The Indian brought in by Li Shi was naturally Chief Dudu.
As soon as he entered the conference room, he took a few seconds to adapt to the light in the room, and then looked around with curious eyes.
The chief is in his early forties this year. He has a broad face, a flat nose, and a pair of small black eyes that are constantly rotating. His broad chest and muscular limbs make him look explosive and very powerful.
Obviously, his long life of traveling among mountains, forests and coasts has made his body quite strong even in middle age.
Although the battle patterns painted on his face look ferocious and terrifying, if you look closely, you will find that there is no trace of ferocity in that weather-beaten face, but instead a kind of serenity, a seemingly indifferent calm, which is also the case for many Indians.
The demeanor that people often have when they are mentally relaxed.
Dudu soon saw Lu Qi. The corners of his mouth turned up and he nodded to the other party. Lu Qi also smiled and nodded in return. After that, he turned his attention to the Spanish mission. Although the expression on his face remained unchanged, he could not help but smile.
But the hands on the shell beaded belt around his waist were raised, and then he crossed his arms in front of his chest, looking very majestic.
Li Shi said something in Penuti language to Dudu, pointed to a black bow-shaped chair and asked him to sit down. Dudu nodded and sat down without hesitation; however, as soon as he sat down, he was immediately felt comfortable and soft.
Attracted by the feeling, he touched the imitation cowhide armrests and backrests with his rough hands, and he began to think about it. This thing is quite good. I wonder how many pieces of leather it would take to replace it?
"Let me introduce to you, this is Osprey, the chief of the local Miwok tribe on the coast." After Zhao Xin finished the introduction, he said: "Before answering the bishop's question, I would like to ask Brother Diez a question first.
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"Me?" Brother Diez, who was sitting on the far side, was stunned for a moment and said with confusion: "What do you want to ask?"
Originally, Brother Diez, as an interpreter, should sit next to the bishop, but the appearance of Zhao Xin made communication between the two parties no longer a problem, so the poor monk was marginalized.
Zhao Xindao: "I know that you have stayed in Macau for several years and learned quite good Cantonese Mandarin, so I believe that you will also have a certain level of understanding of today's China."
"Yes, I have learned from the believers and businessmen in Macau. But unfortunately, due to the laws of the Qing Empire, my colleagues and I have never been able to enter the interior."
"Just like the Spanish Empire is a country composed of Castilians, Catalans, Galicians, Basques and other ethnic groups, today's China is also a country composed of many ethnic groups.
Nation-states, if you count them carefully, there are sixty. Brother Dietz, do you have any objection to what I say?"
Brother Diez thought for a while and said, "What you said is roughly correct. As for whether there are sixty ethnic groups in your country, I'm sorry, but I really don't know."
Zhao Xin nodded and continued: "One hundred and fifty years ago, Martino Martini, a Jesuit monk from Italy, in his book "Tatar Wars", invaded China from the north of the Great Wall.
The ethnic minorities in mainland China are collectively called "Tatars". What I want to tell you is that the so-called "Tatars" are actually composed of multiple ethnic groups, including Manchus, Mongols, Hezhe people, and Oroqen people.
, Evenki people, Daur people, Xibo people..."
Listening to Zhao Xinbulabula's long speech, the Spaniards present showed impatient looks on their faces, especially since he had to repeat it in Chinese after he finished speaking in French, which made them feel that the other party's purpose was to
Delay time and blackmail yourself into making concessions.
"Mr. Liu, Your Excellency the Bishop questioned why you called the Indians here, but you told us what Tatars are like. What exactly do you want to say?"
The person who spoke was Captain Bonavia. Ever since he was scolded by Zhao Xin outside just now, no matter how he looked at him, he found this bearded man unpleasant.
"Haha~~" Zhao Xin narrowed his eyes and glanced at the other party, thinking that you brought this on yourself, and then said: "Captain, you are very rude. Didn't anyone tell you that as a loser, you will have to fail?"
Is it the person’s self-consciousness? When a person loses his self-consciousness, it is easy to lose his personality.”
Captain Bonavia's face turned blue with anger, and blood rushed to his forehead. After being ridiculed by Zhao Xin twice in a row, he could no longer care about the occasion. He immediately grabbed the white shirt he had taken off before.
Gloves, he raised his hand and was about to throw it at Zhao Xin's face.
In the name of God and the King, I will fight you!
However, as soon as he raised his right hand, a big hand suddenly stretched out from beside him and pressed it down violently. When Bonavia saw it, it turned out to be California Governor de Arrillaga.
"Please pay attention to your identity and mission." De Arrillaga squeezed out a sentence through his teeth, reminding his colleagues. Then he said to Zhao Xin: "Your Excellency, I want to remind you that today we are talking about St. Francis
Negotiations on the Kosovo issue, not the Tatars, I ask you to return to the topic immediately."
"No problem, Mr. de Arrillaga. But aren't I answering the bishop's previous question?"
Archbishop Peralta quickly answered: "Mr. Liu, thank you for popularizing your country's nation and history to me and the envoys. However, this has nothing to do with my previous question."
"No. Your Excellency, Bishop, this is very relevant!" Zhao Xin turned his head and glanced at the indifferent Chief Dudu, then glanced at the Spanish delegation, and said sonorously: "The reason why I say so much is
Because the local Miwok and Ohlon aboriginal people are the descendants of the Manchus whom you call "Tatars"! Therefore, we are here this time at the request of our overseas Chinese to save our compatriots from the fire.
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As soon as this statement came out, the Spaniards on the opposite side were in a collective uproar. Especially Archbishop Peralta and Brother Diez were even more stunned. They looked at Dudu, who was covered in paint like a melon, and thought to themselves: How is this possible?
On the other side of the long table, when Zhao Xin finished his statement in Chinese, except for Lu Qi and Li Shi, who had predicted it in advance, several officers were also stunned, and then they all turned to look at Chief Dudu.
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Dudu was a little uncomfortable with so many eyes falling on him at the same time, but the patterns on his face concealed his uneasiness very well.
Well, there has always been a saying in another time and space that Indians are descendants of the Yin and Shang Dynasties. This all originated from the conjecture of an American scholar in the 1960s, and was subsequently adopted by some Chinese scholars from language, customs, writing,
They even tried to prove it by using the "Q-type Y chromosome" that only 8% of some Henan people have.
However, not all milk is called Deluxe, and not all people with yellow skin, black hair, and black eyes are of Henan descent.
With the rise of molecular anthropology in the 1990s, researchers discovered that the first immigrants from the American continent came to the Americas about 25,000 to 10,000 years ago, forming the mainstream of today's Indians. From a genetic marker perspective,
They all originate from an ancestor, M45; about 40,000 years ago, a boy was born in Central Asia, and he carried M45.
The only ones really related to Northeast Asia are the second batch of immigrants carrying C3 gene markers 10,000 years ago. They set out from Siberia and arrived in the Americas through the Bering Strait. They were mainly distributed on the west coast of the northern part of the North American continent.
Not found in South America.
In Northeast Asia, the largest number of people with Y chromosome haplogroup C3 are the Tungusic ethnic group, such as the Manchu, Daur, Hezhe, Oroqen, Ewenki, and Feyaka.
So in this sense, Zhao Xin is not making any nonsense when he says that the Miwok people are related to the Manchus. As for why he only emphasizes the Manchus and not other ethnic groups, it is because the cultural characteristics of the Manchus outside the Guan are the most obvious in this era, and other ethnic groups
It has been basically assimilated and everyone shares the same language, writing and religion.
In other words, even if a history is made up, it can only be compiled in Manchu.
The air in the conference room seemed to freeze at this moment, and it became audible. In addition to the shouts coming from the training ground outside, everyone could hear the sound of Zhao Xin drinking water.
"It's simply ridiculous! Don't you think it's ridiculous for you to make up such a statement?" The speaker was de Arrillaga. As the governor of Alta California appointed by the provincial governor, he was the one who was most affected when Beihai Town occupied Kinmen.
He could imagine that today the Chinese said they were related to the Miwok Indians, and tomorrow they could say they were related to the Ohlone people; and then they would be the Wintons, Maidus, Yokuts, Chinsi, and Shoshones.
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This is too ridiculous!
Zhao Xin had known that the Spaniard would react like this. He turned to look at Li Shi, who then stood up again and walked to the door. He opened the door and said to the outside: "You two, come in!"
"Yes!" As soon as he finished speaking, two soldiers wearing North Korean navy training uniforms came in and stood at the door.
Zhao Xin raised his hand to signal the two soldiers to the Spanish mission, and said: "Of these two soldiers, one is the Manchu I just mentioned, and the other is a Miwok. Now they are standing here without talking. Can you
Can you tell which one is the Miwok?"
The Spaniards present looked closely and saw that the two soldiers were about the same build, about 1.6 meters tall, wearing the same green military caps, the same style of clothes and pants, and even the same shoes. Let's look at their facial features.
, both of them have broad, round faces, straight nose bridges, large eyes, deep-set eye sockets, and thick eyebrows.
How to tell the difference? The two of them are just from the same mold, and even if they say they are brothers, some people will believe them.
"Hahahaha~~"
Suddenly, everyone in the Spanish mission burst into laughter, and then de Arrillaga shook his head and said to Zhao Xin: "Your evidence is really ridiculous! According to you, the Pyrenees Mountains are the dividing line between our country and France.
It’s hard to tell the difference between the residents standing together. You can’t say that French territory belongs to our country, right?”
Zhao Xin's expression did not change and he said with a smile: "Of course. As long as you can defeat the French."
De Arrillaga: "..."
Zhao Xin said again: "Li Shi, please ask Chief Dudu to speak a few words in Manchu, so that others won't say we are being arrogant."
Hearing this, Li Shi nodded to Dudu beside him. Dudu, who had been silent for a long time, slowly stood up and spoke two sentences in a language that was extremely unfamiliar to the Spaniards present.
"bi manju inu.bi oqi dulimbai gurun inu." Don't look at these two sentences. Li Shi taught Dudu for more than an hour yesterday, and he even asked him to recite it dozens of times when he got up this morning.
Brother Deeds blinked and asked urgently: "What did he say?"
Zhao Xin said word for word: "He spoke Manchu, which means I am a Manchu and a Chinese."
After that, he took two agreements written in Chinese and French from Luqi beside him, showed them to the Spanish mission opposite, and explained: "This document is signed between us and the Miwok tribe.
Formal agreement. Chief Dudu, on behalf of all the Coastal Miwok people, agreed to hand over the Golden Gate area and its surrounding areas - what you call San Francisco to Santa Cruz, and extending eastward to the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
We manage it.”
By the way, the word "Nevada" comes from Spanish and means covered with snow.
By this time, everyone in the Spanish mission understood that this bearded Chinese man had already prepared this rhetoric and quoted scriptures from the very beginning. The purpose was to show the legitimacy of their occupation of San Francisco. As long as this
Once they are established, they can stay in North America forever and even gradually erode the empire's colonies in North America.
It is said that after Zhao Xin decided to come to Kinmen to participate in the negotiations, he spent a few days reading a large amount of international law materials about this era. After thinking about it, he finally decided to find another way and create a set of theoretical tools based on blood ties and diaspora.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! That is what Chinese traditional culture says, having the same origin means having the same sect, and we are all brothers within the four seas!
Zhao Xin knew very well that by the end of the 18th century, the American continent had been basically divided up by European colonists. As a latecomer, if Beihai Town wanted to gain a foothold on this land, in addition to its military strength, its theoretical and legal tools had to keep up.
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With this set of tools, Beihai Town can really use the Pacific Ocean as a bathtub in the future. Of course, it is only a prototype at present, and a large number of scholars are still needed to enrich its blood and muscles and make it constantly perfect so that it can be integrated with European international law theories.
Compete with each other.
You must know that during the "Geographical Discovery" process from the 15th to the 17th century, four theories were invented successively and became the theoretical tools of international law used by Western colonial empires to rob the world, namely the "Discovery Theory" and the "Terra nullius Theory"
, "Unclaimed Territory Theory" and "Priority Theory".
The first is the "theory of discovery." It also means that whoever discovers it belongs to whomever discovers it. It completely denies the factual possession of the indigenous people and forcefully seizes land and natural resources that do not belong to them.
This theory was first proposed by Spain and Portugal, and was recognized by the Roman Catholic Church. It was confirmed by the Pope's edict in 1493. At the same time, a geographical term was born - the Papal Meridian.
Next is the theory of terra nullius. It means that no one lives on the land, so the colonists buy a piece of land from the indigenous people and then declare their sovereignty. This principle applies to land that has not been "effectively occupied" by other countries.
As for what it means to have no one? What is valid possession? If it cannot be beaten, it is valid, and if it is beaten, it is invalid.
This rhetoric was born because Spain and Portugal tried to carve up the world and dominate the oceans with the papal edict. The question was how could the British, as rising stars in the Age of Discovery, agree to it? So they created a set of theories to deny the "theory of discovery" and thus rule out
The theoretical obstacles to competing with Spain and Portugal for colonies.
In 1577, Drake ignored the cross placed by Magellan, who was serving Spain, and occupied southern Chile in the name of Queen Elizabeth. By 1588, as the British defeated the Spanish Armada and established maritime hegemony, the British blatantly followed
The Spanish were grabbing territory, and the "Virginia Company" was founded under this circumstance.
The third is the "Terraless Territory Theory". This rhetoric is derived from the "Temptary Land Theory". The reason is that the colonial empires, faced with the strong resistance of the indigenous people, can no longer define the colonies as "de facto terra nullius".
Therefore, the theory of "legal terra nullius" was put forward, which means that the laws of indigenous societies are not recognized, and European domestic laws and international laws become global laws, depriving the other party of their land property rights.
This is the origin of what Americans in another time and space most often say, "international rules based on order," and its logic is the "hierarchy of civilizations theory," that is, "being beaten after falling behind."
The last one is the "priority theory". This was also developed by the British, which partially recognizes the factual and legal possession of the land by the indigenous people, but denies their right to dispose of it at will.
After the Seven Years' War, Britain completely drove France out of North America, so King George III promulgated the most important legal document in British colonial history - the "Royal Proclamation of 1763", which clarified the King's plans for the branches of the Appalachian Mountains -
-The land west of the Allegheny Mountains enjoys "priority", that is, the indigenous people can only sell land to the British Crown or the colonial government, and no other country or individual has the right to acquire it.
I admit that your property is yours, but I have the final say on how to dispose of it. Does it sound familiar? Just a reminder, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Regardless of the above, it is a game played by the powerful, and the indigenous people have no right to participate. Anyway, as long as my fist is not as big as mine, I can play whatever I want.
Well, the reality in Alta California today is that Beihai Town has the biggest fist, and the province’s Western Military District Command can’t defeat it even with all its strength. Although Governor de Alila California strongly suggested to the Governor to allocate troops from other military districts to form a larger force,
A large force, but the black uprising in Haiti and the war in Europe were raging, and neither the mainland nor the province had the financial resources.
How to refute this rhetoric? The archbishop looked at Brother Lasuun and Brother Deeds.
Come on! One of you is the chairman of the California Mission and has the best understanding of indigenous culture; the other has been in Macau for many years and has learned a lot about Chinese culture.
Oops, this is hard to do for Brother Rasuen. Although the missionary team he is responsible for has gone deep into various tribes in California and has recorded their culture, customs, languages, etc., he has no understanding of Northeast Asian civilization, which makes him
How to say?
As for Brother Deeds, it's even worse. He only knows a little about the cultural customs of southern China and has read a few outdated books. Manchus? He has never even seen them.