"Do you know why I told North Korea to declare that they are no longer our vassal state? In fact, I don't really want to give up North Korea, but I hope that we can reorganize our vassal state system, especially the traditional one in the past. The tributary model is no longer suitable for the development of our new era. The vassal state system in the past is completely unable to adapt to the current productivity, and there are various production relations between countries.﹎﹎吧>=-` ---·In the future, regarding the vassal state system, it will be transformed from a political vassal state to an economically-based vassal state. From now on, our direct political influence will be reduced, but the economic influence must be strengthened. If the political influence is too great, it is a double-edged sword!"

"Maybe you can't understand for a while, I can tell you that the vassal state system in the past actually originated in our very early times. From ancient times to the present, it is not that our ancestors are not keen on expansion. In fact, this is our ancestors. Wisdom. Our ancestors adopted special wisdom and established vassal states one by one. If we really look at it from our map, from our ancient times to the present, our territory has actually been from the ancient Kyushu period to the present. In fact, They are all expanding. Of course, although theoretically speaking, the territory of the Tang Dynasty has more than 10 million square kilometers. But we must also know that many of the territories of the Tang Dynasty are actually on paper. The Tang Dynasty used to be in The northern grasslands, the Northeast, and the Western Regions have established many Jimi prefectures. These so-called Jimi prefectures are under the direct jurisdiction of the local Duhufu, but in fact the Duhufu is just a coordinating agency and has no actual ruling power. So we It can be explained that a large part of the Tang Dynasty’s territory of more than 10 million square kilometers was actually on paper.”

"However, we do not deny this point. The various vassal systems have been adopted in the past dynasties, and then they have long-term goals. _Ya﹎文8﹍﹍﹏=-=They know that they are short-term It is impossible to directly rule the local area, so they ruled in name, and then let them merge into China in name, so that they can carry out direct rule in response to the opportunity in the future. Prepare for direct rule. This method is actually It was good, at least in those days, when transportation and communications were poor, so it was impossible to maintain a large territory."

"But we have to pay attention. The time is now, the world is connected with the trade of the sea, and we are almost connected together. What used to be far away is not so far away with the help of railroads and steamships. Transportation Changes. Let us have more exchanges between the East and the West, and there are more conflicts and contradictions. Before that, the whole world also started a wave of partitioning of colonies, and almost the whole world was partitioned. Second, in this colonial system, our former vassal state is actually similar to the so-called protectorate."

"As for us vassal states, they are not the same thing as protectorate states at all. It is entirely because they gave us something intentionally, and then we took advantage of it to fight for them. In fact, we don't have much wealth to support these things. There was a war, and the three major campaigns in Wanli back then, in fact, helped North Korea fight against the invasion of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and the chieftain rebelled. In the end, it was similar to this situation. In fact, those chieftains in the Southwest back then were actually all The nominal territory is not a place that can be effectively controlled. However, after we implement the land reform, we can definitely control it directly. As for the overseas territory, we currently have the Nanyang area, which is enough. If we want If you continue to devour more, you will not be able to eat it."

"And once we have too many so-called vassal states, then not only will it not help us improve our strength, but it will easily drag us down. ﹎﹎吧>=-`---· The establishment of various vassal states back then was based on the fact that our ancients focused more on Asia. In Asia, we are the only powerful country in China, and other countries are not strong enough to communicate and confront China on an equal footing. Therefore, we You can use this vassal state with confidence and boldness, because other countries cannot make a fuss about us."

"But it's different now. If we continue to create a number of nominal vassal states as in the past, but without any benefit value, it will not only not be a help to us, but it may be a drag. When the time comes, once the Western countries are right If the vassal state invades, then we will easily be dragged down by the vassal state relationship, making it impossible for us to stay out of the matter."

Wang Guorui began to point to the world map. Explain to you the development trend of various future colonial systems. The colonial system in the past was bound to collapse sooner or later. In addition to the decline of the major old colonial empires, there is also a result of the game between all parties.

With the decline of countries in the future, and then the rise of nationalism in major colonies, the "cost" of ruling colonies is getting bigger and bigger. Even now, this trend has already occurred. As early as a few decades ago, some politicians in the UK complained that it only nourished a large number of military garrisons and a kind of complacency of an "empire on which the sun never sets". The ratio of colonial costs and benefits has become smaller and smaller, because directly ruling the colonies will not only have to bear a lot of military expenses, but the ratio of benefits in exchange for these expenses is not high.

"You may have seen that Britain's current colonies are all over the world, known as the empire on which the sun never sets. But in fact, they currently have many colonies that cannot make ends meet, especially those colonies that produce little resources, but they have to station many soldiers to guard them. And Those colonies are the face of the British. In order to maintain their face, they must invest a lot of resources in it. In fact, many colonies are not producing benefits, but devouring the wealth of the British. As the wave of nationalism in the colonies began to rise in the future, the cost of direct military colonization at that time was getting higher and higher, and finally reached an unbearable point."

"And look at the Boer War. The British wanted to stop fighting the Boer War. Now they can't get rid of the tiger. In fact, the British didn't necessarily want to fight the Boer War. But they were forced by the pride and complacency in the country. In the end, we had to fight. This situation is very similar, right? During the Ming Dynasty, we helped North Korea fight Japan, and in many dynasties, after the kings of those vassal states were overthrown or overthrown, the suzerain country had to be obliged to replace them. They restored the country. And the benefits and sacrifices are far out of proportion. But for the sake of the face of the so-called big country, they have to go to war."

"At present, our countries are competing for colonial resources, so if we retain the colonies, that is, these vassal states, then we must be easily involved in the conflict in the end. Once these vassal states are retained, then we will also be involved In their conflicts with other countries, since ancient times, how many families have often been led to a series of trivial matters by a small matter, and finally caused the two families to fight endlessly? This is also the case For the sake of these vassal states, if these vassal states belong to our vassal state in name, then we will easily cause us to be dragged into the war between the great powers. For these vassal states, we will be dragged into the tragic death between the great powers It's not worth it in the midst of our war."

"The feudal dynasties in the past were able to play like this because of the inconvenient transportation in the past, and the western countries could not reach us quickly. Therefore, their influence on our east is very small, and there are no strong enough countries around them. In China, we can play whatever we want, but we can be both athletes and referees, so how can we not? But it’s no longer possible, the transportation is convenient, and it’s easy for Western devils to come. What we have to do is to prevent us from being dragged into that of the Westerners. During World War II."

"Not long after, a protracted war will erupt in the West~lightnovelpub.net~ This battle will be the cruelest in human history. China should be recuperating and consolidating its territory in Asia. And we don't want to go to Trying to be involved in this war, what we have to do is to sit on the Diaoyutai despite the wind and waves. Unfortunately, the foreigners will not let us be safe, they will find a way to involve us in this war. And these vassal states, that is, a It is a very good way to drag us into the war. Those foreigners are not stupid, they will naturally want to drag us into the war, so that everyone will die together, and it will not make us a top world power after the war. And these colonies, very It is easy to become the trigger for us to be involved in the war. Instead of this, it is better to carry out a reorganization, from a political vassal state to an economic vassal state, which will help us obtain economic benefits and reduce the political risk in the middle. Keep us from being drawn into this world war."

"So, we might as well separate these vassal states politically, but strengthen ties economically, which will help us have more flexible choices, and will not be easy to be colonized by these names, but in fact it cannot The vassal state that brought too many benefits was implicated. What we have to do is to let Europe take advantage when it beats people's brains into dog brains, instead of being dragged into this war. This war can eat people without vomiting Where the bones are, even if we look strong, once we are involved, the consequences will be unimaginable. We don't have the ability to fight this kind of battle, and then we will suffer a lot. So we still have to be stable, and then let them After the fight broke out, we took advantage of the fire to loot, but don’t get involved by them.” (To be continued.)