Daqin Fusu: It is difficult to start the battle

Chapter 127 Sacrifice
In the moon of Jidong, the sun falls on Wunu; in the middle of Hunlou; in the middle of Dandi; its day is Rengui; its emperor Zhuanxu, its god Xuanming; its insects; its sound feathers; its rhythm Dalu; its number six; its taste is salty ; Its stench is rotten; Its sacrificial conduct;

In the early morning of this day, before daybreak, Fusu sat on a golden root chariot, surrounded by court dignitaries and thousands of riders, and drove from Wentang Palace, meandering to the edge of the unfrozen Wei River.

Fusu stepped down from the carriage wearing black clothes and shivered because of the cold, and then saw hundreds of brawny men with bare upper body and hideous masks dancing in the cold wind beside the Wei River.

Although shivering in the cold wind, Fusu didn't ask for a cloak or other clothes to be brought, because he still had physical work to do next.

After a while, the brawny men finished their dance, Fusu walked to the edge of the Wei River under the guidance of several Taichang etiquette officials, stretched out his hand and bent down to grab a rope, and then used his hands alternately to pull the rope , pulled up a fishing net that was submerged in the water.

Well, it's much lighter than I imagined... Fusu fished a river carp weighing more than ten kilograms out of the water with almost no effort.

After a while, Fusu raised the big fish with both hands high and symbolically flicked its tail a few times, and turned to a group of ministers arranged by rank in the distance.

"The emperor catches the fish, and the world is peaceful!"

More than a dozen people shouted in unison, and the voice gradually spread to the army arrayed in the distance. Tens of thousands of people began to shout for peace in the world.

After the mountain call, Tai Leling shouted loudly:

"play music!"

In an instant, the bells and drums rang together, and the sound of Huang Zhong and Da Lu even overwhelmed the shouts of the distant troops.

Thousands of actors in dance costumes began to sing and dance to the music.

"There is Jiayu in the south, which is full of steam. Gentlemen have wine, and guests are like swallows to enjoy themselves."

"There are Jiayu in the south, and Shanshan is full of steam. Gentlemen have wine, and guests are like swallows."

"In the south there is a sycamore tree, sweet gourds are tired of it. A gentleman has wine, and a guest is like Yan Sui."

"A person who is elegant and elegant, comes to think in a hurry. A gentleman has wine, and a guest is like a swallow and thinks."

When the song and dance came to an end, Fusu lowered his raised hands and put the big fish in his hands on the tray held by the two ceremony officials.

The major events of the country are sacrificed to Rong.

The current Qin State is no longer a small country in the Spring and Autumn Period, and it is basically impossible for Fusu to conquer in person, so what he can do is to sacrifice ancestors, gods, and famous mountains and rivers on time under the guidance of etiquette.

For example, the big carp in the Yellow River just now was fished out of the big river by the Taichang official, and then Fusu was asked to fish it out of the Wei River to sacrifice to the ancestral temple.

Seeing the big fish being carried away, Ye Zhe Pushe shouted:
"Give wine!"

A large group of waiters, who had prepared long ago, carried trays and presented fine wines to officials above a thousand stones one by one. As for the officials below a thousand stones, they were just used as background boards, just like the soldiers in the distance.

Ye Zhe Pu She shouted again: "Drink!"

So all the ministers held wine vessels of different shapes according to their respective titles and drank them all in one gulp.

Immediately afterwards, there were voices of choking on the spirits from the crowd, but there were also voices of praise for the good wine.

Fusu watched this scene with satisfaction, and drank the warm ginger rice wine in the bird-shaped jue.

As for what the ministers drank, it was distilled sugarcane wine, which had a much higher alcohol content than the wine made from grains in Qin at this time.

Although it's against etiquette, but... if you don't want to drink, you can give the wine to others.

After a round of drinking, the visitor shouted: "Stop drinking!"

So the wine utensils were removed, and the ministers left under the guidance of the audience, and the whole ceremony ended.

Fusu sat back on the golden root car again, and put his cold hands in Tian Ji's arms to keep warm. The latter looked at him sadly with watery peach blossom eyes, but when he withdrew his hand, Tian Ji grabbed him back.

Today is not only a day to participate in the sacrifice, but also a day to return to Lanchi Palace.

After several months and nearly tens of thousands of people, the first phase of the renovation project of Lanchi Palace was finally completed before the first heavy snowfall.

Although the money in Fusu's private funds flows out like running water, this is exactly what Fusu is happy to see.

In the past, corvee was the government’s free use of private labor. Not only that, but during the working period, the laborers often needed to bring their own dry food...

Therefore, if the large-scale infrastructure such as Chidao, the Great Wall, the imperial tomb, and the palace are launched at the same time, everyone in the world will be a traitor!
It is precisely for this point that when Fusu remodeled the Lanchi Palace, it did not conscript corvee, but hired 'migrant workers' with money.

It is stipulated in the "Law of Qi" that Sikong and the craftsman must do the work... and the fact is that it is counted by the corvee.

That is to say, when estimating the project quantity, the competent official Sikong and the craftsmen must calculate together, and then calculate the number of migrant workers and apprentices required according to the project quantity.

According to the standards of later generations, Fusu paid different wages for different types of work such as masons and carpenters. Although it provoked a lot of court discussions, the heads of Guizhou around Xianyang responded one after another.

Anyway, it has entered the slack season, and the work in the fields can be done by the elderly, women and children, and the strong laborers just come to earn some extra money and improve the conditions at home.

It's just that there are no voices of praise among the people. This is because the Qin law stipulates that not only the leaders of Guizhou are not allowed to criticize the government, but they are not even allowed to praise it!
Lord Shang called these people who sang meritorious deeds "people of chaos" and moved them all to the bitter and cold frontier.

During the period of King Zhaoxiang of Qin Dynasty, King Zhaoxiang fell ill, and the people spontaneously prayed for him, but King Zhaoxiang ordered these people to be punished with two armors!
The reason is that he prayed without the permission of the law. Although he loves him, if he loves them with the same heart, and even changes the law for this, then the law will not be established, and it will become a way to destroy the country.

The reason is that the legalists of the Qin State paid attention to the three characters of "law and nature".

However, it is slightly different from Lao Tzu's "Tao follows nature", the legalist's "follows nature" has two meanings.

The first meaning of "following nature" is because nature is cold and has no emotion at all, so as mentioned above, the legalists are most abstaining from interpreting the law and acknowledging feelings;
The second meaning of "law is natural" is inevitable, and there is no difference (error), so you must believe that rewards must be punished.

However, in Fusu's view, this is the way of Qin's demise.

If Confucianism is perfect, it will be corrupt, and if the law is perfect, it will perish.

The first emperor followed the law that did not know the difference between the state and society.

The country is the product of irreconcilable class contradictions. Therefore, the interests of the country and society are only consistent to a certain extent. If they exceed a certain limit, conflicts will arise.

But this is not the first emperor's personal problem, but the law pursued by the state of Qin, which has reached the point where it is today, which is out of date.

In the past, Shang Jun said that there is no way to govern the world, and there is no law to change the country.

So Fusu feels that the feudal system that has been in use for hundreds of years since the Western Zhou Dynasty can be lost...

And what he holds in his hands now is the greatest power in the history of this planet!

(End of this chapter)