A tributary is when one party gives wealth to the other in some form as a sign of submission or alliance. The tributary system, also known as the "suzerain-vassal system", is one of the world's major international relations models along with the treaty system and the colonial system, and has existed widely in ancient history around the world.

The Chinese tributary system is the most typical tributary system, which is a hierarchical network political order system with the Chinese Empire as the main core. The Chinese Dynasty regarded itself as the Celestial Empire, and through canonization, combined with the Confucian ideological system, it was extended outward layer by layer. In some periods, the Chinese Dynasty also paid tribute to other powerful nations or states for various reasons. Later, around the time of the Tang Dynasty, tributary relations gradually transformed into tributary trade, exchanging domestic goods for the goods needed by the Celestial Empire.

It is an indisputable fact that there are suzerain-vassal relations between China and its neighboring countries. On the surface, this kind of suzerain-vassal relationship seems to be an unequal relationship in which small things are big and big, and the surrounding countries want to "pay tribute" to China; Sealed by Huaxia and given by Huaxia.

In fact, this kind of suzerain-vassal relationship is only a form of maintaining friendly relations between China and its neighboring countries, and does not have the substantive content of ruling and being ruled. In addition, the rulers of China, as the suzerain, treated foreign countries with an attitude of "the king does not rule the emperor, those who come do not refuse, and those who go do not pursue", and in principle, they do not interfere in the internal affairs of the vassal states.

In order to show their wealth and generosity as the "Heavenly Empire", the Chinese rulers always gave a large number of rewards to the tributaries in line with the principle of "thin and generous exchanges", the value of which far exceeded the tributes paid by the tributaries, so the vassal states were always happy to come to China to pay tribute. Sometimes, in order to reduce their own burdens, the Chinese rulers also imposed various restrictions and regulations on the time and scale of tribute paid by various countries to China. Although some countries sometimes come to China in advance to pay tribute without following the regulations, the Chinese government has also given them a warm reception. In addition, while various countries came to China to pay tribute, they also traded with China.

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After more than half a year of hard work, the state was reunified, and the harvest in the south was also huge. Although there are still many things to do, but can not disturb everyone's interest in getting together, there are Jurchen songs and dances at the banquet, there are Han operas, the most attractive to a big man, but it is the strange style of the song and dance and the beautiful women. If it weren't for Nu'er Ha Chi Yuan with his wife Tong Jiashi (Guo'er's biological mother. Nuer Hachi is the son-in-law of Tong Jia's family, so the Han surname is Tong. and Tong Xiaomei were present, and a group of hot-blooded men were going to correct these beautiful women on the spot.

After eating and drinking, the men went back to their houses with their respective share of the beautiful women and did something they loved. Even Li Sigong also got the best fresh beauties, and the sad Li Sicheng is still alone in the empty curtain. Li Belle yelled at the sky: It's just a few days away, you can do it, my wife!

Since I'm not happy, don't be happy with you! As soon as the sky was white, Li Dabeile ran to the door of Nuer Hachi and knocked on the door, shouting something: The great cause has not yet succeeded, the boss still has to work hard, don't indulge in women!

In the house, Nuer Ha Chi looked at Li Sicheng with slanted eyes, his face was full of energy, and he did not show any tiredness: "I came to shout early in the morning, why was I bullied by my little sister again?" It's been a few days since my little sister gave birth, so you can obey her! Li Sicheng's face was righteous and awe-inspiring: "I came to you to discuss big things, a manly man, how can you be bullied by the girls?" You're underestimating me. ”

"It's not good, wait for your birthday in a few days, and I'll send the beautiful woman to Fei Alla." Nu'er Hachi's expression was still in disbelief. My sister was raised by myself since I was a child, how is my temperament, who knows better than myself? (Nuer Hachi's father, Takshi, remarried after Nuer Hachi's mother died, and drove the 19-year-old Nuer Hachi away, and Nuer Hachi took his younger siblings to dig ginseng, pick pine nuts, pick hazelnuts, pick mushrooms, and collect fungus for a living.) ）

"Needless to say, the woman is not going to ignore my reward. But what I'm talking about has something to do with these women. "Oh~ seems to be a little interesting, let's say!"

"That's right. Your boss, before you came back, when I was captive, I found that many of those Chao Xian women knew Chinese, some were female playwarts, some were medical women, and some were rich ladies. We are very short of civil servants now, and I think these people can still be used, especially after they give birth to a man and a woman for us, and generally they will not resist anymore. I plan to have my sisters-in-law and my mothers-in-law take care of them, and let them take care of some clerical management, diagnosis and treatment, and management of female slaves. This can make He Heli and Bai Siwen a little easier and make the best use of them. "You can try this, by the way, let the little sister have something to do, and no longer care about you, right?!"

Li Sicheng, who was told through, didn't blush, and continued: "In addition, since the Jin family ransomed the clansmen from us, several other families have also contacted us, hoping to redeem the clansmen who were caught by us. I pondered that we were still short of food, and that the border was not easy to walk now, so I planned to let them send food by sea to Sanshankou, and then take the tribesmen back. I also asked for some herbs and cloth. ”

"That's no problem, these rich kids are powerless, and we don't raise idlers. However, can I ask for some Langzhong by the way? "I asked, Chao Xian's side is very strict with Lang Zhong, and it is difficult to succeed, so let's think of some other way." Besides, this time I went south, the second brother finally listened to my words, caught as many Lang Zhong as possible, and used it first. Also, I have a not-so-perfect idea to see if I can get some benefits from the imperial court and poach some people. "It's probably not good, you say."

"As the commander of the left guard of Jianzhou, you can send people to the court to pay tribute and meet the emperor, right?!" "I guess I can, but I haven't tried."

"Look, are we sending people to the court to pay tribute, so that the court can give more benefits and send some talents?" "The benefits will definitely be given, and the people will be in trouble. Ordinary scholars and craftsmen will not come to us Jurchens for no reason, unless they are sinners; Moreover, if your grandfather had known, he would definitely use the connections in the court to sabotage it. Balance constraints, raise self-respect, your grandfather used the stove perfectly. He said that he killed my father and ancestor by mistake, but in fact, he may not have such considerations. ”

"Sinners, sinners...... Guilty people, sinful officials are sinners! Or find a way to let the imperial court send the prisoners to us! However, the old man is a big problem. "Well, you shouldn't know much about officialdom, right?"

"I don't know very much, you know, I'm a concubine, and I'm young, so I don't have the opportunity to come into contact with these." "Your grandfather shouldn't know about your lesson to us, right?!"

"Hehe, boss, you're going to make a detour, just say what you have." "What we use to retreat as advance may work. You see, when we pay tribute, we propose to be sincere, and let your grandfather know in advance, he will not think that we are setting a trap, and he will definitely stop it. If we show ourselves as savage and rude, the officials in the court will also oppose the annexation. The court does not agree to our attachment, but if it is not good to dampen our sincerity, it will be rewarded heavily, and there will be a lot of rewards, and there will be requests to be answered. At this time, we proposed to let the imperial court send scholars to educate the Jurchens, and ordinary people would not come, so we could instead send the prisoners to join us in the army. ”

(Attached, that is, attached to the imperial court.) The vassal states of the imperial court, who were invited to go to the country and set up administrative units, were attached to the interior. ）

"Is that okay? Too easy, right? "The officials of the imperial court and your grandfather will definitely think that our side is a rough man, and they don't know what tricks to use, so they must not be wary. The simpler our plan, the easier it is to succeed. ”

Speaking of this, Nuer Hachi looked at Li Sicheng: "The things in the officialdom, you are still tender!" ”

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