Chapter 295: The kind-hearted merchants and ministers
You can question the cultivation of the merchants, but you cannot question their vision and knowledge.
After getting the incense and wishing power, they just tried it briefly and understood its wonderful effects and gave it a very high evaluation.
"Now that you know the wonderful effects of acquired merit, what do you think? Can it replace the living sacrifice and become a new sacrifice?"
After the ministers studied it, Ao Bing just spoke. asked.
"This..."
The ministers seemed a little hesitant. The power of the incense must be good, but compared with the living sacrifice, it is still inferior.
The essence of human flesh and blood contains the creation mark of the saint and the innate mark of countless gods and demons. There are not many treasures in the world that can compare with it.
It's okay to change to Xuanhuang's merit, but the acquired merit is really worse. Therefore, when faced with Ao Bing's inquiry, they were inevitably a little reluctant and did not want to agree.
"Everyone, there is something I need to remind you. Sacrifice of the tribesmen alive is not a long-term solution after all. Even if humanity does not deserve it, the fate of the human race will give you retribution."
"Emperor Yu's attitude has confirmed the reaction of the fate of the human race, and he deeply hates the matter of human sacrifice. If you continue to do it, sooner or later you will be counterattacked by the fate of the human race, and you will end up miserable."
"And In contrast, if you use the power of incense to replace the living sacrifice, you will not suffer from the backlash of human luck, but you can get its blessing and go further in the future.”
Seeing that everyone was hesitant, Ao Bing struck while the iron was hot and explained to them the pros and cons.
“What Long Bo said makes sense.”
After hesitating for a long time, the nobleman’s attitude finally changed and hesitantly agreed.
Ao Bing is right. The acquired merit is indeed not as good as the flesh and blood essence of the human race, but it also has its own advantages, that is, there are no future troubles.
It sounds simple, but this point alone outweighs all the advantages of a living sacrifice.
Why do princes and nobles accept living sacrifices from their descendants after they die?
To put it bluntly, I am not willing to die and want to become enlightened after death. That's why he tried his best to stay in the Netherworld, unwilling to reincarnate.
But they cannot achieve enlightenment while alive, not to mention that after death, enlightenment will only be more difficult.
For this reason, they had no choice but to imitate the ghosts and gods from all directions, collect the essence of human flesh and blood, and use this to improve their cultivation, trying to live towards death and achieve the great road.
I have to say that this is indeed a good way to become stronger. But it is undeniable that this path is not the right path, but an evil path.
No one cared about it before, so that’s okay.
But now, with the changes in human nature, people are gradually opening up their wisdom and paying more and more attention to life. The evil way of taking people's lives for no reason, such as the way of living sacrifice, seems to be an eyesore and has become a target that must be eradicated.
The Shinto of Incense and Fire, as well as the Great Tribulation of the Gods, were actually created to eradicate this Tao.
Due to their status, the officials of the great merchants may not know enough about these deep-seated matters. But they could see the situation clearly and knew that with the emergence of the power of incense, it was inevitable that the way of living sacrifice would be gradually replaced by it.
The essence of Incense Shinto is to protect the common people, while the essence of the way of living sacrifice is to slaughter the common people.
One side protects, and the other side kills. This is a fundamental contradiction, and there is no possibility of reconciliation. Therefore, only one of the two sides can stay, and an endless war will inevitably break out in the future.
As for who will win in the end, the result is not difficult to guess.
Since ancient times, evil has always prevailed over good. The way of living sacrifices is an evil way, but the way of incense and fire is the right way. Therefore, no matter how great the advantages of the method of living sacrifice are, it will inevitably end in destruction in the end.
The princes and nobles practice living sacrifice not because they are easy to kill, but in order to continue living and become stronger.
Understanding this, it is obvious what choice the princes and nobles should make between the way of living sacrifice and the way of incense. They must choose the way of incense and fire.
The way of living sacrifice that made them stronger before has now completely become an evil way. It is only a matter of time before the distance is destroyed. Therefore, if you continue to choose this path, you are destined to be buried with them in the future.
The princes and nobles did not want to die, so they could only choose the incense and fire way. Even though this way was not as good as the way of living sacrifice, the incense and fire way allowed them to continue living.
Of course, it can also make them continue to become stronger, but the effect is not as good as the living sacrifice method, but it is worse than safety.
"The world has changed, and humanity has changed. Since the way of living sacrifice has been banned by humanity, of course we, as a member of humanity, cannot go against the general trend."
"Just listen to what Long Bo said, and The way of incense replaces the way of living sacrifice."
Knowing that the situation was over, the ministers present no longer hesitated and agreed.
“That’s very good!”
“However, it’s not enough just for you to agree, you have to get all the princes in the world to agree.”
Seeing that the ministers no longer objected, Ao Bing nodded with satisfaction. Then, I saw him turning to face Di Xin and saying to him:
"Please also ask the king to issue a decree to summon all the princes in the world to come to the court to discuss this matter!"
This is what happened under the enfeoffment system. It’s a bad idea. If you want to achieve something, you must not only convince the central government, but also the local governments. Only in this way can it be implemented throughout the world.
Otherwise, if you just convince the central government but not the local governments, then rash promotion will inevitably cause shocks in the local governments. It ranges from the local government no longer paying tribute to the state, to the more serious consequences of raising troops to rebel. On the contrary, if the local government takes the lead, it will also be punished by the central government, which will be very troublesome!
"Now that the princes in the four directions are powerful and have strong branches and weak trunks, they may not listen to the orders of my great merchant."
Di Xin pondered for a while and said.
It is easy for him to give orders, but whether the princes from all over the world listen is another matter. They will certainly listen to whatever is beneficial to them. But what is detrimental to them is simply not listening, or listening selectively.
"This is the right way. With the great merchants and ministers as examples, how dare the princes from all over the world not to listen?"
"Whoever dares not to listen is a rebellious minister and traitor. The king can order all princes in the world to fight together. To protect the right path."
Ao Bing said with murderous intent that it was his merit to abolish the method of living sacrifice. For this reason, he did not hesitate to use the incense method.
After paying such a high price, if this still fails to happen, then he will suffer a big loss. Therefore, no matter who dares to stand in front of him, he must destroy them.
If the ghosts and gods stand in his way, he will kill them.
If the princes block it, he will destroy the princely countries!
“Okay, just follow what Long Bo said.”
Emperor Xin was also a militant. Seeing that Ao Bing had said this, he no longer hesitated and issued an order to tell the world what was discussed today.
He also ordered the princes from all over the world to come to Chaoge to discuss the matter together, as if they were determined to abolish the method of living sacrifice in the world.
Seeing this, the emperor and his ministers did not stop him. Because it is meaningless. If the princes from all directions agree to this matter, then naturally there will be no war.
If the princes from all over the world oppose this matter and still insist on practicing the method of living sacrifice, they will undoubtedly have entered the evil path and completely go against them. In this way, even if they don't want to fight, they still have to fight.
The Shinto way of incense and the way of living sacrifice are destined to be unable to coexist. They entered the Incense Divine Way, but the princes from all directions did not enter. Their positions became antagonistic, and they were not going to fight in the end.
After Di Xin finished speaking, the court meeting broke up. All the ministers in the palace returned home one after another and summoned all the clan members to discuss everything that happened at the court meeting today.
Although they promised well at the court meeting, whether they are really willing to change to Incense Shinto is still a matter of debate, because they still need to convince their own tribe.
Without the support of the tribe, all the promises made by these ministers can be regarded as farts.
As for the opinions of the underground ancestors, as long as all the tribesmen are convinced, their opinions are not important.
After all, the power of sacrifice lies in the hands of living people like them. As long as their opinions are unified, they will naturally use whatever they want as a sacrifice.
Even if the ancestors below are dissatisfied, what's the use? Can they still climb up?
Honghuang's message transmission method is not as backward as imagined. The court meeting here has just ended, and Emperor Xin's will has been transmitted to all the princes through the secret treasure.
Immediately afterwards, more forces learned of the changes in Dashang. Soon, this matter became known to everyone.
After receiving Emperor Xin's will, the princes from all over the world have not yet reacted. Perhaps they are weighing the pros and cons.
But another group closely related to it, the ghosts and gods worshiped by Dashang, after learning the news, they all yelled angrily:
"Asshole!"
"Shameless boy, you broke your word and burned the bridge!"
No wonder these ghosts and gods are so angry. It is really the merchant who did this, which really violated the original agreement with them. of covenant.
At that time, at the end of the Xia Dynasty, Shang Tang made an agreement with ghosts and gods from all over the world. If they helped the great Shang conquer the world, they would be regarded as gods and sacrifices would be made endlessly.
Faced with Shang Tang’s proposal, the ghosts and gods from all directions agreed and really helped Shang conquer the world. After that, Shang Tang did not break the contract and truly worshiped them as gods and sacrificed them with the strength of the whole country.
And this is the reason why it became common practice for merchants to worship ghosts and gods. If you get help, you will naturally get something in return.
But today, Di Xin, a descendant of Chengtang, broke the agreement and decided not to sacrifice to them anymore. How could the ghosts and gods from all over the world accept this?
Swearing is an understatement. If they weren't afraid of Jiuding, they might not have killed Chaoge if they were so angry at this moment.
Of course, the so-called breaking of the agreement is in the eyes of ghosts and gods from all directions. From Dashang's perspective, they did not break the agreement.
They only changed the sacrifices, but did not abolish the sacrifices to ghosts and gods. They are still offering sacrifices to them. How can it be regarded as breaking the agreement?
On the contrary, in Dashang's view, by changing the sacrifices from living sacrifices to incense, they were saving ghosts and gods from all over the world.
God’s will has shown that the way of living sacrifice is an evil way. If you continue to do it, you will inevitably die.
It was out of concern for the safety of ghosts and gods from all over the world that Dashang changed the sacrifices and tried to bring them back to the right path.
This sentiment is not untouchable. When ghosts and gods from all over the world heard about it, they just didn’t thank them. Instead, they yelled at them and even slandered them for breaking the agreement made by their ancestors. What’s the point of this?
Anyway, no matter what the ghosts and gods of the four directions think, the merchants and ministers all believe that they are doing this for the good of the ghosts and gods of the four directions.
If they don't appreciate it, that means they are right and don't recognize good people's hearts!
(End of this chapter)