In ancient times, it was very common to use the amount of property to distinguish a person's class. It was also considered a kind of progress, which was different from blood. It could at least make ordinary people feel that there was a chance of advancement.
For a period of time, ancient Athens and ancient Rome distinguished classes based on property. But ancient Rome quickly carried out reforms, and ancient Athens and the Renaissance simply disappeared. It was gone, it was over, and history ended with them.
Even in the ancient Central Plains, there was a saying that "those who have permanent property have perseverance", and property was also believed to be an important criterion for judging a person.
The results of ancient Athens and the Renaissance were also very obvious. In the end, they all ended in failure, because using property as the standard for class does transcend blood, but it is a fool's errand for people at the bottom to want to improve their class by making money.
Ordinary people use labor to make money, smart people use their brains to make money, and rich people use money to make money. Labor and brain power also need rest, and money is made 24 hours a day, so it is impossible to use physical labor to surpass the financial game.
In the end, it was difficult to reform and was destroyed by foreign enemies. Ancient Athens could not defeat the reformed Rome, and the Renaissance was no match for the religious army.
Rome's reform was to change one's identity through military merit, and to become a Roman by serving in the war. The religious army relied on faith, and the stronger the faith, the higher the promotion.
Money ultimately loses to military reform and religious belief. After all, ordinary people can join in military reform and religious belief immediately. But money cannot make ordinary people join immediately. Even if the nobles have money, how can they fall into the hands of big soldiers?
The nobles spent one thousand, eight hundred were embezzled by their subordinates, two hundred were sent to the military camp, the officers took away 160, and the remaining 40 were divided among the big soldiers. In this way, it is strange that the big soldiers can have combat effectiveness.
You must know that "an army cannot be fully paid, and a full army cannot be defeated", which means that if an army can provide sufficient military pay, its combat effectiveness will be high. Without military pay, there will be no combat effectiveness. However, there is a structural contradiction in the distinction of money between classes, and everyone has to make a lot of money.
Therefore, if nobles cannot get things done with money, they must first feed their subordinates. This is a bottomless pit.
It is difficult for middlemen to make a profit on things like military merit and belief. Therefore, efficiency will continue to decrease just by having money. If property is used as a distinction between classes, each class will make money crazily. Once the money flows, each layer will
Be corrupt.
Therefore, this method of classifying classes based on money has been eliminated by most civilizations because it is too inefficient.
It is best to use intangible things to mobilize classes, rather than tangible things. Because tangible things are too easy to be corrupted. Every class has to rob, from top to bottom. Once the funds flow, it must be layer by layer.
Exploiting, in the end, if the bottom layer can’t get it, they won’t take any action.
Therefore, it must be an intangible thing that can be obtained by every class, will not be intercepted by others, and can flow among different classes to form a consensus. What thing has such characteristics? Faith must be one, because faith is inspired by everyone's heart.
The level of belief is reflected in each person's behavior. Good behavior towards religion means high belief, and bad behavior towards religion means no belief.
Military merit is also counted. Military merit is on the enemy's head and it is difficult to intercept it. It depends on everyone's ability to grab it. If you grab it, it is yours. Because it is not from top down, but from bottom up. Of course, military merit is
Tangible things such as human heads and ears are easy to deceive, such as killing good people and exaggerating credit... but the overall efficiency is still higher than giving out money.
In short, money is not the strongest, but the channels through which money circulates are the most important. Without channels, only money, it is a dead thing. Ancient Athens and the Renaissance were all lessons learned from Hongguoguo. The inability of money to flow has a fatal impact on efficiency.
, so large civilizations will look for compensation and find a core other than money.
Currently, Duran is promoting cyberpunk by using property to differentiate. However, the island country is a civilization with a history of thousands of years, and it also has a class system that can be run without property. Bushido is a good way to operate it.
Many nobles can mobilize Cao Mang even if they don't have money. They rely on morality and faith to organize manpower. As long as they have a bite to eat, Cao Mang is willing to use his own energy to fight and die.
The loyalty and courage of the samurai have not disappeared. When money cannot flow, that is when the samurai returns.
Yukihira Soma is a reckless samurai, alone. Logically speaking, he has no reason to fight, and no one gives him money. But his morality does not allow him to sit back and watch Dulan do whatever he wants. He knows that the Demon Chef Army is destroying the country, so
He wants to fight.
But Dulan didn't accept Shokuma, after all, Yukihira Soma had nothing but morality.
"Now is the most beautiful era of the island country. The Renaissance is nothing more than that. Why do you object? The Renaissance is the best thing in the world. Just accept it."
"But the Renaissance also had carders' uprisings." Yukihira Soma said: "People who lived in the Renaissance did not think that era was beautiful. Only artists who were eager to get capital investment would advocate the Renaissance, because the money in the Renaissance was too much.
Too much, they all go to hype art. As long as they are favored by capital, artists can become famous. But for carders, this is the worst era, and even for those who have not been recorded in history, this is a
Bad times."
"That's right. It seems that reading more books is beneficial. You can't learn this knowledge in the kitchen, right? You have to study hard to master it. You see, I'm not harming you. I'll let you study hard and take the exam as a lawyer or a doctor.
, this is a good thing." Dulan was very pleased to hear the young man open his mouth.
Xing Ping Soma said: "What inspires me is not you, but Yi Yin, and everything I have experienced. People can't teach you anything, but you can learn everything once you teach them. I have experienced so much
, I really know what you said is right, and I also understand why Yi Yin gave up cooking and joined politics. It is true that cooking alone cannot feed everyone."
"Wonderful, you have indeed grown up." Dulan was very pleased.
"Dulan, Shiji and I. You should know that your Demon Chef Army will soon rot. Even if you have a lot of money, it will not be able to flow. Then the whole country will be in chaos. Now you and I, Shiji, if you lose
Yes, everything can be saved."
"Yes, yes, what you said is very good. I can feel your morality. You are now a qualified chef." Dulan said: "But I still reject your request because you are no match for me now.
Your level is not good enough."
Yukihira Soma said: "I am no longer the person I used to be. During this time, I traveled all over the country. I went to various small islands to taste seafood, and I went into the deep mountains and forests to find the original taste of ingredients. Now I have all the ingredients from all over the country.
In my heart, I can defeat you."
"Then I can't compare with the ingredients from the island country?" Dulan said with a smile: "We can compare with the ingredients from all over the world. Even Joichiro Yukihira dare not say that he knows the ingredients from all over the world. But I can tell you that I know the ingredients from all over the world.
I know everything, the climate where all the ingredients are produced, the processing methods of all the ingredients, and even the evolution direction of the ingredients. You are not my opponent and you will definitely lose, so I will not compete with you."
"Why are you willing to eat halberd with me? Do you want to compete with me because I also know the ingredients from all over the world?"
"When you make a dish that can bring God's Tongue back to life, you can almost compete with me." Duran gave the standard and said: "Nakiri Erina's mother is also a God's Tongue, and she is already in the final stage.
God’s Tongue, if you can satisfy her, then you can barely compete with me.”
"Okay, I understand." Yukihira Soma didn't talk nonsense and went directly to Nakiri Erina. He wanted to use his cooking skills to save God's Tongue.
At this time, the late-night cook was also cooking for God's Tongue, hoping to gain her satisfaction.
But they are all too unpalatable. The upgraded God's Tongue is extremely picky about taste, and ordinary ingredients simply cannot satisfy its taste buds. Late-night cooks are all very powerful, and they all have special powers, but even so, God's Tongue is still
Not satisfied. Still hoping to find a stronger chef.
Yukihira Soma went back home first, made preparations, and then went to find the Tongue of God.
"Are you going to cook for God's Tongue?"
"Well, only if the God's Tongue is satisfied, Duran will agree to eat halberds with me." The young man said: "I can't sit back and ignore it anymore. If the rule of the Demon Kitchen Army is not ended, I don't know what direction this country will go. I'm sure
It will be terrible. So I have to stop Duran."
"Then go." The father said, "You have grown up, and now I will share my knowledge with you to help you achieve your goals."