Destiny Only Han

Chapter 632 Liu Ying: At this moment, just like that moment...

Kuaiji County, Shanyin County (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang), Kuaiji Mountain.

Today is the day when Liu Bang went to Kuaiji Mountain in person to follow the example of Xia Qi, Shaokang and Qin Shihuang, and came to worship Dayu.

Therefore, from half a month ago, the governor of Kuaiji County summoned the hunters and guards in the area under his jurisdiction, brought enough dry food, steel forks, hunting dogs and other tools for hunting, and entered Kuaiji Mountain to kill and drive away the tigers, leopards and wolves in the mountain. Beasts, to prevent unsightly beasts from rushing out and disturbing the sacrificial team and affecting your official career...

Liu Ying thought so too.

Although the location of Kuaiji Mountain is not an inaccessible place, although Kuaiji County in this era has developed rapidly for several years, it still has few people and many animals. There are only sporadic residential areas outside the county. Beasts are necessary.

But Liu Ying paid more attention to guarding against assassins!

After all, this was once the stronghold of the Xiang clan, what if there was someone like Nie Zheng?
Nie Zheng is not scary. After all, rangers value promises and despise life and death. What I am afraid of is that they want to imitate him and ignore them for the sake of fame.

Therefore, three days before the start of the sacrifice, Liu Ying mobilized the soldiers of Sishui County who accompanied him, and the soldiers of Yuzhang County who came to the north to join the main force of the Han army to ask for rewards. The commander passed through a sieve for twenty miles around the Mausoleum of Dayu, and guarded against death for three full days with a post at three steps and a sentry at five steps.

Although Liu Bang felt that Liu Ying was making a big fuss, he didn't bother to stop it. He didn't know what he was doing, and he just ran around every day to visit the mountains and rivers, waiting for the day of sacrifice.

As for the playbooks that came continuously from Chang'an City, he threw them to Zhang Liang, who was accompanying him, to deal with them. Zhang Liang, who was used to salty fish, complained endlessly, and had to arrest Zhang Buyi, who was also running around and playing. Come back and help him deal with the playbook...

So, it was Liu Le's turn to be unhappy...

Although the folk customs in the Han Dynasty were open, there was no reason for a woman to go out and play around, so Liu Le usually wanted to go out to play, all under the banner of Zhang Buyi wanting to go out to play, and let Zhang Buyi 'take' her go out together...

Therefore, the little Lolita, who had no excuses to go out to play, ran to the palace, and wanted to "advise" Liu Bang with a righteous voice, telling him to put state affairs first, not to run around, and handle state affairs seriously, by the way Liberate Zhang Busu...

It's a pity that people's calculations are not as good as heaven's calculations. As soon as the little loli entered the back garden of the palace, she was caught by Lu Zhi who was bored walking the cat in the garden, and then "happily" stayed in the palace to accompany Lu Zhi. Women share family happiness...

Therefore, today's ceremony of offering sacrifices to King Dayu is a "difficult day" for little Lolita...

From before dawn, dozens of Yuan Conggong Hou who accompanied him lined up at the foot of Kuaiji Mountain, hungry and shivering.

Well, they're not actually hungry, they just feel hungry.

After all, to participate in sacrificial activities, you need to burn incense and pray in advance, fast and bathe.

Although they also participated in similar sacrificial activities in the past, in the past two years, with the support of Liu Bang, Shusun Tong revised the etiquette, especially the sacrificial activities of this kind of national event, there are many rules and regulations.

For example, although I fasted in the past, it did not mean eating vegetarian food or avoiding meat, but referring to not eating pungent dishes such as onion, garlic, leek and ginger. An unpleasant smell comes out of the mouth during sacrifices or receptions, causing disrespect to gods, ancestors or guests.

But now Shusuntong has listened to someone's slander, and included the six animals, that is, pigs, cows, sheep, horses, chickens, and dogs, in the list of fasting, and all kinds of mountain delicacies are also prohibited. list!
Not only that, the etiquette also stipulates that those who participate in the sacrificial activities must "not drink for seven days, not to be happy", that is, not to drink alcohol, get close to women, and watch singing and dancing within seven days...

Now these Yuan Cong heroes are getting older, they can accept not being close to women, but they can't drink, and they can't accept the days without silk, bamboo, sensuality and horses!

It's a pity that sacrificial offerings are a major national event, and protests are invalid...

But they were a little bit relieved that the people in the old Liu family were interesting because Liu Ying said that fish and shrimp are not prohibited, and fish is not meat, so they can eat braised fish and boiled shrimp when fasting...

Well, the catholic country next door also has fast days and meat including eggs and dairy is banned, but fish doesn't count as 'meat', even whales, barnacles, puffins, beavers and the like are counted as fish...

Therefore, at the forefront of Yuan Cong's heroes, Liu Ying stood proudly, enjoying the grateful eyes from behind, without any sense of shame that she was the instigator.

Well, he forged the no-meat rule.

After all, the collection of books in the Xianyang Palace of the Qin State in the past was basically all in his hands. It is not too easy to mix a few volumes of etiquette fragments that are said to be lost in the Spring and Autumn Period...

Anyway, since the Spring and Autumn Period, countless books of the sages have been scattered, and it has long been difficult to distinguish the true from the false...

And this is actually to cultivate people's habit of eating aquatic products.

After all, livestock and poultry such as pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, and geese need to consume more or less food, but fish do not. The ecological environment in this period is excellent. The most important thing is that it is not afraid of people at all, and the difficulty of capturing is extremely low!
Therefore, just like getting people used to eating wheat, getting people used to adding meat such as fish, shrimp and crab to their daily diet requires subtle influence rather than compulsion.

Today's Han Dynasty is a classical country, and the national etiquette officially formulated for the emperor's nobles will soon appear in a simplified version suitable for ordinary people.

Therefore, when the dignitaries eat fish and shrimp during the fasting period, common people will also learn to use fish and shrimp instead of pigs, cattle and sheep as their diet during periods such as the filial piety period.

Specific diets for specific occasions then slowly evolved into daily diets, with various delicious or dark practices depending on the region...

After all, it is a big foodie empire.

One of the reasons why many people in later generations feel that traditional festivals are boring is that they are rich in material things, and many delicacies that were only available for a meal during the festivals have become everyday.

Such as dumplings, rice cakes, Lantern Festival...

Liu Ying was actually too lazy to take care of it at the beginning, but he found that his promotion of "a cup of milk a day, strong Han people" was somewhat frustrated, and the popular acceptance was very low. The rest sold very little.

After all, the Han people are mainly farming, and most of them are weaned after one or two years old, so there are nine out of ten lactose intolerance, and after drinking fresh milk every day, they turn into jet fighters every minute...

Well, Mengniu Yili will not.

But there was no Mengniu Yili at that time, so besides poultry and livestock, the cheapest and most abundant source of high-quality protein was the fish and shrimp that flooded rivers and streams.

But at this moment, Liu Ying felt that she had shot herself in the foot. After all, no matter how delicious fish and shrimp are, even if the taste is different every day, but after eating for seven days in a row, it is still so greasy.

Fortunately, after today's sacrifice, everything will be fine!
Liu Ying stood with her hands behind her back, softly reciting a stone tablet in front of her that had many traces of time.

"Emperor Xiulie, the peace of the universe, the virtues and benefits are long. For thirty-seven years, he toured the world personally and visited the distance. Then he went to Kuaiji, preached the customs of the province, and lived in the head of Qianzhou..."

What he is reciting now is an article written by Li Si, the prime minister at that time, when Qin Shihuang took his second emperor Huhai to the Kuaiji Mountain to sacrifice to Yu Dayu.

Of course, there must be words that discredit the monarchs of the six countries.

For example, the six kings are dedicated, greedy and violent, and fierce, leading the crowd to strengthen themselves.Tyrannical and unrestrained, negative and arrogant, a number of armored soldiers are used to communicate with each other, to follow things and act in a way.The interior is deceitful, and the outside invades the border, causing disaster...

To put it simply, the wars that have lasted for hundreds of years were initiated by the six countries in Shandong...

And Qin State is naturally an image of a savior who suspends the crimes of the people and rescues the people of the world from the fire and water.The holiness is wide and secret, in the heaven and earth, there is no limit...

I would have believed it if you hadn't died in the second generation... The corners of Liu Ying's mouth raised slightly, and there was a mocking smile on her face, which made Liu Bang, who was looking around on the other side, frown.

Well, Liu Bang is suspicious of ghosts again.

After all, he came all the way here mainly to 'check in' and 'be a real man'. Naturally, he suspected that Liu Ying's smile at the moment was mocking him!
The child didn't smile very well, most likely he was useless, just give him a good beating... Liu Bang nodded secretly, and slowly turned his head to look at Chaoyang leaping into the sky.

Then, the sound of Huang Zhong and Da Lu sounded, and on both sides of the musicians, two teams of dancers with eight people horizontally and eight people vertically walked up to both sides of the altar, dancing gracefully.

This is the eight 佾 (yì) system that has been used for hundreds of years. As for the two teams with a total of 120 eight people, it is mainly to distinguish between civil and military.

The dancers who hold qian (shield) and qi (axe) in their hands are martial, while those who hold pheasant feathers and 籥 (yuè) are wen.

Then, a specially selected yak with a strong physique was led to the altar, and then was brought down with a knife in his hand, and the blood poured into the ritual vessel, offering it to Dayu as "blood food".

It is said that this was a ceremony held by Xia Qi in the past, and then Liu Bang, dressed in black clothes, walked up to the altar, holding the silk fabrics prepared in advance and the fine wine filtered with bacon.

Baomao is also called Jingmao, and it is mainly used for drinking sacrifices. When Duke Huan of Qi attacked Chu, one of the excuses was that Ergong Baomao was not allowed, that is, the Baomao that you should contribute is not delivered on time. There is an emperor?
Well, it belongs to the advanced version of 'Are you cooked?'...

And what Liu Ying held in her hands was not only the five grains, but also a spoil that was said to be Duke Huan of Qi's.

shallot.

This is the loot that Duke Huan of Qi brought back to Qi State together with soybeans during his northern expedition to the Shan Rong. Since then, Qi people have formed an indissoluble bond with Cong, and the name of Cong Province is worthy of its name...

　Appendix: Li Si's "Kaiji Carved Stone".

　　The emperor Xiu Lie, in a peaceful universe, has a long life of virtue and benefit.For thirty-seven years, I have personally toured the world and visited distant places.Then he went to Kuaiji, announced the customs of the province, and lived in Qianshou Zhaizhuang.The officials recite meritorious deeds, follow the original deeds, and follow the way.When Qin Sheng came to the country, he began to determine the names of punishments, showing the old chapters.At the beginning of the level of the law, the trial and other posts are appointed to establish permanence.The six kings are dedicated to doubling, greedy, brutal and fierce, leading the people to strengthen themselves.Tyrannical and unrestrained, negative and arrogant, many armored soldiers.The yin communicates between the messengers, obeys with things, and prescribes prescriptions through behavior.The interior is fraudulent, and the outside invades the border, so disasters arise.Justice prestige punishes them, exterminates violence and disobedience, and rebellious thieves perish.The holiness and virtue are wide and dense, and in the heaven and earth, there is no border.The emperor is in the same room, and he listens to everything, and the distance is clear.Manipulate the group of things, test the facts, and each contain its name.Both high and low are connected, good or bad, there are hidden feelings.Decorate the province of Xuanyi, marry with a son, die twice as unchaste.Prevent the inside and outside, prohibit obscenity, men and women are pure and sincere.The husband is the sender, and he is not guilty of killing, and the man is righteous.The wife is escaping from marriage, and the son cannot have a mother, which is salty and clean.Dazhi Zhuosu, the world bears the wind, and the scriptures are suspended.They all obey the rules, and An Dunmian, and they all follow the orders.The head of Guizhou is repaired, and everyone enjoys the same, and Jiabao is peaceful.Later, he worshiped the Dharma, governed the infinite, and kept his boat steady.Congchen chant strong, please engrave this stone, light hang down the inscription.

　　The author's words are not money, conscience...

　　
　
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