In the cafeteria, the atmosphere was a bit solemn.
Because what everyone is facing now is a problem that has troubled the Central Plains dynasties in the past.
Faced with the hidden danger of prairie barbarians constantly moving south to plunder and harass, they could never find a suitable solution.
Take the initiative to go out and fight. Once you get to someone else's territory, you may not be able to beat them!
Even if the dynasty's army is powerful and powerful, even if you can beat them, they are not fools. If they can't beat them, they will turn around and run away. They will plunge into the vast grassland and there will be nowhere to look for them!
And even if they win the battle out of the fortress, it will not be of much benefit to the Central Plains dynasty. On the contrary, they will invest a huge amount of money, food and supplies because of the battle out of the fortress, which is simply not worth the gain!
But if you don't get out of the fortress, you can only hide in the Great Wall and be beaten passively, enduring the grassland barbarians from time to time going south to plunder. This is absolutely intolerable for any dynasty or emperor!
For example, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the great emperor of Taizu, drove the Mongolian barbarians out of the Central Plains and retreated to Mobei. He could not tolerate these residual Yuan forces still entrenched in Mobei, and was always ready to prepare for war and come back to invade the Ming Dynasty. .
So since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang launched thirteen Northern Expeditions against the remaining forces of the Northern Yuan Dynasty!
During the Hongwu period, the imperial court sent troops to Mongolia many times, and conducted thirteen Northern Expeditions to escape the remaining Mongolian Yuan forces in Mobei.
But what is the final result?
The Ming Dynasty completely crippled the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and even Lan Yu completely destroyed the ruling system of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in Yuyuerhai. However, in the end, the Ming Dynasty could only build a defense line in the northern frontier to resist the Mongol barbarians who invaded and harassed southward from time to time. Other than that, there was no other option There is no other way!
Everyone present felt how powerless they were when faced with the difficulties faced by Emperor Taizu Gao, and even the difficulties faced by all previous emperors of the Central Plains!
At this moment, Big Fatty suddenly looked at Su Yang.
"Brother-in-law, why did you suddenly mention this?"
"Is it possible that you have a way to solve this eternal hidden danger?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Su Yang, their eyes full of shock and doubt.
Could Su Yang, the banished immortal, really have a way to solve this eternal hidden danger and accomplish a feat that even Taizu and Emperor Gao could not accomplish?
Facing everyone's gaze, Su Yang just smiled lightly.
"First of all, we have to understand one thing, what is the nature of this hidden danger."
"As Master Daoyan said, the Central Plains has been unable to solve this hidden danger. The fundamental reason is that the grassland is useless to the Central Plains, right?"
Everyone nodded subconsciously when they heard this.
Because Monk Daoyan just said it very clearly, it is indeed the case.
Even though the Central Plains army had driven away the grassland barbarians, there was nothing in the vast grassland that the Central Plains army could value except cattle, sheep and horses.
On the contrary, in order to go to war, the Central Plains dynasty had to mobilize a huge amount of money, food and manpower. Compared with the two, it was simply not worth the gain!
"This is the essential issue I just mentioned."
"The essential reason for this hidden danger is that this is a collision between two civilizations!"
Everyone: "???"
civilization?
A collision of two civilizations?
Everyone was a little puzzled and continued to listen patiently.
"The Chinese nation has always been an agricultural civilization, and has established dynasties based on agriculture. Both its productivity and technological level are far beyond the nomadic civilization!"
"But the grassland barbarians are a nomadic civilization, living in pursuit of water and grass, and believe in the jungle law of the weak and the strong, so they do not engage in production and rely entirely on plunder."
"This is why prairie barbarians often go south to deal with harassment, because they are born to be robbers and bandits, and plunder has long been engraved in their genes and instincts deep in their bones!"
Everyone: "!!!"
Farming civilization!
Nomadic civilization!
productive forces!
plunder!
Hearing these novel words, even Monk Dao Yan felt a little confused.
Because he had never heard these words before and had never seen them in any classics.
However, everyone is not mediocre, and relying on their own knowledge and insights, they can roughly understand the meaning of these new words.
For example, "agricultural civilization" should refer to a national civilization that focuses on agricultural production. This has been the case in all dynasties of the Central Plains.
Su Yang looked at Monk Dao Yan.
"What the master just said has pointed out the root cause, but it only lacks the essence."
"Our Central Plains farming civilization has never been able to solve the problem of grassland nomadic civilization. It is because farming civilization is centered on farming and farming. For us, grassland deserts not only cannot grow food, but also have to send manpower to garrison them, so they are useless. burden!"
"The land in the grassland and desert is not suitable for farming at all. Even if we forcibly drive away the grassland barbarians and occupy this huge grassland, the inability to grow food means no output. On the contrary, in order to strategy these desert grasslands, the court still needs to Dense military forts were built from the Great Wall to the desert grasslands, and then countless grains of the Ming Dynasty were continuously transported to the desert. Only in this way could the garrison survive in the desert grasslands. In this way, these desert grasslands would be It has become a burden to the Central Plains Dynasty!"
"If you can't grow food, there will be no output, and the Central Plains Dynasty will have to invest a huge amount of money and food to maintain the livelihood of the garrison. No matter how you look at it, this is not a wise choice. Therefore, the Central Plains Dynasty has never occupied the grassland desert. It seems that the farming civilization of the Central Plains will never be able to defeat the nomadic civilization of the grasslands."
"On the contrary, the grassland nomadic civilization took advantage of the decline of the farming civilization in the Central Plains and invaded south twice to directly occupy the vast Central Plains. One was the Wuhu Chaos in the late Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the other was the Mongol cavalry going south. Each time, they were used for farming in the Central Plains. Civilization has brought painful blows and wounds!”
The collision between two civilizations!
The farming civilization of the Central Plains has lost twice!
Everyone's expressions were quite ugly, and they also looked a little angry.
Whether it was the Wuhu rebellion against China or the Mongolian invasion southward, it can be said to be the darkest and most tragic era in Chinese history.
The land of China is wailing, and the people are miserable. They have been bullied and on the way to escape, living a miserable life like hell on earth.
Zhu Gaochi was a little angry, and his fat face turned red.
"Brother-in-law, is there really no solution?"
"I'm really fed up. In this desert and steppe land, there were first the Hu people in the pre-Qin period, then the Huns in the Qin and Han dynasties, then the Xianbei in the Three Kingdoms period, then the Turks in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and then the Khitans in the pre-Song dynasty. The Jin people, finally the Mongols, and now they have become the Tatars and Oaras, as if there is really no end to them, killing them endlessly, killing them endlessly!"
"Is there really no solution to long-term peace and stability? Do we, the Chinese people, have to live under the threat and fear of the grassland barbarians for generations to come?"
Hearing this, Su Yang took a sip of tea.
"There is no way. As long as our atomic citizens can grow food on the desert grasslands, then this hidden danger can naturally be solved!"
"Grow food on the desert grassland?" Zhu Gaochi was dumbfounded and complained: "How is this possible! You just said that the desert grassland is not suitable for farming at all..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhu Gaochi suddenly thought of something, his pupils suddenly shrank, and his whole body began to tremble with excitement.
"Brother-in-law...you mean..."
Su Yang nodded with a half-smile, a smile on his lips.
"Otherwise, why do you think I attach so much importance to this potato?"
