Zhang Tianru knew this period of history, and the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty were actually the same country.
Why is it divided into two dynasties to record history?
It is said that as long as the emperor's family has not changed, it will still be the same country.
There is a difference between the Southern Song Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty. The Eastern Han Dynasty was a completely different country founded by someone named Liu, and even the clan had already released its fifth server.
Because there is a big secret hidden in history.
"Mr. Tianru, what do you think is the legitimacy of Donglin's rule?" Yang Fan asked calmly.
"Well, how should I put this? I think that an official must first have a certain moral sentiment. Because if his morals are corrupt, the people under his rule will be affected. So when choosing an official, you must first look at virtue. Lords of Donglin
They are all gentlemen, just like this bamboo forest."
Zhang Pu pointed to a bamboo forest across the road and said: "Be prepared for knots before they are unearthed, and be more open-minded when you are in the air."
Bamboo is the material carrier of Chinese virtues and a symbol of the gentleman.
Loved by countless people with lofty ideals, ancient and modern literati praised bamboo and left a large number of bamboo poems and bamboo paintings.
The earliest bamboo plot in China can be traced back to the Wei and Jin Dynasties. It has a long history, and the status of bamboo in people's minds is deeply rooted.
Bamboo is evergreen all year round, symbolizing tenacious life and eternal youth.
The hollow hollow of the bamboo represents the character of being open-minded.
Its branches are bent but not broken, which is the principle of being soft yet strong.
Born with knots, bamboo knots must be exposed, which is a symbol of high integrity and integrity.
Bamboo's tallness, freedom, integrity, elegance and elegance are also the personality pursuits of Chinese literati.
Yang Fan nodded, knowing that there were indeed many people in Donglin who deserved the title of gentleman, and they were indeed not all bad people.
Some people even considered themselves inferior to Yang Fan, and they did have a high moral standard. But overall, they did not play a good role in the Ming Dynasty. It was not a good thing for them to dominate the imperial court.
Yang Fan took out a Chongzhen Tongbao cast by Xinghe Iron Works and said: "Every matter has two sides, just like this coin. If there is a front, there is a tail."
Zhang Pu and others' eyes lit up, this coin was so exquisite.
Zhang Tianru said: "Yes, this is the perfect principle between heaven and earth. Yin and Yang complement each other."
I also have a poem about bamboo, which may be different from your husband’s opinion.
This was the first time Zhang Tianru heard that this Yang Fan could actually compose poetry, and that a martial artist dared to say that he wanted to compose poetry in front of him, a master of poetry and literature.
If he doesn't have an amazing level, he is a fanatic.
"I would like to hear the details," Zhang Pu said with a nod.
Yang Fan cleared his throat and pretended to chant:
“Bamboo is like a hypocrite, strong on the outside but empty on the inside.
Groups can block the sun, but independence can block the wind.
The roots are thin and form acupoints, and the waist is soft and used to bow.
Literati love this a lot, and it has the same breath."
As soon as this poem came out, Zhang Cai and the other three people took a breath of air-conditioning. This poem was a sharp and pungent satire, without any mercy, and it deeply portrayed the appearance of a literary hypocrite.
Xiao Niangpi and Lin Yueru also listened with dazzling eyes. This was not the first time they heard that Yang Fan had written poems. They knew that Yang Fan was talented in poetry, but it was a pity that Yang Lang did not like the imperial examination, otherwise he might be able to pass the imperial examination and come back.
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Yang Lang was caring and considerate towards them. He pampered them and never made them unhappy. He often cooked delicious food for them.
When you are happy, you will also tell them bedtime stories.
Even when I preach to them, I do it very tactfully and never embarrass them.
Mei Xiang is greedy, eating a lot of what she likes and not touching anything she doesn't like. She especially likes sweets.
Yang Lang told a bedtime story about Snow White and the seven dwarfs. Mei Xiang asked them stupidly why the seven dwarfs did not grow taller, and Yang Lang said that they did not grow taller because they were picky eaters.
Yang Lang often joked that he raised them as his daughters. In fact, at the age of eighteen or nineteen, they will all be children in the future.
Yang Lang not only has a good personality, but also has a strong body, a fit body, and beautiful muscles. He is also versatile in both civil and military affairs, and can often write amazing poems.
Where can such a husband be found? Xiao Niangpi and Lin Yueru are almost in love with Yang Fan. They miss Yang Fan after not seeing each other for a few days. They wish they could get tired of being with him every day.
Zhang Tianru was shocked and angry. What shocked him was that this martial artist, whom he didn't think highly of, could actually write such a level of poetry. What made him angry was that this poem portrayed the weaknesses of the literati to the core.
"I think the reason why there are so many Jinshi from southern Zhili is not because the people there have high moral standards. Nor is it because you are smarter or better at reading than the people in the north," Yang Fan said.
Zhang Cai couldn't help but sneer when he heard this: "General, you are really arrogant. Do you know that in order to suppress us in Jiangnan, our court forcibly set the number of candidates for the imperial examination as six in the south and four in the north. If we let it go completely, we will speak according to the results. I'm afraid.
You northerners can't even get 20% of Jinshi."
Yang Fan nodded and said: "Yes, if we let everything go, it's pretty good that the north can account for 20%. However, the court has stipulated this to ensure minimum fairness."
Zhang Cai sneered and said: "The knowledge is inferior to that of others. If you rely on this method to become a Jinshi, this is fair."
Zhang Pu didn't say anything, he just looked at Yang Fan to see what he said.
"First of all, the education level of a region is a direct reflection of the local affluence. If you are a wealthy country in Nanzhili, you can have good educational resources if you live a prosperous life. It costs money to study. If you have money, you can attract better teachers.
It’s not that the people in the north are not smart enough, it’s that their level of development is not as good as yours. Secondly, this Ming Dynasty is not just yours in Southern Zhili. It is a Ming Dynasty shared by eighteen provinces. The imperial examination is connected to the officialdom. No matter how good you are at studying, it is not your monopoly.
Official reasons."
"There is no distinction between north and south. Why is the level of development not as good as that of South Zhili? It's not a human problem." Zhang Cai asked relentlessly.
Yang Fan didn't say anything, but turned around and said to the maid: "Bring me a piece of paper and a pencil. Thank you."
Zhang Pu and others were stunned. Yang Fan actually said thank you to a maid. What was going on?
He turned around to look at Tu Shanyue in shock, but Xiao Niangpi ignored him.
Zhang Pu sighed inwardly, the head mother of the Yang family was from the Jinyiwei family, and the girls in the general family really had no rules.
In his heart, it was a pity for Yang Fan to marry a wife who didn't understand etiquette.
Although he did not agree with Yang Fan's views, he appreciated Yang Fan's knowledge and talent.
Yang Fan quickly started writing and drawing on the paper, and he finished it in a short time.
"What is this?" Zhang Tianru asked looking at the picture.
"This is a graph of temperature changes in China over the past five thousand years. You see, the vertical line represents temperature, and the horizontal line represents time. At the same time, the horizontal line represents zero degrees. The far right is the current Ming Dynasty. This line surrounds
The curve floating up and down on the horizontal line represents the average temperature of the year. Can you understand it?"
Zhang Tianru nodded. Different dynasties were marked from left to right on the horizontal line. The far left was the ancient period, then the Tang Dynasty and the Yu Dynasty. He frowned a little. The Tang and Yu Dynasties were just ancient legends. There was controversy over whether they existed, but he didn't go there.
Regardless, just treat it as a symbol of a period of time.
Further to the left are the Yellow Emperor and Yao, Shun and Yu. After that is the Xia Dynasty.
During this period, the temperature has been very high. At the end of the Shang Dynasty, the temperature suddenly dropped off a cliff. At the lowest point, the Battle of Muye took place. Yang Fan wrote these four words at that place.
During the Han Dynasty, the temperature remained high again. During the Three Kingdoms, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, the temperature dropped sharply again.
The temperature increased again during the Sui and Tang Dynasties and remained at a high temperature. During the Five Dynasties and the Northern Song Dynasty, there was another steep decline. The lowest point was the Jingkang Change.
During the Southern Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty, the temperature increased, but the highest point was still below that horizontal line. Shortly after the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty, the temperature dropped again, and the lowest point was when Emperor Shun of the Yuan Dynasty fled north.
By the Ming Dynasty, the overall status was fluctuating sideways. As you can see in the picture at the end, that is, at the beginning of the Wanli Dynasty, the temperature fell again after staying at a low level for more than two hundred years.
When I saw the areas labeled Tianqi Dynasty and Chongzhen Dynasty, I found that the curve was still going downwards.
Zhang Pu is an academic master. Although it was his first time to come into contact with this kind of icon, this kind of chart was very simple and easy to understand. He understood it immediately. He instantly thought of many things.
Although Yang Fan did not explain how it knew the temperature changes in the past dynasties, Zhang Pu was familiar with history books and had an impression of the cold and heat recorded in the past dynasties. At least the situation in his memory starting from the Qin and Han Dynasties and this chart
It's consistent.
So this picture is definitely not made up, even though he doesn't understand the principle.
His heart was filled with turmoil at this moment. Could it be that the national destiny of our glorious China for five thousand years was actually determined by the temperature?
Any period of high temperature is a period of prosperity, and a period of low temperature is a period of division and war.
No wonder the Ming Dynasty had a vast territory, but could not even compare with the affluence of the Southern Song Dynasty, because the entire Ming Dynasty developed horizontally at a temperature much lower than that of the Southern Song Dynasty.
At the end of the day, his back was soaked with cold sweat. Regardless of politeness, he grabbed the plastic ruler Yang Fan used to draw lines and placed it in the first year of Chongzhen, where the curve is now.
Yang Fan sighed and said: "There is no need to compare. The current temperature has only appeared twice in the past ten thousand years. Unfortunately, we encountered one of them."
This chapter has been completed!