Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 282 Qin and Zhao (Part )
"You want to rebuild the Qin Kingdom?"

“That’s a really lofty ambition.”

After welcoming the distinguished guests from afar and giving them a warm hospitality, the Qin and Zhao families of the Ying surname reaffirmed their clan friendship.

As an elder, King Xia asked Ying Pijiang about his future life plans.

Ying Pijiang did not hide his ambition. He only asked Xinxia to lend him some troops so that he could find a place with sufficient resources for Ying Qin to settle down and reproduce.

"But where does the legal basis for establishing a country come from?"

King Xia asked Ying Pijiang.

The latter said to King Xia confidently:
"The ruler of the Chinese is called the Son of Heaven. He is the descendant specially sent down by heaven to rule the world."

"It is just that it is difficult for the emperor to manage the world alone, so he enfeoffed princes to help him govern the local areas."

"When King Ping moved east, he promised the Qin people: 'You can rule the land west of Mount Qishan'!"

“And now, I want to put this promise into practice.”

"What's more, the wise man of Xinxia, your ancestor Zhao Hui once proposed the theory of 'Great Nine Provinces', which also proved that the people of Xinxia came to the outside world to explore and establish a country, which was in line with the laws of nature and in line with the will of the people!"

"Following the will of Heaven and responding to the will of Man, upholding the benevolence and righteousness of the Chinese people to educate the barbarians outside the territory, can't this be considered the legal principle of establishing a country?"

When King Xia heard his words, he just laughed and clapped his legs.

He said, "You are such a clever boy, you have a powerful tongue, and your mind is not ordinary!"

“No wonder he could lead the Ying Qin Mo clan all the way here!”

Think about it too,

He was chosen as king at such a young age.

Without sufficient talent and ability, just a title is not enough to make people obey.

"But the land west of Qishan is very vast. How much do you want?"

"As long as there is enough water and soil, enough vegetation, and distinct four seasons, that's all that's needed."

After Ying Pijiang left the Xia Dynasty and came to the outside world, he suddenly realized that there were many differences between the two places.

Although the gentleman of Zhuxia can be regarded as an extremely multifunctional plant that is "cold-resistant and drought-resistant, and not picky about location" when placed in nature, it cannot grow everywhere.

Moreover, in my heart,
Ying Pijiang missed his previous lifestyle even more and wanted to continue it——

He hoped that future generations would also be able to use wood to build simple and tall palaces.

I hope that my descendants will still wear the gorgeous costumes passed down by their ancestors.

They use chopsticks to pick up food instead of using their hands or a knife and fork;
They would use the characters on bones and armor that originated from Cangji to record their own history, rather than abandoning it and relying on oral transmission to relay it.

A modest gentleman,

Like polishing a mirror.

Ying Qin spent a huge amount of effort to escape, and its descendants should not be like the barbarians they met along the way, wearing rough animal skins, never combing their hair, and wandering on the grassland like wild beasts.

King Xia was still laughing:
"I also want such land!"

Then he stopped smiling and said to Ying Pijiang, "But I'm afraid I can't agree to your request to borrow troops to build a country."

"You are a talented young man, and your future will be bright."

"but me!"

The king who rebuilt the new summer pointed to his old face and told his distant relative without hiding anything, "I am old."

"I can't guarantee that my offspring can keep the foundation I built in the future. I don't want to support you now and bring a cruel competitor to Xinxia in the future."

Only Zhu Xia understands Zhu Xia best!
Although Xinxia is far away from home,

But I have always insisted on communicating with my ancestral land.
They also recite the classics of the ancients and record every event that may influence future generations.

Between Qin and Zhao,
The friendship and harmony of the past,
It did not prevent them from fighting in Changping.

"Even if I accept you to settle in Xinxia, some ministers have privately expressed their opposition to me."

The ministers were worried that the arrival of Ying Qin would cause the "Tian family replaced Qi" incident to happen again in Xinxia.

After all, there are too many people in Xinxia whose ancestral home is in Qin.

Moreover, he traveled all the way from Zhu Xia to here, and relied on Hei Yi to sell his body on the way, and got a Yuzhi tribe and tens of millions of cattle and sheep out of nothing. This is already a powerful enough force.

The unity of the Qin Dynasty had already been demonstrated through migration.

Xinxia's ministers doubted whether they could transform and utilize it.

then,

Someone suggested:
Kill leaders like Ying Pijiang and Hei Yi,
Then they forcibly dispersed the Ying Qinmo clan and forced them to live in different places.

There is no leader.

The tree lost its roots and trunk,

Over time, it will naturally be absorbed and assimilated and become nutrients for the new summer.

But King Xia thought about it and finally rejected this unfriendly but practical proposal.

He was not a monarch who liked to use intrigues and schemes.

Or,

A ruler who can rebuild his country and create a good world will always keep a bright land in his heart.

If the people who set the example are corrupt,

His country, his descendants,
Why should I be so confident and positive?

After hearing King Xia's words, Ying Pijiang fell silent.

At last,
He suddenly stood up, left his seat and kowtowed to King Xia.

He cut his palm with a dagger, raised his bleeding hand and swore to King Xia, "I will establish a country far away from Xinxia!"

"Duke Wen of Jin once retreated because of the courtesy of Chu State, so I can also swear:
If the Qin Dynasty is restored and continues to exist, my descendants will never fight with the New Xia in the next hundred years!"

King Xia sighed, "What a determined boy!"

"I really hope that a hundred years from now, my descendants won't cry in the ancestral temple and ask why my ancestor didn't keep you here forever today!"

He waved his hand and said to Ying Pijiang, "Go back and rest first, and take care of your wound!"

"The climate in the new summer is a little hotter than in other summers. Don't get sick from it!"

"As for the matter of borrowing troops..."

He stroked his gray beard, his face thoughtful for a while, and then he said, "Let's live in Xinxia for a few years first."

"You haven't even received your crown yet. Running around like this is not good for your body's growth."

"Besides, you are going to stay away from Xinxia and never come back. Even if I am willing to lend you troops, I am afraid the soldiers will be resentful."

"It's better to accumulate some time in the new summer and then recruit people on our own."

At this point, King Xia paused and added, "Of course, I will provide enough help."

So Ying Pijiang kowtowed to thank this distant relative for his generosity.

Then he stepped back to bandage his wound.

The ministers of Xinxia heard the news and came from behind, hoping to persuade the king not to leave hidden dangers for future generations.

King Xia just told him not to say anything more.

The old king leaned against the cushion, squinted his eyes and rested for a while, then suddenly asked his ministers, "Can Qin go west and suppress Persia?"

After hearing this, the minister narrowed his eyes and realized that King Xia had another purpose in supporting Ying Qin.

King Xia,

He is indeed a humble and kind elder.

But he was also an extremely competent ruler.

After the minister fell into a state of sudden silence,
King Xia sat on his throne, straightened his legs after kneeling for a long time, leaned back slightly, and uttered an inexplicable yet meaningful sigh:
"There are still too many barbarians from outside the territory!"

"The people of Persia always remember food but not punishment, and they always like to disgust others!"

"I will not let them go any longer!"

(End of this chapter)