age of survival of the fittest

Toyotomi Hideyoshi seems to have been poor farmers in the first place.
He was born Owari of central Japan of Pacific Ocean side. (Aichi current.)

Of course trend of this times was a case of the tail wagging the dog.
But there was a limit to ones as predestination of the times of feudal.
Lineage was present as a matter of course.

If he was born in other provinces，he could have been a lifetime poverty.


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Around 1050 BC, Zhou kingdom was born in China.　
King of Zhou gave territory to his vassal at that time.
　
When about 300 years passes,the power of the royal family of Zhou had been weakened gradually.
To inverse proportion against it, power of the lords began to increase.
However，even so，Zhou royal family was respected as an authority from lords at first.
　
War between the lord.
It also was kind of race to determine the kingmaker of its time.
　
But around 500 BC,it began to deteriorated gradually.
Authority of the Zhou royal family began to be ignored from the lords.　
　
War between the lord.　
It also became a territorial expansion war.　
　
Age of survival of the fittest.　
Confucius was alive this era of change.　


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There was a large country of lord near the center of the Zhou kingdom called "Jin".　(晋)
Of course Jin had been reckoned from another lords as a major power.
But vassal of three people of Jin had become influential person inside Jin gradually.

Han, Wei, Zhao. (韓、魏、趙)
Around 400 BC，Jin was split into three countries at last.

Civil war that occurred in Japan in 1467 AD called "Ōnin-no-ran". (応仁の乱)
Situation of its 100 years later.
It could have been a situation similar to this.