Chapter 112: The Chinese Empire
"Huaxia Alliance, this name is not good, and the big cannibals will think that we are a tribal alliance later? How can the dignified Chinese countries be regarded as a group of tribes? Yelu Hongji was dissatisfied.
Zhao Ji was really shocked, because these Chinese concepts could not be understood at all by the concepts of Western nationalist countries in later generations. Many time-traveling novels use the same set of concepts of Western nationalist countries after crossing, and finally unify China. It is conceivable that such a set of concepts would not turn all ethnic groups in China into a family of Han people?
That kind of thinking is not the thinking of the great unification of China at all, but a kind of routine of fascist genocide. An eclectic Huaxia at the good end has become a narrow-minded and short-sighted Han nationalism. The fascist Western-style logic of elevating national hatred did not work at all in ancient China, and if the traversers really wanted to unify China in that way, they would only fail, and only be resisted by the people of all ethnic groups, including the Han people.
It can also be seen from history that the Yuan and Qing dynasties were able to consolidate their rule and treat all ethnic groups well. After the Ming Dynasty and the Republic of China overthrew these two dynasties, they did not engage in national cleansing. The Ming Dynasty still treats all ethnic groups well, and the Republic of China is a republic of five ethnic groups. It can be seen how deeply the influence of Western nationalism on the Chinese after entering China has even subverted the Chinese's identification with their own national history.
"How is the Chinese Buddha Kingdom?" Master Mingjue suggested.
"Not good." Yelu Hongji still shook his head, and then said, "It's called the Chinese Empire." ”
"The Chinese Empire?" Zhao Ji shouted in surprise.
"Xining, how's it going? Isn't that a good name? You see, all the countries in China, the Liao and Song dynasties, are called emperors, and although other countries are not called emperors, but in their own countries, I am afraid that the emperor does not know how much has been added. Since they are all emperors, why hide. This country name is, of course, the Empire. However, with the emperor as the national name, it cannot highlight China. Hence the addition of a Chinese. Zhong refers to the Central Empire, and Hua refers to Huaxia, which means the nine empires of Central China. Abbreviation: Chinese Empire. Yelu Hongji explained.
Yelu Hongji looked very proud, and in his opinion, such an explanation just showed that he was proficient in Han culture. This is Yelu Hongji selling his knowledge.
"Good. Just do what the Great Kandi wants. Zhao Ji looked like he was looking at Yelu Hongji's horse.
"Okay, hahaha." Yelu Hongji smiled happily, and then said: "Since there is a national name, you have to set the national capital." Set it in Xijin Mansion in Daliao, change Youzhou to Tianjing, and use it as the capital of the Chinese Empire. ”
"Isn't this okay? Could it be that the monarchs of all countries have to move to Youzhou? Li Bingchang said funny.
If Yelu Hongji follows this approach, won't nine countries become one country? What's that? Nine emperors, how is that possible?
"Nope. The political hall system of the Great Song Dynasty is very good. Just change it and you're ready to go. Set up a political hall in Tianjing, and each of the nine countries sent an envoy to be stationed in Youzhou, which was called the envoy. If there is a dispute between the countries, it shall be settled by the deliberation and vote of the envoys of the nine countries in accordance with the provisions of the Covenant. If there is a ruling, the countries shall not violate it, otherwise the other countries will join in the attack. Yelu Hongji explained.
Yelu Hongji said it nicely, but the emperor of the Chinese Empire was all within the territory of Liao, doesn't this mean that Liao controlled other countries diplomatically? Yelu Hongji has a good calculation!
"Xining, what do you think of this method?" Yeluhongji asked.
Yelu Hongji can not care about the opinions of other countries, but whether Zhao Ji agrees or not is related to the success or failure of this alliance. Yelu Hongji is not such a simple person, he is sure that Zhao Ji will agree to this method.
"Just do what the Great Kandi wants. However, since the Great Kandi is modeled after the political hall system created by me, I have to say how the political hall system in Tianjing should be established. Zhao Ji first agreed, and then hoped to offset the disadvantage of the imperial capital in the Liao State in a specific system.
"Xining just said, I'll discuss it later." Yeluhonki happily responded.
"The nine ambassadors of the political hall are sent by various countries, so they can naturally do it. But it's not fair which country's envoy should be the prime minister and the ruling minister, no matter which country is in charge, right? It's not as good as this. The prime minister can be sent by each country, but the prime minister and the ruling party must be chosen by the people of Youzhou themselves. Youzhou City can be set aside as the capital city shared by the nine countries, and the prime minister and the ruling are chosen by the people of Youzhou City. As compensation for the Liao State to set aside Youzhou City, the operating expenses of the imperial capital of the Chinese Empire, the Liao State did not have to pay out. Zhao Ji arranged.
"I agree with that. Since Youzhou is the imperial capital, it cannot only belong to the Liao State. After Youzhou was carved out, it was directly under the jurisdiction of the Tianjing Political Affairs Hall. Each country paid the tribute and let the Tianjing Political Affairs Hall recruit the army and appoint officials on its own. Li Bingchang agreed.
"Okay, that's it." Yelu Hongji came down and said with determination.
For Yelu Hongji, even if Youzhou City is carved out, the people of Youzhou City are also the people of the original Daliao. The elected Zaizhi is also the original Liao. The Liao State will not suffer.
Then, the monarchs of the Liao, Song and Xia kingdoms unanimously decided: Youzhou was renamed Tianjing and designated as the capital of the Chinese Empire, and each country paid 100,000 yuan for the operation of the imperial capital every year. The imperial capital is self-governing and does not belong to any one country. The imperial capital could only recruit 10,000 troops as a military force to defend the imperial capital. In addition to governing Youzhou City, the imperial capital mainly adjudicates possible disputes between countries and ensures that all countries have the same economic and military goals.
As long as the Song, Liaoxia and Xia kingdoms agreed, there was nothing disagreeable from the other countries. Strength is everything, this alliance, they are just here to make up the number and pick up the cheap, and they don't have much right to speak.
After the establishment of the imperial capital. The countries also negotiated the territory of each country and established the boundaries of each country. Yelu Hongji saw that Zhao Ji had included India in the Great Song Dynasty, and he was not to be left behind, and the whole of Europe was included in the Great Liao. And Li Bingchang of Western Xia divided the entire heavenly world into Western Xia. Zhao Ji included India in the Great Song Dynasty, and he really wanted to conquer the Indian region. And Yelu Hongji and Li Bingchang are completely joining in the fun. They themselves knew that such a vast area of many kingdoms was not something they could take. However, they did not expect that from then on, they tasted the sweetness of the western expedition, because the captivity of the western countries was like picking vegetables in their own vegetable garden.
The borders of the Song, Liaoxia and Xia Kingdoms maintained the status quo and established boundary monuments, and could no longer talk about the previous territories.
Other countries saw that the Liao, Song and Xia Kingdoms were happily drawn, and when they saw the vast territory, they also joined in. Goryeo was the most helpless, he was caught between various big countries and couldn't move. Da Liao didn't annex him, and he already felt very lucky. Therefore, when Yelu Hongji asked Wang Yun to draw the territory, Wang Yun did not get involved in the Changbai Mountain area, which Goryeo dreamed of.
Japan included Ezo (Hokkaido) and Kushubu (Kuyoshima) on its territory. Dali included Bagan and the northeast corner of India into the territory of Dali. Cochin and Champa divided the entire Chenla Angkor Dynasty, Cochin took the north, Champa took the south, negotiated the border, and each conquered. The Three Buddhas ceded the entire area of Katoha (Kuala Lumpur) occupied by the Chola Kingdom to the Great Song Dynasty, but they included the three kingdoms of Boni and Java into the territory of the Three Buddhas, that is, the Three Buddhas would occupy the three major islands of Sumatra, Kalimantan and Java in later generations.
After the border was demarcated, various countries said that they would cancel the garrison of troops on the borders of the Chinese countries, and the garrisons would all be placed on the external borders. Then they discussed the terms of trade of various countries, the movement of people, the unified use of weights and measures, and the common language and writing.
On the issue of the movement of the people, the countries forbade the flow of the people to the Great Song Dynasty on the grounds that there were too few people in their own countries. However, they demanded that the Great Song Dynasty not interfere with the flow of the Great Song people into their country. Zhao Ji agreed to this request, but said that if the people of the Great Song Dynasty wanted to come back, the countries must not interfere, and after the people of the Great Song Dynasty flow into the countries, the countries must not treat the people of the Great Song Dynasty harshly.
On the issue of land and taxation, all countries expressed their agreement to treat the inflow of the Great Song people well, and not to levy human tax and military service on the inflow of the Great Song people, except for agricultural taxes and commercial taxes.
After obtaining that all countries would not interfere with the right of movement and freedom of the people of the Great Song Dynasty, they signed and formulated treaties with other countries on the movement of people from all countries.
On the issue of degree measurement, all countries use the Great Song Dynasty. But for the standard, it is necessary to reconfirm and formulate a standard weights and measures instrument, and the instrument is placed in Tianjing. Language and writing, naturally, also used Chinese characters, and Chinese and Chinese characters were the official languages of the Chinese Empire. After all, the cultural influence of the Great Song Dynasty is too great.
After establishing Chinese characters as the official language of the Chinese Empire, Zhao was very happy. Agreed to donate 100,000 sets of books, including Confucian classics, and to fund 100,000 yuan to build libraries in various countries. The countries demanded that the Great Song Dynasty send Buddhist monks to various countries to preach, strengthen the exchange of Buddhism and Taoism, and promote the Dharma. Zhao Ji also agreed to this. Zhao not only agreed to all the requirements of various countries related to cultural export, but also provided talent and financial support.
When various countries learned that Su Shi was going to Japan for a friendly visit, they asked Su Shi to also go to their country, saying that they wanted to be treated equally. Su Shi's talent and fame are too great, and in the end, because of the priority of Su Shi's visits, the countries actually fought for each other. In the end, it was up to Su Shi to decide the time of his visits to various countries.
For ten consecutive days, on the first floor of the world, the countries discussed the details of the Chinese Imperial Covenant for ten consecutive days. In military action, even the unanimity of the nations is required.
Military Deployment 1: The countries discussed the eastward invasion of the Chola Kingdom, and decided that the five countries of the Great Song Dynasty, the Three Buddhaswig, the Dali, the Jiaozhi, and the Champa would jointly send troops to attack the Chola Kingdom, the Java Three Kingdoms, the Boni Kingdom, the Bagan Kingdom, and the Zhenla Kingdom, which should be completed within three years to ensure that there would be no war in the southern part of the Chinese Empire.
Military deployment 2: The Great Song Dynasty, Japan, Goryeo, and Great Liao formed a coalition to sweep away the northern Angas, Rangai, Jurchen, and Ezo, and complete it within three years to ensure that there was no war in the northern part of the Chinese Empire.
Military deployment 3: The combined forces of the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Xia Dynasty ensured the smooth merger of the Huangtou Hui and the Qingtang Tubo into the Great Song Dynasty, and the western border of the Chen soldiers to make military preparations for a large-scale westward expedition.
Economically, at the instigation of the Liao State, various countries demanded that the Great Song Dynasty increase the annual currency, and the annual currency should be at least doubled. Zhao Wei refused to say that the New Year's coins did not bring any benefits to the economic development of various countries.
Zhao Ji did not refuse to the end, but took a compromise approach. The economic aid was no longer directly provided by the Great Song Dynasty to various countries, but by the Great Song Dynasty directly to the Imperial Government of China every year to provide 3 million yuan. States may apply to the Imperial Council for assistance in specific domestic construction projects.
The Great Song Dynasty gave 550,000 yuan to the Northern Liao every year, 270,000 to the Western Xia, and 100,000 to Dali, Jiaozhi, and Japan respectively, with a total of more than 1 million yuan. At the same time, it also strengthened the role of the political hall of the Chinese Empire. Other countries have expressed their appreciation for the programme.
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