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Chapter 55 Answers to Some Questions of Book Friends
[-]. Why is Ming so weak?

答:
Because there are too many articles about Long Aotian crushing the Quartet, I think this will miss a lot of plots, such as the very important game between countries.

My original intention was to set up a neither strong nor weak Ming, but this is actually quite difficult.Because with the size of China, there are often two situations, either exaggeratedly strong or ridiculously weak.

If it's too strong, it's mindless to overwhelm, and it's boring after a good time, and there are still many plots that can't be written; if it's too weak, who can read this kind of text to abuse themselves?
So I chose the most difficult one, that is, how to design a Ming that is neither strong nor weak in this era.

By the way, in fact, this Great Ming is not weak - its own national strength is guaranteed to fight against the five in the world, and it also has three vassal states of North Korea, Vietnam, and Ryukyu, and has a semi-independent economic inner circle.If the United States does not fight, Britain, France and Russia will have nothing to do with her.

[-]. How do you feel that it is Beiyang or the Republic of China that has changed its skin?

答:
I don't admire Yang and I don't comprador, how can I look like it.

Anyway, I don’t admit it. I don’t like these two things. Let’s draw a clear line first. Don’t draw an equal sign just because of some similarities. The core difference is still very big.

For example, when you see "military officers studying abroad", you can make up a series of plots... It's normal to go abroad for exchange and study. You can't do it behind closed doors, right?
In history, there was a U.S. military captain Carlson who went to investigate the mysterious forces in the Northwest as a military observer, and was then ordered to form the Second Close Combat Battalion of the Marine Corps to conduct special training for the soldiers with the knowledge he learned there.This battalion appeared and disappeared on the Pacific battlefield, and the famous "Makin Atoll Sneak Attack" was their masterpiece.

[-]. Why does Ming Dynasty still need to equip foreign weapons?
答:
The main weapons have been independently developed as much as possible, but the auxiliary weapons don't matter, pistols and carbines are harmless.At the same time, if there are indeed better foreign weapons readily available, why not buy them back for reference?
Use it if it's good, don't be ashamed.Doesn't the United States also use Oerlikon from Switzerland and Bofors from Sweden?Isn't the British Bren imitating the Czech ZB26/30?
As a late-developing industrial country, Ming Dynasty has a weak foundation, and it is impossible to learn from foreign designs in many places.

Think about our world line, when will we get rid of the Soviet style and independently develop weapons.

However, in terms of setting, Daming's scientific and technological strength is not too bad. Except for aero engines, petrochemicals, and electronic equipment, everything else is second-rate and first-rate.

[-]. Does Daming look like a queen?

答:
It's a far cry.

In a normal industrial country, the primary and secondary industries are complementary, but life is not.After the Sino-Japanese War, the days of receiving a large amount of indemnities were able to "jump" the development of the military industry, which made its industrial structure seriously deformed.

In terms of image, he is a very thin lightweight player with no stamina.

Daming is not the case. Its industrial structure is generally stable, but it is also slightly unbalanced-light industry is more developed than heavy industry.

[-]. Why is the emperor a man?
答:
Since I came here to write a book, I have to do as the Romans do. Parents must die. As for the emperor... there seems to be no custom of female emperors here, right?

(End of this chapter)