Chapter 5141 The Dongyi tribe has secret techniques
Having said this, Bai Hu sighed, and his eyes became profound, as if he had returned to the Stone Age thousands of years ago: "This should be the origin of the Tiandao Alliance, and the witches and priests became powerful military leaders.
, the spouses and wives of the most powerful men in the tribe. From then on, the priest fell in love with the general, and the military was combined with sacrifice. The division of upper and lower classes also formed within the tribe, with a clear hierarchy of high and low. When these nomadic tribes no longer moved at will, but
When people settled in one place, cities and even countries appeared."
Xuanwu said in a deep voice: "Speaking of which, switching from nomadic to settled, and using grain farming to replace hunting and gathering, this can be regarded as a process from barbarism to civilized civilization. Only when a stable food source is obtained, there is no need to chase water and grass.
Living there will also avoid many wars due to competition for survival resources. If it were not for grain farming, our ancestors would not be able to settle down. In fact, even the Xia and Shang generations continued to
Relocation was necessary because the level of farming at that time was not enough to support the people of a huge city of tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 people to survive in a long-term and stable manner."
Bai Hu nodded: "Yes, the reason why the Zhou Dynasty was able to rise was because its founder, Qi, became a great agricultural official during the reign of Emperor Yao and knew about grain farming. Later, although the Zhou tribe was attacked during the civil strife of the Xia Dynasty,
They were forced to move from the land of Bingzhou in the east of Hedong to the barbarian lands in the Ganlong area. For hundreds of years, their customs were similar to those of the barbarians and they no longer farmed."
"But later, the Zhou tribe was constantly attacked by the barbarian Qiang people in Longyou, Hexi, and could not gain a foothold. They could only move south and east step by step, and entered the Zhouyuan area of Guanzhong, and restarted farming.
With their ancestral planting skills, their development and growth was not simply by hunting slaves for the Shang Dynasty as human sacrifices, but by doing such things as lackeys while using the military power of the Shang Dynasty to conquer and intimidate surrounding areas.
other Qiang and Di tribes, and developed and expanded after annexing each tribe."
"But as the tribes grew larger and more populous, a big problem would arise, that is, settlement and farming, which required a large amount of water. So the Zhou tribes gradually moved to the Guanzhong land, Feng and Qi areas, which are rich in water resources.
, and finally settled here, slowly becoming a large vassal state dominating the west. This is also because for hundreds or thousands of years, the Zhou tribes have been constantly fighting against barbarians from all walks of life, and they are well aware of this kind of fighting, killing, and resentment.
The disadvantage of retribution is that even if you gain power for a while, you will make countless enemies in the long run, which will eventually bring disaster to your descendants. In the past, when you were nomadic, you would move around. Even if you destroyed other tribes, others might not know who the enemy was, and descendants might not be able to find them.
The target of revenge is obtained, but after farming and settling down, the benefactor and enemy become very clear."
Qinglong laughed: "Yes, if you can run away, the monks can't run away from the temple, and if you can run away, the tribe can't run away from the country. There are ways to settle down, either to completely wipe out people, cut off their descendants, and not dare to take revenge, or to
Killing men and robbing women and raising orphans can completely erase the past history and hatred. Otherwise, the enemy cannot be destroyed, but only hatred will be left. Even if the current generation cannot take revenge, a few generations later, there will be a chance.
They will also take revenge. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Ai of Qi, the king of Qi, was framed by the king of Ji, and was finally thrown into a cauldron and cooked to death by King Zhou Yi. Such a national feud was not until the ninth generation that Qi destroyed Ji.
Revenge must be avenged.”
Xuanwu said sternly: "Yes, that's it. One of the characteristics of farming and settling is that you have to stay stationary, so for the neighboring tribes, you can either slowly merge with them through intermarriage and mixed living, and become one."
, either they must be completely eliminated or expelled forever. In short, the disaster cannot be passed on to descendants. The Xia and Shang dynasties were still migratory nomads, or half-cultivating and half-grazing. Perhaps, although farming also started at this time,
But because we are not skilled in controlling water sources and the water conservancy projects for irrigation have not yet been established, we still have to move the capital frequently, which cannot be said to be a very mature farming civilization."
"The lifestyle of living by water and grass brings about survival rules and values, just like the barbarians on the grassland. They mainly focus on killing and plundering. When they are strong, they dominate with force. When they are weak, they surrender or surrender.
Thousands of miles away from the enemy, in a word, they are afraid of power but not moral. They don't need to think too much about how to get along with their neighbors. Generally speaking, either killing the enemy completely or being killed by the enemy is their way of survival."
Qinglong smiled and said: "Master Xuanwu summed up the living style of these people very well. However, for our ancestors, it was only after the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty that the theories and ideas of benevolence, righteousness, loyalty and filial piety were born. To be precise, it was
After the Battle of the Gods, various spirits and evil gods withdrew from the world. The terrible method of using human sacrifice as a way to communicate with the evil gods represented by the Tiandao Alliance and the Shang Dynasty could no longer be practiced openly in the world, and Zhou Li
This set actually stipulates various behavioral norms for human beings, and has become the moral laws and regulations that all Chinese races in the Central Plains abide by, and it is also our values to this day. Lord Baihu, is this what you mean?"
Baihu nodded: "Yes, before the Shang Dynasty, it can be said to be after the beginning of the world, when human beings changed from barbarism to order, talking about benevolence and righteousness, and establishing laws and regulations. From the time of the Yellow Emperor to the demise of Shang Zhou, many things in heaven and earth
Gods and demons have been involved in human affairs many times, which has also led to constant wars between heaven and earth, and may even endanger the gods in heaven. Therefore, after the Battle of the Gods, the righteous gods headed by Jiang Ziya made plans for human affairs, and humans have the final say.
After that, they did not care about world affairs. Only the remnants of the Tiandao Alliance survived by luck, but they did not dare to act openly."
Having said this, Baihu paused and said in a deep voice: "But there are still remnants of the Shang Dynasty who are unwilling to fail. In addition to the Sanjian Rebellion in the Central Plains, Xiang Jizi went to Haidong Korea and also
There are other remnants who went to the land of Dongyi of their ancestors. Perhaps those terrible witchcraft and sorcery of the Tiandao Alliance were inherited and spread among the still uncivilized barbarian tribes. What I want to say is, like
The Helan tribe, the Murong tribe, and even the Tuoba tribe may have inherited these evil and terrifying spells to a greater or lesser extent. After thousands of years, perhaps by chance, these people far away from the outside world
The tribe had the opportunity to re-contact with the Central Plains, and taking advantage of some chance, when the world was in chaos and countless lives were in ruins, they might have the opportunity to re-communicate and contact the evil gods in the sky. With some evil gods' magic power,
As its capital to compete for the world." (End of this chapter)