At this moment, Xia Yimo was completely confused. This contrasting atmosphere made her instantly confused as to what was going on with Ye Feng and this group of people. But this is not the most important thing. What is important is that Ye Feng actually worships the old man from Jiuzhou Library as his master. This is what he least expected. However, she knew her identity very well. She was not qualified to ask "what's going on", she was only qualified to know "what it was".
After all, is Ye Feng very close to you?
But when it comes to eating, it's naturally Ye Feng's turn to tell stories.
At this moment, Linglong suddenly asked Ye Feng: "Dad, you just said that those historical dynasties disappeared in less than 300 years. I thought at that time, why were the ancients so stupid and didn't they know how to learn lessons? If I become the emperor, I will definitely learn them. lesson."
Ye Feng glanced at Linglong, "You guys are all enjoying happiness, I'm the only one suffering, and I have to tell you a story, are you devils?" Are you going to join my demon king?
But Ye Feng finally thought about it and said: "Linglong, you are wrong to blame those ancients. Those ancients did not know how to learn lessons. Rulers of all generations have tried hard to learn from the experience and lessons of the previous dynasty's demise, and they have spared no effort. After all, who doesn’t want to be emperor and enjoy the throne for generations to come? But in the end, all failed without exception. This is not due to accidental factors, but because there is an irresistible inevitable law behind it."
"Regarding this situation, although Fang Xiaoru's "Contemplation Theory" of the Ming Dynasty is very good, it still has many historical limitations. After all, it is unreasonable to want a primitive man who drinks blood to drive a super sports car."
At this moment, Xia Yimo could generally understand the meaning of Ye Feng's words, but he couldn't understand some terms, such as "primitive man" and "sports car". In fact, the same goes for Xi Ruo and Mei Jiu.
Although Xia Yimo wanted to interrupt and ask for clarification at this time, she knew that she was not qualified. Xia Yimo thinks that Xiruo and himself are the same in this regard. After all, Ye Feng and the others are outsiders, while Xiruo and himself are natives.
But suddenly Xiruo raised her hand and asked: "Ye Feng, what does it mean for primitive people to drive super sports cars?"
Ye Feng said: "This is my hometown dialect. It means describing something is impossible."
"Oh." Xiruo said.
Xia Yimo looked at Xiruo with wide eyes. After a long time, she realized that she was the only one who was excluded. It turns out that Xiruo is different from him, at least Ye Feng is completely different in how he treats her differently.
Just listen to Ye Feng continue: "At the end of the Shang Dynasty, King Zhou pulled the army out to expand the territory, which left his hometown empty behind, and King Wu of Zhou stole his home. So the Zhou Dynasty learned the lesson of the Shang Dynasty, gathered the army to defend the high ground, and let The princes expanded their territory. As a result, hundreds of years later, the princes became bigger and neglected the Emperor of Zhou, and the Zhou Dynasty eventually fell.
"After Qin Shihuang wiped out the princes and unified the world, he believed that the demise of the Zhou Dynasty was due to the power of the princes, so he changed the feudal system to a system of prefectures and counties and used exiled officials to manage the place. He thought that in this way, the hidden dangers of civil strife could be eradicated. But he didn't know that these exiles Officials had no sense of family and country. Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty rose up in the countryside, and officials surrendered one after another. After all, they would still be officials if the emperor changed, so who would be stupid enough to risk their lives? In the end, the Qin Dynasty was overturned.
"In view of the lessons learned from the Qin Dynasty, the Han royal family believed that it was all due to their foreign surnames, so they enfeoffed their brothers, nephews and nephews as princes and destroyed all the princes with different surnames in Han Xin. They thought that the affection of their compatriots could replace the feelings of family and country and help the country together. In order not to cause chaos, a rule was set up for this reason: "No one with the surname Liu can be crowned king." In this way, even if there is a rebellion, the world will still be the one with the surname Liu. So the Seven Kingdoms were in chaos. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty realized that the old Liu family The people are unreliable. After all, relatives are relatives, and you are yourself. It is better to implement the Qin Dynasty system of prefectures and counties. So the Yangtze River gradually divided the lands of the princes and kings and weakened their power. Attack the Huns from outside, and push the Huns Establishing a foreign enemy to promote internal unity, and at the same time deposing hundreds of schools of thought to only respect Confucianism to establish a sense of family and country in society, to further consolidate internal rule and unity. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty thought that everything would be safe in this way.
"Unexpectedly, his relative Wang Mang eventually seized the throne of the Han family, leading to the destruction of the Western Han Dynasty.
"When it was time for the Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty to learn from the lessons of the previous dynasty, they were all deceived. The princes could not be trusted, the officials could not be trusted, and the relatives could not be trusted. He did not know who to trust. In the end, he chose to trust the eunuchs. After all, eunuchs were useless. Yes, there is no idea of glory and wealth for future generations. But the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty never thought that these people with physical disabilities were generally cruel in mind, and these eunuchs made the court a mess.
"After that, there were three kingdoms, two Jins and the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The world was in chaos and wars were raging. Cao Wei learned from the lessons of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the Western Jin Dynasty learned from the lessons of Cao Wei. Each learned from the lessons of its predecessors to take precautions, but they all perished in the end.
"The Sui Dynasty also followed the same old pattern, learning lessons and then perishing. In the Tang Dynasty, a new thing was created, which was the Jiedushi. In the end, the Jiedushi had too much power, so there was the An Lushan Anshi Rebellion. The Tang Dynasty was directly led by the Sheng Dynasty. Turn into decline.
"In the Song Dynasty, Song Taizu learned the lessons from the demise of all previous dynasties. First, the army was concentrated in the capital to prevent their families from being stolen. Secondly, large-scale imperial examinations were conducted to select officials, weakening the strength of established families, strictly prohibiting eunuchs from intervening in the harem, emphasizing civility over martial arts, and suppressing warriors. , wasn’t Yue Fei, the famous anti-Jin general of that era, beaten to death by a group of literati? Unfortunately, the emperor of the Song Dynasty forgot about external forces again and was destroyed by foreigners.
"Ignoring the Yuan Dynasty for the moment, let's talk about the Ming Dynasty. This time, the Ming Dynasty focused on defense against foreign forces. It changed the capital from Nanjing to Beijing and created the "Emperor Guards the Country." Two-in-one defense against foreigners. As a result, a fire broke out in the northwest backyard and was destroyed by Li Zicheng's rebel army.
"And the Qing Dynasty once again learned the lessons of all the previous dynasties. This time the effect was unprecedentedly good. It thought it could last for generations, but in the end because of its arrogance, foreigners were ahead in science and technology and were hit by dimensionality reduction. Hundreds of thousands of Qing troops Not being able to defeat tens of thousands of people would be a great disgrace to Hua Xia.
"So Linglong, it's not that the rulers of these dynasties didn't learn lessons, it's just that because of the limitations of historical vision, those lessons and reasons are just superficial reasons. They didn't foresee the underlying reasons, or even if they did, they Nothing can be changed.
Linglong said: "What is the deep-seated reason?"
Ye Feng said: "There are three reasons:
1. At the end of the dynasty, there were serious land annexations and a bottom-up peasant uprising;
Second, it is a high-level coup of the ruling class, a top-down change of power:
3. Invasion of foreign nations;
Moreover, the above three points can all be attributed to the human nature of the human heart. "
