What do you mean by vassal state?

The vassal state was a common political form in ancient China. During the Zhou Dynasty, the king of Zhou implemented the enfeoffment system, giving the royal nobles and heroes the title of "vassal" to govern the land of the Zhou Dynasty. And the countries managed by these princes, such as Qin, Zhao and Qi, are all vassal states.

These vassals have the right to develop independently on the land and can adapt to the needs of development and formulate relevant economic, political, cultural and foreign policies. Of course, they also have five obligations: obeying orders, guarding the territory, fighting for Zhou, paying taxes and paying tribute, and appearing before the emperor.

By the Qing dynasty, the number of foreign vassal States was quite large. "A Record of the Qing Dynasty" said, "There are seven out of fifty vassal states. One in thirty countries pays tribute. " It can be seen that China established vassal relations with many countries in the Qing Dynasty. These vassal States can safeguard their sovereignty, but they must submit to the Qing Dynasty, accept the titles of the Qing Dynasty, and play a barrier role to the Qing Dynasty. Korea, Siam (Thailand), Myanmar and other vassal states also sent envoys to China regularly to pay tribute to the Qing emperor. Of course, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty also gave some rewards to vassal states to maintain bilateral interaction.

The origin of this word is

"The Book of Songs Beishan" "Under the sky, is it the land of kings?" The idea that "the land belongs to Chen Wang" comes from this.

Later, the Central Plains Dynasty introduced the concept of "vassal state" into the diplomatic system. At this time, the "vassal state" is not only the vassal state of the Central Plains, but also covers overseas. At this time, the vassal States were divided into internal and external.

introduce

Vassal states are the general names of vassal states and vassal states. Starting from Liu Bang, the title of "vassal state" came into being. Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, set it around the central government, and the capital area, that is, the area around the capital, implemented the county system, which was the system of the Qin Dynasty. In more remote places, the feudal system of the Zhou Dynasty was implemented, and some kingdoms were still sealed out. This is "one year, two systems" or "one year, two systems". What about these countries around the capital? They are called vassal States. Why is it called "Fan"? Francisco is a fence, a hedge, which means that you defend the central government around like a fence, so these princes are called "princes". They returned to their own kingdom, which is called "returning to the vassal" or "the country of the country". These enfeoffment countries are independent, have their own sovereignty and financial resources.

The vassal state, at the administrative level, protects the same level as the western regions and is directly under the central government. "Its power to govern the people and lead the troops is like that of the county satrap", that is, the vassal state is equivalent to the administrative structure of a county, and the rank of the leader of the vassal state is equivalent to that of the county satrap. "Taishou", the official rank of the Han Dynasty is two thousand stones, belonging to middle and senior officials. County satrap is the "top leader" of county civil affairs, military affairs and justice. So the satrap is equivalent to today's provincial party secretary+governor.