Master Yuan, start!

But when it came to establishing the country, the Chinese were excluded. This is unreasonable.

Therefore, instead of expelling the Chinese after the Philippines was founded, Yuan Xiangcheng believed that it would be better to cultivate Chinese forces in the Philippines in advance and allow them to establish an independent regime.

History has proven time and again that if the Chinese in Southeast Asia cooperate with others, they will inevitably be purged and excluded. They can only survive by relying on their own people.

However, all of the above are just means, whether it is inviting Japan into the southern Philippines or relying on the Chinese to establish an independent force.

The most important goal is to prevent the United States from monopolizing the Philippines.

Thinking of this, Yuan Xiangcheng looked at the Filipino Chinese businessmen in the room, turned his head to Zhang Bishi beside him and asked, "Brother Bishi, can you tell me the names of these Chinese in Luzon and what they do?"

Zhang Bishi, a wealthy Chinese businessman in Nanyang and general manager of the Northeast Frontier Bank, nodded and began to introduce:

"Mr. President, the man who is chatting everywhere is Cai Qian, a well-known wealthy businessman in Manila. The plantations under the Cai Jinyi business he founded are all over the island of Luzon.

The man at the door is called Xu Shangzhi, a native of Zhangzhou, Fujian. He is also a wealthy businessman in the Philippines. The rice and sugar industries in Manila rely on him.

This dark-skinned man is Liu Hengfu, also known as Tuqiong, a native of Nan'an County, Fujian Province. He is the only Chinese colonel in the Philippine resistance army.

Milky yellow light bulbs were emitting bright light, and Zhang Bishi was slowly explaining the situation to Yuan Xiangcheng.

Just as Yuan Shikai nodded repeatedly and signaled to everyone, the Chinese from all walks of life in Luzon who were present at the meeting were also silently gazing at this graceful and unpretentious president.

Many people couldn't understand why Yuan Shikai, as the president of a country, did not worry about military affairs at the critical moment of the Annan War, but instead had the time to invite prestigious local gentry and Chinese businessmen from all over Luzon to discuss some important matters.

Some Chinese businessmen in Luzon looked at Yuan Shikai with confusion. The domestic bureaucrats they had most contact with before were officials under Li Hongzhang's Lingnan Xinghan Governor's Office.

As for the republican government, they don't know what path it will take, so they can only treat it with caution.

Looking at the Chinese businessmen huddled together and whispering, Zhang Bishi smiled slightly and said, "Mr. President, it seems they are still a little uneasy."

"disturbed……"

Yuan Xiangcheng curled his lips and whispered, "Do they think that this is still the era of a new emperor and new ministers in China?

They were not uneasy in front of Li Hongzhang, so why should they be uneasy in front of me?"

"You know, what Li Hongzhang can do, I, Yuan Shikai, can do as well!"

The last two seemingly angry sentences made Zhang Bishi, who was also a Chinese businessman in Southeast Asia, have a gleam in his eyes.

As a Chinese in Southeast Asia, he knew very well why the Chinese businessmen in Luzon did not trust Yuan Shikai, because the impression Li Hongzhang left on them was too deep.

The South China Sea Fleet once destroyed the arrogant Spanish fleet right under their noses and landed in Manila to uphold justice for the Chinese.

Even though Li Hongzhang later committed atrocities in the country, assassinated the governor of Sichuan, arrested Guangzhou students on a large scale, and actively provoked a civil war, his reputation among the Chinese in Luzon was extremely good.

Therefore, even though Li Hongzhang has failed and been replaced by Yuan Shikai, the impression of him as a savior in the eyes of the Chinese in Luzon cannot be easily erased.

Yuan Xiangcheng naturally understood this truth.

Therefore, he did not intend to waste time talking. After understanding the situation of everyone present, he took out a telegram from his arms, raised his hand, and signaled everyone in the room to be quiet.

"Everyone, I have some news I want to share with you."

As Yuan Xiangcheng slowly lowered his hand, the voices in the living room discussing the war between Yuan Xiangcheng and Annan stopped, and all eyes were drawn to the thin piece of paper in his hand that was covered with small words.

"Just this afternoon, the Beiyang Fleet sank a total of seven French warships and troop transports in the South China Sea, specifically in the waters west of Borneo!"

"coax……!"

After a moment of silence, the entire living room seemed to explode, and everyone was stunned by the news read out by Yuan Xiangcheng.

What does it mean to sink a French warship?

In fact, many people in the room already knew about Yuan Shikai’s war with France, but wasn’t the battlefield on land?

They didn't expect that before the ground war was over, news came from the sea that seven French warships had been sunk. Everyone knew what this news meant!

Even if they are not clear about the world situation, Chinese businessmen know that Spain and France are not on the same level.

The French Navy is far from being comparable to the aging Spanish Navy. Doesn't that mean that the powerful military force in the hands of the president now can sweep across the entire Luzon?

When they thought of this, the Filipino Chinese businessmen present no longer looked at Yuan Xiangcheng with restraint, and their eyes became warmer.

Chapter 473 How to settle the account

When dealing with Chinese people and his own people, Yuan Shikai has always maintained an attitude of cooperation and win-win.

However, there are some things that we have to prepare for in advance.

He met the eager eyes of the Chinese businessmen in Luzon and continued, "Today is a great victory for the navy. It is such a happy event that the government should share the joy with the people.

The remaining Chinese in Luzon have been isolated overseas and have not been cared for for a long time. The new government is interested in raising funds to promote the development of Chinese business industries in Luzon. What do you think?

The news that the Beiyang Fleet had won a great victory over the French support fleet in the South China Sea was more effective than a thousand words of earnest persuasion.

Yuan Xiangcheng believed that the Chinese in Luzon present at the moment no longer had time to mourn for Li Hongzhang. They all looked forward to the new government's navy providing them with strong support.

"I wonder what kind of help the President is talking about?" Seeing Yuan Shikai throwing out sweet dates, someone asked hurriedly.

"Over the next 10 years, China will send at least 1000 Chinese to Luzon annually, investing a total of million taels of silver to develop the local economy and assist you in expanding your plantations on the island."

"10 Chinese people every year, a total of 1000 million taels of silver???"

Upon hearing this somewhat exaggerated number, the Chinese businessmen in Luzon present were a little surprised. They did not expect that Yuan Shikai would support the Chinese in Luzon so generously.

In fact, Yuan Xiangcheng knew that there are about 500 million people on the island of Luzon. Although Chinese account for a certain proportion, the vast majority of the population are still indigenous Filipinos.

If Lin wants Luzon to be under domestic control in the future, population is definitely an extremely important link.

For this reason, it is worthwhile to spend some fiscal revenue to develop Luzon.

In Yuan Xiangcheng's vision, Luzon would be the future base for domestic tropical cash crops.

Sixth, tropical cash crops belong to agriculture, and agriculture requires the participation of a large population.

They wooed the local Chinese and businessmen in Luzon by developing a large-scale plantation and garden economy, sending a large number of Chinese people to the area. At the same time, they firmly controlled the processing and export links. In addition, they used predatory mining as bait, and used their vested interests to restrict the development of heavy industry in Luzon as much as possible, forcing this land to develop into light industry and agricultural planting.

Planting the Cang Ao Mo naturally requires more manpower, and Chinese workers can continue to enter Luzon under the pretext of labor. Without the support of heavy industry, the indigenous people of Luzon will be like having their backbone broken. No matter how they make trouble in the future, they will not have the confidence to resist, and they will not be able to get rid of their dependence on the country.

At the same time, with the increase in the number of Chinese people, it will be possible to promote Chinese language and Chinese education with justification. In this way, in ten years at most, Luzon will become a large island dominated by agriculture and planting.

Compared with industries that have slow returns and huge investments, agriculture and planting can bring benefits faster.

6. For the domestic situation, this is a two-birds-with-one-stone strategy, as it can not only reap sufficient benefits from the tropical plantation economy, but also increase the proportion of Chinese in Luzon.

When the Chinese reach a certain proportion, the power of the local indigenous people will be greatly weakened. At that time, no matter what Luzon becomes, they will encounter great resistance if they want to change it.

As a person of later generations, Yuan Shikai knew best the driving force behind the national independence movement that began to spread in the early 20th century. In addition to the unpopularity of colonialism and the prevalence of independent ideas, the game between the great powers was the main reason for the intensification of this trend.

He is not a god, so it is impossible for him to fundamentally alleviate this movement. What he needs to do is to plan ahead and destroy part of Luzon's future foundation so that they can only develop on the basis of agriculture and plantation economy.

In this way, even in the worst case scenario, that is, the Chinese population in Luzon increases, they will still be taken over by the indigenous people.

By then, an agricultural country will not be able to pose a threat to China, which is separated by a sea.

The reason why Yuan Shikai went to great lengths to deal with the Luzon issue was that Luzon itself had not been influenced by Confucian culture for thousands of years like Korea and Vietnam.

This is the intersection of Indian Brahma culture, Islamic culture, European culture and Chinese culture.

Among these four cultures, Chinese culture, represented by Confucianism, is the weakest one.

Not only is it weaker than Islamic culture in terms of organizational strength, but it is also behind European maritime culture in terms of adaptability to the development of the times.

The only thing that can be talked about is the aspect of educating and cultivating people.

However, in a wild and untamed land where colonial competition was fierce, it was too difficult to talk about the saints' etiquette with the natives who did not understand Chinese.

Koreans recognize Confucius, Vietnamese recognize Confucius, how many Filipino natives recognize Confucius?

Therefore, it is very necessary to introduce domestic forces and increase the proportion of Chinese through immigration.

9. As long as these Chinese businessmen in Luzon are willing to cooperate, Yuan Shikai would not mind letting them have a place in the future Luzon.

4 Of course, after giving the sweet dates, there will also be the big sticks.

"I heard that some of you have some connections with the Spanish colonial authorities?"

When Er heard Yuan Xiangcheng ask this, the Chinese businessmen looked at each other and no one stepped forward to admit it.

"It's okay. In the past, you lived under someone else's roof and had to flatter the foreigners. These things will not be pursued in the country." Yuan Xiangcheng looked at the expressions of the crowd and said calmly:

"From now on, it's best to sever all ties with foreigners and natives."

Yuan Shikai only wanted to develop Luzon into a future base for raw materials and food. As for industry, it was okay to produce teacups and washbasins, but not to build ships and cars!

Yuan Xiangcheng believed that the Americans' attitude towards the Philippines would be no different from his.

Even if the native Filipinos defect to the United States in the future, the worst that could happen is that the Chinese in Luzon would openly establish an independent country. What's more, the Americans may not necessarily help the native Filipinos sincerely.

Moreover, this will definitely happen decades later. It is impossible for the current Filipino natives to cooperate with the United States.

Because after they drove out the Spanish, they also didn't want the Americans to stand over them.

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This idea of ​​the Filipinos gave Yuan Shikai the opportunity to ally with the United States.

The banquet was actually almost over at this point, but Yuan Xiangcheng kept looking at the Swiss watch on his wrist from time to time, showing no intention of ending it.

At this moment, the bustling hall suddenly became quiet. People looked towards the door and a tall figure in a suit walked in, attracting everyone's attention.

"Minister Tian Bei, you are finally here!"

Yuan Xiangcheng extended his right hand and walked towards the American Minister Tian Bei who was approaching. "Have you arranged your return home?"

Seeing this, Tian Bei also extended his right hand and shook it lightly: "Thank you for your help, Mr. President. My wife and children have already boarded the ship in Shanghai in advance and are being escorted back home by a cruiser of your country.

As for myself, it won't be too late to leave until our Pacific Fleet wins the victory in Manila."

Yuan Xiangcheng looked up and asked in surprise, "Oh, your navy has arrived in the Philippines?"

"That's right, Mr. President, the Chinese personnel agreed upon earlier, are they..." The American Minister Tian Bei winked at Yuan Xiangcheng, and Yuan Xiangcheng immediately nodded tacitly.

"Don't worry, Minister Tian Bei, 3000 righteous civilians will board the ship in Guangzhou tomorrow and will arrive in Manila soon.

They must be very willing to work with the local people to overthrow Spanish colonial rule!"

Watching the handshake between the heavyweights of China and the United States, some of the Chinese businessmen in Luzon present were somewhat dissatisfied with Yuan Shikai's order to cut off contact with the Spaniards.

At this moment, Ye Minglin Qilu Jiuyi 4L, asked qt: Bai come over.

China and the United States have united on the issue of the Philippines!

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