"What? Master, do you think the late king is unworthy?!"
"No, no, no..."
Zeng Shan kept waving his hands and wiping the cold sweat from his forehead. He now felt that he could no longer speak the dialect of his hometown in Suiguo. He could only speak the flavor of Huaizhong.
The hard-earned cost of taking refuge in Li Jie is really not small.
But Old Master Zeng never imagined that not only would his old bones have to be squeezed into juice, but his descendants would also have to live in fear.
What if...
Zeng Shan did not say that he was not optimistic about the development of the Hanzi Kingdom. Even when he heard that the Hanzi Kingdom had the intention to unify the world, no matter how nonsense Zeng Shan thought it was, his grandchildren would definitely live to see it at the latest.
He is very optimistic about the future of Hanzi Country.
But what if something happens? If something happens in the middle and the Hanzi Kingdom suddenly collapses, then the die-hard "die loyalists" to Li Jie like Zeng Shan and his family will have to pay the cost of "resting with the country."
When a country dies, some families cannot escape casually and must die with the country!
He had worked tirelessly for so many years. He didn't want his family to be destroyed because of the weakness of Sui State, and he certainly didn't want the prosperity of Hanzi State to be completely tied to it.
Don't ask how the Zeng family can prosper and prosper. If the water can flow smoothly, that's good.
But now, Li Jie said that he wanted to honor the late king, King Wu Wei Gou Chen, as the "Emperor of Heaven", and the person who would preside over the ceremony was Zeng Shan. He was forcing him to die.
As long as Zeng Shan does this job, there is no need to think about it. The Han Dynasty will be destroyed, and the Zeng family will have nothing to eat.
Unless the Han Dynasty can prosper for two hundred years, then maybe as the Zeng family spreads its branches and leaves, its ability to resist risks will be greatly improved.
"Master, are you afraid?"
Li Jie smiled, then waved his hand, "Forget it, I'll look for the person to lead the ceremony elsewhere."
"You have an invitation, how dare you refuse?!"
Without thinking, the old Master Zeng suddenly raised his head, bowed and said, "If you are kind, you should obey your destiny."
"What about obeying orders or not? This is not an order. I just found someone to preside over the ceremony to scare the people of Chu."
Li Jie laughed and patted Old Master Zeng gently on the back, "Master, don't think too much, I just want to scare the people of Chu. I have no other intention."
"I believe what Li Zi said."
While wiping his sweat, the old master nodded and spoke. The grandson of Zeng Shan who followed next to him was almost turning green.
He is not an idiot. As soon as the name "Emperor" comes out, the Zeng family will either become a joke or a myth. There is no other choice.
The Emperor of Zhou is not dead yet, and the Zhou family is still alive. To create an "Emperor of Heaven", not to mention that the politics of the country of Zhu Ji is extremely incorrect, even if it is Qi, Chu and Qin, it is nonsense.
These days, there are not many countries that have the right to "sacrifice to heaven", and even fewer do it publicly. It would be a shame to go to worship heaven because you are not strong enough.
For example, the State of Qin did not dare to offer sacrifices to the "Four Emperors" in public. They usually held sacrificial activities secretly in Xiqi's hometown, and usually the chief sacrifice was the "White Emperor".
Not to mention the Qi State, the main worshiper of the "Eight Gods of the Sea of Clouds", because of this incident, there was also a Qi State monarch who was directly stewed into a pot of soup.
The authority of Emperor Zhou was so powerful back then. Of course, the Qi State did not just regard this as the end of the matter, and they also held grudges. But what if they couldn't defeat Emperor Zhou?
It is said that Ji Guo tipped off the secret, and Qi Guo and Liang Zi of Ji Guo were not actually doing such bad things as treacherous ministers trying to gain power, but that Qi State was not clean at all, and they conducted sacrifices in private, and the sacrifices were still made to the "Eight Gods of the Sea of Clouds".
Because regarding the matter of sacrifice, who has the final say when it comes to ideology. The Qi State was not unjust at all when it was wronged. Of course, the blame cannot be put on the head of Emperor Zhou.
After all, the Emperor of Zhou had nine cauldrons, and he had the final say when the cauldron was big.
Private sacrificial activities have really become more and more prosperous, and even people like the Jin State, who are well-established, have done their own thing. They have to ask the emperor of Zhou from an old man from the Chu State: How much does your pot weigh?
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Since then, the veterans of Chu State have changed their style of painting, which is romantic and unrestrained. They asked, "How different is our family from yours, Lao Ji's family?"
Your ancestor is Di Ku, isn't our family also Di Gaoyang?
Therefore, before fighting each other and grabbing the territory, they always have to shout out. The group formed by the Chu State said: Are you from that street? We are the "Miao descendants of Emperor Gaoyang"...
After he stabilized his feet, he said that the tattoo on his body and the god worshiped in the shrine were quite unique, and they were "Taiyi God".
Why does our country of Chu have to fight every three years and yet it is not destroyed yet, but its business is getting more and more prosperous? That is of course because of the blessing of Donghuang Taiyi.
This is actually similar to how President Li held up a stick of incense to "Master Guan" on the road before traveling through time and asked for blessings.
Now what President Li wants to do is actually similar. Anyway, the legend of "King Wei's Suicide Note" has been all over the world before, so Li Jie thought that if he didn't do it, he might as well make it solid.
The results are getting better and better, which will only make the locals doubt life more and more, and they will think, is it really because King Wu Wei is special?
As for the younger brothers under Li Jie, President Li also has to give them some compensation for the construction of spiritual civilization.
Just refreshing "everyone for one, one for everyone" is of no use, productivity is not enough, and it's just a fool's errand.
It is still reliable to dance to the great master. Sooner or later, there will be a wave of people dancing to the great master. He might as well create his own.
After all, he is an outstanding graduate of the Textile College, and it is very scientific and common sense to write one or two fantasy fairy tales with millions of hits.
Currently, the character design created by President Li for King Wu Wei is the reincarnation of the "Emperor".
Don't ask what "Emperor" means. In short, he is the most awesome god among all the world. The three emperors are relatives and the five emperors are members of the same family. I have seen Dayu controlling floods and Cangjie creating Chinese characters.
In short, there is nothing the "Emperor" has not seen before, but the main business of the "Emperor" is still in charge of war.
That is to say, "in charge of military affairs", but in the past, the "Emperor of Heaven" was in charge of divine warfare, but after reincarnating as King Gouchen of Wu, he was in charge of human warfare.
So the question is, as the human body of the "Emperor", what are the results of Gouchen's battle?
Everyone will give a thumbs up, King Wu is awesome, King Wu is awesome, King Wu is great!
Anyway, Li Jie can still add characters to "The Great Emperor" in the future. Now it is the "main military matter", and he can add several more projects in the future, and even get married, have children and find a job.
"Main Military Affairs" seems to be a single project, but in fact it is divided into many categories.
Especially since the Han Dynasty is now a wartime economy, material control is very strict. Although there is free market exchange trade, bulk commodities are basically controlled.
Of course, all aspects involved in the entire economic system can be summarized as "military affairs."
This includes transportation, logistics, agricultural production, and other things that are originally unrelated to each other. For example, cars, horses, and boats. You can engrave an "Emperor" avatar or draw a symbol, and then add settings and hang it up.
This thing, have a safe journey, a smooth journey, a smooth journey...
So, has the business of "The Great Emperor" expanded to "the patron saint of vehicle transportation"?
The same is true for the production activities of the farm economy. Important agricultural production tools can also be affixed with portraits or engraved with abstract symbols, and then be transformed into "Emperor". Doesn't this become the "God of Agriculture and Harvest"?
However, President Li has no plans to release these settings at once.
This "Emperor the Great" human road show is tentatively planned to be military.
In short, if you believe in "The Great Emperor", you will be invincible in all battles, your armor will be enchanted, your weapons will increase your attack, and you will be invincible in blocking and killing gods!
Ever since, Old Master Zeng, who was originally timid, suddenly opened the door to a new world after having such a discussion with President Li.
It is said that King Wu Wei was originally the Queen of Emperor Ku. This bloodline... it is noble, and he is the reincarnation of the "Emperor of Heaven". This ability... it is powerful.
Gritting his teeth, the old master gave up and thought that if he could not do anything else, he might as well pursue the "Emperor of Heaven" and at the same time, when recording the various deeds of King Wu Wei, directly describe them as "Emperor Gouchen".
President Li personally doesn't care. Don't talk about "Di Gouchen", you are just "gutter oil", and he doesn't have any problems at all.
Anyway, it’s just deception. In the end, it still depends on whether you have the strength to sustain the deception.
Master Zeng went back and did some research. He found that this sacrificial activity could not be simply arranged. It had to be operated according to the chief priest.
The whole process is similar to that of Chu State. From now on, the chief deity of Hanzi State will be the "Emperor".
This is the position of the main god, but the expression of its human body is that of Emperor Ku and Southeast Nangbo. In short, it is a double kill in the world of gods and humans.
If some people are dissatisfied, no problem, let's have a fight on the banks of the Huai River.
And because this sacrificial activity is on the bank of the Han River west of Yongxi, normally, the water god of the Han River must be added.
The images of the water gods of the Han River at this time were not fixed, but they were basically two women, one was "Hanzhu Yanjuan" and the other was "Yu Shuiyanyu".
These two women were both the young wives of Emperor Zhou. They went out to play with Emperor Zhou and then drowned in the Han River.
The other name of the Han River in the Central Plains is Hanzhu, which means swimming water.
So if we offer sacrifices, Master Zeng means to fix the God of Han River.
When Li Jie heard this, he immediately became happy and thought to himself, Old Master, you may not know that the relationship between me, Old Li, and the Water God is really good.
Let’s not mention that the goddess of Huaishui is my wife. Does Mr. Surabaya know?
When I, Lao Li, was in the Song Dynasty, I was chatting and laughing with Mr. Sishui.
So, Li Jie waved his hand, indicating that he would stop ink-writing, and directly sacrificed them all together. The God of Han River, the goddess of Huai River, the Lord of Sishui, and anyone who had a good relationship with him, Mr. Li, would have beef, mutton, and pork.
By the way, a dozen or twenty dogs were also prepared, always ready to kill.
At this time, there is another important sacrifice, which is food.
Different from the "Five Grains" in Li's impression, the sacrifices these days are not really "Five Grains", but "Six Grains". Li Jie also understood the difference because he had been hanging out in the fields for a long time in the past two years.
Came over.
One of the bad things is "wild rice".
After "wild rice" was poisoned and mutated, it became wild rice. Before President Li's time travel, "wild rice" was basically imported and had long been no longer a daily staple food. Therefore, it was natural for "six grains" to become "five grains".
However, when offering sacrifices, there is actually no problem with using five or six grains. As long as the "sacrifice" is in place, it doesn't matter whether you use five grains or six grains.
In the cold winter, it is really not an easy task for most countries to collect five or six grains, but President Li is different. He just hugged him twice and collected several hundred kilograms of six grains.
By the way, we also produced a large amount of brocade and silk, as gorgeous as you want. What's even more exaggerated is that there are also two hundred kilograms of cement fired in earth kilns in case of emergencies.
If a stone tablet or statue is toppled during a sacrifice, morale will definitely be lost.
After such a fooling around, there are also a large number of "East China Sea Glazed Pearls", "Five Lakes Pearls" and "Lu Shu" mythical beasts. When Old Master Zeng saw this scene, he thought that Emperor Zhou was of this level back then, and at most he was a barbarian.
If there are more heads, those who are several hundred or larger will be bled one by one.
However, after much persuasion, Li Jie did not intend to use anyone as a "sacrifice". This made Old Master Zeng very puzzled. He thought that if you didn't push the Chu people to the bank of the Han River and bleed them one by one, how could they be convinced?
However, the reasons given by Li Jie were extremely sufficient.
Who are we worshiping now? "Emperor", the great god in charge of war, who is invincible in every battle. He can kill the enemy on the battlefield and use the blood of the enemy to water the flowers of his honor. Why bother to kill those who have been killed earlier?
What about slaves and captives who have no power to resist?
Not to mention, when this theory came out, I also thought it was really good.
This kind of alternative large-scale sacrifice further proves that the "Emperor" is indeed the top god who "maintains military affairs".
After some manipulations, Master Zeng suggested that since the Chu people were the main ones offering sacrifices to Donghuang Taiyi, it would be better to demote Donghuang Taiyi to a lower level and also offer sacrifices to him.
Then President Li directly slapped a "Tai Chi Pisces Picture" badge on the table. In a word, Donghuang Taiyi will be the Sun God from now on. As for the Taiyin God, he hasn't decided yet. He will be awarded the badge in the future depending on who meets the conditions.
As for the character, just add it and it's done.
Therefore, on top of the majestic image of the "Emperor", there is an invincible Tai Chi sword. On the sword grid of the Tai Chi sword, there is a "Yin Yang Pisces Diagram", where the Yang fish represents the sun and the Yin fish represents the Tai Yin.
With this done, the logic of the setting is perfected, because the Chu State was violently beaten by the Wu State, and the old monster Gou Chen indeed defeated the strong with the weak and was invincible. If this Taiyi God is awesome, he will really protect the Chu State.
, can you still make Chu State so disgraced?
Now that I look at this setting, it suddenly makes sense.
It turns out that the Taiyi God only assists the "Emperor the Great". The functions that the Taiyi God can have are also available to the "Emperor the Great" Teiguchen.
However, the perfect setting is just one thing. There is something more important that makes Master Zeng more worried. That is, once this is done, will the people of Chu be excited and rebel in all kinds of ways?
Then Li Jie laughed and asked the old master, even if we don't do this, won't the Chu people offend me, Old Li?
Master Zeng thought about it and felt that it was the same. Anyway, it was almost the same, so it would be better to work harder and get it right in one step.
There are a large number of local aristocratic families in the east of the Han Dynasty. Some of them are not the old aristocrats of the Chu State, but are descendants of the concubines of Hanyang in those days. There are even descendants of the Yan surname on both sides of the Xishui River. These people believe in the Taiyi God or not, or there are two theories.
However, the scale of such a large sacrifice is no longer inferior to that of the previous "Wu-Jin Alliance". The news will spread easily. Master Zeng is worried that when the time comes, all the countries will besiege the Hanzi Kingdom, and even the Wu Kingdom itself, he will definitely not be dumbfounded.
There will definitely be some action.
King Wu Wei...can anyone offer sacrifices to him?
However, Master Zeng did not know that within the Wu Kingdom, not many people would think there was anything wrong with Li Jie offering sacrifices to the late king.
Because when Li Jie started his career, he relied on the care of the late king to get where he is today.
What happened to the sacrifice? When he captured the "White Jiao King", didn't Li Jie also contribute it to the late king? He didn't mention sending it to Luojing for Emperor Zhou to see.
So when he saw Zeng Shan worried about the princes besieging the Han Dynasty, Li Jie comforted him with a smile: "Master, don't worry. What Li is afraid of now is not that the princes will rebel against the Han, but that the princes will not rebel against the Han."