I am Da Song

Chapter 632
A particularly effective way to measure whether a civilization is developed and whether a country’s political system is advanced is to see whether the latecomers introduced and imitated can achieve prosperity.

Obviously, the regime of Song Dynasty can fully withstand this kind of measurement.

Zhao Huaizhong fully introduced oriental civilization in Germany, followed the example of the Song Dynasty to establish a unified central government, abolished noble manors, and fully implemented the state and county system.

In almost just one year, Germany, which has only one-third of the territory of the Holy Roman Empire, quickly surpassed the former Holy Roman Empire in national power.

The Holy Roman Empire, which was once evaluated as neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire, had an army of only 3 to [-] that the emperor could use.

Frederick II, known as the greatest emperor in the history of the empire, fought against a small Italy and was defeated in the end. He had to kneel at the feet of the pope and kiss the pope's shoes.

But even so, the Holy Roman Empire also had the title of emperor and was one of the most magnificent countries in the West.

You can imagine the general level of civilization in the West.

And after Zhao Huaizhong introduced the political system of the Song Dynasty from the East, the provincial system of a modern country directly spanned thousands of years and appeared on the land of the West.

The Kingdom of Germany has leapt into a unified centralized state, eliminating all divisions in the country, and the central court directly controls every state and county in the country.

So Germany quickly counted more than 400 million people.

This is only the number on the government's books in the first year. If they continue to give them a period of time, with the help of Zhao Huaizhong's two brothers, they will check out hidden households, inspect slaves, and issue household registrations. This number may continue to double.

But even so, after Germany implemented the Conscription Act of the Song Dynasty, the domestic military strength quickly doubled from 4 to more than [-] troops.

Forty thousand professional troops, even if they only use swords, guns, swords and halberds, Germany has never been so frightening.

With such a huge army, no matter whether it is domestic nobles or foreign enemies, they are all terrified of them.

What is this concept?
Germany, with a population of 400 million, has a total population of 100 million more than the former Xixia.

This is equivalent to a king-level player in the East Asian monster room suddenly entering the black iron game in Europe.

Neither the city-states of Italy nor the kings of France, Poland, Hungary, and the king of England could produce such a large army.

Whether it was the War of the Roses or the Hundred Years' War between Britain, France and Germany, the decisive battle between the two sides involved in the war was a decisive battle in which the one with the superior number dispatched more than 1 troops, while the other side had only seven or eight thousand troops for the decisive battle.

At this scale, the two sides are still fighting anxiously, and it has lasted for a hundred years.

It seems that Xixia monarchs and ministers are about to laugh out loud.

If Xixia parachuted here, their opponents would change from the Great Song Dynasty with millions of soldiers, and the Daliao Dynasty with 20 iron cavalry, to a group of barbarians with only a few thousand serf troops.

Xixia people can laugh and cry, this place is simply heaven.

How can you be so cautious, one wrong step may destroy the country and exterminate the species?
Three thousand iron kites and heavy armored cavalry can destroy the country by pushing them flat.

And Zhao Huaizhong's German Kingdom obviously enjoyed the situation that the Xixia monarchs and ministers could only wish for.

Zhao Huaizhong has more than 5000 heavy armored cavalry in his hands, all of which are crusader equipment that the Song Dynasty despises. over him.

Zhao Huaizhong also purchased 1 matchlock guns that were outdated by an era in the Song Dynasty, and formed a musket force of [-] people.

With 5000 Musketeers, 2 Armored Cavalry, and more than [-] professional troops, he is simply the king of Europe.

Of course, all this is in exchange for his tariffs.

The 50-year tariff power of the Kingdom of Germany was handed over to the Persian Protectorate.

This is not a humiliation for Germany.

After all, the entire country is a vassal state of the Song Dynasty, and the king's succession must have the emperor's seal stamped by the Tokyo Shang Palace Bureau before he can officially ascend the throne.

With the payment of tariff rights, they obtained a strong army, and the officials of the Song Dynasty could directly help them establish a mature tariff system.After the agreement expires, Germany will directly obtain a set of the most advanced tax system and complete the reform of the modern tax system.

After learning from the east and the west, Germany's national strength has been improved at an incomparable speed.

Yue Yun commented on this: "The prosperity of Germany's national power has made its neighbors afraid of the cold. The other two branches that split from the Holy Roman Empire, Austria and Bohemia, followed suit one after another, and set up political affairs halls following the example of Germany. , the Privy Council, and implement the state and county system at the local level."

"The Western Regions stationed [-] troops in each of these two countries. One is to provide military support, and the other is to prevent the three countries from merging."

Zhao Huan nodded, expressing his approval.

For the Holy Roman Empire, the most important measure is to make it impossible to restore.

In particular, it cannot be restored after the establishment of a modern regime.

No force can allow an empire with a vast territory, a large population, and an advanced civilization to emerge on the European continent.

If history takes a fork in the road, it is almost equivalent to the emergence of a unified country like the Central Plains in the West.

Two empires, one east and one west, will lead to endless wars in Eurasia.Especially now that the territory of Song Dynasty has evolved into Shenzhou, directly bordering Europa.

At that time, the two sides will fight endlessly, and the two empires will collapse if they don't fight, and they will never stop fighting.

However, Zhao Huan smiled and said: "In the short term, Germany does not have the strength to challenge my country. In this case, the three countries do not have the possibility of merging. Only war annexation can reunify. But in the long run See, war is not all good for Germany."

In fact, war, for Germany, is simply a nightmare.

In the two world wars, Germany went to the gambling table with all the chips.

As a result, after World War I, all overseas colonies were lost, and half of the homeland was lost.

After World War II, Germany even lost all its fortunes, leaving only a little land to linger next to a powerful enemy.

This involves the third military deployment of Song Dynasty outside China. Yue Yun said: "Besides China, the third important military presence of our dynasty is Qin's army."

"The state of Qin started from the ice field in the north, went to Kievan Rus in the west, and went south to the Xida Sea. Its capital was Loulanbao."

"The king of Qin has worked hard to govern, and the country has tens of millions of people. Moreover, all the domestic systems are exactly the same as those of the Holy Dynasty. All the subjects in the country regard Song as their father, and they are the direct vassals of our blood and blood relatives."

"The King of Qin has more than [-] elite soldiers. It can be called the most solid shield for our dynasty on the west side of Shenzhou, and the most reliable fence for our dynasty."

(End of this chapter)