Over the decades, the Tang Empire conquered cities and territories around the world and developed overseas territories.
Many different methods have been tried.
For example, when it came to seizing overseas territories, the Tang Dynasty used a variety of methods. It can even be said that the methods used by the Tang Dynasty to seize each place were different.
For example, the earliest overseas territory, Mindao Island, was directly regarded as an uninhabited island by the Tang Dynasty, and then it was developed by immigrants.
However, on Dongdan Island in Banten Province, when they first sought to acquire Banten, the Tang Western Company signed an agreement with the local Banten Kingdom and directly purchased a piece of land.
Later, in other places, the Tang Dynasty also tried to adopt leasing methods such as ten-year, fifty-year, one-hundred-year, one-thousand-year leases, permanent leases, etc. The method of getting local indigenous people to agree to the lease was through friendly negotiation and some
Forced by force, or simply self-directed and staged, etc. Most of these places exist in places where the local indigenous people are relatively strong, or where the Tang Dynasty has concerns, such as in Europe and the Ottoman Empire.
The port colonies and embassy districts of the Tang Empire in various parts of Europe were generally leased or purchased.
Leasing or buying is still a good idea. Most of the time, Datang regarded the local area as an ownerless land and then established an immigration base there.
In some areas, they were ceded in various ways.
For example, Ceuta and Baku are typical cessions.
Therefore, Datang's methods of acquiring overseas territories were diverse, including but not limited to leasing, purchasing, and ceding.
Similarly, the Tang Empire also adopted different methods when developing these overseas territories, often with different methods for different places.
For example, in the Nanyang Islands region, Datang adopted a method of gradual localization and finally achieving comprehensive localization.
In the Nanyang Peninsula, the approach was to relocate the local countries, and then directly treat the entire Nanyang Peninsula as the homeland for immigration, development and management.
In the newly occupied areas such as the northwest, even the process of localization is omitted, and they are often directly established as provinces, so they fall within the scope of mainland China.
But it is different in other overseas areas. For example, in Ceylon, this place is purely operated as a super military base.
Among India's many overseas territories, except for a few that restrict the entry of local indigenous people, many overseas territories do not actually restrict the existence of local indigenous people. Instead, they maintain the Spanish colonial model, and in more Indian
In the inland areas, the agency model was adopted again, and indirect rule was carried out through the local king.
Therefore, Datang's policy in India was not actually immigration development, but mainly colonial plunder.
In the Ottoman Empire and Europe, the scale of the colonies in the above-mentioned areas was generally small, and most of them were located in the form of military bases in coastal ports. They did not carry out much immigration. Their main function was to serve as the local bridgehead for the Tang Dynasty, not only
It is a military bridgehead, and it is also a bridgehead for various Tang Dynasty commodities to pour into the local area. This model is somewhat similar to the colonial model of later powers in China, using the local area as a dumping ground for industrial products, and conducting diplomatic, political, and military
full impact.
As for the African region, with the exception of South Africa, Datang has basically not seen other places. Datang people are not very willing to go anywhere. Therefore, in recent years, Datang has used the central region of Africa as a resettlement place for resettlement and relocation.
The Twelve Southeast Asian Kingdoms and the Kingdom of Denmark.
In the words of the people of the Tang Dynasty: use barbarians to control barbarians!
Let these barbarians fight to death on their own, and we Tang people will just sell weapons and stuff in the back.
But in South Africa, huge gold mines were discovered. For the sake of gold, Datang made a special decision and implemented partial localization specifically for South Africa.
The partial localization in South Africa is different from the partial localization in other places.
The areas currently undergoing partial localization include Baku, Luzon Province, Banten Province, parts of Malacca State, Ceylon Island, etc. They all carry out partial localization as an entire region or island.
For example, Luzon Island, Mindao Island, Banten Island, and Malacca Port.
However, the partial localization of South Africa is limited to the railway lines of South Africa and does not include the entire South Africa. Even the South African plains and even the South African ports are not included in it.
Partial localization in South Africa is limited to the ten kilometers to the left and right along the South African railway line and the gold mining areas.
It is also called localization along the railway line.
Of all the overseas territories under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, only one place like South Africa had such a strange localization.
But although it is strange, this method has given a new hope to officials of the American Affairs Office and some dignitaries who immigrated to North America, especially the three major vassal kings and some nobles.
That is to break the embarrassment of localization in North America through local localization along the railway lines.
Localization of North America is a taboo. It is absolutely impossible for the Tang Empire to localize until it is absolutely prepared, especially before the Holy Emperor thinks it is ready.
Even if everyone in North America is already a citizen of the Tang Dynasty and there are no indigenous people left, it is impossible to achieve localization.
Most people at the top know this and why.
Therefore, they do not expect localization in North America in the short term.
But they still want to get the railroad.
Everyone knows the reason for the local concerns, which is nothing more than the establishment of a large number of factories in North America, and in the end there will be a situation where the tail is too big to lose.
Then we won’t do any localization, and it won’t pass anyway.
They are preparing to save the country by going through a curve and localizing parts of the railway line. Not only will the railway be built, but more importantly, even if the area along the railway line is a little smaller, there will still be space and factories can still be built.
The worst case scenario is to build the factory around the railway line.
Therefore, in June of the 38th year of Xuanping's reign, Li Xuan, the Holy Emperor, received the application for the railway construction plan submitted by the American Affairs Office.
In this application, the American Affairs Office still used a new ranking they invented, called: "Specialized Railway Localization"
Of course, although the names are different, the core thing is still the local localization along the railway lines in South Africa.
The "special localization of railways" proposed by the Supervisory Office of the American Affairs Office is basically the same as the partial localization along the railway lines in South Africa. He also said that railways are important to the economic development of North America and their importance to national defense.
It is a pity that when the Holy Emperor Li Xuan read this application, he directly gave instructions: North America is a matter of national importance, and I have my own strategy. I also asked this person to make arrogant remarks about the national foundation and refer the case to the judicial department for investigation.
Radio has not yet been developed, and the technical level of ordnance and equipment has not yet risen to a sufficient level, so it is a fool's errand to localize it in North America.
If you still want to save the country, I will cut off your hands directly!