Volume VIII 1090 Boiling Crowds

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If we look down from the night sky, you will notice a strange phenomenon, Naha, which was originally brightly lit, suddenly starts to brighten up after 1 a.m., centered on the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Lanterns and torches lit up with the footsteps of the posters, and more and more people opened their doors and lit the lights, and walked onto the street to gather crowds and flock to the street.

The prime minister promulgated the Chinese code, and from now on we will all be members of the Chinese community...... No, it seems that the Chinese still have to apply, and they don't know that the yamen does this errand?"

"What Chinese, is there any benefit?"

"Nonsense, how can the decree issued by the prime minister not be beneficial? From now on, only members of the Chinese nationality can join the army and become officials, and children can enjoy free education in the school......

"Not only that! In the Chinese community, as long as you have merit, you can be promoted, no matter what status you are! Today you are a civilian, as long as you have served in the military and have no criminal record, you can apply to become a citizen......

"When you become a citizen, you are qualified to be an official...... And as long as you work hard and strive to accumulate more merits, you may still be knighted!"

"Yes, that's right, folks, you heard it right, from today onwards, the Chinese clan is divided into six lords and eighteen ranks, and anyone who has contributed to the Chinese clan may be knighted......

The crowd exploded, the noise resounded in the sky, and more families woke up from their sleep, pushing open the windows and looking down in confusion, not knowing what was written on the notice board at the corner of the street.

Almost every street entrance was crowded with people, and literate young people stood on wooden boxes and read the notices aloud to those present, especially the college students, who wore neat school uniforms and their faces were flushed with excitement.

"O Chinese, will you no longer call yourself Han or Tang from now on?" asked a Japanese immigrant in a low voice.

The college student on the box had very sharp ears and explained loudly after hearing it: "Mr. Dorjee! You are wrong! The Chinese are not our Han or Chinese Chinese, and the Chinese belong to you!"

"It is very clear in the announcement that as long as you can speak Chinese, can write Chinese characters, and are willing to accept the constraints of the Chinese code and the constraints of Chinese morality......! As long as you become a member of the Chinese family, you can also enjoy the privilege of knighthood!"

"Wait! there's a new posting......" Before the stunned expressions on the faces of the Fuso people subsided, the college student shouted as he stretched out his hand and pointed at the Prime Minister's guard in the distance.

At this time, the street was already crowded with people, and the guards were already running all over the sweat, and when he saw that there were college students in front of him preaching, how far away he shouted: "The latest Prime Minister's order! Last night, the list of the first batch of Chinese nobles was released, I threw it to you, you can help paste it on the bulletin board...... I've got to run to the next intersection!"

A thick roll of posters was thrown into the crowd and passed to the edge of the bulletin board in the thrust of countless heads and hands, and when the college student opened the poster, his eyes lit up and his hands trembled with excitement.

"The first batch of knighthoods has been released! I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it......," the college student yelled at the Fuso merchant Dorjee who had just asked the question......, "Do you know?

The number of immigrants from Fuso in the Ryukyus is very large, and they are the third largest ethnic group after the Han Chinese and the natives, and when they heard the news that their own people had also been knighted, they burst into tears of excitement.

"The pride of our Ryukyu Fuso people, Chief Noheita and Chief Hyotaro have been knighted? Amaterasu blessed us...... Long live the Prime Minister!"

Almost all the intersections rang out with the roar of Banzai, and hundreds of thousands of people in Naha woke up completely.

At this moment, there was a sudden explosion in the direction of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and bright fireworks rose into the sky and exploded beautiful fireworks in the night sky.

The children jumped excitedly, and the most anticipated fireworks display finally began, and they had been looking forward to this moment for a long time!

All taverns, tea shops, and theaters were open, and bonfires were lit in small empty squares and large streets, where people gathered to drink and discuss the details of the Chinese code.

Perhaps the simple people do not know how many detailed rules the Chinese code has, let alone understand the deep meaning of the code issued by the prime minister, but they can evaluate this code with the most simple values.

The equality of the four people of the Ryukyu was a matter of course, and the number of farmers and traditional officials in the Ryukyus was already very small, while the number of craftsmen and merchants accounted for nearly seventy percent. Xiao Lotian liberated the third and fourth classes of the four people, abolished the past system of inequality, and naturally won the support of everyone.

There was no opposition to the Three People's System at all, and the people's hearts in that era were very simple, and most people believed in working more and getting more, and being diligent and thrifty. You say you don't even know Chinese, and you don't understand Chinese customs, so you want to come up and be a commoner?

As for the difference between civilians and citizens, the common people think more thoroughly: "Civilians, it is us law-abiding ordinary people, just live a good life and make money...... But if you want to be an official, you have to change your status as a citizen!"

"The prime minister said yes! If the ruffians, thieves, and hooligans become officials, will our people still have a good life? Therefore, when the prime minister gets a citizen out, he wants to send out those bastards!"

"What kind of place is that in the New Army? It is a place where people are taught rules, and if you train hard in the New Army for three years, you can turn the mud into steel! Then check whether you have a criminal record and whether there are any rumors of immorality among your neighbors...... In the end, people who are educated, reasonable, and well-behaved become citizens, and then choose officials among this group of people, which is right!"

See, are these common people really stupid people? This is what the Confucian merchants of the past generations called the ignorant grass people? Maybe they can't sing many beautiful poems, but that doesn't mean that they don't have moral wisdom in their hearts.

As for the system of six lords and eighteen ranks, no one objected to it! The 19th century was originally a society dominated by hierarchy, and the people's hearts did not reject the privileges of the aristocracy; as long as those nobles came from the right path and did not bully men and women by the common people, then the people would not only not dislike them, but on the contrary, they would worship them in their hearts.

Just like the names of Boss Mi, Boss Niu, and others written on the Yellow List, who is not convinced? When the French invaded Ryukyu, Boss Mi was the first to donate his family property, and all the granaries of the rice family were returned to the public and distributed by the government.

In that war, who among the Ryukyus soldiers and civilians had never eaten Boss Rice's grain? It was precisely because of the efforts of Boss Rice and other businessmen that the chaotic hearts of the people were stabilized and the people had the courage to resist all the time.

As for the cattle shopkeeper of the Four Seas Merchants, it is even more incredible, the Prime Minister ordered the Four Seas Traders to transfer grain to Asia, and how many people in the Niu family are about to vomit blood, and send grain from Nanyang and North America to Sijiu City!

Not to mention stabilizing the prices of Jingshi, they even pulled down the prices of a province in Zhili by 10%.

Why can't such a businessman be knighted!

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