"In the second year of Shenlong, a fleet led by Gongsun Lin, a doctor from the Academy (also my deceased teacher), sailed on the endless sea for three months. Due to mistakenly entering a storm, the entire fleet finally drifted to an island. superior."
In the Supervisory Building of the Academy, Su Feng, a Ph.D. in Science, was sitting on the edge of the lecture table, teaching the students in a chatting manner.
"When the academicians, teachers, disciples, and crew members of the Yu Kingdom disembarked from the ship, a massacre among the indigenous residents was taking place on the island.
A group of nine hundred brown-skinned Lemo people (as they were called in their own language) came across the sea in canoes, armed with spears, bows and arrows, and obsidian knives and axes.
Their opponents are the Morio people, the original inhabitants of the island, with a total number of 1,800. In terms of numbers, the Morios had the advantage, and four days ago they discovered the Limo people who were gradually landing on the island and setting up camp on the coast with a warlike attitude.
If the Morio people, the indigenous people of the island, organized effectively in advance, strengthened the town's defense lines, and mobilized the villagers, then they might have been able to repel the invaders.
However, the Morio people have always respected the peaceful resolution of any disputes. At the meeting, they jointly agreed not to launch a hostile counterattack, but sent envoys to the Limo camp, intending to peacefully share the island's rich natural resources with the other party. .
On the way to the Lemorian camp, the envoy launched a full-scale attack. Within a few days, nine hundred Lemo people captured the town, brutally killed hundreds of Morio people, and turned the remaining people into slaves or food reserves. "
Su Feng paused for a moment, glanced at the students in the audience, and said: "The main theme of this story is not all that you will perish if you forget to fight.
My teacher Gongsun Lin was a scholar with a Neo-Confucian spirit. He came forward to mediate the war on the island, or rather the massacre.
With the force of the monks from the Cloud Patrol Realm, they ordered the invading Limo people to release the Morio people who originally lived on the pirates.
Of course, this kind of thing happens often. As you have heard, almost every few years, news comes back from Lingnan Road that the Xuegong fleet has discovered several new islands and the original inhabitants of the islands. "
Some students under the podium laughed in a friendly manner. The successive emperors of Li and Yu perfectly inherited the characteristics of their ancestors who celebrated great achievements. Every year in large-scale celebrations, it was indispensable for foreign vassal countries to present rare treasures.
In the past, there was even a certain island king who vomited and had diarrhea on the spot during the annual tribute ceremony at the Daming Palace because he was not acclimated to the climate. He was rumored to be a laughing stock in the Southern Zhou Dynasty and Xi Jing.
“Of course, the reason why this war is so special is because Dr. Gongsun Lin discovered a terrible fact after investigation. The Limer and Morio people have a common ancestor.
Their ancestors set out from Pori Island in a canoe five hundred years ago and found an archipelago along the ocean currents. Several branches settled on various islands.
Later, due to changes in the direction of the endless sea wind, the fish schools migrated. The waters of the archipelago were occupied by dangerous sea beasts, and mortals could no longer sail. Over time, the connections between the various islands were severed.
The islands assigned to the Lime people were larger in area and had a mild climate. Due to the danger of the sea, they were forced to cultivate crops on the island using the crops left by their ancestors. As the population increased, nobles, commoners, and slaves evolved. The nobles divided their territories, trained guards, and competed for limited farmland.
The Morio people's island has a cold climate and cannot plant the crop seeds left by their ancestors, so they have to return to a life of collecting berries and hunting wild animals.
Therefore, they had no people specialized in crafts, no army, no prison, no chief executive, no distinction between nobles and civilians. "
"He is indeed a barbarian."
Someone under the podium complained in a low voice, but Su Feng was not affected and continued: "The lack of large tracts of farmland means that there is a limit to the population.
Dr. Gongsun Lin judged based on the tombs of different periods on the island that the number of Morio people never exceeded 3,000, but 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 always resolve disputes through negotiation. To a certain extent, they did not pick up lost items on the road and never closed their doors at night.
Even in order to reduce the population and potential conflicts, they will not give birth to children, or kill some babies - just like Dr. Xu Gong discovered that mice with limited resources will do the same.
Since the writing systems of the Morios and Limos originated from the same ancestor and have not changed much, Dr. Gongsun Lin can deduce what happened based on textual data.
The Morio people are a gathering and hunting tribe, while the Limer people are an agricultural tribe. The latter have stronger leaders, organizations, more advanced technology, richer war experience and a stronger desire to plunder.
Therefore, this group of brotherly tribes who had only been separated for five hundred years, under the influence of the natural environment, evolved into a tribal form that was completely incomprehensible to each other within five hundred years.
And there is such a big gap in terms of war capabilities.
So much so that if the academy fleet had not made a dramatic appearance, the Morioans would have been completely slaughtered. "
Dr. Su Feng glanced at the thoughtful students in the audience, cleared his throat and said: "When I was young at the time, my teacher told me this story and asked me to write a paper and submit it to him.
I've tried to interpret it from multiple angles.
The first is the counter-evidence to the theory of small countries and few people in the Tao Te Ching. The ideal state of a saint is that the people are self-sufficient, the people have no contact with each other until old age and death, and there is no war disaster in the world. Only with the power of oneself can others stop the war and the people stop the chaos.
The second is the limitation brought by natural kindness. The people of Morio, who had never experienced war, hoped that the other party would wake up and live in peace until the last moment before their death.
In fact, our academy has had this kind of debate before.
Some doctors believe that exploration of the Endless Sea should be stopped permanently. The endless sea is surrounded by monsters and monsters, and there are many incomprehensible and extremely dangerous alien creatures. There are also indigenous tribes on some islands that have given birth to monks whose practice systems are completely different from those in the Central Plains.
What if there is an extremely powerful and extremely warlike kingdom of monks at the end of the endless sea?
They also have monks who are equivalent to the Zhuxiao realm, maybe even more in number, and their monks are even more than just the Zhuxiao realm.
Maybe they are also exploring the endless sea in reverse direction,
Maybe when they know of our existence, they will attack at all costs.
Maybe we should close ourselves, withdraw from the Endless Sea, seal off 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: "In addition, there is the relationship between mortals and practitioners.
Examples from hundreds of thousands of barren mountains and islands in the endless sea have proven that a tribe with a small number of people can also produce powerful practitioners.
But only when the number of mortals is large enough, can there be a large number of hardcore monks who can pass on the knowledge of practice instead of ups and downs, and one generation is inferior to the other. "
"Then Dr. Su Feng,"
Li Leling raised her hand and asked: "What was the content of the last paper you submitted to Dr. Gongsun Lin?"
"This is it."
Su Feng smiled slightly and said: "Environment determines everything.
It is the natural environment that limits the Morio people from farming and is forced to gather and hunt, thus limiting their population limit.
It is decided that they solve problems through negotiation and do not understand the folk customs of war.
As a result, they lacked the ability to fight and were almost exterminated by their 'brother' tribe who had been separated for five hundred years.
At the end of that paper, I also tried to use the theory of environmental determination to explain the change of dynasties in the Central Plains.
Whenever the temperature drops sharply year after year, it will lead to intensive natural disasters and reduced crop yields.
The Central Plains dynasty would lack room for error and would experience frequent turmoil. If it were not careful, it would lose everything, completely collapse, and usher in troubled times.
For example, the two Han Dynasties, the two Jin Dynasties and the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Even monks appear extremely insignificant in the face of the power of the climate and environment - they can't care about themselves, but they can't care about the vast number of people.
But this also shows the importance and greatness of our academy.
The academy is about competing with heaven, earth, and people. They even go against the will of nature and change fate, using technology to transform nature so that disasters are no longer so terrifying to the people. "
When the bell rang for the end of get out of class, Su Feng clapped his hands 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 relayed about Morio. The story of people and Limo people, write an essay on the theme of environmental decision-making.
Angle of your choice,
This may be why there are always nomadic barbarian tribes in the northern part of the Central Plains, changing one after another.
It could be the connection 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 snow in the world that lasts for more than ten years.
It is required to be at least 5,000 words, and parallel prose is not allowed. You can go to the library to check more information and submit it at the beginning of next month. "
As soon as I heard that I had to write a long paper again, the classroom couldn't help but scream.
Li Wei, who was in the back row of the classroom, slumped on his desk - he really couldn't write the paper.
The last national history article used water essay techniques like "I wash the inkstone tree at the head of my house, and wash the inkstone pond next to my house" and "This is the situation. The specific situation depends on the situation."
Dr. Wang Wenlun, who taught Chinese history, singled out Dr. Wang Wenlun and criticized him, almost causing Li Wei's social death.
In addition, don’t try to get by by hiring someone to write for you, or by “borrowing” papers from students in previous academies.
First of all, the academic style of the Academy is completely different from other academies in the world. It is not that the disciples of the Academy cannot write such things.
Secondly, in the Dongjun Building of the Academy, I heard that there is a mutant insect-shaped thing called "Silver Immortal".
It can permanently remember the text content in the book by swallowing it, and re-vomit relevant information according to the user's needs.
Although I don’t know what the specific operation of [spitting out relevant information] is,
But [Cryptozoon] was indeed used by Dr. Xuegong as a huge backup library, a browser, and a paper plagiarism checking tool.
'Xian Xian, you have committed a heinous crime! '
Li Ang didn't need to think about it to know the resentment in the hearts of the students around him. He himself didn't care about writing papers. There was too much written in the memory of the other world.
"Dr. Su Feng."
Li Ang put away the textbooks on his desk and caught up with Su Feng who was walking out of the classroom.
"Oh, the sun is rising."
Su Feng smiled and said, "Are you going to borrow books again?"
"Um."
Li Ang nodded, and the Academy Library lent out books. There were requirements for the type of books, the age, cultivation, grades, credits, and conduct of the disciples.
Ordinary freshmen cannot read many books at all. They must have a license written by Dr. Xuegong himself before they can access certain books or books.
Li Ang has a good relationship with Su Feng and often asks him for proof of borrowing books.
"Which one is it this time?"
Su Feng took out the form from the package with familiarity, filled in his name, and asked casually.
"Three books, "A View of Fangyu in the Southern Zhou Dynasty", "Geography of Tianzhu", and "A Detailed Study of the Inheritance Line and Existing Variations of Medieval Zen Buddhism".
Li Ang reported the names of the three books. Su Feng, who was signing the book, raised his head in surprise, "Why did you remember to read the map of Southern Zhou Dynasty, Tianzhu map and Zen Buddhism information?"
"I watched the debate between monks and Taoists in Chang'an City some time ago, and I felt a little unhappy that a great monk was quoting scriptures to beautify their own sources."
Li Ang used the words he had prepared long ago and said without changing his face: "I want to see the spread path of Zen Buddhism from Tianzhu to Southern Zhou Dynasty and then to Yu State."
"oh oh."
Su Feng smiled when he heard this and signed his name readily. As a doctor of science, he also disliked those monks who exploited the money of good men and women.
In fact, Su Feng had no good impressions of Monkism, Manichaeism, Nestorianism, etc., and he was not very pious towards Haotian Taoism.
This can be regarded as a tradition passed down from Dr. Gongsun Lin and the earlier line of Neo-Confucianism.
By the way, although Dr. Su Feng is disgusted with all religions, he never fails to attend every debate between monks and Taoists in Chang'an City every year.
Whenever one of the monks or Taoists is at a disadvantage in a debate,
He would disguise himself as a passer-by, stir up trouble in the audience, quote scriptures and scriptures to attack the dominant party, and make the atmosphere of the debate or quarrel more intense, and he would never tire of it.
If a monk or a Taoist starts a fight on the spot, he will have a few more bites of dinner.
It can be said that he is a very stylish fun person.
"Mum, borrow the book note."
Su Feng handed the form to Li Ang and said casually: "By the way Risheng, it's actually not good for you to read in the library every day after class.
Academy disciples always need to move around. Even if they don't like fighting and fighting, they can still play Cuju or polo. "
"This... Let's talk about it, let's talk about it again."
Li Ang laughed and said haha. Cuju in the Academy is not just a simple football. It requires wearing protective talismans. You can use flying swords, telekinesis, magic, etc. to attack opponents and dribble.
It is a violent game that combines wisdom, strategy, operation, and teamwork.
