"On the other hand, if we just use force to conquer, even if we defeat an outsider, they will only leave behind hatred for us.”
He Shen explained his point of view, causing Qianlong's eyes to light up.
In his previous life, He Shen had read an article in a Tieba forum that researched ancient literature," What is the fastest way to eliminate a famous race?”.
Many history enthusiasts argued. After a thousand discussions, everyone finally decided that the fastest way to destroy a nation was cultural assimilation.
Imagine, if one day, even the culture and folk customs of a nation disappeared, wouldn't that mean that the nation had completely disappeared?
This was also the reason why all the countries in the later generations were more cautious about the cultural input of other countries.
Of course, there were exceptions, such as Huaxia and Fusang, Sun Never Sets and America.
There were some similarities between these four countries. For example, Fusang once sent an envoy to the Tang Dynasty to China to ask for words, and the United States was a colony of the Empire of the Sun Never Sets.
But in the end, these two countries were surpassed by the countries that learned their culture.
Huaxia was the most miserable. It was almost destroyed by Fusang.
Sun Never Sets was not much better. His former little brother had finally become his big brother.
The reason for this was because the American Empire and Fusang were poor in culture at that time and did not have a culture that belonged to their own people. By chance, they learned the culture of China and the Sun Never Sets Empire and developed their own culture to a certain extent.
However, because the Empire of the Sun Never Sets and China did not place much importance on these two countries, they had the time to develop and surpass their masters.
They had inherited the culture of the first two countries and wanted to step on each other. That was why Fusang had attacked China, its benefactor, several times.
Of course, the yellow-haired ghost from the Sun Never Sets Empire who was willing to be a lackey under his former underling did not count.
From this, it could be seen that in order for the cultural invasion to succeed, war was still needed as a supplement.
As he listened to He Shen's bragging, Qianlong's eyes lit up. He felt like He Shen's words had opened a whole new door for him.
He Shen looked at Qianlong, who had been scared silly by him, and laughed in his heart,""With my nearly ten years of experience in Tieba, I don't believe that I can't scare a seventeen or eighteen-year-old emperor like you.”
"I saw that in your answer to the question of using barbarians to subdue barbarians, do you think that small foreign countries are not trustworthy?”
Qianlong continued to ask Heshen.
"That's right, the small foreign countries have wild ambitions. Even if they were like the previous Ming Dynasty and submitted to their own country, it would only be to obtain benefits. They would not sincerely submit to the Qing Dynasty. Moreover, as far as I know, the small foreign countries around the Qing Dynasty are all eyeing the Qing Dynasty like tigers eyeing their prey. They want to bite off a piece of meat from the Qing Dynasty.”
He Shen had been studying during this period of time to understand the history of this world.
According to the history books he had read and the information he had gathered from Cao Rui, the history of this world before the Qing Dynasty was almost the same as what he knew. The Qin and Han Dynasties, the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Song Dynasties, and the Yuan and Ming Dynasties were almost the same as what he knew.
However, in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, there was a deviation.
The Qing army was not sent into the Central Plains by Wu Sangui. There was no such person as Wu Sangui in this world. The Qing army had used an army of 100,000 to invade the Central Plains.
At that time, the Ming Dynasty was weak and corrupt, but Li Zicheng had yet to invade the capital. The Qing army had used up too much of their military strength in the battle against the Ming army. Although the Qing army had finally won the world, they had also suffered a great loss.
It was not easy for them to control the world. The three emperors of Shunzhi, Kangxi, and Yongzheng had been recuperating and consolidating the control of the Manchu royal family over various parts of the country. As a result, not to mention the small countries around the Qing Dynasty, even the Mongolians in Xinjiang were not under the control of the Qing Dynasty.
"Then what do you think the Qing Dynasty should do?”
Qianlong listened to Heshen with relish and asked Heshen.
"He advocated for self-cultivation internally, recovering the strength of the people, and using troops against the Mongol Empire. He won with lightning speed, shocking the surrounding small countries and Long Hair in the north.”
He Shen voiced his thoughts.
"I also know that we have to use troops against Mongolia, but…sigh! A slight change in one hair would affect the whole body, not to mention that the court was not stable now. It was difficult to predict the fate of using troops now.”
Qianlong sighed.
He Shen immediately understood Qianlong's meaning.
Now that the royal court was under the control of Soertu, Oboi, Nalan Mingzhu, Longkeduo, and other powerful ministers, the power that Qianlong could control was limited. If he rashly opened the court, he would not be able to bear any changes.
"Hey!"
He Shen sighed. He knew that for those in power, what they were most worried about was when an external enemy appeared, there would still be internal instability.
He Shen and Qianlong chatted for a long time, and Qianlong admired He Shen even more.
After hesitating for a moment, he said to Wu Shulai, who was standing beside him,""Shu, go and get a gold medal for Heshen.”
Wu Shulai instantly understood what the gold medal Qianlong was talking about. He was shocked and wanted to say,"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to give Heshen the golden medallion to enter and leave the palace freely.”
However, thinking of his identity, it seemed a little inappropriate to say it out loud, so he could only turn around and go get the gold medal.
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