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Chapter 543 Indian society is progressing

The Eight Indian Banners were established by Zhou Xiaoqi and Meng Qi themselves!

The Mingzhou Expedition Team has great authority and has full authority in diplomacy, military, economics, judicial, legislation and other aspects. Naturally, it can recruit and organize the army by itself.

In the past year, Zhou Xiaoqi and Meng Qi were not idle either. On the one hand, they operated the main base of Kingsoft City; on the other hand, they also drew soldiers from the first conquered Indian tribes, mixed with land expeditions, and then sent troops to carry out military and religious conquests against the Indian tribes on the territory around Kingsoft City, later called the "California Valley", and have conquered all the natives living in this narrow plain.

Now, there have been fifty-five Indian tribes surrendering to Jinshan City, with more than 100,000 tribes! It is really a considerable force. If it were the Jurchens in the northeast, they could use them to organize an army of tens of thousands of elite troops. But it is not possible in Beimingzhou.

Because the indigenous social system of the "California Valley" is very backward. The practice is that ** is of course the original **. It is based on tribes, work together and consume together, regardless of each other. When the tribe leaders and tribe warriors distribute the fruits of their labor, they only get a little more and do not have much privilege.

This system seems to be very good, but it is not conducive to the development of productivity and military activities. There is little difference between doing well and doing bad, and there is no concept of private property or family. In this way, they are not interested in possessing material, slaves, women, and land. So it is difficult to drive them to fight, because these good things and beautiful women give them no great use... It belongs to the tribe, not to them personally!

Historically, this primitive ** continued to modern times among North American Indians, and naturally greatly restricted the development and progress of Indian society, causing a large loss of wealth from Indians (white Americans are not Mongolians who only use force to steal money, and they are even more good at doing business and cheating money).

At present, the Indian ** caused great trouble to Zhou Xiaoqi and the two ambitious colonists.

Because they suddenly found themselves not much bargaining chips that could drive the Indians to fight...except wine!

The Indians seemed to have no resistance to alcohol, and they liked alcohol so much that they went crazy. But they got drunk as soon as they drank, and they couldn't do anything when they were drunk. This was related to genes. The Indians in North America were half destroyed on the original **, and half destroyed on the wine.

Therefore, Zhou Xiaoqi and Mengqi could not give the Indians too much wine, and they did not have much wine in their hands. The Indians in the "California Valley" did not have agriculture, they were all fishing and hunting peoples. Naturally, there was no material to make wine.

Therefore, the two colonists discussed and finally came up with a way to force social reform! Abandon tribes, privatization, and slavery!

As for what system to organize the Indians, the two naturally thought of the Eight Banners system, because they knew the three systems of Imperial Examination, Sir and Eight Banners. It was a joke to let the Indians take the Imperial Examination, and Sir's enthronement was not in their hands, and only the Eight Banners could be implemented.

But another problem has become an obstacle to the social progress of Beimingzhou, which is language barrier. Although after these days, many Indian soldiers have been able to understand simple Chinese, such as "standing attentive", "forward", "retreat", "charging", "arrowing", "camping", "killing", "setting fire", "wine and drinking", etc. However, there are too many things that need to be explained in a social reform, and it is impossible to explain it clearly in some simple language.

Therefore, Zhou Xiaoqi and Mengqi had to be patient and wait for Wen Tianxiang's Kingsoft Academy to produce results. The real role of Kingsoft Academy is actually to teach Chinese, and the Seventy-Two Sages are fat translations in later anti-Japanese films.

"Shakes pass through the sea, shrimps learn Taoism, and fish roe general." Wen Tianxiang called out the names of three proud disciples and headed straight to the hall in Jinshan City. In the hall, Zhou Xiaoqi, Meng Qi and Yang Aguo had already arrived. They were whispering around the map platform.

"After having a late birth, I learned to go to the sea, I learned to learn to the Tao, and the fish roe generals, and participated in the Zhou Guanren, Meng Guanren, and Yang Daoren."

Three Indian scholars wearing animal leather Confucian uniforms looked decent and said they were late, but they really looked like scholars.

"Ah, there is no need to be too polite." Zhou Xiaoqi looked at the three Indian Confucian scholars and frowned, then looked at Wen Tianxiang who was a little proud, "Zhuangyuan Gong, how are they? Can you speak eloquently?"

"You can recite the "Three Character Classic"," Wen Tianxiang said. "You can also recognize hundreds of characters... It's considered an introduction. My Chinese culture is profound and profound. If you want to learn these 72 people to achieve success, you must make more than ten years of hard work."

"It took more than ten years to educate seventy-two people. Isn't it going to take thousands of years to educate the entire Beimingzhou?"

Yang Aguo said strange words sarcastically. He was the Jurchen who was promoted to Han by Mo Yingniang. In front of Wen Tianxiang, the top scholar, his waist was not strong, and he could only say some strange words, but Wen Tianxiang was still in charge of Jinshan Academy.

Wen Tianxiang said seriously: "These seventy-two people are just the beginning, everything is difficult to start!"

Zhou Xiaoqi coughed, stopping the two of them from continuing to quarrel, and asked: "Sha Tongtian, Xia Xuedao, Fish Roe General, do you know what a slave is?"

"I know," Sha Tongtian said first, "Slaves are the owner's property. Without freedom and life are not guaranteed, they will be killed to sacrifice to ghosts and gods. They work for their masters, but they rarely have enough food and clothing. Most of the income is occupied by their masters."

He traveled extensively in his early years and had visited the city-states of the Toltec and Mayans in the south. It was already a slave society. He naturally knew what was going on with slaves. Speaking of these, a face that was old and experienced many winds and frosts showed a disgust on his face.

Another time and space Indians in the United States love freedom and are not willing to be slaves. This is also the reason why Americans want to buy black slaves. However, the Indians in the south, including the Mayans and Quechuas, were not so persistent in freedom. They had already had classes before being conquered by white Europeans, so they were more likely to accept the reality of oppression.

"Sha Tongtian, you don't want to be a slave, right?" Yang Aguo seemed to see the clue.

"I would rather die than die!" Sha Tongtiandao, "The people on the entire Jinshan Plain, whether they are Chumash or Tongava, love freedom more than life!"

"So, where do people love life more than freedom?" Yang A asked.

Shark Tongtian Dao: "In the south, although the Mayans in the south have beautiful cities and countless wealth, they are greedy for life and death. They are willing to be slaves! They have slaves and slave owners. That's why they are conquered by the Toltecs and the Chichmeks!"

To make an inappropriate metaphor, the Mayan status in America is somewhat similar to the Han people's status in East Asia, creating brilliant civilizations and having relatively developed productivity. However, its force gradually weakened, and became the target of invasion of northern barbarians. The Indians who lived on later American lands were similar to the Mongols and Jurchens and other nomadic and fishing and hunting nations. They themselves did not have developed productivity and civilization, but were strong because of barbarism. As long as they had relatively strict social organizations, they could invade the south. The Chichimeks who now ruled most of the Mayan lands were hunting nations that went south from the north.

Yang Aguo asked in a deep voice: "So do the Chumash and the Tongwa want to become the masters of the Maya like the Qiqimek?"

“Become the master of Maya!?”

I have seen Maya's wealthy, Sha Tonghai, and even breathing is a little rapid.

"Taoist, is this the will of the great Taiyi God?" Xia Xuedao asked devoutly.

"Is it the meaning of Taiyi God?" The Caviar also said the same tone.

Wen Tianxiang frowned, as if he was a little unhappy. He had transformed so many thoughts into teaching the Indian scholars, as if he was still superstitious about Taiyi God!

Yang Aguo had no expression on his face and nodded slightly, "Yes, this is Taiyi God's will! Taiyi God wants us to spread His truth to Maya's land!"

All three Indian scholars knelt down devoutly. Sha Tonghai said, "Since it is God's will, of course we obey."

Yang Aguo said coldly: "But God also said that the Chumash and the Tongwa are a mess, very disunited and have no motivation to fight. If there is no reform, it will be difficult for them to take over the Maya!"

"reform?"

Yang Aguo said things very slowly, as if he was afraid that the three Indians could not hear clearly.

"... It is to abolish the tribal system, implement the Eight Banners, and reorganize all the Chumash and Tongwa people into eight banners. Each Chumash and Tongwa people no longer belong to their own tribes, but must have their own family and property. Men and women live together and have children together. They can pass their own property and identity to their descendants. Moreover, God also wants to make warriors rich, cowards poor, those who have established meritorious deeds become nobles, and the Mayans become slaves to the nobles! Sharks and seas, shrimps learn the Tao, and fish roe generals, do you think this is good?"

The three Indian Confucian scholars looked at each other, then nodded at the same time and said, "What else is better or worse?" Just be honest and obedient!"

"So can you translate what I just said into local language and tell all the natives who surrendered to Jinshan?"

The three of them nodded at the same time. They were Wen Tianxiang's students. After nearly a year of learning, they could already understand what Yang Aguo said.
Chapter completed!
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