Chapter 39 save the next generation

Regarding the lack of books, in addition to the batch of books donated by Ms. Zhang Xiaofeng and the members of the China-Thai Support Refugee Service Group, a batch has also been shipped to the "Rescue General" recently.However, the refugee settlements are scattered in the mountains, and the richest, and the core village, Maesle, is still very difficult to communicate. We cannot judge Thailand Post by the level of China Post.The standard of China Post, including thoughtful service and high efficiency, is top-notch in the world.Wouldn't the Thai postman be so stupid to go over mountains and mountains to send the mail to Mae Sa Le, but stay in Chiang Rai or mother?The post office, taken by Messler's ride.As for the deserted cities farther away, refugee villages such as "Lianhua" and "Yongtai" have mountain trails like lines, and even jeeps cannot pass through them, only mules and horses and walking.Letters go back and forth, just like in the ancient society before the eighteenth century, if you don’t ask related friends to carry them, you will never die.However, this is not an insurmountable difficulty, the insurmountable difficulty is the censorship system in Thailand and the contemptuous attitude of our official agency in Thailand, the Far East Commercial Representative Office (Embassy).The Thai government adopts strict controls on Chinese books, sporadic mailings do not intervene too much, and when large quantities are imported, they must be censored.The problem lies in the censorship. Thailand only takes a few copies from each package of mail. The opened mail packages are piled up in the Far East Commercial Representative Office (Embassy), and they become a piece of fish. Everyone who comes and goes can Take the goat as you like.By the time Thailand issued the official document approving the release, the postal package had almost become a vacuum. Fortunately, the remaining part, the representative office (embassy) also impatiently notified the lone army unit 900 kilometers away, "Come and get it Let's go!" It seems that the lone unit is next door.When the solitary army unit sent people to Bangkok to pick up the shipment, they had to pack it themselves. The representative (ambassador) Mr. Shen Keqin complained that the solitary army caused him too much trouble every time. He declared that he was very busy and he was not in Bangkok for the solitary army. , he requested to send it directly to Chiang Rai in the future—Chiang Rai is 800 kilometers north of Bangkok: "It is much closer to Maesle." However, as a result of sending it directly to Chiang Rai, General Lei Yutian said: " The Lai police station informed us that they were not authorized to censor the books, and they still had to return them to Bangkok, making us self-defeating.” Now that the representative office (embassy) has refused to transfer it, and pushed it to the Yunnan Provincial Association, the situation is even worse. Oops.It is this new type of bureaucracy that cuts off Chinese culture. We have no ability to correct it, we can only sigh.

With regard to teachers—the most lacking are English and mathematics teachers. I once suggested to Mr. Tang Zhenxi, the leader of the "Rescue General" group, whether it is possible to consider sending them from Taiwan and give them the same treatment as Taiwan, and follow the example of Taiwan's service methods in remote areas, and then send them to special teachers. subsidy.Mr. Tang Zhenxi said that this may lead to malpractice, resulting in two kinds of treatment in one school. If the monthly salary of teachers sent by Taiwan is NT$20,000 (about one tael of gold), which is equivalent to 10,000 Baht in Thai currency, it will make the barren city in the border area appear extremely rich and unique. The character, vicious confrontation with the extremely poor local teacher who pays 1,000 baht a month, will have uncontrollable sequelae.

This is indeed a difficulty, but if the "rescue general" affirms the importance of education for the children of the orphans, and understands that the schools for the children of the orphans also affect the Chinese descendants in Thailand. Until now, under the strong pressure of Thailand, the traces of Chinese education are almost extinct. Rich businessmen would rather send their children from the bustling Bangkok to the Xinghua Middle School in Maesle, a deserted city in the border area. This kind of nostalgia for the motherland will lead to an unprecedented revival of Chinese culture in Thailand once the quality of teachers is improved.Therefore, one thing is feasible. All the teachers in the schools for the children of the lonely army will be dispatched by the "Rescue General", and the modern teachers will be transferred back to Taipei for further study year by year.This amount of money is of course huge, but for the future, it is an investment in the soul of the nation, and this kind of assistance is the cultivation of the roots.The Steering Committee of Veterans of the National Army once established a tea factory equivalent to 2,000 taels of gold - 20 million baht in Thai currency in Maesle. It didn't start work for a day, and it has been closed there. Now it is deserted. Weed glider, because they can't afford gasoline, and the amount of tea harvested in the whole of northern Thailand is not enough to feed the stomach of that huge factory for a week.This huge aid is very touching, but it is also too wasteful.Culture and education are the source of the Chinese nation. Without this source, the flesh and blood of the compatriots there will dry up.

In addition to teachers, there are also students. The biggest characteristic of the Chinese nation is that parents would rather go hungry than send their children to school.However, once the children who go to school are also hungry, they cannot go to school.Each student of Maeser Xinghua Middle School shall pay the following fees for each semester: Tuition fee 1.100 baht Meal expenses 2. Zero zero zero baht Water and electricity 400 baht A total of three to five hundred baht (approximately NT$7,000, three gold coins) This is a very low amount. The problem is that many solitary soldiers make a living by cutting firewood in the mountains. The firewood they cut is sold at the mule and horse market. If they are lucky, they can get five baht or six baht. There is no food, only raw salt water of two meals.If no one cares about it, they will face hunger and cold.I saw a handsome boy about ten years old in Maesle. I asked him why he didn’t go to school. He lowered his head and asked repeatedly. Suddenly, he shed tears and whispered, “We have no money!” Holding his dirty and cold little hands, I sent him home. The so-called home is just a thatched hut with a bare bamboo bed on the dirt and a cold stove in the corner. Yes, leave the child there and stagger out.Children in Taiwan are playing truant in large numbers, while the poor third-generation Miao descendants, with a sad childlike innocence, yearn to enter the school gate.

We have heard too many shouts: "Save the children!" But who is willing to give a penny to a lonely child?I think it should not be difficult for Chinese compatriots in Taiwan to raise NT$500,000 (about 25 taels of gold). ——Compared to other huge funds, what a pitiful amount. You can get 11,000 yuan in interest every month, which is 66,000 yuan in six months. It can help nine outstanding children who are alone in their studies and progress.When I proposed this idea to General Lei Yutian, he smiled faintly.He's heard too many flippant promises from Taiwanese visitors, and now, I'm ashamed of my same flippantness.After being excited for a while, Mr. Reader will feel that the matter has nothing to do with him when he calms down and is no more than a pile of dust, far away in the end of the world.

Discussion of several issues 1. Who were the murdered father and son of Man Xingdie? Second, all kinds of boldness. 3. Historical discussion: Is the Nanzhao royal family a Thai nation? I have received many letters from Mr. Readers one after another, and there are many corrections.These corrections can roughly be grouped into three categories.In each category, I have identified a letter as a representative, hoping to make the truth more obvious during the discussion. 1. Regarding Mr. Kun Sha, Mr. Duan Xingliang pointed out that the father and son who were killed in Man Xingdie were not Mr. Zhang Ziying, but Mr. ×××.I know he is Mr. ×××, but I can't write his name straightforwardly and unscrupulously, so I have to use a similar syllable.Because, in a certain mood, I do not sympathize with Mr. ×××.Of course, Mr. Duan Xingliang knew that Mr. ××× was originally one of the leaders of the drug trafficking group. He got rich through drug trafficking, so that he could have enough silver bullets to obtain the most eye-catching official positions. However, it is not these things that make me feel emotional Instead, after he announced that he had washed his hands and returned to the mountain, he moved closer to the United States and took up a position in a certain committee of the international anti-drug organization.A person who sells friends for glory, even if he has a hundred mouths, is still selling friends for glory.An ungrateful person is ungrateful even if he has a hundred pens.Mr. Duan Xingliang knows more about the inside story than I do, so I can certainly forgive me for not being able to write his name and his position. As for Mr. Kunsha—"Kunsha" is the name officially approved by the Thai government. All Chinese newspapers and periodicals in Thailand, It's all written like this.But Mr Kunsa and his wag system, insist on using "Kunsa", I don't know what the difference is between the two names, but it would be nice if someone knew.Some people insist that Mr. Kun Sha was framed for drug trafficking, and hope that he was really framed. If he is really framed, we have the obligation to clean up for him. Black and white cannot be confused.So the problem is only drug trafficking or not, not "anti-communist" or "not anti-communist".For many years, careerists big and small have been using the masses without the ability to judge to grab political or financial benefits. "Anti-Communism" has become a kind of "painted skin" just like "patriotism", a vicious devil. Put on the "painted skin", and you will become a peerless beauty that inspires the soul. The "patriotic" skin can make an actor jump off the plane illegally in the United States and still become a hero, and the "anti-communist" skin can make the drug kingpin a loyal minister. What a terrible combination?And what a terrible spell?If a murderer or rapist claims or is proven to be patriotic and anti-communist, will he be allowed to walk out of the court without guilt and return with glory?

However, I am full of understanding about the drug trafficking in the Golden Triangle, and what saddens me is the violation of human rights. 2. Regarding Mr. Luo Xinghan, he is the most controversial figure.Some misunderstandings occurred only because we did not have a common understanding of the distinction between "Chinese", "Chinese" and "Han nationality".Li Shaowei, who is studying at Taipei City Jianguo Middle School, said in a letter that not treating Mr. Luo Xinghan as a Chinese is an insult to Mr. Luo Xinghan.We must first have an understanding, which is the common sense that modern citizens who grow up in very complicated international relations must have: Anyone who has Chinese nationality and holds a Chinese passport when going abroad, no matter whether you are Han, Yamato, or Anglo-Saxon Regardless of ethnicity, they are all Chinese.And even though you are Chinese, even if you are a Han nationality, if you become a Burmese citizen and use a Burmese passport to go abroad, you are a Burmese.Mr. Luo Xinghan himself called him a Burmese Kokang man and dared not call himself a Chinese.Why do we put this compatriot of flesh and blood against the Burmese government?Kokang students studying in Taiwan once ran a publication "Guowen Youth", which fully satisfied the Chinese people's sentiments. As a result, the Burmese government followed suit. The school director and several teachers in the school run by Mr. Luo Xinghan in the garrison were arrested and imprisoned. Is this love for them?Or hurt them?

Is Mr. Luo Xinghan free now?It is also a point of contention.He was originally sentenced to life imprisonment. The year before last (1980), the Burmese government commuted the sentence for political prisoners to ten years. The ten years will not expire until October this year (1982), so some people think he is still alive. In prison, not without grounds.However, in July last year (1981), the Kokang elders and Myanmar local government officials gathered in Yangon, demanding early release from the Myanmar government. Therefore, some people believe that he was released from prison in August or September and returned to the southeast of Lashio. Twenty kilometers away from Nanbeng, it is not without reason to open up a farm and grow Guokang tea.

3. Regarding the members of the royal family of the Nanzhao Empire, Mr. Xie Shizhong, based on his expertise in archaeology, pointed out that the Nanzhao royal family was the Luo ethnic group of the Tibetan-Burman family, not the Thai ethnic group of the Thai-Shan family.This is a specialized knowledge, and it takes a whole life to figure it out, and even if I spend my whole life still can't figure it out, I am not qualified to participate in the discussion at all.So, I have never been sure that they are Thai, only know that some scholars think they are Thai, and some scholars think they are not.In fact, scholars who believed that they belonged to the Luo ethnic group only believed that there was such a possibility, and they were not quite sure.I am also not sure, so I emphasize "some scholars insist"-especially Thai scholars insist.However, there is one point that should be discussed. The royal family of the Nanzhao Empire does not seem to have the surname "Meng". Although it has been the eighth century, their culture has not yet developed to the level of "surname". They use the last letter of their father's name as their surname. of.The first chief, Mr. Meng Guiyi, was originally named Piluoge. His son, the first king, took "Ge" as his surname and was called Geluofeng.Mr. Ge Luofeng's son, the crown prince, took "Feng" as his surname and called him Fengjiayi.The second king of Mr. Feng Jiayi's son took "Yi" as his surname and was called Yi Mouxun until the fall of their dynasty.

Thank you readers very much for your letters, which have made our understanding more in-depth, and I have also benefited a lot. Because the scope is too wide, I can't bear the little knowledge I have.