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Chapter 667: Clan Soul (first update, please subscribe)
Having only one Nanyang is too lonely.

From Zamboanga to Surabaya, these were all plots laid out by Li Yian back then. Rather than setting up an ambush, it was more about taking advantage of the chaos during the war to make a move in advance. After all, in order to win, the US military could hand over Sicily to the mafia. Likewise, they can accept autonomy for the sake of the greater good.

But this is only limited to Mindanao and Surabaya.

It wouldn't work elsewhere.

For example, in Malaya, the British Empire had very strict control over the colonies. In addition, they fought all the way from Burma to Malaya. Naturally, Nanyang would not be allowed to interfere in the colonies.

But the only special thing is... 45% of the residents in Malaya, including Singapore, are Tang people. And this also means that this place is very likely to become another partner of Nanyang.

In fact, this is what Nanyang planned.

Just when Nanyang officials began to plan to create a "cheap shock wave" by transferring backward production capacity to Malaya, Wang Songnian and his party arrived at Kuala Lumpur Airport on a Borneo Airlines C95.

As soon as the group left the customs, they saw people coming to greet them, several of whom were holding banners that read.

"Welcome to the Nanyang Education Delegation."

When seeing Wang Songnian and his party walking towards him, Lin Lianyu hurriedly walked forward.

"Hello, are you Secretary Wang? Welcome to Malaya."

As the chairman of the Kuala Lumpur Chinese School Teachers Association, Lim Lian Yuk is very much looking forward to this visit to Nanyang.

Although Lin Lianyu was born in Tangshan and grew up in Xiamen, he speaks fluent Mandarin. In fact, more than 30 years ago, the overseas Chinese community in Nanyang was still dominated by dialects. The large area was divided into Cantonese and Hokkien, but the two were subdivided. More than a dozen dialects were separated, and then the overseas Chinese community formed parties based on dialect regions, and various conflicts between them emerged one after another.

Until the success of the Northern Expedition, because everything from the anti-Qing Dynasty to the success of the Northern Expedition relied on the support of overseas Chinese, the new government attached great importance to overseas Chinese affairs.

In order to strengthen overseas Chinese affairs, the government established the Overseas Chinese Education Committee to focus on overseas Chinese education. By dispatching teachers and providing subsidy levels, the Southeast Asian Mandarin education that began in the late Qing Dynasty was put on the right track. Lin Lianyu is such an expatriate teacher. He went to Nanyang in 27 years Coaching. Thanks to the efforts of teachers dispatched locally and domestically for more than ten years, Mandarin had increasingly become the mainstream language for overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia before the outbreak of the Pacific War.

In this regard, Nanyang is almost the same. Although immigrants from Nanyang come from various provinces in Tangshan, the Mandarin Pinyin alphabet was promulgated a few years ago, and schools also implement standardized Mandarin teaching.

In the past year, as the situation in Tangshan has changed dramatically, overseas Chinese schools in Malaya, Indonesia and other places have become increasingly close to Nanyang. After all, Nanyang does offer real money - as early as four years ago, in Malaya, During the resumption of overseas Chinese schools in Asia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and other places, Nanyang took the initiative to provide textbooks and teaching aids, and even funded the resumption of a number of overseas Chinese schools.

Unknowingly, Nanyang has replaced Tangshan, at least in terms of educational output. Now almost all overseas Chinese schools in Southeast Asia are using the teaching materials provided by Nanyang.

However, the atmosphere today was different from the past. After a simple greeting, Lin Lianyu said to Wang Songnian eagerly as soon as he got in the car.

"Secretary Wang, Nanyang can't just leave Malaya alone!"

"President Lin, what does this mean?"

"Secretary Wang, since Malaya declared a state of emergency two years ago, due to the turmoil, the colonial authorities began to pay attention to interfering with Chinese education in order to compete with the People's Liberation Army. The authorities' interference in Chinese education began with Chinese schools. To control and criticize registration, the colonial authorities promulgated the "School Registration Act" a few months ago. The School Registration Act has as many as 32 major headings. The registration of Chinese schools is far more cumbersome and difficult than in the past. "

Originally, Lin Lianyu planned to go to Chang'an in the near future. Since someone from Chang'an came here, he naturally wanted to explain the difficulties here one by one.

"Now, the number of students from the Tang Dynasty has increased sharply. Part of the reason for the increase in students from the Tang Dynasty is that the channels for returning to Tangshan to receive education are closed. Therefore, on the one hand, the establishment of overseas Chinese schools is restricted, and on the other hand, the number of students is increasing. And there are already some Many Chinese schools have been closed due to the state of emergency, and the promulgation of the School Registration Act has affected the development of Chinese schools. Newly registered Chinese schools have been restricted and made things difficult. If Nanyang does not intervene, Malay Chinese schools will inevitably Will cease to exist!" Lin Lianyu said excitedly, turning to look at Wang Songnian.

"Secretary Wang, Chinese schools must be established. Our culture is the soul of our nation, and our educational institutions are the cultural fortress of our nation. If we lose Chinese schools, we will also lose the soul of our nation. At that time We are left with the empty term "Tangren"."

When Lin Lianyu said these words, what he didn't know was that in another world, he insisted on cultural education and was first disqualified as a teacher, and then lost his citizenship. After receiving the notice that his citizenship rights had been revoked, he said in a newspaper interview: "I have put aside my personal interests for a long time. I will never regret sacrificing myself for Chinese education!"

In the following decades, he fought for the status of Chinese education and the rights of the Chinese people until his death. He withstood the test of time and truly "cannot be moved by poverty or humbleness, and cannot be surrendered by force."

Therefore, it is respected as the "soul of Chinese religion" in Malaysia. The anniversary of his death was also named "Chinese Education Day". It is precisely because of the persistence and efforts of him and his colleagues that despite all kinds of suppression and suppression, Malaysia has still become the only overseas country in addition to the cross-strait and three places that can retain Chinese education very well - including primary schools, middle schools, Even three private universities. This is all due to him indirectly or directly.

Looking at Lin Lianyu who was a little excited, Wang Songnian said.

"President Lin, don't worry, the Chinese school will definitely be established, and Nanyang will not ignore you. After all, we are all compatriots, and the purpose of my coming here this time is to investigate the overseas Chinese school. Now, Your Excellency "We intend to strengthen education in overseas Chinese schools. In the future, Nanyang will provide subsidies to overseas Chinese schools."

Hearing this, Lin Lianyu couldn't help but smile with joy.

"Secretary Wang, is this true?"

The biggest limitation of Chinese schools has always been funding. Especially now, under the suppression of the colonial authorities, it is impossible for Chinese schools to obtain funding from the authorities unless they change to English teaching.

Because of this, Chinese schools can only rely on tuition fees from students and donations from all walks of life to maintain teaching. In fact, in another world, until the 21st century, Chinese middle schools are all independent middle schools, surviving tenaciously by relying on donations from all walks of life and charity sales by students.

Therefore, if there were not these independent Chinese schools, there would be no Tang ethnic group that is the only one overseas to inherit the Chinese national cultural traditions.

Now, if funding can be obtained from Nanyang, the biggest problem restricting the development of Chinese schools will no longer exist.

"Yes."

Staring at Lin Lianyu, Wang Songnian said.

"If necessary, Nanyang will directly negotiate with the colonial authorities. As you know, His Majesty still has a great influence on the colonial authorities."

Not His Majesty, but Her Royal Highness the Queen. As we all know, the Queen of Sarawak is the princess of the British Empire-Princess Margaret. Because of this, the influence of the Sarawak royal family in the UK is conceivable.

The influence is indeed great. In fact, Nanyang has always paid close attention to the Malay Federation established last year, but it has not directly intervened.

There are many reasons for not intervening, such as the war in Malaya and the state of emergency. It is not a very good time to intervene in Malay. After all, right now, the war is ongoing, and the British are constantly coming from the British mainland. And with Australia, New Zealand, Africa and other places mobilizing troops, Nanyang is not suitable for excessive intervention at all.

But for Malaya, Li Yi'an has his own plan - such as the transfer of industries in Malaya to ensure the Tang Dynasty's absolute advantage in industry, and the comprehensive assistance to overseas Chinese schools to ensure the Tang Dynasty's influence on Nanyang from an educational perspective. The closeness, in a word, is to prepare in advance.

After all, opportunities are for those who are prepared. In many cases, only by preparing in advance can you get more rewards when the time comes.

(End of this chapter)