Reborn as King of South America

Chapter 290 Post-War Development II

In the middle of the La Plata Plain in South America, the city of Cordoba, named by the Spaniards, ushered in a name full of oriental culture, "Chang'an".

Chang'an is the ancient name of Xi'an. It is the first capital city called "Jing" in history, and also the first real city in history. It was established as the capital during the reign of King Wen of Zhou, and Fengjing was built. After King Wu ascended the throne, Haojing was built, and they were collectively called Fenghao. The abbreviation of Xi'an, "Hao" (hào), originated from this. In the fifth year of Emperor Gaozu of Han (202 BC), Chang'an County was established. Changle Palace was built on the south bank of Weihe River, on the north side of Afang Palace, and on the basis of Qinxingle Palace. In the seventh year of Emperor Gaozu (200 BC), Weiyang Palace was built. In the same year, the capital was moved from Liyang to here. Because it is located in Chang'an Township, it is named Chang'an City, which means "long-term peace and stability".

Chang'an,

The ancient capital of 13 dynasties, the capital with the most dynasties, the longest time and the greatest influence in Chinese history, an ancient name that disappeared in Chinese history for more than a thousand years, has reappeared in a new way on the South American continent.

The planned construction area of ​​Chang'an City is 800 square kilometers. In addition to the original 200 square kilometers of the old city of Cordoba, the Han government will also build a new city area of ​​600 square kilometers around the old city.

Built-up areas of 800 square kilometers are not uncommon in China in the 21st century. The built-up areas of first-tier cities such as Yanjing, Shanghai, Pengcheng, and Yangcheng are almost all over 1000 square kilometers, of which Yanjing and Shanghai have built-up areas of nearly 1500 square kilometers and a population of more than 2000 million. In the same period, London, England, had a built-up area of ​​more than 1600 square kilometers, but a population of only one-third of that of Shanghai and Yanjing.

Excessive expansion of urban areas, tilting resources, talents and policies towards large cities, supporting a few megacities at the expense of weakening the economic development of surrounding small and medium-sized cities, ultimately leads to an imbalance in development between regions and cities. Students or residents in economically backward areas are inherently at a disadvantage when facing competition from people of the same class in big cities.

In the process of concentrating talents to develop the economy, megacities with a population of more than 400 million will also have negative impacts on environmental protection, inequality, and increased internal friction. These impacts will have an increasingly serious lagging effect on the economy in the later development of the country. Therefore, in the planning and construction of large and medium-sized cities such as Chang'an (Cordoba), Wuzhong (formerly the capital of Uruguay, Mercedes), Huaiyang (Rosario), and Songjiang (Buenos Aires), Li Mingyuan specifically defined the construction standards of different cities. For example, the built-up area of ​​planned first-tier cities such as Chang'an, Songjiang, and Huaiyang shall not exceed 1000 square kilometers, and the administrative area shall not exceed 5000 square kilometers (except for the capital Chang'an, where the administrative area is 8000 square kilometers).

For second-tier cities such as Xinjing (Porto Alegre), Wuzhong, Xing'an (Santa Fe), and Yanling (La Plata), the built-up areas shall not exceed 500 square kilometers, and the administrative areas shall not exceed 2000 square kilometers. For ordinary cities below the second tier, the built-up areas are generally less than 200 square kilometers, and most of the administrative areas are around 1000 square kilometers.

After the First World War, the Han Kingdom swallowed up Argentina and Uruguay. Its national size had already stood at the forefront of South America, becoming a large country with a territory second only to Brazil.

When occupying a country, the first thing to do is to annex and digest the territory of other countries. The Chinese in the native areas of Han State are busy migrating to the newly expanded land to survive. As the land area expands exponentially, the administrative planning of five provinces and one capital can no longer meet the development needs of Han State. Therefore, the redelineation of administrative regions at all levels has become a major issue at hand.

From mid-July to early September, Han government officials from prefectures, provinces, capitals, cities, counties, towns, and villages discussed for two months and came up with the final result.

State, province, capital, and prefecture are first-level administrative regions. The state of Cordoba, where the capital of the Han Dynasty was located, was divided into Gyeonggi Province and was under the jurisdiction of the central government. The chief executive of Gyeonggi Province was half a level higher than the chief executive of an ordinary first-level administrative region and was a deputy cabinet-level official. (The official ranks from high to low are: cabinet members, heads of state and ministry levels, department-level, bureau-level, division-level, and section-level.)
A prefecture is a city of important status. The administrative chief is directly appointed by the central government, and the administrative level is equivalent to that of a state-level chief. The three prefectures temporarily established are Songjiang Prefecture (Buenos Aires), Huaiyang Prefecture (Rosario), and Xinjing Prefecture.

As the new capital, the chief administrative officer of Chang'an has the same rank as the first-level administrative chief officer.

Cities and counties are administrative divisions of the same level. The main difference between the two is that cities generally have more developed economies and larger urban populations than county towns. In addition, in terms of administrative level, the chief official at the city level is half a level higher than the chief official at the county level.

A town is an administrative unit under the jurisdiction of a county. The population of a town is generally between 7000 and 10000 people. A state has 20 to 30 counties, a county has about 20 towns, and a town has about 20 villages.

After the new administrative planning division is completed, Argentina, excluding the Misiones Province occupied by Paraguay, is divided into one capital, one road, three prefectures, and 18 states, namely:

Changan,

Gyeonggi-do - Cordoba Province
Songjiang Prefecture, Huaiyang Prefecture, Xinjing Prefecture
Songzhou (Buenos Aires Province),

Jinju-Catamarca and Tucumán Provinces,

Lin Province - Chaco and Formosa Province,

Golden State - Chubut Province,

Yunzhou-Corrientes Province,

Weizhou-Entre Rios Province, Zhenzhou-Jujuy Province and Salta Province,

Pingzhou-La Pampa Province, Qinzhou-La Rioja Province,

Guatemala-Mendoza Province, Hua State-Neuquén Province,

Occidental - Rio Negro Province, Iowa - San Juan Province,

Chuzhou-San Luis Province, Shouzhou-Santa Cruz Province,

Jiangzhou - Santa Fe Province
Gwangju-Santiago del Estero Province,

Anzhou-Tierra del Fuego Province.

Two states in southern Brazil: Yangzhou (Rio Grande do Sul)

Los Angeles (Santa Catarina)
Uruguay State: Wuzhou
Chile's southern state: Haizhou
23 states, one capital, and three prefectures. In just eleven years, Li Mingyuan and 600 million Chinese in South America witnessed the historical feat of the Han Kingdom's development from scratch.

There were cattle and sheep everywhere, the army was majestic, and the people were self-reliant. A small oversight in history created the path for an old nation to rise overseas.

Walking on the Great Plains of La Plata, you can see hardworking Chinese men leading their families to work in the fields and ranches. The hardworking characteristics of the farming nation for 1879 years have made the Chinese accustomed to creating wealth through hard work and effort. However, the heroic battles, sacrifices and blood of the Chinese in South America have become barbaric and robber behavior in the eyes of the West, especially the American society. The Wasp magazine published a cartoon that vilified the Chinese in August 8, and the caption said: "The ugly Mongolian is a fellow in this country, imitating the monkey. He monopolized the cigar and washing industry and showed a cunning and victorious smile to his embarrassed opponents. He wants to concentrate all the money and power of the Ministry of Commerce in his own hands.

When faced with powerful enemies, they flattered their masters like despicable monkeys. In Latin America, the cunning Mongols deceived the Peruvians, Brazilians, and Argentines who sympathized with them, and they attacked the Brazilians and Argentines with looted weapons and ammunition!
They are the most despicable barbarians, they brought war and misery to Latin America, they are the devils of hell..."

In the second half of the 19th century, due to the needs of the US economic development, a large number of Chinese workers came to the United States on simple merchant ships. The penniless Chinese workers, who were exploited by white supervisors, mined, built railways, reclaimed wasteland, and planted crops.
The desolate Midwest of the United States was left with the heavy footsteps of Chinese workers and countless dead bones. With their cheap labor, Chinese workers completed the construction of the Pacific Railway that connected the east and the west. However, after the completion of the railway and the exhaustion of the gold mines, many Chinese lost their jobs. In order to survive, they were willing to do any dirty and tiring work that white people were unwilling to do for extremely low wages. However, white Americans believed that the Chinese had taken their jobs and called on the government to enact anti-Chinese laws.

The Han Kingdom in South America was established, and the business representatives sent by the Han Kingdom reached an agreement with the US government. With the supervision of the Han Kingdom, the living conditions of Chinese workers improved a lot, but the outbreak of the Argentine War broke the political relationship between the Han Kingdom and the United States.

Anti-Chinese riots broke out in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York, the three main Chinese laborer settlements. More than 100 Chinese and Chinese workers were beaten to death or injured by local white rioters. Wang Youtian, the Chinese commercial representative stationed in the United States, was also restricted from traveling by the United States. He could only stay in the office and watch the situation escalate without being able to do anything.

The difficulties faced by Chinese Americans were heard by Li Mingyuan through various channels. Imagining the humiliation and torture that Chinese workers encountered in the United States, although Li Mingyuan wanted to help, he was actually powerless.

After receiving education in modern history, Li Mingyuan understands that the current inferior situation faced by Chinese people in the United States and even other countries overseas is only the beginning of the difficult life of overseas Chinese.

Due to the Qing Dynasty's repeated failures in foreign wars and the deepening of European and American colonial rule over the mainland, the positive image of the Chinese in Europe before the Age of Discovery quickly fell, and was replaced by a negative image of ignorance, ugliness, and cowardice.

In 1877, the play "Assin" co-written by American writers Hart and Mark Twain catered to the preferences of the mainstream American masses. It described the Chinese youth Assin as a "jaundiced patient with squinting eyes", "a big-tongued fool", "a moral cancer", and "an insoluble problem". His greatest ability is to "imitate others like a monkey".

At the beginning of the 1904th century, Jack London, a famous American writer, a typical "American Dream" writer, published an article "Yellow Peril" in a San Francisco newspaper after reporting on the Russo-Japanese War in 1908. In 1910 and , he wrote two so-called novels, "The Chinaman" and "Unprecedented Invasion", as well as other works involving Chinese overseas immigrants, such as "White and Yellow", "Yellow Silk Handkerchief", "Chen Chun", and "A Jin's Tears". In this series of carefully crafted "yellow legends", Jack London did not hesitate to slander the Chinese as an "inferior race" and a "yellow peril" that posed a threat to the white world of Europe and America, and that "genocide" must be carried out against them in order to achieve world peace.

Speaking of Mark Twain and Jack London, many middle school students know their names. In middle school textbooks, the two American writers are described as great writers who came from the lower class and sympathized with the lower class people. However, no one knows that the so-called lower class people they sympathized with did not include the Chinese.

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