Hell level difficulty in cultivating the country
Why did the Ming Dynasty say 'perish'? (10)
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1、 In the 13th year of Chongzhen's reign (1640), the total annual rainfall in the North China Plain and the Yellow River basin was less than 300 mm, of which the rainfall was less than 200 mm from May to September, when agriculture needed rainfall most. The water levels of Haihe River and Yellow River have almost reached the lowest point in history.
2、 After a brief silence, Li Zicheng's peasant army, upon entering the Central Plains region, immediately launched a slogan that was very in line with the times: "Eat the King of Conquering, use the King of Conquering, and when the King of Conquering comes, do not accept grain
3、 When Zhang Xianzhong's peasant army arrived in the Yangtze River Basin, they were also like a cloud of followers, just like the farmers in the Yellow River Basin who followed Li Chuangwang had food to eat, and the farmers in the Yangtze River Basin who followed Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi Army had food to eat.
4、 Around the 14th year of the Chongzhen reign (1641), the disaster situation in the north and south was reversed and turned into a continuous drought in the south and floods in the north. Chongzhen faced a hellish level of metallurgical difficulty.
5、 When the Qing soldiers destroyed the pass and entered, North China was suffering from the pestis. Some scholars even thought that the Qing soldiers withdrew immediately after entering North China and did not dare to stay for a long time because they were afraid of catching the plague.