Hei Rou suddenly realized and said, "So, Ying Tribe regarded itself as a member of the Qiang people, but because they were formal princes of the Shang Dynasty, they had to serve the Shang Dynasty, and sometimes they also had to
By capturing some Qiang people from hostile tribes, they handed them over to the Shang Dynasty as tributes. However, in most cases, they could not bear to kill the Qiang people who were also nomadic tribes, but the Zhou tribe is different. They have a deep understanding of the heart.
I think I am a farming race, and the Di people are not the same race as the Qiang people. However, because I encountered the Taikang Rebellion in the Xia Dynasty, I was forced to flee to the Qiang people to live with them. However, for thousands of years, they have been separated.
The Lu Qiang people and Di people were bullied, and they were almost at the level of extermination. Therefore, when they returned to the Shang Dynasty, they were very excited when they received the order to capture the Qiang people and regarded it as revenge."
The ancestor nodded: "That's about this. The most important point is that the Zhou tribe is a farming civilization. After arriving in Zhouyuan, with a foothold, it can support tens of thousands or even more than one hundred thousand people, and they
The original tribe's population was only 2,000 or 3,000 people, and there was a huge population space to be used. Therefore, the Zhou tribe also needed to attack them like the Qiang people and Di people in the past, and in turn they took the initiative to attack other non-Shang dynasties.
The barbarian tribes of the princes to obtain population.”
Dou Peng said thoughtfully: "So, did the Zhou tribe take advantage of the Shang Dynasty's policy of capturing human lives, or an excuse, to provoke a war? However, they could not defeat these Qiang.
Are you a man from Di? How come you can beat him after surrendering to the Shang Dynasty?”
The ancestor smiled slightly and said, "In the past, they only fought because they could only rely on the power of their tribe. The strength of their tribe can only be considered medium or even medium among the hundreds of Qiang tribes in the Hehuang area of Longyou.
The lower side is the population of only two or three thousand, but the war soldiers killed hundreds of people. This strength cannot defeat most tribes, especially those tribes that specialize in war and plunder. The Zhou tribe was beaten to exterminate the clan several times.
Because in terms of military strength, it is far inferior to most of the Qiang people."
Heibo sneered: "If the Zhou tribe was the guardian tribe in Shimao, it shouldn't be so naive. At least the ordinary tribe that beats the Qiang people wouldn't be able to beat."
The ancestor said calmly: "Even if the Zhou tribe is the Shimao tribe of that year, there is no strong point. They just invaded the Guifang tribe. It was not that they had the ability to break through Taosi City, and after Taosi was destroyed, that scene.
The great flood encountered by the Guifang army also destroyed the troops of the Shimao tribe, causing most of its losses. Later, when Taikang lost its country, the Zhou tribe stood on the side of Taikang Zhongkang and resisted Houyi's Youqiong tribe.
, the tribe was defeated and almost destroyed. In this case, they escaped from Bingzhou to Longyou and rushed into Rongdi. From that time on, the strength of the Zhou tribe was not discussed.
Being strong.”
"As the ancestor of the Zhou tribe, Houji has talent in farming, but on the grassland, it is far from his strength in dealing with livestock such as horses, cattle, and sheep. It means that from a farming tribe to a nomadic tribe, it means that
Everything has to be learned from the beginning. Many of the tribes who fled to the Qiang land with the Zhou tribe were kidnapped by external attacks, and many of them were unable to get used to or could not survive nomadicly on the grassland. They simply took the initiative to go to other grasslands.
The tribe above made the strength of the Zhou tribe greatly reduced again. By this time of Wu Ding, the Zhou tribe could only be said to have thousands of tribes and an ordinary Western Qiang tribe."
"But the Zhou tribe who defected to the Shang Dynasty quickly found a backer. The king's army of the Shang Dynasty was far away in the Central Plains and might not be able to be dispatched. However, other tribes in the Longyou area that belonged to the Shang Dynasty princes, such as the Ying tribe.
But it is an obligation to help the Zhou tribe's military operations, especially when the Zhou tribe is attacked and seeking help, these princes must send troops to rescue them. Of course, other tribes launch other tribes to capture people and animals.
During wars against Qiang tribes, the Zhou tribe will also send troops to help. Whether it is sending troops themselves or helping others, they can obtain corresponding spoils and prisoners after the war."
"In this way, the Zhou tribe gradually increased its strength. As the battle was fought, the hostile tribes near Zhouyuan and the Qiang tribes that did not surrender to the Shang Dynasty were slowly expelled and eliminated.
The tribe members were either beheaded or treated as human sacrifices, dedicated to the Shang Dynasty as a tribute, and the rest became the people of the Zhou tribe because they had the convenience of farming and could support far more.
The population of nomadic tribes, in this way, more than a hundred years later, the Zhou tribe became a great Western prince with a population of more than 100,000 and hundreds of miles away. The Shang Dynasty was satisfied with the past due to the payment of people and tributes.
His title was also repeatedly increased. By the time of King Zhou, the Zhou tribe had become the Zhou Kingdom, and as the leader of the Zhou Kingdom, King Wen Ji Chang, at this time, had become a marquis."
Dou Peng sighed: "I don't know how many Qiang people's lives are exchanged for, but from this point of view, the relationship between Zhou and Qiang people is not considered the same race, but it is just
After the Taikang Rebellion of the Xia Dynasty, they fell into the Qiang area and lived or fought together for hundreds of years. They were still attacking various Qiang people, and they almost destroyed their clans. So later when they retaliated against various Qiang people, they were afraid that they would not be able to retaliate against various Qiang people.
There is not much psychological burden, no guilt."
The ancestor curled his lips and said, "This is not exactly the case. When the Zhou tribe handed over the captives of Qiang people to the Shang Dynasty, he didn't know that it was used for human sacrifices at first. He might just think that these prisoners would be treated as ordinary.
Like slaves, they engage in labor work. The slaves captured by the Zhou tribe themselves were treated the same way, because the leaders of Zhou tribes rarely went to Chaoge to pay tribute in person, and did not see the horror of such people sacrificing people to sacrifice to others.
cruel."
"The Zhou rituals that Duke Zhou later wrote were based on the core law of benevolence and righteousness. The way of benevolence and righteousness was not something that Duke Zhou invented at once, but the Zhou tribe has experienced countless conflicts and killings among tribes over thousands of years, especially
It was the rule that was formulated after experiencing the terrible sacrifices of people in the late Shang Dynasty. It was essentially to respect life, because in the eyes of the Zhou tribe, God had the virtue of living a life, and killing people to please God is the right way.
What God cannot accept is only evil gods like the Shang Dynasty. From this point of view, the Zhou tribe is obviously a guardian god of the righteous path and belongs to the Daoxian family." (End of this chapter)