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Text Chapter 583 The future on the other side of the old continent

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.    If there is no demand, there will naturally be no action.  If they could be on land, no one would want to explore the seemingly mysterious and boundless ocean. This was the case in their previous hometown. They had the richest resources in the world at that time.  Therefore, although the dynasty of my hometown at that time was still extremely powerful in terms of comprehensive national strength, you only need to look at the previous life in which I lived to understand why my ancestors did not conduct large-scale exploration overseas.  Even in the era I live in, exploration, discovery, and the thirst for resources are not the most important things for people in my hometown.

    The Age of Geographical Discovery can also be said to be a gamble. Just imagine if there were no continents on the earth, then the two countries Spain and Portugal in the previous life would not have developed so rapidly during that period. If Spain could not develop so rapidly  Then how come the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British Empire and the subsequent industrial changes and external exports?

    As for my hometown in my previous life, if the world did not have the Age of Geographical Discovery, then my hometown would not be what it was later, and the centralized monarchy would not be overthrown. It would only continue to be an emperor slowly along with the entire world.  history of the system.  Because the strength of my hometown in ancient times was based on the centralized monarchy, but this foundation is not so difficult for common people to accept. Even if they know that there are many different countries in the far west, their lives are also difficult to accept.  It won't change because of this.  Since there is no sense of urgency and demand like that of Western gamblers, what is there to complain and regret?

    After listening to Dong Liangjun¡¯s words, it reminded me of the history of my previous life, and I couldn¡¯t help but smile.

    The forbidden sea is the forbidden sea.  I don¡¯t know if this is another way in which character determines destiny. The destiny of a country is caused by the inertia of the country.  It had already happened once in the previous life, but I didn't expect that the Ding Dynasty in this world would also happen again.

    I believe that anyone with a little knowledge of history knows about the so-called Forbidden Sea.  The so-called sea ban refers to the national policy that prohibits private individuals from going abroad to engage in overseas trade activities. In the previous life, Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty prohibited all private overseas trade except for allowing some countries or tribes to trade through "tribute" for political needs.  .  After the ban on maritime trade began, it was initially relatively tolerant of officials' private liaisons with foreign countries.  However, due to the Japanese invasion, the imperial government at that time adopted the advice of ministers and cut off maritime traffic.  It is precisely this strategy that hindered the exchange of goods between my hometown and neighboring countries in my previous life and the development of domestic industry and commerce.  Until hundreds of years later, the maritime empire that had become extremely large used cannons to forcibly open the country.

    To be honest, the civilization of my hometown in my previous life tends to be political and culturally oriented, which is different from Western countries that are military and economic oriented.  In other words, it believes that proper cultural and moral behavior can automatically solve all practical social problems.  As a result, the government only focused on culture and education, but paid little attention to military and economic goals such as territorial expansion, military strength, and economic growth.  At the same time, as the national ideology, philosophy also advocates the "kingly" philosophy of "be gentle and far-reaching". The advocacy of this philosophy will inevitably limit the ruler's external expansion.

    Philosophically speaking, my hometown in my previous life did have achievements that developed Western countries did not have for a long period of time in history.  Those philosophies are indeed appropriate for individuals and families, but they are clearly not appropriate as a national strategy.  This is also the reason why those traditional philosophies were later criticized by my compatriots in my hometown.

    They believed that these ancient philosophical theories were harming the country, so they abandoned them completely.

    The maritime ban policy of the previous Ming Dynasty caused the dynasty to suffer serious losses. The long-term maritime ban caused the government to lose a large amount of tax revenue. The rampant private traders also intensified competition in the mainland. However, the Ming Dynasty government at that time ignored this and still adhered to its consistent policy of no dialogue and  A policy of strict control and a policy of total sea ban.  For example, the "Ming Dynasty Code" clearly stipulates: "Anyone who exports cattle, horses, military supplies, iron goods, copper coins, satin, silk, and silk cotton out of the country for sale or into the sea will be punished by a hundred sticks."  Anyone who goes into the sea will be hanged." According to this provision of the "Da Ming Law", it is also illegal for coastal residents to go into the sea, which ruined any hope of the Ming Dynasty to go to the sea.

    On the one hand, there is demand among the people, but on the other hand, the government does not allow it.  Very much so!  He is troubled by lawsuits, impoverished by conscription, invaded by the rich, broken by debts, and resented to the bone.  "In order to survive, fishermen and traders were forced to engage in smuggling activities. For this reason, the so-called "Japanese pirates" began to be filled with a large number of Chinese.

    I remember that in my previous life, I once saw people in my hometown discussing the fact that there were Chinese among the Japanese pirates.  In my previous life, I had seen some similar descriptions when reading local chronicles of my hometown and materials related to my hometown.  That material recorded an incident where Japanese pirates captured a county on the southeastern coast of my hometown.  It says, "Most of the pirates are Chinese. The Chinese are cunning and good at deceiving the barbarians. Fuqing was trapped. The Chinese were the first to defeat the barbarians. Guard the barbarians."See the barbarians.  Then he ran away in shock.  Instantly sink.  The Chinese took the lead again.  He deceived the barbarians into imprisoning them to hide their money.  The barbarians then called upon thousands of their kind to break down the door and enter.  At that time, the Chinese had already gone into Tibet and left with their tens of thousands of gold.  The Yi people didn't know that the Chinese were responsible for it.  And defeat.  its prisoners

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    It can be seen that some of the so-called Japanese pirate areas are indeed composed of Chinese.  Most of the beneficiaries are Chinese.  But why does this happen?

    "Losing the products of China. Traveling to a foreign country. Changing things. The profit can be ten times."  It could have been a good thing.  Therefore, it also received support from coastal civilian areas.  Not only that.  Some local officials at the time also said: "The stubborn people in the coastal areas are seeking huge profits from thieves. They sell firewood, rice, wine and meat to feed them. They make guns, knives, and lead and lead to help them. They buy prohibited goods to finance them. They give them to prostitutes and actors to please them.  . Every time they saw any movement among the officers and soldiers, they would report it. The government secret orders and the sentinels would avoid obeying. They would rather kill the cute body than bear the thief who cannot bear to be carried." It can be seen that at that time, the attraction of maritime trade to coastal civilians was enough for them to ignore it.  The extent of the ban.

    Since it is a good thing.  Why ban it?

    Later generations discussed this period of history.  It is said that the Ming Dynasty government banned the earth and sea.  Not only caused the disaster of Japanese pirates.  It also led the Ming Dynasty to the path of seclusion.  Later, the Qing Dynasty government also inherited the policies of the Ming Dynasty.  If the Chinese pirate incident could evolve into a successful civil movement for free trade in another way.  Then maybe the fate of my hometown in my previous life.  Even the destiny of Asia will change.  However.  This "derailed" behavior was pulled back to the "right track" by the huge inertia of the feudal society in the history of my previous hometown.  The Ming Dynasty followed the "right track" towards its demise.  The hometown of my previous life also slowly moved towards the abyss along the "right track".

    So hundreds of years later there was what the textbooks call the imperialist invasion of my hometown.

    But whether it was the Ming Dynasty's sea ban or the later Opium War, the key point was that the rulers did not know the influence of free trade on a country, and did not even want to understand it, and then formulated corresponding general business principles¡ª¡ª  To them this is simply unacceptable.  A social model with occupational discrimination makes it impossible for different occupations to use the same social rules based on commercial activities.  Because "the great power of China has everything", that would be fine if it were just that, but it would suppress those who demand free trade in every possible way.  Because this is contrary to the so-called "normal".

    Now listening to Dong Liangjun¡¯s explanation, I also roughly understand what kind of social model the Ding Dynasty in this world is.  Undoubtedly, the official group he belonged to was the beneficiary of coastal port trade. It is believed that there were noble families similar to the Winged Lion City-State in the Ding Dynasty, and they gained a lot of wealth from the merchants who relied on the nobles.  That's why my story reached the ears of Emperor Ding Dynasty so quickly, because those nobles of Ding Dynasty were also aware of the possible crisis.  In that dynasty where the king was highly centralized, they relied on influencing the emperor's ideas to change national policy.

    I can also imagine that when the emperor of the Ding Dynasty truly decided to ban the sea, many merchants who were originally engaged in overseas trade in the coastal areas of the Ding Dynasty would become pirates, and a group of coastal civilians would become pirates and smugglers.  Because they have already tasted the sweetness from the huge profits of ocean trade.  What was originally a good thing may lead to beheading after the sea ban begins. Since it is all about beheading, it might as well be more extreme.  I believe that this is their mentality, and this has led to the dynastic government's distrust of the ocean. After a long period of time, it has become a habit and integrated into the culture, becoming the so-called "tradition".

    In my personal opinion, I should help Dong Liangjun with this favor, as long as he can solve the imperial edict of Emperor Dingchao.  Of course, this is not because of the similarity between this Ding Dynasty and my hometown in my previous life, nor is it because of my impression of Dong Liangjun.  It is based on my personal principles and those of the Holy Rana Empire.  Countries and nations with civilizations can communicate with each other and get what they need from each other's interactions.  Countries that are blindly closed or plundering and unable to produce and communicate, and countries that occupy trade routes and hinder such exchanges.  As long as the military force is sufficient to attack it, I will not hesitate to use military means to attack it.

    Even for the Mutu Empire, I think even without their invasion, we would have achieved something that would have been impossible. Once the Holy Lanadi Ministry of Affairs estimates that it can be defeated in the future, Kailo will not hesitate to mobilize the army to fight against it.  They conquer.  This cannot be said to be deliberately targeting any country, but the principle is the same regardless of which country it is placed in.  After all, war is just a continuation of political and commercial activities. Use it cautiously when there is still room for negotiation, and use it without hesitation when it cannot be obtained.

    For the Holy Rana Empire, an open Ding Dynasty is much more beneficial than a closed Ding Dynasty.  Whether it is for the nobles, commoners or merchants of the Holy Rana Empire, if the goods produced by the empire have more buyers, they will?Why use force to drive away those buyers?  What's more, the envoys from the Ding Dynasty have already stated that we have better trading conditions than the Mulanders and the people of the Winged Lion City.  When other trade routes were closed, they could still have a golden route.  This also reminded the people of the Holy Rana Empire that it was time to have a huge fleet.  (To be continued, if you want to know about the funeral, please log in.; . "div" (shortcut key: ¡û) href="."" "font color=red" Previous page "/font" "/a" href  ="./"¡·¡¶font color=red¡·Return to directory¡¶/font¡·¡¶/a¡·(shortcut key: Enter) href="."¡·¡¶font color=red¡·Next page¡¶/font¡·¡¶/  a¡·

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