"Do you know why I told the DPRK to declare that it was no longer our vassal? In fact, I don't really want to give up Korea, but I hope that we can reorganize our vassal state system, especially the traditional tributary model of the past is no longer suitable for the development of our new era, and the vassal state system of the past is completely unable to adapt to the current productive forces, and there are various production relations between countries. In the future, the vassal system will be transformed from a political vassal state to an economic-based vassal state. From now on, our direct political influence will be reduced, but we must strengthen our economic influence, and if the political influence is too great, it will be a double-edged sword! ”

"You may not be able to understand it for a while, but I can tell you that the vassal system of the past actually originated in our very early days. From ancient times to the present, it is not that our ancestors were not keen on expansion, in fact, this is the wisdom of our ancestors. Our ancestors used special wisdom to set up vassal states one after another, and if you really look at our map, from our ancient times to the present, our territory has actually been expanding from the ancient Kyushu period to the present. Of course, although theoretically speaking, the territory of the Tang Dynasty had more than 10 million square kilometers. However, we must also know that much of the territory of the Tang Dynasty was actually on paper. The Tang Dynasty once set up many prefectures in the northern grasslands, the northeast region, and the Western Regions, and these so-called prefectures were under the direct jurisdiction of the local Protectorate, but in fact the Protectorate was only a coordinating body, and had no de facto ruling power. So we can show that a large part of the more than 10 million square kilometers of territory of the Tang Dynasty was actually on paper. ”

However, we do not deny this, and all dynasties have adopted this various vassal system. And then they have long-term goals. They knew that they would not be able to rule the local area directly in a short period of time, so they also ruled nominally, and then let them nominally incorporate our China, so that they could wait for the opportunity in the future to carry out direct rule and prepare for direct rule. That's actually a good idea, at least in those days. Because of the poor transportation and communication capabilities of those years, it was impossible to maintain a large territory. ”

"But we also have to pay attention to the fact that the time has come now, and the whole world is almost connected with the trade links of the seas. Far away in the past, with the help of railways and steamships, it is not so far away. The change of transportation has allowed us to have more exchanges between the East and the West, and there have been more conflicts and contradictions. Before that, the whole world also began to carve up colonies. Almost the whole world has been carved up. And in this colonial system, our former vassal states are actually similar to the so-called protectorates. ”

"And we, the vassal states, are not at all the same thing as the protectorates. They gave us something on their own terms, and then we acted as the wrongdoers to fight for them. In fact, we simply don't have much wealth to support these wars, and the three major expeditions of Wanli back then actually helped Korea fight the Toyotomi Hideyoshi invasion, and the Tusi rebellion. It's all something like that. In fact, those southwestern Tusi back then were in fact nominal territories. It's not a place where you can effectively control it. However, after we have implemented the reform of the land, we can definitely control it directly. As for the overseas territories, we can have the Nanyang region very much at present, and if we want to continue to devour more, we will not be able to eat it. ”

"And once we have too many so-called vassal states, it will not only help us improve our strength at that time. It's that it's easy to drag us into the water. At that time, the establishment of various vassal states was based on the fact that the eyes of our ancients were more limited to Asia, and in Asia, only China was a strong country, and other countries were not strong enough to communicate and confront China on an equal footing. Therefore, we can use this vassal state with confidence and boldness. Because other countries can't make a fuss about us. ”

"But now it is different, if we still make a number of nominal vassal states as widely as in the past, but there is no value of interest, it will not only not help us, but may be a drag. When the time comes, once the Western countries invade the vassal states, then we will easily be dragged down by the relationship between the vassal states, and we will not be able to stay out of the situation. ”

Wang Guorui began to point to the world map and explain the development trend of various future colonial systems. In the past, the colonial system was bound to collapse sooner or later, and in addition to the decline of the major old colonial empires, there was also a result of the game between all parties.

With the decline of nations in the future, and then the rise of nationalism in the major colonies, the "cost" of ruling the colonies is increasing. Even now there is such a trend, decades ago, that politicians in Britain complained that it had only nourished a large number of military garrisons and a sense of complacency of an 'empire on which the sun never sets'. The ratio of the costs and benefits of colonization has become smaller and smaller, because directly ruling the colony will not only incur a lot of military expenses, but the proportion of benefits in exchange for these expenses is not high.

"You may have seen that Britain now has colonies all over the world, claiming to be the empire on which the sun never sets. However, in fact, many of their colonies are currently struggling to make ends meet, especially those colonies have few resources, but they have to station a lot of soldiers to guard them. And those colonies are the face of the British, and in order to maintain their face, they must invest a lot of resources into it, so that in fact, many colonies are not producing benefits, but devouring the wealth of the British. And as the wave of nationalism in the colonies began to rise later, the cost of direct military colonization became higher and higher, and finally reached the point of intolerability. ”

"And you look at the Boer War, which was fought so hard that the British couldn't stop. Now they are already riding tigers, and the Boer War may not have been fought by the British. But I was forced by the pride and complacency in the country, and finally had to fight. It's a similar situation, right? During the Ming Dynasty, we helped Korea fight Japan, and there were many dynasties, but after the kings of those vassal states were overthrown or overthrown, the suzerainty had to be obliged to restore the country for them. And such benefits and efforts are far from proportional. But for the sake of the face of the so-called big powers, they had to go to war. ”

"At the moment, all of us are competing for colonial resources, so if we keep the colonies, that is, these vassal states, then we will definitely be easily drawn into the conflict in the end. Once these vassal states are retained, we will also be drawn into their conflicts with other countries. Since ancient times, how many families have often been triggered by a small incident to cause a large string of chicken feathers, and finally caused two families to fight directly and endlessly? The same is true of this, if these vassal states are nominally our vassal states, then we can easily cause us to be dragged into a war between the great powers. It is not worth dragging us into the kind of bitter and undying war between the great powers for the sake of these vassal states. ”

"The reason why the feudal dynasties in the past were able to play like this was because the transportation was inconvenient in the past, and the Western countries could not reach us quickly. So they have very little influence on our East, and there are no strong enough countries around, so naturally we can play as much as we in China, both as athletes and referees, how can we play? But now it doesn't work, the transportation is convenient, and it is easy for Western devils to come. What we have to do is to avoid being dragged into the great war of the Westerners. ”

"In the near future, there will be a protracted war in the West, and this battle will be the most brutal in human history. We in China should now be in a state of recuperation and consolidation in Asia. And we don't want to try to be drawn into this big war, what we have to do is to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai regardless of the wind and waves. It's a pity that the foreigners won't let us be safe, and they will find a way to involve us in this war. And these vassal states are a good way to drag us into war. Those foreigners are not stupid, they will naturally want to drag us into the war, so that everyone will die together, and we will not become a top power in the world after the war. And these colonies can easily become the fuse for us to be drawn into the war. Rather than this, it is better to carry out a reorganization from a political vassal to an economic vassal state, which will help us obtain economic benefits, reduce the political risks in the middle, and avoid us being drawn into this world war. ”

"So, we might as well cut off these vassals politically, but strengthen the ties economically, so that we can have more flexible options, rather than being easily affected by these vassal states that are nominally colonies, but in fact do not bring much benefit. What we need to do is to let Europe take advantage of the human brain when it is beaten into a dog's brain, instead of being dragged into this war. This war is a place where people eat people and don't spit out bones, even if we look strong, but once we are involved, the consequences are unimaginable. We don't have the ability to fight like this, and then we will suffer a big loss. So we still have to be stable, and then after they fight, we will take advantage of the fire to rob, but don't be implicated by them. (To be continued.) )