Spring and Autumn Confucian Heroes

Chapter 345 Pursuing Life Experience
Before the Great Zhou Dynasty, there were two powerful dynasties, Xia and Shang.

It took more than a thousand years for the Shang Dynasty to destroy the Xia Dynasty. Because of the cruel and tyrannical King Zhou, King Wu of Zhou led the princes to attack Zhou, and the Shang Dynasty fell.

However, according to the etiquette and law of the enfeoffment system, even if the Shang Dynasty collapsed, the former aristocratic ancestors still could not be exterminated.

Therefore, when King Wu enfeoffed the princes, Wu Geng, the son of King Zhou, was enfeoffed in Yin to worship his ancestor.

After the death of King Wu of Zhou, Wu Geng led a rebellion, wanting to restore the glory of the Shang Dynasty, but was killed by Zhou Gonggong, and he was named Wei Ziqi, the concubine brother of King Zhou, in Shangqiu, and the country was named Song.

Since then, the Song Kingdom has been established for thousands of years.

In terms of bloodlines, the royal family of the Song Dynasty actually flowed with the blood of the royal family of the Shang Dynasty. In the highly hierarchical Kyushu Continent, this blood was undoubtedly very noble.

Even though the Shang Dynasty had perished for thousands of years, this glory inherited from the blood was still inherited by the Song Dynasty's clan, and it was also the capital of the Song Dynasty's clan's pride.

Since the clan of the Song Dynasty originated from the orthodoxy of the Shang Dynasty, even though the times are constantly changing, the Song Dynasty still attaches great importance to tradition.

However, compared with the state of Lu, which followed the etiquette and laws of the Zhou royal family, many of the traditions followed by the Song state came from the Shang Dynasty, which made the customs of the Song state quite different from other countries.

After Huan Chang bid farewell to Han Shaoyun, he went to Piaoxue Peak, but learned that A Niu had already retreated, and he would not see anyone at all in recent years.

In desperation, Huan Chang had no choice but to bid farewell to the master of Piaoxue Peak, and rushed towards Song State.

Entering the territory of the Song Dynasty, Huanchang felt a deep discomfort, and he even felt that he had come to the legendary Shang Dynasty.

Compared with other countries, the Song Dynasty is more harmonious, and the people's character is very gentle, and the government advocates benevolence and righteousness, and the laws are relatively loose.

Huan Chang asked Xiao Hei to slow down, and he traveled slowly in the territory of Song State.

During this period, Huan often saw that a thief was captured by the official, but the government did not punish the thief. Instead, he took him to his hometown and released the thief.

When the neighbors learned that there was a thief in the village, they were deeply ashamed. The thief actually committed suicide by jumping into the river out of shame.

If Huan Chang hadn't just passed by there and rescued the thief, the thief might have died. However, since then, the thief has no face to return home, and has gone away without a trace.

In addition, on the way, Huan Chang also found that many people did not close their homes at night and did not pick up things on the road.

This kind of atmosphere also surprised Huan Chang, who did not expect that the law and order in Song Dynasty was so good.

The most important thing is that compared to other countries, warriors in Song Kingdom are very rare. Huan often walked through several counties and towns, and met not many warriors.

As for those with high martial arts skills, there are very few of them.

"Is this the Song Kingdom? It's really special!"

At this time, Huan Chang seemed to understand why the founder of Shujiange would help Song Guo back then.

Book Sword Pavilion first books and then swords, although it is also a hidden sect, there is a kind of elegance in its bones, which fits very well with the ethos of the Song Dynasty.

Huan Chang traveled in the Song State for more than two months, and the New Year has passed, and he still did not go directly to Shangqiu, the capital of the Song State.

In the peaceful atmosphere of the Song Dynasty, Huan Chang also felt that his heart had been sublimated, and the tyrannical atmosphere accumulated on his body before that was also slowly melted away.

"It's no wonder that the disciples of the various sects will travel to the vassal states of Kyushu after reaching a certain level. Only after seeing the different scenery of the vassal states can their horizons become wider."

It is impossible to reach the peak of martial arts training through hard work.

Cultivation is also a way of cultivating the mind. Everything in the world has its own trajectory, and these trajectories are also Tao. Only by touching these trajectories can the realm of warriors be continuously improved.

In the end, when a warrior can completely see a certain trajectory, and even be able to transcend it, he will become a peerless powerhouse who can break through the threshold of life and death.

During Huan Chang's travels, he also felt that his state of mind was constantly improving, and the zhenqi in his body was gradually increasing. Although he had not reached the peak state of entering the house, it was still accumulating.

"In the Song Dynasty, I felt a natural way. There are not too many legal constraints here, and even the government is often unwilling to forcefully solve problems."

"It's unbelievable that the Song Kingdom can survive in this way."

Although the atmosphere of the Song Dynasty made the country extremely peaceful, it also made the government too weak. The army was far behind other princes in terms of combat effectiveness and numbers.

In fact, if the Song Kingdom had not had the glory of the past and inherited the royal lineage of the Shang Dynasty, it would have been destroyed long ago.

"Such a country is too idealistic. Although the people live and work in peace and contentment, they are not suitable for living in this world of great controversy."

Looking at those citizens of Song State who were walking with smiles on them, Huan Chang suddenly felt a little heartbroken. He didn't know how long Song State could maintain the status quo in such a big environment.

In the past two years or so, Huan Chang has long felt that Kyushu is in a state of turmoil, that talented disciples from various sects are emerging in large numbers, and that the feudal states are constantly making big moves, wanting to recruit talents to carry out reforms and strengthen the country.

In addition, the treaty signed back then has expired, and the five hermit sects have been born one after another. Huan Chang can predict that sooner or later Kyushu will set off turbulent waves.

Huan Chang was a little worried that the weak state of Song would have no way to protect itself under such turbulent waves.

"To be successful is to help the world, and to be poor is to be alone."

"I'm just a small person now, and I can't affect the situation in Kyushu at all. I can't control the future of the Song Kingdom."

In the end, Huan Chang still sighed.

In fact, Huan Chang had other thoughts, that is, he suspected that there was a conflict between Shujiange and Song Guo's clan.

Otherwise, master Xu Wang would not have taken him with him to hide in the country of Lu for so many years.

"I just want to know what kind of life experience I have."

Huan Chang shook his head, and involuntarily clenched the jade pendant in his hand. Feeling the warmth from the jade pendant, Huan Chang's state of mind, which had never been disturbed in the past or present, actually made some thumping noises.

For so many years, although Huan Chang seldom mentioned his parents, he still wanted to know his life experience very much.

It's just that Huan Chang questioned Xu Wang many times when he was a child, but Xu Wang talked about him every time, and refused to tell Huan Chang the truth.

The only clues left to Huan Chang are his surname and the jade pendant on his body.

In the past, Huan Chang didn't know how special his surname was. It wasn't until he met Fang Li in Qufu and listened to the other party's explanation that he realized that this surname had long since ceased to exist.

Even if it ever existed, it was related to the Song Dynasty clan.

At that time, Fang Li also mentioned the evolution of the surnames of the royal family of the Song Dynasty. Among them, there are eight major surnames: Song, Kong, Hua, Xiao, Dai, Huan, Niu, and Mu.

Many of these surnames are derived from Zi surnames.

At the beginning Song Xianggong took Zi as his surname, but after Song Xianggong, for some reason, the Zi surname almost disappeared.

The jade pendant worn by Huan Chang is also said to be related to the Song Dynasty's clan, because the jade pendant is engraved with the word "Zi" and a pattern representing the Song Dynasty's clan.

"It seems that I have to go to Song Guoguo."

(End of this chapter)