When Pan Geng moved to Yin, I initiated Jian Shang

Chapter 473: All tribes gather in Xindi (End)

Day three.

The festival has begun.

As the organizer, Xinqu naturally followed his own rules and offered sacrifices to the sky.

As for the sun and moon, there is currently no way to worship them.

Because among the tribes below, some tribes believe in the Sun God, and some believe in other gods that conflict with the Sun God.

Therefore, after weighing the beliefs and customs of various families, Xinqu finally chose to only worship heaven.

Heaven is the greatest common denominator among various faiths, and there is no absolute conflict.

Therefore, the sacrifices started at Yin Shi and started at Mao Shi.

Dianmao, Rimao contributed, the drums started, and the crowd roared.

Light green to indicate the promise of a blue sky, burn incense and candles, and kneel to the sky three times.

Touch the gold, burn the book in the cauldron, plant rice and incense, and kowtow nine times.

As the concierge, Yao Gong is now in charge of the subsequent rules for Taichang.

When it was time to light the meal, he led others to help open the tributes from each family.

According to the rules of the Xin family, each family offered three sacrifices according to their own strength.

The officiating priest was the Xin family, who offered cattle, sheep and pigs.

The king of earth quail accompanied the sacrifice, offering cattle, sheep and fish.

Then other pigs, fish, sheep, sheep, fish, dogs and so on.

They are all processed in advance, cooked and placed on the table.

Then the next round is to draw and sign the watches prepared by each family at the last moment.

The pigment used is cyan, mostly juice extracted from green plants.

The signatures signify that this is what they are saying, and now it is up to Xinqu to help and convey it to God.

Therefore, each family's registration list does not dare to make nonsense. They are all auspicious words that are beneficial to themselves or the tribe.

After collecting it, Xin Qu placed it in front of him on a specially cast bronze tripod. There was an inscription on it: "In the first month of the fifth year of Qu's reign, we will gather with Tufang and various concubines in Xin to make sacrifices to heaven and discuss the alliance together."

If you look closely at the surface of the tripod, you will find that there are no complex inscriptions carved on it, only the names of various tribes and chiefs written in seal script hidden between the cloud patterns.

There are more than seven thousand words, all prepared in advance.

Thanks to Xin's steel skills, otherwise it would be difficult to use this to build the four-sided cauldron.

Although many carving knives were broken due to this, he was able to build a cauldron in just a few days, which is enough to show the strength of the Xin family.

After taking the form, Xin Qu began to burn it and threw it in little by little.

But before throwing it in, he would mutter a few words and appear to be very talkative.

But in fact, all I said was: "I'm so exhausted."

"How long will it continue to burn?"

"Damn it, if I had known better I wouldn't have bothered with this process. I would have to find a way to simplify it later!"

Finally, after staying up for an hour, Xinqu could feel the blazing flames, which caused an unknown amount of water to evaporate from his skin. The last roll was finally burned, leaving only ashes inside.

Then, Xinqu asked someone to bring the corn.

It was yellow and clear, and then poured into the cauldron.

The ashes are not extinguished at this time, but a large amount of corn is poured in, which will somewhat block the air, but some of it will smolder.

As a result, the smoldering cauldron will emit green smoke, making it look like something magical.

Then comes the final step of the Midas. Yao Gong collects the incense lit by each family for Xin Qu.

Finally, they were gathered into Xin Qu's hands.

Plant it in a cauldron with ashes left after burning, and place incense on a cauldron filled with corn.

Then after nine kowtows, the sacrifice is over.

After finishing this set, it was already noon.

Xin Qu ordered people to collect the tributes, then set up a banquet on the spot, made all the tributes into dishes, and distributed them.

share it.

That's it.

Then it was time for each family. Some people sang excitedly, some danced and drank, and some even talked and negotiated with each other.

Tu Wang Quail and Xin Qu sat on the stage.

He drank two glasses of good wine, smacked his lips and said, "I didn't expect that you actually abolished human sacrifice." Apparently, when he first heard about this, Tuwang Quail didn't believe it.

One of the important reasons why human animal sacrifices are common in this era is to clean up the population that cannot find excuses to clean up.

For example, it is obviously not your eldest son, another example is using God's will to kill political opponents, and another example is a disobedient slave causing chaos.

A group of disobedient ones were sacrificed to deter the remaining ones.

There are many benefits.

But it's different with Xin's side.

Xin Qu laughed when he heard this and said: "The Xin family promotes a patriarchal system. The person who can inherit everything from the master's family must first be the daughter of the head wife.

Secondly, the first child born to the head wife does not mean that he has a chance to inherit the family business.

Because there is still a new round of screening, especially if you want to inherit, you must publicly establish yourself as the eldest son or daughter.

The eldest son and daughter are the major sects, and the rest are just the auxiliary ministers of the major sects, the minor sects.

Xiaozong would either give them some money and food, or let them go out to find a way out.

Therefore, when you know that the eldest son is not your son, you can choose not to raise him.

Moreover, the eldest son does not represent his status. If his mother is at fault, she can divorce her and remarry.

If he takes another wife, his son will be his legitimate son.

If the patriarchal clan system is perfected, then the big reason for retaining human and animal sacrifices will be gone.

As for intimidating slaves? Kill political opponents? This is actually not necessary.

Slaves can be bought, and political opponents can be accused of crimes.

The Xin family has its own set of laws, which are clearly written on the surface, with rewards for meritorious service and punishment for guilty.

People-oriented is the cradle of Xin's rapid development. "

Tu Wangquai narrowed his eyes, and after a moment he smiled and said: "No wonder Meng Kuan is so fascinated by you. Her martial arts are very good, and few people can catch her eye.

The previous marriages were mostly tasks assigned by me.

To be honest, now that I think about it, I still feel a little sorry for her, because I always find some short-lived guys for her.

But you are different from them. You don’t need to rush forward in everything. You have ability, vision, and everything.

She can also sleep peacefully.

Of course, I still hope you can have a baby as soon as possible.

As long as you are here, this child will be the master of the Yu family in the future.

I will leave it to you to take care of my younger brother Yujiu. "

Tuwang Quail is also a good artist at painting cakes.

However, Meng Kuan and Xin Qu were in a walking marriage. If one day all Xin Qu’s other sons died, and only he and Meng Kuan’s son survived, the tribe of the Yu tribe would really recommend Meng Kuan and his sons as the leaders. Patriarch.

With more than ten thousand members of the Yu clan to the east supporting each other, and an earthwork to the west, basically Xinqu's position belongs to this boy.

And yes, it’s a sure thing.

Xin Qu laughed and didn't answer, but just invited Tu Wang to drink.

And then promised a bunch of other covenants.

For example, Xin Qu made it clear that it was inconvenient for him to intervene in the battle in the south, but if the Shang royal family came forward, he would cooperate to attack from the east.

If Qiong Fang is causing trouble, he will also cooperate to contain it from the north.

Both sides further clarified their offensive and defensive alliances.

Hijikata’s opponents are further detailed.

There are Rong clan, Jian Di clan, Shang Gong clan, and other clans under Qiongfang. As long as the scale is not too large, it is the matter of the Tu king himself.

Xinqu could only provide resource support, and at most, dispatch one or two battalions to contain them when necessary.

But as long as the opponent's level reaches the level of Qiong Fang, Shang Prince, or Shang King, he will send out all his troops.

Tu Wangquai did not object, because he did not want Xin Qu to get involved in everything, otherwise the Gui family might really use the name of the Xin family Yao to quickly win over all the remaining Yao people in the Linfen Basin. Surname family.

Until then, he will be the only one with a headache.

There is a tacit understanding, the lines are drawn clearly, and the alliance is over.

Each family started to pack up, those who went north went north, and those who went south went south.

Just as Xin Qu was heading north, the battlefield in the Central Plains finally ushered in the decisive battle after the ice and snow melted.

(End of this chapter)