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Text no, 252 The Way of Heaven and the Way of Nature

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    Huang Junming's letter was finally picked up by the postman and sent out. Carrying Huang Junming's expectations and instructions, he rushed to the distant frontier, and Huang Junming had to start his life of compiling Dao Zang day after day.

    Of course, Huang Junming is destined to not live in peace. Although he is in Chang'an, he encounters only a few things and tasks.  But it still made Huang Junming a little bored.  For example, now.

    After Li Chengqian heard Huang Junming ask him to observe what eats locusts, he often haunted the forest and watched the final outcome of each locust.  Now he thought he knew a lot about locusts, so he immediately found Huang Junming.

    "Master Immortal, Cheng Qian knows something that can kill locusts!" Li Chengqian said to Huang Junming in a stern voice.

    "Oh? Tell me about it?" Huang Junming knew everything that Li Chengqian could observe without even thinking about it.  Naturally, he wasn't very interested and answered casually.

    Although Huang Junming is not interested, for Li Chengqian, this is quite fun.  When Huang Junming asked him to speak, he immediately straightened his expression and said, "Master Immortal, Cheng Qian discovered that frogs and toads, two similar-looking things, can eat locusts very quickly. And I also found that frogs cannot  It's too far away from the water source, but toads can hunt and kill locusts in relatively dry places. In addition to these two things, Cheng Qian also saw some small snakes that eat locusts, as well as hedgehogs, poultry, birds, etc." Li Cheng Qian said  Pointing his fingers, he said that although he knew that many birds eat locusts, due to his limited knowledge, he had to use blah blah blah instead.

    "However, Immortal Master Cheng Qian also discovered that snakes, hedgehogs, poultry, birds, etc. eat not only locusts but also frogs. Why is this? Can't they live in peace? In this case, they will all eat locusts.  Then next year's locust plague can be passed safely?" Li Chengqian seemed to be very puzzled as to why these animals were eating each other, and out of the innocence of a child, he wanted these animals to live in peace and to work together.  Eat locusts, kid.  Who knows what the food chain is.

    Huang Junming thought for a while and then concluded: "The way of heaven damages more than it can and makes up for the deficiencies."

    "Huh?" The kid Li Chengqian still couldn't fully understand what I said, so he asked quickly.  "Master Immortal, what do you mean?"

    "Haha." Huang Junming knew that this child might not be able to understand this. He might understand the literal meaning, but if it was a little more profound, it would be quite difficult for him.  "This sentence was said by Lao Tzu. It was also summed up by Lao Tzu based on his observation of nature and human society. Cheng Qian. You can understand it this way. All things have the same identity in their mutual contradictions.  For example, frogs eat locusts, and snakes also eat locusts, but when the snake eats locusts, it also eats frogs and occasionally birds.”

    Looking at Li Chengqian's half-understood look, Huang Junming added, "Don't you understand? In my opinion, the flaw in the way of heaven is natural selection. And their identity is endless, for example,  An extremely tiny bacteria in the land feeds plants. The plants feed insects such as locusts, the insects feed frogs, and the frogs feed snakes, birds, mice, and the like. Snakes, birds, etc.  Rats feed small carnivores such as weasels and foxes, and small carnivores such as weasels and foxes are eaten by large animals such as wolves and tigers. And finally, humans are the natural enemies of wolves and tigers, and they kill them.  In the end, the person died, was buried in the ground, and was devoured by the extremely tiny bacteria among the disciples, turning into soil and supplied to the plants. But there are some things in common among them. For example, some snakes not only eat locusts, but also eat locusts.  Eat frogs. Some birds not only eat frogs, locusts, but also snakes, and even mice. Eagles will also eat foxes, weasels, and other birds. In this way, there are some commonalities in food. This is a complete biological chain.  System. Missing one of the links will cause disaster. For example, if herbivorous rabbits are not captured by natural enemies, they will reproduce faster and faster. By then, the world will be full of rabbits. Wouldn’t it be terrifying? So on this point  It can also be seen that the law of heaven is supreme. It is not just for a certain race or a certain creature. Everything is a balance. If you let the snakes not eat the frogs, you will break the balance. Of course, the locust plague is a manifestation of imbalance.  , but can’t this locust plague be eliminated?”

    What Huang Junming said was quite simple. He almost copied it based on the memories he had when he was studying biology in middle school. It also fit the Taoist teachings easily. It can be said to be quite successful. Li Chengqian also looked like a  I understand.  Huang Junming benefited greatly.

    "Master Immortal, I understand, but what does the way of heaven have to do with the locust plague?" Li Chengqian seemed to feel that what Huang Junming said was a bit out of touch with the topic of the locust plague, and said to Huang Junming.

    "Of course it does matter. This way of heaven is also called the way of nature.The way of nature requires a balance, one link after another, one link after another, and one is indispensable, and the locust plague breaks this balance. Chengqian, think about it, when the locust plague comes, the plants will be destroyed by the locusts.  If eaten, what do herbivores and humans eat?  If humans want to eat herbivores and carnivores, one link in this balance will inevitably weaken. The weakening of one link means the rise of the other link, which will have a considerable impact.  So we must eliminate locusts at all costs.  "Huang Junming also knew that he was off topic. There seemed to be several cars in his mind trying to pull him to connect the way of heaven with locusts: "So when the locust plague comes, we must introduce creatures that can destroy locusts.  Let frogs, birds, snakes, etc. eat the locusts. In this way, the frogs, birds, and snakes will grow rapidly after eating the locusts. Then let their natural enemies eat them, one by one, and it will be heavy.  The mission lies with us humans who stand at the top of the food chain.  We humans must wait until the tasks of one link after another are completed before killing the creatures on the next level of the food chain. Of course, it is not to kill them all, but to keep these creatures in a stable, orderly and balanced structure.  So as human beings, we are great. We can intervene in any link of the biological chain, but we cannot kill a certain species at will, because we humans shoulder the mission of maintaining the normal development of heaven, just like the locust plague.  Attack, what we should do is not to feel sorry for ourselves but to face it bravely and strongly!  "

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    It’s not that the main character is off-topic, it’s Southwest and I am off-topic as I write.  Two thousand words left.

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