Chapter 584: Reflections on The Great Wall

"As everyone knows, this makes it impossible for the nomads to communicate with the Central Plains, and they cannot get the necessary supplies of oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, grain, cloth and other daily necessities, and their lives are very difficult. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 🔥 So what to do? Nomads are very strong fighting people, you don't trade with me, don't communicate with me, okay! Then I'll organize people to rob you! This began to be the case with frequent raids by nomadic peoples. ”

"The nomads did this, which deepened the misunderstanding and hostility between the two sides, so that the vendetta and war that lasted for thousands of years went on endlessly, so that the frontier history of the entire Chinese nation was soaked in blood."

"So, I want to say that for the Chinese nation, the Great Wall really didn't play a good role!"

"In the history of China, there was a dynasty of the Han nation that did a good job in communicating with the northern nomads, and that dynasty was the Tang Dynasty. When the Tang Dynasty first started to establish the country, the threat of the northern nomads was also very serious, and the Turks were so threatening to the Tang! But even so, the Tang Dynasty never built the Great Wall, they relied on military force to conquer the northern nomads, and with trade and exchanges, and established close ties with them, so, in the Tang Dynasty, there was an unprecedented trend of ethnic integration in Chinese history, and Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, also became the world's most prosperous and wealthy international metropolis. ”

"Mike, I'm saying this, do you understand?"

After Zheng Xiao finished speaking, she looked at MJ with a smile.

After listening to Zheng Xiao's words, MJ's eyes lit up suddenly.

He laughed out loud and said, "Yes, yes!" Zheng, you are very right, this long wall is actually an obstacle to ethnic exchanges, and the construction of the Great Wall by the Han people not only did not bring peace to themselves, but brought more war and killing. ”

Zheng Xiao nodded and said, "Yes, that's it!" Mike, now, do you know how to change your new song? ”

MJ's eyes lit up, looked at Zheng Xiao and said, "Zheng, I want to ask you to help me write this song, you write the lyrics, I will arrange the music, and we will have a cooperation, okay?" ”

Zheng Xiao was not surprised by MJ's invitation to cooperate.

MJ is a perfectionist, and he wants to be the best in every piece of his work.

When he realizes that he can't do a good job, he is happy to invite those who seem to be reliable. MJ knows that Zheng Xiao is a very powerful singer-songwriter, and his skills in writing lyrics and arranging music are not ordinarily profound.

Therefore, he wanted to ask Zheng Xiao to help him write this song about China.

"Okay, Mike, I can try it out, if I can write it well, I can't guarantee it. You know, there are already a lot of songs written about the Great Wall. Zheng Xiao said with a smile.

There are really too many songs around the Great Wall in China, classic and popular, and there are three or four songs with a high singing rate.

However, Zheng Xiao firmly believes that the lyrics of "The Great Wall" created by himself must be unique and eye-catching!

Although he was confident in his heart, he was still habitually humble.

"I know that the song "The Great Wall" sung by your Hong Kong SAR Beyond Band is a very flavorful song, majestic and magnificent! I love it, Zheng, and I'm sure you can write a song that is comparable to that song! Come on! MJ was very happy to hear Zheng Xiao's promise.

beyond's "The Great Wall", Zheng Xiao has naturally heard it many times, the song is very good, and the lyrics look tasteful, which is true, but if you look at the lyrics carefully, you really can't see any too profound connotation, what is written is that China, an ancient country, is surrounded by the Great Wall, and it is a great unification and decay alone.

"Mike, give me a pen, maybe I can write you a lyric right now." Zheng Xiao smiled slightly and said to MJ.

"So quickly, did you get inspiration?" MJ was very pleasantly surprised, he knew that Zheng Xiao was very talented, and when inspiration was surging, he should be able to write shocking works.

MJ hurriedly took a signature pen and a stack of paper and handed them to Zheng Xiao, and then he sat quietly on the side, waiting for Zheng Xiao to create.

Zheng Xiao held the pen in his hand, and after a little hesitation, he began to write on the paper:

The first emperor waved millions of troops, and the wolf smoke in the world was washed away by him

He laid the foundation of an empire for all ages

He wants Nanshan to release the horses, and he wants to put knives and guns into the warehouse

He wants to be a Taiping Emperor who is supported by all nations

Available in the northern frontier of the empire

Savage alien races are still raging

The blood stained the remnants of the sun on the borderlands

He enslaved the people and drove slaves, and built thousands of miles of city defenses on the northern frontier

He wants to make it difficult for foreign cavalry to knock on the borders of the empire

He wants to make them perish in the bitter cold.

A wall, thousands of miles long

The dream of empire inside the wall is 2,000 years old, and when you wake up, the heavens and the earth are no longer what they used to be

The blood and sweat of generations of people who have built the wall have stained this picturesque country red

The bones of generations of guards are piled up on the hideous old battlefield

The long wall never brought the watch of peace

The sound of fighting went one after another

For the sake of food for survival, the warriors of the alien race have the courage to wipe away death with cold swords

This long wall built for peace never really brought peace to the Empire

Don't ask me why I turned out to be the way it was

Don't ask me why there is such a long way forward for national reconciliation and integration

If the ruler does not tear down the long wall in his heart

If each of us does not defuse hatred and embrace the opponent

The world will eventually fall apart, and the flames of war will be filled with apocalyptic sorrows......

Zheng Xiaoxin wrote the lyrics quickly, of course, he wrote it directly in English, and the above was just translated into Chinese by the author.

The name of this song is also called The Great Wall.

However, his lyrics are very different from any previous "Great Wall" lyrics, he does not praise this wonder of the world, he does not depict its wonderful and majestic natural scenery.

He put his brushstrokes on reflection.

He was reflecting on why the Chinese nation had built the Great Wall for 2,000 years, but it was always at war, and it could not stop the invasion of foreign races in the northern borderlands. Why, the more the Great Wall was built, the more fierce the war became, and the more difficult it was to achieve reconciliation between peoples.

At the end of the lyrics, the reason is revealed: this is because many rulers of previous dynasties have adopted the road of blocking the trade and communication between China and other races, and there is a problem of ethnic accommodation, resulting in a lack of food and clothing for foreign races in the border areas, and they have to take risks to carry out a strategy against the Central Plains in order to survive.

If the solution to this problem is simple, it is only necessary to carry out trade and exchange without any restrictions, so that peoples can naturally mingle, then peace will be just around the corner.

And this song also mentions modern times, although it seems that no one has built such a thing as the Great Wall in modern times to prevent other countries, but there are still problems in communication between many countries, and there is still a wall in everyone's heart.

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