837 Three Palaces, Six Courtyards, Seventy-two, What?
According to the provisions of the U.S. Constitution, Li Mu, who was not born in the United States, is not eligible to run for president, but Li Mu's son can, although Little Will is only one-half of Chinese blood, but in this patrilineal society where the pedigree theory dominates, there is no doubt that Little Will is also a member of the Chinese, no matter what happens in the future, Little Will will represent the interests of all Chinese Americans, just like Li Mu.
This is also what Li Mu has always hoped to see, limited to the education level of the first generation of Chinese, it is already very good to be able to gain a firm foothold in the United States, and it is impossible to have much development, Chen Guofang's example is just a special case, Li Mu hopes that in another ten years, or twenty or thirty years, real politicians can be born among the Chinese, not Chen Guofang, who was pushed to the altar by Li Mu.
In another time and space, the first senator among the Chinese in the United States appeared in Hawaii, but that was already after World War II, this time and space, Li Mu advanced this time by more than half a century, which will definitely bring something different to the status of the Chinese in the United States, unlike Li Mu, who is limited to the economic field, although Li Mu has many friends in Congress, but the real Chinese are only Chen Guofang, or take advantage of the number of Chinese in Hawaii, Li Mu hopes that after one or two decades, The presence of more Chinese-American members in Congress will greatly improve the social status of Chinese Americans.
"If you really decide, then what else can I say, except for good luck, I will ask Bai Qi and Lawrence to cooperate with you as much as possible, you have to be prepared, about a year or two, the situation will not get much better, but the foundation of Vladivostok is still good, after a year or two, you should be able to be self-sufficient, your task is not too heavy." Li Mu is still more optimistic about Chen Guofang, with the cooperation of a local snake like Bai Qi, with Lawrence's Pacific Company in charge of various guarantees, and with Chen Guofang's good relationship with members of Congress, Li Mu believes that it will not be long before Vladivostok will have earth-shaking changes.
In fact, Vladivostok is not short of money, resources, land, the only thing that is lacking is people, but with the back of the Qing Empire, it is not difficult to solve this problem, the Pacific Company has been busy in the Qing Empire for five or six years, and it has only removed about a million people from the Qing Empire, which is nothing at all for the Qing Empire, perhaps a major natural disaster, causing more than one death.
People in the 21st century simply cannot understand the catastrophic consequences of natural and man-made disasters in the feudal era, and the Qing Empire had just experienced a terrible drought two years ago, which began in 1875 and lasted until the end of 1878, with 200 million people affected, 20 million forced to relocate, and 10 million people starved to death.
After talking about natural disasters and man-made disasters, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement 30 years ago caused the population loss of the Qing Empire to reach 160 million in 15 years, what is this concept? That's about the same as the population of the United States now having to die four times.
Therefore, one or two million people may have broken bones for a European country, but for the Qing Empire with a large population, it really doesn't matter, which is why the Qing government is dissatisfied with Li Mu, but it did not interfere with the immigration of the Pacific Company, perhaps the Qing government thinks that the immigration of the Pacific Company will objectively maintain the rule of the Qing government.
"Of course I am confident, otherwise I would not want to go to Vladivostok, which was originally our land, and the Qing State could not hold it before, so Maozi robbed it, and now we will go and get it back, it won't take too long, three or five years at the fastest, and ten years at the slow, I will definitely make Vladivostok an iron wall for our Chinese, and no one else will occupy it." Chen Guofang has ideals, but if you listen carefully, it seems that there is still a bit of ambiguity.
"Well, I will find a way to convince the War Department to establish a standing army in Vladivostok as much as possible, and it would be better if the Pacific Fleet could be stationed in Vladivostok, and before that, you should first set up the stalls of the National Guard, and you don't have to worry about the cost, do you want me to transfer some people from the Panamanian company to you?" Li Mu understands the truth that power comes out of the barrel of a gun, and the best way to safeguard the interests of the Chinese is to arm the Chinese.
The National Rifle Association claims to be the oldest and largest civil rights defense organization in the United States, listen to the slogan shouted, any behavior against the National Rifle Association can be regarded as a violation of the rights of ordinary people, Ulysses Grant is the current chairman of the National Rifle Association, the relationship between the Horse Group and the National Rifle Association Needless to say, since the Burnside period, the Horse Arms Company is the largest financier of the National Rifle Association, and the Horse Arms Company alone is a one, Donations to the National Rifle Association account for 30 percent of all donations to the National Rifle Association.
Li Mu is the largest arms dealer in the United States, so Li Mu supports any form of armed behavior, whether it is the standing army or the National Guard, he will purchase weapons from the horse arms company, especially for Vladivostok, Li Mu will definitely give Chen Guofang a good price.
In order to allow the Chinese to better master the use of weapons, the Horse Arms Company and the National Rifle Association also regularly hold weapons training among the Chinese, not only adult men should be trained, women and children should also be trained in the use of weapons on a regular basis, with the almost innate spirit of resistance of the Chinese, Li Mu believes that if the Chinese in the United States can do one gun per person, then no one will dare to easily destroy the interests of the Chinese.
The same is true of Vladivostok, if Chen Guofang wants to attract more Chinese immigrants to Vladivostok, then the first thing to solve is the security problem, this security is not only to guard against wild beasts, but also to guard against Russians, Japanese, Koreans, and even Qing people, Li Mu will try his best to persuade Congress to set up a standing army in Vladivostok, but if this cannot be done, then Chen Guofang must first pull up the frame of the National Guard, at least have the ability to protect themselves, in order to imagine a better future.
"Of course, it would be better if you could." Chen Guofang did not refuse Li Mu's arrangement, it can be said that without Li Mu, there would be no Hawaii State, and Chen Guofang would not be able to become a senator, after staying in Washington for so long, Chen Guofang has fully realized how huge Li Mu's power is, even if Li Mu's request is rude, Chen Guofang will not refuse, and has no ability to refuse.
What's more, Li Mu considered the problem completely from Chen Guofang's standpoint, which made Chen Guofang unable to find a reason to refuse.
"Wait, I'll contact Tiger and ask him to recommend a few people to you." Li Mu has more reliable candidates in his hands, there are many Chinese officers in the first cavalry division, and there is not much needed, three or five are enough to pull up the shelves of the Vladivostok National Guard.
"There's another question-" Chen Guofang hesitated a little, not knowing whether to say it.
Li Mu could probably guess what Chen Guofang wanted to say, so Li Mu didn't interject, there were some things, Li Mu still hoped that Chen Guofang would take the initiative to bring it up.
"Reem, I know you are a good person, all along, you have been working hard to improve the social status of our Chinese, so that we Chinese can live a better life, and bring more Chinese out of the quagmire of the Qing Empire, I have to admit that you have done a good job, better than anyone else, but there are still more people suffering in the Qing Empire, if possible, why not overthrow the Qing government directly? I know you have this ability, in Panama, in Haiti, in East Asia, you have proven your strength, I believe that as long as we Chinese are given the opportunity, we will be better than anyone else, and now we have proven it, so why not go further? Overthrow the rule of the Qing government and establish a United States like the United States in the Qing Empire, and even you can directly claim the title of emperor-" The more Chen Guofang said, the more outrageous it became, the Li Mu mentioned earlier was still acceptable, but the back was completely unreliable, is the emperor casual? Li Mu didn't want to be offended.
Chen Guofang's requirements are a bit high, perhaps in Chen Guofang's opinion, Li Mu's way of immigrating a little bit is indeed too slow, which is not in line with Li Mu's style of doing things all along.
Li Mu directly raised his hand to interrupt Chen Guofang, but he still couldn't give Chen Guofang too much confidence, this had to let Chen Guofang continue, it was estimated that it would not take many years for Li Mu to dominate the world, or he would be sorry for the expectations of all Chinese people for Li Mu.
"The emperor is not easy to be, who loves to be the one who is not good, the result is a disaster to the country and the people, the people are complaining, accidentally become a sinner, want to be good, not to mention whether I have the ability, I can't fight that mind, I heard that the emperor has to watch hundreds of copies a day, what fun is there in that kind of life? Not to mention, a guy like me, who married a woman of an alien race, is not qualified to be an emperor at all. "Li Mucai doesn't suffer that crime, how can being an emperor be comfortable as a president? Like Li Mu, who is a shopkeeper, his life is relaxed, he is really like a fairy, and then look at the Ulysses Grant referred to by Qianfu, the betrayal of Hayes, and there are still people who have not yet come to power, but James Garfield, who has been blacklisted, is already so painful to be a president, and being an emperor is not a human life at all.
"Who says you're not qualified? There are seventy-two concubines in the three palaces and six courtyards, and there are also many beauties who have contributed from other races-" Chen Guofang was not yet dead, but Gloria's cold snort suddenly came from the door.
Well, Gloria really didn't mean to eavesdrop, she just came to add coffee to Li Mu and Chen Guofang, and she preferred to die and hear Chen Guofang say that there were seventy-two concubines in the three palaces and six courtyards, is this because Li Mu's home is not lively enough?
"Thank you!" Chen Guofang is also a politician now, her skin has been thick to a certain extent, and Chen Guofang thanked Gloria when she added coffee, but looking at Gloria's expression, it was obvious that she wanted to pour coffee on Chen Guofang's head.
"We're talking about the Qing Empire, and Ray is doing a good job right now." Li Mu explained slightly, fortunately, Li Mu was determined just now, otherwise Li Mu would not have a good life, Gloria's Chinese level is now at least level 8, and she can say it casually.
The "Lei" that Li Mu said is not the Lei of the Junma Construction Company, but Lei Haobo, who had a relationship with Li Mu in Luzon, Lei Haobo's family has now emigrated to Luzon, and Lei Haobo has joined the French nationality and stayed in Ryukyu to engage in the great cause of overthrowing the Qing Empire.
Well, obviously the latter one is more.
"It's okay to talk, as long as you don't go to the Far East to engage in the seventy-two concubines of the Three Palaces and Six Courtyards, you still have to teach Xiao Wei to write Chinese characters, I'm afraid you don't have time." Gloria's reason is also very, taking a child is obviously a woman's business, and Li Mu can't be delayed to save the earth.
Gloria's Chinese is indeed good, and it is not an exaggeration to let Li Muhui teach Xiao Wei that it is just a joke that Li Muhui does not write as many traditional characters as Gloria.
In fact, Li Mu has always been in trouble in this regard, Li Mu is more familiar with simplified characters, rather than the current traditional characters, not that Li Mu does not know, to Li Mu this "Three Character Classic", Li Mu combined with the context even if you don't know can be blinded by seven, seven, eight, eight, and eight, writing is not good at all, I am used to typing in my last life, Li Mu's writing level has degraded to the point that even middle school students are inferior, and many commonly used words are also forgotten to pick up the pen, such as biang on the biangbiang side, Li Mu will not write until he crosses, Even if it is not associated with "noodles", Li Mu does not know it.
Well, it's actually not a problem, after all, it's noodles, you can eat it, it doesn't matter if you can write it or not, you don't need to raise cattle to eat beef.
"Hehe, no, no, it's just talking, you know, I'm not interested in politics." Li Mu laughed, in fact, for a moment, Li Mu thought about it, it's not bad to go back and be a faint king, how to faint, it's better than Guangxu, who is only eight years old this year.
Many people often say that governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, in a sense, this sentence is right, the emperor does not need to be very competent, as long as he knows people well and does a good job of supervision, similar to the future British model, the queen has been a prince for more than half a century or happy, unlucky is the prime minister, he has not done less to live, and he has not been scolded a word, and he will be dragged out to worship the sky if he makes a slight mistake, and the degree of sadness is second only to the prince who is only seventy, but he has been the prince for sixty years.
Oh, seventy-year-old prince, what a rarity in the world!
"Then, Mr. Ream, Mrs. Lee, I will take my leave." Chen Guofang felt a chill down his spine, it was better to say goodbye early, otherwise Gloria would probably have to stab the villain when he turned around.
"Please walk slowly." Gloria is still very good at this time, no matter what, she is already called "Madame", and she doesn't stretch out her hand to hit the smiling person.
Oh, Li Mu's full name in English is Rim Lee.