Name: 三国志 - 過度に単純化された (Three Kingdoms - OverSimplified)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T08:11:43.000Z
Duration: 17 min 23 s
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The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the children are playing in the village square.

Hey, the Yellow River flooded again and destroyed all your crops.

aaand also we're being raided by nomadic tribesmen,

aaaand also this period of Chinese history may be entirely mythical, meaning you may not even exist.

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Well, that would certainly explain the laser eyes.

Chinese civilization began around the year 2000 BC, when the (possibly mythical) Xia dynasty was formed.

dynasties would usually rise up with a powerful leader who worked for the good of the people.

But over time, the leaders would become more corrupt and self-serving.

Someone would inevitably build a lake of alcohol and the angry populace would overthrow them, giving way for a new dynasty to rise.

Following this pattern, the Xia dynasty was replaced by the Shang, who liked bronze and writing.

But then the leaders got corrupt and were replaced by the Zhou, who liked the iron and philosophy.

But that one sort of just fell apart and was replaced by the Qin, who liked building walls and people made out of rock.

But they were pretty tyrannical from the start, and were quickly replaced by the Han,

who liked creating new trade routes and getting in touch with their emotions.

In line with this pattern, the Han dynasty came about under the strong and popular leadership of Emperor Gaozu.

The dynasty remained firmly in place for over four centuries, and was considered a golden age in Chinese history,

developing new forms of art, political thinking, technology...

Oh, looks like all the leaders got corrupt.

See, probably the biggest problem in ancient China's political system that allowed so much corruption to come about all the time

was a little something called Court Culture.

Imagine for me, if you will, that you are the son of the Chinese emperor.

Now apart from how weird it is that you have a ton of stepmoms and many of them would like to kill you, and also

all of your friends are middle-aged dudes with no dongs, life's pretty alright.

"Son, I know our relationship hasn't been the best, and I've never said this before

but I just want to let you know that I love y-

You are but a child and have no idea how to rule over a massive empire?

Fret not! Because just about everyone in your court wants to help you out with that.

"Hey, man, remember me? I'm your mom's bro.

Anyway, I heard you needed someone to rule over China for you. I mean to help you rule China.

So hey, here's a popsicle. I hope we can get along."

"No way m an. We've been your friends and your personal caretakers your whole life,

and even though we may have no dongs, I think you should give US all the power to rule China.

So who will you be influenced by? Your scheming uncle, or your loyal eunuchs?

And towards the end of the Han dynasty, a string of child emperors allowed more and more power to fall into the hands of the eunuchs.

They began handing out government jobs for bribes, heavily taxing the poor for their own wealth,

and while you're sitting there eating your popsicle, everyone in your court is

literally murdering each other to try and consolidate more power and riches for themselves,

"Hey, did you guys know there's been a drought out here for two years?"

Obviously, the people weren't too happy that while they were struggling to survive, they're also been heavily taxed,

so that the eunuch faction could all have rocking mansions, complete with swimming pools and Alexas.

So finally, when a self-proclaimed Taoist wizard came along and was like,

"You know whose fault it is that we're all out here starving?

They've lost their mandate from heaven and the imperial family must be DESTROYED

Also check this out. Eh? Can you tell what it is yet?

The people loved his political philosophy. He promised them land reforms and his followers grew in number.

They began arming themselves and wearing yellow turbans,

and they also developed a really catchy slogan.

In the year 184, the Yellow Turban rebellion broke out across China,

with millions rising up against the Han dynasty and the imperial government in the capital city freaked out.

they were completely unprepared and unable to deal with such a huge rebellion.

So they were forced to call in independent warlords from across the Empire to help them deal with this situation.

Some big names took part in the fighting,

I'm talking the likes of the great Cao Cao, the tyrannical Dong Zhuo, Liu Bei, Sun Jian,

and many many other Chinese names I'm definitely not pronouncing correctly.

These warlords crushed the rebellion in their own respective regions,

and with casualties in the millions, the Han dynasty breathed a huge sigh of relief.

But what they didn't realize, is that by relying on all the warlords and their armies, they had essentially diminished their own central control over the empire

and many of the warlords now held the power to act almost completely independently and rule over their own local regions themselves.

Back in the capital, the Emperor and his son were having a little chat.

"Listen, I know we've had our ups and downs,

and I spent all of my time with your many, MANY smokin' hot stepmoms instead of you.

But what say you and I finally go on a little fishing trip together this weeke-

and yet another child emperor was on the throne.

This time, however, instead of the eunuch faction gaining even more power,

this Child Emperor's uncle became his regent, who also just so happened to be the head of the Imperial Army, He Jin.

"Man, I hate those sneaky lying cheating eunuchs.

Hey warlord, Yuan Shao. What should we do?"

"You can't kill the eunuchs! They're a vital part of this Empire's governance!

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