Chapter 879 Gods are virtuous, so they should not offer sacrifices to people who wish to give birth to their children!
Zheng Anqi has a headache.
No one in the world knows better than himself whether he is a true immortal or not.
He is just a mortal who has mastered some means. How can he be qualified to fight against a real great witch like Lord Qin Changan!
He could only use the witchcraft displayed by Ying Chengyu as a reference, and brazenly advocated Ying Chengyu's magic to show that he was not an opponent. He also needed to observe his surroundings at all times and use mysterious and mysterious words to fight for his escape. opportunity.
He really wanted to escape, but he couldn't!
Ying Chengyu also had a headache.
No one in the world knows better than himself whether he is a true witch or not.
He is just a mortal with some knowledge. How can he know the correct way to perform sacrifices?
He could only use Da Qin's existing sacrifices as a reference and make up random ones. He also needed to form a set of sacrifice rules without inconsistencies or self-contradictions and memorize all the elements.
He really wanted to escape, but he couldn't! ——
September 4, the fifteenth year of the Qin Dynasty.
Northwest of Zheng County.
The cool autumn wind blew over him, making the sweaty man shiver.
But the rich man didn’t want to rest, but shouted loudly: "Everyone, please work harder, don’t delay the auspicious day!"
Around the rich man, hundreds of strong men from various villages who had never known each other responded with a smile: "Of course! We are building the altar for Chang'an Lord to worship the earth dragon, and we cannot slack off at all!"< br>
"Hahaha, if you have to say it, you have to work hard! Sweat more! Don't wipe the sweat, just let it fall on the altar. Maybe the earth dragon can give us more blessings when it comes. What a blessing!"
"Go, go! We came to help out of gratitude for the kindness of Lord Chang'an, not because of the stupid thing, you kid, you are so dishonest!"
"While it's still dark, pound the ground one more foot! Second and third sons, all work harder!"
"It's time to dig up the soil, let's help!"
More than 100,000 strong men gathered in the northwest of Zheng County, talking and laughing full of expectations for the future, and their hands were not slow at all.
Hundreds of supervisors and permanent officials were scattered around the young men. They thought their job was to urge these young men to work hard and not slack off as usual, but they never expected that this would happen. What worried them the most was supervising the young men not to work overtime, pay attention to safety, and not to get exhausted!
Because all the strong men did not come for the corvee expedition.
But after hearing the news that Ying Chengyu planned to build an altar to worship the earth dragon in Zheng County, he spontaneously signed up!
For them, this is not about dealing with the court's corvee, but about accumulating blessings for themselves, their families and future generations, and they are living up to Ying Chengyu's wishes!
They didn't want to show off their hard work in front of Ying Chengyu, let alone get anything in exchange for their hard work.
But what they didn’t know was that Ying Zheng had already led the Qin ministers and was standing on the hillside southwest of the altar. He saw everything they did and raised their voices. All the joyful songs are heard in the ears.
Lu Buwei stood beside Ying Zheng and sighed softly: "If the superiors ask for it, the subordinates will obey it."
"This is actually the fact that thousands of Qin people in the past prepared their own food and weapons. To help Ai Gong's great success!"
"The top and bottom are united, and the army and the people are in harmony."
"This is actually the scene of the prosperous age of Yao and Shun!"
"I have imagined such a grand scene in my country, but I dare not imagine that such a grand scene will appear in our great Qin Dynasty."
"Not even before. I think I can actually see it with my own eyes now!”
The prosperous age of benevolent government and the Great Qin are completely unrelated terms!
But today, here, these two words are connected together.
Lu Buwei looked at every scene with greedy eyes, trying to remember this scene firmly in his heart.
Wei Liao said with a slightly fiery voice: "I really can't imagine how we can make these subjects commit crimes."
"If the Qin Dynasty is like this, how can it be done? Only in this way can the great Qin region be turbulent."
"If Chang'an Lord leads these strong men to fight, what kind of fighting spirit can these strong men unleash!"
"Chang'an Lord has not yet governed the people, but he has already done so. Great governance for your subjects!”
In Wei Liao's view, as long as he carries the banner of righteousness, Great Qin can be invincible.
But I never thought that Ying Chengyu not only helped Da Qin carry the banner of righteousness, but also carried the banner of Daren along with him.
Wei Liao can be sure that these strong men will become the pillars of Da Qin's stability on weekdays and oppose all turbulence that is not conducive to Da Qin. In wartime, they will become Da Qin's most loyal and brave swords, killing Da Qin. Crush all enemy forces!
And this was actually just another disobedience of the king's order by Ying Chengxuan.
This made Wei Liao feel quite sad.
Chun Yuyue and other Confucian scholars stood on tiptoes looking at the altar regardless of their etiquette status, with unabashed smiles on everyone's faces.
Ying Zheng stopped and looked at it for a long time, and then sighed with emotion: "No wonder Brother Wang suddenly decided to worship the Earth Dragon in Zheng County."
"They are indeed worth it!"
< br>"Where is Brother Wang?"
Meng Yi, who came to greet him, immediately raised his hands and said, "Mr. Chang'an is busy with sacrifices around the altar." "Can I call Mr. Chang'an to pick me up?"< br>
Ying Zheng shook his head: "Two days later will be the day of the Earth Dragon Sacrifice. Brother Wang must have a lot of things to do now."
"There is no need to call Brother Wang to see me, I will go see you by myself. That’s Brother Wang.”
The main convoy gradually moved towards Zheng County.
Ying Zheng led a group of important ministers and hundreds of policemen towards the altar under the guidance of Meng Yi.
The closer to the altar, the clearer the laughter and shouts in my ears became, and the almost completed altar in front of me became more majestic and majestic.
The entire altar, like other altars in the Qin Dynasty, is set up under mountains or on hills. Its main structure also adopts the "three Gai around the altar" style that has lasted for more than 2,000 years, that is, as Three-story high platforms like the Temple of Heaven rise one after another. On the three-story earth platform, exquisite and magnificent pavilions, platforms and pavilions are built to store sacrifices. There are also eight rammed earth roads around the altar extending in all directions to the bottom of the hill. The trend of 'Shinto Eight Links' was formed.
However, the rammed earth structure of the Daqin Altar is about ten feet wide and two feet high. The wéi surrounding the altar is made up of a wall thirteen and a half feet (31.1 meters) in diameter and six feet and a half deep. It is composed of a circular ditch of 1.5 inches (1.5 meters).
The rammed earth structure of the altar in front of us is 16 feet wide and about 6 feet high. There is no circular ditch as a wall. Instead, a rammed earth structure of 3 feet wide and 6 feet high was built on the outside of the altar. The circular low wall with a width of 60 feet is the first level of the wall, and a square low wall with a width of 6 feet and a height of 9 feet is built outside the low wall of the circle to form the second level of the wall.
Although the overall altar structure is different from the common altars in Da Qin, it still implements Da Qin's aesthetics.
Big is better!
Tall is beautiful!
Looking up at the tall and magnificent altar, Ying Le's eyes were full of excitement: "I have repeatedly asked Lord Chang'an for advice on how to perform sacrifices, but Lord Chang'an often blocked him, and only used wrong prescriptions. Wake up."
"But the officials sent by the ministers in advance reported back. This time, Lord Chang'an took the initiative to correct many shortcomings and made more modifications to the sacrificial method."
< br>"It can be seen that Lord Chang'an must have really taken it seriously and used his true skills!"
"This sacrifice will definitely be favored by the earth dragon!"
If Ying Chengyu completely continued the sacrificial method of Da Qin, Da Qin's official officials might still be murmuring in their hearts.
After all, they themselves know best whether Da Qin’s sacrificial method is effective.
Now that Ying Chengyu has made significant adjustments to the sacrificial process and altar regulations in accordance with Da Qin's sacrificial methods, it has hit everyone's hearts like a shot of cardiotonic.
Even some of the regular officials who did not believe in ghosts and gods began to look forward to this sacrifice.
Perhaps, this sacrifice can really be blessed by the earth dragon!
Ying Zheng ignored Ying Le's words and didn't even take a few glances at the altar in front of him. His eyes had already been fixed on Ying Chenglong, who was surrounded by a group of regular officials.
Subconsciously, he quickened his pace, and distant sounds drifted into Ying Zheng's ears.
"I dare to ask Lord Chang'an, is it true that this sacrifice does not require Mei Ji to entertain the gods? If the earth dragon does not like Mei Ji, he can also prepare prisoners as sacrifices and make them be driven by the earth dragon!"
< br>Ying Chengyu frowned slightly: "There is no need for beautiful concubines, no need for warriors, and no need for prisoners or prisoners to be sacrificed."
"The sacrifices this time are only sheep, dogs and grains as sacrifices."
All the witches couldn't help but burst into an uproar: "There are not even cattle and horses, but only sheep, dogs and grains as sacrifices? Will these simple sacrifices make the earth dragon angry?"
"Of course! I have never held such a simple sacrifice in Da Qin!"
"Even if it's so simple! Instead of sacrificing prisoners, we should at least sacrifice beautiful warriors! I heard that there is a princess in the Handan royal family who is talented and beautiful. If this princess is sacrificed, Earth Dragon will be happy!"
< br>Ying Chengxuan's face darkened and his voice became louder: "The earth dragon is the favor of the earth dragon. The earth loves the world so much. When you sacrifice the earth dragon, you kill the beauties, the strong men and the warriors. Are you going to sacrifice them?" Sacrifice them to the earth dragon for enjoyment, or trap the earth dragon in an unjust place!”
"Cows and horses are powerful weapons for the people to thrive and help Qin conquer foreign countries. The earth dragon loves me, Da Qin, so how can he bear to harm our country's national strength?"
"The second and third sons all have good intentions, but they must not do bad things out of good intentions. ! ”
The so-called sacrifice is a sacrifice!
According to Da Qin's sacrificial concept, Da Qin needs to kill beautiful women, brave men, loyal soldiers and a large number of captives on the altar!
In this way, beautiful women, strong men and righteous men can serve the gods and gods, and can also contribute a large amount of cheap labor to the gods and gods.
Once upon a time, Ying Chengyu had no choice.
He could only watch indifferently as the skull of a beautiful and noble woman and a brave and loyal man was dug out, the brain was set on fire with grease, and she died wailing on the altar, and was euphemistically called to go. Find out where the God is.
But this sacrifice is Ying Chengyu’s home field.
How could Ying Chengyu allow such a cruel act to appear on his altar!
Tai Zhu Ying Huan said bitterly: "I, the Qin Dynasty, have been offering sacrifices for hundreds of years, but I have never offered sacrifices to the past of heaven and earth again."
"We all know that Lord Chang'an is the one who knows best how to sacrifice to the great shaman of Earth Dragon."
"However, it is very serious at this time. I would like to ask Lord Chang'an to report it to the king before making a decision!"
< br>As soon as Tai Zhu Ying Huan finished speaking, Ying Zheng's steady and firm voice came not far away: "There is no need to report."
"Everything about this sacrifice is in accordance with what Lord Chang'an said!"
“I also think that if the gods are virtuous, they should not be happy to give birth to human beings to sacrifice!”
(End of this chapter)