Chapter 4 3. The aggression of "two teeth"

The impact of the opening of new shipping routes is actually a commercial revolution and a price revolution. Business revolution.In a word, from the Mediterranean era to the Atlantic era, Europe is like this, and the whole world is like this.Today, of the 24 developed industrial countries in the world, except Japan and Australia, the rest are located on both sides of the North Atlantic; the South Atlantic is Africa and Latin America.There are 22 developed industrial countries on both sides of the North Atlantic, so which organization is the best to join?NATO!You said that I joined a joint organization of the least developed countries, aren't you ashamed?

price revolution.The price revolution marked the development of capitalism and the decline of feudalism.The biggest result of the price revolution is rising prices. The result of rising prices is that the people are impoverished, the bourgeoisie gets rich, and the feudal lords decline day by day.It is easy to understand that the people are poor and the capitalists are rich. Why did the feudal lords decline?Which dynasty and which generation of them are not masters?Why did it decline? The one who was in power at that time was revolutionized, and the most crucial point was actually the same as the "one-whip law" we practiced in the Ming Dynasty, because currency land rent was generally levied in Europe at that time.You collect currency land rent, and now that the currency has depreciated, it will be fine if you want to collect eggs.The currency has depreciated. You can’t sit at home every day and hope that the currency will rise. You say I don’t care. My grandpa's grandpa's grandpa signed with your grandpa's grandpa's grandpa. If you want to change it, are you still the grandson of your grandpa's grandpa's grandson's grandson's grandson?I can go to the bishop, the lord, or even the king to sue you, so the contract relationship cannot be changed, because in this way, the feudal lord will decline day by day, which is a very important reason.

Then the "two teeth (Portugal and Spain)" began the early colonial expansion.Portugal is first of all an occupation point, such as Macau, China, which was only more than 20 square kilometers at that time and had many casinos.Then there is the control of trade routes.The country of Portugal is too small. At that time, the country had a population of 1 million and an area of ​​90,000 square kilometers. Regardless of the population or area, it was equivalent to 1/100 of China.Therefore, it is impossible for Portugal to be able to engage in large-scale aggression. It can only occupy points and then control trade routes.

Spain is more capable than Portugal, so Spain has done three major things: plundering gold and silver, genocide, and slave trading. Mr. Liang Qichao said that after Columbus in the West, countless Columbuses followed.After Zheng He in China, there was no more Zheng He.Zheng He gave people money, he was a boy who was loved by everyone, and his flowers bloomed when he saw flowers blooming. 6 million taels of silver, plus silk and bottles, you Zheng He gave it all to others.Columbus turned his elbows and fished in with all his strength.Where do you say you are going to reason? In 400 years, the Spanish Empire took 2.5 million kilograms of gold and 100 million kilograms of silver from Latin America.Good guy, these gold and silver have to be beaten into a meter wide, how thick a bridge can span the two sides of the Atlantic Ocean? So much was plundered in 400 years, especially silver, which flowed into China in large quantities. Therefore, during the Qianlong period, China used half of the world's silver, 10,000 tons.We have no silver in China, and the silver comes from Latin America.Westerners buy Chinese things with money, mainly tea, silk, porcelain, and medicinal materials.A large amount of silver flowed into China, so the development of Latin America contributed a lot to China.Until the Opium War, we paid 21 million Mexican Eagle Ocean (13 Mexican Eagle Ocean: a new coin used after Mexico’s independence in 1821. It was minted since 1823. The front pattern is the shape of the national emblem of the Mexican Republic: a An eagle with outstretched wings and a snake in its beak stands on a cactus growing out of a rock in the lake. The lower part of this shape is surrounded by branches and leaves of oak and laurel, which symbolizes strength, loyalty and peace.), It was minted in Spain using American gold and silver, which was a major currency in international circulation at that time, so it was the only way to pay for it.

The next step was genocide in Spain, which wiped out the Indians.When Columbus discovered the New World, the Indians said that there were 18 million Indians, mainly in Central America, and South America did not know. 65 years later, there were 230,000 left.How can so many people be killed in such a short period of time?Mainly by infectious diseases.The Spaniards were very bad. They gave the Indians the blankets used by smallpox and cholera patients. The Indians who didn't know were very happy, and when they covered them foolishly, all the people in the village died. If we have a cold, we may not take medicine. The normal cycle takes a week, unless it is a viral cold and a fever comes.The Indian is different, he will die if he catches a cold, because he has no immunity.The mainland for thousands of years was so clean and pure, and had never had this kind of disease or antibody, so it was mainly because of the severe infectious diseases at that time, such as smallpox, cholera, diphtheria, and plague. Once these things spread, the Indians Went out.

After the Indians were wiped out, Spain thought about it. There were no workers, and white people could not be allowed to work. After thinking about it, they thought of Africans.Blacks are more docile, unlike Indians.Indians are the same as us, yellow people, with tattoos on their faces, and chopping people with stones and axes.Black people are more docile. If you ask me to sit, I will not stand up. If you ask me to lie down, I will never lie down.Moreover, the cost of arresting people is extremely low. Once you get a piece of candy and put it on the ground, the black people will come down from the tree and leave as soon as they are caught.Therefore, in the past 400 years, Africa lost 100 million able-bodied labor force, and among these 100 million people, only 20 million reached America!Most of the less 80 million people got sick and died on the road, and they were all thrown into the Atlantic Ocean.The cost of black slaves is low, and the profit of selling black slaves is 8 to 30 times, 800% to 3000%.If 10 people are caught and 8 people die, I still make money, as long as they don't all die, I won't lose money.For example, this small boat can hold 100 people, I stuffed 1,000 people in, and then drove away, throwing one at a time to America, and the rest is enough.Almost all the ancestors of black Americans today come from Africa, including President Obama, of course his father is not a black slave.The ancestors of blacks who have settled in America for generations all come from Africa.Didn't they go to Africa to find their roots?Which tree is our house on...

In this way, the opening of new sea routes and the role of early colonial expansion became clear. The first is that Europe completed primitive accumulation.Human progress always has to be paid by someone. Unfortunately, the countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America have played the role of paying the price.It is impossible to have no price, but we can make others pay the price as much as possible.Think about it, if the 2.5 million kilograms of gold and 100 million kilograms of silver were on the American continent, they would at most be a little yellow or white on the ears, nose, and belly button; or they would be the idols of the temple.Gold and silver have been buried in the European and American continents for tens of thousands of years, and no one has developed them. When they are developed and brought back to Europe, they are transformed into capital and roaring machines. The dawn of capitalism begins to affect the whole world.Therefore, from the perspective of human historical development, the primitive accumulation of capital in Europe has promoted the development of the entire world history and is progressive.

Second, Europe began to export its own culture.European civilization began to spread outward, and European civilization itself is a strong civilization.Today you can't see a few Chinese people wearing Chinese clothes on the street, they are all Chinese people wearing western suits.The clothes you wear are all suits. Have you ever seen people wearing long gowns on the streets of China?Yes, it was about cross talk, and it came out without changing clothes.We can only say that we also learned from the West, and in the end we might play better than you.Like Japan is already very good, there are still people wearing kimonos on the streets of Japan, and there are absolutely no people wearing traditional clothes on the streets of China.As soon as I got on the bus, I stepped on it as a mop. How do you get this thing?When you get out of the car, why are there lines?I didn't get out of the car much, squeezed, and half of them went down.

The influence of Western civilization on us is also reflected in festivals.Today's Chinese festivals, apart from the Spring Festival, I saw that Christmas is the most lively, girls and boys are happy.On the evening of the 24th of last year, I bought tickets for the National Center for the Performing Arts and went to the theater with my wife. My wife said that tonight is Christmas Eve, and the car might be crowded.It was okay when I went, but when I came back, my god, we both squeezed together.The subway, my God, is packed like a packed enoki mushroom.As soon as we arrived in Xidan, a group of ghosts and goblins rushed in, oh my god, a girl and kid of fourteen or fifteen years old came in with a pair of horns on, and my wife and I were separated immediately.We don't have to look for it anymore, we all know home anyway.too terrifying!When did you see so many young people on the streets?No!There is no Spring Festival, no Chinese holidays, just the foreign festivals, all go to church, do you believe in Christianity?Do not believe.Do you know who Jesus is?Well, there are not many nods when asked.

Thirdly, the opening of new sea routes and early colonial expansion started a complete sense of world history.The so-called world history in a complete sense is the history of the world before the opening of new sea routes. In fact, it cannot be called world history, it is only regional history, or national history.For example, in the 8th century, the Tang Empire in East Asia, the Peacock Empire in South Asia, the Arab Empire in West Asia, the Byzantine Empire in Eastern Europe, and the Charlemagne Empire in Western Europe. Are there any connections between these five empires?Are there reciprocal envoys?It may happen, maybe every ten or twenty years, or once every hundred or so years.A Tang Sanzang learned from Buddhist scriptures, we still talk about it in textbooks now!You said that a monk will go to India to learn Buddhist scriptures today, are you talking about it?This matter is too common, and I will not talk about it if I fly three times in an hour.

The Anshi Rebellion broke out in the Tang Dynasty. Even if the Byzantine Empire knew it, it would not have any impact on its political situation.You live yours, I live mine, love can't be chaotic, but you can't mess with me.Therefore, the history of the world in a complete sense was formed after the opening of new sea routes, before it was the history of regions and countries.Therefore, the opening of this new sea route played a very important role in the development of capitalism, and it completed the primitive accumulation of capital.