The darker the night, the brighter the lights in the palace will appear.

The official launch of wired telephones is undoubtedly a major event for the Empire. With the explosive growth of imperial talents, the Empire's technology will also show a blowout explosion.

So for Xiao Ming, this is just a matter of letting things go naturally, and it is also the result that he deserves to accumulate over ten years.

Because of this, he is not very worried about the development of science and technology. For him, the most important thing now is how to plan the territory of the future empire.

"Today, you are gathered here because of the phone call. Why not take this opportunity to talk about the next strategic issues of the empire. Mortars have been shipped to the South China Sea, and the war in the South China Sea will break out soon. If the war goes well, we may have to accept an area with a population of almost the same as the empire. For this, your cabinet must be mentally prepared."

Regarding India, the cabinet ministers now have a basic understanding of the region. Fiji said: "The emperor, the old ministers think that when India is adopted a strategy similar to Britain and adopt a unified but not governance approach, the empire needs only to absorb wealth from India, and there is no need to waste resources in terms of how to govern India."

On this issue, Pang Yukun and Fiji had a surprisingly consistent idea. He said: "The old minister agreed with the advice of Feige Lao. I believe that for overseas colonies, we should manage them according to local conditions. For colonies like Australia that only have a small number of indigenous people and have a vast area, we should send officials to migrate the population and govern according to the empire's policies, because such colonial empires can achieve real occupation."

After pausing, he continued: "For colonies with a large number of indigenous people, such as Indonesia, the Philippines and other regions, we should adopt high-pressure policies to force indigenous leaders to recognize the dominance of the empire through war and force indigenous leaders to serve the empire's colonial economy. In this way, we only need to maximize our interests at a small cost."

After Pang Yukun finished speaking, Zhan Xingchang said: "I have different ideas. I think the population welfare policy implemented by the empire will inevitably lead to a sharp population growth in the future. The empire's population is nearly 100 million, less than ten years, and it is more than enough to grow 30 million people. If time goes on, the population will only grow straight. At that time, the land in China will definitely not meet the demand for land. Therefore, the empire should seize areas with excellent land resources in advance before this problem occurs."

"Did Mr. Zhan mean that he could even massacre local indigenous people for this?" Yang Chengye heard the implicit meaning of Zhan Xingchang.

Zhan Xingchang nodded and said loudly: "Everyone, with the advancement of the imperial science and technology, the civilization and ideas of the empire will surely radiate to every corner of the world. The facts prove that the so-called "ethnic prestige theory in the West is extremely wrong. Any race can master advanced scientific and technological knowledge as long as it receives a good education. Once these civilizations are civilized, they will no longer be willing to be ruled by the empire and will inevitably seek independence in the future. By then, the empire that once ruled and oppressed them will become their biggest enemy."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ming nodded slightly. As the empire becomes stronger and stronger, many people are already thinking about the future of the empire.

"Zhan Ge Lao's words are probably a bit wishful thinking. It is commendable to properly govern the empire. Now the empire does not have so many officials to govern the entire world. Moreover, massacre of indigenous people will only lead to the colony in chaos and intensify conflicts. The empire will have to spend a lot of military spending to maintain the stability of the colony. This colony is just two, three, four, and even more. How can the empire waste so much money?" Fiji said.

"The most important thing is to kill all the indigenous people. Who will the empire sell the industrial products? Therefore, this matter is a loss-making matter. Western countries probably hope that the empire will fall into the quagmire of war with the indigenous people."

Zhan Xingchang smiled and said, "So, what I mean is to occupy the rich land and take the Feigelao method for those low-value lands. At present, what I value is Australia, North America, South America and India. Among them, there are not many natives in the first three places, and Western colonists basically drove out all the local natives. We only need to drive away Westerners to control these three areas smoothly, but India has too many populations,..."

After saying that, Zhan Xingchang looked at Xiao Ming.

"India is a natural plantation. Since it is a plantation, it requires a large amount of population to work. Massacre is not beneficial to the empire. However, in the future, it will still be a potential threat to the empire. For this reason, we need to support dozens of countries, not one." Xiao Ming said lightly. Compared with mineral resources, India is actually not rich, but India's flat and large plain terrain is very suitable for the growth of crops. Because of this, India can use such a small place to feed its population.

The issue that everyone is discussing now is actually already his own idea. As Zhan Xingchang said, the civilization of the empire will surely bring changes to the world. This is a natural law. The invasion of barbaric civilizations into advanced civilizations will lead to the decline of advanced civilizations.

Advanced civilizations invade barbaric civilizations will bring their own advanced culture. For example, the contemporary world's exploration of space has stagnated due to the restrictions of technology. However, if the arrival of alien civilizations will cause the rapid development of Earth's technology. Of course, the Earth's people may be extinct like the Indians in North America.

As for why Western colonists carried out industrial construction in colonies, the truth is actually very simple. One is to sell goods, and the second is to improve the consumption level of the colonies and sell more goods.

Therefore, in addition to strictly controlling weapons and cutting-edge technology, historical colonists were happy to transfer low-tech industrial technology.

There are similar voices in the empire now, and many officials have suggested that the empire open up low-end technologies to colonial countries.

In this way, the empire can make huge profits and the consumption capacity of colonial countries can also be improved, thereby promoting the sale of high-end industrial products of the empire in the colonies.

"As far as the old ministers know, this India is a country with many local countries that do their own things, not a complete country," said Pang Yukun.

"It is true, but the present does not mean the future. In order to prevent problems before they happen, we must consider this point." Xiao Ming said.
Chapter completed!