Chapter 701 33 million population

There was a fire during the court meeting. After Li Fushou drove away the courtiers, he felt a little more calm. He looked around with a cold face. Royal Secretary Fan Zhongzhai, Deputy Secretary Li Sixian, and Li Sizhong all bowed their heads and fell silent. , The atmosphere dare not come out.

  The king has become more and more majestic since his accession to the throne, and he seems to have an invisible aura to suppress the Quartet, maybe this is domineering!

  Leaving the magnificent Jinluan Temple and returning to the Xianju Temple, Li Fushou replaced the Tang version of the golden yellow tuanlong embroidered cotton dress on his body, took off the crown, and put on a light and casual light-colored loose Taoist gown.

  At this time, Secretary-General Fan Zhongzhai walked in lightly and said with caution; "Your Majesty, don't let these court officials hurt your body."

  Li Fushou sat down and said with a sigh; "Brother Zhong Zhai, I am already suffocated. These cabinet ministers are habitual inertia.

  When you encounter problems, you don’t think about raising money, raising revenue and reducing expenditure, and brainstorming solutions, but when you have no money, you think about your majesty's money.

  Wait later, draw up an edict from the king to summon the kingdom;

  All middle- and high-level officials with heavy responsibilities shall implement the first-accountability system as a whole, and shall not delay, evade, prevaricate, fear difficulties, be cautious and fearful of matters within the scope of their powers, and handle them to the end when they are first accepted.

  Requirements for the establishment of related matters, three days or five days, there must be a clear result.

  If there is no follow-up in the middle, those who do not work well will be recorded into the official files. All officials will be reviewed by 5 stars. Those below three stars will be regarded as black spots of ability and character, either a mediocre official or a idiot.

Such officials are not allowed to be promoted, transferred or re-elected. Those who are less likely to be reprimanded, they should be transferred. In principle, they are not allowed to hold the post of chief official. Those who cause serious harm will be removed from their posts, or even ransacked and lost property. Liability and punishment.

  Negligence in politics is a great evil, and it must be paid close attention to.

   Ordering all the cabinet ministers to write a crime has been completed, deeply reflecting on their daily behavior, whether the life is too comfortable, already drinking and singing, falling into a luxurious dream of drunken life.

  This is only a few years?

Order the Minister of Justice Tian Shan to start this year’s official review, assessment and filing work ahead of time. For any violation of the law and discipline, occupying his place without seeking government, using power for personal gain, bribery and perverting the law, conduct strict investigations, and the strict control standards must not be relaxed. Sort it out again.

  The secretariat closely connected, strengthened the audit and supervision work and post-event statistical reporting, and reported that where there are areas where unqualified officials are concentrated, the above-mentioned leaders are not clean. Find a few for me to kill a batch, catch a batch, and shock Xiaoxiao.

In addition, the Independent Commission Against Corruption, established on the basis of the review and supervision department of the Secretariat, will deploy capable personnel to work independently as soon as possible. The rectification of officials is a long-term and continuous task. It is necessary to establish high international standards and strict requirements from the beginning. It will be too late to build a team of officials with high administrative efficiency and wait until the decay is completely decayed. "

  Li Fushou said so much in one breath, Fan Zhongzhai wrote it down like flying pens, and then asked carefully; "Your Majesty, do you have any other will?"

   "There are so many for the time being. I didn't expect Xin Changjun to learn to be with Guang Tongchen now. After all, he is old, and when he is old, he will find a stable place to provide for him. By the way, he is in his sixties?"

   "In response to your majesty, sixty-three."

   "Well, this government will expire in April next year, and he will be 64. Then go to the House of Noble House to be the Speaker. Anyway, he is familiar with legislation in this area, and he will continue to use his remaining enthusiasm."

  Li Fushou muttered a few words to himself, Fan Zhongzhai wisely did not dare to follow up. Is the stay of the prime minister of a country something he can talk about?

  In order to keep the topic cold, Fan Zhongzhai said softly; "Your Majesty, I have a few good things to report here. You will be much happier after hearing this."

"The first thing is that the African Expeditionary Force's sphere of influence negotiations on the island of Madagascar have ended. Our side has obtained a 1/3 strong area in the southern part of the island, occupying 37.2% of the island's area. The text of the agreement between China and France has been noted. The participating countries of the "Berlin Agreement" have become a conclusive conclusion."

  "Well, Lieutenant General Liu Shan did a beautiful job. It didn't bother me from the beginning to the end. I should be commended. He drafted an order to advance to the rank of general at the Army Staff Headquarters, and submitted it to the Imperial Front to issue it for encouragement."

  Hearing this news, Li Fushou felt better.

  This matter in Madagascar was done beautifully. In this incident, Lieutenant General Liu Shan showed his courage, courage, and determination to the fullest, and he won the greatest benefit for the Ocean Kingdom. He never skimped on the rank of general.

It is important to know that the subordinates of the so-called African Expeditionary Corps, apart from the Somali Guard Zone, Mozambique State Guard Zones, and several marine police zones, these second-line guards, the field force that can be used is actually only a mobile division with more than 8,000 people, and the strength is not sufficient. .

Facing the massive landing of 24,000 French expeditionary forces on the island of Madagascar, Lieutenant General Liu Shan used the two immigrants that had been operating on the island for many years and sent two reinforced regiments to attack horizontally. It only took 17 days to intercept Madagascar. In the southern part of the island, the attempt to divide the north and the south has been achieved.

  At this time, the French expeditionary force was still on the landing field on the north side of the island, fighting indiscriminately with the local warlords of the indigenous kingdoms. I haven't seen a stroke of the character yet!

  When I heard the announcement sent by the African Expeditionary Force of the Ocean Kingdom, the French knew that the peach had been stolen. The sour and refreshing feeling was really mixed!

In the entire operation, there were only 76 dead and injured officers and soldiers, of which only 17 were killed. Among them, 8 were killed by accidents such as falling into the water, falling off a cliff, biting by a snake, or getting into a swamp. Only 9 officers and soldiers were killed in an organized counterattack by the indigenous mountain people. people.

  Of course, this is only the first successful military operation.

  In the subsequent suppression of banditry and rebellion in the southern area, the resistance of the indigenous mountain people still caused some casualties to the mobile division. As for where there are so many bandits and chaos, this is not enough for outsiders.

The mobile division’s military operations were swift, powerful and swift. Even before the local indigenous mountain people did not react, they had completed the combat mission to cut off the island of Madagascar, occupying key mountain passages, key passes, and major plain towns and villages. The gods descended from heaven.

  The success of all this comes from the tireless infiltration of forces, the control of topography, landforms and tribal forces, complete combat plans, and resolute and efficient execution for more than a decade, which together have created tremendous military success.

  Relying on the powerful overseas states of Mozambique, even the always arrogant French dare not make a mistake. They can only sign an alliance under the city with the African Expeditionary Force to eat the fat of Madagascar.

  Moreover, the population policy implemented by Lieutenant General Liu Shan is very much in line with Li Fushou’s wishes. This African operation can be said to be very complete.

"For the second matter, according to the immigration department's follow-up statistics by our secretariat, as of the first half of 1895, the population of the mainland and overseas states of Ocean Kingdom exceeded 33 million, and the inaccurate statistics were between 3305 and 33.08 million. In time, a historic explosive growth was achieved."

   "Oh... there are so many?" Li Fushou was really surprised, and his brows were filled with joy.

   "Yes, your Majesty, please sit down and listen to the ministers one by one." Fan Zhongzhai gave a salute and then said;

  "Since the end of the Civil War

Implementing your policy of "dividing fields and borders, combining troops with the people", a total of 417,700 soldiers have been placed in southern Victoria and New South Wales. They are all small and medium landowners, ranchers and home farmers who have experienced The baptism of war is a strong will to maintain the unity and stability of the kingdom.

  In the three years that followed, the southern state exploded with great enthusiasm for immigrants. In order to build pastures, the retired officers and soldiers used different methods to call friends and friends to build their homes from their hometowns in mainland China.

The wave of marriage and pioneering was accompanied by the croaking of the first generation of babies. The Chinese immigrant population in the southern state has exploded, reaching 3.17 million in just three years. In addition to the original population of the region, the total has exceeded 410. ten thousand.

  In terms of population size, mineral production, cattle and sheep, and agricultural output, all indicators have exceeded the pre-war level.

In particular, the prospects for population recovery in large cities are gratifying. The population of Melbourne has exceeded 436,000, Sydney 261,000, Snow Mountain Town 39,000, Rock Town 60,000, Wollongong 77,000, Newcastle 126,500, Canberra 39,200, and the main gold producing region of Pakistan. La Ruite has reached 281,000, and a large number of new buildings have emerged in the city, the scale of which has exceeded the original urban area.

   at the end of 1894

  The total population of the mainland and overseas states of the Ocean Kingdom exceeded the 30 million mark for the first time, reaching a scale of 30.61 million. This is a historic achievement.

  According to the detailed data analysis by the Secretariat, the population growth of Ocean Kingdom has changed from immigration-based to the dual driving force of endogenous population growth and immigration, among which endogenous population growth is increasingly becoming the main force.

  In 1894, the population grew by 3.212 million people, of which 1.979 million were immigrants from mainland China. This was mainly due to the tail-end factor of "family immigration" in the southern state, which increased nearly 460,000 Chinese immigrants.

Considering that "family immigrants" in the southern state have erupted for three consecutive years, the highest peak reached 1.1 million in 1892. As the situation in the south stabilizes, industrial and agricultural production has entered a state of steady growth. It is now at the end and will gradually increase in the next two years. disappear.

  The Kingdom has 1.233 million births throughout the year. This growth trend is steady and powerful and climbs upward with a steep curve. The prospects are very gratifying.

  This shows that newlyweds have a strong willingness to give birth, and the traditional concept of “multiple children, more blessings” for couples who have been married for many years is deeply ingrained, and will become the main driving force for domestic population growth in the future.

  Can be expected

  As the population of the "family immigration wave" in the southern state settles down, coupled with the emergence of more than 200,000 newlyweds (Madagascar women) in Mozambique, the new population will increase step by step next year.

  According to calculations, newborn babies will reach the level of 1.65 million to 1.7 million, setting a new record again.

  If the current average annual population size of 1.5 million policy immigrants is maintained, the Kingdom’s compound annual population growth will be between 3.1 million and 3.2 million.

  Since this year, the Kingdom’s main grain exports have stopped, and only a small amount has been supplied to the Guangdong, Guangxi, and the Ryukyu Kingdom, turning to fully meet the needs of Australia's mainland and overseas states.

  According to the existing food production capacity of the Qingshui River Basin and Borneo, it can maintain the needs of the kingdom’s 40 million people. If the food production capacity is not further expanded, there will be food shortages in the next five years.

  Supply food for a meat-eating population, enough to feed 7 people who eat mainly food. If calculated at the low level of Fusang Country, it can feed ten people.

   Therefore, the food supply situation faced by the Ocean Kingdom is not optimistic. The domestic mutton price has skyrocketed year after year. From the original one penny is not worth soaring more than ten times, a pound of mutton is now worth 2 cents and 5 cents, which is almost equivalent to six pence.

  With the income of an ordinary urban worker, you can buy 55-60 pounds of mutton per month, which is like two pounds of mutton a day.

  This price level is unimaginable compared to before. It is also a heavy burden for ordinary urban workers. After all, it is impossible to spend all the money on buying lamb, so eating meat the next day becomes the norm.

  You must know that 15 years ago, eating lamb in Australia was simply nothing. You don’t even need a scale. One penny takes a pile of meat, two pennies take a large pile of meat, and one shilling carries the whole lamb away.

Mutton is just the head of the wool industry. Those who are screened out for frail old sheep, sheep with poor wool quality, little rams are slaughtered only enough for handcrafting money, and it is too troublesome to sell. Many white ranchers dominate the sheep completely. When the waste is thrown away.

  At that time, some new Chinese immigrants who had just arrived in Australia, in order to save living expenses, went to the lamb stalls that were killed and slaughtered and asked for something that others didn’t want to come back to cook and eat.

What sheep's head, sheep spine, sheep hooves, sheep eyes, sheep eggs, mutton oil, as long as you can carry them, because the local white people do not eat these things, and early immigrants from Guangdong, Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangsu regions rarely have them. The habit of eating mutton, followed by foreigners has also broken down, and I don't like to eat these bits and pieces.

  The northwestern region that immigrated to in the later period, the Chinese in the southwestern region shed tears of happiness when they saw this situation. This is a good thing to dream of. What I didn't say...that is to let go of the belly.

  This kind of good thing can't be encountered now, mutton has become another lucrative income for ranchers, and the profit is considerable.

  Sheep spine can also be sold for ten pounds for triangle money, ten pounds for sheep’s head, ten pounds for sheep’s head, and sheep eggs for one pound. Anyway, these bits and pieces can be sold for money, and the sales are quite good.

  From frugality to luxury, Chinese immigrants who are accustomed to eating meat will let them go back to mainly eat food, which is basically impossible. This is natural.

   Therefore, the food problem restricts the number of immigrants, and it is impossible to let go of their hands and feet to emigrate. It will inevitably cause a huge food gap and cause serious social conflicts.

  Think about it!

  The Qing dynasty has disasters every year, affecting hundreds of millions of people at every turn. Only in a few provinces along the southeast coast, it’s not a problem that Jin’er emigrates five or six million a year easily. The question is what do you use to feed these people?

  Although the Mozambique region is rich in grain, considering that the sea is far away, the value of grain transportation is low and the freight is expensive, it does not have the ability to feed back to Australia.

  From the end of 1894 to the first half of 1895

  The Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War in the Qing Dynasty spread rapidly, and the area north of the Yangtze River in the mainland was facing war. This caused panic among a large number of wealthy households and urban residents in the area, and spontaneous immigration waves appeared.

  According to the statistical data at the end of July;

The number of spontaneous immigrants reached nearly one million, covering the three northeastern provinces, Jinchaji and Jiaodong Peninsula, and radiating farthest to Lianghuai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. There are more than 100,000 people in Beijing and Tianjin alone, many of them Quite a wealth of literati, wealthy businessmen, scholars, craftsmen and brothel celebrities, there are many famous Confucianists, the overall immigration level is relatively high, enough to meet the current social development of mainstream culture, medicine and Due to the demand for education, the immigration department has adopted an attitude of willing to see the results, deploying a large number of immigration boats into the northern region to pick up people.

  Combining the above factors

  As of the end of June in the first half of 1895, the population of the mainland and overseas states of the Ocean Kingdom exceeded the 33 million mark.

  Congratulations, Your Majesty, Congratulations, the strength of Dayang Kingdom has improved. "

   "Hahahaha, good, great, Tongxi!" Li Fushou couldn't help laughing up to the sky.

  Can he be upset?

  Especially the high-level immigrants from Beijing and Tianjin, the talent he has been eager for for many years, but now he has truly fulfilled his wish. It is strange to say that he is not happy.

We must know that the subjects under the Manchu and Qing dynasty have always regarded themselves as the upper kingdom of the heaven, and they were very insignificant to the surrounding barbarians. They believed that they were rich in China, rich in resources, and flourishing in culture and education, occupying the commanding heights of natural ethics and morality. From places other than China, I looked down diagonally.

  Even though immigrating to Australia has formed a reputation, countless immigrants who have made a fortune have passed on word of mouth, and have plated Australia's "New Golden Mountain" with a brilliant pure gold, which is only in the middle and lower classes of society.

  Compared to the stagnant pool, the stubborn and conservative upper-class social groups are not touched much, the immigration situation has not been opened up, only a handful of people test the waters.

  I don't know whether it is pitiful or sigh!

  Unexpectedly, under the influence of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the dreams of these middle and upper-class people would be broken all at once, and they would fall straight into the mortal world.

This time I also borrowed Gu Zhixue’s post as governor of Beizhili. The 20,000 new troops from Guangdong and Guangxi transferred from the north to Tianjin’s gates and guards. They used their powers to open the door of convenience and allow immigrant ships to stop directly into Tanggu Port. This has facilitated the immigration of Beijing and Tianjin.

  Fate will meet, chances are not met.

  The imperial court, trapped in panic by the Japanese army, had no time to intervene. The wealthy people in these two metropolises were really panicking. Once the tickets were sold, the big-ticket ferry tickets worth more than 40 gold per person were sold out.

This is only the price of the third-class big shop on the immigration boat. The single room with the highest price needs 1100 Jinyang, but it is the most sought-after, because there are only a dozen rooms on an immigration boat, and each room can only accommodate two people. How can it be enough for the wealthy businessmen? Divided?

  Gu Zhixue, governor of Beizhili, was not idle either. He arranged for his subordinates to vigorously scream for the stability of the rich in Guangdong and Guangxi in the streets and alleys, and also attracted hundreds of thousands of officials and wealthy households to go south, further enriching the strength of Guangdong and Guangxi.

  Is my eldest brother-in-law. I didn't forget to grab good things in my field on the day of the national crisis.

  What can Li Fushou say about this?

  I can only say with a thumbs up; strong, I have my shameless demeanor.

  (End of this chapter)