China is a dark region that caused wars in ancient times

The matter of regional darkness has existed since ancient times. After all, when the Zhou Dynasty was enfeoffed, disasters were left behind.

We know that in ancient times, the central region was called China, the north of China was called Beidi, the west was called Xirong, the east was called Dongyi, and the south was called Nanman.

At that time, everyone was very simple, and only China despised the four foreigners.

Later, the Zhou Dynasty divided the princes into feudal lords. Jiang Ziya was assigned to Qi to defend Dongyi, and Yan Zhaogong was assigned to Yan to resist Beidi. No one in the south cared about it. , defending the country on all sides.

As for those who were enfeoffed in the Central Plains, they were small and unpopular countries such as Chen State, Cai State, and Xu State.

This led to the fact that the border powers were all close comrades-in-arms of the Zhou royal family at the beginning. After two generations, no one recognized the other, thus kicking off the regional darkness within China.

For example, the Yan State merged with Beidi every day, and they were separated from the mainstream society for a long time. Over time, they were also regarded as Beidi. The Eastern Zhou Dynasty moved its capital to Luoyang, and the honest Qin State took over in the west. They fought fiercely with Xirong, so Qin was regarded as Xirong.

On the contrary, the small countries that were originally enfeoffed next to the Zhou royal family rose to the top of the contempt chain and were called the Central Plains vassal states. They have been united for a long time and look down on the surrounding vassal states that live with barbarians.

Although the Chu State was called the Southern Barbarians and was very miserable, the country was rich and the people were strong, and they directly broke away from the Zhou royal family and established themselves as kings.

And he always thinks about killing those who accuse him. For example, when he attacked Sui Guo in the north, Sui Guo said: "I am not guilty!" Why should he beat me.

At this time, Chu State responded with a famous statement that shocked the world: "I am a barbarian!"

Anyway, I am a barbarian. If I am unreasonable, I will beat you.

With this set of qualities, Chu’s forces successfully advanced to the Jianghan Plain.

The vassal states that do not have the strength of Chu State are much worse.

For example, Zheng Guo.

Idioms such as "Zheng people buy shoes", "Buy caskets and return pearls" and "Zheng people fight for their years" all portray the image of Zheng people as stupid, smart and arrogant.

Sharp-eyed students will find that these three idioms all come from "Han Feizi". According to incomplete statistics, Zheng Guo was hacked at least eight times in the book.

This is mainly due to the long-term hostility between Zheng and Han. Yangzhai, the old capital of South Korea, was pressed to the ground and rubbed by Zheng. As the son of the King of Han, it was normal for Han Fei to blackmail Zheng.

Of course, there is something worse than Zheng State, that is Song State. How miserable is it?

The stories of the Black Song Dynasty, such as "plucking seedlings to encourage growth" come from "Mencius"; "waiting for rabbits" comes from "Han Feizi"; "barbarians offer exposure" comes from "Liezi"; "not turtle hand medicine" comes from "Zhuangzi" ; There is even a situation in "Zuo Zhuan" that praises Zheng Guo for coming to the Black Song Dynasty, such as "Zheng Zhao, Song Deaf".

If you want to ask why the Song Dynasty did what it did to attract gangs to such an extent, it is mainly because the Song Dynasty is a descendant of the Shang Dynasty, and its cultural customs are incompatible with the Zhou Dynasty. This kind of alien was basically the "five-nut moon cake + Virgo + national football team" at that time. You can be as black as you like without feeling any pressure at all.

Even if you want to tell a joke, people will laugh to death as soon as you say the three words "people from the Song Dynasty".

In the final analysis, the country is still too weak.