If I have to ask, what is my impression of the ancient emperor of China?
Then I can sum it up in a very simple sentence:
"More than 95% of emperors are mentally ill, psychopathic, non-human, and 5% are barely normal."
In fact, this is not necessarily their fault. Everyone has absolute power. After a long time, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not become "inhuman"!
For example, we ordinary people like to say "go to hell!" "
Well, let's look at it from another angle. If the emperor and the minister have an argument, we should also say, "Go to hell!" " "
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From a psychological point of view, as long as a normal person is out of control, even if he is a very kind person at heart.
But as long as the emperor with absolute power loses control for a moment, it will cause irreparable disaster.
What's more, absolute power will inevitably lead to absolute corruption, without exception.
Of course, I know that "mental illness, psychopathy, non-human" is worshipped by many people, so I won't mention the specific list.
Generally speaking, the object of China people's worship is the standard: I worship whoever can make greater achievements and influence the fate of others!
In other words, it is utilitarian worship!
If the object you admire or like is a beggar, a native farmer with no promise. Probably will be laughed at and accused by a group of people.
China's ancient natural science didn't develop, which also originated from China's fanatical worship of pragmatism and utilitarianism.
Calculus is naturally not as practical as stereotyped writing and can't create any value. As long as China people are "mentally normal", they will never study the so-called calculus.
Therefore, Newton's appearance in Britain can be worshipped by the people. If it appears in China, I'm afraid it's worse than "shit". Before the industrial revolution, calculus obviously had no practical value.
Based on pragmatism, every dynasty will compile history, and the purpose of compiling history is to sum up previous experiences and lessons.
But history is always interesting, and the reasons for the demise of each dynasty are always similar, but they are completely different.
I didn't fall on the same stone, but on another stone not far away.
There has never been an eternal dynasty.
Corresponding to China people's worship of the emperor, China people's rebellious tradition has a long history.
Of course, where there is oppression, there is resistance.
But the demise of the dynasty is not a simple matter. There have been at least several thousand peasant uprisings of a certain scale in the history of China, but how many times have they succeeded?
I once read the county annals of a county, and was surprised to find that there were nine small-scale rebellions in this county during the 200-odd years of the Qing Dynasty, and some even claimed to be emperors, but unfortunately they were all eliminated by the county magistrate.
Any individual, any organization, any group is a vulnerable group in front of a powerful state machine. Unless he holds the state machine himself.
But such a powerful national machine will always collapse. There are no exceptions.
In order to find the real reason for the demise, let's start with the Qin Dynasty and see what the reasons for the demise of each dynasty are.
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History, some you can understand, some you will never understand. There are still some, just understand. Forget it if you don't understand.