First Prince of Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 157 Environment

  Zhu Biao will not be angry because of this, and it can also be seen from the dialogue that the second and fourth child have ideas, but they know that they are powerless and have no chance to take the initiative to do something.

  Zhu Biao has always traveled in a mighty way. He doesn’t know how many people are there to protect him, not to mention that the princes don’t have any manpower available. Doing things for the prince is nothing more than seeking wealth. Who would do stupid things at the risk of implicating the entire family.

   What's more, when talking about their three brothers just now, one of them could be betrayed and spread the news to Zhu Biao. One can imagine how others would choose if they wanted to find someone to conspire.

Zhu Biao is completely in line, and the third child has known his weight since he was a child. He is not as good as the second child in terms of age, and he is not as good as the fourth child in terms of ability. Safe thighs.

  The three people are most worried about the issue of cutting the vassal that Zhu Biao originally told them. What they resist is being escorted back to the capital to be an idle prince.

  But Zhu Biao didn’t intend to explain anything to them. In this world, only his father, queen and queen could be specially explained by Zhu Biao. His younger brothers were just courtiers, and they had to suffer from thunder, rain and dew.

   Compared with returning to the capital to be a pig, it is obviously better to go to Korea, Dongying and other places to be a vassal king. Compared with the two, they went happily.

   Liu Jin who was outside came in and reported: "The servant handed over the letter from Goryeo to the monk, and arranged for the guards of the Eastern Palace to guard it strictly."

  Zhu Biao nodded and asked Liu Jin to take out a piece of rice paper and started to draw, thanking the geography teacher.

   After a while, Liu Jin’s eyes were full of beauty, but the work was formed without knowing what it meant. Liu Jin habitually flattered him a few words, and Zhu Biao then marked the names of the countries on the map according to his general memory.

  Daming is really small now, and Zhu Biao doesn't care, after all, it's just started, not to mention that the best places in the Central Plains have already begun to restore people's livelihood.

   Looking at the rough world map, Zhu Biao couldn't help sighing: "If you are born with it, you will have it in this life. If you were born without it, then you won't have it in this life."

  China's geographical environment is really good, especially compared with other countries, it is simply a perfect novice village. China's geographical characteristics are that there are mountains and oceans on the outside, but rivers and plains inside, which are especially suitable for agricultural production.

   To the east is the Pacific Ocean, and to the west is the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Before the advent of the industrial revolution, the east-west direction of China was basically a natural moat that could not be surpassed by manpower.

   To the south is a bunch of small Southeast Asian countries, which can basically be ignored. The only external threat comes from the Mongolian plateau. Looking through the history books, China has no threats except the grassland cavalry.

Such a beautiful geographical condition gives us the best environment for developing productivity. If we want to develop, we need fertile land, rich river water resources, domesticated livestock suitable for taming, sufficient population and other conditions to form an agricultural civilization. .

  Agricultural civilization has a particularly high degree of recognition of the collective, because it is difficult for individuals to resist internal wars, foreign aggression, natural disasters and other difficulties. Only the collective can unite countless individuals to ensure the safety and continuation of agricultural life.

  For example, even if there was no Qin Shihuang in China, there were three emperors and five emperors, and there were also general leaders of the princes such as the Yellow Emperor, Yao, Shunyu, and Zhou Tianzi. There would always be a leader who had the final say.

   But there are still many shortcomings, because there will be too many internal wars, so Qin Shihuang appeared. Only a centralized government can quickly deploy agricultural resources to develop production, protect national security, and maintain social stability.

  The concept of China's great unification has been deeply buried. This is an inevitable choice of civilization. Even if there is no Qin Shihuang, the Chinese civilization is inevitable, but it will be much later. This is an example of a great man advancing the times.

  Zhu Biao never planned to let Ming Dynasty move towards a democratic parliamentary system, because this is not in line with the national conditions at all. Foreign countries have advocated democratic elections and civil rights since the beginning of Greek civilization, but these do not mean that they are more democratic and civilized, but that they are forced to do so.

  Greece is mountainous, and no matter how you look at it, you can’t find the Great Plains. Occasionally, there are some places suitable for agriculture, and they are divided into small places by the mountains.

  So it is difficult for Greece to become a unified centralized state. Instead, because of geographical division, a series of city-states have been established. Everyone plays their own games, but they all have the name "Greece", so what if they don't practice democracy?

Every city-state is very small, so everyone has to discuss things, not to mention slaves and women who account for more than half of the population have no right to vote, and the so-called free people with property are only a handful, and everyone is similar, so why find someone who can dominate their lives Misfortune people.

  The same is true in Europe. There are too many mountains to isolate the population. In the era of walking on two feet, they are independent, and the formed nations are hostile to each other.

  So the political system of outsiders is suitable for outsiders, and the system formed by ourselves is the most suitable for us. In this vast land of China, only unified and centralized power is the kingly way, at least in ancient times.

Zhu Biao will never allow something like a democratic parliament to be produced until his death. Now is not the time to need it. Maybe after industrialization, telephones, railways and other things that allow the people to cross geographical restrictions will be produced, and the people will no longer worry about food. , and they all have a certain level of knowledge. At that time, it will be up to them to decide the next path of this country.

  Zhu Biao closed the map and told Liu Jin to put it away. It was dark outside, and Zhu Biao ordered Nuan Yu to prepare to take a bath. Now he felt the smell of a royal horse prisoner.

However, horses and livestock are good things. Generally speaking, agricultural countries must have big animals, not tigers and elephants, but they need to have enough physical strength to work, and the character should not be too fierce, otherwise it will not be easy to domesticate, and they must be bred An animal with a fast life and a long life, preferably with a more developed brain.

  Don’t think these are insignificant, this is also a crucial factor for the development of Chinese civilization. It just so happens that China has cows, horses, and donkeys.

  The Chinese use oxen, horses and donkeys to plow the fields, which greatly saves manpower, enables farmers to cultivate more land, produces more food, and ensures that productivity can gradually increase.

   Cattle, horses and donkeys can also pull carts, which develops the transportation industry, free circulation of goods, continuous prosperity of commercial trade, and convenient transmission of information through post stations.

  These are the basic constructions for the survival and development of the country. Without big animals, the country can only stay in the era of self-sufficiency and can never develop into a great empire.

  Just like America, there are too few wild animals that can be tamed, such as dogs, turkeys, alpacas, and guinea pigs. Dogs and turkeys are not suitable for food and are too small to be meat animals or camel animals. Guinea pigs eat vegetables and do not compete with humans for food, but their leaves are too small and are not suitable for camel animals.

There are only alpacas, which eat grass and make camels to provide wool, but this kind of animal is not very good at plowing land, has little strength to pull a cart, and can't ride around. Spitting is a good hand, just let it take on the destiny of the country's farming, yes Not a little too pushy.

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