Conan always believed that the imperial system was backward, but when he thought about it according to other people's thinking, he found that the imperial system was simply the inevitable result of integration.
When the territory is small, it is enough to discuss it with the elders. But when the territory becomes large, you must choose an interest representative, and this representative is the king. When the king faces expansion, he must face whether to continue to represent his tribe or to represent
Benefit for all.
It is obviously more beneficial for the king to represent the interests of everyone. Of course, not everyone can succeed. Caesar wanted to represent everyone, but unfortunately he was killed by the nobles. So Caesar's successor Octavian
Take a step back and show that you are the first citizen, and you represent the interests of citizens first, and then the interests of others.
King Zhou of Shang and Caesar must have a common language.
If you want to unite your own people, allies, and enemies, you will die miserably if you fail.
Conan was dumbfounded, because the system he had always despised was crucial in integration. Wait, Conan thought that the other party had assumed that integration would be better, so the imperial system had an advantage, but who said integration would be good?
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Citizen supremacy is also very good, there is no need for integration at all.
Failure to integrate means that resources cannot flow internally and can only expand externally. The result of citizen supremacy is war after war, because one of the obligations of citizens is to join the army to fight, and many forces can only obtain citizenship rights only by joining the army.
The war only needs to be won.
In order to oppose the monarchy, Conan thought that it is okay to break out a war for the supremacy of citizens, but it must be won. Unfortunately, he also knows the current world structure. No matter who fights the war, there are no winners. Only those countries that did not participate in the war are the winners.
Because once there is a war, capital and talent will quickly flee to safe places. The two world wars made the United States imperial because they were isolated overseas and received a large amount of capital and talent.
Unless the whole world is at war and the war is raging in every corner of the earth, as long as there is no war, this place will be the winner of the war and the post-war paradise.
In the absence of war, countries compete for efficiency, and the efficiency of integration is the highest. This is the choice of different ethnic groups over thousands of years, and the efficiency of Han Dynasty has been tested by history.
Even the nomadic people had to choose to become Han Dynasty. After the Liao Dynasty completed the management of the two civilizations of nomadism and farming, the entire rules of the game changed.
The Liao Dynasty established a system of Han Dynasty that belonged to the nomadic people. In the future, the nomadic civilization was able to compete with the agricultural civilization for legitimacy. In the past, the nomadic people did not do anything serious except burning, killing and looting. They could be said to be Hulu for only a hundred years. But they established their own
After the system is established, they can compete for Chinese orthodoxy.
In the past, they could not manage the land, but after the Liao Dynasty, they had management experience. The rules of the game have changed, and the nomadic regimes after the Liao Dynasty have to seize the legitimacy of China.
Why is it said that "there will be no China after Yashan"? It's because the rules of the game have changed and foreigners have to seize the legitimacy of China. Because in the past, their system could not adapt to the Central Plains, and it would soon collapse when they went south. But the nomads have their own system.
After the Han Dynasty changed the system, there would be competition between dynasties and dynasties, which would definitely have to seize the legitimacy of China.
This is just like the northern princes and southern princes in the Spring and Autumn Period. The north saw the Chu State as a barbarian, but after the Chu State established its own set of rituals, it directly proclaimed itself king and fought against the Emperor of Zhou.
When there are differences in systems, it is a competition between systems. When the systems are similar, it is a competition of legitimacy.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, if there was only one set of Zhou rites, the Chu State could only respect the Zhou rites. But after the Chu State established its own etiquette system, it would have to compete with the Emperor of Zhou for orthodoxy to see who was the real one.
the gift.
From the early Spring and Autumn Period, the Chu State was regarded as a barbarian, to the late Warring States Period, when the Chu State was regarded as the savior. It can be seen that the Chu State's status has been rising and its legitimacy has been recognized.
The rules of the game have changed. When the Chu State did not have a complete set of ritual systems, they were indeed barbarians. But as the Chu State grew larger and larger and its ritual system became more and more perfect, they had to snatch the right to orthodoxy.
It's like the US imperialism and the former Soviet Union. Before the Soviet Union disintegrated, the two countries fought for the system. After the disintegration, the US imperialism fought for the legitimacy of liberal democracy. Only theirs was orthodox, and everything else was heresy.
Before the Liao Dynasty, even if the nomads successfully invaded, they would not be able to manage the land. After the Liao Dynasty, the nomads also learned the Han Dynasty's methods and had experience in managing the land, so what they needed was to rob Zhengshuo of the Central Plains.
The subsequent nomadic invasions all shouted, "There will be no China after Yashan" because they all had the experience of being transformed into the Han Dynasty, and their system could quickly take over the land. Of course, some invaders only knew the outside but didn't know the inside.
I really thought that I could successfully invade by relying on slogans, but I completely didn’t realize that the real success was not the slogans, but the system.
In the Han dynasty, the emperor must represent the interests of all people, not just the interests of the nomads, so integration must continue to be implemented. If you want to take over the Central Plains, you cannot put citizens first, and you can only take the road of integration. Just shout
Slogans cannot take away Zhongyuan Zhengshuo. Only an integrated system can allow them to integrate into Zhongyuan.
Conan discovered that integration is simply the inevitable way out of competition, because even nomads cannot refuse the efficiency of integration.
The advantages of integration are really time-tested. Any civilization that is matched can be strong. Any civilization that only shouts slogans and cannot truly realize integration will inevitably fail.
"This is simply a curse." Conan only felt horror. As a citizen of an island country, he could not understand integration. He only felt that it was a Cthulhu monster, devouring everything with its fangs and claws.
What curse is the diplomat thinking about, and where is it?
Conan had to admit that no matter what system, ethnicity or religion, the final pursuit is integration and uniting people to his side as much as possible.
The only thing that can really be implemented in the system is the Han Dynasty. As for religion, although there are various interpretations, allowing different gods and different beliefs to be integrated into one religion, in the end the right to interpret religion will still be controlled by the nobles.
The aristocracy was unwilling to integrate.
Because integration means that the nobles have to accept deployment and give up their deployment power. This is something the nobles do not want, so they do everything possible to defeat the king, and would rather use religion to govern the country than have an emperor.
But in competition, nobles need to cooperate, and cooperation must have a common standard, so it will be natural to elect a king.
The desire of the nobles is to remain independent forever, but to be able to cooperate with other nobles and to conquer cities and territories internationally. This is obviously a contradiction.
Cooperation and expansion will inevitably create a king. To enhance efficiency, the king will inevitably choose integration and become an emperor.
Conan was speechless, because no matter how he thought about the future, it would be integration and integrated competition. Integration was like a black hole, swallowing up everything, and he felt chills on his spine.
Conan only felt that the terrible empire was too terrible, but regardless of nationality or religion, everyone was seeking integration, and the process of seeking would inevitably lead to the birth of an emperor. It was really a helpless despair.
When integration and integrated competition come, whoever controls Zhengshuo will control the world.
"So Dulan saw this future and decided to integrate the island country and then take over the Central Plains?" Conan thought to himself that if Dulan successfully proclaimed himself emperor and transformed the island country, then he would have to seize Zhengshuo's signature brand.