On February 5, 1688, in Beining County, lightning and thunder were roaring and heavy rain.

An unexpected mountain torrent interrupted He Yuan's plan to inspect several other settlements further, and he was unable to continue to follow the original broken highway to return to Hue Port. For safety reasons, he had to turn back to Beining, intending to go from here to Changshun Port, and then take a boat to Hue Port.

Beining County is the capital of Beining region, with a large population and a developed economy. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is one of the best cities on the Brazilian Plateau. Many indicators exceed those in Baoding region, and the development speed can be seen. The reason for such great achievements is actually related to the policies implemented by the Beining Regional Administration!

After Liu Houfei, the former regional administration commissioner, left, the newly appointed leadership team abandoned the original path of balanced development in the entire region and instead invested nearly half of the regional administration's fiscal revenue (including funds allocated by the central government) into the construction of Beining County. It can be said that it is the power of the entire region to develop the capital city, so that Beining County has been nicknamed "a huge construction site" for many years.

The results of such development are obvious. Beining County now has small-scale steel plants, providing raw materials for regional development; there are five central power workshops invested by the government, providing a source of power for machining processing for hundreds of workshops or small enterprises; there are a large number of agricultural product deep processing enterprises that produce dozens of products including wine, flour, tobacco, canned fruits, and cured meat that were famous in the Portuguese era; there is also a large number of handicraftsmen gathered here, and the regional administration has cut off almost most of the craftsmen among the immigrants allocated, and at the same time spent money to hire craftsmen to develop in the coastal areas. Therefore, the production of daily necessities in Beining County has increased greatly and started to sell to the entire region, competing with goods from Baoding.

Of course, this development model has also brought about a certain degree of bad consequences, that is, the imbalance between regional development. There are so many counties in Beining area with hundreds of thousands of people, and the people in the capital Beining County benefited from it. Other counties had a low level of development, and now they have to import a large amount of industrial products and daily necessities from Beining, which led to the fact that the already small amount of funds began to flow out, and the market inevitably declined. Many people complained that the finances of these counties were maintained by land transfer fees. As a result, the capital took the big head and then bought various goods from them. How could there be any extra money to build a place? If the infrastructure in this place is not well built, why should they attract more people to settle down?

These are real problems. However, now it seems that the Beining Regional Administration is determined to go dark on this road. They have two main tasks now. One is to build the capital city of Beining County, intending to align with cities in developed regions. The other is the construction of the Beining Railway, which also requires local governments to put a lot of resources to carry out supporting construction. Therefore, it is the top priority of the regional administration's work and occupies an important position in the annual fiscal expenditure budget.

"Use regional leaders to drive the development of other cities and ultimately achieve common prosperity in the whole region." The above is the slogan proposed by the leadership team of the Beining Regional Administration at the beginning of his term. Now almost ten years have passed, and I don't know whether this has been achieved. Based on He Yuan's understanding over the past few years, it seems that he has not done it, but it can be understood: Isn't this the case in Hue region? It's just three counties, and the other two combined strength is less than half of that of Hue County, which is very telling.

Due to heavy rains, He Yuan and his entourage were trapped in the former Beining County Guesthouse of Beining Hotel, and were unable to leave by the state-owned Oriental Hotel Group. He had no choice but to sit in front of the window and drink tea, and wait for the weather to improve.

Beining Hotel is located on the most prosperous cross street in the county town. Due to the heavy rain, there are few pedestrians on the street, and there are also people who are rushing to live. At this time, more than ten people came over with umbrellas and bags, carrying large and small bags, and looked at the old and small people in front of them with a look of frustration. Behind them were two policemen in black uniforms, carrying rifles and looking at the old and small in front of them with a serious expression.

Strictly speaking, these dozen people are no longer considered the East Coast nationals, or they have never been naturalized. They came from exile in the Ottoman Empire and were very dissatisfied with some of the slightly fierce religious policies on the East Coast, so they planned to leave here and settle in New Courland, which is said to be more relaxed in religious policies. Because of the tropical and frequent fighting with blacks, the white population was greatly damaged and continued to supplement. Although their place was a place where Catholics were dominant, the number of Jews, Orthodox and Protestants was also large, and they were not harsh on the Greens, so they planned to move there.

The key to their departure is said to be because the people of the East Coast use imams they trained themselves and do not use religious people who came from exile from the Ottoman Empire. What is even more unbearable is that they only allow religious places to be built when the population of Green Cultists reaches a very high proportion, and the model is also in the traditional Chinese style, and imported products such as onions are strictly prohibited.

The latest regulations of the East Coast Religious Affairs Bureau are already very clear. Whether it is Catholicism, Protestantism, Orthodoxism (legal status is still under review), Greenism or Buddhism, the buildings and some ritual supplies of religious places must be localized. Except for the specially approved personnel who study the classics, religious people must preach in Chinese or hold religious ceremonies. They are not allowed to learn or use foreign languages ​​such as Latin, Arabic, and Sanskrit in private. Violators will be subject to various criminal penalties.

The Bureau of Religious Affairs also specially used localized model Buddhism as an example, pointing out that Buddhism has been passed down from China for more than a thousand years, has been deeply integrated with Chinese culture and has been accepted by the elites of society. If other foreign religions want to develop, the first step is to carry out comprehensive reforms, cut from past history, and re-root the Chinese culture for development. They directly pointed out that many mosques in mainland China are traditional Chinese style with the style of flying eaves and painted buildings. Isn’t that great? Do you have to build an onion to be satisfied? Sorry, this is not allowed. If it is violated, the Bureau of Religious Affairs has the right to apply for local public security bureaus to assist in the forced demolition.

Assimilation has never been a warm word! Many times, behind this seemingly light word, it means butcher knife and conquest, which means that a large number of people are forced to change their lifestyle and live a difficult life again. Strictly speaking, the East Coast is not as good as the Ottomans, the Russian Empire, and even the United Provinces are worse than the United Provinces. In the above countries, pagans can live in a stable life, and even religious activities can be carried out as usual. Beauty interferes with only an additional tax (the Russian Empire does not even have this extra tax), but on the East Coast, you must make a great change, and may even be unrecognizable, which makes many immigrant pagans depressed, and even some social elites find ways to immigrate and leave again.

Under such a high-pressure religious situation, it seems understandable to say that the people of the East Coast are uncivilized. After all, among the major countries, the French Kingdom, one of the major countries, forced pagans or heresy to change themselves through violence. It turns out that Spain, which was extremely religiously fanatical, has both countries of Portugal and both mainland China have no intention of paying attention to these things. Therefore, the behavior of the East Coast seems to be more eye-catching, and the appearance of the civilization beacon is covered with a layer of dust.

But it doesn't matter. The East Coast now has more than 6 million people. Industry, agriculture and commerce are developing steadily, and colonies are blooming everywhere. Various scientific research is also advancing steadily. This country seems to have passed the stage of extremely eagerness for foreign immigration, technology and funds many years ago. It turns out that the immigrants of your Ottoman Empire were all highly intellectuals, experienced officers, and knowledgeable businessmen. They seem to be of high value. But now the East Coast has been developing for so many years, and all kinds of talents are everywhere. It is not the stage where everyone is receiving them. Therefore, the cleaning of underground churches and mosques that have been vigorously promoted in the past year has strictly purified the religious environment and strictly implemented the purpose of localization. Religious people who cannot adapt can only be given gifts to the country, otherwise the end of exile to overseas colonies will not be ruled out.

As the head of the Hue Regional Administration, He Yuan has also cooperated with the Syphilis Patient Statistics and Investigation Bureau to do some such wet work in the past two years, and has cleaned up some illegal institutions such as underground rituals that he didn't know where to come out. Those people are often full of grievances when they are judged, because there are few religious places other than Taoism approved by the East Coast people to build, which has led to the inability to conduct religious activities collectively, which indirectly contributed to the proliferation of underground rituals. However, the country will carry out special operations from time to time to crack down on such churches, which makes these people full of grievances and at a loss. In the end, they can only be sent to overseas colonies to preach to kangaroos.

He Yuan naturally supports such actions. Although he sometimes complains about his destruction of the economic order, she is generally sensible and knows that in an immigrant country like the East Coast, assimilation is the top priority. East Coast priority and East Coastism need to be spoken at any time, otherwise this country will be just a mess.

From this perspective, he is very unpromising about the Ottomans and Russia's multi-ethnic empires. Recently, the Austrian Kingdom is also very unpromising in its prospects for crazily occupying foreign lands. He feels that there is always a huge bomb buried in its country. If he is not careful in the future, it may explode and cause huge damage to society. This kind of destruction is often a perfect effect that foreign enemies can never achieve, which will cause social division and ethnic division, causing this great empire to fall down and collapse invisibly in endless internal friction.

Eating beef, drinking white wine, wearing leather hats, wearing Song Dynasty clothing (alienated or improved versions, such as the costumes of Bai Yutang’s wife in the previous article), listening to East Coast music (combining traditional Chinese musical instruments with European and Moorish instruments), learning various scientific and cultural knowledge, and being loyal to the Executive Committee and the country, is what the people of the East Coast should do. Those who do not meet this point will inevitably not be accepted by the mainstream society in the East Coast. The price of marginalization means that your status in this social group will undoubtedly be reduced, and you will never be able to exert any influence.

He Yuan is also a member of the upper class society. The second generation husband is still more thorough in the minds of the country's rulers. With the passing of the older generation, the current rulers are becoming more and more ruthless. They rely on the powerful national strength of the East Coast, constantly exporting influence to the outside world and seizing commercial interests. They emphasize integration and assimilation at home, and strive to unite the internal forces. There is no doubt that this operation is the correct way to develop the country. If you persist for a hundred and eighty years, the foundation of the East Coast will be completely solidified and your status in the world will no longer be shaken.
Chapter completed!