The theory of water wheels and the change of ancient dynasties
In ancient society, people valued power more, and it can be said that power is everything. As the emperors and generals in power, they are always thinking about how to effectively control power, and even some aspirants and careerists are very concerned about this issue. Thus arises the phenomenon that those who have gained power want to control power permanently, and those who have no power want to do everything possible to obtain power. For this reason, the two have engaged in endless struggles, fighting and fighting, and China's ancient historical society has completed its own process in this cycle of suffering in this cycle of gaining power---- losing power---- powerless ---- power struggle for power ---- gaining power.
Some historians say that it was the peasant uprising in feudal society that promoted the development of history, and although this statement is biased, it still has a certain truth in careful tasting. Looking at the feudal history of Chinese society, there are indeed many historical facts that promoted the transformation of power through peasant uprisings. When a dynasty develops to a certain stage, there will be political corruption and dregs, and some despicable and shameless corrupt elements who float in the upper echelons of society will appear, and it is extremely easy to provoke peasant uprisings, and through a huge peasant uprising, those corrupt elements that belong to the dregs of society will be overthrown, and they will go to the bottom, push some leaders belonging to the elite to the top and become the rulers, that is, the emperor. But after a while, the original elites became moldy again, becoming the scum hindering social development, and the peasants revolted again. Through a large-scale peasant uprising, stir them up again. The process of change from the Qin Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, from the Sui Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, from the Song Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty all followed this law.
This can't help but remind me of the principle of waterwheel: a waterwheel in a long river, it keeps turning, in its rotation, the water in the original bucket is poured out, and the new water is brought up, and then the new water is brought down... The force cycles back and forth. For example, the change of feudal power has caused those who have power to lose their power and those who have no power to have rights. Among them, the peasant revolt became a machine of transformation and a lubricant for social development.
