Japan was the largest contributor to the Tang Army, with about 200,000 Japanese soldiers currently serving in the Tang Army. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 An interesting phenomenon is that most of these soldiers actually came from the former samurai class, or some of them were the children of merchants who became rich during the Industrial Revolution. When the Japanese overseas territories were first established, there were a group of Japanese Tang soldiers who were children of small farmers, but in a generation, because of the preferential treatment of their status, these original children of peasant families not only simply obtained surnames. Their families often have a much better situation, with some running larger family farms, others becoming merchants, and more typically civil servants. After all, Japanese Americans who have served in the military are more likely to be trusted by overseas governments to become officials. Therefore, almost all of these peasant children are not peasant families in the end.

Japan, like China, is a hierarchical society, and even the shackles of hierarchy are more severe and rigid than those of China. The Tang Dynasty's management of various overseas territories was a balance of centralization and autonomy, and the Tang officials sent from the central government enjoyed relatively large powers, and they also distributed a lot of power to officials of local ethnic groups. Coupled with the mobility of posts, such as the possibility of Japanese civil servants moving to Hawaii and Siamese officials being transferred to North India, most overseas consulates have not resisted the central power of the Tang Dynasty, but have become more and more integrated.

In many cases, the power of local officials in overseas territories may evolve into a situation that is not so in line with the values of the Tang Dynasty, and in the case of Japan, it is gatekeeper politics. It's just that for Datang, the gate politics of Japan's overseas territories does not threaten the rule of Datang, so there is no idea of essentially changing this situation. In addition, Japan was able to steadily export various resources to the Tang Dynasty under the gate politics, and Japan's economic growth was no less than that of East Asia and North America, while providing a large number of loyal and reliable soldiers and other human resources. Other overseas consulates also have some of their own characteristics, and Datang also follows them, as long as they are not anti-Tang and conducive to maintaining stability and development, they can be preserved.

A typical feature of Japanese gatelord politics is that it is difficult for the children of ordinary families to be selected as soldiers of the Tang Army. What seems normal to ordinary Chinese is like a golden ticket in the eyes of the majority of Japanese Americans. The Japanese overseas consulates also implemented a conscription policy that combined volunteer service and compulsory service, but the Ministry of People's Armed Forces in the place of origin had the power to determine candidates, so the children of the gate lords were preferred, and only in rare cases did people with little background be selected as Tang Army soldiers.

This has also created a situation where almost every family in Japan has children to serve, which is equivalent to the continuation of the samurai tradition, which is also the hope and recognition of many original samurai families. However, the gate valve is useful when selecting soldiers, and after entering the army, it still depends on personal performance and hard work to be promoted. However, the officers themselves come from the Datang Japanese Military Academy, so the children of the gate lords basically do not start from the grassroots level, but go directly to the official academy to study.

And this time, the Tang Army's unprecedented expansion plan made some Japanese Americans who had no chance pave a golden avenue in front of them. The Japanese watched the first group of guys who served in the Tang Army to eventually become the upper class of this Japanese overseas society, and they all had the intention of copying the road of those years.

This is the case with Shingo Ozawa, he also has a bit of dexterity, after all, the newspapers are spreading everywhere about the huge army expansion plan of 5.6 million, as one of the main sources of troops for the Tang Army, Japan will definitely contribute more troops. What ordinary people like Shingo Ozawa don't know is that when they heard that the country had made a war bill, the local forces of Japan's overseas government bravely proposed that Japan provide millions of troops to fight in Europe. This kind of crazy move certainly could not be agreed to by the central government, but in the end, the Japanese overseas consulate was apportioned a conscription quota of about 500,000 men, which was also the largest of all overseas territories.

On the contrary, the most populous North Indian overseas territory was inferior to Japan, with a total of 350,000 conscription plans, which was the result of the Ministry of Defense believing that the combat effectiveness of the Tang and Indian armies was inferior to that of the Tang and Japanese forces. There are also some showdowns in other overseas territories, which add up to exactly one million.

Summoning a large number of ethnic minorities to fight is not about letting these people die on behalf of the Chinese. There is nothing more important than fighting for a country to unite people of different nationalities, the military is a place to increase a sense of identity, and the non-discriminatory situation of ethnic minorities wearing the national emblem of the Tang Dynasty and fighting for the Tang Dynasty can undoubtedly strengthen their sense of national identity. If we want to win over a group of people to integrate into the state and identify with the state, it is not to give them so-called autonomy, or not to pay taxes for them, and to let them follow a set of policies that are different from those of the main body of the state, but to let them share the same fate and struggle with other people in the country. Preferential treatment of minorities is not preferential treatment, but rather reinforces alienation, which leads to tears.

From the establishment of the first overseas consulate to the present, the reason why Datang has been able to maintain the normal operation of so many overseas territories is not only that it has a strong force and improves the living standards of overseas consulate residents, but also that it has such a set of correct guidelines and strategies that can connect everyone in the country. This was even more evident in the 19th century, when the Tang Dynasty unified the economic calculations of all overseas territories and arranged their development in a more coherent manner. Overseas residents do not feel discriminated against, but are part of the country's equality.

In wartime, not only the industries of China and North America were stimulated, but the industries of various overseas territories also accelerated to meet military needs. Although Japan's industrial scale is not as dense as that of China and North America, it is not inferior to a European country, and it is even more advanced in technology, after all, it is necessary to become a part of the industrial system of Datang. Japan mainly produces a large number of auxiliary military materials, including military rations, umbrella bags, props, etc., of course, there are also a large number of enterprises that produce complete weapons systems, such as armored vehicles, small combat ships, etc. Taking advantage of the spring breeze of the war, some Japanese enterprises were also able to obtain newer technological development to serve the military. For example, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Heavy Industries and other enterprises have obtained a large number of orders in the war, and authorized the production of weapons and equipment for Datang military giants such as North Industry and Boeing. Of course, Japan's industry is fragmented and incomplete, and it is very dependent on the overall industrial system of Datang to operate normally. (To be continued.) )