Chapter 157 Environment (4K)
"In the second year of Shenlong, a fleet led by Xuegong doctor Gongsun Lin (also my teacher who passed away) sailed on the endless sea for three months. Due to a storm, the entire fleet finally drifted to an island superior."
In the Supervisory Building of the Academy, Su Feng, a doctor of science, is sitting on the edge of the desk, giving lectures to the students in a chatting manner.
"When Dr. Xuegong, the professor, his disciples, and the Yu State crew got off the ship, a massacre among the indigenous residents was going on on that island.
A group of nine hundred brown-skinned Limos (as they are called in their own language) came across the sea in canoes, holding spears, bows and arrows, and obsidian knives and axes.
Their opponents are the Morioans, the aborigines of the island, whose total number is 1,800. In terms of numbers, the Morio people have the upper hand, and four days ago they discovered the Limo people who were gradually landing on the island and camping on the coast, with a belligerent attitude.
If the island's aboriginal Morio people organized effectively in advance, strengthened the town's defenses, and mobilized the villagers, then they might be able to repel the invaders.
However, the Morio people have always advocated the peaceful settlement of any disputes. At the meeting, they agreed not to launch a hostile counterattack, but to send envoys to the Limo camp, intending to peacefully share the island's rich natural resources with the other party. .
The envoy was on his way to the Limo camp when the opponent launched a full-scale attack. In a few days, 900 Limo people captured the town, brutally killed hundreds of Morio people, and turned the rest into slaves or stockpiled food. "
Su Feng paused, glanced at the students under the stage, and said: "The main purpose of this story is not all about forgetting the battle and dying.
My teacher, Gongsun Lin, is a scholar with the spirit of Confucianism. He came forward to mediate the war on the island, or the massacre.
Using the force of the monks in the cloud patrol, ordered the invading Limo people to release the Morio people who originally lived on the pirates.
Of course, this kind of thing often happens, as you have heard, almost every few years, Lingnan Road will report back to the Xuegong fleet and discover several new islands and the original inhabitants of the islands. "
Some students under the podium laughed amicably. Li Yu's successive emperors have perfectly inherited the characteristics of their ancestors' grandiose feats. Every year in large-scale celebrations, it is indispensable for foreign vassal states to present rare treasures.
In the past, there was even a king of an island who vomited and diarrhea on the spot during the annual tribute to the Daming Palace because of the unacceptable water and soil.
"Of course, the reason why this war is so special is because Dr. Gongsunlin discovered a terrible fact after investigation, the Limo people and the Morio people have a common ancestor.
Their ancestors set off from Poli Island in a canoe five hundred years ago and found an archipelago along the ocean current. There are several settlements on each island.
Later, due to changes in the direction of the endless sea wind, fish schools migrated, and the sea area of the archipelago was occupied by dangerous sea beasts, and mortals could no longer sail. Over time, the connection between the various islands was severed.
The islands assigned to the Limo people have a larger area and a milder climate. Due to the dangers of the sea, they were forced to use the crops left by their ancestors to grow on the island. As the population increased, nobles, commoners, and slaves evolved—the nobles occupied land, trained guards, and competed for limited farmland.
The islands of the Morio people have a colder climate and cannot grow the crop seeds left by their ancestors, so they have to return to the life of collecting berries and hunting wild animals.
Therefore, they have no people who specialize in handicrafts, nor are they divided into armies, prisons, administrators, or nobles and civilians. "
"It really is a barbarian."
I don’t know who under the podium complained in a low voice, but Su Feng was not affected, and continued: “The lack of large farmland means that the population is limited.
Dr. Gong Sunlin judged from the tombs of different periods on the island that the Morio people never exceeded 3,000 people, and have always fluctuated between 1,000 and 2,000.
Such a small number of people means that it cannot withstand consumption. They were forced to learn to live in harmony, and when they encountered disputes, they always settled them through negotiation.
Even in order to reduce population and potential conflict, they will not give birth, or kill some babies-just like Dr. Xuegong found that the rats with limited resources will do the same.
Because the writing systems of the Morioans and the Limos originated from the same ancestor and have not changed much, Dr. Gongsunlin can deduce what happened based on the text data.
The Morio people are a hunter-gatherer tribe, while the Limo people are an agricultural tribe. The latter has stronger leaders, organizations, more advanced technology, richer war experience and stronger desire to plunder.
So this group of brother tribes who were only separated for 500 years, under the influence of the natural environment, evolved into a tribal form that the other party could not understand at all within 500 years.
And in terms of war capabilities, there is such a big gap.
So much so that the Morio people would have been completely slaughtered had it not been for the Academy Fleet to make a dramatic appearance. "
Dr. Su Feng glanced at the thoughtful students under the stage, cleared his throat and said: "I was young at the time, after my teacher told me this story, he asked me to write a paper and submit it to him.
I tried to interpret it from many angles.
First of all, it is a counter-evidence to the theory of small countries and few people in "Tao Te Ching". The people are self-sufficient, the people do not communicate with each other until they grow old and die, and there is no war disaster in the world. This is the ideal state of a saint. Only with the power of oneself can others stop wars and the people stop chaos.
The second is the limitation brought about by innate kindness. The Morioans who have never experienced war, until the last moment before their death, hoped that the other party would wake up and live in peace.
In fact, our school had this kind of debate before.
Some doctors believe that the exploration of the endless sea should be permanently stopped. Surrounded by monsters and beasts in the endless sea, there are many incomprehensible and extremely dangerous alienated objects. Some indigenous tribes on some islands also gave birth to monks whose cultivation system is completely different from that of the Central Plains.
What if there is an extremely powerful and warlike kingdom of monks at the end of the endless sea?
They also have monks who are equivalent to the Candle Heaven Realm, and there may be even more monks, and even their monks are not only from the Candle Heaven Realm.
Maybe they are also exploring the endless sea in reverse,
Maybe when they know our existence, they will send troops to attack at all costs,
Perhaps we should close ourselves, withdraw from the Endless Sea, block the coastline, try not to expose our existence as much as possible, and eliminate everything that will bring disaster. "
Su Feng spread his hands and said: "There is also the relationship between mortal population and practitioners.
The examples of Hundred Thousand Barren Mountains and Endless Sea Islands all prove that tribes with few people can also produce powerful practitioners.
But only if there are enough mortals, can there be a large number of **** monks, who can pass on the knowledge of practice, instead of ups and downs, one generation is not as good as one generation. "
"Dr. Su Feng,"
Li Leling raised his hand and asked, "What is the content of the thesis you submitted to Dr. Gongsunlin?"
"Well."
Su Feng smiled slightly and said: "The environment determines everything.
It is the natural environment that restricts the Morio people from farming and is forced to gather and hunt, which in turn limits their upper population limit.
It was determined that they negotiated and resolved when they encountered problems, and they did not understand the customs of war.
It led to the extermination of their "brother" tribes who lacked the ability to fight and were almost separated for five hundred years.
At the end of that thesis, I also tried to use the theory of environmental determination to explain the change of dynasties in the Central Plains.
When the temperature drops sharply year after year, it will lead to intensive natural disasters and reduced crop production.
The Central Plains Dynasty will lack room for fault tolerance, frequent turmoil, and if it is a little careless, it will lose everything, completely collapse, and usher in a chaotic world.
Even a monk, in the face of the mighty power of the climate and environment, is extremely insignificant - he can take care of himself, but can't take care of the vast number of people.
But this also shows the importance and greatness of our academy.
School palace is to compete with the sky, the earth, and the people. Even changing fate against the sky, transforming nature with technology, so that disasters are no longer so terrifying to the people. "
When the bell rang for the end of class, Su Feng clapped his palms and jumped down from the podium. While packing up the class materials, he told the students: "Your homework for this class is based on what I told about Morio Stories of people and Limo people, write a paper on the theme of environmental decisions.
Angle optional,
It can be why there will always be nomadic barbarian tribes in the northern border of the Central Plains, changing crop after crop.
can be the correlation between difficult living conditions and the birth rate of monks,
It can even be a reasonable illusion, such as what will happen if a long winter comes and there is a snow that lasts for more than ten years.
Requires at least 5,000 characters, parallel prose cannot be used. You can go to Zangshuge to look up more materials and hand them in at the beginning of next month. "
As soon as I heard that I was going to write a long paper again, the classroom could not help but howl,
Li Wei in the back row of the classroom fell headfirst on the desk—he really couldn’t write a thesis,
The last national history article, because of the use of water essay techniques like "washing inkstone trees at the head of my house, washing inkstone next to my house", "this is the situation, the specific situation depends on the situation",
Dr. Wang Wenlun, who is a professor of national history, singled out and criticized him, which almost caused Li Wei's social death.
In addition, don't try to get through by asking someone to write for you, or "borrowing" from the way of previous school students' papers.
First of all, the schoolwork style of the Academy is completely different from other academies in the world, and it is impossible for the disciples of the Academy to write such things.
Secondly, in the Dongjun Building of the Academy, I heard that there is a kind of insect-shaped alienation called "Dragon Immortal".
By swallowing the book, it can permanently remember the text content in the book, and spit out relevant information again according to the user's needs.
Although I don’t know what this [spit out relevant information] is specifically about,
But [Dragon Immortal] was indeed used by Dr. Xue Gong as a huge backup library, as well as a browsing search engine and a plagiarism checking tool for papers. Multiple [Dragon Immortals] can be connected in parallel to form a large-scale network called [Weaving Web] to transmit information and communicate with each other.
‘Beetleman, weaving nets, you have committed a heinous crime! '
Li Ang knew the resentment in the hearts of his classmates without thinking about it. He himself didn't care about writing papers. There were too many written in the memory of the foreign world.
"Dr. Su Feng."
Li Ang put away the textbooks on the table and caught up with Su Feng who walked out of the classroom.
"Oh, the rising sun."
Su Feng smiled and said, "Do you want to borrow books again?"
"Um."
Li Ang nodded, and Xuegong Zangshuge has requirements for the types of books, age, cultivation, grades, credits, and conduct of students.
Ordinary freshmen can’t read many books at all, and they must have a license written by Dr. Xuegong himself to consult a certain book or certain books.
Li Ang and Su Feng have a good relationship, and they often ask him to borrow books for proof.
"Which one is this time?"
Su Feng took out the form from the package familiarly, filled in his name, and asked casually.
"Three books, "Southern Zhou Fangyu Shenglan", "Tianzhu Geography", and "Detailed Research on the Inheritance of Medieval Zen and Existing Alienated Objects."
Li Ang reported the names of the three books, and Su Feng, who was signing the book, raised his head in surprise, "Why do you remember reading the Southern Zhou Dynasty, Tianzhu map and Zen materials?"
"Some time ago, I watched the debate between monks and Taoists in Chang'an City, and felt that a great monk was talking nonsense, and I was a little uncomfortable."
Li Ang actually wanted to consult the books to find out the origin and function of the dark lotus.
Immediately, he took out the speech he had prepared a long time ago, and said without changing his face: "So I want to see the propagation path of Zen from Tianzhu to Southern Zhou Dynasty, and then to Yu State."
"oh oh."
Su Feng smiled when he heard the words, and signed the name readily. As a doctor of science, he also dislikes those monks who extract money from good men and women.
In fact, Su Feng doesn't have any good impressions of Seng Taoism, Manichaeism, Nestorianism, etc., and he doesn't seem very devout towards Haotian Taoism.
This can be regarded as a tradition handed down from Dr. Gongsun Lin and the earlier line of Neo Confucianism.
By the way, although Dr. Su Feng dislikes all religions, every year in Chang'an City's debate on monks and Taoism, he never fails.
Whenever monks or Taoists, one side of the debate falls into a disadvantage,
He will pretend to be a passing public, fire in the audience, quote scriptures to attack the dominant side, make the atmosphere of the debate or quarrel a little more intense, and he will never tire of it.
If monks and priests fight on the spot, he can eat a few more mouthfuls for dinner.
It can be said that he is a very stylish fun person.
"Nong, borrow the book note."
Su Feng handed the form to Li Ang, and said casually: "By the way, Risheng, it's actually not too good for you to read books in Zangshu Pavilion every day after class.
Academic disciples always need to be active. Even if they don’t like fighting, they can play cuju and polo. "
"Let's talk about it, let's talk about it."
Li Ang laughed and laughed. Cuju in Xuegong is not a simple football. You need to wear protective talismans, and you can use flying swords, mind power, spells, etc. to attack and hinder opponents, and at the same time find ways to score goals.
is a violent game with wisdom, strategy, operation, and teamwork.
A group of monks slashed their opponents with flying swords on the field, and at the same time used special materials to kick **** that would never break. From time to time, some people chanted forbidden spells, released field spells, and summoned thunderstorms and fire rain.
The scene should not be too chaotic.
Li Ang is not very interested in this kind of violent game, but it is indeed the most popular sport in the school, and you can get credits for participating in the game. Li Wei's recent goal is to join the senior team to make up for his lack of regular Credits lost on courses.
(end of this chapter)