When the East China Government's visiting fleet was docked in Semarang, it was warmly welcomed by local Chinese people. There were more than 5,000 people who went to the dock of the fleet alone. Now the population of the entire autonomous region is about 1.5 million, of which about 1 million Chinese and descendants are about 1 million, and about 300,000 Chinese have settled in Semarang for a long time. Therefore, more than one percent of Chinese people came to the port to welcome the arrival of the visiting fleet.

Among the people who welcomed the East China Government to visit the fleet were officials from the autonomous region and businessmen from various industries, but the most were students, with more than 3,000 people.

After the establishment of the region, he attached great importance to the education of young Chinese. Administrator Zhang Zhijun also invested a lot of money to establish education, and also introduced private funds to invest in teaching. Now he has built more than 20 public and private schools, including 4 universities alone and two public and private schools. The East China Government is a major investment in education in the autonomous region. He has successively established 6 primary schools, 3 middle schools and 1 university in the autonomous region, accounting for nearly half of the autonomous region's schools. Moreover, due to the financial subsidies from the autonomous region's government, both public and private, the tuition fees for primary and secondary schools are exempted, and the tuition fees for universities are also very low. Students with poor families can also apply for student loans. Therefore, most young people of the autonomous region's age enter schools at all levels to study.

The teaching content of the autonomous region schools is very similar to that of the East China Government. They are mainly based on modern and modern natural science education, but also retain a considerable part of the traditional culture content. Therefore, in terms of science, schools at all levels of the East China Government use the same textbooks, and the content of the liberal arts textbooks is also 70% similar. The difference is that special content from Southeast Asia is added in subjects such as Chinese studies, history, geography, and political economy. It is a severe criticism and negative attitude towards European countries' colonial history of Southeast Asia and oppression of the Chinese. Especially in the content of history or socioeconomics, not only does Zheng He's voyage to the West positively describe, but the content of the Lanfang Republic is also very important. Of course, these are actually to determine the cultural theoretical basis for China's future "has been since ancient times" in Southeast Asia.

At the same time, education at all levels naturally praises the East China government, and mainly praises the political stance. It is very obvious that the East China government is a savior in the thoughts of the Chinese in Java.

In the planning of the East China Government, Southeast Asia is the sphere of influence of China in the future, and the Chinese in Southeast Asia are the important basis for China to control and integrate Southeast Asia. In the old time and space, due to the times and history, the Chinese in Southeast Asia did not have a strong sense of belonging to the newly established China. This not only caused the Chinese in Southeast Asia to suffer a lot of more suffering, but also made it difficult for the New China to open up the situation in Southeast Asia.

In this era, the Chinese in Southeast Asia still have a strong sense of belonging to China, and almost all Chinese regard themselves as Chinese. Although the East China Government is not the orthodox Central Plains dynasty, it represents the power of progress, openness and progress. Moreover, the East China Government sent troops to Java to protect overseas Chinese and won the Far East War, which greatly improved the status of the Southeast Asian Chinese. This naturally made the Southeast Asian Chinese feel good about the East China Government, and even most Southeast Asian Chinese regard the East China Government as their motherland.

Although the East China Government also knows that the people are suitable, it does not mean that Southeast Asia will no longer need to operate. Economic and trade exchanges are to further strengthen the connection between the East China Government and Southeast Asia. In addition, in terms of cultural and public opinion guidance, it also needs to be strengthened. It is necessary to guide the younger generation of Southeast Asian Chinese as soon as possible. Because the worldview of young people has not yet been formed, the effect of strengthening their influence on them at this time is much better than that of their parents.

Now it is the first time to see the results. When we learned that the visiting fleet of the East China Government arrived in Java, all schools in the autonomous region were organized and teamed up to welcome the port, and also made various welcome signs. Of course, this was also approved and supported by the autonomous region government. After the fleet stopped at the dock, each school sent representatives to present flowers and flags to the warships.

The fleet stayed in Semarang for 5 days. Every day, it organized various parties, seminars and other activities with people from the autonomous region, and visited the government, social talks, factories, schools, etc. At the same time, warships were regularly opened every day to allow people from the autonomous region to board the ship to visit.

The opening of warship tours to residents has been carried out many times within the East China Government, and the practice has gradually formed. This approach can strengthen the relationship between the military and civilians, make the army appear more friendly and down-to-earth, and at the same time it can enhance the people's respect and confidence in the army, forming a benign interaction. However, it is the first time that such an event was organized in Java, which naturally aroused great interest from the local people. Therefore, people visiting warships every day are endless and line up, while those who board the warships will become the capital to brag to others for a considerable time in the future.

While the fleet was docking in Semarang, the Dutch colonial authorities remained silent and did not express any opinions because there was nothing to say, so they simply stopped talking. But what they did not expect was that the fleet received an invitation to visit from the Changi base in the UK.

It turned out that after the East China Government visited Siam successfully, it also caused a huge response in the UK. In the British political arena, some people advocated easing with the East China Government and even developing good relations with the state, and they became active at this time. They believed that the Siam incident proved that Britain could not suppress it. The first time was to suppress the East China Government in the Far East. It was necessary to formally rise the East China Government and live with it in the Far East. During this visit to Siam, the East China Government took the initiative to invite the British and French fleets to participate in the drill. This was a positive signal sent by the East China Government to Britain and France, indicating that the East China Government had no intention of being enemies with Britain and France. Moreover, although the East China Government now has a good relationship with Germany, there is no villa, so the UK should also give a kind response, and maybe it can really improve the relationship between the two sides.

On the contrary, if the East China government is suppressed, it is likely to completely push the East China government into the German camp, but it will also cause extremely unstable Britain's Far East colony. After all, Britain is really unable to suppress the East China government in the Far East. This is not only unfavorable to Britain, but also extremely unfavorable to the entire [Four-Nation Alliance], because once the East China government joins Germany's camp, it can restrain Russia on the Eastern Front. The strategic advantage of Britain and France's painstakingly creating against Germany will be completely lost. Britain and France have to deal with the powerful and full-scale German army on the Western Front. Therefore, in the confrontation with the allies led by Germany, the [Four-Nation Alliance] will have no chance of winning.

Although Britain and France have been supporting Japan to fight against the East China Government, these incidents have proved that Japan is not a reliable companion, and they have made too many small plans. Moreover, compared with the current East China Government, Japan's size is too small. Even if it is supported, it will only play a certain role in the East China Government at most, and it is impossible to truly prevent the rise of the East China Government.

And the best way now is to try to improve relations with the East China government before it formally formed a formal alliance with Germany, so as to make some use of the Far East. After all, the Far East is not the core interest of the UK. As long as India and Australia are ensured, the UK can maintain the foundation of the empire. As long as it can ensure that the East China government's capabilities remain neutral in the confrontation between the [Four-Nation Alliance] and the allies, this is an absolutely cost-effective deal for the UK.

However, in the British political arena, voices against improvement with the East China Government are still strong. These MPs believe that the alliance between the East China Government and Germany is only a matter of time, and it is not that Britain can give up some interests and change it. In this Siam incident, the goodwill released by the East China Government is not a smoke bomb, trying to deceive Britain. No matter what the UK does, it is impossible to change the result of the alliance between the East China Government and Germany. Therefore, instead of doing useless obstruction, it is better to think of more ways and invest more efforts to prevent the rise of the East China Government, or to be prepared to deal with the East China Government joining the allies.

Moreover, the opponents were not all opposed, and they also gave their countermeasures, which was to pull the United States to deal with the East China government. Although Japan was extremely embarrassed, if the United States was pulled into the [Four-Nation Alliance] and form a [Five-Nation Alliance], in the Far East, the United States and Japan jointly suppress the East China government, and in Europe, Britain, France and Russia will fight against the allies, then Britain will be invincible.

Faced with the two factions' views and endless arguments, the British cabinet was difficult to make a decision. Although the members of the cabinet did not want to compromise with the East China Government, in the past 200 years, the East China Government has caused the worst defeat in the UK and was forced to cede land and seek compensation for peace. Naturally, this breath could not be swallowed. But reality forced the British cabinet to make a choice and confront the East China Government to the end. Is it beneficial to the UK?
Chapter completed!