Chapter 4 Causes of Climate Change

"Okay, let's go and inform the villagers later." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Uncle Huang is really an enlightened person and knows the importance of learning cultural knowledge." Qin Yu sighed.

I remember that when he went to his first village to teach, many parents did everything possible to prevent their children from going to school in order not to lose a single labor force in their families. The village chief was also very unenthusiastic about this matter, because he also felt that instead of wasting time learning useless things at school, it would be better to let the children herd more sheep and hoe a few more plots of land.

And now, as soon as he told this Uncle Huang, he immediately agreed, which was very refreshing.

"You must know that in the decadent Manchu Qing Dynasty, it was because of the backwardness of our country's science and technology and culture that led to the foreigners easily bombarding the country with strong ships and cannons, and since then we have experienced a hundred years of humiliating history." Qin Yu continued, "A large area of land was ceded, and all the silver was used as compensation. That period of history has also become a pain in the hearts of my descendants of Yan and Huang that can never be erased. ”

"Opened by foreigners and experienced a hundred years of humiliation?" Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said angrily, "Ceding a large piece of land to foreigners, and using all the silver for compensation, is such a country still a country?" The emperor at that time was simply the Emperor of the Ages, and he should be killed! ”

I was just a little surprised: "However, why have we never heard of this history?" ”

He often asked Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen to tell him history before, and he can be said to know history very well, but even if he wanted to break his head, he didn't find that Huaxia had such an experience.

Although the Yuan Dynasty was also a foreign invasion, the Mongols were not considered foreigners. The so-called foreigners are blonde and blue-eyed, from overseas. He knew about foreigners, and the Yuan Dynasty had received Marco Polo.

"Sir, may I ask what period of the Qing Dynasty was the dynasty?" Zhu Yuanzhang finally couldn't help but ask.

"After the Ming Dynasty." Qin Yu said.

After the Ming Dynasty!? When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his expression immediately froze, and a terrifying killing intent burst out of his eyes.

As the founding emperor, no matter who he is, he will feel that the dynasty he founded will be passed down through the generations. However, now, Qin Yu actually said that the dynasty would fall, and the Qing dynasty would be followed by the demise?

His hands pressed tightly on the sword at his waist, but he still endured it, and said coldly: "My Ming Dynasty will be passed on to all generations, how can there be a so-called corrupt Qing Dynasty after that?" ”

"Hehe, you're a little too daring."

My Ming Dynasty? Qin Yu didn't feel his killing intent, but felt dumbfounded. The cognition of the people in this village is still stuck in the Ming Dynasty? He even thinks that the Ming Dynasty has not yet fallen?

Sure enough, it's a backward mountain village!

But it's okay, it's better than the primitive people who worked in slash-and-burn.

didn't laugh at him at the moment, but said lightly: "Do you think the Ming Dynasty will not perish?" Looking at the feudal dynasties in Chinese history, which one can exceed 300 years? Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty...... Even the prosperous Tang Dynasty and the Han Dynasty were not spared, and how could the Ming Dynasty escape this curse? This is the so-called general trend of the world, and it must be divided for a long time. ”

All the dynasties in history, not more than three hundred years?

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately calmed down, and his hands were released from the hilt of the sword. began to think about the history of previous dynasties, and after a while, he found that what Qin Yu said turned out to be the truth!

He didn't know about the spell because he had never paid attention to it.

Moreover, Liu Bowen, Li Shanchang, Song Lian and other great Confucians have never told him about this matter. Their level of knowledge has not yet reached the height of being able to look at the entire history of feudal dynasties on a macro scale.

And even if some of them are amazing and can find out, they don't dare to say it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Because once you say it, it's easy to fall to the ground.

"He's right, even the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty can't avoid it, what's so special about my Ming Dynasty that I can escape this curse?" Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sweat and his clothes were soaked.

Suddenly, his heart moved: "This young man in front of him, since he is an immortal descending to earth, and he pointed out this spell to me, could it be that he has a way to break it?" Can he say that the Ming Dynasty is followed by the Qing Dynasty, and he can know five hundred years later? ”

"He was specially sent by God to save my Da Ming?"

After thinking about this, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly had an urge to bow to him and ask for guidance.

However, as the founding emperor, his city was very deep, and he said quietly, "Then may I ask you, sir, how can the Ming Dynasty avoid the curse that the dynasty rule in history is no more than three hundred years?" ”

"It's a bit more complicated to say." Qin Yu said.

"It's complicated, but please give me advice." Zhu Yuanzhang said, and expressed his opinion, "As far as I know, the reason why dynasties in history will die and be replaced by others is because of the faint monarchs of later generations. ”

"The last monarch was stupid, but in fact, it was only one of the small reasons." Qin Yu said, "Even, many of the last monarchs were not really stupid, it was the environment that caused him to be unconscious. After a dynasty ruled for 300 years, there will definitely be a faint king? There is no such coincidence in the world. ”

As far as he knew, Chongzhen, the last monarch of the Ming Dynasty admired by 'Village Chief Huang', was not stupid at all. He even had the ambition to revive the Ming Dynasty, but the cruel reality and limited ability made it impossible for him to save the Ming Dynasty.

"Excuse me, sir, what do you mean by that?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked for advice.

At this time, his heart was very shocked.

Because in his cognition, all the decay of dynasties in history is the pot of faint kings. Not only is it recorded in all historical books, but even Confucians such as Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen also have this view.

And now Qin Yu actually said that he had little to do with the faint king, which was unprecedented.

"The reason why the feudal dynasties in history cannot escape the curse of no more than three hundred years is many and complex." Qin Yu said, "Let's start with the most superficial reasons, the first is that climate change has led to various natural disasters. ”

"The climate of the earth is a cycle every three hundred years, alternating between cold and warm air masses." Qin Yu said, "In ancient times, it was mainly an agricultural economy, with high crop yields during the warm period, the people had plenty of food and clothing, and the dynasty was prosperous. During the cold period, not only the crop yield was low, but there were also natural disasters and the decline of the dynasty. ”

Is climate a cycle every 300 years? I'll have to ask the historian to check it out when I go back! Zhu Yuanzhang thought in his heart.

"Crop yields are severely reduced, and natural disasters will cause food crises." Qin Yu continued,

"The ancients did not understand the climatic cycle, and they would say that the occurrence of natural disasters was a problem with the emperor's virtue. As a result, some powerful ministers forced the emperor to issue an edict for his own sins in order to obtain forgiveness from heaven. ”

"Not only is this useless, but it will also make the emperor lose the support of the people and lose his majesty."