The Mayan civilization in history did not suddenly disappear into the jungle like legends.

Similarly, although the rise and fall of Mayan civilization is legendary, it is far less mysterious and powerful than later generations.

The Mayan civilization was formed around 1500 BC, and its heyday was actually between the 3rd and 9th centuries AD, which was equivalent to the period from the end of the Han Dynasty to the end of the Tang Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty was in the 13th century, and the Maya at this time could be said to be in a diminishing state.

As for the reasons for the decline, there are many.

First, Toltec and Aztec rose one after another in the north, compressing the Mayan living space.

Secondly, wars from both internal and external further depleted the strength of various city-states.

However, none of these are the main reasons.

The culprit of the decline of Mayan civilization is actually due to the collapse of faith and the deviation of civilization development.

First of all, faith.

Like other Indian races, the Mayans believed in the feathered snake god and other gods. But there was a difference, that was, they brought them to their ancestors who did not value civilization.

Yes, the Mayans, like the Chinese, have strong ancestral worship.

They firmly believe that advanced mathematics, astronomy and architecture achievements all come from Xianyi's gifts.

In fact, it is not like the Mayans themselves. It is mainly because it is too advanced, and even in later generations, it is incredible.

A Neolithic civilization can actually calculate the orbital cycle of celestial bodies such as the Earth and Venus.

The huge pyramid of the Sun Temple, each boulder is like a mechanical cut, with an error of only a millimeter.

The words are extremely mysterious and cannot be completely deciphered even in later generations.

This is also an important reason why the Mayan civilization came from alien civilizations in later generations.

Even the Mayans themselves believed that a long time ago, a group of mysterious and powerful alien races came to their primitive tribes to teach them mathematics and astronomy.

Later, the aliens left and agreed to come back to pick them up several years later.

Well, the more I talked about it, the more I looked like an alien.

In short, this is all the root cause of the Mayan ancestor worship.

However, the agreed time had passed and the mysterious and powerful aliens did not appear, which made the Mayans who believed in this unwaveringly began to shake and doubt. They even left the city-state that had survived for generations, thinking that it was an ominous place.

Don't feel crazy? For a race who can use his or her own flesh and blood, or even sacrifice himself to perform a living sacrifice? This is the norm.

Another reason that led Maya to perish was the repeated mistakes in the development of civilization.

Zhao Wei had known before that Maya was a very "children who are biased towards the subject". He knew that in some aspects, Maya was extremely developed, even surpassing the Song Dynasty. But in some aspects, it was extremely behind.

How specific is it? He really doesn't know much, after all, he has not been in the Song Ting of Fusang for a long time.

However, after listening to Shen Fuhai's story, he knew it.

Is it so extreme? No extreme people look like normal people? It really looks like a civilization that aliens ripen.

Shen Fuhai: "Let's tell your highness that? Caomin has been to the Mayan city of 'Kiligua', which is amazing."

"The whole city covers a very wide area, with no less than 200 temples and sacrifices. Each one is built with huge stones and is very beautifully carved. The Death Avenue in the center of the city is more than ten feet wide, stretching for several miles? It extends all the way to the Temple of the Sun."

"Its exquisiteness and grandeur are not only the old capital Bianliang? In Lin'an, many cities in Song Dynasty cannot be compared with it."

"But? Does Your Highness know what a house looks like in such a grand city?"

Zhao Wei shook his head blankly? "I don't know."

Chen Fuhai smiled? His fingers were raised? He pointed to the top, "On the tree!"

"On the tree?"

"Yes, on the tree! The people of Kirigua live on the trees in the forest, and the vast city does not live in people, and only serve as sacrifices. And everyone wears bark and leaves as their clothes, which is unbearable to the eyes."

Zhao Wei: "..."

Zhao Wei was speechless, is that weird?

Chen Fuhai continued: "The people there are excellent mathematics and have very profound attainments in stone carvings and wood carvings, but they do not develop copper and iron tools. Whether it is people's livelihood or all industries or military weapons, they are all stone tools and wood tools. Gold, silver and copper are only used for sacrifices and never equip the army."

Zhao Wei: "..."

Chen Fuhai continued, "The water conservancy power of the Mayans is not weak. The grass people saw their reservoir in Kirigua. It was built in a huge amount, which could collect rainwater and then use a special filtering method for daily use by the people of the whole city."

"But." Chen Fuhai changed his tone, "With such a powerful water conservancy power, they will not be able to irrigate river water or drink it. The city of Kirigua is located about five miles by the river, but never derives river water for its own use. If the reservoir has no water, then they can only wait for the rain and stare at it."

"Their farming methods are even more primitive, and they are not as good as slash-and-burn planting. Destroying forests and burning wasteland to nourish the land. Sowing and harvesting will take three or even six years to replant, and the efficiency is average."

"Together with the increase in population and the severe drought, the city of Kirigua has been in a dilemma of water and food shortage."

Zhao Wei was stunned when he heard this, thinking that it was really hard to say that it was the product of alien ripening. He only taught the Mayans how to count and look at the stars, but did not teach them how to live a better life.

"Since you think, isn't this situation of food and water shortage in Kirigua City an exception?"

"No!" Chen Fuhai said firmly, "Now, some southern Mayan city-states are basically facing such a dilemma, and many urban residents are migrating northward. Kirigua is already considered good among them, and some city-states are already half-waste."

"It is precisely because of this that although the Mayans hated the Song Dynasty, they were unable to fight against the Song Dynasty."

"So that's it." Zhao Wei frowned and pondered, "Will the northern city-state accept the migration of the city like them? I heard that Maya is not one, a city-state is a kingdom. Will it not be excluded?"

"Ha." Chen Fuhai smiled, "Your Highness is thinking too much. Not to mention whether to reject or not, the idea of ​​a city-state and a kingdom is ridiculously wrong."

"Oh?" Zhao Wei raised his eyebrows, "You mean... a kingdom has many city-states? It belongs to the city of the kingdom?"

"No." Chen Fuhai shook his head, "It's a city-state, several kingdoms!"

"Ah?" Zhao Wei was stunned, "Is this OK?"

Chen Fuhai smiled bitterly, "Is it strange? But it's not strange at all in Maya. They usually have several tribes and kingdoms gather together to build temples, and then they will do their own things."

"That is, walking in the Mayan market, you may reach the territory of another kingdom in a few steps, and the laws are different."

"More north, Chichen Itza, not only is there a Mayan kingdom mixed in, but the Aztecs are even there."

"So, there is no problem of exclusion. A kingdom moves northward and reaches the next city-state. If there is a place, you can live there. If there is no place, you can't force it. If there is a few kingdoms, you can beat you one, and you can only find the next city-state to try your luck."

Zhao Wei was completely speechless. As expected, the things that were ripened were not very good, and the gap was too big.

This gap is not between race and race, so it’s easy to understand, it’s a gap between oneself and oneself.

It’s like a person living in a big villa worth tens of millions, but he’s so poor that he can’t even afford to wear pants. While drinking Maotai, he only has a pickled radish to make a dish of wine, which makes you unable to understand.

Chen Fuhai has not introduced the five surrounding races yet, so he continues to talk about the last Aztec.

"The situation in Aztecs is slightly better than that of Maya and is more pragmatic. They have developed handicrafts and are the largest manufacturers here. After the arrival of the Song Dynasty, although it had a certain impact on their pottery, they also earned a lot of benefits from the Song Dynasty in other aspects."

"So, the Aztecs were not very disgusted with the Song Dynasty. However, influenced by Mayan belief, there was still a certain gap between them and the Song Dynasty in their thinking."

Zhao Wei lowered his head and listened, but he was still thinking about Maya's affairs.

Seeing that Chen Fuhai had finished introducing, he couldn't help but say, "You just said Maya was short of water and food? Can't this be used?"

The water conservancy technology of the Song Dynasty was much better than the Maya. Central America was currently in a drought period, which was a disaster for Indian civilizations such as the Maya, but it was not a big problem for the Song people.

As for food, the cultivation level of the Song people was even worse than that of the Mayans.

As long as you make good use of these advantages and use both kindness and power, can you still conquer a student?

Chen Fuhai seemed to have seen Zhao Wei's idea. In addition to the news that the court had planned to go north to fight against the Yuan Dynasty for two years, he also heard about it and said, "Does Your Highness want to take the opportunity to subdue Maya, so what I use for the Song Dynasty?"

"That's right."

"Difficult!" Chen Fuhai's answer surprised Zhao Wei.

He only heard that he continued: "Maya's difficulties have not been a day or two. Before, Lu Xiang and Chen Xiang had both looked for Caomin, who was consistent with His Highness's idea and wanted to take the opportunity to tame him."

"But..." Chen Fuhaid paused, "Caomin's opinion is still the same as before. Don't hold on to this fantasy, it's impossible."

"Why?"

"Because the Mayans had too deep faith, survival was not the first requirement, believing in their ancestors and gods was the first priority."

"Even if we send the benefits and save Maya, we will find it difficult to get to the same place even if we have different beliefs."

Speaking of this, Chen Fuhai looked up at Chen Yizhong, as if he was a little worried, and he wanted to speak but stopped.

When Chen Yizhong saw it, he said, "Don't be shy if you say anything."

Chen Fuhai frowned, "Caomin actually wants to say..."

Chen Yizhong also frowned, "What do you want to say?"

Chen Fuhai, "Actually, a few years ago, the idea of ​​Your Highness Ning using a real dragon instead of the feathered snake god was very good, and the effect was also very significant. We have been able to maintain basic favorability with the surrounding tribes over the years, which is all due to this reason."

"But... but later when King Ning left, his husbands went to preach the principles of reasoning, but they polished up all these good feelings, which was a pity."

"Ahem." Chen Yizhong cleared his throat awkwardly when he heard this, and said weakly: "Nothing is said... what are you talking about?"

Well, Mr. Chen is a little shameless, and the matter of Neo-Confucianism is indeed to be discussed.

When it comes to my heart, the effect is not good, and everyone sees it. The reason why they still insist on doing it is because they think that it will improve over time.

Secondly, whether it is Lu Junshi or Chen and Quan, they are not as shameless as Zhao Wei. They can fool others with "Taking the Three Character Classic" and "Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Picture".

As soon as Zhao Wei left, the husbands could not let go of their faces and could not make up new stories, so the matter naturally ended.
To be continued...