I watched Er Chuang’s short video, and everything went numb!

【If we say that consanguineous marriage was the main reason for the short life of the Eastern Han emperor,】

【Then, the following Eastern Han emperors ascended the throne prematurely and got married prematurely, which was definitely the direct cause.】

【Most of the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty ascended the throne as teenagers. It is very rare for them to survive until adulthood.】

【Basically, they ascend the throne as young children or even babies.】

【This led to a very outrageous result. After ascending to the throne, these kindergarten emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty had to start selecting concubines before they were adults, and then get married and have children.】

【For a child whose body is not fully developed, it is particularly bad for the body to consider getting married and having children too early.】

"Is it harmful to the woman to give birth early? It doesn’t seem to have a big impact on men."

"Reply - Yes, giving birth early is very harmful to the woman's body."

"Why was it so difficult for women to have children in ancient times? In addition to backward medical care, it was definitely related to the early age of childbearing. Giving birth to children at the age of fifteen or sixteen was simply outrageous."

"Reply - There is no way, ancient people didn’t understand this, and they didn’t know that women were only fit to have children after they were at least twenty years old."

"Reply - The ancients didn't understand too much. Not only is it not good to have children too early, but it is also bad to have children continuously. For example, Queen Changsun, if she had not given birth to children too frequently, she would not have died so early."

"……"

Many women in the past dynasties were shocked when they saw these barrages.

They really don't understand this knowledge.

The plane of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin was stunned.

He really didn't know that frequent childbirth would cause harm to women.

Otherwise, he would definitely not let Empress Changsun give birth so frequently.

"I found out too late."

Li Shimin sighed deeply in his heart, full of regret.

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【The next reason that led to the short life of the Eastern Han emperor was that relatives, eunuchs and nobles competed for the highest power and controlled the government.】

【This caused the emperor, who was at the center of the three-party struggle, to live in a high-pressure environment for a long time, which also seriously affected the emperor's health.】

【Just imagine, a child who is only a teenager or even a few years old faces a group of people who have evil intentions towards him and lives in fear every day. In such an environment, if he can live longer, it would be abnormal.】

【Another point is that almost none of these short-lived emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty were raised by their biological mothers.】

【Many young emperors were taken away from their biological mothers when they were young and given to the queen or queen mother to raise. However, their biological mothers were lucky enough to survive, but if they were not lucky, they were killed directly.】

【Without the support and companionship of his biological mother, a child grows up alone in the palace. This kind of environment is obviously not suitable for healthy growth.】

【The combination of the above reasons is the reason why the life span of the Eastern Han emperors was generally short.】

"Another reason is that the medical level in ancient times was really poor, far worse than modern times."

"Reply - Indeed, many serious and terminal diseases in ancient times are nothing in modern times."

"Reply - Yes, imperial doctors only have relatively higher medical skills, but many diseases cannot be cured."

"……"

Many ancient people in the past dynasties saw these barrages and couldn't help but envy the people of the Dragon Kingdom in later generations. really.

The doctors of the Dragon Kingdom in later generations, also known as doctors in later generations, were too powerful.

He was actually able to treat patients with miraculous methods such as craniotomy and heart transplantation.

It’s incredible!

With such powerful doctors here, if people in the Dragon Kingdom fall ill in future generations, they will naturally get better treatment.

Not just ordinary people throughout the ages.

Even the emperors who enjoyed the best medical conditions in ancient times were extremely envious.

Their medical skills were far inferior to those of later generations of doctors from the Dragon Kingdom.

【Okay, that’s it for this video, see you next time. 】

After the video has finished playing.

The hearts of ancient people throughout the dynasties could not be calm for a long time.

The content of the video about consanguineous marriage had a huge impact on their inherent concepts.

Some people believe it, some people don't.

Those who believed it decided to prevent incest marriages from happening in their families in the future. in.

There are some emperors.

It is a matter of life and death for one's descendants.

Of course they should take it to heart. and.

Some emperors who believed in what the giant screen said were even considering whether to imitate the Dragon Kingdom of later generations and issue laws prohibiting the marriage of close relatives to the people of the world in the name of the court.

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In the giant screen high in the sky.

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【An ideological war that lasted for thousands of years - the tampered Pre-Qin school of thought】

【In ancient Chinese history, in addition to the changes in imperial power and dynasties, there was also an ideological struggle that lasted for thousands of years.】

【Today we are going to talk about this issue】

【In traditional agricultural societies, due to low production efficiency and relatively limited information, there is an upper limit to the territory that a single country can rule.】

【Once the territory exceeds the limit, communication cannot be achieved】

【Long-term information isolation will turn the border into a grazing land. 】

The plane of Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.

After Zhu Yuanzhang read this preface, he thought of a sentence said by later generations that he had seen from the giant screen in the sky:

"The imperial power did not go to the countryside, which was an important basis for the existence of the gentry group."

This sentence.

The imperial power did not go to the countryside. To put it another way, the imperial power could not go to the countryside.

It was not that they did not want to, but that they could not do it.

The problem of slow dissemination of information due to occlusion also existed in the Ming Dynasty.

The harm to the gentry group , Zhu Yuanzhang was not ignorant in his heart.

But, he also knew that he must borrow the power of the gentry group in order to manage the people at the bottom

"It would be great if there was a magical thing called a mobile phone in future generations that could transmit sounds thousands of miles away."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought of the scene he had seen on the giant screen: two people in different places, but they could talk in real time through the magical object of a mobile phone, and they could also see each other's situation in real time.

With this thing, the speed of news spread is so fast. It can be greatly improved.

Just imagine.

Each of the royal guards in the imperial court has a mobile phone and can report the situation in various places at any time.

Then the imperial court can directly grasp the situation in various places at any time.

Is it difficult? The imperial court's control over various places will be greatly enhanced.

"It's a pity that Ming Dynasty cannot manufacture this mobile phone."

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed in his heart, feeling very regretful.

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【Therefore, in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, even if the emperor's kingdom and the vassal states had formed an absolute gap in strength, they could only adopt the enfeoffment model.】

【That is to say, the emperor distributed the territory to other princes, and each princely state became independent and self-governing, in order to reduce the pressure on management.】

【If you want countries to achieve autonomy, you must retain their military, administrative and land management rights. However, retaining these rights cannot avoid the hidden dangers of feudal separatism.】

【What kind of system should be chosen to solve the shortcomings of enfeoffing princes is a difficult problem faced by pre-Qin thinkers, including the subsequent struggles of various schools of thought, which also aimed to solve this problem.】

【At this point, a key figure is introduced, the Prime Minister Zhou Gongdan of the Western Zhou Dynasty. After he discovered the shortcomings of the enfeoffment system, he added a set of rituals and music systems based on this model.】

【The general idea is to formulate different standards and norms of rituals and music according to the hierarchical order of the emperor, princes, Qing officials and subjects. The purpose is to completely cut off the legitimacy of the princes usurping the throne from the entire social system.】

【In fact, it is to help society reach a consensus:"The emperor is the son of God. No matter how powerful the princes are, they cannot usurp or claim to be the emperor!""】

"Isn’t this what class solidification means?"

"It is too simple to think of using moral norms to solve the hidden dangers of feudal separatism."

"…………"

The plane of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin was attracted by one of the many barrages:

"According to our current words, etiquette is actually rules and regulations, similar to today's legal system, while music is a tool of public opinion, conveying rules to society in the form of music and art, influencing people's thinking, and prompting people to act according to etiquette. A two-pronged approach to ensure social stability."

He found this explanation by later generations quite interesting.

It coincided with his thoughts.

He also believed that promoting rituals and music would help maintain social stability and enable people to live and work in peace and contentment.

To this end, he also issued an edict to establish the Taipei Palace. Chang Temple and Guang Lu Temple are two institutions responsible for the construction of the national ritual and music system and the supervision and management of music affairs.

Of course, he attaches great importance to ritual and music. It is not like Zhou Gongdan who hopes to use it as a fundamental system and means to maintain national stability..

But it is an auxiliary means.

Because fundamentally, he feels that the fate of a country is determined by culture, Taoism and military strategy.

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【But morality can often only regulate those who abide by it!】

【The reason why all countries obeyed the Zhou rites was entirely because of the strength of the Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, when this strength declined, it would naturally enter the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.】

【During this period, local princes continued to fight, the people at the bottom were miserable, and many new problems began to emerge.】

【Zhou Gongdan’s set of solutions no longer works and a new solution is needed】

【As a result, hundreds of schools of thought began to appear one after another and put forward their own solutions.】

【The plan given by Taoism is to govern by inaction; the plan given by Confucianism is to deny oneself and restore etiquette; the plan given by Mohism is to love all but not to attack; and the plan given by Legalism is to enrich the country, strengthen its military, and rule the country by law.】

【In addition, there are some relatively extreme thinkers】

【For example, Yang Zhu advocates valuing oneself and doing things without plucking or taking a cent. For another example, Zou Zi proposed the concept of Yin Yang and Five Elements, advocating that everyone should adapt to the changes in the world and not mess with God.】

"A hundred schools of thought contend, the first explosion of ideas in Chinese history!"

"A hundred flowers are blooming, it feels wonderful just thinking about it"

"An era of great ideological collision"

"…………"

Many people in the past dynasties looked at the numerous barrages and were quite surprised.

They did not expect that future generations would admire the contention of a hundred schools of thought so highly.

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【After constant trial and error by various countries, in the late Warring States period, the four major schools of Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, and Law gradually entered the finals.】

【In the end, the Qin State, which was the most successful in promoting Legalist ideas, unified the world, established the Qin Dynasty, and adopted the county system to break the upper limit of governance territory in traditional agricultural societies.】

【Immediately afterwards, the Qin Dynasty unified writing, currency, weights and measures, and established the first centralized empire in Chinese history.】

"Brother Zheng is awesome!"

"Just by relying on Brother Zheng to unify China, he deserves the title of one emperor through the ages."

"The unification of these three has made a huge contribution"

"…………"

The Qin Dynasty.

After the death of Qin Shihuang.

The officials of Great Qin were very moved.

The remnants of the Six Kingdoms have been slandering their Majesty as a tyrant.

But later generations have given His Majesty a fair evaluation.

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【In our opinion, Qin Shihuang called this unification】

【But for those vassal states that have lasted for thousands of years, the Qin system was the murderer of their country's destruction. That's why Xiang Yu inherited the enfeoffment after destroying Qin, and ended up hastily withdrawing within four years.】

【Later, Liu Bang believed that the problem with the feudal system was the identity of the princes and kings, so he purged kings with different surnames and distributed the fiefdoms to his descendants. As a result, there was another Seven Kingdoms Rebellion in which the princes rebelled, causing the descendants of the Liu surname to kill each other.】

"..Liu Bang established a system in which the county system and the feudal system coexisted." (To read exciting novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

"Liu Bang's enfeoffment of the king with the same surname was only a partial enfeoffment. The central areas and important areas under the jurisdiction of the central government were not enfeoffed. In fact, it can be said that it was a trap of enfeoffment, but in essence it still inherited the county bureaucracy of the Qin Dynasty."

"Reply——But even so, something went wrong with the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion."

"Reply - There is no way, enfeoffment and centralization will definitely conflict"

"Reply - Liu Bang's arrangement was not ineffective at all. When the Lu family attempted to conspire to seize power, the forces of the princes and kings combined with the heroes in the court to suppress the Lu family."

"…………"

The plane of the Great Han Emperor.

Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, looked at the giant screen in the sky and was extremely shocked. obviously.

Many of his arrangements went awry.

Not only did the Lu family become disobedient, but the princes and princes also rebelled.

In particular, the princes and kings would rebel, which he had not expected.

He originally thought that an important reason for the demise of the Qin Dynasty was that Qin Shihuang did not ennoble his sons as princes and kings, and all of them stayed in Xianyang. As a result, they were all killed by Hu Hai, the second emperor of Qin.

Therefore, when the people of the world rebelled against Qin, Da Qin had no help.

And he assigned his sons and brothers to be kings in various places, hoping that one day, if the Han Dynasty encountered such a situation, the princes and kings with the same surname and blood relationship would raise troops to maintain the rule of the Han Dynasty.

But he never thought that although the helper he envisioned would be effective, it would also become the source of rebellion.[]

This forced him to rethink whether his arrangements were appropriate.

Liu Bang sat on the chair and fell into thinking.

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【The above is the line of struggle from the pre-Qin to the early Han Dynasty, and it has nothing to do with Confucianism.】

【And when did Confucianism appear?】

【After Liu Bang conquered the country, he rewarded his subordinates according to the twenty-level military merit system. The highest was called a prince, and the lowest was called a public servant.】

【The public servant can also be allocated at least 2,500 square meters of homeland and 150 (Li Hao) 0 acres of farmland.】

"Liu Bang did not change at that time. Later, in order to avoid the imperial taboo of Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he changed the name of Chehou to Liehou."

"There is a saying that this twenty-level military merit system is very useful. It made the Qin Dynasty strong in military force and also made the people in the early Han Dynasty full of martial virtue."

"Reply – indeed. The rewards for high-level military meritorious service were so generous that everyone was vying to become a Marquis of Ten Thousand Households. The title of Marquis became the highest pursuit of the Han people at that time."

"Reply - It's a pity that Great Qin hadn't discovered the Western Region at that time. Otherwise, if it had expanded there, the twenty-level military merit system would have been able to operate smoothly."

"…………"

Qin Dynasty

"The land of the Western Region?"

"My goal doesn't stop there!"

Qin Shihuang thought as he looked at the barrages in the giant screen.

After getting the world map from the giant screen and truly understanding the vastness of the world, his goal was not just the Western Region.

He wanted the Great Qin Cavalry to go there Further away!

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【These people who were allocated land were the first batch of noble families in the feudal dynasty.】

【They annexed large amounts of land and evaded taxes, resulting in a serious divide between rich and poor in the country. The national treasury became increasingly empty and the national strength declined significantly.】

【Especially during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there were intrusions from the Xiongnu outside and hidden dangers from the princes inside. The entire empire had become strong on the outside and weak on the inside, so Dong Zhongshu proposed the"land restriction system" in order to curb the development of the gentry.】

【But whether it is fighting against the gentry, conquering the Xiongnu, or cleaning up the princes, we must first ensure that the emperor has absolute power.】

【But only Legalism, which advocated"centralization", could help the emperor solve practical problems. However, the original intention of the establishment of the Han Dynasty was to eliminate the Qin Dynasty, which admired Legalism. There was an incompatible relationship between them.】

【then what should we do?】

【Transform Confucianism and then only respect Confucianism!】

"A major event has arrived"

"This laid the overall pattern of China’s future thinking."

"…………"Mai"

Many ancients before the Great Han Dynasty Emperor Wu, after seeing these barrages, realized in their hearts that what the giant screen was going to say next was very important.