Tang Peng got up early because today is the most important sacrificial festival of the year. As the only local world noble, he needs to host the sacrificial activities, so he must get up early.
Tang Peng was from Jiangxi. Although he was just an ordinary commoner before, he couldn't read a basket of Chinese characters and couldn't even tell a word when his pole fell over. However, he was the first person to follow Ning Guo to go to sea and establish a vassal state.
At the same time, he was a member of Ningguo's army. He participated in many of Ningguo's foreign wars and made many contributions. He was also rewarded with a large area of land and became a hereditary noble of this Tangdi town.
The original name of Tangdi Town is no longer relevant. Since it was granted Tang Peng's hereditary fiefdom, Tang Peng changed its name to Tangdi Town.
Tangdi Town is located in the Henghe River Basin plain, not far from Delhi. It is a fertile land with a large population and a prosperous economy. It can be said that it is very good to be sealed here.
Under the service of several Brahmin maids, Tang Peng put on gorgeous clothes and then got on the sedan chair. Several barking sedan bearers hurriedly carried the sedan chair to the Ganges River.
Sitting on the sedan chair, Tang Peng looked around his territory very casually.
Tangdi Town is located in the fertile Ganges Plain and has a large amount of fertile land.
In the past, all these lands belonged to a big Brahmin noble. However, later the Delhi Sultanate and the Brahmin nobles were completely defeated and wiped out by the Northern Expedition led by Ning Guo. The Delhi Sultanate was destroyed, and the nomadic tribes from Afghanistan ended.
The rule here.
At the same time, the original Brahmin aristocratic power also suffered the heaviest blow and lost its original high status.
A large amount of land fell from the hands of the original Brahmins and Kshatriyas into the hands of the ruling class of Ning Kingdom, and then was generously rewarded by King Ning to his followers, troops, etc.
Moreover, King Ning also transformed the original caste system of Tianzhu continent and combined it with his own situation, and established a new caste system, ranking the Han people above the Brahmins and calling them world nobility.
All castes on the Tianzhu continent must serve the world's nobility. Brahmins and Kshatriyas, as the original ruling castes, were deprived of land, religion, politics and many other privileges, and many of the deprived privileges were all transferred to the world's nobility.
Come.
One of the most important powers is the power to preside over sacrifices.
Religion has an extremely important influence on the Tianzhu continent. Brahmins have previously controlled many religious powers, which means they have the right to speak on the Tianzhu continent and the power to interpret God's will.
But now, this power belongs to the highest caste world nobles. Brahmins are only responsible for managing religious affairs specifically for the world nobles. They have no power to interpret God's will, nor to preside over sacrifices.
Today is the most important sacrificial day of the year. The entire Tangdi Town is plunged into a sea of celebration. A large number of Tianzhu women wear saris of various colors, while the men wear saris of various colors.
The dye is smeared everywhere.
For these people, changing the ruler is not a big deal. Anyway, the Tianzhu continent has been continuously invaded and ruled by foreign invaders since ancient times.
From the earliest Aryans to the Persians, Arabs, Afghans, etc., all the way to the Ming Dynasty, they are all the same to them. They are the ones who remain unchanged despite the changes.
They only need to endure the suffering in this life and practice a lot. In the next life, they can be reincarnated into a high-caste family and live a good life as a high-caste.
The high-caste people can live a good life because of their cultivation and difficulties in the previous life. Therefore, high-caste people must enjoy happiness and live comfortably, so that they have the motivation to endure hardship in this life.
Serving the upper castes well and serving the upper castes is what lower castes like them should do. It is a kind of practice.
Major sacrificial festivals are important moments to measure their practice, so everyone and every household celebrates them as much as possible.
On the banks of the Henghe River, countless people have already gathered here. The local Brahmins and Kshatriyas are responsible for maintaining order, preparing for sacrifices, and patiently waiting for the arrival of Tang Peng, the highest caste world noble.
Sacrifice can only go directly to the gods with the support of the world nobles. After all, the world nobles are the incarnations of gods in the world, and everyone must serve the world nobles well.
As for the Baris and Sudras on the bottom floor, they are all waiting patiently at this moment, each holding a bowl filled with precious things such as gold, silver, jewelry, etc.
After the sacrifice is over, they need to give these valuable things to the highest caste world nobles first.
Well, this is also a kind of spiritual practice. This life is destined to be miserable. Only by enduring suffering, silently dedicating yourself, and serving the world's nobility can you be reincarnated into the highest caste in the next life and enjoy the worship of countless people.
Therefore, the more you offer, the deeper your practice is, the greater the chance of being reborn in the highest caste in your next life. If your practice is not deep, you may be reborn in a lower caste family in your next life, and you still have to continue to practice and endure
Suffering.
Rather than suffering life after life, it is better to suffer a lot and endure pain in this life, and then be reincarnated directly into the highest caste in the next life.
Everyone donates as much gold and silver as possible at home.
Although they themselves are very poor, many of them don't even have complete silver coins in their bowls, but only very broken silver coins, but every one of them is full of expectations, hoping that their suffering can be exchanged for the next life.
blessings.
Tang Peng came to the sacrificial platform by the river in a sedan chair. With the arrival of Tang Peng, under the leadership of a Brahmin, everyone around him knelt down in unison. For a moment, the entire river bank was filled with darkness and knelt down.
people.
"Hmm~"
Tang Peng nodded as usual.
At first, he was indeed a little uncomfortable with it. When he was in the Ming Dynasty, he was just an ordinary citizen, but here he became the highest caste of the world's nobles.
But gradually I got used to it, and even took it for granted.
The people of the Ming Dynasty are of course the most noble people. They dominate the world and it is more appropriate to call them world nobles. As for these ignorant Tianzhu people, most of them don’t even know what the outside world is like. They are extremely
of ignorance.
In front of them, the people of Ming Dynasty are naturally the most noble.
"Great world noble~the preparations for the sacrifice have been completed."
The Brahmin noble in charge of the sacrificial activities came to Tang Peng's side, gently touched Tang Peng's shoes with his hands, and then placed them on his head to express his respect.
"Well, let's get started~"
Tang Peng nodded with satisfaction, then slowly climbed onto the sacrificial platform, then picked up the sacrificial gold utensils and performed some sacrificial movements. He prayed to the Ganges in front of him in Ming dialect: "Great Ganges,
Please have mercy on your people, grant them blessings, and let their practice be rewarded!"
Today's sacrifice is to the Ganges River, which is the most important sacrifice day of the year on the Tianzhu continent. Of course, this is also the day when Tang Peng, a world noble in Tangdi Town, collects offerings.
Although in normal times, all the land, minerals, resources, etc. in Tangdi Town belong to Tang Peng, half of the output of the land, mineral output, etc. must be handed over to Tang Peng, and then Tang Peng can keep it.
The remaining 20% needs to be handed over to the Ningguo treasury.
Half of the tax can be said to be very heavy. Originally, King Ning thought it should be similar to the Ming Dynasty, but after consulting the local Brahmins, he realized that the tax should be as high as possible.
In this way, these lower caste people will not live a good life, but will have hardships, and they will believe that this life is cultivation. If their lives are too good, they will not believe in this.
So after some adjustments, the taxes on Ningguo's side were decided like this: Ningguo's treasury received 30%, and hereditary world nobles from various places received 20%. If there were no hereditary nobles, 50% went to Ningguo's treasury.
After some prayers, the most important part of the sacrificial activity was completed.
Next comes the stage of making offerings.
Tang Peng sat carelessly on the sacrificial altar and under the statue of the god. Under the steps in front of Tang Peng was a huge tripod. This tripod was cast out of bronze according to the customs and specifications of the Ming Dynasty. The main thing is
Used to hold the gold, silver and jewelry offered by these low-caste people.
"The worship begins!"
Then the Brahmin monk shouted loudly in Ming dialect.
Soon, starting from the Brahmin caste, people from the Brahmin caste came to the big cauldron one by one holding bowls. They first put the gold and silver jewelry in the bowls solemnly into the big cauldron, then gently touched the big cauldron with their hands, and then came to the big cauldron.
Kneel down and worship in front of Tang Peng to complete the offering.
The entire offering ceremony was very long, because there were so many people, one after another. There were more than 20,000 people in the entire Tangdi Town, and it took a whole day to complete the offering ceremony.
Tang Peng sat on the chair, ww looking very bored, but he couldn't leave. He had to sit here and accept kneeling and worshiping. This offering belongs to Tang Peng personally and does not need to be handed over to the Ningguo treasury. It is his most important
One income.
"It's really boring. If these days continue like this, I will be completely ruined."
"I finally understand why many people would rather immigrate to other places than to have hereditary fiefdoms. These days are simply boring."
"It should have snowed here in my hometown now. If it snows in Lushan Mountain, it will definitely be beautiful!"
Tang Peng's thoughts wandered a little far, thinking of the winter in his hometown of Lushan, Jiangxi.
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