February**Dynamic Incentive Program When it comes to famine, the word has left a deep mark on human history. Famine often paints a terrible picture of "displacement, starvation, cannibalism, bones, and ruined families."
However, this terrible scene most profoundly affected the common people, but it had almost no impact on the gentry, profiteers and others. On the contrary, they will even take advantage of the opportunity to make a windfall and accumulate their wealth like a golden basin.
Du Fu once described it in "Five Hundred Words of Yonghuai from Beijing to Fengxian County": "Zhumen wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road. This vividly portrays the tragic conditions of that era.
The Great Famine of Ireland, which took place between 1845 and 1850, is considered "the greatest catastrophe between the Thirty Years' War and the Second World War in Western Europe". At that time, Ireland's main survival depended on potato cultivation. It stands to reason that normal yields will not lead to famine. However, in 1845, potato seedlings began to erode before they even had to bear fruit and flower.
People thought that the rulers of the American Federation would take action, but they chose to ignore it. This has exacerbated the lives of the poor, who already have little to offer.
There were people starving to death and dying of disease, and many poor people were willing to be sold into slavery in order to fill their stomachs. As a result, the profiteers became middlemen, selling the local poor somewhere else to fill their pockets.
From 1877 to 1878, China experienced a rare drought and famine, known as "a disaster unseen in more than 200 years." According to statistics, more than 10 million people died of starvation at that time, and more than 20 million people had no choice but to flee to other places.
Although this famine is a natural disaster, there are also human disasters. In the late Qing Dynasty, opium was cultivated in large quantities for its own benefit, which led to a decrease in the area of grain cultivation, coupled with the fact that the common people were forced to pay heavy taxes.
After the drought, the people who did not have much food in store had to wait for hunger to die, and there were hungry people everywhere, and there was no one to help, and their suffering was indescribable.
Mr. Lu Xun once said that "the old society was cannibalism", and in such a famine, food became more precious than anything. Tree bark, grass roots, and even soil have become lifesavers in people's eyes.
In order to fight for a mouthful of leftovers, they do not hesitate to fight, and family affection, friendship, morality and ethics become powerless and pale in the face of hunger.
What is even more terrifying is that with the famine comes the spread of disease. Due to the lack of adequate food and clean water, the disease spreads as quickly as the plague.
One by one, people fell, and the smell of death permeated the village. Weeping, moaning, and desperate cries mingled to form the most tragic movement of the era.
In that extremely difficult environment, people had to take unimaginable measures to survive. Some families have gone so far as to be so cruel that in order for their children to survive, they have to kill older members of the family and use their bodies to solve the problem of hunger. There are also people who, in order to continue to live, make the terrible decision to eat their own children. Of course, there are also people who really can't do such things in their hearts, so they come up with a way to exchange children to feed each other's hunger, which became a common phenomenon in that era of famine, and we are all very shocked and sad to hear this.
When it comes to famines in ancient times, the reasons for their occurrence are really varied. First of all, the social productivity at that time was too low, and agricultural technology was far from keeping up, so food production was naturally limited. When natural disasters occur, such as droughts, floods, and locust plagues, food production is immediately reduced, and famine ensues.
In addition, the social and political turmoil in ancient times, wars and so on were too frequent, which led to a mess of social order, and everyone was displaced, and it was impossible to produce normally, which was also a major cause of famine.
What's more, the taxes at that time were terrifyingly heavy, coupled with various oppressions such as rulers and profiteers, the lives of the common people became more and more miserable, which naturally made the famine situation more serious.
The consequences of famine are not simply a devastating population, it will also sharpen the class contradictions in society and widen the gap between the rich and the poor. The rich hoarded grain, raised the highest standard, and made a lot of money, while the poor were cold and hungry, and the contradictions in society were increasingly intensified.
Although the famine of ancient times felt particularly terrifying, it did serve as a wake-up call. We cannot rest on our laurels, but we need to pay more attention to agriculture, increase food production, and ensure that everyone's basic needs are met.
As modern youth, we need to strengthen disaster prevention and mitigation work, improve our ability to deal with natural disasters, and reduce the occurrence of famine. At the same time, we need to pay attention to social fairness and justice, narrow the gap between the rich and the poor, and ensure that everyone enjoys the basic right to life.
Looking back on those dark years, I can't help but be in awe of the tenacity and perseverance of the ancients. They wrote a tragic history with blood and tears, which has become our eternal warning. Let us remember this history, cherish life, and protect this wonderful world together.