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Wu Tang Flourishing Age - Chapter 456

Published at 26th of November 2021 05:14:59 AM


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Baiyun Mountain is not a mountain in fact. If you move from Taiyuan to the northwest, you will feel the terrain stretching upward within a hundred miles, and then turn to the southwest, you will see a large mountain. Because the mountainside is surrounded by white clouds all year round, and most of the white clouds are covered with snow, so that they look like white clouds, so they are called Baiyun Mountain by the local people.

All the mountains that extend beyond the height of Baiyun Mountain are uniformly called Baiyun Mountain by local people. Therefore, if outsiders come to find Baiyun Mountain, even if they pay a high price for a local guide, it is impossible to find the mountain they want to find, just because it is not easy to find each of the seven or eight mountains called Baiyun Mountain. If they find them one by one, I'm afraid it will kill many people.

Generally, if the altitude of the mountain is more than 2000 meters, it may be obscured by clouds. If it reaches more than 3000 meters, some of it must be hidden in the clouds. Most of these Baiyun mountains are more than 3000 meters high, and the really best main peak is as high as 5000 meters above sea level.

In fact, the altitude of 5000 meters is not a real restricted area for humans. As long as they are fully prepared, well-trained people can climb up with their own physical fitness. If there are ready-made roads, it is certainly easier, even tourists can do it.

Unfortunately, in the Wu Zhou era, the imperial court would never develop a snow mountain as a tourist attraction. First, there was no market, second, there was no demand, and the most important thing was that there was no financial resources. So the vast majority of people living in this era will not have nothing to climb the mountain. Life has been very difficult. Why ask for trouble?

The climate around Taiyuan Prefecture is generally dry and rainless, but Baiyun Mountain is somewhat different. Perhaps it is because the mountain is too high and large, blocking the monsoon and forming a local microclimate, so that the annual rain in this area is twice as long as that in Taiyuan Prefecture hundreds of miles away. This warm climate leads to fertile land, Therefore, more and more people come to Baiyun Mountain for reclamation and planting. I don't know when it began. People in Taiyuan government like to call Baiyun Mountain "little Jiangnan", which means that Baiyun Mountain is like the granary of the imperial court. Like Jiangnan, it can produce enough food for Taiyuan government at any time.

In fact, in the past days, Baiyun Mountain did not disappoint people. It provided a steady stream of food every year, as well as all kinds of fresh vegetables, mountain treasures and game. In a sense, the rich output of Baiyun Mountain has gradually accelerated the growth of people who come to Baiyun Mountain to survive.

Population growth is always a contrary proposition. At some times, population growth is a good thing, but at some times, population growth will bring great problems. Because no one has ever studied this topic, no one pays attention. When the number of people living around Baiyun Mountain reaches a certain level, the lush Baiyun Mountain has suddenly changed.

Pieces of loess have been exposed. The trees that originally grew on them have been cut down to make houses. Large tracts of shrubs have disappeared, leaving scorched debris. That is because the newly relocated people need to burn wasteland and reclaim land.

Originally, after the rain, clear springs will appear at the foot of the mountain. I don't know when they have become turbid mud. Even so, people are still asking Baiyun Mountain endlessly, so that Baiyun Mountain can't bear it at last.

Since last year, the precipitation of Baiyun Mountain has decreased significantly, which is similar to that of Taiyuan mansion hundreds of miles away. At that time, these people living in Baiyun Mountain were not particularly nervous. They thought it should be the difference of years or offended the mountain god in something, so they didn't find reasons on themselves. Instead, they invited many Taoists and monks to do big things, I hope to be forgiven by the mountain god and continue to bless everyone with the wind and water.

Unfortunately, the Dharma cannot satisfy the mountain god, or the mountain god has already made up his mind to look good to these people attached to it. For a whole winter, Baiyun Mountain hasn't even had a real heavy snow. Occasionally, there is a cold wind mixed with snow particles. Most of the time, it is cold and dry. This extreme climate makes some experienced old farmers start to worry. If there is no snow in winter, where will the water come to irrigate the crops after the beginning of spring?

So things are never without signs. The great famine in Taiyuan has been rehearsed early.

Zheng Shi actually knows what happened in Baiyun Mountain. As the chief executive of this place, as long as he wants to know, most of them can know, because he is a parent official and the protector of the local people. When people feel dangerous and encounter misfortune, they think of him first.

Unfortunately, Zheng Shi couldn't write a memorial to report this matter. Although the emperor was still sacrificing heaven and earth in this era, if Zheng Shi wrote something like "mountain god dissatisfaction" in the memorial, it was estimated that he would not only be scolded by the senior officials, but also ridiculed by the whole group of scholars.

We believe that there is a God, but no one can say God. This is the attitude of the circle of scholars. Zheng Shi is also a scholar. He is not only a meritorious scholar, but also a literary minister, so he dare not make mistakes in this circle, otherwise he will be denounced by his former classmates, and there will be no place to die at that time.

Therefore, even if more than one person once said in front of Zheng Shi, "the coming year may be short", Zheng Shi can only remain silent. He is a parent official, but he can only do things within his scope of authority, manage good people and land. He can't manage other things. The imperial court has special departments or people.

Six doors is a special organization to inquire about information. As a department directly under the central government, the people of six doors do not need to be responsible to anyone other than the emperor from top to bottom. Therefore, those who arrange six doors on the ground don't have to look forward and backward like Zheng Shi. They only need to record what they hear and see, and then send it to their superiors through internal personnel, The superior will filter these messages after summarizing them, and then report them again.

When was this perfect situation reporting system established? Some people say it can be traced back to Tiance mansion. Others say that there were such rules in the previous dynasty. However, no matter who invented it and when it was, facts have proved that this method is really good. At least it can let the emperor know the world's major events.

Baiyun what's the vision here, the six doors have indeed been reported, and they have been reported more than once, and these news has finally reached the ears of the emperor. Unfortunately, the Wu Zhou Dynasty is not a dynasty in which the emperor can count 100%.





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