Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 349 Is Romulus Korean?
On the other hand, in order to avoid the discussion of "Romulus is also Korean" in the future, we must also find a way to explain the issue of legality.

This is also the second half of the difficulties faced in Yongzheng's thinking, and it is also the most important part.

Compared with other civilizations, one of the main characteristics of the Central Plains people is the strong organizational ability brought about by long-term disasters and wars.To survive the threat, everyone must organize in a more rigorous and efficient form, transfer more power to the group, and obey the command of the upper class.

The characteristics of the Central Plains civilization are largely derived from this.The various praises or criticisms given by people in later generations basically revolve around this point.

Some people call this premature sociology, but after seeing other civilizations in this circle, Guo Kang thinks it is more appropriate to say "excessive militarization"-compared with other civilizations, this is the most prominent characteristic of Central Plains people.The improvement of social organization and related theories is only a means to serve the military, so it has only followed suit.

And the reality is, not to mention various disasters.According to the statistics and calculations of later generations, there have been more than 1 wars in human history, one third of which were fought by the civilization of the Central Plains.This is the environment they live in.

Probably with the development of technology and the maturity of various organizational methods, future generations gradually don't need to be so "crazy".In the entire Central Plains civilization, the degree of militarization is actually declining.

At Guo Kang's time, someone once excavated the ruins of the Shang Dynasty, and found a strange phenomenon: their houses were small, and the stove was not enough for a family to cook.After investigation and calculation, it was discovered that these houses were not intended for family use.

In that era, adult men and women lived separately, and even after they got married and had children, the children stayed with their mothers.A large number of men are concentrated together, which is likely to meet military requirements.

In short, it is similar to the situation of the Spartans.However, the Spartans only had one city-state, and it is not known how large the merchants were and whether others followed suit.

But there is a point.If these people see the appearance of their descendants, there is a high probability that they will feel that they are too weak and lack the belief and spirit of the Central Plains people...

In such a highly militarized group, the power of the commander is greater and more stable than in other civilizations.To use the analogy of ancient Rome, this civilization is in a state of war all year round, so the person in power is a military dictator on a daily basis.

And this creates a problem, that is, it is impossible for people to always make the right choices that benefit the group.Power and responsibility always correspond: the powerful power that does nothing and integrates all resources to fight against disasters corresponds to the unlimited obligation that does nothing and requires it to take responsibility for everything.

Usually, the commander can use the overall situation as an excuse to directly reject objections, and even suppress other voices by forceful means, requiring everyone to contribute to the goal.Because wars and floods cannot be delayed, important time points are often fleeting, and there is no time for everyone to game and discuss.Moreover, the interests involved in them are also very important, and various other requirements can be compromised.

Ximen Leopard said when he was controlling the water, "The people can be successful, but don't start with worries."Although the folks were dissatisfied with the driving of Simon Leopard, they still completed the water conservancy construction under the mandatory requirements of the rules.In the end, it was found to be beneficial, and no one blamed him, nor regarded his words as contempt for himself.For a long time, the whole system has worked like this, and people have been taught to obey the rules and contribute to the collective good.

But on the other hand, in the face of war and floods, any wrong decision is fatal.Moreover, there is often no time to discuss and change.At the same time, because the power of decision makers is highly concentrated, all misjudgments will be magnified and lead to serious consequences.Therefore, once a decision maker has a serious problem, he needs to be eliminated as quickly as possible, and the most efficient way is often achieved through physical elimination.

Whether Lord Xinling rescued Zhao, or Xiang Yu broke the boat, in order to seize military power, they all adopted the method of directly killing the original general.But later, these stories were passed on as good ones.The logic in it is naturally not difficult to analyze.

Therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, the operation process of the Central Plains regime may appear very cruel.Usually the control is very strict, but once something happens, there will be swords and swords immediately.

This kind of characteristic cannot be judged by pure "good" and "bad".Because human society is the same as the natural world, it is often impossible to define "advanced" and "backward", and can only be measured by "adaptation".Since other methods cannot adapt to the Yellow River, this is the only way...

The political philosophy of the Central Plains also embodies these two aspects.

For example, the most typical Confucianism actually has two parts.Just as Confucius always said in pairs when he emphasized social relations, top-down and bottom-up relations also exist together.

On the one hand, the theory advocates that all people should abide by the rules and act under the constraints of etiquette; on the other hand, it also constantly emphasizes that those whose abilities do not meet the requirements should leave their positions of power as soon as possible.

In the time of Confucius, this kind of expression was relatively mild, and it was limited to the requirements of nobles and nobles, and did not involve the top and bottom of society.

By the time of Mencius, with the further expansion of the scope of "scholars", there were also requirements for ordinary people; correspondingly, the scope of ability assessment was also expanded to include monarchs, and the theory of "killing a husband" came into being, requiring violent methods to eliminate Unqualified ruler.

Later rulers of course only wanted one of them.This can be seen directly from the evolution of handed down classics.

Later generations have unearthed the Confucian bamboo slips of the Chu State in the Warring States Period, and compared them with the same passage in "The Book of Rites of the Great Dai: Zeng Zi Li Xiao".It turned out that what was said in the slips and slips was "a gentleman's filial piety is the function of love", while in the handed down documents it became "the function of loyalty".Filial piety is one of the most basic moral requirements, and it is also the basis of several etiquette systems. As a result, the basic definitions have been changed.

In the following text, the bamboo slips list six requirements for the monarch, minister, father, son, brother, and brother, but in the handed down documents, the obligations to the monarch, father, and brother are all deleted, leaving only three. one.Similarly, in the bamboo slips, the entire sentence "filial piety without remonstrance, not filial piety" is missing.

But the problem is that the philosophy of the Central Plains is very practical, not a theological system constructed out of thin air.These theories are descriptions of objective reality, and deleting them does not mean that the demand will disappear.The ancients ridiculed and said: "Shandong is in chaos before the ashes are cold, and Liu Xiang didn't study." This kind of behavior did not make any dynasty die even later...

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