Crossover in the Anime World

The inheritance system is very important and can determine many things. Because whether or not you can inherit energy determines everyone's way of thinking.

Even in religion, the inheritance system is full of intrigues. There are many cases about inheritance in Buddhism. The most famous one is that the Sixth Patriarch Huineng inherited the robe and bowl. In the end, in order to avoid being hunted down, he hid for ten years before he dared to come out to preach.

For the nobles, who gets the resources is a matter of life and death. And a stable inheritance system is also an advantage that the nobles desperately strive for.

In Western Europe, the king also wanted to implement the eldest son inheritance system, but it didn't work. The nobles disagreed, and the bastards didn't agree. And the legend in the market is that the Rothschild family is the eldest son inheritance system, usually the eldest son inherits all the property, and then the bastard is thrown abroad to open a bank.

The eldest son inherits all the property and becomes the eldest son, and then the bastard goes out to open up a small clan. In the pioneering period, it is indeed appropriate for the eldest son to inherit everything and the bastard to go out and fight.

But when there is no more land, the eldest son represents the eldest clan and becomes a thorn in the eyes of the small clan. At this time, if the eldest son inherits everything again, the small clan will have no livelihood, so the inferior will become the mainstream.

It is undeniable that the eldest son's inheritance is really suitable for expansion. The minor clans were driven out to make a living on their own. As long as there is space, they will naturally develop crazily. Therefore, when the Zhou Dynasty was at its busiest, there were more than 140 vassal states, and there were many families in them. The major and minor clans were complicated.

But in the end, they still went to the Enfeoffment Order, because the expansion on land had ended and there was no more land. If a new inheritance system is not proposed, the unrest will not stop. Finally, the Enfeoffment Order appeared, but the problem also came. After the Enfeoffment Order, the family could not be dispersed. It could not be a generation of relatives, two representatives, and three generations. The nobles needed new cohesion.

So the recommendation system was also widely accepted. As long as the nobles held official positions, there was still a way to cohere. Moreover, the inheritance of positions broke the boundaries of bloodline, and the nobles could also ensure that official positions were only circulated among a few large families through marriage, forming a wealthy family of the upper three grades.

In short, the change of the inheritance system will also change the thinking of those who control resources. Simply put, how should people who already control resources maintain their status while ensuring their own safety.

This is like a fantasy novel. A family has a strong foundation and many talents. How can the protagonist kill them? Generally speaking, the family will have the gourd baby save the grandfather, kill the grandson and then the son, kill the son and then the grandfather, and finally the protagonist will kill them one by one, and in this process the protagonist has adventures and constantly gains new power.

Novels are novels, so what about reality? How can the small clan defeat the big clan head-on? It also requires adventures, such as the discovery of iron ore on the land of the small clan, which quickly becomes rich and surpasses the big clan in strength. What if there is no adventure? Then you can only use dishonorable means to defeat the big clan.

And even if there is an adventure, how should the small clan that has become the big clan face the small clan without adventure? It is impossible for the big clan to voluntarily hand over its resources, which is the same as suicide, so if it does not commit suicide, it can only be killed by him.

So the Enfeoffment Order and the Recommendation System were carried out in parallel, and finally solved the problem of the big clan. The big clan divided the resources, but there was still a way to continue to maintain its status, that is, to be a filial son and grandson, control the official position, and the status can be stable.

And the small clan got the family property, and at the same time they could also work hard to be a filial son, and they also had the opportunity to be recommended.

Everyone was satisfied. The emperor got talents, the big clan was guaranteed, and the small clan got resources for survival. It was a win-win situation for all three.

Moreover, something as virtual as an official position can break through the restrictions of property and unite more people. In the past, people could support as many retainers as they had property, but now they can break through the upper limit and let the small clan with property actively come closer.

Inheriting property is no longer the most important thing, but inheriting official positions is the most important thing. They are no longer blood nobles, but clans. So there was the Nine-Rank System, but this isolation was useless. In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the sword of the poor was not disadvantageous.

So it was the era of the imperial examination. There was no way to inherit, so they could only take the exam. However, because of the monopoly of knowledge and the need for recommendation for the imperial examination, most official positions were still in the hands of the rich, and at this time there were still many wealthy businessmen who could not participate in the imperial examination.

But the monopoly of inherited positions has begun to decline.

Finally, in the Song Dynasty, the monopoly of clans ended, and official positions were no longer inherited and monopolized by clans, and the poor also had the opportunity to fight for it, so the nobles and the poor merged into literati. But at this time, the impact of the people began again. Merchants wanted to take the imperial examination even if they had money, and handicraftsmen wanted to take the imperial examination even if they could make money.

Of course, this is also inevitable to the baptism of war...

The inheritance system is a kind of monopoly. The resources of the father's generation can only be given to the eldest son, and others cannot touch it. However, with the development, the things that can be inherited have gradually become virtual from the actual land, from land to official positions, and from official positions to a learning attitude.

All things are inferior, only reading is high. Although land and official positions cannot always monopolize inheritance, the attitude towards learning can be passed down from generation to generation. Because everyone believes that as long as you study well, you can get resources.

This is also why some countries can accept happy education and some countries cannot accept it.

Accepting happy education is because the inheritance system has monopolized resources, and studying well is useless. The elite class has its own inheritance game, which has nothing to do with the people. And not accepting happy education is because many things cannot be monopolized through inheritance, and these things are targets for snatching.

It is not necessarily actual land and money, but some virtual things, some virtual things that can unite everyone.

These imaginary things have no specific owner and will not be inherited from father to son. Everyone can rob them through learning. Whoever robs them belongs to whom, and those who are capable will occupy them.

"So the most important thing is not a tangible thing, not land, not a position, but a virtual thing, a very abstract thing. An abstract thing that can attract everyone." Duran said.

Dinisha asked: "What is it?"

"I don't know either." Duran said, "Maybe it's abstraction itself."

Dinisha rolled her eyes at Duran and said, "Although land and positions cannot be inherited, as important resources for distribution, how could they not be important."

"I didn't say it's not important, I mean it's not the most important. Land can unite large and small sects, positions can unite rich and poor families, and heavenly principles can unite scholar-bureaucrats and common people, but land will be insufficient, positions have an upper limit, and heavenly principles will one day be defeated. , only abstraction can unite everyone and cannot be defeated."

“But you also don’t know what abstraction is.”

"Tao can be Tao but not Tao, names can be names but not names, abstraction is ever-changing." Duran said seriously, but only got more blank looks from Dinisha.

"There are large and small sects, wealthy families and poor families, scholars, officials and ordinary people. More and more people are joining the game. It is true that it cannot be maintained with ordinary ideas. But to be abstract, it is too abstract."

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, Dahai has just reached the position between the big and small sects and the wealthy and humble families. Land and positions can still be passed down from generation to generation. The father is a doctor and the son is also a doctor. The father is a lawyer and the son is also a lawyer. The father is a politician and the son is also a politician. So. If Ace and Wang Lufei don't propose a new inheritance system, it will be difficult for Dahai to change."

The monopoly system of the aristocracy must be destroyed first, and then resources can be distributed.

The Duke of Zhou destroyed the relationship between brothers and sisters in the Yin and Shang Dynasties, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty destroyed the succession of the eldest son since the Zhou Dynasty. Of course, these inheritance laws are only for the powerful princes and have little impact on ordinary families who can inherit whatever they like.

"If the inheritance law is revised, Weiwei will not be able to become the queen, and Moonlight Momonosuke will not be able to become a general. Many people will lose their original status. Even Ace will not be able to become the hereditary pirate king." Duran said: " But Ace is indeed the best candidate. Just like Duke Zhou, he could have inherited his brother's throne, but he didn't and became a role model for the world. He could be the pirate king but didn't do it. Leading by example can promote the new inheritance system."

Dinisha also feels that now is indeed a good opportunity for reform. There is room for development and she can give it a try.