Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 301 Rome and Qin (Part )

In the 23rd year of Qin,
Ying Pijiang is fifty years old.

His uncle Hei Yi is also about to reach the end of his life.

Hei Yi was lying on his sickbed, and he said to his nephew who came to visit him:
"Since I have lived to this age, I think the king can do it too."

"Your life span will surely be long enough to take Ying Qin to further places."

Ying Pijiang held his dry hand sadly, and the descendants of the Hei family who were kneeling beside him also burst into tears.

Hei Yi looked at his descendants, then at Ying Pijiang, and said:
"I'm still a little worried, and I don't know how to tell you."

Ying Pijiang lowered his head and put his half-white hair close to Hei Yi, making a gesture of "listening attentively".

So Hei Yi cheered himself up and told his worries to the monarch and relative he followed.

"It has been more than 20 years since the restoration of the Qin Dynasty, and the seeds of the various states have been spread and grown sufficiently..."

Following the founding experience of Xinxia,
Ying Pijiang did not rush to expand and seize territory before he had established a solid foundation.

If you choose to do this, the result will be nothing more than making wedding clothes for others.

Land needs people to protect it.
How could the Ying Qin people hold on to all the territories they had occupied in such a short period of time?

Then we need to promote outsiders and employ them to manage and rule!
When foreigners filled the middle and lower classes of the Qin Dynasty,
For whom was this country established?

Ying Pijiang worked so hard to continue the policies of Emperor Zhuanxu and carry out the "Jedi Tiantong" project. Was he just asking for trouble and fighting wits with the air?
Therefore,
In the first ten years of the restoration,
At the youngest and most impulsive age, Ying Pijiang, who was carrying the fate of the Qin Dynasty, chose to endure.

He quietly cultivated the land here, promoted the wisdom of the ancient sages of the Xia Dynasty, educated the people here, and encouraged the seeds of the Xia Dynasty that came with him to blossom and bear fruit, and increase the next generation.

After his roots were deeply rooted in the land and could no longer be shaken by external forces, Ying Pijiang finally implemented the good wishes his ancestors had given him.

He expanded the territory eastward, seized the plateaus and mountains there, and carried forward the traditions of the old Qin people, domesticating horses, cattle and sheep, in preparation for future attacks on countries such as Persia along the mountains to the south.

To the west, he ordered the construction of many ships and had people drift along the calm coast of the West Sea, taking advantage of the vast land and sparse population outside the region, and rowing to encircle the land while the Seleucus and Persia in the south, who were capable of intervening, were immersed in fighting each other.

The islands and plains north of the West Sea,

The vast mountains and jungles south of the West Sea,

As for the present, all of them have been flagged by the Qin Dynasty with the black bird flag.

Ten years of gathering together,

Ten years of rest.

The plains were cultivated, so that the people of Qin had enough food, and the granaries were never empty.

The mountains and forests were developed, allowing Ying Qin to build magnificent houses and square cities, just like they were in the past when they were in the Xia Dynasty.

Other than that,

As the territory expanded, more minerals were discovered and utilized.

After twenty years of training and preparation,
Ying Qin forged many weapons, trained many soldiers, and finally successfully transplanted the old Qin people's tradition of "farming and fighting" to other places.

“So now, we should go out.”

If we continue to work in isolation, the results will not be good.

"But there are too many barbarian countries outside the territory. How does the king plan to deal with them?"

Ying Pijiang had already made up his mind, so he told his uncle, "I want to send an envoy to visit the countries in the West Sea."

"I heard that further west of the West Sea, in a place called the Mediterranean Sea, there is a rising country called Rome, which is confronting and fighting with the Macedonian Kingdom that occupies the land west of the West Sea."

"If we can profit from this, then Ying Qin's plan to go south can be realized."

The gentlemen of the various states never concealed their desire for land.

After occupying the land between the two mountains, Ying Pijiang began to think of heading south to attack Seleucus and even Persia.

Don't say anything else,

The prosperous Mesopotamian River Basin is enough to make the Qin people very happy!

But Seleucid and Persia were both vast territories and deep-rooted countries, and they could not be easily conquered.

Even the combat power of the barbarians from outside the territory has always been like an inflated puffer fish, with most of them bluffing.

But Ying Pijiang still didn't want to sacrifice too many precious seeds of the Xia people in order to expand the territory.

The old tradition of "making friends with distant countries and attacking nearby ones, and forming alliances and making coalitions" was once again rejected by Ying Pijiang and brought to the court.

"Macedonia is located in the southwest of the Western Sea, straddling two continents, and has always had conflicts with the Seleucid Empire."

"If a country is attacked from the west and cannot defend itself, it will naturally turn eastward to seek a way out."

And now,
Seleucus was engaged in a tug-of-war with Persia in Babylon in the Mesopotamian region. If he was attacked from both sides, how would he have time to defend the northern border?
After hearing this, Hei Yi knew that Ying Pijiang had his own plans in mind, but he still couldn't help but say, "Ying Qin established the country with the Western Rong, so it will last forever."

"What if the Roman Empire annexed Macedonia and directed its troops toward the West Sea in the future?"

Ying Pijiang could only say, "That depends on the wisdom of future generations."

"As ancestors, you and I can only lay a fifty-year foundation for future generations."

A hundred years later,

Even the mighty king who dominates the world will turn into dust.

Even though Ying Pijiang, Hei Yi and others had small white jars to preserve their souls, they could only stuff them in the ancestral temple and wait to be opened one day.

In response to this, Hei Yi sighed, but ultimately said nothing more.

He closed his eyes and stopped breathing.

Ying Pijiang followed his will and buried him on a mountain near the capital "Afang", facing the distant east.

Subsequently,

He formed a team, boarded a ship, and began to visit more western countries.

The leader among them was Ying Pijiang’s eldest son Ying Duan, the future monarch of Qin.

"You always have to face the storms from the outside world."

"Because I want you to be the King of Qin who restores the glory of the Ying Qin!"

Ying Duan accepted this task very seriously and vowed that during his trip abroad, he would carefully observe the situation in other countries and seek a better future for Ying Qin.

Ying Qin's fleet crossed the West Sea Strait and landed in Macedonia first.

Negotiations were conducted through hired businessmen who translated the texts.
During these twenty years, the reputation of Qin conquering the "Golden Fleece Country" Colchis and unifying the land of the two mountains was inevitably spread.

The Macedonian monarch therefore received them and allowed the Qin envoys to visit the capital of their country, Pella, and appreciate the local scenery.

When this "favor" was granted, its ruler Perseus said proudly, "This is a privilege that even the Roman envoys did not receive!"

Ying Duan and others therefore asked the reason for this statement, only to find out that after Perseus succeeded to the throne, he expelled the Roman envoys from Pella, and openly made many demands to Rome, ordering it to "respect the freedom and sovereignty of Macedonia."

For this,

Ying Duan just frowned, and then said to his companions in private:
"I think Macedonia is doomed!"

"When the ruler of the country was a prince, he instigated his father to poison his brother out of jealousy. This was an act of unfilial piety and unrighteousness."

"After he succeeded to the throne, he had not rested and consolidated his position, but openly provoked the powerful country that had defeated him many times and treated their envoys harshly. This was unwise."

"At banquets, he only drank the fine wine from Seleucus and only admired the dances of Persian beauties. If he was not pleased, he would reprimand his subordinates and strangle his servants. This was inhumane."

"Han Feizi said: 'If one is small but does not humble himself, has little strength but does not fear the strong, is rude but insults his big neighbor, is greedy and stubborn but does not know how to make friends, he is doomed to perish!'"

"Without benevolence, justice, propriety, and wisdom, and without knowing one's own power and status, won't one still face destruction?"

His companions thought the prince's judgment was correct, but they still said to him: "Wait until you see the situation in Rome before making a final judgment."

Ying Duan nodded and said nothing more.

after that,

They left Macedonia and set sail on the stormy Mediterranean Sea.

Fortunately, although the journey was bumpy, it was still safe.

On a sunny day, the envoys of Qin finally landed on Roman soil and came to their capital.

(End of this chapter)