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Text 1010. Colonization of the Tang Dynasty (Part 1)

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    "Your Majesty, I thought that we could send a large number of people to colonize this Linyi country and make the land of Linyi country a place for us to gain profits. Then we can plunder the local wealth, and then we can continue to obtain a large amount of harvests, and the price paid will be the same.  Very few." Jing Wen said.  "Colonial?" Li Shimin didn't know what it meant.  Jing Wen immediately explained: "Your Majesty, when we talk about colonization, we also mean colonies. We in the Central Plains have always adopted an equal standard for the country, so that the people in the country basically have the same status, except for a small number of nobles and officials.  , the status of other people is the same. And those lands are developed as their own land, and then they become rich. But it is also because of this situation that we need to consume a lot of resources and energy.  In the end, it is not flattering. "What Jing Wen is talking about is the so-called thinking about the country in ancient China. In ancient China, the occupied land was developed according to the treatment of the country.  They all need to develop as much as possible and then really eat up these lands.  The Chinese did not have any colonial consciousness in ancient times, so they would not think of colonizing at all.  There is a big difference between a colony and your own formal territory. Of course, you must cherish your real territory and not waste it and destroy it casually.  As for the colonies, they mainly provide raw materials and various benefits.  The central idea of ??those colonies is to plunder. Anyway, these lands are not your own, so you can take whatever you can.  Anyway, the resources in the colony are all stolen from the colonists. If they don't plunder them as quickly as possible in a short period of time, I'm afraid it will be an advantage to others.  And the core point is whether they regard these lands as their own land. The colonists did not regard the colonies as their own territories, but only regarded them as things that could be plundered.  And it was precisely because the Eastern and Western guiding thoughts on territory were different that the two sides took different directions.  When China acquires a piece of land, its first priority is to securely occupy it.  And want to occupy.  First, it is necessary to organize troops to garrison, then build bridges and pave roads, improve infrastructure, and finally allow a large number of people to move there. Only then will it be considered complete.  And if you want to complete this set of processes, it will take anywhere from decades to hundreds of years to complete.  Moreover, the economic costs involved are countless, so it is not easy for China to eat up a piece of land.  But for the colonists, the colonies are not their own territory. They just want to obtain benefits as soon as possible. The central guiding ideology is not to regard them as their own.  At this time, they are thinking about the lowest cost.  in exchange for the highest returns.  As for organizing a large army and then setting up a government system to protect the colonies, this cost is too high and is simply impossible for the colonists.  As for building bridges and paving roads, it's even more impossible, because they don't regard these lands as their own at all. Why do they build them so carefully?  At that time, it will only be enough to build some channels to facilitate the transportation of colonial products back to the country. There is no need to build too detailed roads.  And one treats them as a family, while the other treats them as their own plundering target.  So these two guiding ideologies result in different behaviors.  In fact, this method in China was not realistic for ancient times.  After they were defeated, they tried every means to prevent them from rebelling, but the final results were very limited.  And if these newly conquered lands are regarded as colonies, then only as much as can be robbed.  This is more in line with the actual conditions of ancient times.  Transportation and communication in ancient times were inconvenient. If you wanted to stably control a piece of land far away from the capital, it would be too difficult.  It's too far away from the capital and it's impossible to control it perfectly.  In ancient China, there was an experiment with feudalism.  But later the feudal system collapsed and unified centralization of power was adopted.  However, centralized power relies heavily on transportation and communication methods, which were not available in ancient times.  Want to improve.  There must be adequate road conditions.  But everything has to come back, that is, economic strength cannot provide a path.  When building roads, the level of science and technology is also a test. Therefore, in general, the ancient Chinese idea of ??national unification and the idea of ??treating all territories as its own direct territory are not in line with development.  At that time, those so-called territories will not only fail to bring huge benefits to the country, but will actually hinder the country's development.  As for Jing Wen, he also speculated that the reason why China was unable to industrialize in later generations was that, in addition to not paying attention to technology, there was also insufficient primitive accumulation of capital.  When the British developed industrialization, it took hundreds of years of primitive accumulation to complete the industrialization of the country.  However, China¡¯s guiding ideology on land puts all land under direct jurisdiction. As a result, the territory is not only unable to bring resources but also development to the country.?Providing primitive accumulation will actually hinder the development of the country.  When choosing to develop a territory, the investment is extremely huge and there will be no results in a short period of time.  Once there is any problem in the Central Plains, those newly conquered places will rebel again, and all investment will be wasted.  Later, the so-called socialism was implemented, and all resources were concentrated to complete industrialization by concentrating efforts on big things.  But by that time it was already too late and we were already too far behind.  So overall, when the means of communication and transportation have not reached a certain level, it is impossible to control too much land.  Wasn't this how Alexander's empire disintegrated?  Therefore, we should learn from the past and do not be careless.  Many people like to expand their territory, but according to China's territorial guiding ideology, doing so can cost lives.  This is the reason why many civil servants oppose the expansion of territory. Not only will expansion of territory not bring benefits, but it will slow down the development of other places.  "What you mean is that you want me, Datang, to develop outside, but you don't regard those lands as your own, just as a tool for the locals to gain profits. And I, Datang, will not invest too much in them.  It's just a matter of investing in some roads that can easily transport their resources back, and we don't really need to regard it as our own land. Anyway, we mainly focus on robbing their resources and then using them to develop our own country.  ? Really?" Li Shimin asked.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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