"So now you understand?"
Zhao Jun asked.
Lü Yijian frowned and said, "You mean to say that the dynasty fell because local forces became stronger and sought greater power? But this seems to contradict the previous statement that Huangdi, Yandi, and Chiyou were fighting each other."
"It's not contrary to the law."
Zhao Jun said, "You've only considered one aspect, but productivity determines production relations, and the struggle for total social wealth sums it all up. The princes increased productivity and sought to seize more population, land, and power. This doesn't conflict with what I just said. The only difference is that the princes proactively seized power after becoming powerful, while the rebels passively resisted."
"What do you mean by that?"
Fan Zhongyan asked.
"This has to do with the end of the Western Han Dynasty and the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty."
Zhao Jun said, "Previous dynasties collapsed because local forces increased their productivity, seeking to change their production relations with the monarchy. By the end of the Western Han Dynasty, however, it was declining productivity that negatively impacted production relations, leading to the change of dynasties... My mouth's a little dry, some water."
Zhao Zhen winked at Wang Shouzhong behind him, and Wang Shouzhong understood and immediately poured a cup of tea and handed it to him. Zhao Jun liked drinking tea very much. When he was a child in the countryside, his grandfather liked to pick wild tea leaves in the mountains and boil a big pot of them, which was very thirst-quenching.
Everyone watched him gulp down the drink, wipe his mouth, and then ask, "Where was I just now?"
"Speaking of the decline in productivity at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, it had a counter-effect on production relations."
"Yes."
Zhao Jun asked, "Then why is there a decline in productivity?"
Everyone was silent.
No one spoke in response to Zhao Jun's question.
Because everyone knows.
This question was answered as early as the end of the Western Han Dynasty.
Grand Marshal Shi Dan proposed that "all named fields must not exceed 30 hectares", "two hundred slaves and servants of princes, one hundred marquises and princesses, and thirty marquises, officials and civilians within the pass. After three years, the offenders will have their property confiscated by the government."
That is to say, the land and slaves are limited.
but.
What's the use?
Still couldn't prevent the demise of the Western Han Dynasty.
So everyone here knows about "land annexation".
But not everyone can bring it up.
Because they are the vested interests, even Fan Zhongyan has hundreds of acres of official land and bought thousands of acres of fertile land in his hometown.
here.
Everyone is a landlord!
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