Although Xiao Junling did not completely agree with the remarks of this seemingly neurotic teacher, he also thought in his heart that his views were indeed very convincing.

The so-called lord system is an important system launched by the empire in response to the interstellar situation at that time, combined with the actual situation in China, shortly after human civilization occupied the third cantilever of the galaxy.

At that time, although the human civilization was already powerful among the Xinghai clans, it was far from the point of sitting back and relaxing. Within the galaxy alone, there are multiple alien empires that are more powerful than human civilization. And they all belong to the kind of bitter and bitter hostile relationship that never dies!

In the face of the real threat of extermination, a difficult problem is facing the top leaders of the human countries: that is, how to increase their own strength more quickly to ensure that human civilization can survive and reproduce unharmed under the coveted by many alien races!

For this reason, the top leaders of various countries have taken many measures, such as investing a large amount of national resources in the fields of national defense and military science and technology, and giving priority to the needs of the military in any of the country's economic strategic planning policies. Just like during the Cold War in the Old Earth era, the country's strategic focus was essentially on the military.

In peacetime, such a practice is obviously extremely abnormal, and it is considered light to say that it is "reckless and militaristic"! However, in the era of the Warring States Period of the Star Sea, in the face of many powerful alien civilizations, this practice is an inevitable choice to ensure survival and inherit the flame of civilization!

But these alone are not enough, after all, human civilization is only a novice in the Star Sea Hunting Grounds, and if you want to survive in this extremely dangerous environment, you must use all the resources you can use to increase your strength as much as possible!

The lord system is a major decision made by the high-level of the Chinese Empire in order to maximize the use of private funds and power to open up the exotic starry sky and obtain resources.

As long as an individual has the legal citizenship of the empire, after registering with the relevant institutions and departments of the empire, they can raise funds and spaceship equipment on their own to explore the unknown wild star field, either alone or in a group.

All the gains found by citizens or groups in the extraterrestrial starry sky, including new wormhole coordinates, unknown shipping routes, unfamiliar resource planets, and even habitable ecological planets that can be used for immigration, etc., belong to the discoverer!

On these planets, the Empire's constitution remains unquestionably authoritative, with defense and foreign affairs vesting in the Imperial government, but the discoverer can have independent administrative and financial powers, as well as local legislative powers. Its political status is similar to that of several special administrative regions of China during the Earth Age.

These discoverers themselves have jurisdiction over the planetary territories, which are collectively known as the Empire's Overseas Dominions, and the owners of the Dominions are called lieges.

After all, if China wants to expand, it is necessary to maximize the use of the power of the people, and the places developed by the people are of course under their own jurisdiction, strictly speaking, these places are also applicable to the property law of "the sanctity and inviolability of private property".

Of course, as these lords, they must also abide by the laws and regulations of the empire, such as what they do in their own territory must not harm the national interests of the empire, all kinds of rare strategic resources produced must be sold to the imperial government first, and they are not allowed to buy and sell large quantities of rare resources with foreign civilizations without the permission of the empire.

If necessary, the Imperial authorities could expropriate the private property of the liege, but only after prior consultation with the lord and a compensation fee that was in line with market conditions.

As soon as this bill was introduced, it caused huge repercussions among the people, and many powerful private foundations and wealthy citizens began to prepare and embarked on the journey of exploring the Savage Star Domain one after another.

As a result, just like the Age of Discovery on Earth, countless civil groups and individuals flocked to the extraterrestrial starry sky like a tide, and some people did gain a lot, and a very few lucky people even entered the ranks of the top richest people in the empire! But many more have lost a lot of money. There are many people who are permanently buried in foreign lands and have no bones left!

The exotic starry sky has never been a happy and healthy paradise on earth, but a wild and desperate realm full of danger and murder!

But the opportunities and wealth contained in the Savage Star Domain are also extremely amazing, as long as one percent or even one in a thousand people succeeds, it is enough to stimulate the rest of the people to spend all their wealth to embark on this path!

For thousands of years, individuals or groups who have become rich overnight in this way abound, and those who are good at management will use this as a basis to allow themselves to truly enter the upper class society, and even develop into a big family with deep roots, and there are not a few such examples!

Therefore, those consortia and adventure groups will use such advertising slogans when recruiting people:

"Do you want to get rich overnight? Do you want to start your own family? Do you want to have your own country? Come on! Come and join us! Go to that distant alien galaxy and find tempting treasures! Success is no longer a dream! Honoring one's ancestors is no longer a luxury......"

In this way, countless unemployed, scoundrels, drug addicts, and even some vicious gangsters who have been carried away by fame and fortune have joined the wave of exploring the Savage Star Field!

But how could the danger of the Savage Galaxy be imagined by this group of guys who only think about money and women? How many humans die in the Savage Star Domain every year? This is a question that even the wisest minds of the empire cannot count and answer!

So, it's definitely a high-risk, high-reward activity!

But for the country as a whole, the benefits of the liege system were clear. Thanks to the huge population base of the Chinese Empire, the absolute value of the people or groups who return from the Savage Star Domain every year is still a lot, and most of their harvest has been integrated into the country's economic and financial circulation system through various ways, greatly enhancing the country's economic and military strength! As a result, the national fortunes of the Chinese Empire flourished all the way, and gradually led to other human countries.

With the passage of time, the lord system gradually improved, and an unprecedentedly large industrial system was formed, which contributed to the unprecedented take-off of the Chinese Empire's economy!

The techniques and equipment for exploring and developing the Savage Star Domain are basically in the hands of the Empire, and if the lords want to obtain them, they must spend money to buy them from the Empire. After the harvest in the Savage Star Domain, he will sell the various valuable mineral resources mined to the Empire in exchange for more and more advanced techniques and equipment to further expand his territory.

After the empire gets a lot of resources, it can increase investment in the military field, especially the development of more advanced military science and technology, and promote some of the technology to the people, promote economic development, and comprehensively enhance the comprehensive national strength of the empire!

As long as the empire always maintains a leading position in military and technical affairs, there is no need to worry about the possible negative effects of the lord system.

One step ahead, one step at a time! The territory of the Chinese Empire has expanded rapidly, with the increase in the number of habitable ecological planets, coupled with the government's consistent policy of encouraging fertility, the population of the empire is also increasing!

Now, thousands of years later, three-quarters of the Milky Way has been included in the empire, and the remaining human nations and some alien civilizations occupy the remaining quarter.

Among the thousands of star fields directly under the jurisdiction of the empire, there are more than 30,000 habitable ecological planets, with a total population of more than 15 trillion, not counting the population in those overseas territories. There are tens of millions of resource planets of various levels, and most of them are in a state of mothball, existing as a strategic reserve of the country. Because the resources that are brought back to the empire from the vast overseas territories every year are more than enough to meet the demand!

And the total area of the Empire's overseas territories is no less than six or seven galaxies, and they are distributed in dozens of large and small galaxies adjacent to the Milky Way, and they belong to thousands of lords! The smallest of them may only have a barren resource planet, while the most powerful lord may have hundreds of rich star fields.

Of course, no matter how powerful the civil chaebol is, it is impossible to compare with the state, and nearly forty percent of these overseas territories are actually earned by the official pioneer fleet of the empire, which are state property and will be completely incorporated into the empire at the right time.

Therefore, the Chinese Empire itself was able to have such a large territory, and the greatest contribution was of course the Imperial Legion, which plundered its territory by exterminating foreign civilizations; secondly, it was transformed from the overseas territories directly under the Empire; The third is to buy the territory of the civil lords through expropriation.

As Associate Professor Qian Jingrong said, there are many reasons why the Chinese Empire can be as strong as it is today. However, this lord system, which has been promulgated and implemented for thousands of years and has been written into the imperial constitution, is definitely one of the fundamental factors for the Chinese civilization to stand out, overwhelm the vast majority of foreign civilizations, and stand on the top of the sea of stars!

After seeing the benefits of the lord system, other human countries also began to follow suit and successively introduced similar systems adapted to their own national conditions, but they could not catch up with the pace of the empire after losing the opportunity.

“…… To this day, exotic exploration and pioneering warfare are still one of the most important economic growth points of the Empire, and it is also one of the most promising and promising industries in the Empire! Students, you are all the elites of the empire, and in the future, there will be quite a lot of people among you, and they will inevitably embark on this road full of adventures and challenges, I wish you all the opportunity to become the great lords of the Star Sea, sitting on infinite wealth and resources, and spreading the Chinese civilization to every corner of the Star Sea World......" Qian Jingrong finally ended his speech with such a remark.

"Your Excellency Xiao Junling, there are people waiting for you outside!" The waiter's reminder drew his attention to the window.