Liu Zheng looked at the letters written by Ling Chen dumbfounded.
King Yong was watching and laughing.
"This Ling Chen is quite cute!"
Before King Yong, Liu Zheng was not advised to let Ling Chen have his way. He felt that Ling Chen was extremely ambitious, he was born as a prisoner, and he lacked respect for the imperial court.
But I didn't expect...
Now in the letter, he is like a headless fly and an aggrieved little wife.
Liu Zheng also smiled slightly: "This guy seems to have no brains. He has not learned anything about the Western Regions."
The two met and laughed.
But then again.
The Western Region style may not be suitable for India. The situation is different in the two places. When Ling Chen took over the Western Region, the small countries in the Western Region were actually frightened. But the governors before the Mughals were still very powerful. There were no religious conflicts in the Western Regions at that time, but in India today, the biggest conflict comes from religion.
How to balance this is something Ling Chen needs to consider.
Liu Zheng thought about it and picked up the pen.
King Yong made his ink grind for him.
How is India governed?
In fact, Liu Zheng already had the answer in his mind. For this, you can refer to how Britain colonized India in the previous life, just copy the homework.
Regarding colonization, Liu Zheng had been studying it for some time.
There is such a passage in "The Origin of Colonial Development of Comparative Development". The fertility rate of the colonists affected the choice of the ruling system in the colony, and the choice of system affected the economic development of the colony after independence.
Why could the British rule 300 million people in India with only 500 people?
This is because of the choice of governing system.
The South Asian subcontinent is one of the most closed regions in the world, but there is a constant stream of invaders, from the earlier Aryans, Persians, Greeks, to the later Turks, Mongols, and horse-riding peoples who always pass through the northwest The Khyber Pass flows into India like a tide, reshaping it over and over again. The British were the last conquerors. The difference between them was that they did not come from the northwest, but landed from the coast.
At that time, Britain began to colonize India. It was precisely because of the decline of the Mughals and the death of Aurangzeb that domestic warlords attacked each other and the people resisted. The Iranians and Afghans began to attack and persecute one after another. At this time, the British East India Company relied on its huge financial resources to subdue a large number of governors and warlords through bribery, division, and attacks. The development of the situation even exceeded the expectations of the British people at that time. In the end, even the British cabinet had to take the matter seriously. Finally, more than a hundred years after the British landed in India, the first Viceroy of India appeared. At this time Britain was ruled in the name of the East India Company. It took more than eighty years for Britain to formally colonize India.
so.
Unlike the violent rule of other countries in history, Britain's colonization had merits.
That is, they are not interested in land, all they want is trade.
Even if they occupy land, they are at the convenience of trade. The British rarely stationed heavy troops in the colonies to monitor people's lives and require naturalization. All they needed was a simple administration and a peaceful order conducive to trade.
A saying often said by East India Company officials was "trade not land." This was by no means a pretense. It prevented Britain from getting stuck in a certain colony.
so.
Liu Zheng started writing.
The first suggestion is not to advise Ling Chen to found a country. Although Ling Chen has already realized this, his 300,000 troops are completely alone in the South Asian subcontinent. But Liu Zheng still needs to be reminded. If we don’t build a country, then what will we build?
company!
Liu Zheng's suggestion is to establish the East India Company with the backing of Liangzhou and Long Yan!
Let the Western Region Construction Corps transform from a group that combines militia, military, and agriculture into a group that combines military, trade, and commerce. This transformation sounds difficult, but in fact it is very simple. Why? Because products from Silver Beach City can be continuously shipped from the Western Region, Ling Chen has a unique advantage in business.
No matter what era it is, India's caste system is quite staggering.
The same is true today. At this time, hundreds of princes, nobles, governors and warlords in India have amazing talents in arrogance and licentiousness. They not only love elephants, tigers, gold and gems, but also naturally pursue various "luxury goods" from Silver Beach City, such as fine wine, soaps and perfumes. The level of greed is astonishing.
Ling Chen can capture them through trade, so it won't be a big problem.
The second suggestion is that while winning over the princes and nobles, we should also find ways to win over the people.
He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world. This saying is universal no matter where he goes. Even in the colonies.
The most important reason why Britain was able to colonize India for more than a hundred years without violence is that they left many commendable things to India. That was industry. At that time, India's railway system was ranked first in the world in terms of its advanced nature and mileage. Bengal produces the best jute in the world, and British looms began to be widely used here.
Liu Zheng suggested that Ling Chen follow suit and develop India appropriately in the name of the East India Company, build factories, and rely on Bombay Port and some important ports to start trade with Western countries.
Secondly, the British established an effective civil service and legal system in India, implemented humanitarian laws, abolished many Indian laws, and made necessary interventions in India's deep-rooted caste system. And the "Caste Disability Exclusion Act" was issued, declaring that caste rights must be unconditionally subordinated to government decrees, and certain Indian residents may not be deprived of their property and inheritance rights because of religious beliefs and caste.
The third suggestion is to crack down on religious conflicts and open schools to help people get rid of ignorance.
Naturally, this has nothing in common with Britain's previous practice. But Liu Zheng believes that it is necessary.
You know, in fact, India in its previous life was truly peaceful and stable under the rule of the British. On the contrary, their "national leaders", the three heroes of independence, Gandhi, Nehru and Jinnah, all of whom had obtained British bar qualifications, were blinded by national sentiments and behaved very lowly in terms of political civilization.
Nehru was an admirer of the Soviet planned economy, and Jinnah was an Islamist.
Gandhi was even more extreme. He opposed industrial civilization and scientific rationality, and advocated rural communes and natural ignorance as the source of happiness for Indians. It was his ideas that caused the re-emergence of the caste system in India, religious vendettas, displacement, and war...
Lessons from the past must be avoided.
One last suggestion.
This is also the summary of this letter.
Liu Zheng smiled slightly and then wrote.
Use hundreds of people to rule India.
Use 300,000 troops to attack Central Asia.
