[1200 Don't talk about reunification with Europeans]
In the history of Europe, there has never been a unified monarch who has sat on the same track as a book, and has not been able to form a stable nation-state. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Moreover, the economic foundation of Europe is not like that of China, the development of agricultural technology is very uneven, animal husbandry seems to be good, the economic base is already mixed, and it is multi-ethnic.
Although Hua is also multi-ethnic, the ethnic minorities of Hua are willing to take refuge in the Heavenly Khan Tang Taizong.
In Europe, the clergy is the world, everyone believes in God and everyone is equal, and they can only preach if they want to fight for control of people's thoughts.
Although there were wars of religion and wars of succession, there was no stable and unified power entity in Europe to promote unification.
In general, the culture, economy, and ideas of Europe cannot be brought together.
Hua Huang believed that the great unification of Europe was a trend, and even the great unification of the world, was a trend, especially at the end of the 19th century, a great turning point in human history.
Because, Europeans believe that artillery is the best diplomacy of a country.
If the Chinese emperor wants to negotiate with this Carol I, to a large extent, he can only rely on military strength, but the military strength of China is difficult to show in Europe.
Even though we recognize the obstacles, we are still moving forward.
The geographical location of the European continent is very superior, ancient Europe looks at Greece, the Middle Ages looks at Germany and Italy (Roman Empire), modern Europe Britain, two wars are decided!
Europe, the full name of Europa, Europa origins from Greek mythology, just like Chinese myths and legends: the Three Realms, the Five Great Continents, and the Western Elysium.
The area of Europe is indeed small in the eyes of the Chinese, and now the whole of Europe together has not recovered the Huaguo in the area east of the Ural Mountains, not to mention that the Huaguo has also recovered Central Asia.
Many small countries in South Asia are also subordinate countries of China, so it makes sense for the European powers to be wary of China, and China does not need to be discouraged because the industrial base has just begun, and China's foundation is good! Once the force is exerted, what it will be like, even Huahuang himself does not dare to imagine.
Europe stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the west, the Arctic Sea in the north, and Africa across the Mediterranean Sea in the south.
The Strait of Gibraltar is the boundary between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean, and the word "Gibraltar" itself comes from the Arabic language, where the North African Arab world and the European world have clashed many times, and also caused confusion between Spain and Morocco for many years!
If the three directions of west, north, south and south are natural demarcations, then in my opinion the East is more like the division of race and geopolitics, with the Ural Mountains and the Ural River in the east, the Caspian Sea in the southeast, the Greater Caucasus Mountains, the Black Sea and Asia as the boundary.
As the European headquarters with Charlemagne's empire as the main body, the Slavs have been relatively repulsive since ancient times, think about the context of the two world wars - first the Germans provoked the Slavs, then the Slavs rose up to resist, and the last war broke out, and then took advantage of the fire to rob, and all those who fished in troubled waters joined in.
Later, the Germans lost the war, and then "tried the guts", and finally World War II broke out, and then this time they took advantage of the fire to rob, fishing in troubled waters and all miscalculations, and could not afford to hurt Hitler's blitzkrieg, so the real world war, but also the century war detonated on the earth.
The two wars have brought Europeans thinking perhaps only Europeans know, the most hateful is not the subject of contradictions, the two warring parties but the third party watching the tiger fight from a distance, and the facts have also proved that sooner or later the confusion will have to be repaid, and the United States may not have entered the war if it had not been for Yamamoto Isoroku engaged in Pearl Harbor.
From the tangible and intangible levels, from organic to inorganic, from politics to economy, from economy to politics, from politics to culture, from culture to politics, permutations and combinations, Europe is similar to the Spring and Autumn Period of China and the Warring States Period: politics, economy, and culture are three-dimensional.
The Hundred Years' War between England and France, the war between Prussia and France, and the inextricable fight between England and Scotland in the British Isles.
The Saxons and the Celts, from the beginning of the fifth century to the completion of the bourgeois revolution in England, these two national subjects have been at war, in 1314 Scotland gained independence, on May 1, 1707, Queen Anne Union Act merged England and Scottish Parliaments, the two sides gave up their independent status, merged into a unified Kingdom of Great Britain, of course, merged with later Wales, so why did the two sides stop the war for a hundred years, because they have the same queen - Kenneth MacAlpin!
Therefore, it can be seen from the different autonomous regions of the unified European countries that the national consciousness of European countries is quite strong.
President Moe divides European countries into small regions: Western Europe, Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, Central Europe, and Southern Europe.
Western Europe mainly includes: the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium, Monaco.
Among these countries, the main ethnic group of France is the French nation, as well as the Corsicans and the Briennes, and this French nation is the descendants of the Gauls, so of course France is an independent state polity.
The Irish nation is of Celtic descent, and before 1922 Ireland belonged to the independent kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and after 1922, a new independent kingdom of Ireland was established, and Ireland in the north remained in the British Empire.
The main body of the state of the Netherlands is the Dutch, and the ancestors of the Dutch are the descendants of the Frisians, Batawis, Franks, and Saxons of the western branch of the Germanic tribes.
However, the Chinese emperor believed that at most it could be regarded as partial reunification, and it was impossible to unify tens of millions of square kilometers together like Huaguo.
They settled in different regions and eventually formed an independent national character, and from this level the conditions for the establishment of an independent regime were already in place.
Northern Europe, the Nordic region mainly refers to the Scandinavian Peninsula, mainly including: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Denmark.
The main ethnic groups of these five countries are basically descendants of the Vikings, and the Vikings have lived in northern Europe with harsh natural conditions for a long time, so they are fierce by nature, so in the vision of the orthodox people of the European continent, the Vikings and barbarians are inseparable!
This is the general understanding of history, some winners are kings, and the losers are thieves!
Since Scandinavia is separated from the European mainland, the main countries of the peninsula are Norway, Finland, Sweden, Northern Europe, Iceland, Denmark on Jutland, and Greenland, which is Danish territory.
Except for Iceland, which is an independent island, the other four countries have influenced each other in the long course of history, Norway respected Denmark for a while, Norway respected Sweden for a while, Finland was ruled by Sweden after the 12th century, and after the Russo-Swedish War in 1809, the whole country was incorporated into Imperial Russia.
If the effect of political marriage in ancient China was a helpless move made by the Central Plains Dynasty forced by the continuous invasion of the nomadic regime, then its effect in Europe was to strengthen Europe towards integration, so the European royal family interpreted the history of the division and integration of European countries.
In 1397, the Kalmar League, led by Queen Margrethe I of Denmark, was formed, and Denmark, Sweden, and Norway formed an alliance that lasted for 126 years.
Eastern Europe, the main countries of Latvia, Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, and then there is the Eastern European part of Russia.
These countries are basically descendants of the Eastern Slavs, and the three Baltic states and White Russia have a lot of peculiarities!
There is a lot of history in the history of the unification of small regions, the Roman Empire, the Frankish Kingdom, Napoleon, the Yugoslav Union, etc.
Referring to the current situation in Europe, I have to mention the Frankish Kingdom, since the fifth century AD, due to internal and external troubles, the Western Roman Empire has been unable to rule Western Europe, at this time, the Franks took the opportunity to expand their strength and establish a country, but a decree of the Frankish Kingdom completely changed the situation in Europe, that is, after the death of the king, the sons divided their territory equally, in 800 AD, Charlemagne was crowned emperor and became Charlemagne's Empire, in 843, the empire was divided into three, becoming the prototype of France, Germany and Italy, This has to be said to be a historic "separation".
Central Europe, mainly Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
The European continent is surrounded by the sea on three sides, the terrain is dominated by plains, the main geomorphological factors are the Apennine Peninsula, the Iberian Peninsula, the Balkan Peninsula, the Scandinavian Peninsula, the Greek Peninsula, the Jutland Peninsula, Greenland, Iceland, etc., starting from the geographical conditions of the formation of civilization, Europe has a flat hinterland, the Rhine, the Danube, and the Mediterranean Sea once became the inland sea of the Roman Empire.
Was the Roman Empire's rule in Europe a great unification of the continent in the practical sense?
Huahuang thinks it should be counted.
If so, then the only time the continent achieved great unification was the Roman Empire.
The scattered state system of Europe cannot be based solely on the general laws of history, the two rivers gave birth to the Babylonian civilization, the Indus River and the Ganges River created the Indian civilization, the Egyptian civilization of the Nile, and the Chinese civilization of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River basin.
In recent history, which region has the earliest national awakening? The strongest sense of national self-awareness? The National Independence Revolution Started Early? The answer is only - Europe!
And the European countries completed the magnificent transformation from the national independence revolution to the bourgeois revolution.
Will an advanced social system combined with abundant primitive capital accumulation and an independent national subject lead to the birth of a nation?
Taking Central European countries as an example, Austria and Hungary were originally an important part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Hungarians were the descendants of the Huns who were defeated by the Han Empire, in 1867, Austria and Hungary formed the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and after the end of World War I, the Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed, and Austria and Hungary were separated.
The impact of the two world wars on the map of European countries was far-reaching, and without the two world wars, there would be no European countries today.
Poland, a country in the middle of the Germanic nation and the Slavic nation, the Poles are the Slavic nation, we see that the first place where Hitler's angry guns are aimed at in World War II is Poland, (if Britain and France are feuding, the Hundred Years' War is inextricable, Henry VI and Joan of Arc, an invasion, a counter-invasion) Then, the "gas bag" of the European continent is Poland, invaded by Prussia, armed intervention by the Russian Empress Catherine II, from May 1772, Poland was divided three times before and after, The three main culprits were Tsarist Russia, Prussia, and Austria-Hungary.
Why is Poland "beaten up" from time to time, Poland is at the crossroads of Europe, Warsaw is in the center of the crossroads.
There are dangers all around, not afraid of car collisions, afraid of people beating! Poland has been changing, but it has never been aspirationalized by the surrounding peoples!
The peoples of Europe are seldom assimilated by a strong and culturally advanced nation, and they always maintain the uniqueness of their own people!
Therefore, when the Chinese emperor intervened in European politics, he was cautious, and the Chinese emperor did not aim to rule the world by force, the Chinese emperor was not Hitler, he was not a psychopath, in the eyes of the Chinese emperor, Hitler was an orthodox neurotic, and the fascists could never be relied on!
Relying on its own development, forming a strong country, so that all countries can be calm and obedient, this is the direction of Huahuang, not one by one.
Southern Europe, which is the most culturally influential region in Europe, Southern Europe, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Malta, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Slovenia, this is the core area of Greek civilization and the Roman Empire, Greek civilization from Crete Minoan culture and Peloponnese Mycenaean civilization.
The revelation of the Greek city-states to the Europeans was that after the outbreak of the Greco-Persian War, Sparta and Athens abandoned their previous suspicions and formed an alliance to resist foreign enemies.
From another level, it can be said that the Greek city-state system started the process of urbanization in Europe, and it was also a leading cultural factor that promoted the formation of political cognition among different ethnic groups and groups of different clans and ethnic groups in Europe.
This does not exist at all in China, even if the Western Zhou Dynasty feudal system finally led to the dispute situation of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, after the unification of Qin, Qin Shi Huang's county system can be described as a work of heaven and man, skillfully concentrating power to the center, the Han Dynasty divided the kings, and later did not appear Wu Wang Liu Biao counter-judgment of the central government, but we found that from this time the balance of power has been biased towards the center, because the central government tightly grasped the financial and national main armed forces, in the Western Han Dynasty, our salt and iron monopoly, this monopoly is only the state monopoly, This measure has greatly increased the wealth accumulation of the central government.
War is a contest of financial resources. Therefore, throughout the history of China, reunification - division - reunification.
The Roman Empire originated in Italy, in 241 BC, after the Second Punic War, Sicily was included in the empire, in 202 BC it defeated Carthage, Spain, Greece was under its rule, under the rule of Caesar, conquered Gaul and Egypt, after Caesar's death, the adopted son Octavian cleaned up Antony and the Egyptian queen Cleopatra, in 27 BC Octavian formally established the Roman Empire, Constantine declared Christianity the state religion, in 330 Constantine moved the capital to Byzantium, and finally died in the Goths and Vandals.
If there is a failure of the Roman Empire, it is the failure to strengthen centralized power.
After the conquest of Egypt, Caesar fell into the gentle country of Cleopatra Cleopatra, and in the end Antony also had an affair with Cleopatra, and did not break up the resistance of Egypt in time but let Cleopatra continue to rule, so Cleopatra was so great that she dug a grave for the Roman Empire.
Rome was the same for post-conquest Gaul, Spain, England.
One country, two consuls, this must be the way to take chaos, Zhao Kuangyin, Emperor Taizu of the Northern Song Dynasty, has a world-shattering saying - how can others be allowed to snore on the side of the couch!
Therefore, Huahuang sometimes can't figure out the thinking of Europeans.
Moving the capital to Byzantium was also the failure of the Roman Empire, and the Romans arrogantly thought that they could use Byzantium as a springboard to continue eastward, but before it started, the backyard was on fire!
In 395, the Eastern and Western Roman Empires were divided, but the Roman Empire after the partition was like a fallen Hercules, anyone could come up and kick it, and the glory was gone.
The fall of the Roman Empire has taught us that Europe can do without the Roman Empire, but not without independent peoples!
In modern times, southern Europe is also a fierce place, and we have to mention the Ottoman Turkish Empire, without this unfortunate country, the first real confrontation between China and the West would not have been the Opium War, and it might have come earlier.
Because the Ottoman Empire mastered the main transportation routes, cutting off trade and exchanges between the East and the West!
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Albania gained national independence, and Bosnia and Herzegovina under the Austro-Hungarian Empire was freed from Austria-Hungary.
In terms of economy, from ancient times to the present, Europeans have rarely demarcated the economic map of the European continent, that is, the European countries we see today are only national subjects under political factors.
So today the EU has banks, euros, and all kinds of offices that facilitate economic exchanges between European countries.
In terms of culture, Europeans inherit Christian culture, talk about European culture, can not avoid religion, Christianity is indeed particularly complicated, from the founding of Jerusalem to the Reformation initiated by Martin Luther and others in the 16th century, Catholicism, Protestantism, Orthodox Christianity, put forward the advanced concept of "religion with the country", the Reformation is of great significance to the birth of independent European countries! The Renaissance, which took place at the same time in various countries, led to the later "Enlightenment", and at the same time the Enlightenment set the direction for the bourgeois revolution in Europe, as well as the national revolutions in various countries, and the national revolutions and bourgeois revolutions in European countries were basically carried out at the same time.
Europe, the land is flat, the location is superior, but there is never a unified central power, there are many small countries, if this phenomenon is put in China, like Andorra, Liechtenstein, Malta, Luxembourg, San Marino, Monaco...... It has long been annexed, and Europe has been determined by many aspects such as its past and present, economy, politics, culture and so on.
So the emperor never wanted to shout reunification with the Europeans, they even liked anarchism!
"Your Majesty, yesterday I watched the President of Huaguo's 1879 rifle, which is really good, and its performance is no worse than that of Germany in all aspects." Carol I laughed.