Chapter 324: Sacrifice and Shangyuan Festival

The officials of Daqi were extremely efficient in the matter of sacrifice, and the ministries did not dare to pass the buck in this matter.

It took a day to prepare for the sacrifice.

The priests of Qi were worried that the evil things were too powerful, so they told the bigwigs of the court that the best way was to let the people of the whole city participate in it and use the power of life to disperse the evil spirits.

The officials of Daqi did not understand this, and they were worried about Yang Hao's safety, so they approved this request.

The news of praying for Yang Hao soon spread in Chang'an City.

On the day of the sacrifice, the residents of the entire Chang'an City spontaneously flocked to the vicinity of the altar and knelt on the ground with great reverence.

The rumbling drums sounded, and several priests lit the bonfire under the altar, wearing masks painted with some strange balls, and many bird feathers and some unknown bones on their bodies.

After the bonfire is lit, the priests hold a tambourine the size of a plate and dance around the fire.

This kind of sacrifice is dangerous, only half a foot away from the fire pit at your feet, and if you are not careful, you will fall into the fire and be burned to death.

The sound of drums is fast and slow, accompanied by the dancing and singing of the priests, making this seemingly absurd sacrifice seem extremely sacred, and the sacrifice is an extremely serious matter in the hearts of the ancient ancestors, and there is no room for the slightest blasphemy.

Yang Hao also said that the major affairs of the country are in worship and Rong.

Even if Yang Hao has the mind and soul of a modern person, he can't forcibly abolish this delusional behavior.

"Demons scattered!"

The high priest stood on the altar and shouted with a mad look.

"Knock knock!"

The drums sounded.

"Exorcism!"

Several others came to the altar with a string of firecrackers and handed it to the high priest.

After receiving the firecrackers, the high priest lit the torches from the nearby fire and lit the firecrackers.

With the sound of crackling firecrackers, the high priest took the ivory ritual vessel from the priest's hand and bowed respectfully to the four directions.

He uttered a few words in his mouth, raised his hands and said, "The gods bless and drive away evil spirits for the king." Bow! ”

"Exorcise evil spirits! Bow! ”

"Exorcise evil spirits! Bow! ”

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This sound of exorcism was transmitted by the soldiers and reached the ears of the people outside the altar.

The people shouted to the sky to ward off evil spirits, and they seemed extremely religious.

Even children who don't know anything are prostrated by their parents.

Yang Hao, who was in the palace, listened to this prayer, and couldn't laugh or cry.

After a few days of cultivation, his body has improved significantly, and it is not surprising that he will be cured in two or three days.

"Hey! Ignorance! ”

Yang Hao shook his head.

Nujiao took a bearskin coat and put it on for Yang Hao, looked in the direction outside the palace, and said, "King, it's cold outside, let's go into the house." ”

Yang Hao said: "It's okay, the sun is good today, and it's good for your body to come out and bask in the sun." ”

When the nu Jiao heard this, she said: "The slave asked people to warm up some drinks to warm up the king's body." ”

Yang Hao arrived: "No need, come!" You sit down! ”

Nujiao sat down beside Yang Hao and said, "Does the king have any orders?" ”

"Zhi'er is two years old after the New Year, and now you are pregnant again, I want to wait until the summer to let Zhi start learning knowledge."

Yang Hao said softly.

"Slave listen to the king's arrangement."

Yang Hao nodded: "Zhi Nai's eldest son, as an elder brother, you must set an example for his younger siblings, as his mother, you must set an example, and you must not teach him some old nonsense." ”

Hearing this, Nujiao's face turned pale, and she knelt down and said, "King, the slave is destined to teach Zhi'er." ”

Yang Hao said: "You get up first!" ”

The female Jiao sat on the horse and fidgeted a little.

Yang Hao said in a deep voice: "I'm thinking about something, you and Pu Jia are both my wives, and they are both the women with the highest status in my Daqi, I hope you can only manage this palace for me, I don't want to see some messy things."

She has a gentle personality and does not like to fight, and you have a strong and competitive personality, and I hope you will use your strengths to educate the prince.

I'm not old and confused, I know what you think, and whether or not to compete for favor in my heart will not change anything.

I can only tell you one thing, mothers are more expensive than children, you can appreciate it.

Nujiao only felt like a transparent person at the moment, and there was no secret at all in Yang Hao's eyes, and Yang Hao's words echoed in her mind.

She had a lot of doubts in her heart and wanted to ask Yang Hao, but found that Yang Hao had already leaned back on the rocking chair and pretended to sleep.

I could only whisper: "The slave wrote it down." ”

"Knock knock! Knock knock! ”

In order to maximize the effect of the sacrifice, the high priest proposed to the court and the bigwigs that the whole city should fast for a day, and there should be no killing and eating meat on this day.

Officials and ordinary people naturally have no opinions, they won't die if they don't eat meat, not to mention that ordinary people can eat meat once in ten days and half a month, which is nothing to them.

If this can make their king recover, and lead them to a better life again after getting better, the price to pay is too low.

I don't know if it's a coincidence, today's sacrificial activity happens to be the fifteenth day of the first month of the Qi calendar.

Even Yang Hao didn't expect that his first serious illness would bring a second festival to Daqi.

On this day, it slowly evolved into a festival of blessing in the Qi Kingdom in later generations, which was called the Shangyuan Blessing Festival in later generations, referred to as the Shangyuan Festival.

A few days later, Yang Hao's body really recovered, and in the congratulatory voices of the ministers, Yang Hao could only reward the priests of the Ministry of Rites awkwardly.

And sent an official letter to express his gratitude to the people.

This illness also made him fully aware of the importance of medical development.

Yang Hao decided to become a Tai Hospital, specializing in training doctors for Qi State.

Ordered Shaoyan to allocate a huge amount of money from the Ministry of Households, and asked the Ministry of Industry to send people to build a hospital in Chang'an City.

The officials of the Tai Hospital do not care about political affairs, the size of the official position depends on the level of medical skills, and those with high medical skills enjoy status and abundant material resources, and the only way to climb up is to improve their medical skills.

Yang Hao also set a reward system for the Tai Hospital, as long as a treatment for a disease is developed, a certain amount of money will be rewarded as a reward.

If someone is able to develop more than five effective prescriptions, he is awarded a special medal and the title of baron.

Yang Hao was frightened by himself this time, and the reward given was not unimportant, and now there are less than a handful of people in the entire Qi country who have knighthoods.

It is conceivable that under such a heavy reward, it will definitely have a great role in promoting the development of medicine in Qi State, and there may be many characters similar to Shennong.