I am Da Song

Chapter 607 Bloodline caste ([-]th update today)

"The caste system?" Zhang Jun said in surprise, not understanding how the always open-minded officials would propose such a system that was clearly outdated by the times.

Zhang Jun said: "Since the Three Emperors, sages have ruled the country, and our Xias have respected the virtues and virtues that can convince people. He is a farmer in the court, and he is in the Tianzitang in the evening. As long as you have talent, why ask where you are from. Baili Xiju was listed in the city. , Sun Shuao was raised in the sea. Even if he is a merchant or a pawn, a salt merchant or a fisherman can also be promoted to the imperial court."

"This is how we have the brilliance of our Zhuxia civilization. In the former Tang Dynasty, foreign heroes gathered in the prefectures and counties, and the heroes and barbarians served in the battlefield."

Zhao Huan nodded, Zhu Xia is really unique in terms of class circulation.

In the West, if one is born a farmer, one cannot become a nobleman.

Even if Joan of Arc, a little rural girl, tried her best to turn the tide and save France from danger, she still failed to become a nobleman alive.

Therefore, the Western Middle Ages was ignorant and barren, the society was dark, and the farmers were numb.

But if you want to say that the caste system is useless, that is not necessarily the case.

If you want to ask, is there a caste system that can last for 3000 years and maintain the long-term stability of an area?

That's true, the caste system in India.

Around 1200 BC, the Aryans destroyed the ancient Indian civilization. In order to rule India forever, the Aryans invented the caste system.

Later in the long history, India divided the population into four classes, namely Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Sudra.

During the Jianye period, this caste system has existed for almost 300 years.

Qin Shihuang also thought about Qin I, Qin II, and Qin Wanshi, but his ideals were not satisfactory, and Qin II disappeared only after Qin II.

But the caste system has really survived for more than 2000 years, as the Aryans thought, and it has always been effective.

Under the rule of the caste system, Indy is very stable.

It can be said that if there is no option for foreign enemies to invade, Indy is in a closed ecosystem, and the surname system is almost impossible to be overthrown.

Zhao Huan said to Zhang Jun: "Now the royal family has settled down, the princes have paid tribute, the world is gradually united, and the foreign vassals are becoming more and more numerous. Even if everyone in the universe promotes Wanghua, there will always be a distinction between Miao and caste."

"The entire court, and the hearts and minds of the people, are all thinking of a noble daughter from the Xia Dynasty and not marrying a foreign country. It's better to fix this customary thing in clear text."

That's right, Zhao Huan just wanted to put a super big patch on Indy's caste system.

The biggest problem with India's caste system is that it cannot form a closed loop, and there will always be invading forces from the north coming in to turn the table.

But what if Da Song can achieve a super large closed loop?
The Song Dynasty’s vassal clan system covered all countries, covering the five continents of Asia, Europe, Africa, the United States and Australia. There must be no aliens to break this closed loop, right?
Zhang Jun was knowledgeable and said: "About caste, as far as I know, in the early Zhou Dynasty, when the kings conquered the tribes, they set up a national and wild system. The people were divided into nationals and wild people."

"The people of the country are the people of the country. They can participate in the discussion of politics, serve in the army and fight in wars, and run businesses."

"The savages are the aborigines of the small state conquered by the Zhou Dynasty. The conquered merchants and other farmers lived in the wild, or belonged to the state, or belonged to the fief, and could only farm. The well-field system was set up in the week, and one field was divided. It is divided into nine pieces, divided into threes and threes, and the surrounding eight pieces are private fields, and the output belongs to the savages. The middle piece is public land, which is handed over to the state.”

This set may be relatively unfamiliar to people nowadays, and all this is too far away from Da Song.

But later generations are certainly no strangers, whether it is fiefs, nobles, republics, deliberatives, serfs, or slaves for generations, this is the political model that the fiefs and nobles in the Western Middle Ages have always maintained in the Middle Ages.

The two can't be said to be exactly the same, there is almost no difference.

That is to say, the Western feudal aristocracy, the ancestors of Zhuxia played it more than 2000 years ago.

Therefore, regarding the caste system, Zhu Xia also knows very well, as long as he can learn from others, he can promote it.

Zhao Huan asked Zhang Jun directly: "Your knowledge is profound, and you have learned about ancient and modern times. I just wonder if you have heard of the caste system in India?"

Zhang Jun shook his head and said, "About Indi, I only know that there is gold and ivory, and Buddha and blue are all over the land. As for the country, I really didn't pay much attention to it."

Zhao Huan introduced: "As far as I know, India is divided into four castes. The first-class Brahmins are mainly monks and nobles. They have the privilege of interpreting religious scriptures and offering sacrifices to gods, as well as the right to enjoy offerings. They are in charge of education and are responsible for Monopoly on cultural education and reporting on farming seasons and interpretation of religious discourse;”

Zhang Jun immediately made an analogy, and said, "Probably my aristocratic family in the Wei and Jin Dynasties of the Central Plains."

Zhao Huan praised: "I haven't thought about the classification of Qing, but it is indeed appropriate."

In most people's minds, Brahmins are a group of priests.But it’s really not true. He is more like an intellectual class who has the power to interpret civilization, instructs solar terms, the lunar calendar, interprets classics of poetry, and is also responsible for education.

In fact, it is very similar to the functions of aristocratic families and scholar-bureaucrats.

Zhao Huan went on to say: "Their second-class name is that the Kshatriyas are military nobles and administrative nobles. They have the privilege of collecting various taxes, rule the political army, and are responsible for protecting the Brahmin class from generation to generation;"

Zhang Jun made an analogy and said, "Maybe the Longyou Military Group?"

This is not a good analogy. After all, in the Central Plains, whoever has administrative power and military power will be pulled down by the emperor.There is really no class similar to this in the Central Plains.

Zhao Huan skipped here for the time being, and said: "Their third class, named Vaisya, is an ordinary Aryan, who has no political privileges, and must support the first two classes in the form of donations and taxes, and is mainly engaged in business;"

This is a good analogy, the major landlords, staff members, workshop owners, and businessmen in the Central Plains.

"The fourth class is called Sudra. The vast majority are the conquered indigenous people. It is composed of high-level servants and craftsmen who serve meals and cook. It is the most populous caste. It is considered a lowly occupation."

Needless to say, the vast majority of all living beings in the world are in this class.

Zhao Huan said: "Indy has established a strict social hierarchy through this caste system, and there is almost no circulation between them."

Zhang Jun asked curiously: "Can the social hierarchy be fixed by only dividing into four classes?"

If it is so simple, I am afraid that since ancient times, dynasties have divided the people into four classes.

Zhao Huan said: "Of course not. The core of this caste system is that different skin colors and different bloodlines lead to different classes. Bloodlines are used to frame the people in a specific social class. Moreover, surnames are bound to families. Just by looking at the surname, you can know which level the family should be in. In this way, as long as each family is restricted to intermarriage within the caste of the same level, it is almost impossible to cross classes. In this way, people at all levels of the entire society are stable. live."

(End of this chapter)