The Emperor is Above

Chapter 159 Hundreds of Years of Blood Feud (Part )
Listening to stories is what everyone in Guqiu loves most.

The private soldiers quickly brought animal skin mats and gave them to Qing Yi and Gongsun Wu to sit on.

They took advantage of the situation to occupy the best position. Of course, the closer the distance, the clearer the hearing. They are truly scheming men.

The other 150 militiamen and nearly 100 beastmaster apprentices simply gathered some hay to use as cushions, and everyone gathered in circles, listening attentively.

The two giant boys were too tall and didn't dare to get too close to the children for fear of squeezing them. They also sat sideways as much as possible in the hope of hearing more clearly.

Gongsun Wu looked at this scene with a mixture of laughter and tears. He felt helpless towards Gu Qiu's unruly private armies and militias. He saw that this trend was about to spread to the beastmaster apprentices.

"Cousin, you're blocking me. Please move to the side."

"Mu Yi, you're taller than me, how can I possibly block you? Hey, Daniu, why are you sitting so close to the front? If you're too tall, just sit in the back!"

"Uncle Chai, the head of the Gongsun family is telling a story. You just need to listen to the voice from behind. What does my height have to do with it? Don't try to trick me into giving you a seat. I'm not a three-year-old child."

"Uncle Chai, Mu Yi, and Daniu, everyone, please listen quietly to what Gongsun Jiazai has to say!" The noisy scene only quieted down after Qing Yi couldn't help but criticize them by name.

Seeing Qing Yi's expression of "Please start your performance", Gongsun Wu cleared his throat and slowly narrated: "Since the first year of the Taiyin calendar, the emperor of the Great Shen Dynasty granted the first generation of Xing Hou the title of emperor and established the state of Xingtai in the northern wilderness. From then on, the Xing State came into being.

In the 520th year of the lunar calendar, the 23rd Xing Hou was in power. The Xing State, which had been passed down for more than 500 years, was a strong country and was also the eldest of the princes in the Northern Wilderness at that time.

However, the 23rd Duke of Xing and Duke of Ling favored the youngest son and wanted to depose the eldest son as crown prince and re-appoint the youngest son as crown prince. He sent his confidants in the palace to force the eldest son to commit suicide.

After the crown prince was killed without guilt, his maternal uncle's family took the position of Shangqing, and to avoid disaster, they led the Xianyu army south, which eventually led to the first destruction of the Xing State. "

Qing Yi couldn't help but ask with some doubts: "Brother Gongsun, I know that the two destructions of Xing State were related to the Xianyu tribe, but what does this have to do with the Dazeye people?"

"It is deeply related to nature. Everything has its cause and effect. Everything started from the civil unrest at this time."

Gongsun Wu continued to narrate with a serious expression,

"After the traitorous Shangqing colluded with the Xianyu army to invade, they killed, burned, looted and committed all kinds of atrocities in Xing State. At that time, the people of Xing State were killed, injured and fled. A total of seven years of war and chaos, the people were living in misery.

After the 23rd Xing Hou Ling Hou was defeated and killed, the remaining royal family members, generals, ministers with titles, and common people of Xing State supported a royal family prince Chong to succeed Xing Hou, who was the 24th Xing Hou Huan Hou.

Huan Hou was distantly related to Ling Hou and was only a side branch of the royal family, but he was an extremely charismatic person. He united the remaining forces of Xing State and defeated the invading Xian Yu army after seven years of hard work.

Not only did he recapture the capital city of Xingtai, but he also drove the Xianyu army out of the capital area, re-established the State of Xing on the ruins, and gained the orthodox status recognized by his subjects.

At this time, the State of Xing was in a state of disrepair. After seven years of massacre, only one in ten people survived, and the national population was less than one million. Even if they recovered the old capital, they were unable to resist the constant harassment of the Xianyu tribe.

At this time, in order to enrich the national strength and increase the population, Duke Huan, despite the strong opposition of the nobles and officials, ordered the widespread recruitment and acceptance of the people from the wilderness.

In order to eliminate the suspicion of the barbarians who had surrendered, he even appointed many barbarian totem warriors to join the city guards and the three divisions as school lieutenants and battalion lieutenants, giving them great favor and preferential treatment.

Hearing this, Qing Yi couldn't help but clapped his hands and exclaimed: "Huan Hou is really a hero, with great courage. Even I am fascinated by it after hearing it." Gongsun Wu also sighed: "Huan Hou's bravery and heroism are indeed unmatched. With his great courage and charm, he attracted many wild people to join him. Many high-level totem warriors of the wild people were even appointed as his personal guards.

Even the most unruly wild warriors were quickly convinced by his personal charm and served him, charging into battle for him, wearing armor and bearing sharp weapons, and made great achievements in the battle against Xianyu's army.

But Huan Hou never thought about whether the successive Xing Hous after him would still have such high prestige, and whether they would have the same superb means to control the barbarians as he did. The more Huan Hou treated these barbarians, the greater the hidden dangers would be. "

"The more the hidden dangers are, the better the treatment of the barbarians by Huan Hou?" Qing Yi couldn't help but frowned and guessed, "Is it because the barbarians who surrendered are repaying kindness with hatred, or is there some other reason?"

Da Niu, who was sitting next to Qing Yi, also asked in a naive voice, "Could it be that the successive Xing Marquises did not have the courage and tolerance of Huan Marquis, so the two sides fell out?"

Not only was Daniu curious, but the private soldiers, militiamen, and beastmaster apprentices who were listening around were all listening attentively with a look of curiosity.

As citizens of the State of Xing, they only knew that the people of Xing hated the people of Daze, but they did not understand the reasons behind it.

Looking at the pairs of inquiring eyes around him, Gongsun Wu said solemnly: "The ancient sages have repeatedly emphasized that those who are not of our race must have different hearts, but the ancient sages also said that if the barbarians use our etiquette and system, they are of the same kind as us.

Huan Hou won over many wild warriors with his personal charm, strengthened the national strength and military power of Xing State at that time, and pushed the territory of Xing State to 2,000 miles north of Xingtai City.

However, because of their outstanding military achievements, the emperor was too tolerant and lenient towards them, allowing them too much freedom to be independent, which laid too many hidden dangers.

Many barbarian settlements and barbarian generals were loyal to Huan Hou throughout their lives, but this loyalty was only to Huan Hou personally, not to the State of Xing.

The more tolerant and preferential treatment Huan Hou showed them, the more these barbarians, relying on the support of the State of Xing, deliberately maintained their own independence.

Not only did they refuse to learn the language, rules and laws of the State of Xing, but they also took advantage of Huanhou's tolerance and preferential treatment of them and often took the opportunity to do evil.

After Huan Hou died, the successive generations of Xing Hou did not have the same high prestige and control skills as Huan Hou, and these surrendered barbarians became more and more unscrupulous, and even often bullied and robbed the common people.

Once a barbarian broke the law and was punished by the laws of the State of Xing, these barbarians would often unite and gather in large numbers to cause trouble, saying that they were discriminated against and humiliated by the people of the State of Xing.

Because these barbarians were united, and the army had barbarian totem warriors serving as battalion lieutenants and school lieutenants, the marquises and ministers of successive dynasties often had to make compromises in order to appease them, which made them even more unscrupulous. "

Qing Yi couldn't help but shook his head when he heard this: "If the barbarians who surrender cannot speak the same language, writing, etiquette, and clothing as the people of Xing State, the more barbarians who surrender, the greater the hidden dangers will be.

Especially the people of the wilderness, who have never had any etiquette or rules for thousands of years, and they believe that whoever has the strongest fist is the boss. This step was wrong from the beginning, and only by using both kindness and force and actively assimilating can the hidden dangers be eliminated. "

Gongsun Wu nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, the Xing Marquis of all generations did not have the means and courage of Huan Marquis, so how could they dare to show their power to the barbarians who surrendered to them? They could only be tolerant and treat them well.

Not only did it fail to win the hearts of the surrendered barbarians back, but it also encouraged their arrogance and endless greed in their hearts that was difficult to satisfy.

Starting from Duke Huan, after hundreds of years of reproduction and development, the number of wild people who surrendered within Xing State increased, almost reaching 200,000.

Not only did it no longer help the State of Xing, but it became a huge cancer within the State of Xing, and no one could do anything about it, which eventually led to the second destruction of the State of Xing. "

(End of this chapter)