The black robe said thoughtfully: "Yes, the Qin State not only ended the Zhou Dynasty for eight hundred years, but also completely changed the pattern of the Zhou Emperor, allowing the princes to pay tribute and nominally submit to the Zhou Emperor.
, it became a unified, centralized dynasty state, replacing those princes with the system of prefectures and counties. This can be said to be a groundbreaking initiative, something that had never happened before in the thousands of years from ancient times to pre-Qin Dynasty."
Doupeng sneered and said: "That's because before that, Shang Yang first carried out reforms for nearly two hundred years, which greatly strengthened the centralization of power in the Qin State. It turned out that many of these people who were originally slaves and lower-class tribesmen were barbarians.
, they originally did not have the qualifications to join the army and gain wealth through military service, but Shang Yang’s reform allowed
These people had the possibility to strive for wealth and honor, and the military merit system clarified the reward and punishment mechanism, so that everyone in the Qin State was happy to hear the war, and they only obeyed the orders of the country and the king, and no longer had to obey the previous management and rule of them.
The nobles and landowners, this is the reason why the Qin State was able to quickly centralize power and conquer the six countries."
"Qin Shihuang's plan to destroy the six kingdoms, unite the four seas, move cars on the same track, and write in the same text was a pioneering work, but it allowed the entire Central China region to become a country directly under the jurisdiction of the central government for the first time, including its system of prefectures and counties.
It can be said that compared with the previous feudal princes, it is a great initiative, but after all, it is still the establishment of
On the basis of Shang Yang's reforms, it's just that if even savages and slaves become official citizens of the country, then the previous method of human sacrifices will no longer be possible. I don't think the evil gods will either.
Allow this to happen, although this kind of centralized state should suit their appetite."
The ancestor laughed: "What Master Doupeng said makes sense. The evil gods used to hope that a unified country would have powerful kings who would fight everywhere and provide them with enough souls to enjoy, but they did not hope
Like the previous organ empire that was wiped out by the flood, this country can really pose a threat to the gods in the heavens, so every few dozen or so
In a hundred years, the evil gods also need a dynasty change to destroy the established dynasty and replace it with a new dynasty to rule. On the one hand, they can enjoy a lot of souls from the chaos in the world and the unintentional death of a large number of people.
On the other hand, they do not want the dynasty on earth to be too unified and powerful, posing a threat to them in heaven."
"So the good and the evil have always been able to reach a consensus on this point. The righteous Taoist immortals need a stable dynasty to provide them with incense and the aura of heaven and earth for hundreds of years, and the evil gods also need such a dynasty.
Provide them with sacrificial souls to enjoy, but once the foundation of this dynasty is deep, people in the world only know the emperor, not the emperor.
When they worship the gods, they will use various means, either to allow barbarians from all directions to invade, or to cause the dynasty to perish due to civil strife, and then find a new dynasty to replace it. This is what has been repeated countless times before the Qin Dynasty.
In history, with the exception of the time when Shang Dynasty defeated Zhou Xing Dynasty, which was regarded as a battle to confer gods, all other changes in dynasties were like this."
Speaking of this, the ancestor's eyes flashed coldly: "But the good and evil gods in heaven still missed one point, that is, the Zhou Dynasty was founded on the planting and identification of grains. This is what distinguishes the Zhou tribe from the
One thing that is common to all previous dynasties is that the ancestors of the Zhou tribe were first agricultural officials in the Yao Dynasty, and also held the position of agriculture minister in the Xia Dynasty. Later, the Xia Dynasty experienced civil strife.
, Taikang lost the country, and the Zhou tribe also fled, staying with the barbarians for hundreds of years, and even lost their traditional farming skills. It is precisely for this reason that the Taoist immortals believe that the Zhou tribe belongs to the descendants of China, but it is also a way of life.
Barbarianization and tribalization are perfectly suitable to replace the Shang Dynasty, which originated from Dongyi, and it is also consistent with the theory of the replacement of the Five Elements."
"But they didn't expect that when the Zhou tribe became the Fang Kingdom of the Shang Dynasty and settled in Zhouyuan, they picked up the farming skills again. With a stable territory and the protection of the Shang Dynasty army, the Zhou tribe could no longer
No longer afraid of being attacked by the Xirong Qiang people, they relied on farming and achieved stable output. In addition, they defeated the surrounding Quanrong tribes and captured a large number of prisoners. In addition to handing most of them to the Shang Dynasty for human sacrifice, the rest
also became Zhou
This made the Zhou tribe's territory larger and larger, and finally it became a big prince. Although the Shang Dynasty began to react and killed several Zhou Bos in a row in order to suppress the development of the Zhou tribe, the Zhou tribe still endured it.
Instead of taking revenge for the murder of his own emperor, he secretly formed alliances with the various princes, organized his troops, waited for the opportunity, and prepared for total revenge against the Shang Dynasty. During this process, some Taoist immortals supported the Zhou tribe behind the scenes.
"
Doupeng's eyes widened and he said in surprise: "Is the Taoist Immortal starting to support the Zhou tribe at this time? Could it be said that the righteous Taoist Immortal also has sects and organizations like the Tiandao Alliance?"
The ancestor said solemnly: "All Taoist sects can be said to be such righteous organizations for cultivating immortals. Like us, they also set up sects, recruit followers, and want to cultivate immortality. Of course, they do not rely on the same methods as us.
There are many forbidden arts and human sacrifices to practice. This is the difference between good and evil. Like the Tao of Heavenly Master,
Taiping Dao can actually be regarded as a branch handed down from these Taoist sects. However, the vast majority of these righteous sects are not involved in the world. Many of them are hidden in the mountains, forming secluded huts and absorbing the knowledge between heaven and earth.
You can practice spiritual energy, or collect rare and rare herbs to refine elixirs."
The black robe sneered and said: "Yes, in fact, I have seen several ascetic sects that are dedicated to practice. They also have many spells and can even create various enchantments and mazes at the entrance of the practice cave. It is difficult for mortals to
The young man who found them, like Lan Ke, actually met such a sect of immortal cultivators. It is said that one day in the mountains lasts decades in the world. In this way, they have also mastered the secret method of changing the speed of time."
The ancestor sighed: "Yes, if you can control the speed of time, you can live forever or die quickly, or even worse, you can travel back and forth to the past life and the future, know the origin of heaven and earth, and know the origin of billions.
In the world ten thousand years from now, this ability is really terrifying. We evil gods and ancestors are so poor.
After tens of thousands of years, no solution has been found, but some righteous Taoist immortals seem to have begun to have this ability. In the Battle of the Gods, this is the reason why our Tiandao Alliance and Dashang lost. We
I have analyzed it before, maybe Liu Yu has the secret to cracking time." (End of Chapter)