Great Qin had a prosperous age

Chapter 334: The Sacrifice of Cutting Fish, the Goodness of Enfeoffment (please give me a monthly recommendation vote!)
In the summer of May, the land of Jiangdong is like a steamer.

The heat is rising, and pedestrians walking on the road under the shade of trees are already soaked to the skin after just a few steps.

In the summer, the Jingchu area is always hot and humid.

Fengyi, Surabaya.

A group of women in different colors of clothes straddled a basket in their hands, and the baskets contained exquisite-looking zongzi wrapped in bamboo leaves.

A young and beautiful woman walked in front, holding her eldest son with one hand, and stroking her swollen belly with the other.

The person following him was none other than Liu Ji. He was holding a bamboo basket in his hand and walking, looking three times with each step, not knowing what he was looking for.

Lu Pheasant walked in front, while Liu Ji followed casually behind.

Taigong Liu occasionally looked back and saw Liu Ji, and his teeth itched with anger.

"We are already married, why can't we decide on a relationship?"

When Lu Pheasant heard this, his earlobes turned slightly red, but his husband had such a personality.

Her father, Lu Gong, told Lu Pheasant that if you marry a chicken, follow the chicken, and if you marry a dog, follow the dog. She had no choice but to accept it.

All the members of Liu Taigong's family gathered together on this day, and like all the villagers, they took their children and went to the tributaries of the Huai River to worship Jie Zitui.

The witchcraft culture is prevalent in the Chu region. At this time, the high-ranking masters will hold sacrificial festivals together.

When we arrived at the shore, the priest had already stood on the boat.

Gao Guanbo, wearing white clothes and long sleeves, muttered sacrificial rites in his mouth.

The river is not very fast, and the sound of the water echoes in the village.

Liu Taigong is also old, and he is a well-known elder in the local area.This is famous, on the one hand, because Liu Taigong is literate and understands etiquette, and every family has wedding and funeral etiquette, and they all invite Liu Taigong to go to the town.

On the other hand, it was because Liu Taigong had a younger son, whose reputation was very famous in the Fengyi area.

Fengyi was originally the territory of the Chu State. Later, Chu and Wei fought, and Fengyi became the territory of the Wei State. However, for decades, Fengyi still retained the customs of the original Chu State.

This fish cutting sacrifice is an activity performed by Chu people to worship Jie Zitui.

Every year on the fifth day of May, Chu people gather by the river, scatter meat prepared in advance into the lake, and feed it to the fish.

The weather is warm today, the river reflects the blue sky, and the water is full of green fluff.

The master raised his hand to pick up the sacrificial oration, and everyone raised their hands and recited it aloud. The wizard waved the flag and waved his sleeves three times. The villagers gathered by the river to burn incense and bow to the river.

After the sacrificial ceremony was over, Liu Taigong gathered all the Liu family's children and grandchildren under a willow tree by the river and told them about the origin of their Liu family.

After hearing this, Lu Pheasant realized that the Liu family was just a side branch of the Liu family. Compared with their Lu family, their reputation was inferior by many generations.

Taigong Liu said to his descendants and daughters-in-law:

"I heard that this year's fish-cutting ceremony was held. Lord Dongyang and his mother, Mrs. Xuanyang, went to the Miluo River to perform the fish-cutting ceremony. Lord Dongyang has always attached great importance to local folk customs. This sacrifice made many people even more admirable for Lord Dongyang. "

Liu Ji started singing directly.

"There are trees in the mountains, and the trees have branches, and the heart is pleasing to the king, but the king does not know."

Taigong Liu tapped Liu Ji with his cane and asked him to kneel aside.

Lu Pheasant was unhappy in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.

Recently, she was curious about one thing:

"Father, I heard that Lord Dongyang visited the famous hermit Mr. Nangong a few days ago. Mr. Nangong said that Qin's national destiny is prosperous and its fate is greater than its circumference. And the Emperor of Qin also ordered people to predict Qin's national destiny. However, the Taishi Ling of the Qin State said that the future destiny of the Qin State depends entirely on Lord Dongyang. Who is telling the truth?"

After hearing this, Taigong Liu felt that this woman Lu had too much control.

On that day, Lu Gong repeatedly insisted that his young daughter should be married to his youngest son Liu Ji. This was something Liu Taigong never expected.

But after welcoming his new wife, Liu Taigong found that this Lu Zhi was not only virtuous, but also knowledgeable and reasonable.

If there is such a woman in the family of emperors, generals and ministers, it will be the icing on the cake.

But the six of them are just farming families.

A woman like Lu Zhi who can read and write often overshadows men in the limelight.

But as the saying goes, only a woman like Lu Pheasant can conquer Liu Ji.Since getting married, Liu Ji has indeed listened to the advice and started to work hard, preparing to find a job for himself.

Moreover, for the sake of Lu Gong's face, Liu Taigong always turned a blind eye to what Lu Pheasant did.

But today, the topic Lu Fei was discussing was not something she, a woman, should be concerned about at all. "

Liu Taigong tapped the ground in front of Lu Zhi with his crutches.

"Women are responsible for cooking and eating, how can they talk about the affairs of the family and the country?"

After hearing this, Lu Pheasant said nothing more.

This is already a loss of face in front of my mother-in-law and sisters-in-law.

Liu Ji listened and said.

"In my opinion, both of these are lies. Things in the world are said to have their own destiny, but in fact most of them are man-made."

After hearing this, Taigong Liu became even more dissatisfied with Liu Ji and his wife, regardless of whether it was true or not.

"Shuzi! This matter has nothing to do with you."

The whole Liu family was here, and the whole family burst into laughter.

Lu Pheasant married Liu Ji, just like a flower stuck in cow dung.

This is how everyone in the village views this couple.

As a descendant of a farmer, Liu Ji didn't want to farm the land well and spent all day doing nothing.

But when a wealthy family like the Lu family came to the village, they betrothed their beautiful daughter to an idle gangster like Liu Ji.

As a result, the marriage between Liu Ji and Lu Fei became a laughing stock in the small Fengyi town.

Listening to this laughter, Liu Ji was used to it, but Lu Pheasant blushed with embarrassment.

It was also at this time that Lu Pheasant suddenly made up her mind. She asked Liu Ji to take their mother and son to leave Fengyi and live in Pei County where his brother lived.

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Jingchu Miluo River.

Today, both sides of the wide river are crowded with civilians watching, and the river is full of soldiers of the Qin State.

The boat is naturally full of black flags.

Dragon-headed fishing boats shot out from the side of the main ship like arrows.

There was no such activity as dragon boat racing in the Fish-cutting Festival, but it exists today and will be the same in the future.

Fusu, Mrs. Xuanyang, Yu Meiren, and all the remaining great families of the Chu State, the Yu family, the Ban family, and the Sun family.

These clans are all related to the Chu royal family.

We are gathered here today obviously to support them publicly.

This is the benefit of encapsulation.

Eliminate the old nobles, support new interest groups, and make the new interest groups loyal to Qin.

Today's home game is Mrs. Xuanyang. As the former princess of Chu State, she is the key to defeating the Qin clan and the villagers of Jingchu.

Facts have proved that Fusu's decision to bring Mi Lan over was the right one.

Mrs. Xuanyang requested the order and led people to worship the gods of Chu in the land of Jingchu.Donghuang Taiyi, Yunzhongjun, Xiangjun, Mrs. Xiang, Da Siming, Shaosiming, Dongjun, Hebo, Shangui.

This move alarmed the people of Jingchu.

The major events of the country are in the army and in the sacrifice.

Nobles have always taken the lead in such a top priority as offering sacrifices.

However, the King of Chu was captured alive and imprisoned in a place in the Qin State, and other wealthy people did not care.

This ritual of sacrifice has been missing for a long time.

But now, this original national sacrifice has been continued by the people of Qin.

Such sacrificial acts with the significance of declaring sovereignty are naturally miraculous in deterring the hearts of the people of Jingchu.

Fusu believed that the generals far away in Yanbei must be doing the same thing.

As for the harm of enfeoffment, it can be shown in as little as 20 years.

However, since Fusu dared to insist on enfeoffment at the beginning, he naturally thought about how to restore the counties in the future.

Rather than leaving the land of Jingchu to be controlled by some original clans, it would be better to let your brothers divide the place.

The ruling influence of the aristocratic class on the original Chudi villagers has not yet been eradicated. Someone must fill this vacancy, otherwise it will be taken advantage of by people with ulterior motives.

It would be a better choice to let his brothers manage this place.

After all, they all have the same surname - Ying.

Fertilizer does not flow into outsiders' fields.

(End of this chapter)