He Lanmin's heart was surging, and she clapped her hands unconsciously and said: "Well said, very well said, Liu Yu, I only know today what you mean when you say that everyone is equal and everyone is like a dragon. People only have
Don't fear ghosts and gods. Only by believing in yourself can you unleash your greatest energy and not be like a walking zombie.
I have lived like this. I used to be the kind of killer who completely accepted other people's instructions and even had to be controlled by others to eat and drink. But only I became an apostle and could stand alone. After I hoped to become a god, all my enthusiasm,
Creativity comes into play. You said everyone is like a dragon, so that's it."
Liu Yu nodded and said seriously: "Yes, if a person just rents other people's land and works for others, no matter how hard and tired he works, he can only leave a little food and live a hungry life.
How could he have the motivation to work hard when he had a full meal? How could he think about farming all day long?
In order to produce more food, in ancient times, slaves, in order to work less, those slaves would even deliberately damage production tools, break farm tools, injure or even poison cattle. Because of all their labor and efforts,
All the blood and sweat you shed will be taken away by others in the end, and nothing will be left."
"So the era of farmers in later generations will be far better than the era of slaves, because farmers cultivate the land. Logically speaking, after paying taxes, what is left is theirs. If you plant more, you will get more, if you plant less, you will get less, so your enthusiasm will be much higher.
, This is why the feudal era, with farmers as the main productive force, had much higher output than the previous slave era, and this feudal era's replacement of the slave era is also a historical necessity."
He Lanmin murmured: "Feudal era, slave era? I seem to have never heard of this statement. Even your Four Books and Five Classics of the Central Plains have not mentioned it. Is this also your historical opinion?"
Liu Yu suddenly understood. These historical definitions in later generations were still unknown in this era. He Lanmin probably only knew the differences between grassland nomadism and Central Plains farming. What is slavery and feudalism?
Ah, primitive society, as well as the era divisions of capitalism and communism, are completely incomprehensible and can only be described in language that she can understand.
So Liu Yu cleared his throat and said: "Feudalism is actually about enfeoffing territory and establishing a country. This is what the princes say, and you prairie people should also understand it."
He Lanmin nodded: "Yes, since ancient times, the emperor has replaced the herdsmen, and then divided the Kyushu. Oh, no, not just the Kyushu, even the Huangfu outside the Kyushu are also enfeoffed, just like the Tuoba tribe
, the grandson of Huangdi
, was enfeoffed in the Daxianbei Mountains and Gaxian Cave area in the wild land, and our ancestors of the Helan family were also enfeoffed by Emperor Yan and Huangdi. However, we have been nomadic on the grasslands, first in the Helan Mountain area, so we got this
What’s the name?”
Liu Yu smiled and nodded: "Yes, but this kind of dividing feudal countries and becoming princes is not the difference between slavery and feudalism as I just mentioned. The feudal system I am talking about is actually the county system in the Central Plains.
, and from a political system perspective, the vast majority provide production and farming
Those who work, their identity is farmers, not slaves, and those who are enfeoffed are not princes, but all the land in the world for the people to farm, let them build their own families, pay taxes to the country, and after paying the taxes
, the rest is your own, this is what I call feudalism."
He Lanmin's eyes widened: "You mean, this feudalism is for ordinary people. They are no longer slaves, but citizens of the country. They cannot be like slave owners and adults who can kill and seize slaves.
Right."
Liu Yu said seriously: "Yes, in the era of slavery, including your grassland tribes, there were a large number of slaves. The adults and chiefs of the tribe could kill and buy and sell slaves of the tribe at will. Of course, compared with the ancient times,
In the pre-Qin period, it was much better than the horrible practice of slaughtering slaves as animals at will, and even using hundreds of thousands of slaves to sacrifice ancestors, ghosts and gods. Thinking about such a world is like hell, I think
I don’t know how people at that time survived.”
He Lanmin sighed: "On our grasslands, the attacks and killings between tribes are also very scary. Sometimes after capturing the entire tribe of the other party, they will kill men on wheels, even if they are taller than a cart.
All the boys must be killed, and the women, as new tribesmen, will bear children for their tribes. This is the old custom of many tribes. However, on the grassland, where the weak eat the strong, no one can guarantee that they will always be strong.
It will fail. If you do this kind of wheel slashing too much, other tribes will regard this tribe as a devil and either completely surrender or join forces to deal with them. Once it fails, it will be doomed."
Liu Yu said seriously: "So, the reason why our Zhou tribe in the Central Plains, the Zhou Dynasty, began to practice benevolence and righteousness, ushered in the era of mankind, and put an end to the old traditions of ghosts, gods, ancestors, and human sacrifices was because they knew that benevolence and righteousness would not be practiced
And the offensive and defensive forces are different. If you do everything too ruthlessly, you will make countless enemies, and you will suffer the consequences sooner or later. Therefore, the creation of the Zhou Dynasty was not only the beginning of benevolence and righteousness, but also the beginning of the Zhou rites. It also officially put an end to the evil customs of human sacrifice to ghosts and gods. From then on,
, the feudal era has truly begun. Most of the people in the world are no longer slaves who can be slaughtered at will like animals. They are no longer used as sacrifices to the evil gods. They are the people of the dynasty and must be protected.
The object of that.”
He Lanmin sighed: "I kind of understand how you Central Plains people formed this custom. In the past, we grassland people often laughed at you Central Plains people for being weak and easy to bully, and not willing to grudges. Now it seems that it is us who are at fault."
Gaining advantage and harm, the result of gratification is to constantly create enemies. Once it fails, it will destroy the family and the entire clan. I have already tasted this feeling, but it is a pity that I understood it too late. The Helan tribe is no longer there, but
, my eldest brother still brought tens of thousands of people to join the Jin Dynasty. Liu Yu, you said that they are the subjects of the feudal dynasty and are no longer slaves in the slave era. I hope you can do what you say, treat them kindly, and treat them well.
Become the same people as the people of the Jin Dynasty, instead of just using them as military households, using them on the battlefield, and consuming them."
Liu Yu said seriously: "Of course I will do this, but this requires me to disband the Helan tribe in the future. It will no longer be led by your eldest brother or you. I will organize them into households and integrate the people into Helan tribes."
Like farmers in Jin, people who farm and fish, are you willing?" (End of Chapter)