Chapter 459: Summer and Cicada 2/2

The name of the country to be established has been set by Su Yan, Xia, the first hereditary dynasty recorded in Chinese history books, Su Yan as the king of Xia.

"Summer" is actually derived from an insect – the cicada.

The cicada is the most common insect in summer, and as one of the characteristics of summer, it is true that the cicada can be used to represent summer.

The word "spring" in the oracle bone inscription indicates the appearance of grass birth, "autumn" is the appearance of the ripening of the farmer, "winter" is the appearance of branches and fruits falling off, and "summer" means cicada.

The four seasons are expressed in a tangible way, and when it comes to summer, it is known that it is called in summer, which is also in line with the meaning of what we mean by cicadas singing in summer.

Cicadas are insects, but they can metamorphose and reincarnate, this kind of mysterious phenomenon of repeated and continuous circulation undoubtedly symbolizes the continuation of life, and many jade cicadas or cicada patterns have been found in some archaeological sites as early as the Xia Dynasty.

In traditional Chinese culture, the cicada symbolizes nobility, and will not be infected by the filth and deceit of the world.

Ancient literati and ink writers spoke highly of cicadas, Cao Zhi wrote "Cicada Fu" to highly praise cicadas, Tang Dynasty calligrapher Yu Shinan, also has a poem "Cicada" to show the cicada's high wind and bright festival, "weeping ears drink dew, flow out of the dredging tree." Raising his voice from afar, not by the autumn wind. "Tang Poetry Don't Carry" "Every time the cicada sings its voice, this is the only way to respect its character." ”

Qi uses the cicada-shaped Xia character as the country name, probably because the cicada represents these mysterious and beautiful meanings, which king does not want his country to be endless, eternal for generations, and lofty and far-reaching?

Of course, these are all inferences, anyway, Su Yan thought that the Xia Kingdom he established could be endless, eternal for generations, and lofty and far-reaching.

There is still a month and a half before the founding of the country, that is, on the first day of autumn, the entire dragon tribe is busy for this, in fact, there is not much to be busy with, from the dragon tribe to the summer country, it is probably just a change in title, and there are not many places that really need to change.

The dragon tribe is said to be a tribe, in fact, it is very different from other tribes, the biggest difference is that the dragon tribe is composed of multiple clans, these clans are actually equivalent to a smaller tribe, everyone unites to form a larger tribe, you can also change this name to an alliance or a country, but the meaning of the country is more prominent than that of tribes and alliances.

The tribe is actually a big family linked by blood, everyone eats and hunts together, most of the things are put together, the whole tribe is communal, the tribe has almost no personal belongings, all the harvest has to be returned to the public, and then distributed according to merit or status.

The snake tribe belonged to the tribe during the period, but after the snake tribe and the tiger tribe jointly established the dragon tribe, the dragon tribe was actually the prototype of the country, and Su Yan perfected the country little by little, even if it is still the name of the dragon tribe, in fact, it is no different from the original state system.

The original meaning of "country" refers to territory, region, and the traditional Chinese character is written as "country", and the most obvious feature of a country is that it has a fixed territory.

The dragon tribe currently has access to only three types of ruling systems, tribes, alliances, and factions.

Tribes, i.e., extended families linked by blood; Alliances, i.e., alliances of multiple tribes of equal status; Factions, i.e., a system of rule consisting of a suzerainty tribe and multiple subordinate tribes.

Tribes have small and large populations, small tribes may have a population of less than a hundred, large tribes have a population of thousands or even tens of thousands, and the population of alliances and camps can reach tens of thousands.

It has a certain population base, has a clear territorial scope, has a certain rules and regulations, and has a strong and effective governing body...... Taken together, as a state, the Dragon Tribe clearly meets these conditions.

For others, it doesn't matter whether the name of the dragon tribe should be or not, but in Su Yan's heart, the "tribe" is backward, and only the country can represent everything.

The Xia Kingdom is about to be established, and there are not many things that need to be changed within the Dragon Tribe, but there are still some things that need to be done externally.

The first thing is the relocation of the (second) Xiong clan and (the second) wolf clan, it just so happens that there are still enough vacancies in Zhongjing City, and the Xiong clan and the wolf clan will be temporarily relocated to Zhongjing City, with a population of less than 2,000, even if the population of the two clans is added, Zhongjing City is still more than 2,000 away from the original population of 15,000, and the gap will be filled before the establishment of the Xia Kingdom.

At present, there are enough ships of the Dragon Tribe, thirty-three A-type ships, three B-type ships, in fact, a total of thirty-four A-type ships have been built over the years, and one of them has capsized.

Before and after the establishment of the Xia Kingdom, all the ships of the Dragon Tribes will give up foreign trade, the first thing is to send two fleets to move the Bear Clan and the Wolf Clan to Zhongjing City, a month before Su Yan's family moved to Zhongjing City, the two fleets have already set off, and it is expected that in a maximum of twenty days, the two clans will stay in Zhongjing City.

The second thing is relatively simple, but very important, is to invite the tribes with whom the dragon tribe has traded and come into contact to participate in the founding ceremony.

This matter is already underway, and the fleet sent to migrate the Xiong Clan and the Wolf Clan will carry out this task by the way, but the Bear Clan and the Wolf Clan are both in the east of Zhongjing City, and the Dragon Tribe also sent a fleet to the west of Zhongjing City to pick up guests.

It is best to invite the leaders of each tribe, even if the leaders of each tribe do not come, let the people with relatively high status in the tribe come to participate in the founding ceremony of the Xia Kingdom.

The founding ceremony is the moment for the Xia State to show its strength, and the "grand" Zhongjing City is enough to show the strength of the Xia State.

The earliest record of "military parade" in the history books can be traced back to the Tushan Alliance more than 4,000 years ago.

It is said in "Huainanzi Yuan Daoxun" that in the past, the leader of the Xia tribe, Kun, built a very high city wall to defend himself, and everyone wanted to leave him, and other tribes were eyeing Xia.

Later, Yu became the leader, demolished the city wall, filled the moat, distributed the property to everyone, destroyed the weapons, and taught the people with morality, so everyone did their duty, and other tribes were also willing to come and join, Yu invited the princes to join the alliance in Tushan.

It is said that at the conference, Yu's men held weapons decorated with feathers, sang and danced to music, and expressed a grand welcome to the leaders of the southern tribes, and the clan leaders who came to the alliance brought valuables such as jade and silk to show their submission to Yu.

In the Tushan Alliance, although Yu did not send a single soldier, his display of force was enough to deter the princes, so as to "turn hostility into jade", Yu's behavior is actually the prototype of the "military parade".

In addition, in the 11th century B.C., King Wu of Zhou held a large-scale "observation of the army" in Mengjin, and at the same time declared that the cutting of the Zhou Dynasty would be for the heavens, after that, the King of Wu personally led a large army, crossed to Mengjin in the east, and the Shang Dynasty army fought a decisive battle in Muye, and defeated the main force of the King of Yin, laying the foundation for the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty.

It can be seen from this that at this time, "watching troops" as a military means to inspect troops and deter the people or the enemy has begun to be used consciously and in a planned way.

Watching the army is a military parade, Su Yan wants to hold a large military parade of 2,000 to 3,000 people, and the soldiers participating in the parade are all adult male clansmen, so as to let the tribes feel the strength of the Xia Kingdom and let more tribes join the Xia Kingdom.