The ancestor smiled and waved his hand, saying, "This actually involves the differences on the path of cultivating immortals after the formation of Taoist immortals. The so-called righteous monks pay great attention to human lives and do not allow killing without reason.
The sacrifice is to allow the gods in heaven to maintain their magic power and existence with the incense of their disciples on earth. This sounds good, but in fact it will lead to the only ancient gods that are familiar to everyone, the Three Pure Land Hongmeng and others.
The first-time great god, whether it is the people behind or demons, it is probably difficult to cultivate to become a god and occupy the position of the gods. Moreover, as the essence of spiritual energy dissipates between heaven and earth, it is becoming increasingly difficult to come from behind."
"So we evil monks have discovered another way, that is, the essence of heaven and earth, and the spiritual energy actually becomes human. As the number of people increases, the essence of spiritual energy becomes smaller and smaller. I want to
The best way to replenish the magic power of the gods is to sacrifice people. Da Shang was one of the first tribes to master these theories and knowledge. It also relied on the blessing of ancient ancestors that Da Shang obtained the world at that time.
Many advanced technologies, especially the method of trade and trade, and bribing slaves to make sacrifices is also an effective method in the merchant tribe period. For the ancient tribes, the strong prey on the weak and the tribes were destroyed at every turn.
It is better to sacrifice to ancestors than to kill people directly on the battlefield, and they can get rewards from ancestors. In ancient times, this set was no problem for the Da Shang."
Hei Rou said coldly: "Oncestor, you also said that this was an ancient era, with scarce resources, and people were not as good as beasts. Many times, in order to survive, they had to fight, conflict, and even cannibalize each other, treating people like cattle and sheep.
After eating, but the more we go, human production and technology will become stronger and stronger. With farming, food will no longer become the most difficult thing. Naturally, there will be fewer and fewer similar cannibalism.
, so much so that all humans in the world think it is an evil deed and unacceptable."
"In response to this, the concept of more people and more people, the stronger the strength, is accepted by the people of the world. From then on, in the conflict of clans of human beings, they will begin to reduce the killing as much as possible, first of all, to the other woman
Keep it with the children, slowly, even males can no longer be killed, but as slaves, or as tribes, annexation and conflicts between tribes. If the other party cannot be eliminated at once, then
Faced with revenge from the other party’s descendants, on this basis, we gradually began to focus on harmony and find ways to replace pure conquest and
Killing became a means of integration. The reason why Yan Emperor Huangdi was recognized as the origin of the Huaxia clan was that their attitude towards the enemy and external fall was completely different from the violent tribes such as Sanmiao and Jiuli who were killed. They could
Pacify, rule, and protect the defeated and surrendered Sanmiao Jiuli, which can slowly transform them into the Chinese clan and finally become a family. Then, rely on the increasing number of Chinese clans to complete the expansion to the surrounding areas, and then
To conquer and integrate more and more four barbarians, this is where the descendants of Yan and Huang and the Chinese clan are superior to other tribes.”
The ancestor smiled slightly and said, "The Black Robe Venerable said it well, but the Shang Dynasty was also a Chinese clan. However, on the road to development, they discovered that evil sects cultivating immortals could be exchanged for human sacrifice for the blessing of ancestors.
, This is also an effective attempt. After all, for the inter-tribal conflicts and wars of that era, even if the best outcome of the captives is to be slaves. Slaves are just talking animals, without any guarantee of life.
They will die in heavy and hard physical labor, or be executed directly on the battlefield. To put it bluntly, they are enemies, enemies who have killed their own tribesmen. Whether they kill them or sacrifice them,
It's not an exaggeration."
"It's just that after the Shang Dynasty, there were too many gods and their ancestors sacrificed too much, which led to the Shang Dynasty's need of more and more people and sacrifices. They had to go to war with the princes from all directions and make enemies in the world. Later, when they found that the situation was not good, they tried to do so.
The princes guarding from all directions, such as Zhou and Peng, were used to hunt for hunters, but they lost their suppression and military advantages over these princes and states. Finally, they united nearly a thousand princes to attack.
Of course, these are later stories. In this period of ninth-generation chaos, the Shang Dynasty would not have caused resentment from heaven and man because of sacrifices. However, the Shang Dynasty had to take care of it in this war.
The interests of our tribe and its own country have become enemies with allies for hundreds of years. Although they have eliminated Fengyi and Xin Kingdom, no princes will truly serve the Shang Dynasty. The Shang Dynasty also knows that they can be reliable in the future.
Only yourself.”
"It was not only the Shang Dynasty, but also all the countries and princes in the world, including those like Laiyi, who also understood that if they were behind, they would be beaten, and if they were weak, they would destroy their country. So they also started to eat big fish and eat small fish.
Xiami's annexation war, you said that the Shang Dynasty's previous rebellion against Laiyi could be let go, because it was a slow military strategy and concentrated its efforts to eliminate Fengyi and Xin Kingdom first, but the temporary reconciliation of Laiyi against the Shang Dynasty was also to clean up for them.
A weaker seldom, will you buy time? With the business
The reconciliation of the Dynasty temporarily allowed Laiyi to free up his hands. By relying on bronze ware traded by the Shang Dynasty and some craftsmen who were skilled in building weapons sent by the Shang Dynasty, Laiyi quickly restored the strength of the army.
Even a thousand army with dozens of chariots were formed. With this force, they quickly swept across the Yi tribes of the Jiaodong Peninsula. When Fengyi and Xin Kingdom were defeated, Laiyi's
The power has also expanded to the entire Shandong Peninsula and directly to the sea."
Black Robe sneered: "But the mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole is behind, and Laiyi is powerful when he fights against the tribal era. But soon, he dealt with Fengyi and Xin's Shang Dynasty and fights to take revenge.
Now, this time the Shang army has no pressure on the supply line. They can build strongholds and granaries along the entire eastward-advanced Jishui River to ensure the supply of the army. The land of Fengyi and Xin Kingdom entered the hands of the Shang Dynasty, and their army
, and also crossed these two powerful countries and went straight to the old land of Laiyi. I remember that the Shang army defeated Laiyi this time, and almost occupied Laiyi's original territory and drove Laiyi to the Jiaodong Peninsula. The territory of the original Yi,
In exchange for Laiyi's surrender and tribute, then we will stop."
The ancestor smiled slightly and nodded, "Yes, after defeating Laiyi this time, the Shang Dynasty also controlled the salt field by the sea, solving the major problem of supplying salt to the Chinese people. The victory of the war also allowed the nobles who participated in the war.
The royal family fought for each other's merits, and even fought for someone to guard the salt field, and almost fought for civil war." (This chapter ended)