"Reincarnation of heaven?"
Lao Zhu, his wife and Prince Zhu Biao were all stunned immediately.
After all, Zhu Biao was younger and had not yet reached the stage where he could express his emotions and anger. He even turned pale when he heard the four words Boyige.
"The way of heaven?"
"Fifth brother, didn't you say that there is nothing that cannot go to heaven?"
The word "Tiandao" sounds irresistible!
"Well, that's true to a certain extent." Seeing his words startle everyone, Zhu Su secretly thought that he was really happy. No wonder those lobbyists in ancient times would often laugh three times before opening their mouths, and then say something like, "The general doesn't know he is about to die."
There is indeed pleasure in scaring people.
But dry goods still have to be given. Zhu Laowu picked up the tea and moistened his throat, and then said leisurely: "Brother, you are studying history with Mr. Li, have you ever paid attention to what the climate has been like in this world during the thousands of years of historical records?"
"Climate?" Zhu Biao was stunned. Then he frowned slightly: "Could it be that Fifth Brother wants to use the Han Confucian theory of telepathy between heaven and man?"
"As my brother sees it, natural disasters are just natural disasters. How can they be related to the change of dynasties? What a heroic ruler, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. There was also a plague of locusts during the Zhenguan period. My father's achievements are unprecedented, but there are also hailstorms."
"If the country is strong and prosperous, even if there is a major national disaster, it can still be managed properly and survive safely!"
After hearing what his eldest son said, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded silently. She said in her heart that Biao'er still knew the importance and didn't let those gentlemen fool her into lameness.
The ministers can believe in any divine inspiration. But the emperor must never believe this!
"Brother, that's true." Zhu Su also nodded, and then put down the teacup in his hand.
“But what if there are major disasters for ten consecutive years, twenty years, or even hundreds of years?”
"Hundreds of years?" Zhu Biao was confused and didn't believe it: "How is it possible?"
"Lao Wu, you mean..." Lao Zhu frowned. He thought of what Zhu Su had said before about the various natural disasters before Chongzhen...
"In the future of our Ming Dynasty, will there be a major disaster that lasts for hundreds of years?"
"Yeah." Zhu Su nodded to Lao Zhu. Then he thought to himself: "At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it happened to hit the 'Little Ice Age' that will be famous in later generations. The temperature continued to drop for hundreds of years."
"If the temperature drops, can it be considered a major disaster? Can it also be called heaven?" Lao Zhu looked unbelieving. He just thought it was a major disaster like hundreds of years of drought and floods.
But what’s the big deal if it’s just about cooling down?
"The decrease in temperature is just one of the easily discovered features." Zhu Su could not explain to the ancients what plate movement was, what climate change was, and the rise and fall of feudal dynasties.
Of course, the main reason is laziness.
So, he chose the most understandable way and said to Lao Zhu: "Don't underestimate the temperature. Let me ask you, if the climate in the north of my country is getting colder and colder, and it is getting colder year by year. For me What will happen to the millions of farmers in the north of Ming Dynasty?"
"Farmer?" Lao Zhu was stunned for a moment, but then he immediately reacted. "You mean, the grain production will decrease?"
"It's not a reduction in production, it's a total harvest!" Zhu Su shook his head.
"So serious?" Zhu Biao said in shock.
"I'm afraid, it's more serious than you think, brother." Zhu Su said. "In the fifth year of Jingtai in the Ming Dynasty, it snowed in Yangzhou in May, freezing countless trees, flowers and plants to death. In July of that year, there was another heavy snowfall. The snow on the ground was three feet thick."
"This is the case in Yangzhou, let alone the north. Do you think the grain fields will not stop harvesting in such weather?"
"..." Zhu Biao was speechless. Lao Zhu also looked at Queen Ma in shock. He also didn't expect that the temperature would drop to this point.
Where is Yangzhou? It was a water town in the south of the Yangtze River where the seasons are like spring!
The falling snow is amazing enough. There was still three feet of snow and countless trees, flowers and plants were frozen to death?
He began to become serious and no longer thought that this so-called "Little Ice Age" was just a trivial matter that could be solved by adding some clothes.
"At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were almost no fertile fields in the north. In the south, most of the fields were controlled by aristocratic families." Zhu Su continued.
"The people in the north have no food and clothing, so they have to become refugees. The people in the south have no land and no property. When there is a military disaster, they can only be taken hostage."
"The imperial court was also dragged down by natural disasters and other factors, and its finances were in short supply."
"The upper echelons repeatedly made stupid moves. During the Chongzhen period, it was because Chongzhen imposed three levies on the good people who had long been desperate, completely ruining the last trace of the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty."
"Li Zicheng took advantage of the situation and became the sharp knife that stabbed Ming Dynasty in the heart!"
"What?" Lao Zhu stood up. "Are you going to levy additional taxes on the people who have already suffered the disaster?"
"Already marched three times?"
He just felt like his head was buzzing. He himself was forced to rebel by Yuan Ting, so how could he not know what the consequences of doing so would be?
If the people are not given a way to go, they will fight against the imperial court!
"That kid from Chongzhen actually did such a thing?" Lao Zhu's eyes widened.
"In the final analysis, it is because he ignored climate change that caused the disaster." Zhu Su snorted. "Although he has the intention to revive the country, after all, he grew up in the palace and does not know the sufferings of the people."
"It's normal to have high ambitions but low intentions."
Lao Zhu sat down dejectedly. He also did not expect that the Ming Emperor in later generations would be so mediocre.
He, the ancestor of the Zhu family, was so harmed that he had no way out! Unexpectedly, more than two hundred years later, Zhu Yuanzhang's descendants would become the most hated perpetrators of Zhu Yuanzhang's past!
He also lost his country because of this!
"Let's continue talking about Xiao Binghe." Zhu Su changed the subject. "The drop in temperature is actually only the most significant feature. For various reasons, the Little Ice Age was also accompanied by various natural disasters."
"For example, floods, droughts, and locust plagues will occur frequently during the Little Ice Age. Moreover, during this period, an extremely important military disaster will also occur!"
"You mean it." Lao Zhu's eyes flashed. "north!"
"Yes!" Zhu Su couldn't help but give Lao Zhu a thumbs up in his heart. As expected of Emperor Hongwu, he only said it was the first year of junior high school, and he already knew it was the fifteenth!
"Military disaster?" Zhu Biao was a little confused. He turned around and asked Lao Zhu, "Father, why?"
"Idiot." Lao Zhu looked serious. "You said that our Ming Dynasty has become so cold. What will happen to those guys in the north?"
"Ah!" Zhu Biao also understood.
It's snowing all over the south of the Yangtze River, and the nomadic areas in the north are probably even more so cold that they've become holes in the ice!
In such cold weather, not to mention their cattle and sheep pastures, even the people would probably die from the cold!
If they can no longer survive in the north, what will the nomads do?
Invasion from the south! Invasion from the south! Only invasion from the south!
I'm afraid that those nomadic peoples in the Little Ice Age are a thousand or ten thousand times more terrifying than the Mongolian Yuan who now make the Ming Dynasty feel like a formidable enemy!
Because only by heading south crazily, rushing into the Ming Dynasty, and seizing the Ming Dynasty's country and land, can they have a way to survive!
"The north is indeed a serious problem for our Ming Dynasty!" Lao Zhu's eyes once again showed a fierce light like a tiger.
