Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 119 New Land
The smoke of war rose everywhere in Xia.

Here in Xinxia,

In fact, it’s not very peaceful.

In the eleventh year of Emperor Bian's reign,
Gongzi Chao is already fifty-nine years old.

When he was twenty years old, he left Zhuxia, and when he was forty years old, he came to Xinxia.

Then it took more than ten years to grow the population and spread the Zhou rituals.

Picking up the mirror and looking at it, I saw that the person inside had a lot of white hair.

However, Gongzi Chao felt that he could still live for some time.

Because he was the youngest in the original group heading west.

He must live longer.
Let the shadow of the past continue longer in the present day.

While Gongzi Chao was sitting at home in a daze, his seventeen-year-old son came over and told him, "Master Sui is dying!"

Gongzi Chao then got up in a panic and ran to Suichao's house.

Suichao's sons were also crying, and many of them gathered around Suichao.

"Why cry!"

"Instead of spending your time mourning my death, you might as well recite the funeral rites in the classics, so that after Naigong dies, you won't throw him into the river!"

Suichao was very dissatisfied when he thought about the barbarians here using water burial.

When he was old, he repeatedly emphasized to his descendants, "Everything should be Chinese, but you can't mix with the barbarians and abandon your roots!"

Did I travel so far with so much hardship just to enjoy a barbaric life?

When Gongzi Chao heard that he still had the energy to curse at him at the door, his panic suddenly subsided.

He went in, walked over to Suichao, and looked at his companion who was once tall and mighty, but now had aged and shrunk into a little old man.

Sui Chao had someone help him up, and half lying down he said to Gong Zi Chao, "You're here?"

"Ok!"

"Then I have something to tell you, remember to listen carefully, if you forget, no one will remind you in the future!"

Gongzi Chao instinctively wanted to argue with him, but when he opened his mouth, no word came out.

So he closed his mouth and listened quietly to Sui Chao's final instructions.

“First, we must adhere to the fundamentals!”

"Whether it's Zhou Li or Mohist things, they can't be confused with barbarians!"

The customs of the barbarians in Xinxia are very different from those in the native Xia.

Suichao originally thought that
The Zhou rituals were already very backward and corrupt.

Who would have known that the people here do not work properly, do not do practical work, and only know how to chant sutras every day. They do not care about suffering and believe in the cycle of life and death, that they suffer in this life and can enjoy happiness in the next.

Although they also worship ghosts and gods,
But in addition to "Heaven's will and the clearness of ghosts", Mohism also attaches importance to human beings themselves, advocating frugality and virtuousness, and loving both the fatal and the unfatal.

therefore,

Such "plausibility" made Suichao even more disgusted.

At the same time, I gradually began to understand what the ghosts and gods had said.

All things in the world,

It still needs someone to do it.

Suichao could not tolerate the barbarians here who left their lives and deaths to be decided by ghosts and gods and allowed themselves to be whipped and oppressed by the nobles.

Therefore, after many discussions and practices, Sui Chao and other Mohist disciples all felt that in the debate within Xin Xia, the dispute between Mohist wisdom and Zhou rituals should be put aside compared to the dispute between the Xia and the barbarians, and should be discussed later.

After all, the Zhou rituals that were abandoned by the other states are actually considered very advanced here!
What else can Suichao say?
I am too lazy to even debate with them!
Taking direct action is the most beneficial to your body and mind!
"Then, we need to multiply the population."

“Without enough people, nothing can be accomplished!”

The descendants of this group of people,
There is no one over the age of twenty,

Qin You and his descendants who came later were even weaker and younger and still needed to grow up.

The seeds of Zhu Xia have taken root and sprouted in the land here, but there is no guarantee that they can grow into towering trees in the future.

"If possible, go east, find Qin and other states, and migrate people from there!"

"There are too many barbarians in this land. I heard that in the farther west, there are forces that have demanded tribute from the barbarians here... But in the past few decades, the so-called envoys have rarely come. I think it's because the power of that country has declined."

"But since there is a force that can reach Xinxia and take away the wealth here, we must be careful!"

"The barbarians here are not worth mentioning, but perhaps in a few decades, the greatest danger will come!"

Gongzi Chao nodded with tears in his eyes, indicating that he knew everything.

"at last!"

Sui Chao grabbed Gong Zi Chao's hand and stared at him closely, "You must live longer!"

"You are the king of Xinxia!"

"You have to lead Xinxia to go further!" "You must not die at my age, understand!"

The young master responded with a choked voice.

He opened his mouth, showing his teeth to Suichao, and said with a sad smile, "Look, my teeth haven't fallen out yet!"

"I can live to be a hundred years old!"

He will watch Xinxia become stronger,

Ensure that the next generation grows up to be capable of taking on the mission of continuing the new summer.

Suichao was relieved.

He let go of Gong Zi Chao and closed his eyes.

At sunset, Suichao stopped breathing.

Many people cried out because of this.

Gongzi Chao also shed tears, but he could not indulge in sorrow for too long.

As Suichao said,
He is the king.

He must lead the new Xia and keep this country alive after the older generation gradually passes away!

Just like the ancestors of the Xia Dynasty,
The blue wisps of the road open up the mountains and forests!
……

After Suichao's funeral,
Gongzi Chao made two decisions.
One was to gather an army of hundreds of people to conquer the surrounding barbarians, expand the territory of Xinxia, and seize more fertile land.

The other thing was to ask Qin You to lead the team again and try to return to Zhuxia.

Qin You said, "I'm about to be fifty years old, and I'm a little worried that I won't be able to withstand the bumps on the road!"

When he was in his twenties, he was sent by the king to travel west. He traveled for seventeen years and arrived in Xinxia when he was exactly forty years old.

next year,

The prince is sixty years old.
Qin You is fifty,

They are all old.

But Gongzi Chao said, "We should take the boys out for a walk before the old man dies!"

"Even if we can't reach Zhuxia, it's good to be able to get closer."

"In the future, every generation will move a little further east, and sooner or later they will be able to see Zhuxia and their ancestral homeland."

"All of our children were born after marrying local women."

"Although we are all of Chinese descent, if we don't go home to visit our ancestral land, when we are gone, will they forget our instructions and mingle with the surrounding barbarians?"

"I read history books before and heard that when the gentlemen of the various Chinese states get along with the barbarians for a long time, it's like millet growing in grass. There is no difference for one generation, but after a while they will grow the same."

"If you want millet to thrive and have a good harvest, you need to weed more and sow more!"

Sow the seeds.

Pull up the weeds by the roots!
If there are not enough seeds, you have to ask for them from outside.

Anyway, the two cannot be confused!
"This is what I'm going to do now!"

What else can Qin You say?
He could only respond, "I'll do my best!"

His wife and children are all in Xinxia. It's not just Gongzi Chao and Suichao who are worried about "bloodline descendants mixing with barbarians".
then,

After a month of preparation,
Qin You left his family again, left the place of Xinxiang that he identified with, and headed for his hometown.

Gongzi Chao also boarded a chariot, leading the first generation of New Xia people who were about to be crowned, to conquer the weak barbarians around them.

He is old.

But the offspring is still young,
If you want to implant the idea of "the nobility of the Chinese people" deeply into their minds, it is useless to just say it.

When Duke Zhou conquered Yan, he used military force to show the Dongyi that the Zhou Dynasty's great destiny was unchallengeable.

Then he formulated rituals and music to beautify the appearance of a gentleman, highlight the barbarity of the barbarians, and make the people of the world turn to Zhou.

From then on, "respect the Chinese and despise the barbarians" became the principle recognized by gentlemen.

Gongzi Chao did not dare to compare himself to Zhou Gongdan,

But we can still try to emulate the deeds of the ancients and make the roots of the new summer more firmly established so that they will not be swallowed up by the weeds around them.

When I think of this,

Gongzi Chao couldn't help but feel lucky:
Fortunately, the barbarians here are good at taking a beating and are not very brave.

Otherwise, an old man like him would not dare to lead a group of 17 or 18-year-old boys to fight, and be so confident that they can win!

then,

When Emperor Bian was in his twelfth year of reign,
Regardless of Zhuxia or Xinxia,

They all moved together.

　In the same year, Alexander was born, thirty years before his expedition to India.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)