In order to strengthen the Daqin's control over its vassal states, Xiao Ruxun also announced that the number of pilgrimages for all countries would become once a year. Before the pilgrimage, they would have to report to the Daqin embassy, announce the number of people, and so on.
When they came for the pilgrimage, they would also have to report the basic situation of the country. They would have to let the Daqin Emperor know whether their country was healthy, whether the king was healthy, and so on. Then, they would hand in the tributes, receive the rewards, and then get lost.
As for the number of rewards and tributes, Xiao Ruxun had also made arrangements, which had changed a lot compared to the previous Ming Dynasty.
Although the rewards were still more than the tributes, Xiao Ruxun decided to follow the North Korean and Annan models, to extract double the benefits from these countries to make up for the deficit in rewards.
Compared to the North Korean model, Xiao Ruxun was more inclined to the Annan model, which was the usual method used by the Americans. If the country was obedient, they would say that it was an advanced democratic and free country, and the world would learn from it. If it was disobedient, they would declare that it was an undemocratic and illegal regime, and directly send troops to overthrow it.
If it was elected by the people, they would spread all kinds of rumors to incite the opponents to overthrow it, saying that it was bribery, manipulation of the election, and so on. Or they would support terrorist forces in the country to overthrow it by force. Even if they could not overthrow it, they would make it suffer from the chaos of war.
This model was very effective. It directly burned the flames of war outside, and it would not affect the country itself. It could also find opportunities to sell arms to earn foreign exchange, and take the opportunity to blackmail the other country's government for benefits, although it would not have a good reputation …
But I am strong, what can you do to me?
I am that strong, I am that powerful, I just like to see you want me to die, but can't kill me.
I eat your flesh, I drink your blood, do you hate me? Hate? Fine! If you have the ability, come and defeat me. The international law is the law of the jungle, whoever is strong is right!
I have military power, I have the height of public opinion, I am the most powerful country, come and challenge me!
You say that I will definitely decline? I will be worse off?
So what? Who hasn't been like this since ancient times?
At least it's better than being stuck between the big countries and suffering humiliation, isn't it?
Although he hated this attitude and method of doing things, Xiao Ruxun had to admit that this was an effective method. It was also a method to broaden the vision of the people of Daqin to foreign vassal states, allowing the politicians of Daqin to have an international perspective.
Daqin would truly take the road from a regional power to an international power. This road would certainly not be smooth.
Xiao Ruxun had already rejected the guiding ideology of the Confucian school. He wanted to control the future path by himself.
Eating meat, drinking blood, making himself stronger.
Is there a crisis of weakness?
Is there a financial problem?
Is there a political crisis?
They could immediately shift the focus of the crisis to other countries.
No matter how long it was used, it would never go out of fashion.
North Korea was the first place that would become the economic colony of Daqin. Xiao Ruxun needed the existence of the North Korean government to maintain the surface and show Daqin's love for the docile vassal states.
Luzon also needed to exist as an example of a puppet government. In the future, disobedient vassal states would be arranged in this way, and then all kinds of economic means would be used to directly control their economic lifeline.
Annam needed to exist more. There was always a need for some war tipping point to attract people's attention, so that Daqin could shift the crisis in a timely manner, and then deceive everyone and complete the dark and dirty task under people's eyes.
Daqin didn't need powerful vassal states. What it needed were docile, obedient, and willing to hand over the economic lifeline, or vassal states that were in constant war.
The weak ones would be controlled in a gentle way, and the stronger ones or vassal states that had the possibility of becoming a powerful country would be controlled in the Annam model.
Then Daqin would manipulate everything behind, selling arms, food, and various materials, and let them use their own resources to exchange.
Sucking their blood would make them stronger and have more right to speak.
This was the goal set by Xiao Ruxun for Daqin in the future.
This was an upgraded version of the strategy of the School of Vertical and Horizontal, which was enough to shake the existing laws of the world and create a new way of law.
The Age of Great Voyage in the West had begun, and Daqin must compete with them for the right to speak in the world and seize the high ground of public opinion. They couldn't watch them attack all the surrounding areas of Daqin one by one, and then attack Daqin.
In Xiao Ruxun's view, China was far from that vast.
In addition, the vassal states were also allowed to set up their consulates in a corner of the capital of Daqin. Each country sent important personnel to the consulate and set up reliable transportation routes so that the communication between countries and Daqin could be guaranteed.
In this war against Japan, Xiao Ruxun asked several countries such as Korea, Ryukyu, Luzon, Zheng's Annam, and Nguyen's Annam to dispatch their navy and officers and soldiers, prepare their weapons and provisions, and gather at the designated place in Daqin within a specified time.
If there were people, there would be more people; if there were ships, there would be more ships; if there were money, there would be more food. Every country had to contribute. After the war, Daqin would reward each country according to their contributions and achievements.
Thus, the Daqin version of the multinational army was born.
Although apart from the Daqin army, it was more like a group of ragtag people, but the symbolic meaning was more than the practical meaning.
After the throne was stabilized, Xiao Ruxun wanted everyone to know that it was not so easy to be a vassal state of Daqin and get the protection of Daqin.
As for the vassal states that did not send troops according to Daqin's request, such as Siam and Laos, these countries had already been arranged by Xiao Ruxun. Xiao Ruxun had ordered all the vassal states to expel the Siamese people, and ordered Burma Town to expel all the Siamese people and take all their property.
All the Han people, including the vassal states, were to leave Siam immediately and were not allowed to stay. If anything happened to those who stayed, Daqin and the national government would not be responsible.
An unprecedented diplomatic isolation operation led by Daqin officially began. In the middle of February of the second year of Longwu, this plan began. At the end of February, Luzon was the first to act.
Almost at the same time as the war against Japan, this diplomatic operation officially began.
This kind of action, where the boss led everyone to rob and make a fortune, was immediately strongly approved by the vassal states and immediately followed, especially the small countries around Siam that were afraid of the Siamese army, and the countries that hated Siam, and even the countries that ignored the orders of Daqin along with Siam.
They all began to take action.
At first, many countries, led by Siam, did not want to follow the orders of Daqin and protested against Daqin's interference. But when they saw the power of Daqin's action against Siam, they suddenly became afraid.
Now that Daqin was only targeting Siam, they should act quickly and change their position!
So they also joined the operation to expel Siam and isolate Siam.
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