Throughout the history of thousands of years, no empire in its heyday has ever disdained to rely on intrigue to suppress or eliminate opponents.
The majestic Emperor Wudi of Han relied on the rich family wealth left by his father's efforts to rule and the imperial arms of Wei Qinghuo to fight the Xiongnu in northern Mobei with a dignified and upright master, and tried to protect the Western Han Dynasty for hundreds of years.
At its peak, the Tang Dynasty was open to neighboring countries, and more than 70 countries came to pay tribute. Emperor Taizong of Tang was even revered as the "Heavenly Khan", and his strong economic and military strength allowed the Tang Dynasty to surrender without fighting, rather than using intrigue to deal with opponents, which is the strength.
Around the 1st century AD, when the ancient Roman Empire was at its strongest, it was believed that Roman civilization was the most noble civilization in the world, and everyone was proud to join the Roman Empire. The reason why the Roman Empire was able to prosper long and unabated was to continuously absorb the good customs and culture of the defeated countries in the war, rather than relying on extramarket tactics to divide and suppress the opponent.
The United States was most powerful in the 20 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union and before China fully rose. Although there was the "911 incident" during this period, the United States did not suffer any loss of strength. In the past 20 years, the United States has spoken on the world stage, suppressed sanctions on countries that dared to ignore the requirements of the United States, and united allies to attack in a big way, during which it launched many wars.
In 1999, he led many allies to bombard the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia indiscriminately, and even used missiles to attack the Chinese embassy. As for China's solemn protests, the United States just came to apologize and pay a little money. At that time, because the mainland was still unable to confront the United States, it could only choose temporary forbearance.
In 2003, the United States launched a large-scale attack on the grounds that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, and captured Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, humiliated him in every way and hanged him. In hindsight, it turned out that the so-called weapons of mass destruction were simply nonsense.
The undercover behind the "911 incident" in the United States in 2001. Bin Laden was in Afghanistan, thus beginning a 20-year war against Afghanistan. The war cost the United States $2.26 trillion, but in the end, it had no choice but to retire. This was the beginning of the decline of the United States, which spent a lot of manpower, material resources, and weapons to fight a lost war, and also allowed China to take the opportunity to rise completely.
In its heyday, the United States also practiced a royal approach, and it was a frontal defeat for disobedient opponents, making it a dignified and upright conspiracy. In recent years, however, the U.S. approach seems to have changed.
The change in approach came from the weakening of power, not only because of the war in Afghanistan, but also because of the domestic struggle of the United States. The so-called black life is counting, and political correctness has hijacked American politics. Of course, China's rise is also an important reason for the weakening of the United States, and China's rise will inevitably erode American interests in the world.
No country in the world will last forever, and the United States is no exception. It is absolutely impossible for the United States to easily cede the hegemonic throne, and every time in history there has been a bloody alternation between the old and the new.
For the United States, China is now a more difficult adversary than the former Soviet Union. Compared with the former Soviet Union, China's population is larger, its mobilization ability is stronger, and its economic capacity is not at the same level. And China is a unified and united country, not a loose union of the former Soviet Union.
Now the United States is like the old man of Tianji in the novel "Amorous Swordsman Heartless Sword", although he holds the title of the number one in the world, he is honest and old, and he no longer has the courage and confidence to make a move. The United States is clear about its own strength, and there is no chance of winning against each other, so it can only use off-market tactics to encircle and block China.
Instigate India to constantly fight with China in the territory of southern Tibet, distract China's energy and consume China's national strength. The Philippines, Vietnam and other countries that are entangled in Southeast Asia on the South China Sea issue have constantly launched provocations against China, intending to drag Southeast Asian countries into the vortex of Sino-US confrontation.
On the Taiwan issue, in defiance of China's solemn protests, he talks about upholding the one-China principle and privately vigorously encourages the Taiwan independence forces to attempt to split China. It also continues to sell all kinds of weapons to Taiwan, constantly challenging China's bottom line. The intention is to provoke China to solve Taiwan by force, so that the United States can legitimately unite many allies to encircle and block China, and then drag China down.
In recent years, it has continuously launched trade wars and imposed various restrictions and penalties on Chinese companies. Cooperate with Europe and South Korea to launch control over China in the field of semiconductor chips. Recently, it has directly put pressure on OPPO Zheku chip company, making Zheku helpless to dissolve. However, this is a double-edged sword, hurting others and hurting themselves. John Neufer, president and CEO of the US semiconductor industry, said: China is the largest market for US semiconductors, and sanctions against China are not a good thing for US semiconductor companies.
Today's United States is just paying lip service to benevolence and morality, and intrigue and trickery in private. China no longer believes in any U.S. commitments. This is why the Chinese government has consistently refused to negotiate with the United States by phone. Moreover, the United States has been looking for dialogue with China, not to give in or solve the problem, but to see China's response after repeated provocations against China.
The United States is now a divided society, and the Democratic Party and the Republican Party are constantly fighting over various issues for their own interests. The inflation problem in the United States is serious, and the continuous interest rate hikes have not brought inflation down, but the banks of the United States have fallen first. The credibility of the dollar has been repeatedly trampled on, and de-dollarization has become a trend.
The assault of a fortress is easiest from the inside, and the decline of a powerful empire, the first problem must be internal, so no amount of conspiracies, no amount of extraneous tactics can avoid the decline of the United States.