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China has gone through many dynasties over the past 5,000 years, but the most controversial is the Qing Dynasty, which was the last dynasty of feudal rule.
With the decline of the Qing Dynasty, the traditional feudal imperial system also completely disappeared in the long river of history. In its place, the socialist countries and the people are the masters of their own affairs.
However, before the fall of the Qing Dynasty, there was indeed a prosperous period, with 23 vassal states, the most famous of which was Kanjuti.
Although it is a small country, it is the last vassal state of China, and more than 70 years ago it was still paying tribute, and even expressed its eternal support for China.
The last vassal state of China
Located on the border between Pakistan and Xinjiang, Kanjuti is a small country with deep ties to China, dating back as far back as the Tang Dynasty.
You must know that in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, the national strength was strong, and many surrounding countries began to gather to the Tang Dynasty, hoping to establish good economic and trade exchanges with the Tang Dynasty.
The Tang Dynasty also took this opportunity to greatly expand its territory and directly expanded its territory to Central Asia, and even parts of Afghanistan were once one of the Tang Dynasty's plates.
Through this situation, it is not difficult for us to see how strong the Tang Dynasty was at that time. It was precisely because of the strong national strength of the Tang Dynasty that it attracted the attention of Kanjuti.
So Kanjuti began to take the initiative to show favor to the Tang Dynasty, and in the 26th year of Qianlong, he officially became a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, paying tribute to the Tang Dynasty every year.
However, because the location of Kanjuti is too special, all dynasties have attached great importance to it. Especially in the Qing Dynasty, Kanjuti has been greatly developed.
When it learned that Kanjuti had been encircled and suppressed by foreign soldiers, the Qing government not only sent troops many times to help it resist external aggression, but also offered a large reward for it.
With the support of the Qing Dynasty, Kanjuti's economy, trade and national strength have also been greatly enhanced. But it is only a small country after all, so the value of the items paid annually is not very high.
Tribute is paid once every three years, and only one or two or five coins of dust gold are paid each time, and just such a small thing, it must be divided into 15 bags.
Although the value of the tribute paid by the younger brothers was not high, their intentions made the rulers extremely satisfied.
After receiving the tribute from Kanjuti, the government officials would also give them a number of silver, porcelain, and silk in return, the value of which was simply dozens of times the tribute.
In the eyes of the Qing government at that time, this method of low investment and high return was just a means for small countries to do business, so they did not care.
So that the relationship between the two parties is not good, nor can it be said bad. But in the 27th year of Daoguang, when the Qing Dynasty broke out in the Qihezhuo Rebellion, Kanjuti fought with the strength of the whole country to support it.
This also made Emperor Daoguang extremely satisfied with their performance, and even rewarded them with a village. However, after the outbreak of the Opium War, Kanjuti completely lost contact with the Qing government.
thought that Kanjuti would take this opportunity to completely break away from the control of the Qing government, but after Zuo Zongtang recovered Xinjiang, Kanjuti once again bowed to the Qing government.
Kanjuti ends the tribute
Although the king of Kanjuti has said more than once that he will unconditionally support China. However, with the gradual decline of the Qing government's national strength, the foreign powers also began to invade the Qing government.
In this case, Kanjuti also became a sweet spot in the eyes of the British Empire, and they began to launch a frenzied invasion of Kanjuti.
Although Kanjuti also asked the Qing government for support, the Qing government was already too busy to take care of itself at this time, and there was no extra troops to help Kanjuti.
In this way, Kanjuti soon became a colony of United Kingdom, but I did not expect Russia to set its sights on Kanjuti again, after all, Kanjuti is the strategic road connecting East Asia and West Asia.
If Kanjuti can be won, it will also be conducive to later expansion and development. This was followed by another invasion of Kanjuti by Russia.
Under the aggression of many countries, Kanjuti can only be ravaged by it, but it has not forgotten its identity as a state.
Even after the fall of the Qing government, Kanjuti was still known as a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, and paid tribute according to the previous tradition.
The last time Kanjuti paid tribute was in 1947, when the Qing government had long since fallen and was replaced by the Republic of China.
Although Kanjuti has always been nominally owned by China, in fact it has long been occupied by the United Kingdom, which also laid the foundation for the later territorial contradictions.
Since then, the government of the Republic of China has repeatedly tried to recover the territorial sovereignty of Kanjuti. But for various reasons, it was not done.
Why was it incorporated into Pakistan
Since then, Kanjuti has been annexed to Pakistan, so why was Kanjuti incorporated into Pakistan? It all started in 1947.
At that time, United Kingdom knew that it could no longer maintain the colonial system, so it separated Pakistan from India, hoping to intensify the conflict between India and Pakistan in this way.
This is the trigger for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and the main contradiction in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is the conflict over the territory, which is the Kashmir region.
Khanjuti is located in Kashmir, adjacent to Pakistan, which itself is part of India and is occupied by the United Kingdom.
Therefore, after layers of division, Kandjuti was included in the Pakistani plate. At that time, India had fierce conflicts with China, in addition to its contradictions with Pakistan.
India, with the backing of United States, has repeatedly violated the borders of the mainland, and when it could no longer bear it, China directly fought a war of self-defense and counterattack.
After this war, India's arrogance was finally extinguished, and after watching India deflated, Pakistan also began to take the initiative to show goodwill to the mainland.
As the saying goes, the enemy of an enemy is a friend, and this saying can also be successfully applied to the relationship between Pakistan and China.
With the improvement of Palestinian-Israeli relations, Pakistan has offered to return the Karakoram Corridor to the mainland. In return, the mainland also recognized Kandjuti's ownership of Pakistan.
Some people may feel that it is a bit too much of a loss to just submit Kanju out so casually. In fact, compared with the Karakoram Corridor, the latter is more important.
In addition, although Kanjuti has always regarded itself as a vassal state of China, he has never maintained a close relationship with Baotai, nor has he clarified his right to rule.
Therefore, it cannot be regarded as China's territory in the true sense of the word, and since it is not China's territory, it is understandable to return it to Pakistan.
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With the signing of the China-Pakistan Agreement in 1963, the question of the ownership of Kanjuti finally came to an end.
Today, Kanjuti has become the autonomous region of Hunza within Pakistan, and its friendly relations with China continue.
Resources:
[1] Pakistani media said that joint ventures with Chinese enterprises are valuable opportunities - Global Times
[2] UN report: Palestinians detained in the current round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict have been abused in various forms - Guangming.com