Daming: Old Zhu, we agreed not to rush!

Chapter 72 Natural Disaster or Man-made Disaster
Life still goes on.

Su Jing started to get busy with his paper mill, and the business was quite happy.

As for Zhou Ming, this guy only worked as a sweet potato processing workshop for a while, but because of the lack of raw sweet potatoes, the production had to stop.

He was so angry that he immediately thought of Su Jing.

But before he had time to trouble Su Jing, he was taken away by the guards.

The taste of prison is not something everyone can bear, and Mr. Sun, who he bragged about in front of Su Jing, was naturally pulled out.

Everything was so simple and fast, without causing any waves at all.

After all, Zhu Biao didn't want Su Jing to know that he had done this.

In the early morning, the two began to practice Wu Qin Xi again.

"Master Su, what you said earlier was that the fall of the feudal dynasty, the contradiction between man and land and the annexation of land were the root causes. But after I went back and checked the history books carefully, I found that it seemed not so accurate."

Zhu Biao asked Su Jing.

This is a new doubt he had when he recalled Su Jing's teaching in the East Palace.

Su Jing said while practicing: "Oh, yes, let's talk about it."

Zhu Biao followed Su Jing's movements and said: "It is the students who discovered that at the end of each dynasty, there will be a lot of famines, and the famines will cause a lot of victims. These famines are not just because of the annexation of land. Many others are due to natural disasters.”

"Whether it is the end of the Tang Dynasty or the end of the Song Dynasty, this is true."

As the prince, Zhu Biao has a complete set of history books.

Zhu Yuanzhang also attached great importance to Zhu Biao's study. Both Dabentang and Donggong have collected countless classics.

The history of each dynasty is very detailed.

"It seems that your family has a lot of treasures."

Su Jing sighed slightly, and then continued: "You are right. It is true that in the last years of the dynasty, in addition to man-made disasters, there are also natural disasters."

"However, why did you ask this question? Your teacher should have taught it before. The king of subjugation is tyrannical and lawless. God can't stand it. That's why the disaster happened."

Su Jing is also considered a joke.

After all, the ancients were quite in awe of heaven and earth.

Zhu Biao said earnestly: "Since listening to Master Su's teaching about the circle of the earth, the students have also consulted a lot of classics. The mysteries of heaven and earth cannot be influenced by manpower."

Hearing this, Su Jing even stopped the movements of Wu Qin Xi.

My own apprentice is really enlightened!

So quickly comprehended the truth of the vastness of the world.

In fact, this is because of staying with Su Jing for a long time, even though sometimes Su Jing did not deliberately teach, but the cognition will also be affected by Su Jing.

"Very good, now you have the spirit of seeking truth and being pragmatic."

Su Jing nodded and said: "As for the last years of the dynasty you mentioned, it was all natural disasters, and we have to start with the climate theory."

"Climatology?"

Zhu Biao was stunned, another term he had never heard before.

Su Jing explained: "It is the science of climate change, which is a branch of geography."

Zhu Biao nodded, indicating that he understood.

Seeing this, Su Jing asked Zhu Biao: "You already know the theory of the circle of the earth, so do you know why the Yangtze River flows eastward? The Yangtze River, the Yellow River, and other famous rivers all flow from west to east. ?”

Rivers run from west to east?

Zhu Biao thought for a while and replied: "Because the terrain is high in the west and low in the east, the water flows to the low places, so it naturally flows from west to east."

"You're half right."

Su Jing said: "Terrain is one reason, and another reason is latitude, that is, our position on the egg yolk of the earth."

"And this location determines the light we can receive where we are. Light is heat, and heat determines the mode of production. This is why farming civilization can arise in our land of China."

Zhu Biao was a little overwhelmed by Su Jing's bombardment with a series of new terms.

Fortunately, Zhu Biao has learned many times in Su Jing's small class, and these terms are not that difficult to understand.

"I probably understood what Master Su meant, but what does this have to do with natural disasters?"

The doubt on Zhu Biao's face did not weaken in the slightest.

Seeing this, Su Jing immediately stopped practicing Wu Qin Xi, and brought Zhu Biao to a tree.

I saw that Su Jing directly broke a branch, and simply drew a map of Asia on the ground:
"Here is our position, and the sea is outside."

Looking at Su Jing's sketch, Zhu Biao only felt that Su Jing seemed more like a fairy.

This kind of map can be drawn by hand.

He didn't suspect that Su Jing drew a fake map because it was unnecessary.

"Niu Yi, you've been to the seaside. Do you know the difference in daily temperature between the seaside and the inland areas of the Central Plains?"

Su Jing asked Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao briefly recalled, and said: "The temperature on the seaside is more stable. In the Central Plains, it is cold when it is cold, and it is hot when it is hot."

It's so comfortable!
Every time Su Jing taught Zhu Biao, she just felt really happy.

Because Zhu Biao is not stupid, if he guides himself, he can get the answer he wants.

This kind of student is really the teacher's favorite student.

He praised: "Very good. In fact, the cause of this phenomenon is the sea. On the whole, there will be a temperature difference between the temperature of the sea and the temperature of the Central Plains."

"When there is a temperature difference, a monsoon will form. The range of the monsoon is very large, and the wind direction changes significantly with the seasons."

"In winter, the air is cold and dry, while in summer it is warm and humid, and these are the effects of the monsoon."

"At the end of the Tang Dynasty, due to the periodic changes in the monsoon climate, there was a period of considerable drought. Large-scale famines appeared, coupled with problems such as land annexation and separatism, which led to the demise of the Tang Dynasty."

"In the early Tang Dynasty, the monsoon climate made the Khitan people live in a bitterly cold place, and tens of thousands of mu of fertile land appeared in Liaodong. Everything was affected by the monsoon climate."

After Su Jing finished speaking, she also felt a little thirsty, so she turned around and went back to the house to drink water.

Zhu Biao, who stayed where he was and looked at the crude map of Asia on the ground, was shocked.

The prosperity and demise of the Tang Dynasty were all related to the climate.

Geography, can it be so capable?

Not long after, Su Jing came back. He looked at Zhu Biao and said, "How about it, do you understand something?"

Zhu Biao replied: "Master Su, if this is the case, then the Tang Dynasty was really destroyed by natural disasters?"

In Zhu Biao's heart, he was still more inclined to this direction, because only in this way could he see the hope of Daming's continuation.

Su Jing said indifferently: "This is not right. The collapse of a dynasty, the natural disaster is only an external cause, it is the last straw that broke the camel's back."

"Even if there were no such so-called natural disasters, if the problems of human-land conflicts and land annexation were serious to a certain extent, there would still be people who would not have enough to eat, and would revolt if they didn't have enough to eat. It's as simple as that."

"Natural disasters at best accelerated this process, not the root cause. It's just that the problem of land annexation in the end of the dynasty is very serious, so it appears that natural disasters are powerful."

"Of course, I'm very pleased that you can think this far."

After Su Jing finished speaking, he did not forget to praise Zhu Biao.

Students who can lead their thinking are good students.

Zhu Biao was still staring at the map of Asia on the ground, and asked: "Master Su, what about the climate after the Ming Dynasty? Can Master Su predict it?"

Although the climate is not the root cause of the dynasty's demise, it still leads to a shorter lifespan of the dynasty.

Zhu Biao naturally wanted to know, would there be such a natural disaster in the future of Ming Dynasty?

Su Jing was taken aback when he heard the words, he really knew.

In the first year of Chongzhen, the sky in Shaanxi was as red as blood.

Five years of severe famine, six years of floods, seven years of autumn locusts and great famine, eight years of drought in Xixiang, floods in Lueyang, and the destruction of all houses.Nine years of dry locusts, ten years of no autumn crops, 11 years of summer migratory locusts covering the sky, 13 years of severe drought, and 14 years of drought.

These are clear facts recorded in history books.

It can be said that Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian was indeed a very unlucky emperor. When the Ming Dynasty was suffering from internal and external troubles to the extreme, he, who was originally a vassal king, became the emperor.

However, for now, it is still more than 200 years, close to 300 years later.

Everything is too early.

Su Jing said indifferently: "Niu Yi, I don't know either. I can only say that according to the laws of history, there will probably be one particularly serious natural disaster within two or three hundred years."

"As for whether Daming is still around, that's something I can't predict."

Su Jing still said it a little conservatively, but didn't dare to say it too clearly.

There really is!
Hearing this, Zhu Biao felt that his heart was stagnant, and another obstacle to the continuation of Ming Dynasty had been added.

"Master Su, can this monsoon climate be changed by manpower?"

Zhu Biao turned to look at Su Jing with an extremely urgent gaze.

Change the climate?
Su Jing was taken aback by his apprentice, he shook his head and said: "At least I don't know that it can be changed. The world is vast, but manpower is small. This has been the case throughout the ages."

Su Jing also didn't intend to mention anything like artificial rainfall, which is not a technology that Daming can possess and implement at all.

And it's not climate change either.

Even Master Su said no.

Zhu Biao felt lonely again, and felt that no one could save Daming anymore.

"Master Su, the students have been taught today."

Zhu Biao cupped his hands towards Su Jing and said, "I want to go back and digest it first, so I won't be with Master Su today."

"Yes, proper review is necessary."

Su Jing nodded and said, without thinking too much.

He has a lot of things to do, and he doesn't have much time to teach Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao returned to his room, immediately took out a pen and paper, and began to write letters.

He has to check the situation that Su Jing said.

It's not to prove that Su Jing is wrong, but to find the law and leave a warning for the future emperors of the old Zhu family.

Of course, there is also the map of Asia drawn by Su Jing, which Zhu Biao also copied.

Zhu Biao deeply felt that the national destiny of Ming Dynasty was in his pen.

It is even more ridiculous that a gentleman who has learned before is ordered by the sky.

(End of this chapter)