"In fact, the concept of clan families has existed since ancient times." Qin Yu said, "In ancient times, people cultivated slash-and-burn, the environment was harsh, and productivity was extremely low, and it was difficult to survive alone. Hunger, disease, and beast attacks all pose a great threat to their survival, so the ancient humans in the same place have to unite to hunt together to fight against natural disasters. ”

"The ethnic group they formed should be the earliest clan. Saying that it is a clan is actually a group of animals living in gangs, similar to wolves and monkeys. ”

"Not bad! Not bad! Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help nodding when he heard this. I was even more shocked in my heart: Mr. Qin's knowledge had actually reached the point of insight into ancient humans? This has been known for more than 5,000 years.

All the history books say that the reason why ancient human beings survived was because of the teachings of the saints, namely the Three Emperors and the Five Emperors, who invented fire to discover crops and taste herbs.

However, Mr. Qin said that it was the result of the unity and cooperation of ancient human beings.

Using wolves and monkeys to make comparisons, is this the so-called Taoist nature?

His scholarship seems to have subverted the "Historical Records", "Zizhi Tongjian" and "Twenty-four History", which are more in line with the 'Dao' than Qin Yu's theory, while the history books are biased towards ghosts and gods without basis.

Therefore, the clan phenomenon is naturally formed, and it is a last resort in order to survive, and it has penetrated into the marrow of people, and it cannot be completely cut off. With the development of history, there was the concept of clan, surname. Qin Yu continued.

"I remember that even Tang Taizong Li Shimin declared himself the descendant of Laozi Li Er after he won the world, because he knew that the people valued this, and he must have a noble identity as an emperor, and at the same time, he also wanted to win the people surnamed Li in the world. Even now, after some people outside are developed, they say that they are the descendants of Zhu Yuanzhang because of their surname Zhu, which is too common. ”

Someone else pretends to be our descendant? Isn't this pretending to be a relative of the emperor, who is so bold? Zhu Yuanzhang was a little confused.

"Since Mr. said that the concept of clan has existed since ancient times, then why don't foreigners have a concept of clan, or is it very weak?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked. The Yuan Dynasty he overthrew was founded by the Mongols, and the Mongols did not attach importance to clan inheritance.

They don't even have a surname, only a first name.

"That's because the foreigners in ancient times did not have such an advanced writing as the ancient Huaxia people, and without the advanced writing as a recording tool, the surnames of the ancestors could not be inherited, and the clan concept would be thin over time without inheritance. The Huaxia people have experienced dozens of dynasties, but the inheritance has not been broken, all of which are due to the advanced writing. ”

"Just imagine, if a clan does not have a genealogy and no tablet with the name of the ancestor written on it, how can the clan be passed on? Oral transmission cannot last long because it is too easy to be lost. In addition, genealogies and ancestral tablets are also ritual and sacred, without which future generations would not be in awe even if they knew who their ancestors were. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded again and again when he heard this, no one was allowed to enter the ancestral hall in the village back then, and if any child dared to go in and destroy it, he would be broken by the elders.

It is precisely because of the sacredness of the clan in the hearts of future generations that the clan can be passed down for thousands of years, and future generations must protect the genealogy even if they are desperate. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang, he is a farmer, and later historians can verify his great-grandfather through genealogy.

"Foreigners and foreigners are basically a fault line in civilization, and even some immigrant countries have been established for less than 200 years, and they have no clan concept. Without the genealogical inheritance of thousands of years ago, they have no reference basis for wanting to find their roots and ask their ancestors. In other words, it's not that they don't want to have their own clan, it's that they don't have that condition. ”

"I remember when I was in college, I went to the United States, and the people there were basically different people. Only a few large families have a lineage, but that can only be traced back to medieval Europe. ”

"Which country is Rice?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "I've only heard of Tianzhu, Persia, and the Great Food ......."

"The country of rice is several times farther than Persia." Qin Yu said, "It is on the North American continent on the other side of the ocean. ”

"Several times farther than Persia!!" Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked, "Mr. Qin is so young, and he actually went back and forth to such a distant country?" At what age did you start traveling, and how long did it take to return to China? ”

He remembered that Marco Polo came to the Yuan Dynasty from Italy and spent most of his life going back and forth. Tang Xuanzang went to Tianzhu and spent 14 years going back and forth. Qin Yu is so young, could it be that he started traveling as soon as he was born?

"How many more years?" Qin Yu was dumbfounded, "Isn't it possible to fight back and forth in a day?" However, he soon understood that the village chief Huang probably did not know about the plane.

can fight back and forth a day, is this person really a god who can fly to the sky? Zhu Yuanzhang was even more shocked in his heart.

"Since the concept of clan is deeply ingrained in the hearts of the Chinese people, how to solve it?" Zhu Yuanzhang changed the topic, "Only by completely solving the problem of dividing the power of the clan into the court can the dynasty last for a long time." ”

"That's a big question." Qin Yu said, "If you want to completely solve the clan problem, it is simply impossible, after all, it has been passed down for thousands of years, and the clan concept has long been integrated into the bone marrow of the descendants of Yan and Huang. You see, even I am saying that I am a descendant of Yan and Huang, and the descendant of Yan and Huang is also a clan concept. Since there is no way to eradicate it, there is only reasonable use. ”

"What kind of rational use law?" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't wait to ask, excited in his heart, and he was about to know the answer.

"I said Lao Huang, can we not discuss these profound social topics such as clan, culture, and inheritance and focus on reality? We are not specifically engaged in historical research. However, Qin Yu's mind doesn't seem to be on this, his whole mind is on how to get Lujia Village out of poverty and become rich, "For example, let's find a way to solve the food and clothing in the village first." ”

"Of course, we also want to build schools? As the village chief, you need to take the lead. ”

"Mr. Qin blames that." Zhu Yuanzhang said again and again, like an obedient schoolchild. Just when he was about to get the answer, Qin Yu suddenly stopped talking, which made him feel itchy for a while.

But you can't deliberately ask questions, that will arouse Qin Yu's suspicions.

I thought it didn't matter if I didn't ask the answer, I couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry. And solving the door valve of the family must be a very esoteric knowledge, and it is by no means something that can be explained clearly in one or two sentences.

Anyway, Qin Yu is in the village, he is not in a hurry.

"Mr. Qin, that is the patriarch's house over there." Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his finger and pointed.