The lord hunted down by the game

Chapter 251 Shooting yourself in the foot

Of course, Yuri is also very clear that this approach can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. After more than ten years, those officials who have been transferred will form new local snake-like forces in the local area.

If a regular rotation system is adopted, although it is possible to prevent high-ranking officials from being dominant at the local level, there will be local officials at the grassroots level.

After every high-ranking official takes office, he must greet the local snakes below, otherwise he will be ignored!
After all, it is impossible to rotate officials through the entire local government team. The middle and low-level bureaucrats will definitely not be able to move. There are too many people and it is too complicated. Moreover, they are all people working below. What will happen to the government during the window period that will be created when they are removed? run?

This is a completely different concept from the rotation of the first and second leaders in several places.

Therefore, the stable period for the American Empire to conquer South America is conservatively estimated to be only a dozen years.

After more than a dozen years, when a new generation grows up and local forces rise again, new local interest groups will be formed one after another.

In today's era when communication basically relies on roaring, it is conceivable how little control the central government of the American Empire has over South America...

At this time, the best thing for the American Empire to do is to increase its control over South America by moving its capital. Since the American Empire has become a behemoth spanning the North and South American continents, it is naturally best to place its capital in Central America.

In this era, the shortening of administrative distance plays a vital role in the central control of the local area. Whether it is supervision or the mobilization of the army to deter the local area, it has the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort.

On the contrary, once the administrative distance is too far, it will get twice the result with half the effort!

In ancient times, why were there so many great feudal empires that were invincible in the surrounding areas, but never annexed the surrounding small countries, preferring to create a whole set of vassal vassal models?

It's not because the administrative cost is too high and the central government is unable to control the local area!

Even if a small country is forcibly defeated, in 30 to [-] years, when a new generation grows up, they will still form a semi-independent local government, or even rebel and stand on their own.

Is it possible that the empire will conduct another expedition?
This kind of expedition is very expensive for the country. One expedition is enough to break the bones. If you take two expeditions without the appearance of foreign enemies, the empire will collapse internally!

Of course, it can also be completely controlled through immigrant assimilation.

It is a pity that the road transportation conditions in ancient times were extremely backward, and the cost of immigration was not much lower than the cost of an army expedition. After all, immigration is not just enough to send people there, but also to find ways to feed them!

And we must ensure that there will not be a large number of deaths during the migration, otherwise nine out of ten immigrants will die. Even if they successfully migrate, it is not certain who will assimilate and who will...

Therefore, in the feudal era, when the expansion of a great empire reaches a certain level, it will often stop. If it is forced to expand, it may be glorious for a while, but after the peak, the speed of decline is extremely fast, and it often starts with internal divisions!
The Alexander Empire, Roman Empire, Mongol Empire, Arab Empire, etc. in Yuri's previous life are all very typical examples.

The main reason for the disintegration is because the territory is too large, the management cost is high but the management efficiency is very low, and eventually the internal division is inevitable.

At this time, if another foreign enemy comes to take advantage of the fire, it will basically lose the basic disk...

Such a comparison shows that Yuri's eastern motherland in the feudal era in his previous life was actually the smartest. The rulers of the Eastern Empire had long seen through the dangers of expansion, and simply stopped expansion when it reached its limit, and only established small formal vassal states around it. .

It can not only enjoy the international status of a big country, but also not over-consume the national power and give the opportunity to other races.

However, this model worked well in the backward feudal era, and it became obsolete when the age of great exploration came.

It's a pity that the rulers of the Eastern Empire all believed in the so-called "ancestral tradition" and didn't know how to change it. In the end, they clung to the previous methods. In the end, all the achievements of the Age of Discovery were swallowed up by outsiders and became extremely powerful, breaking the country.

The world Yuri lives in is the last train in the age of great voyages. Compared with the feudal era, the biggest advantage of this era is that the advanced marine technology reduces the cost of long-distance administrative control and makes it feasible to expand the empire.

The British Empire used a powerful navy to establish a huge colonial rule, which is a typical success story.

However, this method of colonial rule is essentially different from the real imperial conquest and expansion. In order to reduce the cost of long-distance administrative control, colonial rule must be profitable.

Use the wealth plundered by the colonies to feed back the high administrative costs of the colonial rule, thus forming a virtuous circle.

In this way, there is no need to worry that colonial rule will continue to lose money over time and eventually bring down the country.

However, this method of colonial rule is declining along with the spread of national ideas.

Because of the proliferation of national ideology, the cost of colonial rule is increasing at a geometric rate. The foolish people are 'awakened' and start to seek independence and want to play rebellion games. The colony becomes unstable, and the cost of rule will naturally double!
Interestingly, the spread of national ideas was not born in the colonies themselves, but uploaded from the European continent!

The driving forces behind the scenes are those other powerful countries in Europe who are dissatisfied with the British Empire being the only one to eat!
Ethnic groups are artificially divided. When the concept of ethnicity was first proposed, it was to create a set of rigorous and convincing theoretical basis for rebellion!

Obviously, European thinkers have been very successful. Coupled with the living environment in which the colonial people were brutally exploited, this national ideology is like a fire that ignited the anger in the hearts of the colonial people!

It's just that the actions of these European powers to drag the enemy's legs eventually hit their own feet. Once the national ideology appears, it will naturally spread internally when it is exported to the outside world.

And the British Empire is not a vegetarian, if you export national ideas to my colonies and even the mainland, I will of course retaliate!

Most importantly, the historical legacy of feudal separatism in the European continent has found a lot of historical evidence for ethnic theory.

The difference in language and culture has also become the fundamental guarantee for the formation of a nation!

In this way, major European countries exported national ideas to each other, resulting in the formation of a multi-ethnic political environment on the European continent, laying the foundation for future national independence and ruining major countries.

Who said that the idea of ​​national independence is a one-way street?
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