Chapter Forty-Seven: Yin and Yang Divergent Paths
"Teacher, here are some figures, just take the background of the war described in your paper as an example, let's talk about the Qin State, from 205 BC to 195 BC at the beginning of the founding of the Western Han Dynasty, a total of 10 years. In the last years of the Qin Dynasty www.biquge.info there were more than 20 million people in the country, and by the beginning of the Han Dynasty, only two or three thousand of the original 10,000 households were left, eliminating 70% of the original population. That is, two or three tenths of the population of large cities remain. There is even a phenomenon that the Son of Heaven cannot have a Jun Si, but will be a general or take an ox cart, and the people have no cover; Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty reigned for more than 50 years, crusading against the Xiongnu several times, the sea was wasted, the population was halved, and 50% of the population died; In 2 AD, the country's population was 59.59 million. After the warlord melee in the late Western Han Dynasty, by 57 AD in the early Eastern Han Dynasty, the population was only 21 million, and the loss rate reached 65%; As for the Three Kingdoms, people talk about the heroes, but who knows that in 156 A.D. there were still 50 million people, the Yellow Turban Uprising, the Battle of Guandu, and the Battle of Chibi were fought one after another, and the population dropped to 7.67 million in 265 A.D. "The head hangs in front of the horse, and the woman is carried in the back of the car", "The white bones are exposed in the wild, there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, there are more than one people, and the thought breaks people's intestines"; There are also the rebellion of the eight kings of the Jin Dynasty, the war between the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the population that has finally recovered, as long as the war is together, the abnormal mortality rate is more than six or seventy percent; During the Sui Dynasty, the population of the country decreased from 46.02 million in 606 to 16.65 million in 618. From the end of the Sui Dynasty to the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, from 611 to 628 A.D., there were 136 mutinies, civil uprisings and palace coups, and there were more than 50 emperors and kings, all of whom commanded more than 150,000 troops. The number of households in the country decreased from 8.9 million to 2.9 million, and the population decreased from 46.02 million to 12.35 million, a loss of more than 70%; The Anshi Rebellion, the Huangchao Uprising, and the melee of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, even the commander couldn't control the burning, killing and looting of the army, and the corpses were all over the field; In 1122 AD, the population of the country was 93.47 million, and by the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty in 1274, the population was 8.87 million. The loss rate was as high as 91%, and the Mongols exterminated Khorezm, slaughtered a million people in Samarkand City, and exterminated the Western Xia, slaughtering more than 800,000 people. The Mongols made several expeditions to the west, including the massacre of hundreds of thousands of people in Baghdad, and the whole of Central Asia was in ruins. Kublai Khan alone slaughtered 18 million people, 90% of Han Chinese civilians in northern China were genocided, and China lost more than 70 million people under the killing and rule of the Mongols; The melee at the end of the Ming Dynasty, from Li Zicheng's uprising to the destruction of Wu Sangui, fought for 54 years. The population went from 100 million to 14 million when it came to Shunzhi. More than 80 million people died. Zhang Xianzhong, the leader of the so-called peasant rebel army, captured Chengdu in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen's reign and ordered the city to be slaughtered for three days. Before fleeing Chengdu, the "Four Light Policy" was implemented, and Sichuan was almost extinct; In 1851, when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom broke out, the country's population was 430 million, and by 1863, when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom failed, the population dropped by 200 million in 12 years, of which 40 million died directly in the warγγγγγγγγ These numbers are very boring, but the crimes behind the numbers are too numerous to mention, the common people are mourning all over the wilderness, miserable, and cannibalism, look at Du Fu's poems, that is the true portrayal of the war to the people. Professor Kuang finished speaking in one breath, his chest rising and falling slightly.
Qi Yang was completely shocked, the first time someone explained the war to himself from such a perspective, he suddenly had a thorough and deep understanding of what is called "one will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither", this is not ridicule, not a description, not to mention the words and phrases of the princely generals singing praises to each other, that is the common people are describing a fact without embellishment, nothing more.
"Especially our country, thousands of years have experienced deep war disasters, peace for a long time, perhaps many people have long forgotten the trauma of war, only know to worship the heroes in the war, only know the magnificent glory of the art of war, we who study history, have the responsibility and obligation to warn the world, not to speak lightly of war, especially in a country like ours with multi-ethnic integration, we should cherish peace, once the demon of war is released, it will be out of control, and it will be too late and too late to repent of being truly immersed."
Qi Yang stood up: "Thank you, teacher, I understand, it is the responsibility and obligation of our historians to warn the world about the dangers of war." β
Professor Kuang nodded with satisfaction: "Graduating with a master's degree means that you have entered the classroom in the professional field and can independently carry out academic research and choose academic directions, but according to the teacher's experience in learning, you will not be able to do real learning without solving the problems of world view and methodology." Therefore, the teacher does not recommend that you apply for my doctoral degree immediately, but suggests that you work hard in philosophy, sharpen your knife and not chop wood, and have a foundation in philosophy. β
Qi Yang bowed deeply to Professor Kuang, and when he raised his head, Professor Kuang suddenly disappeared, the whole room was empty, the light became extremely dazzling, and the space began to become distorted: "Teacher Kuang, Teacher Kuangγγγγγγγγγγ β
A hand on his forehead, ice muscles and jade bones, Yang Ke suddenly woke up from the dream, it turned out to be a dream of Nan Ke, Zhang Rui was stroking his head with pity, with a complaining tone: "Lying on the desk will fall asleep, the most likely to catch a cold, if you are really tired, lie down and rest, although official business is important, the body is more important, always this kind of work hurts the most." β
Yang Ke smiled apologetically: "When did you come, you waited for a long time, right?" β
"You have been calling Teacher Kuang in your dreams, I have never heard you mention it, you can teach a disciple like you, Teacher Kuang must be a great gentleman, when can I meet his old man, please teach in person?" Zhang Rui is very strange, this Teacher Kuang should be a very famous person, why don't you have this person in your impression. (Kirin Cocoa exclusively authorized the starting point to release the "Taiping King of the Troubled Times", the fastest and most complete latest updates are all at the starting point, welcome to cheer)
"The tutor is gone." Yang Ke said lightly. In the memory of his previous life, Professor Kuang was his most respected teacher, and his name in his previous life was Qi Yang, and he was also Professor Kuang's most valued student. I don't know what's wrong with me lately, I often fall asleep with a lot of puzzled questions, and I will chat with Mr. Kuang in my sleep, talk about life, history, and culture, and I can get a lot of inspiration and answers to the problems I encounter now. And this number of times is becoming more and more frequent, Yang Ke secretly shook his head, not knowing whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. Rubbing the corners of his sour eyes, looking at the thick stack of official documents on the desk, Yang Ke smiled helplessly, and picked up one of them, which was the strategic plan for the implementation of the post house drafted by Zhang Chang and Kuai Qin, and turned to the general outline on the first page, including the method of personnel selection, establishment and official system, the cost of money and food, the division of labor and responsibility, the intelligence collection process, etc., which were very detailed, and it could be seen that the two of them were very brainy. Yang Ke picked up the pen, drew a circle on the money and grain column, put down the pen, and pondered about something, but he didn't feel like he was in a trance.