Chapter 1106: Nanyang University

  Chapter 1085 – Nanyang University
Seemingly satisfied with the performance of the crowd, the old man in fancy dress smiled slightly and said slowly, ”The people were caught in the parade, trying to fish them out straight away is not possible.

There is a price to pay for doing something wrong. No matter what the reason is, participating in a demonstration is going against the Ministerial Corps, and punishment is definitely necessary.

But not everyone needs to lose their heads. Except for the organizers and planners of the demonstration and those involved in it, all the other participants were accomplices – not guilty enough to die.

There are so many people involved this time that the international community is watching closely, and the legation will form an international tribunal to try them.

Until the trial is over, we can only hit the ground running to make their lives easier inside. What can be manipulated is where the sentences will be served after the trial.

The victims in the embassy case were Russians, and the place to serve their sentences will most likely be in the Far East or Siberia. Both are freezing hellholes that are basically a no-go.

All we can do is pick a good place for them. When the wind passes, then we can find a way to fish the people out.”

Hearing this answer, the crowd was stunned. It was important to realize that fishing people out before the trial and fishing people out after the trial were two very different concepts.

The former can be treated as if nothing happened, and after coming out and laying low for a while, the matter will be over; the latter is an eternal political stain.

In the Far East Empire, the government would not dare to appoint a young man who followed the Japanese and went against the Great Powers. No matter how strong his personal ability is, his political future will be bleak.

A young man in blue, with a trembling voice, said: ”President Liu, do you think you can still think of another way? Once we accept the international court trial, De Cheng’s future will be all but ruined!”

There was no way around it, as brothers of the same clan, the two had gone to participate in the parade together. Now that he himself was fine, but his cousin went in, there was no way for Wang Deran to go home and explain himself.

He might even be suspected of having ulterior motives and deliberately victimizing his cousin in order to seize the family’s political resources.

As he spoke, Wang Deran had already knelt down. Since he was a child, he had never begged so lowly, but now there was no way.

This kneeling was both begging for his cousin’s political future and for his own political future.

A man’s knee has gold, but it can’t stop a scholar’s spirit. Seeing Wang Deran kneeled down, a few usual friends, also followed the kneeling down.

The rest of the people see no way, can only put the heart a cross, forced to endure the reluctance to follow.

This time it was the old man’s turn to sit up and take notice. Although in the country elders receive the kneeling of the younger generation, just traditional etiquette is not much, but here is Japan.

Influenced by European thought, the new generation of young people, kneeling etiquette is very resistant.

Chairman Liu received the crowd to make political investments and friends in advance, not to make enemies.

While dragging up the nearest person with both hands, he said with feigned trepidation, “Gentlemen, please rise quickly!”

Seeing that the crowd didn’t get up, President Liu instantly changed his face, “You guys are discounting old me!”

After saying this, he even made a gesture to return the worship. The crowd instantly woke up and hurriedly got up to help.

Confucian etiquette rules have long been deeply rooted in people’s hearts, everyone did not forget what status they are over.

The younger generation to the elder to bow down, that is the rightful sense; if the elder to the younger generation to bow down, everyone will not want to go back to mix.

After a burst of business boasting, the crowd returned to their seats. The topic once again returned to the center point – fishing for people.

President Liu said helplessly, ”Gentlemen, it’s not that I refuse to help, it’s really that my heart is not enough.

The Russian Embassy case is too involved, and whoever is involved in it won’t be able to get out.

You may not know that a number of high-ranking officials, including the Japanese government’s Minister of Police, the Tokyo police chief, and the head of security for the embassy district, have already committed hara-kiri at home.

The Japanese government is going crazy in order to relieve itself of responsibility. At this point in time, no matter who comes along, they will not be able to get away with it.

If you want to get someone out, it’s not going to happen unless the legation steps in. Although we have a few friendships with the embassies, we’re not at the point where we can invite the ministers.”

It wasn’t that they couldn’t be invited, it was mainly that it wasn’t worth the bloodshed. If the power behind these people was a bit stronger, or if the family behind them was willing to put down blood money, it wasn’t non-negotiable.

It wasn’t like inviting the legions of ministers was going to require all of them to show up together, just one or two of them needing to open their mouths would be enough.

To do this is difficult to say and simple to say. The most direct and effective method is to throw money at it, and of the dozen or so ministers in the legation, there will always be the money-grubbing ones.

The attributes and preferences of these people, the Chinese Association has long been clearly understood, gift-giving channels are ready-made.

Did not use the money-smashing method, the most critical or being affected by the fish in the pond, not only a Wang De Cheng.

In recent times, President Liu has encountered more than a dozen cases. Many people are the continuation of the undeserved disaster, compared to Wang De Cheng is still considered deserved.

The Japanese are protesting against the Ministerial Mission’s violation of sovereignty, why are you, an unrelated person, running to join in the fun? Since you dared to go to the parade, you should be prepared to bear the consequences.

Do their own deaths are able to fish out, then the other wrongly accused, naturally, can not be thrown in there regardless of ah!

As a civil organization, the Chinese Association can be based in Japan, relying on the support of many Chinese, relying on the fairness of the matter, the key moment to help everyone solve the problem.

Fishing a person out, and fishing a group of people out of the difficulty, that is completely different.

If you really do that, I guess the Chinese Association’s network accumulated over the years will have to be exhausted at once.

Besides, this was just the beginning. Along with the continuation of the Russian Embassy’s investigation, the future does not know how many compatriots will be affected by the fish.

If you use up your contacts now, you won’t be able to play in the future. Purely by smashing money into it, the Chinese Embassy can be so rich.

To be able to become the vice president of the China Club, responsible for the day-to-day work and widely recognized by the Chinese community, President Liu is naturally not an idle person.

It was fine to help out, but it was absolutely necessary to do so according to one’s ability. Powerful people need to be taken care of, and ordinary people cannot be ignored. The former can bring benefits, the latter can bring fame.

It was by grasping the degree of this that Chairman Liu, who did not come from an illustrious background and did not have the highest fortune, was able to become the leader of the Chinese world in Japan.

As for the chairman, he has always been in the South Seas region to mix, even Japan rarely come, simply do not care about things.

The biggest contribution was to allow the Association to establish contact with embassies and to carry the pressure from the Japanese government.

After a long moment of silence, Li Bo’an spoke, “President Liu, can you introduce Minister Jose for us.”

Obviously, he had already seen President Liu’s intention. This was the tradition of the countrymen, to speak only three points. The remaining seven points would naturally be understood by those who understood, and those who didn’t didn’t need to understand.

In comparison, President Liu was already very meaningful. Afraid that everyone is young and doesn’t understand, he almost explicitly gave the suggestion of “looking for the members of the ministerial corps”.

Although the Chinese Embassy plays a delicate role, but the real backstage is still only one.

Now want to fish for people is also the same, seemingly all countries ministers can say, but the real weight of only a few.

If you want to send a gift, you have to find the right person. Ordinary small country ministers, even if they are willing to help, may not be able to play a role.

Talking to smart people is simple, a little goes a long way. Inwardly, President Liu had already scored the crowd.

Political investments also needed to be selective, not everyone was worth investing in advance. It was enough for most people to establish a nodding acquaintance and mix a few favors.

The ones who really needed to befriend with their hearts and minds were always the masters with real substance. Only these smart people can climb higher and go farther in the officialdom.

“Introductions are not much of a problem, but you guys should prepare yourselves first. Perhaps you guys have also heard that the Holy Roman Empire is very strict in its management of officials.

Sending money directly, not only will it not work, but there is a possibility of offending someone.

For you guys, this is also an opportunity. If you can take this opportunity to establish a relationship with the Holy Roman, it will also be very helpful to your future career paths.”

Definitely speaking from the heart, if Li Bo’an hadn’t reacted fast enough to make President Liu see the potential, he would never have mentioned so much.

East Asia at the beginning of the 20th century was still a frontier where the great powers rode. Even the closed Far Eastern Empire had not been able to withstand the torrent of the times.

To this day, if you want to do well in the official world, a good relationship with the great powers is a mandatory course.

The same powers are not the same, relatively speaking, with Japan and Russia, these aggressive countries are more likely to be scolded, on the contrary, with the expansion of East Asia is not more secure in the friendship of Shinra.

The country is not stupid, which is the aggressor which is not, we still know at a glance.

Why Shen Luo does not expand east, the outside world’s explanation is also a variety of opinions. Some people speculate that they are concerned about the feelings of the people of Lanfang Autonomous Province, after all, this is a large taxpayer.

The annual tax, occupying forty percent of the Austrian South Seas revenue, the key is that this is a pure profit, do not need to pay administrative expenses.

Other areas seem to have a higher income, but after deducting the administrative expenses, there is little left, and some of the islands have to be subsidized.

Steady increase in income every year, that is a steady happiness, far better than direct violent plunder.

Both sides also have their own needs, in recent decades, Lanfang Autonomous Province has been very stable, even if there is a problem that is solved internally.

Unless it’s a diplomatic issue that requires the central government to step in to resolve, other aspects never cause trouble for the central government.

Shen Luo is at its peak, and not the end of the dynasty, the central government naturally will not engage in any trouble, tossing their own pocketbook.

Another theory is that the emperor of Shen Luo was obsessed with oriental culture and developed special feelings, not allowing the people below to expand eastward.

This is something that anyone who has been to the Vienna Palace knows. Buildings filled with the flavor of Eastern culture, collection, indeed more than a little.

As to whether it can influence the monarch’s decision, this no one knows. But in a monarchy, the monarch’s personal preferences can indeed influence national policy.

Couldn’t figure out the exact truth, but it was definitely a good thing when people didn’t come to invade themselves.

Compared to a bunch of lords who always wanted to invade their own country, a power that never invaded itself clearly seemed kinder.

In this context, not only are relations better on the diplomatic level, but the civil society is similarly affected. Not everyone has good feelings, but at least there is no hatred.

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While the Russian Embassy case continued to fester, Prince William, who was in the Nanyang Viceroy’s residence, was in endless trouble.

If the Nanyang region was considered a colony, dependent on Shinra for survival, then none of these problems would be a problem.

Unfortunately, the situation has now changed, and to become an independent state, then many problems will have to be solved.

In a sense, this was also the oldest son dividing up the family fortune. The eldest son inherited the family business and got the biggest share, as the second son also got a lucrative property, only it still needs to be operated in depth.

Running an industry cannot be separated from talent, and what the colony lacks the most is precisely talent.

In addition to military personnel who can fight, including health care, education, industry, including all the industry talent, Austrian Nanyang are short of.

Although at the time of arrival, Prince William has recruited a large group of followers from the country, but for the large South Seas region, or a drop in the bucket.

High-tech industry is naturally no need to think about. Just get the basic industry, improve the basic supporting facilities, are enough to William struggle for life.

The foundation of the Nanyang region is too weak, there is no possibility of taking shortcuts. Lanfang, the best developed region, is also an autonomous province.

The issue of “autonomy” is of the utmost importance in Shinra. There are also a large number of autonomous cities and states in the country, and touching them is a serious political issue.

Even if William is a prince, touching this sensitive issue, that can only obediently go home as a worm, other than nothing to think about.

Of course, William himself did not fight the doctrine of Lanfang Autonomous Province. There is no other reason, Austrian South Seas region is too big, the country can not agree to all to their own rule.

Including the area now under the direct jurisdiction of the Governor General’s Office, it could all be split up again in the future. The central government would retain only a few major urban strongholds, and the rest would be established as autonomous states.

In this regard, William did not feel dissatisfied. Even if the split was really carried out, it didn’t matter.

Anyway, in the end, it would all be a good thing, either for his own son or his own nephew.

Now there is no split management, that is the third generation of the Habsburg dynasty is too young, can not hold the field.

Rubbing his forehead, Governor Wilhelm instructed, “Send a telegram to inquire about the recruitment of talents in the country, and how far it has progressed.”

Now William truly understood why the noble lords were frantically pulling people from the country. It’s not that people have so much money that they have no place to spend it, it’s because no one can do anything.

Taking education as an example, Shen Luo did popularize compulsory education for all, but this “all” was limited to all citizens.

The mainland is covered by “universal”, but the colonies are not. Not to mention compulsory education for all, even the white communities have not realized it.

The only people who could enjoy compulsory education in the colonies were native immigrants, and foreign immigrants had to make a certain contribution before they were eligible for these benefits.

The natives, not to mention the natives, had not been wiped out, and it was only because of the conscience of the lords they had encountered.

This is also a characteristic of Shen Luo, all colonies have a group of small and medium-sized lords to assist the colonial government in managing the place.

Theoretically, if William wasn’t willing to run things, he could completely do nothing. Without the Governor’s Office, the grassroots government of the people below would likewise function on their own.

Of course, racial conflicts were not really serious in the South Seas region. To this day, the local population has become mixed-race at best.

It has truly become “you have me, I have you”. Talking about race again is just hooliganism. Perfect social order, coupled with the bloodline connection, the concept of ethnicity has been relatively diluted.

Of course, this is also the Austrian Nanyang region was originally a small population, the beginning of the colonization, the local only three to four million people.

If in the Philippines and Java, which have large populations, it would not be possible to play like this.

In the original time and space, the Spaniards tried for hundreds of years, but did not really digest the Philippines, the biggest reason is that there are too many locals and too few immigrants of their own.

The population of the Austrian Viceroyalty of the South Seas jurisdictional area is not growing fast, but next door to Lanfang is the population explosion. From the initial 400,000 to 500,000, it has swelled to nearly 10 million now, a 20-fold increase in forty years.

In fact, this is still the Far East Empire is worried about Lanfang bigger, will have ideas about the mainland, intentional restrictions on the results, otherwise the local population still do not know to what extent the expansion.

After personally appreciate the affluence of the South China Sea region, has firmly William’s determination to develop the local.

Lanfang is a ready-made example, the initial Borneo (Kalimantan Island), the natural conditions are not good, in the South China Sea area is not ranked at all.

Tropical rainforest climate, because of the proximity of the equator climate hot, humid, in addition to a few areas of fertile land, most of the land is relatively infertile, mineral resources are also very general.

Almost equal to the rotten land of the region, the result is, on the contrary, the most affluent region of the South Seas, and economically surpassed the most fertile land of Java.

The reason for this is naturally because of the people, and barren land is also relative. In contrast to most of the land in the northwestern region of the Far Eastern Empire, Borneo is still fertile land.

Fertilizer came in short of ground power. It just so happened that several more guano islands occupied by Shen Luo laid the foundation for the development of agriculture in Borneo.

Seasonal rainfall varies greatly, and the lack of water in the dry season can be compensated for by building reservoirs. As long as there is persistence, even if there is no machinery, artificial digging out the same.

With hard work, Borneo was developed. With this success story in mind, William naturally had confidence in the development of other regions.

In the field of agriculture, God Luo is the king of this year. Not only is the agricultural technology number one in the world, but the agricultural infrastructure is also number one in the world.

If you add up all kinds of water conservancy projects and infrastructures in Shenluo, both in terms of scale and quantity, it is more than other countries in the world.

As a matter of fact, the agriculture in the Southern Ocean region doesn’t need to be worried about. There is just enough food to eat, and exports cannot be counted on at all.

In the Far East, there is only one buyer in Japan, and it is still a poor man, counting on agriculture will not make a fortune.

Really want to get rich, or to rely on industry, especially fast-acting light industry, these are inseparable from the talent.

Frankly speaking, William from the domestic recruitment of talent, did not hold much confidence. There is no way, too many robbers.

Austrian Nanyang talent gap, and not a thousand, rely on recruitment simply can not solve the problem.

Want to really solve the problem, the best way is still to cultivate their own. Primary and secondary schools are good, think of ways to always be able to build up, the difficult thing is the university.

Real experts and professors don’t lack jobs. Why would they come to the colonies to suffer when they can make a good living in their home countries?
(End of chapter)