The political system of the ancient Eastern powers was the dynastic system, and the dynasty, as a form of state power, also had its own life cycle, just like people, born, grown, aged, and died. The dynastic regime also went through five stages: start-up, development, maturity, decay, and demise.
But the difference between a dynasty and a man is that the rise and fall of a dynasty is not only determined by internal factors, but also by external factors.
In the history of the great powers of the East, due to natural disasters and man-made disasters, it led to the collapse of some dynasties, such as the Shang Dynasty because of the floods that occurred when Shang Tang's Dayu controlled the water, and the people were once poor, and the Shang Dynasty has since declined. Of course, natural and man-made disasters are only part of the rise and fall of the dynasty, and corruption and greed within the dynasty are also important reasons.
In fact, the rise and fall of the dynasty can be summed up in two sentences: internal and external troubles, and it is difficult to return. Internal worries refer to the problems of the rulers within the dynasty, such as the lack of ability of the rulers, the autocracy and trampling on the will of the people, the favor of the people, and the corruption of the people, all of which will lead to the demise of the dynasty.
In fact, since the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou people began to conquer various ethnic minorities and establish their own hegemony. But in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, with the formation of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, the ethnic minorities also began to unite against the various overlords of the Central Plains.
In the end, the unification of the six countries did not mean that the foreign races were defeated, but they became the biggest hidden danger of the unified country. In this way, it seems that every dynastic change in the history of the great powers of the ancient East had its own definite cause and effect.
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In fact, the change of dynasties in the ancient Eastern countries can also be summed up in one sentence: the world is in turmoil, and only then can the world be stabilized.
This may sound ironic, but it does correspond to the reality of many dynasties throughout history.
Among the many dynasties that ruled for more than 300 years in ancient times, although there was a relatively peaceful and stable Zhou dynasty that ruled for a long time.
However, there were also some dynasties, such as the Shang Dynasty, the Xia Dynasty, the Song Dynasty and other dynasties that ruled for more than 300 years, and in the process of their rule, there were phenomena such as division, internal strife, and external troubles.
So a long time ago, it was argued that any ruler who is too strong to be defeated will eventually be defeated by his own internal corruption. This may sound ridiculous, but there is a lot of evidence to support it.
For example, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Six Kingdoms attacked each other and divided one side, and the Qin State took advantage of the opportunity to develop and grow, and finally destroyed the Six Kingdoms to establish the Qin Dynasty.
Although Qin Shi Huang destroyed the Six Kingdoms, unified the great powers of the East, and formulated many policies conducive to the development and expansion of centralized power, the Qin Dynasty only existed for 15 years before it fell. Another example is the later Sui and Tang dynasties, the "three harsh policies" carried out during the opening of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty led to great chaos in the world, and the "Three Towns Rebellion" and other wars continued, and the Sui Dynasty only existed for 38 years before perishing.
Another example is the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, before that, when the great powers of the East flourished for more than 300 years during the Tang Dynasty before they perished, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms only existed for 53 years before they perished. It can be seen that if any ruler or dynasty wants to maintain long-term stability, he needs to grasp his own policy direction, and he must be able to take into account the overall situation and judge the situation to govern.
1. Dynasties that have ruled for more than 300 years often go through capital moves. According to the classics, Feng Shui pays attention to two types: "innate" and "acquired".
Feng Shui, innate feng shui refers to the need to consider the issue of moving the capital at the beginning of the establishment of the dynasty, and move the capital according to the requirements of the innate feng shui.
One of the common features of the three dynasties of the Xia and Shang dynasties is that the three dynasties began to move their capitals at the beginning of their capitals, and moved their capitals to different locations according to the rules of Feng Shui.
Although three generations have moved their capitals, and it is said that Shang Tang also established the capital city of Tongcheng near present-day Anyang City, Henan Province according to the guidance of Taibaixing.
But in the end, it was only the Zhou Dynasty that was able to maintain a long-term rule and maintain its rule for more than 300 years.
Neither Xia and Shang dynasties have been able to maintain more than 300 years, and these moves to the capital are considered failures caused by innate feng shui.
Therefore, for the issue of moving the capital, "innate" is to consider whether the issue of moving the capital is in line with the regulations of Feng Shui; The "day after tomorrow" is to move the capital according to what kind of problems he faced during his reign.
In fact, according to Feng Shui, when choosing a location to move the capital, you should try to choose the "Dragon's Den", because the location of the "Dragon's Den" can bring long-term peace and stability and the situation of national peace and security.
With the exception of the Song dynasty, all other dynasties that ruled for more than 300 years eventually declined. According to the regulations of innate feng shui, the capital was moved to different locations
Although we cannot trust 100% of the descriptions in ancient documents, we do have to admit that many of these records are the result of historians' whitewashing of peace.
It took only 319 years from the establishment of the Song Dynasty to its demise, which is one of the shortest established and shortest reigning dynasties in the history of the great powers of the East.
However, if according to the legendary ancestor Song Emperor Lu Shang who predicted that the flat terrain of Kaifeng would lead to the demise of the Song dynasty when he built Kaifeng,
and the continuous wars between the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin soldiers through the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, such factors can be said to have been buried in the early days of the Song Dynasty.
And this "covering" is precisely the result of their own digging.
Although there were many dynasties that ruled for more than 300 years in ancient Eastern powers,
However, there are very few that can really complete the 300-year inheritance project and really bring long-term peace and stability.
Because it is not easy to achieve 300 years of inheritance, the project needs to consider the issue of moving the capital.
However, except for the Zhou Dynasty, other capitals have been moved more than 2 times and successfully achieved 300 years of inheritance, and it is not completely impossible to carry out the project.