stjorthotic Chapter 314: This Is The Zhou Dynasty More Than Two Thousand Years Ago? [Please Subscribe, Please Or
Chapter 314: This Is The Zhou Dynasty More Than Two Thousand Years Ago? [Please Subscribe, Please Or
Yan Changqing was not surprised to see that King Zhu Su of Qi could not answer.
Then he glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang, Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes, and saw that they all looked like they were frowning in thought.
Then Yan Changqing picked up the chalk, turned around again and wrote on the blackboard:
"As the saying goes, 'Food is the first priority for the people.' Let's take a look at the land system, farming methods, and yield per mu of people during the Western Zhou Dynasty.'
"First of all, the well-field system was implemented during the Western Zhou Dynasty!"
"The so-called 'well field system' comes from the fact that during the Western Zhou Dynasty, roads and channels crisscrossed the land, dividing the land into squares, and the shapes looked like the characters "", so the field system got its name."
“The well field system in the Western Zhou Dynasty was apparently a land state-owned system, because all the well fields were owned by the Zhou Dynasty!”
"But in fact it is still a land private ownership system, because the person who ultimately controls the Zhou Dynasty is the Emperor of Zhou!!"
"The so-called state-owned land system is nothing more than a private land system owned by Emperor Zhou!!!"
"The well fields of the Zhou Dynasty were owned by the Emperor of Zhou, and were allocated to the princes, ministers, officials, and scholars according to the patriarchal system and the enfeoffment system.'
"After these princes, ministers, officials, and scholars receive the well fields allocated by the Emperor of Zhou, they are not allowed to buy, sell or transfer the well fields350, and they must also pay certain responsibilities to the Emperor of Zhou on time["
"The ruling class represented by the princes, officials, and scholars are also the land lords."
"They forced the common people and slaves under them to collectively cultivate well fields for them, and to pay a certain amount of tribute to them on time."
“Usually, the common people and slaves collectively farmed the part in the middle of the well-field system, which was public land.
"The barren fields around this part of the public land are private fields."
Following Yan Changqing's explanation, ten more big words "Pai"" appeared under the pyramid that originally included the patriarchal system and enfeoffment system of Emperor Zhou!!!
In the center of the word "Well", there is a word "公", which represents public land; and next to the word "well", there is a word "private", which represents private land.
It is also a simple, clear and clear tic-tac-toe diagram, as well as a few concise numbers.
On the spot, Zhu Yuanzhang, as well as the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Chong, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes, had a deep and straightforward understanding of the land ownership system in the Western Zhou Dynasty.
Yan Changqing continued to explain while writing on the blackboard:
"During the Xia Dynasty period, bronze agricultural tools (bhbe) had already begun to appear."
"However, the common people use them relatively rarely. The main agricultural production tools used by more than 90% of the common people are bone (grass), stone shovels, stone knives, stone axes, stone sickles, etc.
"This kind of production tool is of very inferior quality and brings very low farming efficiency!"
"In the Shang Dynasty, some people gradually began to use bronze agricultural tools for agricultural production."
"However, inferior agricultural production tools such as bone stalks, stone shovels, stone knives, stone axes, and stone sickles still dominate the mainstream."
"Similarly, the farming efficiency during this period is also very low."
“After the Western Zhou Dynasty, the number of bronze agricultural tools used by the common people increased although it was higher than that of the Shang Dynasty.
"But there has still not been any substantial change in people's farming efficiency!"
"At that time, the average annual output per mu for the people of the Western Zhou Dynasty was only between a quarter of a stone and half a stone."
"For this reason, although people in the Western Zhou Dynasty could theoretically cultivate their own private fields after completing the cultivation of public fields.
"But in reality, it's such a low output."
"If you want to support the daily life of the ruling class such as the Emperor of Zhou, princes, officials, and scholars at that time, and ensure that the people have the minimum survival rations.
"Then the people and slaves at the bottom must cultivate the public fields day and night to ensure the food output of the public fields, so that they can survive."
"As a result, these people in the Western Zhou Dynasty naturally had no time to cultivate their own private fields."
"Similarly, such low food output also restricts population growth, resulting in a relatively small population!!!"
"The population is relatively small, which means that interpersonal relationships are relatively simple."
"Whether it is the fiefdom of the Emperor of Zhou or the fiefdoms of princes, officials, and scholars, they are essentially a relatively closed society with a town structure."
"Not talking about the territory it owns in name, in fact the area of a directly managed fiefdom like Zhou Tianzi's is probably only three or two times the size of Yingtian Mansion.
"The fiefdoms directly managed by the princes may be no more than three or two states in size."
"If the fiefdom under the direct jurisdiction of Dr. Qing is probably only three or two counties in size."
"As for the direct management fiefdom of the lowest taxi, it may only be the size of a few villages!!!"
"Normally, no matter the emperor of Zhou, or the princes, ministers, officials, scholars, etc., they rarely leave their own fiefs to go to the fiefdoms of other uncles and brothers.
"These Zhou emperors, princes, ministers, officials, and scholars have few opportunities to meet and interact with each other on a daily basis, so naturally there are not many opportunities for conflicts and conflicts.
"Even if contradictions and conflicts do occur, they can generally be resolved openly through the mediation of nobles who are higher than themselves."
"So the overall internal environment of the Zhou Dynasty during the Western Zhou Dynasty was relatively peaceful."
"And this is why the Emperor of Zhou was able to rely on the patriarchal system and the feudal system to smoothly manage the entire territory of the Zhou Dynasty!!!"
Following Yan Changqing's writing and description on the blackboard, Zhu Yuanzhang, Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes all frowned.
However, the reason why they frown is not because Yan Changqing's explanation is not good, or there is something wrong with it.
But the disappointment of the Zhou Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago!!!
Before, they still cherished longing for the Zhou Dynasty more than two thousand years ago.
After all, it was a dynasty more than 2,000 years ago. It was even a dynasty after the ancient Five Emperors King Yu. If you go back further, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a dynasty descended from the Three Sovereigns & Five Emperors, the ancestors of the Human Race.
In their view, such a dynasty should be as magnificent as an epic, an incredible dynasty worthy of awe and envy!!!
Is this the result?!
As a de facto fiefdom directly under the jurisdiction of Emperor Zhou, it might actually be only the size of a few Yingtian Mansion?!
Even his grandma's fiefdom is not as big as that of the Ming Dynasty as a king!!!
Isn’t this too stretchy?
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