I watched Er Chuang’s short video, and everything went numb!

[Especially, Africa also has the world's largest desert - the Sahara Desert. ]

[These factors greatly slowed down the spread of civilization in Africa. For example, horses were introduced to Egypt around 1800 BC, but it was not until a millennium after the AD that they crossed the Sahara and spread to West Africa. ]

[In 1652, when European colonists arrived in Cape Town, the Khoisan people there had not even developed agriculture. ]

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Looking at the huge map on the sky screen and the marked information.

Many ancient people in all dynasties were shocked.

"9.32 million square kilometers of desert-!!"

"This is too big!"

Many ancient people exclaimed.

Now they can fully understand why the spread of civilization in Africa is so slow.

The area of ​​this desert is almost catching up with the area of ​​the entire country of Longguo.

Under the transportation conditions of ancient times, such a large desert is almost a natural barrier, blocking the spread of civilization.

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[Also, Africa's coastline is not good. ]

[Africa's coastline is too straight, far less tortuous than Europe's, lacking inland fjords, seemingly long but actually short, and far fewer excellent ports. ]

[As a result, Africa seems to be vast, but the cost of developing the inland is very high. ]

[This makes the coastal and inland areas of Africa very different, and if the coastal cities are not supported by the inland hinterland economy, they are more inclined to become part of the ocean and the other side of the ocean. ]

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The plane of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di nodded slightly.

If the ocean port city behind cannot be connected with the inland hinterland, then the economic strength of a city alone cannot be developed much.

And more importantly,

Advanced technology and civilization from the ocean cannot spread deeply into the interior of Africa.

This further hindered the development of African civilization.

"Can't we use rivers to connect?"

This thought came to Zhu Di's mind.

For example, China can use inland river systems to connect to the ocean.

In this way, it can also connect inland hinterland areas with coastal port cities.

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[If there is a large network of navigable rivers, even if you are inland, you can use cheap water transportation to communicate with the outside world, such as the Mississippi River and the Yangtze River. ]

[However, Africa is a continent full of plateaus (especially south of the Sahara), and the part that can be navigated all year round along the upstream of the river is often very short. ]

[This makes these long rivers actually segmented, and the upstream and downstream countries are often two worlds and develop in different directions. 】

【Compared to countries where navigable rivers extend far inland and are enhanced by various engineering projects, the shipping value of African rivers is much lower. 】

【Conditions can be improved, but it is very expensive. 】

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Daqin plane.

Qin Shihuang looked at the map and pondered.

He felt that if a powerful country that occupied the entire coastal area and a large river could emerge in Africa, the river system could be connected to the ocean through water conservancy projects.

When Daqin launched the industrial revolution and colonized the world in the future, Africa would also be a place that must be occupied.

Then these rivers could be dredged.

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[The constraints of the natural environment and geographical conditions made the development of African civilization have a natural disadvantage compared to the Eurasian continent. ]

[It was already frustrating enough to have no resources at the beginning, but in the later colonial period, Africa was even more frustrating. ]

[During the colonial period, everyone knows what Africa was made of by the West, so I won’t say more. ]

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Many ancient people from all dynasties nodded.

They already know it very well without the need to say more about the video in front of them.

Not to mention that various mineral resources are desperately plundered by Western countries.

Even Africans are sold everywhere as goods by Western countries.

In short, there is only one word: miserable!

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[After the end of World War II, the African national liberation movement began to surge. ]

[In theory, from this point in time, Africa can finally start to develop normally. ]

[However, even if African countries are independent, they have not gotten rid of their dependence on the West. ]

[Because they were forced to tighten the screws for the West for hundreds of years, the West has changed Africa into the shape they want. ]

[This makes the economic structure of modern African countries very simple. If they want to make money and develop, they have to rely on those Western countries. ]

[And when they just became independent, the economic lifeline of many African countries was not in their own hands. ]

[Banks, railways, mines, customs, farms, plantations, etc. are not under the control of the country. 】

【In short, even if Africa is independent, it is still controlled by Western capital. 】

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“This…”

Many ancient people in the past dynasties were shocked.

They felt that Africa in this situation seemed to be independent, but also seemed not independent.

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The plane of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin smiled and said to Li Zhi:

“Chi Nu, it seems that you are right.”

“Thank you for your praise, father.”

Li Zhi replied respectfully.

After receiving Li Shimin’s praise, his heart was still calm.

This is not a difficult thing to judge.

With such a huge benefit, Western countries can’t just give it up.

He thinks it’s nothing more than a different way of colonization.

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【On the other hand. 】

【400 years of slave trade and a century of colonial invasion have made Africa psychologically dependent. 】

【When problems arise within a country, the first reaction of many African countries is probably to seek foreign aid. 】

[Like Kenyan President Moi, who once said when he asked for foreign aid: "No African country can be economically independent without foreign aid!" 】

[It is a terrible thing to take foreign aid for granted, not to mention that it is not just an individual who has such an idea, but a country. 】

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The Hongwu plane of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head.

He felt that this was more terrible for Africa than the continuous plunder of resources by Western countries.

Psychologically, Africa cannot develop without the courage to develop independently and be self-reliant.

Zhu Yuanzhang can also understand that Africa has not been able to produce a great power.

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[What's more serious is that many places in Africa have developed an inferiority complex. 】

[National self-esteem, self-confidence, self-reliance and self-improvement are the foundations of a country's prosperity, but these have been destroyed in the hundreds of years of slave trade. 】

[Western countries have been feeding Africa with poisonous chicken soup for hundreds of years, and have been promoting that blacks are inherently inferior. For example, Thomas Meshelin, a physiologist from Hans Leopard, said: "Blacks are suitable to be slaves" and "Whites are stronger than blacks both physically and intellectually."

"】

[Long-term slavery and racial discrimination have made Africans less and less confident.]

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"The means of Western countries are really vicious. ”

In many dynasties, many ancient political elites sighed in their hearts.

According to the people of later generations, this is really killing people and destroying their hearts.

Once Africans accept such a statement in their hearts, it is estimated that it will be difficult for Africa to turn over.

And the possibility of this happening is very high.

After all, Africans have been slaves of Western countries for hundreds of years, with extremely low status and have been in a state of oppression.

After such a long time, they are probably used to it.

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[Even after the independence of African countries, this situation is very serious.]

[Since 1960, for a long period of time, one-third of African intellectuals have left their countries and went to the West to seek gold.]

[Even the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity, Edem Kojo, has no confidence in Africa.]

[In 1978, he told a group of African leaders: "Africa is not good, and only a few countries will survive in a few years! ”】

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See here.

Many ancient people in the past dynasties shook their heads.

These African intellectuals are far inferior to those in China.

They remember it very clearly.

When the Dragon Kingdom was just established in the later generations and everything was in ruins, those intellectuals who had bright prospects overseas chose to return to China, where conditions were difficult, regardless of personal gains and losses, and did their best for China's resurgence.

On the other hand, these African intellectuals chose to abandon their homeland and go to foreign countries with better conditions.

Comparing the two, the difference is obvious.

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[What's more troublesome is that many African citizens still find it difficult to have a sense of national identity with their own country. ]

[Open the map of Africa, and you can see that many of the borders of African countries are straight lines. ]

[Because these lines were drawn by the former colonists with a geometric ruler on the map at will. ]

[They didn't consider natural, geographical, historical, humanistic and other issues at all. ]

[Similar to a tribe, it is everywhere in Africa. ]

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Many ancient people in the past dynasties were stunned.

It would be strange if there were no problems with such a division.

If people of the same tribe were not divided together, they would definitely think about merging together again. (To read the most exciting novels, go to Faloo Novel Network!)

When multiple tribes are forcibly divided together, various conflicts will most likely arise.

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[For example, 800,000 of the former Fulbe people were divided into French Guinea, 280,000 into Senegal, 110,000 into Portuguese Guinea, and some into British Gambia and Sierra Leone. ]

[Different groups of people are forced to live in one country, while the same groups are scattered across African countries, so conflicts are easy to arise. ]

[Various conflicts occur from time to time within African countries, and border disputes between external countries cannot be stopped at all. ]

[In addition, some Western countries often make trouble, and every time a country develops halfway, it has to fight internally or externally. 】

[In sub-Saharan Africa, the number of civil wars rose steadily in the first 30 years after independence, and there can be 8 to 10 civil wars every year in the 21st century. 】

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Moment.

Many ancient people in all dynasties thought of the African country called Sudan.

It was obviously sitting on a mountain of gold, but because of the long-term civil war, the country's development stagnated and even eventually split into two.

A country that was blessed by God starved itself to death because of the civil war.

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[In general, Africa has not been able to produce a great power in modern times, which is entirely the result of various complex factors. 】

[There are natural disasters, but more are man-made disasters. 】

[Africa has its own culture and traditions, but some countries forcibly cut off Africa's historical spirit, imposed their own culture, system, and values ​​on Africa, and then made Africans lose their sense of identity with their own culture. 】

【Africa has oil, gold, copper, iron ore, etc., which are enough for many African countries to find their own development path in the new century. 】

【But for a long time, the various bad debts and toxic chicken soup left by the colonists have made Africans believe in evil and give up the path set by certain people.To fight. 】

[Even some of them are willing to become agents of certain countries in Africa, and seek benefits by exploiting their own citizens. 】

[This has increased dependence on the outside world, making the economy even more depressed, and ultimately failed to catch the express train of globalization, becoming a forgotten corner of the world. 】

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The plane of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Che nodded slightly, and he felt the same way.

The reason why Africa cannot develop and no great power has emerged is, in the final analysis, because of hundreds of years of colonial plunder by Western countries.

The resources have been robbed by these countries, and the people have also been planted with slave mentality by these countries.

It is normal for such a place to be backward.

No matter in ancient times or later generations.

In the final analysis, it is the law of the jungle.

Therefore, the Han Dynasty must become stronger in order to conquer the world.

A firm look flashed in Liu Che's eyes.

The Huns are no longer a threat, and his biggest new rival will be the powerful Rome in the west!

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On the giant screen in the sky.

The video is refreshed.

A new video appears.

[What skills are needed to be the top scholar? In which dynasty is it the most enjoyable to be the top scholar? ]

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See the title of this new video. []

In many dynasties, many students were shocked, and they instantly focused their attention and stared at the giant screen in the sky.

They really, really, and extremely wanted to know: What skills are needed to be the top scholar?

For them, passing the imperial examination can change their fate.

Not to mention passing the top scholar.

So, the content of this new video is very attractive to them.

At the same time

In addition to these ancient students, many other ancient people were also very interested in this new video out of curiosity.

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[Another year of college entrance examination has come to an end. When I was a child, I often complained: exams, exams, exams, teachers' magic weapon; scores, scores, scores, students' lifeblood. ]

[I only realized when I grew up that even if I bid farewell to my student status, study, exams and scores will still accompany us throughout our lives. ]

[The UP host will never tell you that I failed the third subject twice in the car driver's license test two years ago, which almost broke the UP host's defense. 】

The barrage flew out:

"Haha, it's only two times, a small problem, I failed the subject three three times in a row."

"Reply-I failed the subject one twice."

"Reply-Will I say that I failed the subject two four times and the subject three four times?"

"Reply-Wow! There are always stronger ones among the strong, awesome!"

"..."

Accompanied by a giant screen in the sky.

Some video images of the driver's license test were played on the giant screen in the sky.

Many ancient people in the past dynasties were shocked when they watched these video images.

"It turns out that in the future, drivingCars also need to take exams. "

Many ancient people found it very novel.

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[Exams, from ancient times to the present, are the most important and fairest selection method in China.]

[And the most important exam in Chinese history is, of course, the imperial examination.]

[Today, we are going to talk about the story of the top scholar.]

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After reading the preface.

Many ancient people in all dynasties read it more attentively.

The following content is the main topic.

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[In the third year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict to open the imperial examination to recruit scholars.]

[He said, "I heard that the system of Chengzhou recruited talents from tribute scholars, so the wise were in office, and the people had the conduct of scholars and gentlemen. ”】

[The Zhou Dynasty tribute scholars he mentioned are not the same as the tribute scholars he wanted to select through the imperial examination system.]

[The Zhou Dynasty stipulated that the princes had the obligation to contribute talents to the emperor, and these talents were called tribute scholars.]

[The talents who could catch the princes' eyes and get the princes' recommendations were 99% of the nobles in the princes' countries.]

[The final result was that the noble families "depended on their abilities" and held power at all levels from the central government to the local governments for a long time.]

[After that, whether it was the recommendation system of the Western Han Dynasty or the nine-rank system of the Wei and Jin Dynasties.]

[Although the original intention was to select talents more fairly, they eventually led to the rigidity of the social hierarchy.]

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The plane of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin nodded slightly.

Relatively speaking, various talent selection systems before the emergence of the imperial examination were easily interfered with by the aristocratic families.

Originally, it was a system for selecting talents for the country, but it eventually became a way for the aristocratic families to distribute their interests.

Students from poor families and ordinary families had almost no chance to succeed.

Although the imperial examination also had many problems, it did provide a way for many students from poor families to rise.

It gave these people the opportunity to change their fate through studying.

For the country, it broadened the source channels of officials and prevented people from aristocratic families from controlling the court. .