"It is precisely because of the heavenly laws that we are able to grasp the seasons, the solar terms, and the farming seasons. With the help of this knowledge, our farmers can produce more food. It is precisely because we have grasped these laws that I know that if I see stars in the sky at night, tomorrow will definitely be a sunny day. Otherwise, it won't be. Duke Yuan, isn't this the heavenly laws?"
Yuan Huang was speechless.
"Since we can predict tomorrow's weather, it means that there is a law in the heavens. As long as we grasp this law, we can at least avoid the harm brought by natural disasters, right? Why can we only predict the weather tomorrow and the day after, but not try to predict the weather in the next few years? Don't stick to the sunny weather every day, try to discover the climate change every year!
Duke Yuan, after reading the ancient books, I found a law, a law of the heavens. Whenever the ancient books record drought, cold weather, summer rain and snow, it is the peak period for the northern barbarians to go south. On the contrary, when the weather is good, it is often when we launch a counterattack against the northern barbarians. Have you ever thought about why? "
"When the weather is cold, the northern barbarians have no water and grass to feed their livestock, so they have no food to eat. They have no choice but to go south to plunder. When the weather is warm, the northern barbarians do not lack food, so there is no need for them to go south. Our dynasty has the strength to take back the population and territory."
Xiao Ruxun nodded: "Yes! This is the law of the heavens. Duke Yuan, don't you know it? Also, because of the warm weather, the warm and humid climate, the growth of food and livestock is prosperous, so the people can have children and the population will continue to increase.
Once the weather becomes cold, the food production will plummet, and the previous large number of people will inevitably face the danger of food shortage. Without enough food to eat, people will starve to death, and refugees will appear. Then the northern barbarians will go south again to plunder, and we will be powerless to resist, right? In serious cases, the country will be destroyed.
For example, when the Jin went south, the Liao was destroyed, and the Song lost the northern land. When the Meng Yuan went south, the Jin was destroyed, and the Song was destroyed. These people lived well in the north, why must they go south? Just because the Central Plains is prosperous? Everyone is the same, with enough food to eat and clothes to wear, why must they go to war?
Because of the cold weather, their original encampment could not survive. In order to survive, they had no choice but to go south to plunder food. This was because the large number of people they gave birth to during the warm weather also faced the predicament of not having enough to eat.
And at this moment, the advantage of the Northern Barbarians being strong and all of their citizens being soldiers is on full display. As for us, because of the lack of food in our regions, the lack of food at our borders, and the lack of food for our soldiers, we have no fighting power and no organization. We have collapsed thousands of miles away, and the calamity of the destruction of our country! Everything recorded in the historical records just happened to prove that what I was thinking was the truth, not speculation and speculation!
The collapse of the previous dynasties in the Central Plains is not only because of the annexation of land, but also because the climate turned cold, a large number of people in the north could not survive. Without food to eat, they had to rebel in order to survive. When the climate was warm, there were a large number of people who needed to eat. When the climate turned cold, they still needed to eat. But at this time, there was not so much food. In order to survive, they had to rebel, not only because there was no land, but also because there was no land to grow food! "
Yuan Huang has been completely shocked. If it was the Four Books and Five Classics, even ten Xiao Ruxun tied together would not be his opponent. If it was the current climate change, even ten Yuan Huang tied together would not be Xiao Ruxun's opponent.
So Yuan Huang swallowed his saliva and opened his mouth with difficulty.
"So … Ji Xin, you mean, right now, we are experiencing a process of the weather suddenly turning cold?"
Xiao Ruxun shook his head. "The sky is so big.
It is impossible for the temperature to suddenly turn cold, but it is certain that it will continue to turn cold. Deacon Yuan, you can think about it. I don't know if you have read those historical books, but those historical books recorded that in the pre-Qin period and the Shang and Zhou period, there were elephants in the Central Plains. The merchants also had elephant soldiers. But now, you see, only these hot and humid places have elephant soldiers. Elephants can only survive in these places. This is enough to prove that the Central Plains of the Shang Dynasty is the same as the current Southern Barbarian Land. They are all dense forests and the climate is hot and humid.
But now? "Yuan Huang suddenly realized and slapped the table," I see! That's right! That's right! Two thousand years ago, the Central Plains was the same as the current Southern Barbarian Land. It was a hot and humid place! Later, the climate changed, and the Central Plains became what it is now! The Central Plains back then was much hotter than the Central Plains now! "
"Yes! That's right! It was also recorded in the pre-Han period that peach blossoms bloomed in the third month of Luoyang, and eight rivers surrounded Chang 'an. That meant that during the pre-Han period, the land of Shaanxi was also warm. Peach blossoms could grow in the north in the third month. Shaanxi, which lacked water, was surrounded by eight rivers. That meant that at that time, the climate of Shaanxi was much warmer than now. Only when it was warm enough could there be enough water! And after more than a hundred years, rain and snow in summer and frost in June, that was not a big injustice. That was because the weather was so cold that it would snow in summer. Under such circumstances, how could food grow?
It was precisely because of such a climate change that it caused all the subsequent events. The Hu people went south, the collapse of the Jin Dynasty, and the separation of the Northern and Southern Dynasties for hundreds of years. It was not until the Sui Dynasty that it was unified. Deacon Yuan, you can say this. Land annexation, the muddle-headed emperor, the merchants hoarded, the tyrants bullied the common people, and the government levied exorbitant taxes. These are like gunpowder, and natural disasters are like sparks. When a spark falls, it instantly ignites the gunpowder all over China. "
The more Yuan Huang thought about it, the more he felt that what Xiao Ruxun said made sense. When he thought about the current situation again, he suddenly sucked in a breath of cold air.
"Looking at today's season, Ji Xin, do you mean that today's Daming has reached this juncture?"
"It's lingering at the juncture and has not completely entered it, so there is still a glimmer of hope."
Yuan Huang heaved a heavy sigh of relief. He thought that there was still a glimmer of hope for the Daming.
In fact, Xiao Ruxun thought so too.
But at this moment, they did not expect whether the glimmer of hope that Xiao Ruxun mentioned belonged to the Daming, or to the entire Han people, and not the Daming.
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