Crossover in the Anime World

Rome has a complete development curve, from the royal era, to the republican era, to the imperial era. The Roman imperial era was actually feudal, which was different from the dynastic era in the East.

The East also has a complete development curve, from the black bird of the Yin and Shang Dynasty, to the Zhou rites of the Zhou Dynasty, to the two-level counties and counties of the Qin and Han Dynasties, to the later three-level states and counties, to the later civil and military system, etc... …

The advantage of the parliamentary system is that it helps nobles compete for resources, and only by pooling resources can they be better invested. The disadvantage is that it is easy to mess up the basics, and there is no system to protect the Romans.

After the Mariusian reforms, you could become a Roman by joining the army. There were more and more Romans, and the Parliament could not control them, so we entered the age of empire. The feudalism of the empire can ensure that the Romans can be a Roman after completing their obligations without worrying about being robbed of resources.

Finally, due to the discovery of the New World, the parliamentary system was revived again. A large number of nobles robbed resources and made various investments, and science and technology came to the fore. But as the dividends disappeared, the drawbacks of the parliamentary system appeared again, that is, the resources of the Romans were constantly taken away and they became free people.

So in the end, it has to be feudal, otherwise there will be two consequences. One is to disappear like ancient Greece, and the other is that in order to protect their own resources, citizens put forward citizen supremacy and launch wars, such as heads of state. Steal resources from other countries and maintain their own status unchanged.

Of course, there is another possibility, that is, the investment of the nobles will be lucky again, and they will receive huge dividends from the New World and technology. In this way, the parliamentary system will not have to worry and can be revived again.

As for the East, the Spring and Autumn Period was feudal. Although the nobles also wanted to extract resources to maintain their advantage, they had to rob them within the framework of Zhou Li. It could be said that they were dancing in shackles.

After the enfeoffment, as long as the people fulfilled their obligations, the nobles would entrust them with land and make them become Zhou people. As a result, the land was not enough. The nobles are the ones with no money. How can they collect money from the enfeoffed land?

So the nobles began to collect the first-acre tax.

In the past, nobles had their own public lands, and their income mainly came from two parts. One part was tribute, which was what they had agreed to give away. Part of it is the labor force of his subordinates. When the nobles under his subordinates work, they will cultivate public land, which is the land of the princes. The labor is provided by others, but the fruits of labor belong to the nobles.

After feudalism, the nobles gave away all their public lands. What should we do? The original income from public land is gone. So I thought of tax collection, which meant that all land was privatized, regardless of public land or private land. All land was taxed, and the nobles used the money to protect everyone's land.

Originally, the income from the public land of the nobles was their own, but now the public land is cultivated by the nobles themselves, and they also have to pay one-tenth of the tax. If the nobles set an example, everyone would naturally be willing to pay taxes, use the money to defend against foreign enemies, and build bridges and pave roads.

Of course, the spread of the first-acre tax is slow, and in many areas the rules of the game are still between public land and private land. The birth of the first-acre tax also represented the collapse of the feudal system.

The land under the enfeoffment system was passed down from generation to generation, and it was Zhou Li who allowed you to farm the land. But now that the land belongs to you, you can do with it how you want, and you don’t have to worry about Zhou Li anymore. From then on, land annexation became a big problem that could not be solved by future generations.

Because the land belongs to you, you can sell it if you sell it, and buy it if you buy it. Unlike the feudal era, the land was entrusted by the emperor and was not allowed to be dealt with casually. If it is dealt with, it means it is not in line with etiquette. If it is not in line with etiquette, it will lead to social death.

Therefore, in this era, the nobles were also frantically grabbing resources and investing in handicrafts. During the Warring States Period, the main workplace for slaves was not in the fields, but in workshops. Large workshops with thousands of people were commonplace in the Qin and Han Dynasties.

Those in the land were petty nobles and savages, not slaves. The slaves were in the handicraft workshops. They did not have any land resources and could only rely on the nobles.

Mencius wanted to restore the well-field system and restore public and private fields. In the end, he became a lost dog like Confucius. As for Shang Yang, who was at the same time as Mencius, the main content of his reform was not to distinguish between private land and public land. Everyone farmed and then handed over the harvest for war. There were only two things in this country, farming and war.

There is no distinction between public land and private land, and the income from all land is concentrated to do only one thing.

I have to say that both Confucius and Mencius in Confucianism were against the trend, and Confucius was a stickler for Zhou rites. Although Mencius believed that Zhou rites needed improvement, he was still at odds with public land and private land and insisted on restoring the public land system.

Shang Yang completely abolished public and private fields in Qin, and everyone had to pay taxes. Because there was a need to collect taxes, there was also a need to unify weights and measures. In the past, it didn't matter if weights and measures were different for transactions in various places, but now that Qin State is unified in collecting taxes, it definitely needs to be unified.

Therefore, books with the same text, cars with the same track, and unified weights and measures are completely realistic needs, and it is not Qin Shihuang's idea.

Other nobles were still concentrating resources to develop handicraft workshops, while the Qin Dynasty concentrated all its efforts on fighting, and the results were obvious.

In the Han Dynasty, the emperor did not manage much land at the beginning, and the Han people only had a small area. As the territory became larger and larger, there were naturally more and more Han people. As a result, the territory was so large that states had to be established. As a result, all the tax revenue goes to the state pastor, and there is no need to look at the emperor's face.

The emperor of the Han Dynasty was rich, so he promoted more Han people, and more outsiders were willing to become Han people. In various places, nobles still have to seize resources to establish advantages. Since talents from various places cannot be reused locally, they might as well become Han people.

When the Han Dynasty was just established, Qi, Chu and other countries were all there, but they were not Han people. Although these countries were divided into fiefdoms, there was no system like Zhouli to protect the status of the people.

The nobles frantically robbed resources, and the status of the people was lost, so they could only go to the emperor to beg for food. The emperor was a county system, which could create jobs, and everyone changed from Qi people and Chu people to Han people.

The result was that the larger the emperor's territory, the more Han people there were. In the end, it was too big for the emperor to manage, so the state was set up and the emperor was sidelined.

As a result, everyone was Han, but they had to be divided into different levels and feudal. Because feudalism was really a good way to stabilize the internal situation, the Nine-Rank System was born.

Feudalism is to clarify everyone's obligations and rights, do your own obligations, that is, the people of the country, and the nobles cannot rob your resources. If you rob, it is not in line with the etiquette system, and you need to be condemned by society.

The caste system of India is a kind of fiefdom, which is very stable.

Unfortunately, feudalism cannot stop the competition among the nobles, and some nobles will try to become Han Dynasty-like and integrate the county system. Because the county system is the best way to gather resources without a lot of resources, and to concentrate on doing big things, so that you can stand out in the competition that is not favorable to you.

If everyone is feudal, it will be difficult to extract resources, so you have to break the feudal system and carry out the county system. Why not the parliamentary system? Because the parliamentary system is not good for the Chinese people without a lot of dividends, and the Chinese people will not support it.

But the county system has a sample of the Han Dynasty, which concentrates resources and gives the Chinese people opportunities to rise. So the Chinese people are willing to support the county system, support Han Dynastyization, and are willing to be Han people.

When the imperial examinations were established in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was difficult for the feudal system to gain an advantage. In the final analysis, the feudal system is a compromise that everyone chooses to maintain their own interests. Everyone clearly defines their obligations and rights. The Chinese people are still Chinese people after fulfilling their obligations. Although they cannot rise, they will at least not fall.

The imperial examination system gives the Chinese people the opportunity to rise, so why do they support the feudal system? Feudalism is to prevent themselves from falling, but the county system has the possibility of rising, so it is clear what to choose. The same is to fulfill obligations, or the county system has greater benefits.

Moreover, even the nobles do not necessarily like the feudal system. After all, after the feudal system, although their status is stable, they cannot rob resources from the lower levels. Without resources, they can do nothing.

Feudalism is a stable state. The king is the king, the minister is the minister, the father is the father, and the son is the son. Everyone fulfills their obligations and stays in their position safely. They will not rise, but at least they will not fall.

The parliamentary system is the favorite of the nobles, because the nobles can rob resources, both externally and internally. By robbing resources, they can create their own advantageous areas. The lives of the Chinese people will become more and more miserable, so they will call for feudalism.