Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1069 Five Servant
As Zheng Shijie said, until the plane landed, they did not see any traces of local natives.

"I just realized how amazing you guys are." Phaethon looked around after getting off the plane.

This is the airport attached to the Mount Kinabalu Moon Cannon Facility. Although this place is far away from Pontianak, and can even be said to be a corner of the entire civilization, there is no trace of any locals here.

The Lunar Cannon is not far away, but is blocked by the nearby mountains. You can see it not far from the airport.

"I think the Romans are already very hostile to the barbarians. Except for the people of Zhendan, no one else is allowed to enter our bathhouse. But even so, the Romans still mingle with the barbarians. But you can't even see the shadow of the barbarians here. All the barbarians have been blocked out of sight. If we talk about being powerful, you are still more powerful."

"This is called expanding the territory and expelling the barbarians, and inspiring the barbarians." Zheng Shijie replied, "In short, this is how our development strategy towards the barbarians works."

"It's very strange, I really think it's very strange." Phaethon asked, "In Rome, if we advance an inch into the territory of the barbarians, they will fight back with all their might. Those without muskets will fight back even with stones and sticks, and finally many places have to use machine guns as a colony. And you have driven all the barbarians out of sight, and settled so many precious assets here. How did you do it? Did you shoot all the barbarians here with machine guns a long time ago?"

"Ah, so you didn't know that, did you?" Zheng Shijie thought for a moment, "Have you ever heard of the five mourning clothes?"

"Is it the five generations like great grandfather, grandfather, and father?"

"No, no, you are talking about the family. I am talking about the five kinds of mourning in Zhouli: Dianfu, Houfu, Suifu, Yaofu, and Huangfu. We govern the world according to the five kinds of mourning."

"How do you say that?"

"To put it simply, Dianfu is the royal capital, the two capitals and thirteen provinces governed by His Majesty the Holy Son of Heaven, and Houfu is people like me."

He pointed to himself and said: "Houfu means a vassal. He serves as a scout, waiting for the emperor's order and ready to serve the king at any time;
"Beyond the Marquisate, there are the Suifu. They are foreign vassals who 'submit to the king's politics and religion', such as countries like Siam. They have the ability to organize a national government, and the emperor has no requirements for them, they just need to obey the king's teachings.

"Besides the pacification, there is also the "must obey". 'Yao' means to restrict. We impose almost no obligations on the barbarians here. They can migrate freely and do not need to pay tribute. There is only one thing: they cannot rebel against the court. So the key here is that as long as you do not impose burdens on the barbarians, they will usually not rebel."

"Then what is the land under our feet?" "Because this land has no economic value." Zheng Shijie replied, "This is a military restricted area developed entirely for the space program. We strictly plan the development here according to the standard of 'must obey', and do not impose any form of burden on the barbarians, so we can completely block the barbarians out. In other words, it is not us who drove the barbarians away, but according to the standard of 'must obey', we should have built these facilities in places where there are no barbarians."

"So that's how it is! Ah, so this place is just like the observatory in the nature reserve, and it's not set up on the animal migration route, right? You guys are really awesome! We just treat the barbarians as people to be driven, but you treat them as animals and provide animal welfare. I really don't know what to say. Are you open-minded, or extremely conservative?"

"Open-mindedness is conservativeness, and conservatism is open-mindedness." Zheng Shijie replied, "All of this is arranged in the Zhou Li. We just need to follow the teachings of Zhou Gong and Confucius and do the "benevolent" things. We will do whatever we want within the scope of the rules, but we will not exceed the rules. All development will stay within the boundaries of etiquette. And."

He thought for a moment and said, "We don't actually treat barbarians as non-human beings. On the contrary, we have always treated barbarians as human beings, so we strictly abide by etiquette. Etiquette is the universal justice among the human species and a collection of human collective values. If you don't provoke him, he won't provoke you unless he is tired of living."

"What if someone comes to provoke you? I mean, there are always some people who are tired of living."

"They can't be provoked." Zheng Shijie replied, "Because they have no army. Barbarians are forbidden to have organized military forces, so they can never compete with us vassal states stationed in the Eight Wastelands. If there are really those who are not afraid of death, we have to use the great law to deal with them - the key here is that we have not actually made the barbarians sign any kind of treaty called "etiquette". Etiquette is our own code of conduct, used to guide ourselves, not to guide the barbarians. Facts have proved that as long as we can manage ourselves, we can also manage these barbarians. Self-restraint is the root of all laws."

"." Phaethon shook his head. "I understand. The Romans probably haven't been able to take care of themselves for so long. They can't take care of their upper or lower bodies."

"So in general, these rules will extend to our withdrawal from Southeast Asia. However, the five ranks of mourning extend outward layer by layer. Once vassal states like us withdraw back to the capital, the surrounding barbarians will also be downgraded. Siam may be downgraded from Sui Fu to Yao Fu, and other tributary states may also be downgraded. I think they don't want us to leave. But here~~"

Zheng Shijie smiled slightly: "This place is going to be upgraded! Borneo will be upgraded as a whole to a special district and managed as a military stronghold. Its status will leap to a place comparable to the provinces in the capital. In such a place, no barbarians will be allowed to move around in the future. So I have to clean up this place and properly settle the barbarians here."

"So you're going to face some Roman problems, right?"

"We will do it according to etiquette and law. We will pay them back as much as they take away. However, under our years of governance, the civilization level of the barbarians here has been strictly controlled. After all, they just have to obey. Because they have not entered the industrial revolution, or even the agricultural revolution, their population has always remained in a primitive state of nomadic farming and hunting, and the total population is quite small. So even though Lan Fang is responsible for everything, it is not too much of a burden for us. So, you can be more comfortable here, this is completely our territory."

(End of this chapter)