My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?

Conquer the world again?

It's easy for you to say, but it's our hair that falls out!

Lu Buwei hurriedly bowed and persuaded: "Lord Chang'an!"

"Governing a large country is like cooking a small fish. How can we easily start a war?"

"What we should be concerned about is how to help Qin prosper, not to forcefully implement decrees and kill the people if they don't obey!"

"The matter of great unification is complicated and confusing, and it also involves people's livelihood and habits. The only correct solution is to take it step by step!"

"I know that Lord Chang'an is not afraid of another expedition outside the Great Wall, but how can Lord Chang'an watch this world that has finally been stabilized fall into war again?!"

"Moreover, I have traveled all over the world and have seen barbaric and rude sacrificial rituals in too many places. If our Great Qin does not put an end to such sacrifices, then the Heaven and Earth will punish our Great Qin!"

"I have fought for world peace, and I will not hesitate to cause chaos for world unification!"

If the unification that Ying Zheng wanted to achieve was to unify the customs such as whether tofu pudding should be sweet or salty, and whether to add meat or dates to rice dumplings, Ying Chengjiao was too lazy to bother with such matters.

Isn't it a kind of happiness that you can afford both salty and sweet tofu pudding, and have the leisure to argue whether tofu pudding should be sweet or salty?

Ying Chengqiu could eat honey Chang Chu cake and listen happily all day long, until someone came and argued with Ying Chengqiu whether Chang Chu was kiwi fruit or kiwifruit!

But the problem of Ying Zheng's unification is not interesting.

In a small area in the southeast of the Chu State, people would remove all the blood, flesh and organs of their parents after their death, wait for the flesh to rot naturally, and then wash the bones of their parents and bury them in the soil. Only then would they be called filial sons. There was a similar custom in the westernmost part of the Qin State, which also required children to skin and bone their parents' bodies after their parents died, and then bury the bones in the earth to lead them to the underworld, and throw the flesh into the fire to use the smoke to ascend to heaven.

In the border area between Chu and Nanyue, because the people are open-minded and the eldest son is most likely not born by his nominal father, there is a custom of killing the eldest son as a sign of blessing and respect.

In addition, Ying Chengjiao also saw many different customs in different places during his conquests.

For example, after a husband's death, his wife would be thrown into the wilderness to fend for herself, because the custom held that "a ghost wife should not be allowed to live with someone." If children died after their mother became too old to work, the custom held that this would allow them to inherit their mother's lifelong learning and blessings, and they would also follow the example of their ancestors.

God knows how crazy Ying Chengjiao felt when he saw a woman who only wanted to give birth to a baby boy!

As for the customs of burying the dead, there are countless of them.

This is just the custom in China! The sacrificial rituals and many traditional customs in the Donghu, Xiongnu and other barbarian lands are even more horrible!

For the Qin Dynasty, these customs not only seriously damaged its population resources and weakened its national strength, but also shook the legitimacy of Qin Shi Huang's rule and were greatly detrimental to the country.

As for Yu Yingcheng, he couldn't stand it! No matter if he had lived in Daqin for more than 20 years or more than 100 years, he couldn't stand it!

Wei Zhuang immediately showed a solemn expression and asked in a deep voice: "If we do not change the sacrificial ritual, will the Heaven and Earth punish us, the Great Qin?!"

Ying Le stepped forward to assist, and said as a matter of course: "The most important affairs of the country are sacrifice and war!"

"The emperor of the country shepherds the people on behalf of the heaven!"

"Now the Emperor of Heaven and Earth has bestowed jade on Qin, and ordered Your Majesty to shepherd the people on behalf of Heaven, but Your Majesty has not been able to order the people of the world to offer sacrifices to the Emperor of Heaven and Earth, and has even gone so far as to not know about the Emperor of Heaven and Earth and instead offer sacrifices to evil gods and lewd gods. Isn't this dereliction of duty?"

"If an official neglects his duty, the court will punish him; if the king neglects his duty, heaven and earth will punish him!"

Wei Zhuang and Lu Buwei both frowned, feeling the intense pressure.

The Great Qin of today cannot afford internal turmoil, but it cannot afford the punishment from heaven and earth even more!

Ying Zheng made a direct decision: "Things have their priorities. The minor details can be dealt with slowly as the prime minister said."

"However, the important and urgent national affairs must be implemented through laws and decrees when our great Qin replaces Zhou!"

Lü Buwei finally chose to give in: "Sacrifice is a major national event, and it is also a way for our Great Qin to pay respect to the heavens and the earth. We should unify it."

"I just don't know what kind of ceremony the Heaven and Earth would like to offer to it?"

Hearing this question, the Qin emperor and his ministers all looked at Ying Chengjiao.

This is because Ying Chengjiao's next words will directly affect the ritual system of the Qin Dynasty, just like the Zhou rituals established by King Wu of Zhou's brother, Duke Zhou!

Ying Chengjiao looked at Ying Zheng and said without hesitation: "Waste human sacrifice!"

"The emperor is the shepherd of the people on behalf of heaven. The people belong to heaven and earth, not the emperor or the nobles."

"Sacrificing people is like asking the minister to kill sheep and cattle to entertain the king. How can the king not be guilty?!"

"As for the rest of the sacrificial rites, I will follow the will of the Emperor of Heaven and Earth and discuss it with Feng Chang."

Hearing this, many court officials felt unhappy.

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Burying living people with the dead is a traditional culture that has been passed down for thousands of years. Although the Shang Dynasty was the most serious in using humans as sacrifices, the Zhou Dynasty did not prohibit the use of humans as sacrifices. It only reduced the amount used and advised the various princes not to use humans as sacrifices.

Burying living people with the dead is not only the last way for the powerful to exert their authority in the world, but also a way for them to accumulate start-up capital for their afterlife.

Now Ying Chengjiao has banned the use of human sacrifices. After they go to the underworld, won’t there be no one to be exploited and oppressed?

A smile flashed in Ying Zheng's eyes, and he made a final decision without waiting for the ministers to debate: "Approved!"

"I should set an example myself. When I die, I will burn human figurines to accompany my subjects in the grave, instead of burying living people with me!"

"For those below the rank of lord, no living person or human figurine may be used for sacrifice. Depending on their rank, figurines of cattle, horses, sheep, dogs, or other livestock may be buried with the deceased."

"You are violating my order!" Ying Zheng's voice turned cold. "Since you like to bury living people with him, I will allow your entire family to be sacrificed, so that your family can be reunited in the underworld!"

The emperor was buried with human figurines, but you buried a living person? Do you think you are more noble than the emperor?!

That is treason! Even if it is posthumous treason, it is still treason!

Since it is treason, it is reasonable to implicate the entire family.

Ying Chengjiao suppressed his smile and said, "Your Majesty, please be merciful!"

"If you bury me with this strategy, I'm sure the thick earth won't reject me."

"I second the motion!"

How can it not be considered a mercy if a whole family died together?