Chapter 1279 Tribute System
"But there was no war that we took the initiative to provoke. We just made a passive counterattack." Gu Weijun was not in trouble, not just talking about the substantive problem.
"If the Jaini Republic intends to regain its territory and resist the tyranny of the colonists, what will your country react?" Boss had no choice but to turn to the topic himself.
Gu Weijun said: "My country adheres to the principle of mutual benefit and mutual benefit, does not interfere with the politics and economy of any country, and has no idea about the military trends of various countries."
"You mean..." Boss raised his eyebrows, and he could hear something in the other person's words.
Gu Weijun smiled and said, "We adhere to the principle of neutrality and naturally we can trade. If your country lacks weapons and ammunition in war, we can openly supply it." Hearing this, Boss's face suddenly showed a relaxed look. He was able to openly supply weapons during the war. This was also one of his goals for coming here, and the other was the support of the great powers.
Boss wanted to continue to say something, Gu Weijun said: "I can't make decisions about some things, but the President decided to go down and meet you today, and you can come up with your own ideas at that time."
"It's great." Boss finally smiled with satisfaction. In the afternoon, Gu Weijun accompanied Boss and took the car to the Presidential Palace. He met President Zhao Shouhong of Hualan in the living room.
"I have heard from Minister Gu about your purpose." Zhao Shouhong first proposed: "I think Hualanziani is an ancient civilization country. Since ancient times, he has adhered to the policy of good neighborliness and friendship and has never fought a war. This shows that both nations are peace-loving, and we should be more united in the future. I fully agree with Minister Gu's proposal to provide weapons and ammunition for your country during wartime, and in addition, I can also make the decision to provide you with war loans."
"Loan? That's great." Boss's hands trembled slightly with excitement. If there was a loan, the Jaini Republic would be sure to eliminate all the Sark forces on the southern subcontinent.
"Yes, the interest rate is only 2 cents, and you can repay it in the form of materials based on international prices." Zhao Shouhong added another preferential policy to him.
"Thank you very much for everything you have done for our country. You will always be a friend of the people of Jaini." Boss said happily.
Zhao Shouhong nodded and said, "My country wants to pursue the principle of mutual benefit. Please send this to President Nehru on his behalf."
"Of course." Boss nodded: "It's just that our government still has some questions, and your country needs to solve them."
"Mr. Boss, please tell me." Zhao Shouhong signaled.
Boss sorted out his thoughts and said: "As a country, the Jaini Republic has never been recognized by the international community and cannot join the League of Nations. Once our country restores all its territory, the Saar Empire may oppress our country with the League of Nations, and we may be surrounded and suppressed by the international community. Our government hopes to know what attitude the Hualan Congress will hold if this happens."
"Countries are equal and mutually beneficial. In other words, it is a combination of interests. Your country cannot let Hualan Kingdom shelter you from wind and rain without paying any price." Since the other party explained his purpose, Zhao Shouhong naturally had to make his own request.
Bossleu thought for a moment and said, "Before I went out, I had received the authorization of the president. The Jaini Republic admired the prosperity of Hualan Kingdom and hoped to pay tribute every year according to the old rules of Hualan Kingdom's tribute."
"What?" This time it was Zhao Shouhong's turn to be surprised. The tribute system of Hualan Kingdom has existed since ancient times and has been implemented for more than two thousand years. At that time, all the surrounding countries paid tribute to the central government of Hualan Kingdom, and sent the world to the capital to pay tribute every year as a subordinate to Hualan Kingdom. However, all the Hualan emperors have regarded themselves as the superior country of the Celestial Kingdom, and they will give generous gifts to the other party in addition to paying tribute, and the number even exceeds the value of the tribute to show the prosperity of the Celestial Kingdom.
Although this tribute system did not give Hualan Kingdom much material benefits, it closely connected with the surrounding countries and kept the Eastern Continent in a state of peace and prosperity for a long time. There were disputes between countries and was willing to let Hualan Kingdom make a ruling and create a very peaceful world system.
Such a system is much better than the jungle system in which the strong prey on the weak in the Western continent. All countries can handle conflicts between each other calmly and achieve peaceful coexistence and mutual benefit. Therefore, the Eastern Continent has always been more prosperous than the Western Continent for thousands of years.
Until the past century, countries in the Western Continent emerged with the help of the industrial revolution and began to gradually gain advantages. However, the advantages they have mostly been military advantages promoted by industry, and are still far from the ancient civilizations of the Eastern Continent in terms of culture.
After all, the ancient civilizations of the Western Continent were destroyed because of this set of jungle rules. Without thousands of years of cultural heritage and inheritance, the Western Continent seemed to have insufficient cultural potential. This is also the reason why Zhao Shouhong was widely welcomed after using opera, movie and animation to land in various countries. In addition to novel information exchange methods, his profound cultural heritage cannot be ignored.
In the original time and space, the cultural invasion of later generations caused Hualan Kingdom to be impacted by the culture of the Western Continent. Many people abandoned traditions and pursued the so-called modern culture, which was actually a waste of the roots and the end. It was not until the national economy grew up that Hualan Kingdom's local culture was revived, but many things were lost but could no longer be found.
In the era when Zhao Shouhong was in, the country had fully revived traditional culture. Hualan culture was filled with the planets where humans lived, and even suppressed the Western Continent culture to perish. This is proof of this. In this life, Zhao Shouhong adhered to the principle of reviving traditional culture and always insisted on carrying forward traditional culture through new carriers. Therefore, Hualan culture is now blooming all over the world. This is also where Zhao Shouhong believes that he has made the greatest contribution, and its significance is even more than that of rejuvenating the country's economy.
Regarding future foreign policy, Zhao Shouhong originally hoped to use the jungle law of the Western Continent to slowly erode the countries in the Western Continent, unify the whole world to form a joint force, and develop into the universe. However, now it seems that such an idea is too expensive. Although war is inevitable, if annexation method is adopted after the war, it will cause greater turmoil among the domestic nations. This will not form a joint force, but will instead allow the government to devote too much energy to maintain stability and cause huge waste of resources.
Chapter completed!