Jian Chen looked at the more and more people gathered around him, listened to the louder and louder discussions, and smiled secretly in his heart. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The gentleman's virtue that was read out loud just now was meant for these clansmen.

Seeing that there were more and more people, Jian Chen walked up to Ling's brother, and the man hurriedly saluted.

"What's going on?"

"Ji Xia, my father has passed away, and I am afraid that my father's soul will be lonely and uncared for. She is not only her father's woman, she is familiar with hot and cold and is loved by her father, which is our filial piety. ”

Jian Chen asked, "Is this your father's last life?" ”

"It's not."

"Then can you ask Ling's mother if she is willing?"

"No, I didn't."

"Then that's hard to say. I'm just an outsider and shouldn't have said that. It's just that I've heard that if a person kills an ox, the cow will cry and be afraid, and even resentful of the person who kills the cow. All cattle are like this, how much more about people? She still has a son now, and if the son is not married, she may not want to die. ”

"If she is unwilling, won't she be resentful when she dies? Do you want your father to have a rift with her? Where is this filial piety? It's hurting your father. ”

The man snorted, "What Ji Xia said is too ugly. If Ji Xia said so, those who martyred slaves, would the slaves still kill their masters? ”

Jian Chen nodded and said, "Do you remember the Ze Rebellion back then?" Didn't those slaves kill their masters in resentment? It's not far from Onozawa, and although those fugitive slaves are gone now, there's always a story left, right? Isn't it an attempt to let my father's soul be bullied by slaves when he died alone, but sent away many slaves who were full of resentment? What kind of intention is this? ”

Most of the onlookers were not capable of being buried with slaves, and after listening to these words, they recalled the riot of fugitive slaves a few years ago, and they were a little scared in their hearts, but they felt justified.

Everyone thought: "What Ji Xia said must be good, I have heard that he is protected by his ancestors, and I must know a lot of things that others don't know." Thinking that the iron tools, ploughshares, chariot harnesses, etc., are all things that ordinary people have never seen and heard, if it were not for the guidance of the ancestors, where would they know? ”

The face of the person opposite Jian Chen became ugly, and Jian Chen took the opportunity to shout, "That woman, are you willing to be martyred?" ”

There was a woman's cry from inside the house: "No! Although I love Ling's father, if I go away when I am old, I will naturally take care of him. But Ling is not married yet, and I don't want to die at this time, so if his father asks me what my grandchildren look like in the future, how will I answer? If I am allowed to be buried at this time, I will swear that I will not say a word to him again, and that I will never see him alone! ”

These words were loud, and the people in the same city also echoed them, and Jian Chen sighed: "After all, this is your city's business, you can decide for yourself." Come, take me to see the deceased chief......"

Led people out of this chaotic place, secretly holding his breath and looking at the deceased leader, at this time there was no complete set of rules for thank-you gifts, all relying on the habits of each city, Chen Jian returned to the place that Xia Cheng opened here to sell all kinds of goods.

It was getting late, and he waited quietly for the show to begin.

When the old leader of Windy City passed away a few years ago, Chen Jian and Su Yue hit it off, threw out the excuse of interfering in the internal affairs of the tribes, and set a precedent with the strong strength of the two countries and the secret alliance of the alliance.

It's just that a few years later, the interests of Xia and Sucheng have conflicted. The most powerful of the two great river tribes had a different view.

It is said that Su Yue should not know the news of the death of the leader of this city at this time, but it is obvious that Su Yue will not support the person who has studied Xia Guohua in Yucheng for three years to inherit the position of the head of the city, and there are two people in the city who are somewhat related to him.

At this time, most of the internal election system of the clan has existed in name only, and it is only controlled by a few relatives and nobles, and since Su Xia conspired to interfere in the internal affairs of Windy City a few years ago, the relatives and nobles who are not directly related to each other basically have no thoughts.

It is reasonable that Chen Jian has no problem going to that city this time.

Now many people know that he will become the high priest of the Great River Tribes, in order to reward him for his contribution to the expedition to Dongyi to save his relatives, which can be regarded as convincing to everyone.

There are many things to be taken care of in the position of high priest, at least the matter of the dead.

Death is a major event for a person, and how to bury and sacrifice after death, how to worship children, and how to keep filial piety, all kinds of things need to be set out and a routine formed.

For a civilization to be stable, there must be a mainstream in order to form a cultural sphere.

It is good for a hundred schools of thought to contend, but in the end, there will definitely be an ideology that will become the mainstream, otherwise the seeds of disintegration will be planted in the huge empire.

Take funerals as an example, some say that they should be buried thickly, and some say that they should be buried thinly, which seems to be arbitrary, but what is reflected in it is an ideological dispute, and if an agricultural country has dozens of different ideologies leading the way, the consequences can be imagined.

This uniform provision can be ridiculous or considered dross by later generations, but it must be in place to form a cohesive ethnic group in the long run.

Under that kind of etiquette rules, there is a set of "universal values" that are in line with the characteristics of the ethnic group of that era, and all kinds of etiquette and morality are produced on this basis, and behind those etiquette and morality are a set of three views, which shape the various differences of the entire ethnic group.

This is a huge project, so this is also the most difficult thing for Chen Jian, the high priest, to do......

He had to formulate rules, etiquette, dress and hair for weddings and funerals, and so on, so that this cultural circle, which already had a tendency to separate, could be reunited: those who did not abide by it were usurped, and they were forced to accept it by force.

It's just that these rules must conform to current customs, and they must be able to justify the worldview thrown out, and they must not leave behind customs such as martyrdom.

It is simply impossible to talk about morality and the three views beyond class. What the aristocracy wants and wants more people to accept may not be good, so it is necessary to leave enough buffer space that is acceptable to both parties.

Xia Guo's current path is fundamentally different from the rest of the cities, with the current level of productivity and people's wisdom, he will not die or can ensure that the three cities will not be chaotic, but as soon as he dies, it will be over. And it is impossible to make Xia Cheng and all the cities enemies alone, and in the end there is only one way to compromise.

A simple sentence to remove the dross and extract its essence can be summed up. But these eight words really carry a lot of weight. In the previous life, hundreds of thousands of people have been arguing for more than ten years, but they can't give an answer that everyone is convinced of, not to mention where can one person do it seamlessly?

When I arrived two days ago, there was paper and pen on the rocking boat, and at that time, with the joy of the success of papermaking, I was going to write a word like serving the people in a war with high spirits and motivate myself on the wall of my house.

But after looking at the piles of wooden tablets, papers, and some things that only I could understand near the oil lamp, I picked up the pen for a long time, and finally wrote down the words full of helplessness and powerlessness, "Do your best to obey the destiny of heaven."

The wooden tablet is written before the various etiquette regulations.,This is from the beginning of the psychological baggage by the river after the preparation.,Until now, it's just a rough idea.,It's still far from perfect.。。

It was also necessary to go to the various towns and ask the priests about their customs and make some changes without attracting opposition.

Before arriving in the city, some ridiculous procedures about the funeral were written on the paper, but no matter how ridiculous it was, it was more formal than it didn't seem. I just don't know if this student named Ling, who was the first to practice, can get off to a good start.