Chapter 398: Development and reform

The towering Taihua (Andean Mountains) divides South America into two relatively independent areas. In the eastern part of the Taihua Mountains, Changan New Town at an altitude of 550 meters, the cool monsoon blowing from the side of Mount Taihua gives the midsummer Citizens, brought a comfortable coolness.
At the beginning of January 1889, from Zhenzhou and Linzhou in the northernmost part of the empire, to Gyeonggi-do, Chang'an in the central part, and Anzhou in the southernmost part, no matter whether the local climate is hot or extremely hot, the annual traditional Spring Festival is increasing day by day. The approaching has made the people everywhere feel the joy and happiness.
The Spring Festival couplets and Tao Fu have been changed year after year. In the long and inadvertent period, many Chinese immigrants have lived in South America for more than ten years. Their spouses, children and familiar neighbors are here. Born and met.
The people of Tiannanhaibei gathered together in one place. Every Chinese New Year, a family sitting together, calculating the income of the past year, in the wife's well-thought-out Ding Dong and the child's naive and worry-free laughter, the men might From the Nanjing Mandarin spoken by his wife with a local accent, he would chew a hint of homesickness.
More than 70% of the local people come from Guangdong, Guangdong, southern Fujian, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Cantonese, southern Fujian dialect, and Nanjing Mandarin with a southern accent are the three local languages ​​that are used the most in daily life.
The semantics and pronunciation of Cantonese and Minnan dialects are quite different from those of northern dialects. People in other regions are relatively difficult to learn. The pronunciation of Nanjing Mandarin is close to that of northern dialects. Its spread also covers the Jianghuai and Liangjiang regions. It used to be the official language in the Ming Dynasty. Use, therefore, from the perspective of language audience and the difficulty of promotion, the central government has determined Nanjing Mandarin as the language.
The determination of the local official language heralds further reforms in the cultural field.
In February 1881, according to instructions from Li Mingyuan and the central government, the Ministry of Education convened nearly a thousand well-known local cultural scholars to begin special research and tackling areas such as simplified Chinese characters and remarks on Chinese pinyin.
In late March 1887, it took six years, and after four large-scale amendments and corrections, the Han standard simplified Chinese characters and Hanyu Pinyin were officially released. As a result, Nanjing Mandarin became the general function of government officials, teachers, students, and military. Language. At the same time, local dialects such as Cantonese, Southern Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, etc., have also received corresponding attention and protection as part of the traditional culture of the Han Dynasty.
The Taihuamen Gate on the north side of Chang'an New City, with a very different natural climate from the Central Plains, cannot offset the people's inheritance and expectations of traditional festivals.
Inside and outside the tall and wide city gates, people of all ages, wearing all kinds of clothes, with festive smiles on their faces, surrounded the Chang'an City, the political center of the empire.
The majestic, magnificent city walls, wide, flat concrete, gravel official way, bustling and lively markets, the scenes exposed at any corner of Chang'an City, all convey the vitality and hope of this new country.
The construction of the Chang'an Palace and the New City was completed around 1888. On June 21, 1888, after the completion of the first phase of the construction of the capital, the area of ​​Changan's built-up area reached 180 square kilometers. In the middle of the next month, considering that the area of ​​the built-up area was more than doubled compared to the previous one, the Chang'an Municipal Government announced the relaxation of the Beijing Population Limitation Act and raised the upper limit of the number of permanent residents in the city to 600,000.
Once the decree was announced, it caused a huge response in the local area. The earliest actions were made by businessmen and people in Gyeonggi-do. They rely on the advantage of being close to the Changan New Town road, and started or took out the prepared For many years of urgent need, or temporarily borrowing money from relatives and friends, try everything you can think of, and the purpose of doing so is to buy a house in Beijing, and then become a capital in the eyes of people in other parts of the country. .
Set up a house in Changchang and become the people at the foot of Tianzi. It has great attraction to the Chinese people at any time.
Holding good expectations for the capital, batches of people and businessmen spent a lot of savings and rushed towards the direction of the capital. However, as with the beautiful expectations, it is not just about wanting to become a resident of the capital. You can do it with money.
Continuing the regulations at the beginning of the relocation of capital, those who have made great contributions to the country can get a house with an area of ​​about 1,000 square meters in Beijing for free, and will also have the opportunity to own up to three houses in Beijing. For ordinary people and businessmen Military members, high-tech industry workers, and college students are given priority to become residents of Beijing. Some families have insufficient assets, but middle- and lower-ranking officers and outstanding grass-roots officials who have won meritorious service in major foreign wars can also receive quotas. And other capital reductions, and then get a small and medium-sized house provided by the state.
After the above two groups of people are arranged, ordinary people and businessmen who have no criminal records, innocent families, and business people will be allowed to enter the capital. Then, according to the principle of one household and one house, the purchase of the market value ranges from 120 square meters to 500 square meters. Detached house.
With the halo of the national political center and the mild climate of the four seasons, the population of Chang'an New City has increased from 420,000 to 600,000 in less than half a year. The number of people has reached the upper limit set by the government, reaching the desired common people, and buying with joy. New Year's goods, prepare to spend the first festive Spring Festival with the family in Beijing, and those people who have not been able to live in Beijing can only return with disappointment certificates.
The sight of people rushing to enter Chang'an New City is an influence in a special environment and a general epitome of the rapid industrialization of the South American and Han countries. In Songjiang, Songzhou, merchant ships traveling between the two sides of the Atlantic are passing a large number of goods through Songjiang's large ports. , Sent around the world,
In Xing'an County, Yangzhou (Pasu Fengdu ~ EbookFREE.me), the local coal resources with abundant reserves are used nearby. Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina are rare coal resource reserves in southern South America. The coal resources reserves of the two states are about 35 billion tons, accounting for about 90% of Brazil's proven coal reserves. It can be mined for more than 500 years. The data comes from the State Investment Network. Although South America has less coal resources than the northern hemisphere But it is not without. Only the proven coal reserves in Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina are enough to carry out the industrial revolution in the country. Of the total reserves, the proportion of anthracite is low, and the proportion of sub-anthracite is high, which requires the import of anthracite. )
) And iron ore resources,
The Hankook Iron & Steel United Group, located here, refines hundreds of tons of metal ore every day into steel raw materials that are urgently needed for local industrial development.
Three cities that are located in different regions and have fundamental local advantages and establish different development paths gradually develop political centers, economic centers, and industrial centers that are native to the country.
Like Chang'an New City, the economic and industrial effects of Songjiang and Xing'an counties have also attracted a large number of people to move there. By the beginning of 1889, people in the two places had reached the 200,000 mark, each reaching 10,000.
Songjiang, as one of the three municipalities directly under the Central Government, has a rapidly growing population in line with the expectations of the local government. However, as an industrial city, Xing'an County has rapidly expanded its population, which has continuously expanded the built-up area of ​​the county seat. The total built-up area has reached 70. The square kilometer has exceeded the scale of many city-level cities as the state capital. Therefore, the Central Government decided to upgrade Xing'an County to Xing'an City in 1890 after hearing the suggestions of the State Government of Yangzhou (Rio Grande do Sul). Its administration is set at the sub-state level, which is half a level higher than the ordinary state capital.
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