What is Imperialism? What is Capitalism?

Many historians confuse the two terms and think that imperialism is capitalism or that imperialism is a process of capitalism.

But in essence, these are two concepts.

Imperialism, of course, has to say empire! What is Empire? Let's start with Rome and China's Great Qin. Historically, Rome and Great Qin were the first imperialist countries represented by the East and the West in world history. Empire is a kind of strategy that invades the territory of other countries and leads other nations to achieve national unification or global unity, and its advantage is that other countries or nations are destroyed by the empire before invading their own nation.

And what about capitalism? It is necessary to explain from the word capital, everyone understands that capital is not money? Enemies. Capitalism is a kind of attention to gather money for the purpose of monopolizing or occupying the economy of other countries. The purpose of his attention was to collect money from various countries for his own use.

So here's the problem. Which countries were capitalist and which were imperialist in the international situation in 1900?

It is easy to answer that Japan, Russia and Germany are imperialism, and the United States, Britain and France are capitalism.

Why?

Let's start with Japan. Everyone knows that Japan is a country and a nation born with a sense of distress, and he is very afraid that other countries will invade, and he is even afraid that the island of Japan will sink, and the movie "Japan Sinks" was born in this consciousness. His country is too small, and his country is very weak. Therefore, in order to survive Japan, during the Song Dynasty, Japan even sent the daughters of nobles and even the daughters of the emperor to China to find the elite of Chinese society at that time to mate with the purpose of improving the genes of their own nation. Don't laugh, this is recorded in real history. After these daughters became pregnant, they were treated as treasures by their own country, and after they got married, the child born from an outsider would be treated as an elite disciple of the family. Maybe everyone will look at this thing with a mocking eye and thinking.

However, the author sees in it the crazy pursuit of Japan that will do whatever it takes to make the country rich and strong! In other words, can any of you accept such a thing as a cuckold and raising someone else's child to become your own successor? I believe that no Chinese can accept it even if they know the facts -- accept it calmly. The Japanese did it. Therefore, Hu Xiaoyan can understand that Japan was able to develop and almost destroy China during the Qing Dynasty. Japan will not rise, unless God is blind.

Japan's territory was too small, so it was inevitable to invade Korea and China. As mentioned earlier, most of the Japanese aristocracy actually had Chinese ancestry, especially in the late Ming Dynasty, and they received the inheritance of Xinxue (Wang Yangming Xinxue). The Japanese even regard themselves as Chinese remnants. It would be unreasonable for them not to invade China. So Japan is an imperialist country, and its ultimate goal is to invade Korea and Japan.

The second is Russia. The greed of the Russians is well known to the whole world, otherwise the Russian emperor would not have worn the hat of a certain Orthodox pope, and the Russian land spans Asia and Europe, and the area is larger than China. It stands to reason that he should be satisfied, but in fact the Russians are simply insane in their pursuit of land. During the Kangxi period, Russia fought a war with the Kangxi Emperor, and the result was overwhelming, which made Russia see through the cowardice of the Qing Dynasty. If it weren't for the fact that the Russians cared more about the land of Europe, and the Ural Mountains created a natural obstacle, I believe that the Sino-Russian War would probably not be shorter and more tragic than the Hundred Years War between Britain and France. I'm afraid no one believes that he is not an imperialist.

And then to Germany. Needless to say, Germany. He unified too late, and when Germany was unified, he looked around, and there was not a single colony in the world that belonged to Germany. Faced with the constraints of Britain, France and Russia, the iron-blooded prime minister Bismarck initially joined Russia to resist France. But after Wilhelm II really took power, Wilhelm II was not satisfied, he made enemies with Russia and united with Britain and France, but unfortunately, the territory of Europe was only so large, and Britain and France were friendly with Germany on the surface, and behind their backs they created all kinds of incidents to snipe Germany.

Wilhelm II was very remorseful in his heart, he regretted that he had a bad relationship with Russia, so that he could not recruit an ally when he fought against Britain and France, so Germany actually sent a prince in 1898 to ally with the Manchus, this absurd move also shows that Germany is a bit out of proportion.

Later, Germany occupied Qingdao, Shandong, and some people say that Qingdao is a German colony! Hu Xiaoyan disagrees with this statement, Qingdao has never been a German colony, but a fortress planted by Germany in China. Just look at the thickness of the fortress in Qingdao, it will be difficult for 400mm armor-piercing shells to penetrate him. Why did the Germans do this? Quite simply, the Germans, on the one hand, wanted to sell their goods to China, and they needed a port. On the other hand, he hoped that Qingdao could become a-stirring stick that muddied the layout of Britain and France in China.

How strong military discipline was in the army of the Germans, the whole world knows. But the first to kill in the city of Beijing were the Germans! Do you believe that an army with strong patriotic fervor and absolute discipline would behave so irrationally without the consent of its top generals? No!

The Germans did this for a simple reason. Qing people, resist quickly, and fight Britain and France together, so that the British and French armies will be deeply trapped in the big mud pond of the Qing Kingdom. In order to provide a little convenience for the development of the Germans! If the Germans want to develop, they must break the European order led by Britain and France! Therefore, supporting the Boers in the war with the British, and the Manchus in the war with the British and France was the great deal of the Germans.

Then the Germans couldn't wait, and he personally went down to start the First World War. Germany is not imperialism, who is?

Therefore, the Gengzi Incident in 1900 was a new war of aggression initiated by Japan, Russia and Germany, with the United States responsible for the tandem and Britain and France passively ending. Hu Xiaoyan wrote here and raised his head. A sigh. Today is the Spring Festival, everyone is busy celebrating the New Year, and only he is still writing these boring things. Even with Angel, there was no trace of New Year's excitement, which made Hu Xiaoyan feel very guilty. In 1900, China did not have the habit of celebrating Christmas, and on Christmas Day, Angel ate an authentic Western meal with Hu Xiaoyan with her mouth open. Open the window and look at the bright sky outside. Now Zaifeng should have arrived at the Temple of Heaven.

Zaifeng had indeed just returned from the Temple of Heaven. Although he had already begun to perform the duties of the emperor, this set of procedures still had to be followed. He felt like a puppet, what kind of clothes to wear, how to walk, how many steps to stop, none of which he said. Even after returning from the Temple of Heaven, he couldn't decide which ministers he would summon or what he would say. Here's a whole set of programs for him to memorize.

Jaefeng didn't like it very much, because by doing so, it would easily make him think of that poor brother. Guangxu has been the emperor for so many years, and he has never really been the master once. There was always a hateful old lady behind him holding an invisible rope.

Although there are no old ladies now. But Zaifeng could still feel an invisible rope binding him, tightening his neck, and if he did something out of the ordinary, the rope would strangle him to death. Zaifeng didn't like this feeling very much, and had to do it. From today onwards, he will be the emperor on the high.

I am the Emperor. I am the Emperor. Zaifeng wanted to shout, but he didn't dare! So he wasn't happy at all, just coldly said something he didn't understand himself.

When the court meeting was over, he sat alone in his study. It was late at night. He drove away all the eunuchs and palace maids and sat quietly in the study alone.

He suddenly felt a little cold. Not physical cold. There is a brazier in the study, and under his seat is the legendary tiger skin, which I don't know which minister dedicated it to Emperor Guangxu, and now it is cheaper for him. He has changed into a regular robe (the dragon robe is only worn during the great court meeting, and on TV, as long as the emperor appears, it must be a dragon robe, which is wrong. It's fluffy and warm inside. Zaifeng felt cold.

At this moment, he did not have a person to whom he could be trusted to talk, including his own wife. Once upon a time, his wife was very virtuous and comforting. But never again. Because according to the rules, he has at least ten concubines today. These concubines were Mongols, Manchus, and Tibetans...... Today is the Spring Festival, according to the law, he is going to the harem to see the queen mother and queen, and then the family will celebrate the festival together. But today is the first day of his reign. And there is no longer that awesome old lady in the harem. So he could meditate alone, and no one would dare to disturb him. He was the emperor. The books in the study have been replaced with books from his palace in the Alcohol Prince's Mansion. There are a lot of books in it that he reads regularly. He took out a copy at random and opened it to see: "Technology Supremacy"!

He threw it away in annoyance, and opened another copy: "The Rise of Great Powers" and threw it away!

Open another copy: "Lieshan Town Planning"!

Zaifeng swept the books on the desk to the ground! "You traitor!"