Chapter 1558 English, Big Cents (Second Update, Please Subscribe)

Americans are not so shameless.

When this thought came to Cheng Dingkang's mind, he heard His Majesty say.

"Don't overestimate the moral bottom line of the Anglo-Saxons. The moral bottom line between countries is inherently flexible. In order to avoid paying compensation and ceding land, they certainly don't mind playing such a trick, but..."

With a cold smile, Emperor Zhu said.

"In order to avoid this possibility, we need to establish a mechanism to prevent them from re-merging. If they do merge, we can immediately... intervene with our troops and conduct a second round of negotiations."

After he finished speaking, Emperor Zhu stared at the chessboard in front of him. By that time, the United States... would become a thing of history, at most a geographical term. By that time, there would be dozens of independent countries in North America, and the empire's only mission would be to prevent them from unifying like Germany.

"Your Majesty, I think we can also help them establish a corresponding immigration mechanism. For example, by setting up preferential shipping companies and offering preferential treatment in terms of ship tickets, we can introduce immigrants from specific countries to a certain state, such as Germany, Austria-Hungary, France, and Italy. The increase in immigrants from specific countries will lead to changes in their language. The fundamental premise for a region to be unified into a country is language. If the languages ​​are different, it will be difficult to unify into a country."

Following His Majesty's train of thought, Cheng Dingkang spoke while thinking.

"In order to win over voters, the divided states will certainly make compromises on language. States with a large number of German immigrants will become German-speaking areas, states with a large number of Russian immigrants will become Russian-speaking areas, states with a large number of French immigrants will become French-speaking areas, and there will also be Spanish, Portuguese, and so on. In the end, a divided America will become another Europe."

Another Europe!

Cheng Dingkang's statement made Emperor Zhu Da agree deeply.

"It's not impossible. Another Europe... a new Europe with different languages ​​and ethnicities. This Europe... let alone unification, it would be God's blessing if there is no new European war in a few decades."

Why has the United States not been divided throughout history? It is because the United States insists on linguistic unity, English!

No matter which country the immigrants came from, they had to speak English when they arrived in the United States. If they didn't speak English, they would have difficulty getting anywhere. No matter where they came from, they had to be Americanized. Ultimately, it was the unification of language that turned Europeans into so-called "Americans." What if we divided them on language?

In the future, it will be impossible to unify. Just like Europe, from the European Community to the European Union, the so-called "unified Europe" still has no hope until the 21st century. The differences in ethnicity and language and writing have led to the so-called "European integration" existing only in a certain ideal. Even if there is a European Parliament, what does it matter?

Europe is destined to be in bulk.

Turning North America into the new Europe... this is also an option.

"There is no need to set up preferential shipping companies. We don't have that much money to subsidize them. Except for the eastern coastal states, the inland states already have a large number of German, Italian, French, and Latin immigrants. Well, during the negotiations, we can ask them to respect the legitimate rights and interests of the people in each state, including their right to survive and their right to language. That is, they have the right to establish schools in their native language and publish newspapers in their native language. If they split, the state can also be torn apart!"

In another world, the rise of Hispanics in the United States is essentially due to language. Since the 1990s, when US states allowed Spanish-language education under the pretext of freedom, they stopped the language-centered "Americanization". The rise of Hispanics was inevitable. Just over a decade later, states began to legislate requiring legal document forms to be in English and Spanish. As the number of Latinos increases, Latinization is even irreversible.

"They don't want to pay reparations, they don't want to cede, but something has to give... What the empire needs is for them to legally protect the interests of ethnic minorities."

Listening to His Majesty's idea, Cheng Dingkang frowned slightly and then said.

"Will this have an impact on us?"

"we?"

Emperor Zhu looked up at Cheng Dingkang and said.

"This world is ruled by strength. Anyone who wants to force us to accept something we don't want to accept must first ask our fists. The integration policy must be adhered to for a hundred years without wavering. After a hundred years, the world will be united."

All the world will be united!

This is the ultimate dream of Emperor Zhu. Of course, his world of great harmony refers to the world of great harmony in China.

"Your Majesty is right. The world must be unified if the wheels and writing systems are unified. Otherwise, how can we talk about unity?"

Looking at Cheng Dingkang who was collecting chess pieces, Emperor Zhu added.

"It also needs to have the same pronunciation. Different pronunciations can easily lead to misunderstandings. This is why the Empire only teaches standard Mandarin."

In the early days, there were immigrants from all over South China, and everyone spoke with different accents. If you were not from the same hometown, it would be a bit difficult to communicate in the factory. That’s why Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang used Jianghuai Mandarin as the basis and borrowed from the later Chinese Pinyin to formulate the pronunciation of the national language. After decades of consistent promotion, the empire has basically achieved homophony.

"As for the national language of our people, the Ming national language is now not only being promoted throughout the empire, but also in the Tang Dynasty, where the new Mandarin and Latin alphabet are being promoted. Although it is currently limited to schools and broadcasts, over time, the national language will inevitably replace the local dialects, making all the Chinese people of the same race, writing, and speaking the same language."

When Cheng Dingkang mentioned the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Zhu nodded slightly. The reason why the Tang Dynasty introduced the national language was not only because the students from the Ming Dynasty dominated its education, but more importantly, it was because of the textbooks. Due to insufficient teaching staff, most schools in the Tang Dynasty directly used the empire's primary and secondary school textbooks. The same textbooks not only brought about the same language, but also other changes. Everything happened naturally, which led to the same values.

Over the past twenty years, the Empire has provided hundreds of millions of yuan in education funding to the Huaxia ancestral land through the Huaxia Education Foundation, allowing tens of millions of people to have access to education. They are destined to change Huaxia, regardless of whether Xuzhou is willing or not...

After thinking for a while, Emperor Zhu suddenly asked.

"How is the situation in Datang now? Is their attitude still as ambiguous as before?"

The so-called ambiguity is actually neutrality. Since the outbreak of the war, the Tang Dynasty has remained neutral. Although it has certain benefits to the empire, the empire still needs an ally to tear apart Britain's rule in Southeast Asia.

Of course, on the other hand, in the eyes of Emperor Su, Southeast Asia is the place that China should take. It is also the best reward for China in this war. If they miss this opportunity, there will be no chance again.

After all, for China, this is their last chance to control Southeast Asia, and this opportunity must not be missed.

"Your Majesty, if nothing unexpected happens, the Tang Dynasty will declare war on Britain in the near future. They..."

Cheng Dingkang said with a smile.

"I can't hold on any longer. After all, the general trend of the world is like this. Those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish. The Li family will never dare to go against the trend!"

(End of this chapter)