules in advance to avoid being caught off guard later.
"The Ming Dynasty has no interest in your Western Yi population and slaves."
Li Yuquan's face was full of disgust, but João and the Brazilian nobles were relieved.
In this era, population is a very important asset. Otherwise, why would Tianzhu become the crown jewel of Britain...
The Ming Dynasty did not care about Brazil's population and allowed the Portuguese to take them away, which was also an important reason for Portugal to accept the treaty.
Zhu Jingyuan participated in the discussion of Yinzhou immigration disposal, and the final decision was basically what Zhu Jingyuan meant.
Zhu Jingyuan's original idea was, of course, to drive all the Taixi people back to their hometowns.
But Zhu Jingyuan soon realized that it was simply unrealistic to directly achieve this goal in the short term.
In the colonies of Spain and Portugal in southern Yinzhou, the total number of Thai-Spanish immigrants and their descendants who speak both languages, plus the mixed descendants of the Thai-Spanish and Yin people, is estimated to be 30 million.
There are still quite a few parts of it that are in a state of separatism, which is beyond the control of the colonial governor-general governments of Portugal and Spain.
There must be a frame to temporarily contain these Thai people.
In addition, the Ming Dynasty wanted to establish a vassal state to specifically manage the Yin people, so they just let the Taixi people be managed by the Yin people.
But they could only get temporary residency, the lowest status among free people, just above slaves.
The purpose is to force them to return to their homeland instead of staying in the Shang country forever.
As for the descendants of Mozhou, most of them were originally slaves of the Taixi people. Slaves were private property and of course the Taixi people were allowed to take them away.
If they really can't take them away, Ming Dynasty can only deal with them according to the rules left by Emperor Shizu, and continue to use them as slave labor for the time being.
When Daming had free transportation capacity, he sent them back to their hometown in Mozhou.
According to the "one drop of ink" principle established by Emperor Shizu, as long as an ancestor has mixed the blood of an ink person once, his descendants will be considered ink people for generations to come.
At the same time, except for the Mozhou vassal south of the Sahara, all the vassals in the Ming Dynasty and other regions were not allowed to grant the Mo people the right of residence or above.
In other words, the Mo people who appear in areas outside Mo Continent will be regarded as slaves by the Ming people.
Zhu Jingyuan planned to abolish slavery, but did not intend to change the rules left by Emperor Shizu.
Even if Emperor Shizu specifically left an excuse for modification, it would definitely be a thankless task to actually change the ancestral system.
Zhu Jingyuan’s plan was to circumvent the restrictions on the ancestral system.
Americans studied history and sent Mexican slaves from Yinzhou and other areas back to their hometowns one after another.
At the same time, it is prohibited to sell Mexican slaves outside Mozhou.
Similar plans can also be adopted for slaves of other Hu people, Yin people, Nanyang, Persia, and Dashi tribes.
Eventually all slave trade was gradually banned.
In this way, although slavery may continue to exist, the slaves themselves can gradually disappear.
Just like Mississippi in the United States, it was not until 2013 that the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished slavery, was actually ratified.
But before this document became legally effective, the local slaves themselves had long ceased to exist.
The Portuguese and Brazilian nobles headed by Prince João continued to confirm various details with Ming officers.
Most of the content was determined during the negotiation and was acceptable to both parties, so there were no surprises in the process.
Prince John signed the formal handover document and began sending Thai and Spanish people aboard the ship that afternoon.
Due to years of war and raging bandits, a large number of Thai and Yin refugees have gathered in and around Rio.
This just made it easier for the Portuguese nobles to take away more people.
More than two hundred years ago, they came from the mainland of various countries in Thailand and Spain and became Portuguese-speaking Brazilians. Now they are leaving in droves again.
The main direction is the Portuguese colony in Mexico.
Portugal wanted to use them as the main force in the colonial development of Mexico.
The entire population of Brazil is nearly twice as large as the total population of Portugal itself.
Now as long as we can take away half of it, we can build a new Portugal in Mozhou.
A small number of people with Portuguese noble status may choose to return to Portugal.
Those who do not want to stay in Portugal can buy a Ming Dynasty ferry ticket to go to Mexico in Beiyinzhou, or to the British and French colonies.
Some of the nobles and officials left with ordinary immigrants, and some stayed to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty in a comprehensive handover.
The fleets of the New Tianfu Imperial Palace and the Royal Passenger Transport Company are transporting personnel and troops to the Rio area ship by ship.
The main force of the Ming Dynasty in Xintianfu is responsible for taking over Rio, the capital of Brazil, and the richest coastal areas around it.
A large number of Yin servant troops, under the leadership and management of Ming Dynasty officers and guided by Brazilian officials and translators, penetrated deep into the interior of Brazil in batches.
Take over the local institutions and military facilities still under the control of the Governor-General of Brazil, and deliver the conditions of the new Tianfu to the separatist forces in various places.
At the same time, more Ming navy and fleets, carrying more Ming and Yin armies, continued northward along the east and west coastlines of Yinzhou.
They were going to take over the colonies ceded by Spain, including the viceroyalties of Peru and New Granada, as well as the Antilles and Texas.
There is also the Guyana area ceded by the Dutch, the Florida area ceded by the British, and the Canadian area north of the Great Lakes ceded by the French.
The treatment and conditions of all the people living in the Spanish colonies were exactly the same as those of the Portuguese and Brazilians in Brazil.
The Dutch's choice was similar to that of Portugal, which was to send immigrants to the Mexican colony.
The Spanish, British, and French interrupted and chose to go to the remaining neighboring Yinzhou colonies.
On the other side, at the north and south ends of the prairie in Beiyinzhou, the Yinzhou vassal states and the Ming Army troops in the east of Rocky Mountain were also in action.
At the north and south ends of the prairie, a large army left the camp.
Follow the routes left by the bison migration, smugglers' carts, and the former Thai-Spanish coalition troops, and head towards the east.
The tasks of the northern and southern armies were to take over the northwest region of the Great Lakes and the northwest region of Texas.
The two large armies were divided into two parts, followed by the main force composed of mules, horses, carts and ordinary infantry.
In front is the vanguard composed of the bicycle divisions of each guard, with more than 10,000 bicycles in the north and south.
From a modern perspective, riding a tall old-fashioned bicycle seems unfashionable, or cheap.
But in this era, bicycles are quite high-end industrial products and are also very practical tools for both military and civilian use.
A modern standard bicycle has at least three industrial bearings, as well as chains and springs with a high level of craftsmanship.
If we have the industrial capability to process these things, we will be able to manufacture modern firearms.
Today's bicycle troops are also called cavalry or riders.
Compared with traditional shock cavalry, bicycle cavalry certainly has no impact.
But in the era when bolt-action rifles and machine guns appeared, shock cavalry had already been eliminated.
The logistics requirements of bicycle troops are much lower than that of cavalry. After all, humans are the animals with the best endurance and the energy conversion rate is also very high.
Cyclists of this era were able to march eighty kilometers a day without roads, and could continue long-distance marches for many days.
On long-distance marches, cavalry is no match for traditional infantry, let alone bicycle soldiers.
Bicycle soldiers were very common in World War I and also played a big role in World War II.
Only after mechanization became more widespread did it gradually withdraw from the army.
Now the Ming Dynasty bicycle troops in Beiyinzhou are all elite troops.
They marched on the Beiyinzhou prairie, and they didn't even need to bring food, just simple tableware and weapons.
Because here is a gift of nature - Yinzhou bison.
There are 20 to 30 million bison on the entire prairie. An adult bison weighs thousands of kilograms. Killing one can be enough to feed two to three hundred people.
They often move in groups and have no resistance at all against modern infantry units using bolt-action rifles.
The vanguard of the Beiyinzhou Army rode bicycles and ate bison meat as they headed east.
Eight days later, northern troops crossed the upper reaches of the Honey River and entered the French colonial territory, while southern troops entered the Texas area.
Twelve days later, Northern troops arrived at the westernmost port on the Great Lakes.
This speed is already very fast for the Army.
But at this time, the navy from Xintianfu had already crossed thousands of kilometers, took over the Guyana area, and began to enter the Antilles.
Fifteen days later, the main force of the Beiyinzhou Army began to enter the Great Lakes area.
The navy has traveled tens of thousands of kilometers, landed in New Orleans and Quebec, and has captured Florida and Cuba.
