Everyone aspires to live and work in peace and contentment, but in the late Qing Dynasty, the corruption of the Qing government and the invasion of foreign enemies made the life of the poor masses, which was already difficult, even more painful. The closed Qing Dynasty was still complacent, but it was opened by the Western powers, and for a time the people were not happy, and the government cut off the land to pay compensation. In a turbulent society, how can the people live and work in peace and contentment?
Although after this, the people finally overthrew the rule of the Qing Dynasty and ended the feudal dynasty, they were greeted by the government of the Republic of China, which was fluttering in the wind and rain. At that time, although the people were moving toward a new era, life was not much better, large landlords and capitalists still existed, and the people at the bottom still lived a life of deep water, plus Yuan Shikai after that, people's lives hit the bottom.
At that time, many people went abroad to become laborers. In fact, the first laborers were not in the late Qing Dynasty, but as early as the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the West, there were Chinese laborers who went to France. After the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the Countries of the West developed.
Many Western countries gradually became stronger and began to expand outward. During the war between Germany and France in World War I, France's strength was not as strong as the other side, and the domestic troops were soon insufficient. So what about France? At this time, they thought of China in the far east.
They turned to China, hoping that it could send some laborers to France to support construction. The Beiyang government at that time agreed to their request and immediately sent hundreds of thousands of people to France.
But the government at that time did not tell people the actual job content after going, people only thought that it was a good opportunity to go abroad to earn money. This makes many people think that after arriving in France, they can easily earn money and go abroad. As a result, many poor people enthusiastically signed up, and then they were tricked into going to France.
When those people came to France, they didn't know what the job was like. Those people were divided across France, and the better people who were assigned to factories would have a better life, but some of the people who went to dig coal were worried not only about life but also about safety.
The climate of France and China is very different, the diet is also different, and the men who work in France are not adapted in many ways and have a very bitter life.
The trauma on their bodies is only a small thing, but the damage caused by the blow to their souls cannot be recovered for a long time. At that time, the French people could not accept the men of the Chinese migrant workers, believing that they had ulterior motives, so for a long time, the life of chinese migrant workers was not good.
But the hard-working and hard-working migrant workers still brought different senses to the French people, and the local people gradually accepted them.
In the following years, they slowly integrated into French society.
France, which was involved in the war, could not avoid the death and wounding of a large number of soldiers, and the country's population was out of balance. At that time in France, most of the people who stayed at home were women and children, most of the men joined the army, and many died in battle.
Seeing this scene, the state issued a policy that allowed Chinese workers to marry and have children with local women. Soon after the policy was promulgated, some laborers married French women and had a relatively stable life.
They were still lucky, although they were tricked into working as coolies in France, but they did not expect to live a stable life. However, many workers have also lost their lives on the job. Such a group of laborers from China solved france's population problem and promoted France's development. It can be said that the Chinese laborers at that time brought many benefits to France in World War I, and indirectly supported the French war.
When the French looked at this history, they realized that a monument had been built at that time.
However, after China learned of such a thing, many media quipped to them, saying that hundreds of thousands of laborers had been tricked into coming to France to work as coolies, but what awaited them was a beautiful French bride. Many of today's French people are the descendants of Chinese at that time, and they can count the first immigrants to come to France, and indirectly let many French people come into contact with Chinese culture.