Chapter 182: Ancient Dongyi Clan
"Let's start with Dongyi first." An Linyuan asked the emperor for an order, and took the 100 small Five Elements Formation members and royal majesty and baggage troops out of the imperial city and headed east.
Dongyi has been in history for tens of thousands of years. It is said that our ancestors followed Gonggong from the distant east and were chased by the sea. They had to move to the west and finally came to the current Middle Earth. The sea stopped chasing, and Dongyi also settled down.
Dongyi has extremely high attainments in pottery making and metallurgy, even far surpassing Middle Earth.
"This is a group of people who once had a brilliant history. Perhaps they had a vast, boundless, rich and abundant fertile land. But under the raging sea, they had to give up their homes and move westward."
"The great master Gonggong has long passed away, and the legend he left behind is still circulating everywhere."
An Linyuan looked up information about Dongyi along the way, thinking about how to win the hearts of Dongyi's people with chivalrousness.
An Linyuan stopped at the territory of Dongyi. There were nine hundred chiefs in Dongyi, and the westernmost chief was a direct descendant of one of the eighty-one tribes of Chiyou.
"Dongyi values righteousness. Although Chiyou has not been in the world for thousands of years, the people of Dongyi still worship Chiyou. However, Chiyou's father Huangdi was not worshipped."
"The people of Dongyi often say that the tiger is poisonous and does not eat his son. Huangdi actually killed his son Chiyou. Everyone in Dongyi is dissatisfied. Therefore, for thousands of years, he has been away from the Huangdi's direct jurisdiction and inherited Chiyou's unruly spirit."
After An Linyuan thoroughly understood the history of Dongyi, he decided to start with righteousness and establish a preliminary connection with the Dongyi tribe.
An Linyuan sent someone to give a gold inlaid with night pearls to the chief. The chief was shocked by the treasure from the sky! He loved it very much.
"Lord Dianke personally visited the village and killed the chief's blessing."
The chief personally welcomed the territory, met with Lord Dianke and his party, brought An Linyuan into the village, and set up a bonfire banquet.
"I am here to meet with the chief under the order of the emperor. The chief has any worries, so I can listen to it." An Linyuan added a few pieces of wood into the bonfire. The flames of the bonfire became much stronger, and several high flames burst out.
The chief smoked two pieces of wood and came out: "You can't rush to add materials in a hurry to burn the fire, this fire must be burned in the middle of the night. According to Lord Dianke's method of burning, this fire can not support the end of the bonfire party."
An Linyuan looked at the chief's face, who was roasted by the bonfire party for many years and had a little understanding: "The Dongyi tribe and the Huangdi tribe have not been in harmony for thousands of years. The most urgent task is to deal with what matters first?"
"The origin of the incident in Dongyi lies in the ancestor of our clan Chiyou. Chiyou was the son of Huangdi, who was extremely brave and good at metallurgy. The entire Chiyou clan was wearing iron armor and used bronze weapons. He joined the Yan clan at the order of Huangdi. With his military achievements in the Yan clan, he was finally regarded as the new generation of Yan Emperor."
"Huangdi wanted to unify the land of Yan Emperor, but Chiyou refused to follow. A big war broke out between father and son. In the end, Huangdi won, and the people of Yan Emperor, all the lands of Huangdi were returned to Huangdi. However, Chiyou's direct line, eighty-one Li, was dissatisfied and fought since now."
"The person who tied the bell must be untied. From a bloodline, the Dongyi clan is a descendant of the Huangdi clan. From a righteous point of view, Huangdi treats my ancestor Chiyou unfairly!"
"The same bloodline has different understandings of chivalrousness." An Linyuan was stroking his thoughts.
"The distinction between barbarians is obviously not applicable to Dongyi. The height reached by Dongyi culture during the Huangdi period was the same as that of Zhongdi, and it was far ahead of the Huangdi clan in metallurgy. During the war between the two tribes, the weapons used by the Huangdi clan army were stone weapons, while the Chiyou clan used iron and bronze ware."
"Send your son into the Yan Emperor system. When his son is done, he not only does not reward him, but also takes over his son's territory. Morally, the Huangdi clan does not seem to have occupied the commanding heights."
An Linyuan pondered for a while and said, "Since it is the father and son, there is no knot that cannot be untied."
"Don't talk about the entanglements that were not clearly involved tens of thousands of years ago, nor do you talk about the grudges that were thousands of years ago, but only talk about what should we do now?"
An Linyuan saw the chief's eyes clear, and thought that he was moved by his attitude of being a Dianke Jiuqing still asked this, and listened with his ears.
"Our tribe has been bullied for thousands of years. If Lord Dianke can move to the three mountains above our tribe, he will surely achieve success for thousands of years." The chief could ignite the bonfire with the nine ministers, talk to him heartily, and no longer hide his thoughts.
"The first mountain was to justify the Dongyi's reputation."
"How to correct your name?" An Linyuan knew it in his heart, but he still asked.
"My ancestor Chiyou should also go to the ancestors of the Huangdi clan to worship."
"This sacrificial position belongs to another Nine Lords. I can write to the emperor and bring the chivalrous powers of the eighty-one Li tribes to the court to listen to the righteous saints."
"The second mountain is called "the Dongyi". The Dongyi title has a derogatory meaning. The Dongyi clan belongs to the Huangdi clan and cannot be treated as a barbarian."
"I am a dictionary and specialize in the affairs of ethnic minorities. It is my responsibility to eliminate the name of Dongyi. On the day I was in my opinion, I agreed to the request of Eighty-Yi Li to incorporate Dongyi into the clan of Huangdi, regardless of the Chinese and foreigners!"
An Linyuan replied heavily, picked up the bowl, met the chief, and drank it all in one go.
"The third mountain allows our children to participate in the imperial examination."
"The matter of opening an imperial examination was held by another nine ministers. I can report to the emperor for the Dongyi tribe."
After hearing what the chief said, An Linyuan felt that the chief was ignorant and generous. He then asked:
"Dongyi eighty-one li, nine hundred chiefs are all thinking like this?"
"Mr. Ruodianke can move these three mountains. If anyone is dissatisfied, I would like to follow the master to go to Geli to persuade him."
An Linyuan nodded in agreement, set up a table, and joined the chief to join blood.
An Linyuan started by eliminating the name of the Eastern Yi, and wrote the name of the Eastern Yi overnight, calling it the people of East China, and sent an edict to the 900 chiefs. At the same time, he reported to the emperor: Please bring Chiyou into the ancestral hall for sacrifice, and please allow the imperial examination in East China to be admitted.
An Linyuan established the first trade route between the chieftains in Central China and the westernmost eastern China, and various sources of material resources were continuously transported in. Part of them were supplied to the subordinates led by An Linyuan, and part of them were given to the chiefs as support materials.
During this period, An Linyuan began to investigate the specific situation in East China.
The earliest ancient Dongyi tribe descended from the Shandong edge of the outer edge of Central China to the sea about 70,000 years ago, and gradually developed eastward as the sea water retreated eastward. It has been developing for more than 50,000 years, and the sea water retreated eastward by 1,500 kilometers.
The ancient Dongyi tribe created a splendid civilization on a vast plain 1,000 kilometers north and south and 1,500 kilometers east and west, and entered the metal age 50,000 years ago.
Metals such as gold, silver and copper are mined and widely used in the currency field. Iron metals are extracted and divided into pig iron and cooked iron. The texture of the iron is soft, the pig iron is too brittle, and it is easy to rust. The weapons and tools they make are not durable, and there is no big advantage compared to stone tools.
Chapter completed!