Chapter 391: Sharpening the Knife to Attack the Pigs and Sheep (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
Caudillo-style landowners are not only Nanhua’s biggest hidden danger!
It is also a hidden danger for South America, and even the root cause why South American countries have been unable to rise after their independence.
They not only control production resources and human resources, but also have weapons! They are either local strongmen or caudillos. They fight against the central government, they control politics, they manipulate public opinion, they control everything, and they will even launch a military coup for the sake of interests. For example, in Mexico from 1824 to 1848, in just 24 years, there were 250 military coups and 31 presidents were replaced. In this case, is it possible for the country to develop?
The answer is no!
For this reason, compared to defeating the Argentine government, Zhu Xianhai has always believed that the biggest challenge is the landlord!
It’s the big and small landowners in Argentina!
Well, Bolivar was also a large landowner, and the army he had during the uprising... was also the landowner’s private army!
His allies were also estate owners, and they led their own private armies. It was these estate owners who overthrew Spain's rule in South America.
Who would have thought that just a group of local rich people could actually disintegrate a colonial empire? Even when the Spaniards themselves were designing this system, they did not expect that one day they would be backfired by the system they had carefully established.
We must learn from the lessons of the past!
Therefore, the manor owner must be destroyed!
Qian Deshan was not unfamiliar with the manors mentioned by Dong Gong. He had even visited some manors in Argentina two years ago. Although those manors were called manors, they were actually independent kingdoms. Why was Nanhua's attack so successful? To put it bluntly, the various provinces in Argentina were essentially countries pieced together by "independent kingdoms".
"Mr. Dong is right. The large estate owners in various places own lands stretching for thousands of miles. They have their own armed forces, lead their own people, and set their own punishments. They are completely like independent kings. This is the case in Buenos Aires Province and other provinces. There are thousands of small landowners around hundreds of large landowners. They control the parliament, the army, the cities, and the people. They are the real rulers of the provinces of Argentina. If we, Nanhua, allow them to continue to occupy the estates and control the population as in the past, then we will not be able to implement effective rule in various places."
"That's right. In the future, South China will definitely not be controlled by local strongmen or caudillos."
Zhu Xianhai turned around and looked at Qian Deshan and said.
"What should we do if we want to destroy them?"
"land!"
Qian Deshan said directly.
"The main figures with prestige and authority in a region in the provinces of Argentina are usually the largest landowners, wearing the title of militia commander equivalent to colonel, and land is the source of their prestige and authority! As long as their land is taken away, the foundation of the survival of the caudillos can be fundamentally destroyed. Just like what we did in Chile, we directly confiscated their land and distributed it to the people. In this way, we can not only win the hearts of the people, but also obtain a large amount of land to settle our people."
After occupying Chile, Nanhua implemented the not-so-successful "land reform" in Chile. However, the basis of that reform was to confiscate the land of the defeated and dismantle their estates. There were still many remnants of the "old order" in Chile - they were all supporters of the provisional government or "royalists."
Even so, through land reform, while hundreds of thousands of landless tenants were given land, millions of acres of land were distributed to tens of thousands of retired soldiers. It was through land reform and the resettlement of retired soldiers that Nanhua extended its reach to all parts of Chile. In many places, those retired soldiers replaced the old "masters" and became the new "strong men", but they were only strong men in the countryside.
After all, they only owned small plots of land, unlike the Spanish system, which easily owned tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even millions of acres of land.
"Well, now... our problem is how to take back the land from those landlords and how to destroy their manors!"
Walking to the map, Zhu Xianhai stroked the map with his finger and said.
"Take away their land and destroy their roots, this is what we have to do!"
What do those local rich people rely on? Nothing more than owning large tracts of land. They earn huge wealth from the land, and also have unparalleled reputation in the local area from the land.
Land is the source of all their rights and prestige. If their foundation is destroyed, those people will naturally have nothing. If the land they own is taken away, they will become insignificant people.
"Mr. Dong, unless they lead the militia to resist our army, we will have no suitable excuse to confiscate their land. Especially since many of the landowners are British expatriates, if we confiscate their land, we are likely to be interfered by the British!"
Qian Deshan reminded in a cautious tone.
"Since we are going to take action against them, we must come up with a legal means to solve the problem."
Protecting overseas Chinese or their property is the favorite excuse of the great powers. Zhu Xianhai is of course very clear about this. This is not the post-World War II period. If you provoke their overseas Chinese now, they will really send warships over, and the stronger ones will really bombard the port. Don’t say that Britain has done this before. The Qing Dynasty was cowardly enough and also made a "friendly visit" to Cuba.
How could other countries not protect the interests of their overseas Chinese?
"What about enacting laws?"
Zhu Xianhai glanced at the books in the bookcase, where there were many legal books. The laws in South American countries were almost a joke. They enacted laws, but they were never truly followed.
But it is different for the British. Britain is developed not only because of its industry. The British will also classify all matters within the scope of law to solve them. While other powers are doing their best to solve the problems of the colonies, the British are using laws to rule the colonies.
If this matter does not fall within the scope of the law, then what is the simplest solution?
Of course, it is to change the law. This is the privilege of being a ruler. This is the biggest difference between Britain and other powers.
"Promulgate laws?"
Qian Deshan raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Yes, if we want to make something legal, then the easiest way is to enact a law, just like the British in Australia, in order to convert the descendants of the Aboriginal people into white people. They took a series of tough measures. First, they enacted laws to legalize their actions and legally took away the Aboriginal children. For example, the Victoria Aboriginal Protection Act introduced in Victoria requires that all Australian Aboriginals and mixed-race children be taken away for transformation and brought to white families for education and transformation! If there is no "Protection Law" enacted, this official child-snatching activity is illegal, but because they enacted the law, it has become a legal act."
Although the crimes committed by the British are simply too numerous to list, it must be said that the British are really good at being both a whore and a virtuous woman.
You see... it's legal! At least it was legal at the time.
Will those children live happily after entering white families? They are forced to learn the so-called advanced culture and white values. In white families, all indigenous culture will be prohibited, and diet, indigenous language, etc. will be completely killed. They can only speak English. If they do not obey, then beatings and abuse are commonplace.
One day, two days, three years, five years, over time, when the child grows up, he will forget that he was once a native.
In this way, the aborigines have been brainwashed into psychological whites, but because of their skin color, whites still discriminate against them. So no matter how good their English is, they will never be accepted by the upper class, and will never enjoy fair education and medical care. Male aborigine children will become coolies when they grow up, and female aborigines will become maids when they grow up. Many girls are married to poor people who have just immigrated to Australia from Britain, and give birth to children for those poor people who can't get married. And what about the aborigine boys? They are just consumables for colonial construction, and will eventually disappear in the long river of history because they can't reproduce.
This is what white people call "advancedness", which is actually just the so-called "racial assimilation"!
It’s just that they ensure that everything is within the legal scope by enacting laws, which is their “advancedness!”.
In this era, this kind of advancement is something that no one can fault. Everything they do is under the guise of progress.
Doing the most cruel and heartless things in the world.
This is the British, but what have they gained from their great shortcomings and great virtues?
A world power!
Their people have benefited for hundreds of years, so what if they lack great virtue?
At least they themselves benefited from it.
Zhu Xianhai certainly doesn't mind absorbing or imitating good experiences.
It’s not shameful to learn “advanced civilization”!
Those British people keep saying that they are a civilized nation.
In this case, as latecomers, we must of course emulate and learn from this advanced experience.
There’s nothing wrong with that either!
"We can resolve this matter within the confines of the law."
What is law to the rulers? It is a tool.
Since the existence of those landlords has threatened the future of Nanhua, we should use the law to eradicate them.
Sharpening the knives to attack pigs and sheep - those landowners are pigs and sheep!
"Make laws? What kind of laws?"
Qian Deshan couldn't help but feel a little confused. He really didn't know what kind of law could legally take away other people's land.
(End of this chapter)
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