Chapter 645: Chinese Brand Umbrella - Time-honored Brand
"How to define China has become a problem that European countries and the United States must seriously face!"
"Look at China from a new perspective!"
"China, a destabilizing factor in the world pattern......"
The sound of the clattering printing machine, and countless newspapers, after the conclusion of the Aral Sea battle, invariably welded China to death in the position of the victor of the war between the two giants of China and Russia.
Perhaps China's overall strength is no stronger than Russia's. At least not as disparity as it is on the battlefield. But who gave China a figure like Liu Xian who was a peerless genius in military affairs? As a result, the Russians were defeated repeatedly, losing 500,000 troops and thousands of miles of land.
Of course, Russia is still strong. The system of reserves in Russia that had been in place for many years, and the Tsar's millions of reservists in his hands, was a force that made the whole of Europe tremble. With the support of large sums of money from Britain and France, Alexander III could easily pull out a million new troops, although the combat effectiveness of these millions of soldiers may not be comparable to the elite that he had lost before. But a steady stream of troops is the fundamental thing that Russia is trying to deter the whole of Europe, isn't it?
But what's the use of that?
Eighty years ago, the First French Empire under Napoleon, who did not recognize his strength? Who does not recognize the preeminence of France? This is not a fact that should be denied after the whole of Europe has defeated the French.
There is also Germany in the original time and space, World War I and World War II, Germany was a loser, but who dares to look at it with contempt?
That's how China is now.
Even though the Russians relied on the support of Britain and France, they used a steady stream of troops to launch a larger-scale battle. The advance of the Chinese army was finally stopped. China is also still strong.
Looking at it from another angle, China's population is N times larger than that of Russia. Last year's census. China's total population has exceeded 450 million. How many are there in Russia?
If it is said that the Russians, with a steady stream of financial support, were able to pull out millions of bayonets. Then China will be able to pull out tens of millions of bayonets.
The strong population advantage of the Russians allows them to maintain a huge deterrent to the European continent, they are called the 'European giants', the 'European steamrollers', then China, which is ten times larger than Russia, is the steamroller of the entire Eurasian continent, and now there are newspapers that put the crown of the world's first army power on China's head.
After this war, China has once again raised its position in the jungle of the world. Even if China no longer relies on its 'geographical' advantages, it can truly stand in the sequence of the world's top powers. The Eastern world cheered at this, especially the two vassal states of Korea and the Nguyen Dynasty.
The two countries that have completely tied their national fortunes to China. It is sincerely cheering for China's strength. Now that China has once again proved its military strength and once again consolidated its position as an emerging power, the two countries have completely relaxed their hearts. They are China's most loyal and obedient vassal states, and they are countries that China must maintain and protect, and this is a shackled political legacy left by China's 2,000-year-old feudal civilization.
China has proved its 'civilization' to foreign countries with its entire feudal history, and as long as it is deferential and courteous to the central imperial dynasty, China will repay its due attention to its subjects. This is credibility guaranteed.
They don't need to worry that China will one day swallow them up, just because they think they treat China deferentially and reverently. This is the relationship between the suzerains and vassals in China, and it is very affordable. But the 'relict bowl' with shackles!
Of course, Liu Xian never thought of using force to forcibly annex Korea and the Nguyen Dynasty, two countries with independent national consciousness and traditions. Even though both the Nguyen Dynasty and Korea had a part of their territory in history, they belonged to China. But you can't always look at history! Be fact-oriented.
Therefore, over the years, Liu Xian handed over Beiqi to the Ruan Dynasty government little by little, and at the same time, the shares of Hongji Coal Mine were given to the Ruan Dynasty royal family, and now the holding ratio of the two sides is equal. It's just that the operation and control still belong to China, and Hongji Port also belongs to China. The natural move naturally made the royal family of the Nguyen Dynasty grateful to China, and now it is in the eyes of the officials and commoners of the Nguyen Dynasty. China is really their own father!
A father would not plot against his son.
So, when China became stronger. They don't have a sense of crisis of their own, and these two countries didn't have a filthy Siam early on. They will only rejoice that they will no longer have to be threatened by Westerners. In the future, there will be no more Westerner warships rudely intruding into the ports and coasts of the two countries, and there will be no more red-haired and blue-eyed Westerners holding up harsh unequal treaties and clamoring for them to sign. They have found themselves a big umbrella with the safest and safest.
Since the end of the Battle of Tacheng, the congratulatory sheets of the Nguyen Dynasty and the Li Dynasty have been photographed to the front line one after another. Liu Xian could feel their excitement thousands of miles away just by looking at the article. Seriously, Liu Xian himself was excited at that time.
He is well aware of China's previous position in the world - India in the 21st century!
India at that time was a hegemon in the South Asian subcontinent, and it cannot be said that it was weak. India's strength is good, and its strength is really not weak. But no one would say that it is the world's first-class power. India's status is only a regional power, and it is a very narrow area. Its east is China and Southeast Asia, and that game is not something that India can meddle in. Its west is the Persian Gulf, and it is not something that India can intervene in, and its north is Afghanistan and Central Asia, which are also not able to participate, although the United States and Russia seem to be trying to win over India, and they seem to regard it as very important. India's position is so small. This is similar to the position of China before it, which is firmly confined to East Asia and the Pacific Northwest.
But what about now? The 500,000 Russian army has become the soul of the Chinese army, and China's 'giant' is a strong King Kong that can shake up the situation in Europe and Asia.
With China's current industrial strength, with China's huge population base, war on land is completely hopeless. China's war potential is sufficient to confront the entire Western world. And the powerful fleet of the West, no matter how powerful and majestic the capital ships are, they also run to the shore.
For kings Nguyen Phuc Anh and Li Xilai, who have no ambitions and are not at the same level as Chulalongkorn in Siam, this is really the most reliable umbrella in the world. They no longer need to worry about the 'ruin of the country and the death of the family'.
Therefore, just after the Battle of Lake Balkhash, the Nguyen Dynasty joined forces with Shi Dakai's Taiping Army and ruthlessly suppressed Chulalongkorn, who took advantage of the opportunity. After many years, the Vietnamese army once again set foot on Siamese soil.
North Korea also did not allow the Nguyen Dynasty to dominate the United States, and Li Xi sent 5,000 new troops to reinforce the Siberian expeditionary operation of the Northeast Military District. Although these North Korean soldiers also served as an escort team after they went. But as long as the Ruan Dynasty family is not allowed to rise to the top, such a big price is worth it.
I don't know when it began, the two countries of the Nguyen Dynasty and North Korea have secretly become a little bit at odds. Both countries claim to be China's most loyal and loyal subject countries, and they look at each other unpleasantly, which is very much a taste of competing for favor.
Liu Xian also did not reconcile from the middle. One of these two countries is useful in the Northeast and Siberia [subarctic and boreal zone], and the other is useful in the Indochina Peninsula and Nanyang [subtropical and tropical] in the future. It's a very simple way to get down!
Of course, these two countries can also be used as a living 'ratio' for China to observe in detail.
The Nguyen Dynasty had dealings with the Western world for a long time, and the Nguyen Dynasty was colonized by the French many years earlier than North Korea, so they did not reject Western learning much, and the ruling class represented by officials and scholars had a relatively high degree of recognition of Western science and technology. So the country took China as a teacher and followed China's reforms and reformed. Although the steps are not as big as China's, and the pace is not as fast as China's, the Nguyen Dynasty is a century-old dynasty in the end, and all kinds of forces and relationships are obstacles to reform. And China is a new dynasty, and the army has swept away too much obsolescence in the war. But Ruan Chao followed very closely, they walked slowly, but they kept walking. For example, the reform of China's imperial examinations, the Ruan Dynasty is also engaged in the promotion of new-style schools and new-style education, and step by step, the reform of the scientific examination system was completely completed three years ago. And the Korean Lyo dynasty is much more old-fashioned. Not to mention other aspects, only the imperial examination system has been reformed for five or six years now, and it continues to stay in the court discussions again and again, and stay in the arguments of important ministers.
Even if North Korea has China as an example that can be seen and touched, they still have more reasons to stay in the old system.
This country, which once called itself 'Little China', has really learned enough from the pre-Qing Dynasty in history, especially when the external threat becomes small and absent, which is a pile of old and corrupt mud.
North Korea's new policies and founding of the country in recent years have not followed the path of China, but have the same work and difference with the 'Westernization Movement' of the former Qing Dynasty. While Liu Xian laughed, he also had greater confidence in his heart that the natural annexation of North Korea one day would make countless North Koreans cry and shout for 'annexation to China'.
It's only been a few years? The Nguyen Dynasty has slowly opened up North Korea in terms of overall national strength. The Nguyen Dynasty is now able to build its own small civilian steamships, just like the original Yellow Bird. And North Korea, that's that muddy. The struggle between Dayuanjun and Concubine Min was still so fierce, and Li Xi retracted under Concubine Min's skirt after taking a head in the battle for the founding of the country.
Without the comfortable environment of foreign threats, even some of the original Enlightenment Party members in North Korea have returned to their original paths.
It's no wonder that the royal family of this country has ruled for so long. Because the whole country seems to be unenterprising...... (To be continued......)