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Chen Fei invited Kong Yingda to serve as the honorary head of the newly established Qiushi Academy, and Chen Fei himself took on the position of superintendent. Chen Fei only thought that this position was an honorary position, but many years later, Chen Fei realized that the benefits he had obtained from this titular position were very huge, and even brought Chen Fei to the peak of his life and career. And Chen Fei didn't know all of this yet, so he didn't care too much about the position of inspector of Qiushi Academy.

"Chen County Order, in two days, you will lead all the people of the county government to sacrifice all kinds of mountain gods and lands, as well as gods such as dragon kings. We will perform sacrifices and pray that they will bless us with abundant crops and abundant food and clothing in the coming year. Yang Jiaxiang said.

"Sacrifice?"

Only then did Chen Fei know that the ancient county order also had a duty, that is, to represent the people of the county to sacrifice to those gods, what mountain god land, in order to be able to get a good harvest. And those dragon kings and other immortals, that is, pray for their blessings to bless the county to be able to regulate the wind and rain, and not to have any drought and waterlogging, so as to ensure that the people's income does not decrease, and even increase production and income.

Of course, Chen Fei was obviously not very interested in this kind of sacrifice. Because Chen Fei is a person who grew up in later generations and is deeply educated in science, he naturally knows that this so-called sacrifice is nonsense at all. Although Chen Fei crossed over, he thought that this was an unsolved mystery of science, and it did not mean that some immortals were manipulating. Therefore, Chen Fei is not too keen on this kind of thing, because his mind is full of scientific development, and this kind of sacrifice is obviously not very concerned.

But the ancient people were different, they paid attention to sacrifices, praying that the heavens would bless them. This has to be said to be that in ancient times, they relied on the sky to eat, and they prayed to the heavens for everything. I hope that God will bless you to get a good harvest. So Chen Fei is not easy to disobey, after all, in this era, everyone from the emperor to the ordinary people thinks so, so Chen Fei should not stand out too much. Therefore, although Chen Fei is not very keen on sacrifice, he will not stop this kind of sacrifice, after all, everyone supports his own opposition, which is too hateful.

"Okay, the sacrifice is the sacrifice, the specific process and etiquette, you can tell me later. Don't go wrong then! Chen Fei said.

Yang Jiaxiang also knew that Chen Fei had not been a county magistrate, so he didn't know the process of sacrifice, which was understandable. Therefore, he as a scribe has an obligation to help and avoid being accused of something wrong when the time comes.

"Chen County Order, this time we have to purchase new dresses, as well as prepare various sacrifices of cattle and sheep and three animals, as well as hold a variety of banquets, and even invite special monks to pay tribute. And ......" Yang Jiaxiang began to talk about the process.

Chen Fei listened to so many processes, and his brain was a little dizzy. With so many processes, is it unbearable?

"Tell me how much this sacrifice will cost?" Chen Fei asked.

Yang Jiaxiang immediately said: "If nothing else, this sacrifice will cost 1,500 yuan. ”

"You're not mistaken, are you? Fifteen hundred. It's insane! Chen Fei immediately said angrily.

1,500 yuan, which was a huge amount of money in ancient times, at least equivalent to hundreds of thousands in later generations. Such a large sum of money is enough to pay all the salaries of the scribes in the county for one year. And there's a lot left. Taking hundreds of thousands of dollars to sacrifice some unknown immortals, of course Chen Fei can't accept this. This 1,500 yuan is almost equal to one-tenth of the county's regular fiscal revenue for a year. Such a large sum of money was actually used for sacrifices, which is really brain-pumping.

In later generations, Chen Fei had not heard of taking hundreds of thousands of yuan to sacrifice some unknown immortals, and the biggest sacrifice was the public sacrifice to commemorate the Yellow Emperor, the ancestor of humanity, or the public sacrifice of the later massacre. This kind of public sacrifice is meaningful and valuable, if you take hundreds of thousands to sacrifice some so-called dragon king mountain god land that can't protect yourself, doesn't have any nostalgic meaning, and can't bring any benefits to the local area, isn't this a waste of money? If you have money, you can't waste it like this!

"Chen County Order, we are still a little less. Some counties directly took out thousands of dollars to sacrifice to these gods to bless the local wind and rain. If we can pray for them to bless our Shuo County, it will also be our blessing. And now many places are vying to spend more money to sacrifice these immortals, after all, the mana of the immortals is also limited, and it is impossible to bless all the counties! Yang Jiaxiang said.

Chen Fei snorted and said, "Poor in the middle of the night, don't ask the common people to ask the ghosts and gods!" Hum! ”

Chen Fei was very speechless about these so-called officials, and actually thought of praying for God's blessing to get a good harvest. But how could Chen Fei, a later generation, believe this, if you want a bumper harvest, it should be the officials who lead the people to develop production, so that they can have a bumper harvest. If you want to put an end to droughts and floods, you should invest in water conservancy instead of praying for the blessing of the dragon king. As for what makes the people live a prosperous life, it is definitely not something that can be obtained by worshiping the God of Wealth, it should be to strive to increase production and income, and then reduce the burden of life for the people, which is the foundation of making a fortune.

But it makes no sense that these guys want to rely on worshipping God to get it. Chen Fei is also from an ordinary person's background, and it is really heartbreaking for this kind of official to waste taxpayers' money like this. This method of giving the former to the ghosts and gods is simply more unreliable than the later generations of officials taking money to build a large number of buildings. The construction of large-scale construction can also drive the development of some industries, but this kind of sacrifice has no economic benefits at all, and it is simply a waste to the home.

"You hurry up and stop those who are purchasing all kinds of sacrificial supplies, this year's sacrifice must be thin. This year's sacrifice is to be simpler, don't invite so many monks, don't prepare so many offerings, that is, to prepare something simple. Some steamed cakes and steamed buns and other things will do, and there will be no need for so many three animals, and there will be no various banquets. Chen Fei said.

"However, this is the rule of the past!" Yang Jiaxiang said.

"Don't talk so much nonsense, there's nothing negotiable this time. Even if the officials in the other three counties oppose it together, I will not compromise! I can't feed all these 10% of the money to those gods. These gods have swallowed so much of our money, do you want to continue to swallow them? How unreasonable! Chen Fei said. (The novel "The Tang Politician" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued, please search, the novel is better and updated faster!)