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Chapter 863 Dominating the World (Part [-] of the Grand Finale)
Three years after the Mihara War.

The world is peaceful, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the Hu and Han peoples all admire it.

After ten years of innovation, the world is fine, so Li Chongjiu, the lord of the world, decided to go on a tour to inspect the four directions.

Li Chongjiu took the queen, imperial concubine, and princes, and led a hundred officials to inspect various places.The same tour, but now Li Chongjiu strictly ordered the local government not to show the momentum and style of welcoming Yang Guang on a tour of the world.Seeing that Li Chongjiu was under strict orders, officials from all over the country could only obey.

After the Yujia and his party paid tribute to the soldiers who died in the original battle in Sanyuan, Li Chongjiu continued westward to the source of the Longyou River.

At this moment, the source of the Longyou River is peaceful. Two years ago, General Xue Wanche led 3 troops to march west and defeated Tubo. The king of Tubo immediately surrendered.Now this place at the source of the river is extremely peaceful, and the people of the Han Dynasty all kept order, and they traded in the negotiating field opened by the Han people, and the two families never fought again.

Above the source of the river, there are more than a hundred springs, either springs or floods, with gurgling water.

The eldest son Li Ying galloped excitedly along the river with his war horse, and Li Chongjiu also rode on the horse with Caiwei in his arms. As for not far away, Yang Ehuang, Li Zhiwan, Qu Yanran and Shi Deyun were with the court ladies. Getting ready for dinner.

"Father, Father, what's the name here?" Li Ying asked, pointing to the far river.

Li Chongjiu and Li Ying rode side by side and said, "This is Xingsuchuan!"

After hearing this, Caiwei immediately said: "Father, I know, I know, this is the source of the Yellow River, and the Yellow River originated here!"

Li Chongjiu patted his daughter's head lovingly and said, "Caiwei, you're right."

Li Chongjiu said: "Ying'er, do you know? In the past, the second Emperor Huang Yan led the tribe from the source of the river in the west, down the Yellow River, from a small tribe with only tens of thousands of people, to today's tens of thousands. people."

Li Ying and Li Caiwei nodded, showing leisurely and fascinated expressions.

At this moment, Li Chongjiu raised his whip and said, "Yinger, look at the Yellow River, which runs thousands of miles to the sea, but its source is just such a river. Do you understand what I mean?"

Li Ying pondered for a while and said: "Father taught my sons and ministers that Mount Tai does not let the soil, so it can grow big; rivers and seas don't choose trickles, so they can be deep."

Li Chongjiu asked: "That's a good point, but Mount Tai doesn't let the soil, so it can become big; the river and the sea don't choose trickles, so it can be deep?" Where does it come from?

Li Ying replied: "Sir, I taught it a few days ago, from Shiji, Li Silie's biography."

Li Chongjiu nodded approvingly and said: "Your Chinese language has improved! But let me ask you, now my great Zhao has expanded thousands of miles and has tens of millions of people. Among them are Hu people and Han people. If you choose, you will choose to be a Hu people." , or as a Han Chinese?"

Li Ying was shocked, remembering what his mother had been telling him all the time, what the teacher had instilled in him on a daily basis, and immediately replied: "Of course I am a Han Chinese!"

Li Chongjiu laughed dumbfounded after hearing this: "Then I ask you, what is the difference between the Han people and the Hu people? What is the difference between you?"

Faced with Li Chongjiu's question, Li Ying said nervously: "Most Han people make a living by farming, while most Hu people make a living by herding horses and hunting. As far as I am concerned... as far as I am concerned..."

Having said this, Li Ying began to stutter.

At this moment, Li Chongjiu clapped his hand on Li Ying's shoulder, and Li Ying lowered his head and said, "Father, I, I..."

Li Chongjiu said: "It's okay if you can't answer, do you know that the ancestors of the Han people also lived as nomads!"

"Really? Father?" Li Ying asked in surprise.

Li Chongjiu smiled and said: "Did you forget that I told you that a person's first job is to be a hunter? It's the same no matter whether it's nomadic or hunting. They live in no fixed place and migrate from one place to another. Shiji It is also said in the book that the Yellow Emperor taught Xiongpi, Pixiu and Tiger to fight Yandi in the field of Banquan. You also know how to domesticate large beasts such as Xiongpi, Pixiu and Tiger to drive away the enemy if you are not a nomad. It is also the life of our Han Chinese ancestors.”

Li Caiwei clapped her hands and said, "Father, the ancestors of our Han people are also Hu people!"

Li Chongjiu shook his head with a smile and said: "I can't say that, but whether it is in the East or the West, any farming civilization is developed from hunting and nomadic civilization. Many Han ministers in the court fear the Hu people like tigers, saying that the Hu people are cunning In fact, there is nothing terrible about it, our ancestors came from nomads, and nomadism is just a life that our ancestors did not want to live."

"Father, is that because nomadic herding is more difficult? Farming, you can be self-sufficient, and the family has surplus food, so you don't have to move around, you just need to settle down."

Li Chongjiu shook his head and said: "This is not a desire for comfort, but on the contrary, giving up the inherent nomadic life and choosing a new life like farming is a kind of greater sacrifice and courage. You also see that I, the Han, have Today, it is the result of the accumulation of farming civilization for thousands of years, and the Mobei Hu people, from the dog army in the Western Zhou Dynasty, to the Huns in the Qin and Han Dynasties, and to the Turks today, even if they have been herding horses and sheep for thousands of years, they are still in the past. Spinning on the grassland!"

"So our ancestors made the right choice. It is said in the Book of Changes that heaven is healthy and a gentleman strives for self-improvement. Our ancestors entered farming civilization from nomadic civilization. This is the progress of self-improvement. But you may ask why farming civilization is better than The nomadic civilization is superior, so why did the Western Zhou Dynasty be destroyed by the dog army, at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the imperial court had to marry the Xiongnu, and then there was such a thing as chaos in China!"

Hearing what Li Chongjiu said, Li Ying nodded, this was what he had been wondering all along.

Li Chongjiu said: "In fact, not only in China, but also in other countries in the world, there are many farming peoples who have been conquered by nomadic peoples. They either surrendered, became slaves, or completely perished, and the country was destroyed. But being destroyed and defeated does not mean farming civilization It is not as good as nomadic civilization. If you think that nomadic civilization is superior to farming civilization, it is precisely a denial of the original choice of our ancestors."

"Agricultural civilization was destroyed by other nomadic civilizations in history, which only shows that agricultural civilization itself is not strong enough, and at the same time, it has forgotten the martial arts and pioneering spirit of its ancestors when they were nomadic. I often tell you about Hantong, what is Hantong, During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, whenever a boy was born in a noble family, the father would take up a bow and arrow and shoot one arrow toward the southeast, north, and west, to show that the boy’s ambition is everywhere!"

"Advocating martial arts, aiming in the four directions, the sky is strong, and the gentleman strives for self-improvement. This is the Han system! And when the Five Husbands were chaotic, it was precisely we who lost this Han system, so we entered the Central Plains for the Hu people, because they did not become stronger. It’s just that we have become weaker, so weak that we couldn’t even beat ourselves back then.”

"After the Hu people entered the Central Plains, some people endured the butcher's knife and flattered the Hu lord, saying that the Hu people came to invade the Central Plains. This is to help us Han people regain their original wolfishness and courage. It's like being beaten, but instead thank the beating You, the one who hit me, let me know what I did wrong. These are the words of people without backbone. Backwardness conquers civilization, and barbarism defeats the system. This is the retrogression of civilization."

"As for wolf and courage, they are not given to you by others, nor are they given to you by blood transfusions from others, but come from yourself. If you lose the blood you inherited from your ancestors, you will be eliminated by others!"

"A minister of the Han people once advised me to destroy the Hu people, or change the Hu people into Sinicization, so that there will be no future troubles. I think it is unnecessary. If we can't even defeat the ignorant nomadic civilization now, there will be a stronger nation in two or three hundred years. Come and conquer us, and the result will be the same."

Speaking of this, Li Chongjiu pointed to the river under his feet, and said to Li Ying: "Yinger, look at the world, just like this rolling Yellow River flowing eastward, and will not turn back. The same is true for the nation. If you sail against the current, you will retreat. Our ancestors chose There is nothing wrong with the road, we Han people have become richer and stronger, but as we move forward, we must not forget the Han tradition passed down from our ancestors when they were nomads, the martial spirit of self-improvement, and the pioneering spirit of aspiring to all directions. "

After hearing Li Chongjiu's words, Li Ying couldn't help but feel excited.

"Constantly strive for self-improvement, aim in all directions," he knelt down after repeating these words several times, "my son, remember father's teachings carefully!"

"Now do you want to be a barbarian or a Han?" Li Chongjiu asked with a smile.

Li Ying said without hesitation: "Father, it doesn't matter if you are a Hu or a Han, the important thing is how you choose your future. But sticking to the Hu and Han, I think this is a kind of narrow-mindedness."

Li Chongjiu happily helped Li Ying up and said: "Yinger, I like your name Ying very much. Ying always has a long-term vision and always looks into the distance. If you don't forget your original intention, you can have a beginning and an end!"
End of the book

The author is happy to knock on the door, and the manuscript was completed at 2015:2 on February 28, 52.

PS: Finished the book, finished the book again, so excited.Well, this will really be the finale, but it’s not the end yet. It’s still the same. I’ll write a postscript tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. It’s my experience of writing this book for more than two years. It’s about two to three thousand words , Don’t worry, the epilogue is free, let’s bid farewell to everyone in the epilogue!
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