Chapter 851 - North Korea Support Treaty (Medium)
The new vassal system that Wang Guorui intends to establish in the future will be China's economic and military control of those vassal states, and they will become a symbol, a symbol of national independence. In the new era, it is not possible to annex any country as it wanted in ancient times. If you want to annex, you must bear the side effects that follow. In ancient times, the state belonged to the ruler, the ruler was a nobleman, and then the other people were ordinary civilians, with no political rights and social welfare, and their only responsibility was to provide for the ruler, and then let the ruler live a rich life, and even use their own lives to protect the interests of the ruler, and finally they received some meager so-called rewards.
But the times have come to this era, and the rulers of this era have gradually transitioned from the aristocracy to the citizen class. Although the capitalists have great strength, they are all from the ordinary citizen class. There is a close connection between the citizen class and the capitalists, and when the citizens make a fortune, they can become capitalists, although this may not always be the case, but it is equivalent to having opportunities. But once the capitalists lose their money and the company goes bankrupt, they will also return to the citizens. Therefore, the boundary between citizens and capitalists is not as obvious as the boundary between nobles and commoners in feudal times. In ancient times, it was advocated that nobility was born and of noble blood.
However, this model can no longer go on, although the world is still controlled by capitalists, but the people have the opportunity to become capitalists, unlike under the model of generations of ministers in the past. And even the capitalists will not dare to go too far in the future. Although the exploitation of the capitalists is becoming more and more serious, in the coming decades the working class will rise up and begin to compete with the capitalists, and it is under this circumstance that the Soviet Union actually came into being. It is not so much the thinking of the so-called old horse as the desperate desperation of the working class. And the struggle of the capitalists is exactly integrated.
In this way, when the capitalists know the strength of the workers, they will certainly begin to gradually compromise, increase the welfare of the workers, and finally form a relative balance. And the political consciousness and various consciousness of citizens will rise further, and then they will gradually work for their own rights and interests.
Therefore, if Wang Guorui directly swallowed those so-called subject countries, he would definitely have a lot of chicken feathers at that time. First of all, the culture of both sides has not been able to integrate well, and will they be given civil rights when the time comes? If they are directly given civil rights. That means a whole bunch of political rights, suffrage, social welfare, and so on. But if you don't give them civil rights, then what do you do with them? Slave? Or what? This can't be done, although Wang Guorui still has some indigenous slaves in the Nanyang region, but Wang Guorui actually knows very well that slavery has reached the time of collapse. Wang Guorui no longer intends to continue to increase the number of slaves, and those Nanyang indigenous slaves are almost the last group of slaves. Once the indigenous slaves were exhausted to death, or died for some reason, there would be no such thing as slaves. There may even be a tiny fraction of the so-called slaves. Maybe after surviving these ten or twenty years, if they don't die, then maybe Wang Guorui will be "merciful" to give them civil rights.
Slavery is not long, it is an inevitable phenomenon. At that time, if it directly annexes those so-called vassal colonies, it will inevitably bring a lot of rotten things in the end. Whether political rights are given to them, whether social benefits are given, if they are not given, it means that they do not enjoy the rights of citizens, and they are naturally not obliged to work for the country. So that's also a destabilizing factor.
But if they are directly given citizenship rights, then how will the local citizens think in the end? Will they be willing to share the wealth they have created with others for no reason? These benefits and various rights and interests were earned by those former citizens who had labored, strived for, studied, and even shed blood and sacrificed. If it is left to their descendants, then everyone has nothing to say. But if you give these rights and benefits to someone who has not contributed anything to the country, and who have obtained these rights and benefits for nothing, can they accept it?
In later generations, many people want to join those countries with good welfare, but those countries with good welfare are also very strict in their audits. It is impossible to obtain citizenship if it is not a talent that is needed by that country, or if it has made a certain contribution to that country. Not to mention, it is not easy for people in China to move to those big cities and join the household registration of those places.
So annex a territory. It's not that simple anymore. If it was the feudal period in the past, it naturally didn't matter, the people had no power and welfare to speak of, and naturally they would not think that others would treat themselves well. But once you have power and welfare, why give it to those who don't contribute?
"What a chicken feather! I can't swallow it, I can't swallow it reluctantly, not to mention whether the economic strength can support it, and this is encouraging unearned gains! In these years, if you want to expand the territory, it is no longer possible to solve it by force, and a lot of bad things behind it are fatal. Times have changed, and it would be fatal not to follow them. In the future, you can only be responsible for economic control, but you must not just blend in. Once you casually blend in, the consequences are unimaginable. Wang Guorui thought.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, is there anything else you want to say?" The full butler asked again.
This whole housekeeper is also a bachelor, and he directly let Wang Guorui put forward conditions, and he almost didn't refute any of them. Of course, there are many reasons here, on the one hand, because he wants to get Wang Guorui's support and support their family master to obtain the position of the future king of North Korea, so he plans to sell part of the future North Korea. On the other hand, it's true that he doesn't quite understand what these things mean. What to use China's weapons and equipment system, as well as various economic conditions to control, and even help train the army, these are actually not experts in this area.
This DPRK is completely learning from the practices of the feudal period in China in the past, and it is completely learning from the same and almost completely copying it. They attach great importance to Confucianism and other studies, but they are very ignorant of economics, science, and even all kinds of other things, and even their governing philosophy is stuck in the thinking of the past hundreds of years. So when the whole housekeeper heard this condition, he actually felt that there was nothing excessive.
As for the provision of weapons and equipment, this whole housekeeper thinks that he is helping North Korea and supporting them. As for the adoption of the currency exchange standard, in the eyes of their North Korean bureaucrats, who lack knowledge of economics, they think that there is nothing, and that in the past, it was normal for them to directly circulate Chinese copper coins. They don't know the nature of money, and they don't know that the essence of money is a general equivalent. So they don't think there's anything too much about it, so they can peg it to China's currency, which is good for them to keep their currency safe.
They didn't know that Wang Guorui would stab them in the back and make them suffer a lot.
"Regarding this currency, our country's currency is a currency with gold content, a dollar denomination, which can be exchanged for a certain percentage with gold. Of course, the accumulation is enough to be able to redeem a certain amount, that is, 100,000 yuan. However, since it is gold, it means that it is real gold, so if we give it to you unconditionally, then I am afraid that some people in our country will not agree. During this time, you should also know that now I, the emperor, is not as powerful as the emperor in the past, and I can do whatever I want, and I have received a lot of restrictions. So, you all have to come up with something to guarantee, what do you think? Wang Guorui asked.
"Do you want anything as a guarantee?" The whole housekeeper asked.
"Salt tax and customs duties, we will give you a sum of money as foreign exchange reserves, you use salt taxes and customs duties as guarantees, and then we will send a special commissioner to supervise and manage your salt taxes and duties. And then according to the principle of installments, gradually repay our foreign exchange, what do you think? Wang Guorui asked.
"No problem!" The whole housekeeper said.
And the whole housekeeper didn't know that this was just to let the money printing machine start, and a large number of banknotes could be printed. Wang Guorui uses the gold bar standard, which is different from the current mainstream gold coin standard in the West. The gold coin standard is an unconditional exchange, whereas the bullion standard is a conditional exchange for gold. Therefore, the difficulty in the middle has increased more than a little bit, so this also provides convenience for Wang Guorui to over-issue currency. Not to mention Wang Guorui, the over-issuance of currency has become the mainstream among foreign devils. Especially during the war, if they don't over-issue money during the war, then they simply can't sustain themselves.
Under the gold coin standard, the inflation of over-issued money is probably above 100 percent, and in the case of Wang Guorui's gold bullion standard, it is normal to over-issue money by five or six times. Of course, Wang Guorui and the officials will never say it, they don't have to be bored by themselves.
As for those North Koreans, they are just empty gloves and white wolves, and if you let the money printing machine start, a lot of currency can come out, and the cost is basically equal to nothing. At that time, North Korea's currency also became China's bag, and they could play as they wanted, without any worries, and they could plunder their wealth through currency at any time. The war of money, which kills people without blood, sometimes even gains more than military wars. Economic warfare is the mainstream of the future, and Wang Guorui will of course have to lay out in advance. (To be continued.) )