The economic base determines the superstructure. In ancient China, "the shores of the four seas were all the royal land." The private ownership of land determined the ancient political system to be authoritarian and centralized. For thousands of years, it remains unchanged. On the other hand, the centralization of authoritarian power is conducive to the country's territorial expansion, the stability of the country, and the maximum rule of imperial power. Facts from past dynasties have proven that when local power is too great, the country will fall into chaos and the country will not be peaceful. Therefore, authoritarian centralization constitutes an important feature of ancient China's political system.

Do you want to write a paper? In fact, what I said above is enough. Let me explain a few more. The focus of ancient class struggle was first the contradiction between slaves and slave owners and then farmers and landlords. In slave society, land was It is completely state-owned, so there are many vassal states because the king is a big slave owner. The feudal situation of vassal states with different surnames in Shang and Zhou has caused long-term turmoil. In the Warring States Period, with the improvement of productivity and the development of the commodity economy, private ownership of land With the emergence of modernization, society began to transition to feudal society. The landlord's requirement was to have more land. Qin Shihuang, who represented the interests of the landlords, established a strong and unified empire. Centralization of power was implemented to strengthen the imperial power, and the local system of prefectures and counties was implemented to avoid The feudal princes competed for hegemony. In the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang implemented the practice of enfeoffing kings with the same surname, but it was not enough. Excessive local power would also affect the rule of the emperor, the leader of the landlord class. When the feudal kings with the same surname were settled, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty strengthened centralization and established a powerful Han Empire. You can When we see that the following dynasties will be united, they must divide, and if they divide for a long time, they must unite (the general trend is that if they divide for a long time, they must unite). For example, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Jiedu Envoy of the Tang Dynasty, the king of the same surname Fenfeng in the early Ming Dynasty, and the three Han kings in the early Qing Dynasty were all local The power of the political power was too great, which affected the emperor's governance. Therefore, every dynasty and every generation continued to strengthen imperial power and centralization. By the Qing Dynasty, it was unprecedentedly centralized and relatively perfect. But centralization should not be too strengthened. You can see it in the Song Dynasty. Because of its overemphasis on centralization, the Song Dynasty was relatively wealthy for 300 years but its national power was always weak.