Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

"Actually, I have told you the two parts of the dynastic periodic law before and today."

"oh?"

Zhu Gaoxu scratched his beard and was a little puzzled. Although he listened to the lecture very seriously, he was also sure that he did not remember the relevant content he heard before or today.

"Placing rice on the chessboard, we were talking about the number of clans, right?"

"Yes, Mr. Jiang."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded. He was deeply impressed by this matter and couldn't figure it out for several hours.

"The same applies to the population of the dynasty."

Jiang Xinghuo sighed and said, "I just talked about the Qin Dynasty and didn't go on. I'll just tell you a little bit."

"In fact, since the Qin Dynasty, due to the advancement of manufacturing power, existing dynasties are not suitable for manufacturing relationships, which ultimately leads to dynasty changes. This phenomenon has become very rare."

"The vast majority of dynasties change because they are trapped in the law of dynasty cycles."

ah?

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Di next door was stunned.

Before co-authoring, Jiang Xinghuo said that the longevity of the Ming Dynasty may not necessarily support the advancement of agricultural technology. There are precedents for this kind of thing, and there seem to be many more.

In other words, no dynasty after Qin could break away from this so-called "law of dynasty cycle".

Dao Yan was on the side, holding his rosary nervously, waiting for Jiang Xinghuo's answer.

Zhu Gaoxu was also confused and asked: "Mr. Jiang, what exactly is the dynastic periodic law? You have mentioned this word many times."

"The general trend of the world is that if it divides for a long time, it will unite, and if it unites for a long time, it will divide. Since the Qin Dynasty unified the world, in the long feudal monarchy, there is indeed a mysterious force that dominates, and that is the cyclical law of the rise and fall of dynasties and the alternation of social chaos."

Jiang Xinghuo first explained the literal meaning, and then gave a philosophical definition.

"From a root perspective, the development of things is doomed to the rise and fall of dynasties. When relatively new things are no longer suitable for society and cannot solve the current main contradictions of society, new things will appear in time to replace the old ones. 'Relatively new affairs' of things."

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand this sentence. The specific manifestation of the dynastic periodic law in history is not so abstract. In fact, it can be put simply into four words."

"——The contradiction between man and earth!"

Jiang Xinghuo said slowly: "The population grows in a geometric progression like rice on a chessboard, but the survival resources required by the entire population only grow in an arithmetic progression. Any additional population will always increase in a certain way. Once this method is eliminated, the population cannot exceed the corresponding level of agricultural development.”

"If you check the history books, you can clearly see that the dynasties that did not win the country through abdication almost all experienced wars and a sharp decline in population when the country was founded, and were in a state of complete waste."

"The founding monarch of the country at that time was destined to be a generation of outstanding people who were able to conquer the country. He was bound to live a prosperous life with the people. The population began to gradually recover, and when the recovery reached its peak after two or three generations, the so-called 'prosperous age' appeared, and the so-called prosperity was booming. .”

"At the end of the dynasty, there were more people and less land. Coupled with famines, uprisings, rebellions, nomadic invasions, etc., the existing dynasty was overthrown, and the population dropped sharply again. The so-called death was inevitable."

Shocking!

Extremely shocking!

Not long after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di directly saw the scene of the collapse of the Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Di seemed to have seen the ragged and skinny hungry people wandering in the fields of the Ming Dynasty. He seemed to have seen the scene of the Ming Dynasty finally being overthrown and being overthrown again!

This feeling is simply too uncomfortable!

He doesn't want to see, and will never allow, his family or his descendants to end like this.

This result is something he absolutely does not want to see.

But...what can he do?

He is unable to reverse it!

Can't think of any way!

Zhu Di stood up almost in despair. He looked at Dao Yan with disbelieving eyes and felt a chill welling up from the bottom of his heart.

This chill penetrated his heart and made Zhu Di shiver involuntarily.

This was simply a shock that shattered his worldview!

It was much more shocking than what I initially thought when I heard those two questions before!

Because Zhu Di already understood why these two problems were bound to happen!

Why is my own Ming Dynasty bound to perish?

"Master, what did Jiang Xinghuo say?" Zhu Di still had some hope. Maybe what Jiang Xinghuo said was false.

Dao Yan was also a little absent-minded, but he pursed his white lips and nodded silently.

Zhu Di's last hope was shattered.

"The war-torn population at the end of the Qin Dynasty dropped sharply. It took four generations after Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty to realize the 'Government of Wenjing' in the prosperous age, and the Green Forest Red Eyebrow Uprising in the last years; it took three generations after Emperor Guangwu to realize the 'Government of Mingzhang' and the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the last years of the Tang Dynasty; It took two generations after Emperor Gaozu to realize the 'Government of Zhenguan', and in the last years of the Huangchao uprising." Dao Yan no longer needs to read it.

"His Majesty?"

Zhu Di woke up immediately. He felt a chill running down his spine and his clothes were soaked in cold sweat.

Zhu Di suddenly asked: "If I choose Chier, who is more suitable for governing the country, as the prince, and Zhanji as the grandson, will there be a prosperous Ming Dynasty named after their temple names in future generations?"

Dao Yan nodded, and even made a serious deduction: "The eldest prince is kind and generous, and can be called Renzong. Zhanji has a heroic temperament, and will not settle down. He probably circulates among Xianzong, Xuanzong, and Jingzong."

The rule of benevolence and constitution? The rule of Renxuan? The rule of Renjing?

A feeling of powerlessness arose in Zhu Di's heart.

Under the guidance of Jiang Xinghuo, Zhu Di saw the future of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty would reach its peak after him, then gradually decline and eventually perish.

Sadly, Zhu Di, as a wise and mighty "ancestor", was powerless.

Zhu Di was in a daze for a long time, and Dao Yan also didn't make any sound.

Zhu Di glanced inadvertently and saw Dao Yan's fingers that were clutching the rosary beads until they turned purple.

"Master, you?" Zhu Di saw the almost ferocious look on Dao Yan's face.

"Why can no one be freed? Why?!"

Dao Yan was questioning sternly, but he was facing the air in front of him.

Daoyan, who had always been regarded as a wise man by Zhu Di and had always been calm, fell into a state of mental exhaustion.

Zhu Di stood up and walked forward quickly, holding Dao Yan's hand with his hand.

"Snapped!"

The rosary beads that had been cultivated for many years in Daoyan's hand suddenly shattered from the thread, and the rosary beads rolled to the ground.

Zhu Di was so stunned that he could make the calm Dao Yan lose his composure to such an extent. Why?

"Your Majesty." Dao Yan stared at Zhu Di with bloodshot eyes, "Your Majesty was thinking about the Ming Dynasty just now, but what I want to know is why no one can be liberated?"

"This is the core secret of 'luck'."

"This is the dragon-slaying technique!"

Next door, Zhu Gaoxu, who had no idea what was happening on the other side, stood up. His eyes were shining and he asked seriously: "Mr. Jiang, in the past dynasties, no emperor could break this rule and get out of it?"

"It's not that some smart people have noticed it." Jiang Xinghuo paused and continued: "But every emperor after Qin Shihuang ended in failure. Let's not talk about it far away. Let's take the Song Dynasty as an example. Wang Anshi reformed to suppress the fields. What is the final result of the merger?”

Zhu Gaoxu still felt inexplicably dissatisfied, and he asked the same question as Dao Yan.

"Why can't anyone break it?"

Jiang Xinghuo explained seriously.

"It can be said that since Qin Shihuang established a unified emperor's autocratic empire, no dynasty in the past has been able to escape this historical cycle. This is because the feudal empire established by Qin Shihuang was based on autocratic will."

"In order to maintain this autocratic royal power, the ruler designed a layered structure within and outside the system. The power within the system determines the division of interests, and ultimately achieves the supremacy of imperial power."

"This is determined by the system of the emperor's autocratic empire. No dynasty can escape the laws of history."

"Because the emperor himself is the biggest landowner!"

Next door, Zhu Di let go of Dao Yan's hand in shock.

Zhu Di staggered back half a step and looked at Dao Yan in disbelief.

Because Zhu Di clearly saw the murderous intent revealed in Dao Yan's eyes when he raised his head!

Dao Yan seemed unaware, he licked the corners of his chapped mouth and murmured to himself.

".The dragon-slaying technique turns out to be killing the imperial system, this dragon."