Conferred God: Started from Swallowing the Heaven-Repairing Stone

Chapter 196 Human Sacrifice
"If we abolish the human sacrifice system, we will offend the gods and ghosts of all directions; if we abolish the living sacrifice system, we will offend our ancestors and all the nobles below."

"The Shang Dynasty is now in a state of deep deterioration. No wonder Heaven did not give it a chance and directly supported the Zhou Dynasty to replace the Shang Dynasty instead of giving it time to reform."

"Compared to asking Da Shang to reform, it is faster to change the dynasty and re-establish the rules."

After learning the reasons for the demise of the Shang Dynasty, Ao Bing thought of solutions. But after thinking about it carefully, he felt that these two solutions were difficult to implement.

The human race is the protagonist of heaven and earth, and their flesh and blood contain the essence of heaven and earth, so eating humans can improve your cultivation. The more you eat, the more your cultivation will improve.

But cannibalism is a taboo for the human race and can easily lead to trouble. Therefore, some smart people came up with the idea of ​​sacrifice, asking the human leaders to voluntarily sacrifice their own people for them to enjoy.

This was the beginning of the human sacrifice system, where tribesmen were sacrificed in exchange for the protection of the gods.

If the human sacrifice system was created to please the gods, then the living sacrifice system was the opposite, created to please the ruling class within the human race.

This is the primitive world, with the netherworld and the six paths of reincarnation. So, after a person dies, his soul will go to the netherworld and reincarnate in the six paths.

Mortals have no cultivation, and their souls are just a mass of illusory vital energy. After entering the underworld, they will disintegrate under the flushing of the Styx, leaving only their true souls to reincarnate.

But it is different for monks. The higher their cultivation, the more condensed their souls are, including Yin Shen, Yang Shen, and Yuan Shen. Therefore, after a monk dies, even if his soul enters the netherworld, he can still break free from the Styx.

But Yin and Yang are separated, and life and death are in order. Even if they have the ability to break free from the Styx, they cannot return to the world of the living. They can only practice in the underworld in order to achieve the state of resurrection from the dead.

However, practicing after death is much more difficult than practicing while alive. Therefore, in order to improve the efficiency of practice, some smart people came up with a way, which is to plunder the essence of living people.

But like cannibalism, robbing the vitality of the living is also a taboo. But this did not bother those clever people, so some people imitated the human sacrifice system and invented the living sacrifice system.

Let the living be buried with the dead. Their vitality can condense into the soul of the dead, and their soul can be transformed into a slave to continue to be enslaved by the dead.

Once you understand the origins of these two systems and the groups they benefit from, you will know how difficult it is to abolish them.

The fundamental reason why the Shang Dynasty held such frequent sacrifices was to please the four-way ghosts and gods, that is, some disciples of Jiejiao, and use the lives of slaves for their practice.

If the Shang Dynasty was at its peak, perhaps they could turn against them and try to abolish the human sacrifice system. But now is the time when the Shang Dynasty needs the support of the four gods the most.

Therefore, the Shang Dynasty would not abolish the human sacrifice system at this time. On the contrary, in order to gain greater support from the gods and ghosts from all directions, they would most likely take the initiative to increase the intensity of sacrifices.

Under such circumstances, one can imagine how difficult it would be to abolish the human sacrifice system.

Not to mention the system of living sacrifice, which is in the interests of all ruling classes and is even more impossible to abolish.

Without the system of living sacrifice, they would not be able to maintain their dignity after death, nor would they be able to improve their practice efficiency. How many people could accept this?

Therefore, abolishing the system of human sacrifice is more difficult than abolishing the system of human sacrifice.

In the future, even if the Zhou Dynasty overthrew the Shang Dynasty, it could only abolish the human sacrifice system, but not the living sacrifice system. The reason was very simple. The Zhou Dynasty did not need the support of the four directions of ghosts and gods, and could completely not sacrifice to them.

But the Zhou Dynasty had to offer sacrifices to its ancestors in the underworld, and it also had to give dignity to the princes and nobles after their death.

Therefore, the system of living sacrifice could not be abolished. If the Zhou Dynasty dared to abolish it, not only would the princes of the world rebel, but also the nobles in the country would rebel.

"I wonder if my reputation is big enough to persuade those Jiejiao disciples to agree to abolish the human sacrifice system and use ferocious beasts to replace humans."

Ao Bing was thoughtful. The task of reforming the Shang Dynasty and abolishing the human sacrifice system would eventually fall on him. After all, the Shang Dynasty could not persuade the disciples of Jiejiao about this matter, but he could.

If the disciples of Jiejiao, who enjoy the sacrifices of the Shang Dynasty in the name of these fake ghosts and gods, can be persuaded to give up human sacrifices and use ferocious beasts instead of humans, then the Shang Dynasty may have a chance of survival.

If not, then we can only say that the Shang Dynasty was doomed to perish, and no matter how Ao Bing planned, he could not change its fate of demise. "Humanity says that all things are born equal, so the more time progresses, the more equal all beings become. Zhou transformed slaves into barbarians and raised their status, so Zhou was able to replace Shang."

"During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the status of the barbarians was raised again and they became commoners, which led to the fall of the Zhou Dynasty and the rise of the Qin Dynasty."

"If the Shang Dynasty can abolish slavery, it will surely be favored by humanity. By then, even if Yuanshi Tianzun himself comes down, he will not be able to help Zhou destroy the Shang Dynasty."

"But what can be done is that the Shang Dynasty is in a state of deep trouble and it is more difficult to achieve this than to centralize power."

Ao Bing had the experience of later generations, and he immediately thought of several ways to save Da Shang. Unfortunately, given Da Shang's current situation, none of them could be used.

"Uncle Long, please wait for a moment. I will go and gather the troops. Once the troops and food are ready, I will notify Uncle Long and we will go to Yousu together."

After entering Chaoge City, Huang Feihu placed Ao Bing in a palace, and then went to mobilize troops.

Because the State of Su rebelled against the Shang Dynasty, Emperor Xin did not encounter any obstacles when he ordered an expedition. All the nobles cooperated and expressed their willingness to send troops.

Otherwise, it would not be easy for Huang Feihu to mobilize troops. The nobles' soldiers only recognized the nobles, not Emperor Xin. Without the nobles' consent, Emperor Xin could not mobilize their troops.

Ao Bing had no say in mobilizing troops, but he was not idle either. Instead, he combined his knowledge with the situation of Da Shang and prepared to work out a practical plan to save Da Shang.

Abolishing the systems of human sacrifice and living sacrifice, and even abolishing slavery, is actually one and the same thing.

After all, it was because slaves had such a low status and were worthless that the nobles didn't care about their lives.

But if the value of slaves increases, then even for the sake of profit, the nobles will improve the treatment of slaves.

Especially when the value of slaves alive was greater than the value created by their living sacrifices, the nobles were even more reluctant to let them die.

At that time, even if Ao Bing did not mention it, the nobles themselves would find a way to abolish the system of human sacrifice.

If people want to live a good life, they must live out the values ​​of the United Front. This has been the case since ancient times. If you have the values ​​of the United Front, you can live a good life. On the contrary, if you do not have the values ​​of the United Front, you deserve to be oppressed.

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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, half a year has passed. After half a year of preparation, Huang Feihu finally mobilized his troops.

However, Ao Bing's plan to increase the value of slaves still has no clue.

However, he was not anxious. As I said before, all problems were caused by insufficient luck. Therefore, when encountering problems, don't be anxious, just find a way to improve your luck.

This time, if the crusade against the Su Kingdom is successful, Ao Bing will be able to gain a lot of luck. At that time, maybe he can think of a way to break the deadlock.

This is the only solution. I really can't think of any other solution. There is no other choice except to improve my luck.

When Ao Bing arrived at the military camp at Huang Feihu's invitation, the army had already assembled.

There are 30,000 Xuanniao Guards and 100,000 elite soldiers in total. That is, 30,000 Lianxu and 100,000 Xiantian. Add Ao Bing's 10,000 Dragon Guards, and that's 40,000 Lianxu.

No support staff!

The biggest difference between wars between monks and wars between mortals is that there is no large-scale logistics. Food, fodder, equipment, etc. can all be carried close to the body.

(End of this chapter)