Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 56, Environment?forest?

"It's indeed the second time. I happen to have some questions that I want to ask Mr. Liu for advice."

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Emperor Hongzhi said little by little.

Originally, he just came out to see how ordinary people in the capital were coping with the cold winter. He didn't expect to meet Liu Jin. He wanted to ask Liu Jin a lot of questions, so he just took this opportunity to ask them.

The same is true for Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang. They also have a lot of questions they want to ask Liu Jin. Now they just met, so naturally they don't intend to let Liu Jin go easily.

"I don't dare to ask for advice. If you have any doubts, sir, you may as well just say it. As long as I know, I will know everything."

In front of Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jin naturally had to be more modest.

"Yesterday, I listened to the young master's high-level discussion in the Wangyue Tower. I was enlightened and suddenly enlightened. I stayed up all night and kept thinking carefully about what the young master said."

"Among them, regarding the monsoon, if the monsoon is too fast or too slow, it will inevitably cause south flood and north drought or south drought and north flood, but since ancient times, whether it is south flood and north drought or south drought and north flood, the place where the problem occurs is The North, the South have historically had very few problems."

"Regarding this point, I checked a lot of historical materials last night, and it is indeed as the young master said, but I have been thinking about it all night, and I still don't understand why this problem always occurs in the north, but rarely occurs in the south. "

Hongzhi looked at Liu Jin, but he didn't mean to be polite to Liu Jin, and after thinking about it, he asked a question that he hadn't figured out last night.

He is the emperor, and what he cares most about is naturally the issue of the perpetuity of the country. He also knows that the change of dynasties in the past dynasties actually started with the issue of peasant uprisings.

Peasant uprisings all stem from the fact that they cannot survive. They will revolt when there is really no other way. One of the most direct reasons for their inability to survive is disasters, crop failure in the fields, and other factors. Such as land annexation, official corruption, foreign enemy invasion and so on, which in turn led to the change of dynasties.

Emperor Hongzhi was familiar with history since he was a child. He was taught by a famous teacher. He has read many, many histories and summaries of the past dynasties, and he knows this very clearly.

So hearing what Liu Jin said about the relationship between the monsoon and the change of dynasties, I was also very concerned. I have been thinking about this question, trying to find the answer, and then find a way to make their old Zhu family permanent.

Hearing what Emperor Hongzhi said, Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang who were present at the scene immediately cheered up, each of them cheered up, and wanted to listen carefully to what Liu Jin could say.

As for Qian Youcai, the owner of the charcoal shop, he also seemed to be listening attentively at this time. Men, they all like to point out the country and brag all over the world. Now it is fortunate to hear Liu Jin talk about this aspect. There is a reason to miss it.

Let's put aside the matter of the coal business for now, but now he knows that Mr. Zhu is very extraordinary, and being able to do business with him will also give him a big backer in the future.

Hearing Emperor Hongzhi's question, Liu Jin pondered for a while, thinking quickly in his mind. He has learned history anyway. It is actually difficult to answer this question of Emperor Hongzhi. If he really wants to give the answer, he can only say Attributed to the destruction of nature by human development.

After sorting out his words slightly, Liu Jin said slowly, "Actually, it's not difficult to answer this question."

"The northern Central Plains, especially the Hanzhong Plain, is where our Chinese descendants originated. These areas have always been economic, political and population centers."

"As for the southern region, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period began to gradually develop. It was not until the Tang Dynasty that the Jiangnan region in the south gradually became an important economic region. Now, it has become an important source of grain and tax for our dynasty. .”

"This northern region has a long history, a long time of development, and a large population. In addition, due to the change of dynasties in history, the vegetation in this northern region has been severely damaged."

"Why do serious problems arise in the north when there is a disaster? In fact, in the final analysis, it is related to the environment and the forest."

Liu Jin's language was astonishing, and he even blamed the environment and forests for the famine in the north.

"surroundings?"

"forest?"

Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jian, Xie Qian, Li Dongyang and others were all dumbfounded. They had thought about countless theories in their minds, but it was the first time they heard that it was related to the environment and the forest.

"Mr. Liu, how could this environment and the forest have something to do with the disaster?"

Xie Qian was at a loss, no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't figure it out, and there was no way to link the relationship between the two.

"Of course there is a relationship, and a very big relationship."

Liu Jin said with a smile.

"We all know that during the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Guanzhong area was the core area. At that time, the Guanzhong area was lush with lush vegetation and dense forests, and the ecological environment was very good."

"But with the passage of time, the population has increased, and ordinary people have cut down more and more forests and reclaimed more and more farmland, so the forests gradually disappeared and turned into countless fertile fields."

"Isn't it good to reclaim wasteland and turn it into fertile land?"

Hearing this, Liu Jian couldn't stand it any longer. All dynasties and dynasties have encouraged reclaiming wasteland and opening up fields. When it comes to Liu Jin, it seems that reclaiming wasteland into fields is a bad policy.

"I'm not saying that opening up wasteland for farming is bad, I'm just saying that opening up wasteland for farming has destroyed vegetation and forests on a large scale."

"During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Shaanxi was a fertile field with beautiful mountains and forests. Even in the Tang Dynasty, the environment in Shanxi and Shanxi was very good. But now, I don't know if any of you have been to Shaanxi and Shanxi. This has become the Loess Plateau."

"Without vegetation coverage, the fertile soil will be taken away by the rain, and the environment will become worse and worse. The worse the environment, the weaker the resistance to natural disasters. Once a problem occurs, it will immediately cause huge damage. famine."

Naturally, Liu Jin would not argue with Liu Jian about the matter of reclaiming wasteland and turning it into land. If he opposes this thing that has been encouraged in all dynasties, it will definitely not end well. He needs to prove from another angle that reclaiming wasteland and reclaiming land is actually not necessarily As good as it is, it also has great drawbacks.

"The northern region, because it has always been a population center, a political center, and an economic center, with the growth of population, the environment in the northern region is becoming more and more vulnerable like the Loess Plateau here, and the ability to resist natural disasters becomes weaker. It's getting worse."

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(End of this chapter)