Daming: Me!The auspicious beast unicorn of the old Zhu family

Chapter 89 China's geographical advantage!Little Ice Age!
"We are the rivers of the land of China."

"Almost all flow from west to east."

"This is a natural danger. Even in a dynasty with a weaker national power, it can also use this to resist the invasion of foreign races in the north, and make their cavalry power weakened exponentially."

"Just ask—"

"If there is no danger of the Yellow River and the strength of the Great Wall built by the first emperor."

"It doesn't matter if the national power is strong, but for dynasties with weak national power or even equal national power, it may be a disaster, because the iron cavalry of foreign races don't have to worry about being blocked by strong cities and rivers, and can drive straight in at will. It is difficult for you to catch Living with them, the foreign race almost all grew up on horseback since they were young, and they are born with the advantages of riding and war horses."

"Also, suppose the flow directions of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River."

"It has changed from south to north, or from north to south. I am afraid that the pattern of the land of China will change again."

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Sword Master Changhong spoke lightly.

The land of China has had a favorable geographical position since ancient times!

It can be used as a barrier of defense, and at the same time it can be used as a bridge to communicate with the people on both sides of the strait. Because everyone is a farming civilization, they can be better integrated. If it is replaced by nomads, it is very likely that they will be repelled. But they can't occupy their grasslands.

because.

Civilized farming people.

I don't like grazing at all, and I have no interest in grasslands that cannot be cultivated.

During the feudal dynasty, it was difficult for the two sides to fully integrate.

For example, the forced integration of the Yuan Dynasty was quickly met with corresponding backlash. It was difficult for the two sides to coexist together, and the integration was more from the perspective of slavery.

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After listening to the simple analysis of Juggernaut Changhong.

Old Comrade Zhu, Crown Prince Zhu Biao, and Young Zhu Di could not help but fall into silence. They seemed to be thinking about and deducing this possibility in their hearts.

soon.

Comrade Zhu realized it.

If there is no Yangtze River and Yellow River as a natural moat, unless you have a large number of elite cavalry.

Otherwise, it would be extremely difficult to resist the plundering of foreign races going south.

It is equivalent to the entire Central Plains being exposed to the iron cavalry of foreign races. The foreign races on the grassland do not need to be like this at all. They need to consider where to enter the customs. Because there is no geographical advantage, it is impossible to build a pass that can guard the vital points. You can hit wherever you want, if you can't beat you, can't you bypass you?

Fortified city.

It also becomes useless at the moment.

They don't need to fight you hard, because the food is grown outside the city, and after harvesting the food, run away, and you can only eat ashes behind.

Or avoid heavily guarded cities and pick other soft persimmons.

It's impossible for every city to have a large number of soldiers stationed, right?

There are fixed strongholds in farming civilization, and nomads can move at any time, giving full play to the advantages of speed, and weak dynasties will only become fish on the chopping board, or the reserve granaries of foreign races, at the mercy of others.

As such.

With the continuous passage of time.

The common people will also become destitute, living in a state of fear every day, and even the food that is hard to grow will become the fruit that the enemy can harvest at any time.

"It is indeed a dreadful thing—"

Comrade Zhu slowly exhaled.

Said with serious eyes.

Fortunately, the geographical advantage of the land of China has existed since ancient times, and if there is no time to start ten thousand years, it cannot be changed.

Otherwise.

It is really hard for him to imagine losing the barriers of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River.

Today's Ming Empire, how should it deal with the looting of foreign races, because there are not so many cavalry to surround them, and it is just exhausting to chase them hard.

"As for the example of geographical advantage, I actually know one more."

"Among the ancestors of Qilin Guards."

"A senior awakened his spiritual talent and saw that on the other side of the world, there used to be an empire whose national power was comparable to that of Great Qin."

"They have also created a brilliant civilization with one of the best national powers in the world, and like the Great Qin Empire, they built something similar to the Great Wall on the border, called the 'Roman Wall'."

"but--"

"They don't have a favorable location, and without rivers similar to the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, their civilization will develop completely differently, and they will lose the sense of unity, which is doomed to fragmentation in the future."

"In the millennium that followed, this conjecture was also proved. Except for a very small amount of time, they simply could not be divided like the land of China. They have always been in a state of melee among more than a dozen countries. The degree of chaos is even comparable to that of the Spring and Autumn Period. Warring States Period."

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Juggernaut Changhong said so much.

This is just to give an example to prove that Huaxia is born with a geographical advantage in the 'time, place and people'.

People and need to look at the rulers, they can only manage the current generation, not the future generations.

of the three.

As long as you occupy the second one, you don't have to worry too much about the unfavorable weather.

As for Comrade Zhu, he clearly understood the meaning of Mr., and the sorrow that had been lingering between his brows could not help but dissipated a lot. They are born with an advantage. It is said that the ruler is too incompetent.

While the two were talking.

The content of the text of this volume of Qilin Prophecy was also displayed in front of everyone.

【Cause of the Death of the Ming Dynasty. Astronomical Volume】

[During the reign of the Ming Dynasty, it entered the "Little Ice Age", which led to a sharp drop in temperature and a sharp reduction in food production, which caused severe social turmoil and a sharp drop in population, which further promoted the demise of the Ming Dynasty. 】

[According to the records of "History of the Ming Dynasty Five Elements", Yingtian City was extremely cold in winter, and the river was frozen for several days. The coldness was comparable to the Youzhou area in the Han Dynasty. 】

[According to the "Yue Shi Bian" records, it snowed heavily in Anhui for several days, and the ground was three feet high, enough for a seven or eight-year-old child to stand in it without showing his head. 】

[According to the "Guangdong Tongzhi" records, in 1506 AD, Qiongzhou, Guangzhou was snowing thousands of miles, and the snow in the territory was several feet thick. At the coldest time, the snow line even covered the northern part of Hainan Island. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as thousands of miles of ice. 】

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A series of shocking historical records.

Old Comrade Zhu, Prince Zhu Biao, and little Zhu Di couldn't help but feel chilled when they saw it.

This is--

Disasters brought by celestial phenomena!
The northerners are okay, they are used to preparing winter clothes and quilts before winter, and they have accumulated a lot of winter clothes for a long time, barely able to survive this extremely cold weather.

The southerners have been used to life like spring all year round. They never thought they would encounter such a cold and long-lasting extreme cold weather. Naturally, they did not prepare warm clothes. When the nationwide extreme cold weather swept across the country, It is too late for them to buy warm clothes.

Even if Zhu Yuanzhang tried his best to promote cotton, its price was brought down.

But in the future, in the face of national disasters, not only will the demand for cotton increase sharply, but also droughts will often follow after cold disasters, and cotton production will decrease again and again.

This has led to a rise in the price of cotton, even comparable to gold, which has become unbearable for ordinary people.

In Guangdong alone, tens of thousands of people were frozen to death.

It's hard to imagine how helpless and hopeless it is to be frozen to death at home in a world of ice and snow where people only wear thin clothes and have no quilts to keep them warm at night.

(End of this chapter)