The next day, notices were posted at various intersections in Xiqi City, attracting people to watch. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The officials who were guarding the notice were heard reading aloud: "Xibo tells the soldiers and civilians to know: The realm of the Zhou Kingdom is the land of morality; There is no disturbance of soldiers and the use of force, and the people are safe and secure, and the lawsuits are simple and clear. Benhou was imprisoned in prison, and was forgiven and returned to the country, because he saw that disasters were still frequent, and floods and droughts were lost; and check the local area, occupy the disaster auspicious, but there is no altar site. In addition, Prime Minister Lu Shang also mentioned to Ben Hou that there must be one for the sage to take the throne. Yesterday, there was a corner of the official land in the west of the city, and I wanted to build one, called Lingtai, in order to occupy the weather, inspect the civil disasters, and place the sages. I am afraid that the soldiers and trees are numerous, and there are wounded military and civilian labor; Give ICBC two coins every day. This work is also not limited to the distance of the day, but it is as convenient as the people want; Those who are willing to work, that is, the upper part of the work, so that they can be checked, and those who do not want to do so will be operated with them, and there is no compulsion. For this purpose, an oracle notice is presented. ”

After listening to Lu Shang's suggestion, Xibohou remembered that the current sacrifices of the Zhou State were generally held on Qishan, and it was not very convenient to come and go.

Just took this opportunity to use the high platform that Lu Shang suggested for sacrifice. At that time, the rituals with the participation of the monks will become more officially sacred.

It's just killing two birds with one stone, so why not?

It's just that the tradition of the Zhou State is not to be good at using people's power, and all projects that use a large number of migrant workers will give the migrant workers enough food and money to pay for it, so this notice was released.

And the people gathered around the notice shouted loudly after listening to the official's announcement!

"We have been deeply favored by the monarch for many lifetimes, so that we can have such a stable life! Especially during the reign of Xibohou, although there was war, it was harmless to the people, but beneficial! ”

"Today, Master Hou wants to build a spiritual platform. Not only to give wages, but also to divinate the wind and rain and recruit talents. For the sake of the people. If you receive the salary of the Hou Ye, how can you be at peace in your heart? ”

"It's time for us to be free. Love contributed to the construction of this platform for the Hou Ye, and would rather not be paid! ”

Suddenly, the crowd was excited, and tens of thousands of people shouted loudly to help build the high platform, but they were willing not to pay!

The officials in charge of announcing the notice hurriedly reported the public situation, and finally San Yisheng, who was in charge of the matter, could not but report the public situation to Xibohou Jichang.

Ji Chang then called Lu Shang to the front and asked Lu Shang to make a decision.

After thinking for a while, Lu Shang said: "The salary must still be paid!" Here's why:"

Lu Shang raised his finger and said: "First, our governance must be fair, how can there be a reason to use labor without paying wages?" ”

"Second. Although the people of Zhou were rich, there were also poor people. Among these tens of thousands of people, there are inevitably people who are short of money. When these people who are strapped for money come to participate in the construction, but they are not paid because they don't want to be paid, then the people's lives will be even more difficult. ”

Third, the people are willing to contribute rather than pay because they are grateful. Gratitude is a virtue of the people, and we must not afford to neglect it. ”

"Fourth, the people have their wages so that we can give appropriate rewards and punishments in the process of construction. If not, they will not be paid. There are no rewards and no punishments, how can this high platform be built quickly in accordance with the regulations? ”

"So the wages must be paid, and if the people can speed up the construction with a lot of effort, they must be rewarded accordingly!"

Ji Chang and San Yisheng listened. also nodded in agreement with Lu Shang's opinion, and decided to follow the prime minister's opinion.

After the corresponding reward and punishment policy came out, the enthusiasm of the people was even higher!

It begins on the auspicious day calculated by Xibohou and Lü Shang. Every day, tens of thousands of migrant workers and sergeants work hard to push rocks and move wood under the arrangement of officials.

In just ten days and ten days, a high platform with a width of 100 feet and a height of 3 feet and 5 feet stood on the earth under the labor of all people!

The perimeter of the high platform. According to the pattern of the nine palaces, some auxiliary buildings were built.

To the south, there is a bay of ponds. It forms a pattern of water and fire with the high platform.

After the completion of the high platform, Xibo Hou Jichang took Lu Shang and hundreds of civil and military officials to hold a grand ceremony to worship heaven and earth, officially announcing that the spiritual platform was completed and put into use.

At the same time, in the main hall of the song, Shen Gongbao, the national teacher of the Shang State, also suggested to the Shang Emperor Xin to build a high platform to house the scattered cultivators he had recruited.

I only heard Shen Gongbao say loudly: "The minister thinks that this high platform should be nine zhang and five feet high, and the bottom is three hundred zhang wide. ”

"The height of the platform is nine feet and five feet, which just corresponds to the esteemed status of the king's ninety-five honor!"

"It can also indicate that the king can make miraculous feats for the human race and achieve the feats of the Ninth Five-Year Supreme!"

When Di Xin heard this, he was overjoyed, but he still owed a debt and asked, "What is the name of this station?" What's the saying? ”

Shen Gongbao said again: "The minister named this station Lutai. ”

"Thousands of years ago, the sage of the human race, the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, eliminated a catastrophe for the human race in the land of the deer and established immortal feats."

"The minister thinks that the king is wise and martial, and naturally he can also rely on recruiting loose cultivators and restarting the Dao money transaction to become a great merit that is not weaker than the Yellow Emperor's deer competition."

"That's why I named this station Lutai!"

"Haha!"

Hearing Di Xin's hearty laughter, he clapped his hands and laughed: "What a deer!" What a deer fight! ”

"It's lonely!"

"But I don't know how the national teacher's recruitment of casual cultivators is going?"

Di Xin was still most concerned about Shen Gongbao's recruitment of monks, after all, he had also heard that Zhou Guo seemed to want to recruit monks.

Shen Gongbao Shi Shiran smiled and said: "The minister has reached an agreement with several monks, as long as Lutai is built, they will come to the Great Merchants and join our Great Merchants to serve the king!" ”

When Di Xin heard this, he became more and more happy!

Turning his head to Cheng Bigan, Di Xin said: "Bigan Prime Minister, how about Lutai being supervised by Prime Minister himself?" Lone can't wait to meet the monks invited by the national teacher! ”

After thinking about it in his heart, Bigan bowed to Di Xin with some sorrow: "King Qiqi, because I have vigorously minted Dao money, I have traded the precious materials used in the casting. ”

"The treasury is now very empty! Rebuild such a big platform, I'm afraid that the treasury won't be able to support it! ”

Di Xin's face changed, and he asked, "Lonely and rich, how can the treasury not be able to support it!?" ”

Bigan then told the court about the materials and other things that the big merchants had spent on minting Dao money in the recent past.

At the end, Bigan said truthfully: "In order to mint Dao money, my big businessman spent a lot of money!" ”

"Also, due to process and material problems, most of the material is wasted during the casting process. And the vast majority of what can be minted is ordinary money, not Taoist money. ”

"Until now, my Dashang has been able to successfully mint more than 100 Dao coins."

"Moreover, when transporting and collecting the materials needed to mint Dao money, our big merchants and people were already overworked, and some even died in the process of collecting materials!"

"Therefore, Weichen also wants to suggest that the king temporarily stop the minting of Dao money, so that the people can have some time to recuperate." (To be continued.) )