The forgotten lands of Chinese have been incorporated into other countries, but the locals only recognize Chinese rule
Although the Qing Dynasty was corrupt in the later period, it was actually a big empire in the early period. During the Ming Dynasty, there was only more than 3 million land, but by the Time of the Qing Dynasty, it was four times larger. Although a lot of land was lost in the process, and only more than 9 million yuan were left in the end, it can be said that the territory of China has actually begun to take shape in the Qing Dynasty.
Although there were millions of lands in the Qing Dynasty, there were more than that, many of which were our vassal states, and these vassal states actually had independent rights in their own countries' military and political affairs, but diplomatically this right was handed over to the Qing Dynasty. Although these vassal states could be independent, they were like princes who were divided into fiefs, and they had to pay tribute to the Qing Dynasty on a regular basis. Decisions on some important matters still had to be approved by the Qing Dynasty, so when the Western invaders invaded China later, they also wanted to turn these vassal states into their own colonies, but before they could recognize these independent state status, they could only invade.
Many people will ask, why do some small countries around China want to become vassal states? The biggest factor in this is because of profit, because the Qing Dynasty itself was a powerful country at that time, and it was completely impossible for a small country to compete with him, but it was better to enjoy the same music than to enjoy everyone, so they all began to rely on the Qing Dynasty like the Qing Dynasty to seek refuge. In fact, such a relationship is like an ally, if there is another country to invade you, it does not matter, the Qing Dynasty will help you.
The Qing Dynasty became the patron of these small countries, of course, not only in terms of military affairs, but also in terms of interests. Those small countries had to pay tribute to the Qing Dynasty every year with their own national specialties or treasures, and the Qing Dynasty would also reward them with some gold and silver jewelry, so that in fact, the benefits were two-way, and they could also show the broad mind of the big countries to the fullest. And what is rewarded will not be treated badly to those countries, but these small countries will get more benefits, who would not want it?
But with the corruption of the late Qing Dynasty, more and more countries have fallen out of China's control. But there is such a country called Kanjuti. Although the country was forcibly occupied by the British, he never forgot that it was dependent on China at that time, and he completely accepted his rule, so the local people were very impressed by the rule of the Qing Dynasty.
Even their people say that they only accept China's rule, but China has always been a peace-loving country, and we are willing to become good brothers with him, and we can develop friendly exchanges and common development in military or interests, so there is no need to rule it, we can transform the rule into a family relationship, and let the two peoples have friendly exchanges together.