People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 619 For Whom
There are only these three conditions for overseas fiefdoms, which sounds very relaxed. However, Zhang Zhongjing knew very well that it only seemed relaxed. In fact, the content of a tribute treaty alone would bind the overseas fiefdoms tightly together.

Of course, if they really go to the distant ocean continent and establish a country there, the tribute treaty is not something unacceptable to these countries, but rather something they would be eager to receive.

There is no doubt that these countries will become branches of Chinese civilization. In fact, they are most eager to have close ties with China's native culture, economy and politics. This is not only related to their spiritual needs, but also to their interests.

The future will be an era dominated by Xuanxia. China will be the center of the entire world. Any existence must actively or passively exist around this center to have a place.

Only by actively maintaining the tributary treaty can they send students abroad to learn advanced scientific and technological knowledge, get a share of the macro-industrial chain, and maintain their sense of belonging as a part of Chinese civilization. For future overseas vassal states, being excluded from the tributary system is basically equivalent to being abandoned by the world.

The tribute treaty was both a framework that Xuanxia, ​​the suzerain state, had set up for overseas countries, but it was also a huge community of interests. No one would think there was anything wrong with it. At least Zhang Zhongjing could easily accept it. He believed that the person who entrusted him to gather information would not have any objection to it.

"Such a request is quite appropriate, but what kind of person is qualified to establish a kingdom overseas?" Zhang Zhongjing immediately asked a key question.

Hearing this, Xu Chen smiled meaningfully: "In fact, there is no limit on the number of people who can go to sea. This is open to all people. As long as they are willing, everyone can go to sea to explore. The matter of enfeoffment is not divided by the court, but is entirely based on their own ability to develop and occupy. When they have established a country that meets the standards of a country, they can come to Xuanxia to request formal enfeoffment and signing of a treaty."

After hearing this, Zhang Zhongjing took some time to digest the meaning of these words, and slowly he began to taste some of the flavor.

This system of dividing the land into fiefdoms sounds good, but in reality it seems to be wrong. It is not like dividing the developed land as imagined, but letting people open up and occupy the land themselves.

So the pioneers had to do all the dirty work themselves, and in the end the Xuanxia court only gave them a light recognition and alliance, without having to pay anything else, and they suddenly became the suzerain state?

Is this also considered a division?
"I feel that the court is a bit shameless," Zhang Zhongjing couldn't help but ask a soul-searching question.

However, Xu Chen did not blush or feel nervous. He just smiled faintly and placed a move, as if he did not hear these words.

Those who are in charge of politics don’t care about being shameless or not. Everything is just to achieve the goal. If the goal can be achieved without paying any cost, the court will certainly not cause trouble for itself.

When establishing a country, the imperial court only needs to give a title and let those ambitious pioneers go overseas to explore on their own. Those who can make a name for themselves will naturally be recruited into the tribute system in the future, and then provide nutrients for the main body as branches of China. There is nothing to say about those who cannot make a name for themselves, and the imperial court does not need to be responsible for it.

The imperial court does not need to pay any cost in the whole process. It only needs to let the Chinese people go out to open up new land and then wait for some time to pass before they can naturally harvest overseas resources. It can be said to be a very profitable plan.

But for the pioneers themselves, this process will be extremely difficult and painful.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is no different from being exiled by Xuan Xia. The only difference is that there is still a little hope for the future after the founding of the country.

Seeing Xu Chen pretending to be stupid, Zhang Zhongjing immediately shook his head and said, "No wonder the stories about exploration have been so popular in the past two years. The old story of Zhang Qian opening up the Western Regions is fine, but Zhou Liang's chronicle of the New World has also been widely spread. There are also some messy rumors that there are countless gold mines in the New World. Are these all deliberately instigated by the court?"

Xu Chen coughed lightly and said calmly: "Zhongjing can't talk nonsense. How can the court actively spread rumors? This is clearly just a rumor among the people." Zhang Zhongjing knew what was going on, but he could only shake his head helplessly: "If we want people to willingly go overseas, relying only on these names and means is far from enough."

Xu Chen glanced at Zhang Zhongjing and nodded calmly.

This is indeed the case, but this is not enough to encourage large numbers of people to immigrate and explore the world.

Leaving one's hometown to open up wasteland overseas is not a good thing to enjoy. Given the Chinese people's nature of being attached to their land, it would be difficult for them to be enthusiastic about such things without sufficient external stimulation.

Even in the original history, the motivation for Western overseas expansion was only after the rise of the Ottoman Empire blocked the connection between the East and the West, and the West began to take action in order to develop new sea routes. At that time, those who set foot on the ocean were those who really could not survive and would only try their best.

The Age of Exploration was never a magnificent epic of courage, but rather a road to death with an alarmingly high mortality rate.

The people of Xuanxia live well in their homeland, so who would want to go overseas to open up new land?

Xu Chen smiled slightly and continued, "Of course, the imperial court will not be so mean. The imperial court will provide necessary assistance to those who are willing to expand overseas. Although they still need their own efforts to start a business, the imperial court can provide some financial assistance in the early stages, whether it is ships, weapons, food or other necessary resources."

Zhang Zhongjing's expression eased slightly after hearing this. This statement was still barely acceptable.

Although the assistance provided by the court may not be of much help, it is at least some support, rather than just throwing people out and letting them roam free.

If some people really go overseas to start businesses in the future, this can be seen as the expansion of Chinese civilization. It would be disheartening if the local parents of Xuanxia did not put in any effort.

Of course, overseas enfeoffment is actually a very important matter, otherwise the court would not have spent so much time discussing it. If it is really to be implemented, the issues involved are extremely complex and huge, and cannot be explained clearly in just a few words now.

Since they are going to go out and open up new land, no matter who they are, they will inevitably have to recruit people in Xuanxia. The problem is how to protect the rights and interests of these people.

In the future, there will be more and more countries overseas, and we need to design mechanisms to mediate various problems that arise between countries.

In the foreseeable future, the number of overseas countries will be countless. By then, all countries will be mainly composed of Chinese people. How to establish the identity of people moving between them will also be related to the rights and obligations of the people towards various countries.

The imperial court will announce these things in the future, so Xu Chen doesn't need to explain them in such detail now.

He looked at Zhang Zhongjing, just curious about one thing: "Who did Zhongjing come here to ask about this matter today?"

(End of this chapter)