Chapter: 44

Jiang Xinghuo said slowly: "The so-called dynasty, the earliest record in the history books is the Xia Dynasty. After Dayu controlled the floods, he passed the throne to his son Qi. From then on, for thousands of years, most of the dynasty's power was passed down from father to son, that is, The so-called 'family world'."

After talking about this paragraph, Jiang Xinghuo asked a question: "Then, why before Xia, there were no dynasties, only the tribal leaders in ancient times?"

After thinking briefly, Zhu Gaoxu obviously didn't immediately come up with an answer to this question that he had never thought about before.

Jiang Xinghuo's question did not expect him to give any answer at all, it was just a habit left by his previous teacher.

"In ancient times, the population on the land of China was not so large, and the tribes were relatively independent, owning their own land and not interfering with each other. With the development of agricultural planting technology, the population began to increase... Pay attention to this, and we will also It will be mentioned that every advancement in agricultural planting technology will have a direct impact on social formation."

"We went on to say that after the population surge, the tribes began to open up more land in order to support more and more people, and as the land was opened up, the tribes began to contact each other, and finally united under the drive of interests. It became an alliance of tribes with different standpoints, which led to the 'Battle of Zhuolu' between the Yellow Emperor and Chi You."

Hearing this, Dao Yan couldn't help being a little dazed.

The battle of Zhuolu was rooted in the advancement of planting technology?

Dao Yan's sitting posture began to relax from being casual, and unconsciously became a little upright.

And Zhu Di couldn't help showing a smile when he saw the change of Dao Yan's sitting posture.

Zhu Di thought of the scene when he listened to Jiang Xinghuo's lecture for the first time. It seemed that he never sat casually with disdain, and became attracted by words to sit upright.

Jiang Xinghuo seems to have a magical power.

On the other side of the wall, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but interjected: "Mr. Jiang, I seem to understand that it is inevitable to go from a tribal alliance to a dynasty."

"Yes, you are very clever."

After Jiang Xinghuo praised the students with a slight nod, he continued: "After the Battle of Zhuolu, with the passage of time, the original tribal alliances could not adapt to the development of productivity, and began to organize into a more complex social structure, so the dynasty emerged. .”

"Then, Mr. Jiang, since the tribal alliance formed the dynasty, why was the first dynasty founded by Yu who was successful in water control, instead of the Yellow Emperor who won the battle of Zhuolu?"

"In fact, the reason is very simple. It is the development of the 'productivity' I just mentioned."

Afraid that the other party would not understand, Jiang Xinghuo further explained: "You can temporarily understand 'productivity' as 'the ability to grow food', because in the period before and after the establishment of the Xia Dynasty, the level of productivity at that time reached a level that could The level of supporting a large number of rentiers who are not engaged in production."

Dao Yan muttered to himself: "Productivity, temporarily understood as 'the ability to grow food'?"

From the bottom of his heart, Dao Yan, who presumably prides himself on knowing everything about Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, would not bow his head to anyone in terms of resourcefulness and talent.

Even if the other party is a talented person in the world, a literary master, a great Confucian of a generation... Dao Yan doesn't take him seriously.

This is the pride of Dao Yan, and it has never been broken for decades.

However, Jiang Xinghuo's simple sentence today made Dao Yan have a little doubt about himself.

If it is said that Jiang Xinghuo's previous plan about cutting down feudal clans and other things only made Dao Yan think that he was slightly inferior in a certain specific plan, but was completely crushed in other aspects.

So the current sentence "productivity is the ability to grow food" made Dao Yan truly, for the first time in his heart, regard Jiang Xinghuo as a resourceful man who could be compared with himself.

There is no other reason. Only a wise man at the level of Dao Yan can realize how subtle this sentence is!

Small words and great righteousness!

On the other side of the wall, Jiang Xinghuo's lecture continued: "The rentier class, that is, nobles, soldiers, wizards, etc., is the first time that society has separated a large number of people who are not directly engaged in food production and collection. Classes are also classes that inevitably appear as social division of labor. Some people are in charge of ruling, some are in charge of defense, and some are in charge of belief, and only then did the initial dynasty be formed.”

"Of course, the dynasty didn't start with the succession system of brother to brother and father to death. Before the establishment of the Xia Dynasty, the ancestors also tried the abdication system."

"As for why the inheritance system replaced the abdication system, it is easier to understand why the succession system has become the home world of the dynasty in the future. Whoever sits in the position of emperor will willingly think that his son will not inherit the throne and go back home to farm? ?”