fantasy novels Chapter 319: The Nine-Level Zhongzheng System Is Comparable To The Caste System, And The Counteratta
Chapter 319: The Nine-Level Zhongzheng System Is Comparable To The Caste System, And The Counteratta
"After the Three Kingdoms, the Sima family, who represented the noble family, picked the last peach.
"At this point, the power and influence of the noble clans have reached the peak in history!"
"Through the nine-level Zhongzheng system, the aristocracy has completely monopolized the promotion channels for common people!"
“During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, nobles were always nobles, and common people were always common people.
"To say that the gap between the nobles and the common people is like a huge difference is an understatement."
"The so-called 'High Grade has no poor families, Low Grade has no nobles' and 'Scholars and common people do not intermarry' are talking about the wealthy noble families during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties!!!"
"In the eyes of the wealthy nobles during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, common people were not treated as human beings, at least not as the same people as them."
"When it comes to the low life of the common people, apart from the former Yuan Dynasty, the life of the common people during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties was probably the most low."
When talking about the aristocratic families in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, a sneer flashed across Yan Changqing's lips.
When it comes to the most serious period of class consolidation, there is no other period than the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties!
If we say that the military merit system is one of the few promotion systems in human history.
Then the nine-level Zhongzheng system is one of the few solidified class systems in human history!!!
Even when it comes to the degree of class solidification, the Jiupin Zhongzheng system is comparable to the caste system next door to the third grade!!!
Because in the late Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the aristocrats developed to their peak period.
The way the wealthy nobles look at the common people is actually similar to the way the Brahmin next door, Asan, looks at the lowliest chief Dara.
It may not even be considered a Dara, but rather treated as an "untouchable person" like a great leader!!!
What is "untouchable"?!!
They are the people at the bottom who have no rights, no land, and are at the bottom!!!
The common people in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties belonged to such a group.
For such a group, how can the wealthy nobles recognize that they are of the same race as themselves?!!
Even after years of self-hypnosis, the aristocrats almost truly believed that they were born noble, while the common people were born low. "I and they are two different races."
In addition to the need for political marriage between nobles and nobles, "the common people do not marry", there is also the reason why the nobles really do not treat common people as people like themselves!!!
"After the Five Husties devastated China, the vitality of the Yanhuang people was severely damaged, and they were even almost annihilated. The noble families were also affected and weakened, and they degenerated into second-class aristocratic families.
"But even so, the power and influence of these aristocratic families are still strong."
"Even if you give the aristocratic family a certain amount of time, it will not be difficult to return to the kind of aristocratic family that monopolized both inside and outside the court."
"But it is obvious that Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, who replaced Zhou Jian, Sui Dynasty, and Chen Dynasty, and ended the split between the north and the south, also saw the potential threat of aristocratic families monopolizing government affairs, so he created and implemented the imperial examination system!"
"It can be said that the imperial examination system is just like the military merit system in the past. It also breaks the shackles of birth and blood, making the examination based on birth and blood instead of the examination based on merit!!"
"The imperial examination system opened up the promotion channels that were previously monopolized by aristocratic families, allowing ordinary people to once again have the opportunity to be promoted!!!"
"However, this move can be said to have truly harmed the interests of the aristocratic family!!!"
"And this naturally triggered a crazy counterattack from the aristocratic family!!!"
"The death of the Second Sui Dynasty can be said to be the rebellion of the aristocratic family against the imperial examination system and the Sui Dynasty!!!"
Yan Changqing shook his head and sighed.
The Sui Dynasty was not so much destroyed at the hands of Yang Guang as it was at the hands of the aristocratic families belonging to the ruling class at that time!
The last country to die was the Qin Dynasty, but compared with the Qin Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty's starting situation was much better.
Talking about the first life, as the founding monarch of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian created the existence of the "Kaihuang Rule" from the very beginning!!!
Compared with the Qin State, which died suddenly and left behind a package that was almost equivalent to a dynamite pack, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Sui Dynasty started with Tianhu.
And with the foundation laid by Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, normally speaking, even if the descendants of the next generation fail to become talented, they will not die in the second generation.
Even if you encounter a Sui II like Yang Guang, the same is true. At least you can survive one or two more lives.
After all, there are only three things that Yang Guang has done in his life that are really criticized.
The first thing is to take power in a palace coup.
There is actually nothing to say about this. After all, there are not many emperors who came to power through palace coups.
Not to mention the distant one, the Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin who is closest to him came to power through the same coup.
At most, Li Shimin was a little soft-hearted and did not kill his father together.
If you want to use this point to criticize Yang Guang, you must also criticize Li Shimin.
After all, merit is merit and fault is fault. Just because you say Li Shimin is the emperor of the ages, you can't deliberately ignore Li Shimin's dark history and just catch Yang Guang to complain.
The second thing is to dig people to test the river.
Regardless of Yang Guang's subjective original intention of digging the Grand Canal, it was to facilitate his own enjoyment.
But objectively, the Grand Canal has indeed strengthened the connection between the north and the south, consolidated the unity of the country, and made outstanding contributions to water transportation and irrigation.
The best evaluation of the Grand Canal is that its sins are in the present and its merits are in the future.
Of course, it is also true that the construction of the Grand Canal caused a waste of money and waste of money, and caused widespread public dissatisfaction.
But at least the Grand Canal has its merits and faults. Although the merits and faults are not equal, we can't blame all the faults.
The third thing is the three conquests of Goguryeo.
Is there anything wrong with the decision to conquer Goguryeo three times?!!
Objectively speaking, there is no problem with this decision.
Because Goguryeo took advantage of the long-term wars between the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties in the Central Plains Dynasty to invade and occupy Liaodong and the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, posing a real threat to the northern border defense of the Central Plains Dynasty.
In order to ensure that the borders of the Central Plains Dynasty were stable and unmolested (bhce) [so Goguryeo would definitely be attacked and overturned.
Not only Yang Guang had this view, Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin also had this view.
After the Sui Dynasty destroyed Tang Dynasty and revived Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin also inherited Yang Guang's conquest measures and policies against Goguryeo.
Finally, through the efforts of two generations, Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin and Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, Goguryeo, a long-term threat to the northeastern frontier, was finally eliminated.
For the same policy, we cannot say that what Emperor Taizong of Tang Li Shimin implemented is right and what Yang Guang implemented is wrong, right?!!
So if I really want to say it, there is nothing wrong with the military operation of conquering Goguryeo.
The only thing wrong is that after three campaigns, three defeats!!!
This is the biggest mistake of the three expeditions to Goguryeo!!!
As long as Yang Guang won in the end, the Sui Dynasty could still survive.
After all, there were some emperors who resorted to militarism. For example, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty fought with the Huns, which wiped out all the savings of three generations. The same war also caused widespread resentment among the people, and the people were in dire straits.
But so what?!!
Although the people had complaints in their hearts, seeing that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty completely defeated the Xiongnu and then issued the Luntai Edict, didn't they forgive Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the end?!!
So resorting to militancy is not a big problem, but resorting to militancy and losing the battle is the real big problem!!!
After all, the people had a hard enough life following a militaristic emperor.
Usually, they would just rely on the news of victory in the war to cheer themselves up, telling themselves that if they endured a little longer, their lives would be better after the emperor overthrew the enemy country.
However, now I don’t even have a piece of cake, I have been defeated repeatedly, and I have been cheated by the emperor so much that I can’t even eat enough. “Who would want to continue to follow the emperor like this? !!
This is also the reason why when the Sui Dynasty fell, it can be said to be the popular will.
However, after three expeditions to Goguryeo and three defeats, is Yang Guang really responsible for all this?!!
If there wasn’t a big family involved here, it would be a disaster!!!
After all, as a ruling class family, it couldn't be easier to do something to trick Yang Guang in this war.
The simplest thing is to sell news to Goguryeo.
Secondly, it is no problem to directly kill the three armies at the critical moment by doing some tricks when the army is on the way to war, or with various military supplies and supplies!
For a wealthy family that was once a powerful noble family, these things can almost be said to be the basic skills they picked up easily.
After all, for the aristocratic families, since the emperor's royal family has harmed the interests of their aristocratic families, then they will just change to another emperor.
They or their ancestors had done operations like this many times in the past.
It can be said that when it comes to motives, the imperial examination system harmed the interests of aristocratic families.
When it comes to ability, during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and even further into history, they or their ancestors had done things like controlling government affairs and deposing the emperor.
Finally, talking about the biggest beneficiary, the one who received almost all the inheritance from the Sui Dynasty was the Li family of Longxi, one of the four great families in the late Sui Dynasty at that time. They directly transformed themselves from the ruling class to the ruler!!!
It can be said that it requires motivation, motivation; ability, ability; and the most direct and biggest beneficiary. If the aristocratic family is still clean and does not hold back Yang Guang in the three conquests of Goguryeo.
Then Yan Changqing would rather eat all the history books he has read!!!
Therefore, in the face of Yang Guang, who has the entire ruling class holding him back, and even the aristocratic family's crazy counterattack, it can be said that it is very difficult to defeat Goguryeo, even more difficult than Shang Qingqing.
The failure of the three expeditions to Goguryeo was fueled by the support of a number of aristocratic families.
In the end, the resentment of the people of the Sui Dynasty boiled to the extreme, leading to the collapse of the Sui Dynasty.
That's why Yan Changqing said that the collapse of the Sui Dynasty was not so much due to Yang Guang, but rather to the crazy counterattack of the ruling class families.
It's just that Yang Guang, like Hu Hai, after his old father passed away.
His arrogance, extravagance, lewdness, and leisure gave the former ruling class an opportunity to exploit the situation, and he did not withstand the crazy counterattack of the old ruling class.
In the end, he ended up with his country destroyed and his death.
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