Chapter 111: The True Cause of Chinese Agrarian Civilization
Zhu Gaoxu didn't know how swollen Zhang Tianshi's thighs were at this time, he scratched his beard and asked speculatively.
"At least four?"
"Tell me about it." Jiang Xinghuo encouraged.
"Southeast, Southwest, Northeast, Northwest."
"I think there are eight." Li Jinglong said seriously, "You have to add the east, west, north and south winds." ”
Jiang Xinghuo smiled, and he continued to draw two lines on his text map.
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Western Regions丨Desert丨Grassland丨Liaodong
Longxi丨Hetao丨Shanxi丨Hebei
Hanzhong丨Guanzhong丨Henan丨Shandong
Shudi丨Nanyang丨Huaixi丨Huaidong
Badi丨Jingxiang丨Jiangxi丨Jiangnan\
Yunnan丨Guangxi丨Guangdong丨Fujian\
Jiang Xinghuo said.
"What you said is actually not wrong, it is true that there are eight winds in daily life."
"However, the [wind] I am referring to here is not the wind you usually perceive, but the 'monsoon'."
"It is the direction of the monsoon that causes the different climates and different precipitation in the land of China."
Here, Jiang Xinghuo did not explain to them the more complex concepts of air pressure and wind belts, but only talked about the monsoon that has the greatest impact on the land of China.
But even so, it was enough for Zhang Tianshi next door to pinch Zi's two thighs!
"It's really Feng Shui!"
is completely different from the previous calmness, and now Zhang Tianshi's eyes are uncontrollable excited.
The reason why Zhang Yuchu Zhang Tianshi's performance was completely different from that of the Great Prince Zhu Gaoji and Hube Shangshu Xia Yuanji was because the Xiaoice River period led to the demise of Daming, and it was none of his business!
From Cao Wei to the present, they have all perished, I don't know how many dynasties have passed, Longhu Mountain is still that Longhu Mountain, Tianshi Mansion is still that Tianshi Mansion, what does it have to do with me if you Ming Dynasty perished?
So when Zhu Gaochi and Xia Yuanji were worried and dignified, Zhang Tianshi followed at most.
But "Feng Shui" is a completely different concept for Zhang Tianshi!
After all, this is the true secret of the word!
If you master this knowledge, even if you can only master it a little, it will be enough to change the history of the entire Daomen, right?
From now on, his identity will not only be the forty-third generation of the Heavenly Master of the Longhu Mountain Zhengyi School, but the Feng Shui Ancestor who can rely on this knowledge to be independent of the Longhu Mountain Founding School!
For Zhang Yuchu, the Xiaoice River period has nothing to do with him, and Feng Shui is his most valuable harvest!
"Feng Shui?" Zhu Gaochi frowned.
Zhu Gaochi always felt that what Mr. Jiang talked about was not a concept at all in the words of Feng Shui.
Seeing that the eldest prince had doubts, Zhang Yuchu hurriedly explained.
"The so-called feng shui, the earliest definition is the Jin Dynasty Guo Pu, in his famous book "Funeral Book" there are clouds: the burial, by the air is also angry, the air by the wind is scattered, the boundary water is stopped, the ancients gathered to make it not disperse, the line of the stop, so it is called feng shui, the law of feng shui, the water is the first, the Tibetan wind is second."
"In other words, the art of feng shui is the art of the earth."
"Of course, this is just a thing at the level of 'art', Feng Shui, Feng Shui, are completely different concepts, Feng Shui is 'Tao'."
Zhu Gaochi didn't seem to understand, he couldn't see the change on his chubby face, and obviously didn't understand the deep meaning of the difference between feng shui and feng shui, but Zhang Yuchu knew that the meaning of the real "feng shui" in the world was definitely extraordinary!
Because the Zhengyi faction has been inherited for more than a thousand years, from the generation of the ancestor Wudoumi Sect to advocate Daoling, the sect leader Zhang, who knows how to hide the Heluo diagram, has already regarded the incomplete feng shui techniques he has mastered as a top secret, and it can only be passed on among each generation of heavenly masters, and must not be known to outsiders.
And this is just a broken Feng Shui.
At that time, there were several schools of Taoism, and they established themselves with their own different feng shui techniques.
Feng Shui has a long history and is unpredictable, and it contains many extremely difficult things that ordinary people cannot understand.
But these secret techniques that can feed a sect to eat are in front of what Jiang Xinghuo said.
Worthless!
Zhang Yuchu, as a descendant of the Heavenly Master of the Zhengyi faction of Longhu Mountain, has been exposed to some Feng Shui techniques inherited from the Heavenly Master since he was a child.
But he knew very little about the other parts of Feng Shui.
Zhang Yuchu also tried to consult several elders of other sects who were also studying feng shui, but unfortunately everyone was jealous and unwilling to say much to him, these were all things inherited by their sect, how could they share them with outsiders.
Until today, the appearance of Jiang Xinghuo has given Zhang Yuchu hope.
Zhang Tianshi seemed to have found a way forward.
He was laughing inwardly.
"This Heavenly Master has directly learned the Feng Shui of the immortals!"
"Let's go into the coffin with the old and broken feng shui techniques!"
"Master Dao, I'm about to do it, hahaha!"
Jiang Xinghuo pointed to the text map and said.
"In fact, there are only two main [winds] that affect the Ming Dynasty, one is the northwest monsoon and the other is the southeast monsoon."
"And the two winds are also very different because they appear at different times."
"The northwest monsoon, which occurs in winter, blows from the north of the desert to the ocean, so it is northwestward."
"The southeast monsoon, which occurs in summer, blows from the sea in the south to the land through the southeast of the Ming Dynasty."
The map is very simple and can be understood almost at a glance, but Li Jinglong is not satisfied, as a professional trust, he must break the casserole and ask every question to the end.
"How did these two monsoons come from?"
Zhu Gaoxu glanced at him strangely, the wind is the wind, of course it blows, how else can it come?
He obviously didn't understand Li Jinglong's deep meaning.
This is also the answer that Zhang Tianshi next door is waiting with bated breath.
How did winds, especially those of such a large scale and regularity, that could affect the entire land of China, come to be?
Feng Shui, what you need to know is definitely not only the historical experience on the surface, otherwise, it is still the level of "art", and only by knowing what it is and why it is true, can it be called "Tao".
Faced with this question, Jiang Xinghuo pondered for a rare moment.
If you want to talk about it, of course, you can talk about it according to the script.
But at their cognitive level, 99 percent of them can't understand it.
If Jiang Xinghuo draws the four pressure points of the four cycles of sea and land, it is estimated that they will be directly circled.
So, it is important to explain clearly, but there are some things that can be omitted, and it is better to explain them in a way that they can understand on a daily basis.
Strictly speaking, high pressure or low pressure is the concept of air pressure, which cannot be tied to cold or heat, which will be misleading and does not mean that cold is high pressure and hot is low pressure.
But Jiang Xinghuo decided not to talk about it so dogmatic and rigid first, and first said it in a way that they could understand, and when there was more knowledge to be added in the future, they would naturally understand.
So after Jiang Xinghuo pondered seriously, he brushed up his thoughts and spoke.
"Why the wind is formed, the root cause of this problem, in fact, we have already talked about it when we talked about the Mongols' conquest of the world."
Zhu Gaoxu asked hesitantly: "Mr. Jiang is saying, that, that 'specific heat capacity'?" ”
"Yes."
"Let's start with the northwest monsoon in winter."
Jiang Xinghuo pointed to the text map and asked, "In our normal cognition, the land of the Ming Dynasty is already extremely vast and vast, isn't it?" ”
Zhu Gaoxu and Li Jinglong nodded.
This is naturally not a problem, and it is in line with ordinary people's cognition.
Li Jinglong added: "And not only the Ming Dynasty, the west of the Ming Dynasty, there is also an almost infinite land, the Mongols have explored, but even if the Mongols have traveled tens of thousands of miles, it will take several years just to travel, but they still have not explored to the west to the end of the world but to the south, Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty has recorded that the southernmost part of Tianzhu is farther south than our southernmost one, but it is not extremely far, and the land to the south of Tianzhu also has an end." ”
Jiang Xinghuo's finger, on the right side of the text map, drew a circle of incomparably large circles.
"Would you believe me if I told you that the sea on our east side is vast, wider than any land we know?"
The two hesitated for a moment, and after glancing at each other, they both nodded at the same time.
"Legend has it that the sea in the east is boundless, even if Xu Fu and other well-prepared fleets sail to the end of the sea, the sea in the east may indeed be bigger than the land in our cognition, otherwise generations of people go to sea, someone should always see the end."
The two of them seem to be a little more open-minded than the ancient people in Jiang Xinghuo's concept, they are easy to accept new concepts and things, as long as what they say is reasonable, they can understand and accept it.
"Just believe it."
Jiang Xinghuo nodded and made a definition.
"The essence of the monsoon is caused by the difference in the thermal properties of the sea and land due to the difference in the specific heat capacity of the sea and land."
Jiang Xinghuo first put a patch to prevent raising the bar: "Let's not dwell on the question of who is bigger in the ocean or the land, because it is difficult for you to observe or perceive the size of the ocean, so we will first make a less correct assumption, just assume that the size of the ocean and the land are exactly the same, so as to eliminate interference, it is easier for you to understand the principle of the formation of the monsoon, remember, just to make it easier for you to understand, it does not mean that the ocean and land are really the same size." ”
The two expressed their understanding, so that they would not have to worry about the differences in the size of the land and the sea.
"As you all know, we have just talked about it, that is, the specific heat capacity of the water body is greater than that of the land, that is to say, the specific heat capacity of the ocean is always greater than that of the land, no problem, right?"
Jiang Xinghuo's derivation process was extremely cautious, and he had to take it step by step and use as concise and clear words as possible to construct this logical chain, so as to prevent the two students from being dizzy by overly complex concepts.
"No problem, the specific heat capacity of the water body is very large, and the water that Zhu couldn't boil just now has been given an example." Li Jinglong's preoccupied thinking almost made him say nothing, Zhu Gaoxu glared at him, and Li Jinglong was suddenly a little afraid.
Regarding Jiang Xinghuo's lack of knowing their identities, well, at least Jiang Xinghuo showed that he didn't know their identities, and the two agreed that Jiang Xinghuo really didn't know their identities, so they needed to continue to hide it.
It's best to hide it until you're released from prison, or even for a period of time after you're released from prison.
Why this concealment?
Li Jinglong and Zhu Gaoxu's reasons are mainly for these two points.
The most important one at the moment is naturally that the two of them are worried that if Jiang Xinghuo knows their identity, then they will inevitably have scruples, after all, the two ordinary second generations of nobles are definitely different from Cao Guogong, the second prince of the Ming Dynasty and the head of the hundred officials.
Some things are said to the second generation of Xungui who boiled eagles and dogs, and said that it was okay, and said to the second prince and Cao Guogong, that must be something, or a big deal.
Although they do need Jiang Xinghuo's talking about these things to make a big deal.
But in the end, let Jiang Xinghuo know their identities, Jiang Xinghuo may not say a lot of things so truthfully.
In disguise, they and the entire Ming Dynasty will lose a lot of knowledge, and these incomparably valuable treasures are something they can't afford to lose, so they must hide their identities.
As for the second reason, in fact, hiding his identity is not just to hide Jiang Xinghuo, but also to protect him.
In their opinion, since Jiang Xinghuo is an existence beyond the mortal world, and he is willing to tell them what he knows, then they naturally don't want Jiang Xinghuo to be hurt in any mortal sense.
This kind of injury includes both physical and psychological damage.
After all, these things that Jiang Xinghuo inadvertently pointed out during the lecture have actually gradually had an irreversible impact on the Ming in the outside world.
If nothing else, let's talk about the matter of "apportionment into the mu".
If the gentry and Confucian scholars in the world knew that this strategy that made them feel that Sven was swept away and could no longer keep the tenant farmers, causing them to directly lose a lot of wealth, was proposed by Jiang Xinghuo, then guess what Jiang Xinghuo would face?
In the extreme, Jiang Xinghuo himself will be assassinated, this kind of assassination is not necessarily instigated by some big man in the conspiracy theory, but it may also be a down-and-out scholar who was affected by the policy of "apportionment into the mu", and he was angry and struck a blow.
If this kind of thing really happens, who can say clearly?
And Jiang Xinghuo didn't know the identities of the two of them, so they were naturally safe in the edict, after all, the feudal king's rebellion and attempt to besiege the edict prison would probably not happen a second time.
If he is out of prison, Zhu Gaoxu will invite him by his side, with the protection of the world's number one fierce general, and many brave guards, Jiang Xinghuo's personal safety is guaranteed.
Psychologically, it's even more straightforward.
Zhu Di, the new emperor, is scolded every day!
And what can you do if the gentry scold you, and damage you, and ruin your reputation?
This is just like the Internet trolls in later generations, jealous that you are better off than him, and will slander and spread rumors about you infinitely on the Internet.
Only a few people are okay, and you can still refute them one by one, prove their slander wrong, and maintain your reputation.
But what if they are anonymous and organized and large-scale? Even resorting to law can become very difficult.
You must know that the words "all mouths are golden" and "three people become tigers" are not false.
Online violence can really kill people.
In this day and age, the same is true.
So they think that Jiang Xinghuo doesn't know their identity, even if they are released from prison, they will also pretend not to know Jiang Xinghuo's identity as "proposing countless major policies for Daming", so that they can protect the reputation of Jiang Xinghuo and his family to the greatest extent.
Otherwise, once it is known by the gentry class and uses the method of slandering reputation to vent anger, it will undoubtedly cause extremely strong psychological oppression to people with poor psychological tolerance.
Not everyone can be like Zhu Di, calmly facing the accusations of thousands of people and the scolding of thousands of people.
The eye exchange between Zhu Gaoxu and Li Jinglong, Jiang Xinghuo was naturally aware of it.
But this kind of perception did not associate anything more far-reaching, Jiang Xinghuo's current state was in the teaching mode of extremely focused brain.
Of course, this is because he doesn't think about it, if after the lecture, maybe he encounters something or sees some information, he will naturally think that something is wrong between the two.
Jiang Xinghuo continued: "Since you also agree that the specific heat capacity of the ocean is greater than that of the land, then a very simple logic can be deduced, in winter, the temperature of the ocean and the land will drop, but the land has a lower specific heat capacity, so the cooling of the land is more obvious than that of the ocean, right?" ”
The logical chain he told was very complete, and Li Jinglong and Zhu Gaoxu nodded in agreement.
"Cold places, the pressure of the air is higher; In hot places, the air pressure is lower. ”
Li Jinglong thought for a moment, and then signaled that he had understood, in fact, he only needed to see the air as some kind of object.
"And the formation of wind is from where the air pressure is high, to the place where the air pressure is low."
"To sum up, in winter, because the specific heat capacity of the land is low, the temperature is lower, that is, colder, forming a high-pressure area, while the ocean is just the opposite, so the winter wind, that is, from the land with high air pressure, blows to the ocean with low air pressure, and the cold and dry northwest monsoon is formed."
Jiang Xinghuo felt that his account was already relatively easy to understand, and the two did not raise obvious doubts, so they continued to speak.
In the same way, in summer, the land is cooler than the land because of the small specific heat capacity and strong warming, and the colder ocean is high pressure, so the wind blows to the hotter land. However, it is worth noting that because the ocean is full of water vapor and it is also windy, because the summer temperature is high, the summer wind is hotter than the winter, which leads to the formation of a warm and humid summer monsoon. ”
"And these two different monsoons have formed the following characteristics in the land of China, which determine our agricultural civilization!"
Jiang Xinghuo paused and said.
"That is, the summer is hot and rainy, the winter is cold and rainy, and at the same time, the rain and heat are at the same time, and the four seasons are distinct."
"Because of this, there is a Chinese civilization that is planted in spring, ripened in summer, harvested in autumn and hidden in winter!"
(End of chapter)