The sun never sets on the empire

1. Let’s talk about the UK first.

1. Regional. Europe is not a small territory, but no country can unify the continent on land for a long time. There are always a few big countries that continue to dominate (of course, even the old guy Napoleon didn't rule much territory, and was quickly defeated by the coalition forces of various countries. ), so it is unrealistic for European countries to become strong on land. Britain has special geographical conditions. It is separated from the European continent by a strait. It is difficult for powerful countries in Europe to threaten it. However, with the development of science and technology, the emergence of aircraft almost killed Britain (I have no doubt that if Britain failed in the air war in Great Britain, it would be Become the second France, if you are interested in discussing this issue, you can leave a message, off topic hehe) Britain has always relied on the sea to make a living, and the navy's position is very important. As a result, they also know it, so the British navy is very powerful.

2. nationality. In addition to the personality characteristics of Westerners, I heard that they like adventure, and desire is the driving force for them to explore the East. There are several emperors in China who also like to take risks. For example, Qin Shihuang sent people to the fairy islands in the East China Sea, but he seemed to be looking for a way to live forever and had no intention of expansion. It is worth mentioning that the Yuan army once wanted to conquer Japan. However, it was defeated by the Japanese army (mainly because typhoons and the sea were difficult to conquer). This is due to national characteristics.

3. historical conditions. That is to say, there has never been a highly centralized country as powerful as China in Europe. Even though there were once several large empires that spanned the continents of Asia, Europe, and Africa, they quickly collapsed. There are gaps in history. China's unity and strength There is continuity in time, from the Qin Dynasty to the present for more than 2,000 years. Although there have been foreign invasions from time to time, it has basically still existed as a unified country to this day. Europe has complex ethnic groups and numerous religions, so it is not easy to establish a unified big country. This is unlike China, where the majority of the ethnic groups are Han. Although they were unified by foreign nations from time to time, no matter whether the Mongols or the Manchus unified China, in the end they still remained Assimilated by the Han people and integrated into the Chinese family..

4. technological conditions. After the British Navy defeated the Spanish Armada, it was out of control... The invention of the steam engine and the development of metallurgical technology made ocean-going a problem no longer a problem. There was also the development of hot weapons. Slide guns and cannons were indeed much better than cold weapons. I I think this reason is very important. I have always believed that technology is the driving force behind the wheel of history.

Second, let’s talk about China,

1. I think national identity is very important. China’s territory is very vast. We claim to be a sovereign country, and everyone else is barbarian (it’s really ridiculous. I guess outsiders also think we are barbarians, and we are nothing more than fish.) However, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was still very adventurous. , and also fought against the Japanese people in China. Zheng He’s children didn’t go to the ocean just to find the emperor. The first two times they went to the ocean, they only went to the Philippines, Indonesia, and then India. When they were looking for the emperor, they just searched nearby. The sea is so big, so the poster said he was far away. It seems impossible to find an emperor in Africa. At that time, it was not easy to find an island in the ocean. I won’t go into details about this. Zheng He’s purpose is obvious. He went to advertise for the Chinese Empire and sent silk to people everywhere. Porcelain is used to show the richness of products, prosperity and the great favor of the emperor. One is to show off, and the other is to warn the barbarians not to have any plans for our heavenly country.

2. Also talking about technology, Zheng He said in the conversation that ships were still made of wood and basically relied on sails to run, and then they were rowed by human power. Oh my God, the ocean is so scary. Modern ships have to return to port when encountering typhoons. Think about it for yourself . Even if the Chinese could build an army of hundreds of thousands and the necessary ships, it would take several years or even more than ten years for that kind of ship to go to sea at a time. The productivity at that time would make it difficult to build such an army and it would be difficult to build the Great Wall or land on the moon. .The small-scale peasant economy cannot support such a huge army. Let’s talk about the Great Wall. In fact, it was not built by Qin Dynasty. Many dynasties in history have done it. It took hundreds (or even a thousand years) to build the current Great Wall...even if any emperor has it If he wants to build a navy, he will only be in power for thirty or forty years at most, so he won't be able to complete it... And the next emperor may be busy fighting for the throne and other things, and there will be wars, so how can he still have the time to do that... There is a foreign invasion that needs to be resisted. You have to know that every dynasty and generation has to guard against the invasion from those nomadic peoples. Even so, the foreigners successfully unified China... In short, the productivity at that time was definitely not comparable to that of the navy, haha... This That's the point