The Law of Blood Tribute: The Survival Game of Chinese History

Some book friends commented that this book is like Mr. Wu Si taking a scalpel, dissecting Chinese history, and then showing it to you and saying: Do you see it? That's it. Whether you want to see him or not, he is there, neither sad nor happy. Blood reward is the reward for violence (such as kidnapping), just like wages are the reward for labor, interest is the reward for capital, and land rent is the reward for land. This book is a rare good book that will allow you to re-examine history from an unprecedented perspective and gain different inspirations.

If you read a good book, it will be over if you don't pay attention. The author is knowledgeable and experienced. It is said that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. The author has rich theories and experiences, so the book he wrote leaves people with endless thoughts and feelings after reading it. I can't say enough about the good books, I give them five stars 😘

This work talks about some of the necessary factors for survival summarized in history. Of course, survival here is not just as simple as what we usually call life, but a code of life in a certain field, in royal power, or in the world. If you can't fit into this pattern, or as the author calls it a game. You will definitely be eliminated from this field. The author's overall logic of discussion is very clear, and what he wants to emphasize is also very clear. It is clear that of course this survival game not only exists in history, but in fact it also exists in our modern society.

This is the most fundamental principle of violence. Just imagine when two people have a disagreement and no matter how reasonable they are, one of them suddenly takes out a knife and asks you if you want to live. At this time, it is easy to reach an agreement. The author looks at the rise and fall of a country through the concept of blood payment. When a country was first founded, there were few people receiving blood payment and many ordinary people engaged in production. It was called ten sheep and one herder, so social stability could be maintained. However, with the development of society, more and more people joined the team to obtain blood payment. Eventually, ten sheep and nine herders were formed. There were too many blood suckers, and the people could not live and work in peace and contentment, so they had to rebel in the end. On the other hand, officials, bandits, and civilians transform into each other under certain circumstances. In a unified era, there are all kinds of people who earn blood rewards. This is also the difficulty of social governance. Just like Zhu Yuanzhang lamented that he wanted to give the people more power, but in the end it was the evildoers who benefited. If you want the government to improve efficiency and manage well, more corrupt officials will eventually be born.

Once a banned book, it has now been unblocked. It is extremely thorough in its writing of history. The unfortunate classes in history are like a mirror that reflects on modern society! History is not only the reflection of heroes, but also the blood and tears shed by living in the bottom of the endless abyss.

This book describes a survival game in Chinese history, and talks about concepts such as blood rewards and meta-rules. The book says that the so-called blood reward, that is, the reward for bleeding and fighting, embodies the exchange relationship between life and survival resources. There are three key points in the law of blood rewards: 1. Blood rewards are the benefits of violent plunder at the cost of life. 2. When the blood reward is greater than the cost, violent plunder occurs. 3. Violent plunder does not create wealth. All this is summarized by the author as the historical view of blood reward.

The author of this book attempts to look at historical issues from an economics perspective, using the basic premise that rational people seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and puts himself into the situations of bureaucrats, bandits, gangs, warlords, farmers and other characters to analyze what they do. In addition, the author created many concepts and introduced violence as an important variable into the behavioral analysis framework. I haven't actually studied history, but after listening to the author's analysis and the cases he showed, I think what he said makes sense. Perhaps in the eyes of some professional history scholars, the author's analysis is not rigorous, and is even suspected of looking for evidence from official history, unofficial history, and even literary works for the purpose of drawing conclusions. But for an amateur reader like me, it's enough. If nothing else, just reading the short stories listed by the author is eye-opening.

The world is not black and white, and wonderful farces are staged one after another in the gray areas where black and white meet.

Five years ago, China's civilization was splendid and magnificent. There are many books on the market that interpret Chinese history, but this book provides a highly personalized way of interpreting history from a unique perspective. The author adopts a brand-new conception and writing method based on historical records and historical materials, and vividly depicts history in popular language. He also creates many new concepts such as "grey prison, white member, pump rule, horizontal rule", etc., Reflecting the process of maximizing interests through violence in traditional Chinese politics.

Thought provoking. Blood Rewards starts from the interests of bandits and illustrates the process from the destruction of order to the difficult reconstruction of order, and even the collapse after reconstruction, from small to large, from shallow to deep, and progresses step by step. I roughly understand a few points: 1. Violence is the source of order. It can destroy order or establish order. 2. Violent groups themselves do not create value. 3. The violent group's huge vassal grows rapidly and can reach the original one hundred times. 4. Through the ability to cause destruction, vassals coerce the people to cede their interests again and again. 5. The commercial society obtains profits by providing high-quality services and goods. This is the way that the author truly recognizes, and it is also the best way to avoid the collapse of order. Violent groups and their affiliates should transform into business groups and provide services and goods in exchange for money in the hands of ordinary people.