Chapter 180 "Great Power Games"

Author: West Lake encounters rain

Chapter 180 "Great Power Games"

"What is the theory of sea power? It still needs to start from the essence of sea power."

Jiang Xinghuo said: "If the cost of long-distance water transportation is extended to thousands of miles, it can be regarded as almost one-tenth of the land transportation cost."

"Suppose the Ming Dynasty relaxes the maritime ban and carries out large-scale maritime trade."

Jiang Xinghuo looked at the two of them thoughtfully.

"For example, it is the Silk Road, assuming that the end points are areas controlled by the Daqi Law, the result of cost advantage is that marine trade transports the same goods through water transportation, and the cost must be far lower than land transportation, which means that the benefits of sea transportation are much greater than land transportation."

"We have said before that economic factors follow economic interests. So as long as large-scale maritime trade is carried out, will coastal cities and ports develop rapidly? Will the population and economy gather in coastal cities and ports?"

This actually contains the root cause of uneven regional development.

There is no way, people look at money, the cost of shipping is 90% lower than that of shipping on land. Only those who can’t think of it will go on land.

Those who can't think of it will lose their shorts and will naturally be eliminated by the market.

As time goes by, more and more populations, economy and other resources will naturally be piled up in coastal cities and ports.

"It's true." Zheng He nodded.

Jiang Xinghuo said: "Then I am the same as Lu Quan Theory. If I mention the content of the Hai Quan Theory, you can judge whether what I said is reasonable."

Seeing the two nodding, Jiang Xinghuo explained.

"Since the continental bridge has a heart zone, Lu Quanlun believes that if you control the heart zone, you will control the world island, and if you control the world island, you will control the world."

"Then the theory of sea power is tit-for-tat. Based on the fact that the cost of sea transportation is lower than the cost of land transportation, it will inevitably lead to the population and economic resources of coastal cities. The theory of sea power believes that as time goes by, the population and economy will far exceed the 'heartland' of the Central Continental Bridge of the World Island."

"Through continuous maritime trade, this population and economic aggregation effect will not only occur in these areas, but also at important nodes of the route, such as ports, straits, key islands, etc. These places will also become part of the 'brid zone'."

"With an overwhelmingly superior naval fleet, as well as affiliated land and overseas bases, and restocking and repairing ports, you can control the 'brim zone', that is, have the right to control the sea."

"Countries with sea control can seize overseas colonies, seize overseas markets, and further expand the advantages of the 'brid zone'."

"In other words, as long as the 'marginal zone' is surrounded by the 'marginal zone', the land power can be restricted by sea power. Then whoever unifies or integrates the eastern edge of the world island (East Asia) or the western edge of the world island (Western Europe), whoever controls the most promising areas on the world island can become the overlord of the world island."

"Do you think the theory of sea power makes sense?"

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a few breaths and said, "I think it makes sense, at least it makes sense than the Lu Quan theory that no one else except the Mongols of Genghis Khan could not do."

"You might as well talk about it." Jiang Xinghuo encouraged.

"It's still the World Island War that Mr. Jiang mentioned in the second volume of "Theory of National Fortune". At that time, I remember you said that an island, no matter how big the resources are, is limited. Facing those who occupy more islands, they will inevitably fail."

Zhu Gaoxu's wisdom has increased significantly with the naked eye.

"Then if a war starts, the theory of Lu Quan is defensive combat, and the theory of sea power is encirclement combat. The initiative of encirclement combat is much greater than that of defensive combat!"

"The surrounding side can choose to attack on either side, concentrate troops to attack a little, and cut off all enemy retreats."

"More importantly, the implementation conditions of the maritime power theory are not as harsh as the land power theory. There is no need to have tens of thousands of soldiers who are hard-working and hard-working like the Mongols. The soldiers can be transported to any port by loading ships and water transportation directly."

Jiang Xinghuo nodded repeatedly after hearing this.

If "My Qing Dynasty" had this understanding, why would he be passively beaten everywhere along the coast?

Isn’t this the best manifestation of Hai Quan’s beating Lu Quan?

The Yinggelan army with tens of thousands of people can fight the "My Qing Dynasty" with hundreds of thousands of troops beg for mercy.

At this time, Zheng He also said.

"The theory of sea power is naturally much more reliable than the theory of land power, but there is a question below. If the key to the theory of sea power is that the navy fleet needs to have sea power, then the key to sea power is naturally the many ports, key islands, and straits scattered on the 'brim' route, but these places are destined to be far away from the Ming Dynasty."

Jiang Xinghuo agreed with this view and added.

"The so-called "Zhuzhiwu retreats to Qin Shi" is that Yue is despised and distant, and you know that it is difficult. That's the reason."

“So that involves another issue.”

Jiang Xinghuo said slowly and seriously.

"The hegemonic country with sea control must possess the key nodes on the route that can bring massive wealth, such as ports, islands, and straits, but these places will be very far away from the local area. In this case, how to maintain the rule of sea power?"

Judging from Jiang Xinghuo's historical experience in his previous life, since the opening of the new route, every major country sitting on the throne of the world hegemony has a history of the rise and fall of its national fortunes and decline, which is a history of the rise and fall of its maritime power.

It is precisely because of this that Jiang Xinghuo included the theory of sea power in the third volume of "Theory of National Fortune".

The opera sermons, the pipa Taoya, the Helan, and the Yingge Lan Chou Kingdom all rose by having maritime power, and it was still the same until Jiang Xinghuo's previous life. This historical law of the country's destiny would not have any problems until the Ming Dynasty was destroyed.

Similarly, these world overlords with maritime rights have also explored a set of effective theories for safeguarding maritime rights in a long period of practice.

Why does Yinggelan always be a person and always like to mess around with shit?

Why does the ugly country always provoke troubles and always unite and join forces?

The reason lies in the words under Jiang Xinghuo.

"And this is a topic that must be extended to geopolitical temple games in terms of maritime power."

The two of them pricked their ears.

Jiang Xinghuo wrote a few big words on the ground and recited the saying.

"Great Power Games."

"The hegemon of the sea power must use the "Great Power Games" to check and balance, suppress, encircle and suppress, and isolate their opponents who can threaten the sea power."

"If you can't do it, then the key nodes on the route will be really beyond reach. At that time, you can only give up the massive wealth brought by the route and return to the local area, which means you lose your maritime power."

"Next, I will briefly teach you what "Great Power Games" is through several parts."

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Next door secret room.

Zhu Di held his forehead with his hands.

Zhu Di was trying hard to recall what the first volume of "On the Destiny of the Country" talked about more than two months ago.

After recalling for a long time, Zhu Di vaguely remembered that the first volume of "On the Destiny of the Country" seemed to mention the Ming Dynasty's voyage to the West for maritime trade.

Zhu Di had long wanted to do this, and he was not vague.

Thanks to Daoyan's plan, the first five-year shipbuilding plan of the Ming Dynasty has also been launched. So far, the shipbuilding progress of the Ming Dynasty has been steadily advancing. Thanks to the large wood left by Emperor Gao of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, for the large wood left for his descendants, it is enough to build a huge fleet that is absolutely invincible in the world today.

Zhu Gaochi turned his head and said softly: "The Great Power Game Science is completely different from the previous "Iron Horse" [Thousand Miles of Essays".

Xia Yuanji nodded, this was much more reliable, and I don’t know why Master Jiang mentioned the strategy of "Emperor-Crown Prince's Decentralization" that was obviously testing the emperor's bottom line.

“Very clear deduction.”

Li Zhigang, who hadn't even listened to a previous class, also felt interesting at this time.

"From the land power of the Mongols, that is, the heart of the mainland bridge, we reflect on the reasons for the failure of the Han and Tang dynasties to control the Western Regions, we have obtained the result of a huge gap in water transportation and land transportation costs, and then deduced the corresponding large-scale marine trade, which will lead to the economic gathering of population and economics of ports on coastal cities and shipping routes, that is, the marginal zone surrounds the heartland, and those with sea rights can control the edge and then control the world." Zhu Gaochi roughly concluded to his father.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Di raised his head and said, "In this way, this is a brand new doctrine."

"Shu Li."

"I'm here!"

Li Zhigang's heart thrusts, and he didn't know what the emperor was looking for him.

Zhu Di said: "Now the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty is here to pay tribute to the various vassal states. Is there such a statement?"

Li Zhigang felt helpless: "Of course there is no."

Zhu Di smiled and said, "Well, then follow Mr. Jiang to study hard, and you will definitely be able to use it in the future."

Li Zhigang had no choice but to agree repeatedly.

Daoyan suddenly spoke at this moment.

"His Majesty."

"Oh? What's wrong with Master Daoyan?" Zhu Di turned his head and looked.

Daoyan said slowly: "This "Great Power Games" may be used to check and balance the Timur Khanate."

“The master said?!”

Zhu Di suddenly realized something and his eyes lit up.

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"The first part of "Great Power Games" is 'offensive realism'."

"What is 'offensive realism'?"

Jiang Xinghuo pointed at the two and smiled, "If we were prisoners who didn't know each other and were very hungry at this time, there was a steamed bun on the ground, what would you think would you happen?"

Zhu Gaoxu scratched his beard, and Zheng He also scratched his beard and stuck it on his long beard.

The two of them almost said in unison: "Fight!"

"That's it." Jiang Xinghuo explained: "The so-called 'offensive realism' refers to the fact that in the absence of a unified and peaceful organization, the first thing a great power must consider is survival, and all the great powers will soon realize that dominant power, especially dominant maritime power, is the key to its survival."
To be continued...