Daqin Fusu: It is difficult to start the battle

Chapter 145 Sacrifice to Shennong

The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the first year of Qin II.

Lazhe, hunters, hunt wild animals in the wild, and use them to worship the ancestors and the gods of the four directions, in order to pray for a bumper harvest in the coming year, and peace and prosperity for the country and the people.

Therefore, it is also called the sacrifice of the ancestors, and the worship of the gods by the wax.

It's just that before the Qin Dynasty, most of the wax festivals were held on the third Wu day after the winter solstice. Fusu moved the day of the wax festival to the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in memory of future generations.

Needless to say, worshiping the ancestors, Fusu had been worshiped the day before yesterday. According to the Zhou ritual, there are eight gods worshiped today.

One is the first to be stingy, that is Shennong;
The second is Si Sie, which is Hou Ji;
The third is the god of agriculture, worshiping the god of field officials in ancient times;

The fourth is the god of postage and border, offering sacrifices to the one who created the farmhouse, opened the road, and drew the border;
The fifth is the god of cat and tiger, offering thanks to him for his meritorious service in eating wild rats and beasts and protecting seedlings;
The sixth is the god of the square, offering sacrifices to the embankment;

The seventh is the god of water, offering sacrifices to the water ditch;
The eighth is the god of insects, offering sacrifices to avoid pests.

Except for the above-mentioned eight gods who need to be worshiped by Fusu in person, the other seven are usually selected from the senior clan and held in the wild.

According to the ritual officer's plan, Fusu needs to bathe and abstain from sex one day in advance, and to hold sacrifices when the sun rises;

Then change the formal clothes into military uniforms, and go to the military parade to review the military formation;
At night, a bonfire party is held, bah, the grand Nuo sacrifice ceremony.

Fusu had no objection to bathing and abstinence, but proposed that another prisoner offering ceremony should be arranged before offering sacrifices to Shennong and participating in the military parade.

Blood for blood, tooth for tooth.

The heads of captured Qiang chieftains and rebellious ones among the prisoners of war were used to sacrifice to the Qin people who died in Yuhan County, and to deter the "representatives of public opinion" who came to participate in the military parade.

So before dawn, Fusu was awakened on the empty big bed, once again feeling that monogamy really protects men.

Before the female officials of the Clothing Order entered, Fusu, with the help of Han Rang, put on a finely woven chain armor shirt over the inner garment.

Then he opened his arms and let more than a dozen pretty court ladies dress him in black clothes embroidered with twelve patterns of the sun, moon and stars.

While the carts were rattling and the horses were rustling, the motorcade arrived at the agricultural altar where Shennong was worshipped. Fusu got off the carriage and walked up to the agricultural altar accompanied by the officials.

Because after the beginning of spring is the big festival to sacrifice to Xiannong, the day of La Festival is just a side-by-side sacrifice, so all the officials are only present, and there is no need to personally worship with Fusu.

Fusu walked up to the farm altar, and according to the guidance of the ritual officer, put five grains into the gui (guǐ), 簠 (fu), 笾 (bian) and other utensils on the altar in turn, and after offering sacrificial wine, the worship was over.

The sacrifice is complete!Well, for the sake of the health of my knees, I must not let the rotten Confucians formulate the etiquette of sacrifice... Fu Su boarded the carriage and went to the ancestral temple to prepare for the ceremony of presenting prisoners.

The land of Yongcheng simply rehearsed once for this prisoner offering.

After all, compared to the war of annihilating the country during the period of the first emperor, the war against the Qiang people is undoubtedly a strong man beating a small pen in a kindergarten...

The place where the prisoner offering ceremony is held is on the square in front of the Dazheng Palace.

On both sides of the square, there are representatives of public opinion who come to watch the ceremony. At the southern end of the square, there are several big tripods, which are altars for offering sacrifices to the victims.

The person presiding over the ceremony was Li Xin who hurried back from Huangzhong.

Not only did he come back, Meng Ying, Han Xin, and [-] cavalry who participated in the battle against the Qiang also rushed back together.

When Fusu climbed the tower of Dazheng Palace with all the officials, the prisoner offering ceremony officially began.

At the order of the ceremonial officer, hundreds of big drums beat in unison.

Amidst the sound of drums, Li Xin was guarded by dozens of military officials, wearing a double long skirt, colored armor, trousers, square mouth, pointy shoes, and double tops. The dark purple hé (hé) crown of the feather feathers is a great dress.

Behind them, there is a group of white and fat Qiang chieftains, with staggering steps and ashen faces.

In order to prevent them from causing trouble, the people of Dianyu had starved them for three whole days.

Some of the rebellious ones used some drugs to temporarily hoarse their throats, so that they couldn't shout out even if they wanted to, and couldn't even curse out if they wanted to.

When he got to the middle of the square, Li Xin got off his horse and read aloud the speech he had prepared long ago.

According to the etiquette system, Fusu replied with a few words from the ceremony officer, and then ordered the prisoners to be escorted to the altar to show their heads to the public.

When the strong smell of blood came downwind, Fusu even heard the exclamation from the viewing platform in the distance, but he didn't think that such a killing could frighten Xiang Liang and other careerists.

Each of them was ready to die when they were determined to fight against Qin.

If you are afraid of death, you might as well hide your name and go home to farm!

What Fusu needs to do is to deter them with force so that they don't dare to act rashly, and then seize the time to launch a series of livelihood projects to improve national support.

To put it bluntly, it is a process of fighting for the hearts and minds of the people.

In the afterlife a little man once shouted, Soldiers, shoot me, shoot your emperor!
So the soldiers shouted Long Live the Emperor, and the little man returned to his loyal Paris.

Although under the powerful external interference, everything has returned to the starting point, but this also shows the truth that those who win the hearts of the people win the world.

After the prisoner presenting ceremony, Fusu returned to the Dazheng Palace to change his clothes and put on the Mingguang Armor decorated by skilled craftsmen in the palace.

Different from the plain armor of that day, each leaf of the Mingguang armor at this time is plated with a layer of gold.

The rhinoceros leather under the nail plate has also been changed to a warmer bearskin.

The most exaggerated thing is that on the originally bare helmet, a black bird flying high is decorated with a pattern. The tail of the black bird is a feather more than two feet long inserted on the top of the helmet.

Behind the Mingguang Armor is a black silk cloak made to the length of the body, on which the totem of the black bird is embroidered with gold thread, and the fine stitches are made by Zhao Ji;
After wearing it, a majestic and magnificent general appeared in the bronze mirror.

Fusu looked at himself a little, stretched out his hand to adjust the position of the throat armor, and stroked the two huge pearls under the buckle of the cloak.

Immediately, he took Zhanlu, who was held in both hands by Han Rang, and strode out of the hall like a shooting star.

Waiting outside the hall were hundreds of knights wearing their respective knightly costumes, and Wu Zai wearing a lightweight vest.

He refused the help of a cavalier, and used his own strength to pull the saddle on the horse, and picked up the helmet with the whip in his hand.

"set off!"

Fusu took the lead and galloped to the outside of Dazheng Palace, leading Lang cavalry, palace gate guards, Li Xin and Longxi cavalry to the parade.

A moment later, the cavalry arrived at the parade.

However, according to the rules, Fusu can't directly inspect the army, he needs to go around behind the parade platform first, and enter the Veil Palace after the audience will give a lecture on martial arts before officially entering the military parade.

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