Shang Rong knew everything about human martyrdom, and even handled it several times with his own hands.

The number of martyrs killed by the princes after their deaths was hundreds and tens of few.

The number of martyrs killed by the nobles after their deaths was more than 100 and a few few.

There are only a lot more royal families, but fortunately, since the time of Wu Yi, the royal family has been reducing the number of martyrs every year, otherwise the number of people will accumulate quite terrifying.

But even so, the accumulation of each of the eight hundred princes, plus the petty nobles, the number of martyrs every year is incalculable!

Even for most people, people and animals can be less, because they are not for their own use, and people can only be more than they can be few, because that is what serves them and goes down to the nine shadows.

Shang Rong couldn't help but leave a cold sweat.

I didn't think much of it before, but now I think about it......

How many people will be lost each year because of human martyrdom?

Shang Rong soon figured out the benefits of prohibiting human martyrdom.

The king is purging the princes who are too big to lose, persecuting the princes little by little, and those princes will one day rebel.

Judgment leads to war.

And one of the keys to victory or defeat in a war is, of course, troops.

Where do the troops come from?

Population.

Located in the Central Plains, Chaoge has fertile land that is large enough to support a huge population, but the number of registered people is far from the upper limit.

With Chaoge as the center, although the total number of troops in the area directly under the Great Shang is large, it is actually only slightly more than the four major princes of the east, west, north and south.

The number of people under his rule was not much different from that under the rule of the most prosperous Dongbohou.

By forbidding human martyrdom, those who survive can be used as seeds to continue to grow the population.

This is not just an ordinary increase and a decrease, these survivors of the martyrs, if further marriage, will have a large number of newborns.

It's going to snowball, getting bigger and bigger, and the population is getting bigger and bigger.

As for the princes who were unwilling to abolish martyrdom?

If you do not obey the decree of the king, you must be disobedient.

The gap between the population in their territory and the population directly under the jurisdiction of the Great Shang will widen day by day because of the martyrdom.

In the end, the population under the territory directly under the Great Shang will far exceed these princes, and the number of troops will naturally increase, and even if the princes are desperate to launch a rebellion, they will be able to handle it with ease.

Moreover, the king's actions will not only increase the population, but will also be grateful by slaves and concubines, although these people's gratitude is useless, but it can little by little redeem the notoriety caused by tearing up the covenant and infringing on the interests of the princes.

A fine layer of sweat gradually appeared on Shang Rong's forehead.

What a long-term layout! We may not see the effect in one or two years, but in 10 or 20 years, we will .....

Whether the princes obey this new decree or not, they are already in the trap!

Shang Rong sighed, fortunately he knew the king of Xu, and he was silent for seven years, and he was a blockbuster.

How could such a king be mediocre?

King Wuding was silent for three years!

Shang Rong glanced around, and it seemed that not many people thought as thoroughly as he did.

Yang Ren, who has always dared to be the first, has the meaning of admonishment.

Eh, the road is narrow!

Shang Rong quietly walked behind Yang Ren and shook his head lightly.

Yang Ren is a minister, but he is a little stupid, you can mention it.

Yang Ren saw that the prime minister had come to remind him, so he held back his mind and watched the ceremony silently, the terracotta figurines had already arrived, and he would definitely not be able to persuade him.

The son ordered the guards to bury the terracotta figurines and straw figures in the auxiliary pit of the tomb, and then seal the tomb.

I just finished reciting the prayer and my mouth was dry, so I could finally rest for a while.

Making terracotta figurines was not a whim, but a long-established plan.

One of the reasons for King Wu's war is that the king of Wu does not take the sacrifice seriously and makes do with the terracotta figurines.

It's good, it shows that the burial of terracotta figurines is something that is not understood in this era.

Those princes who are dissatisfied with this will definitely feel that the king is a faint prince who is unfortunate to them, who has worked all his life to guard the place, but when he dies, he will face the end of having no one to serve them.

Zishou glanced at the ordinary people who came to join in the fun, and there was more or less gratitude in their eyes.

But it doesn't matter, the main object of his harvest is the princes and nobles, and the commoners can collect a little is a little, anyway, the people of Chaoge have long been grateful because of Yin Jiao and Yin Hong's bronze operation.

Once the tomb is sealed, it's all over.

Zishou is very satisfied, and he can already start to arrange the mediocrity of the next settlement period.

After returning to the court, going to the nine halls, and after discussing the court for a while, Zishou proposed a big banquet for the ministers.

After winning the battle, and sealing Zen, everyone is happy together, what a good reason.

After habitually admonishing them for two or three sentences, the ministers agreed.

Whether it is a victory or a good will of the people, we must not lose the excitement.

"Very good, even so, the Qing family will go to the wine pool tonight, and they will not return if they are not drunk!"

Wine pools?

The ministers were stunned, they knew that part of the palace had been burned down by the rebellion, and that the king had ordered the palace to be repaired and all other buildings were built.

But among those architectural palaces, there are wine pools?

Quite a few frowned.

Wine is made from grain, which is a luxury in this era when grain production is not high.

Ordinary people don't drink it a few times a year, and if there is a reduction in grain production, even the wine used in the sacrifice will be neutralized with a large amount of water.

And the king of the Xuan Dynasty made a wine pool?

How much food is wasted?

How should the people view the king? The grain they have grown with their own hard work and the land taxes they have paid are wasted like this?

How many people can't even fill their stomachs every day!

However, the ministers did not immediately dissuade him, and the king of the Emperor was so talented and strategic, so he should not be so mediocre, maybe there is another deep meaning?

Anyway, they can't guess, the behavior of the king is always unexpected, but there are always amazing results.

Chonghou Hu and Shang Rong rubbed their chins and frowned equally.

They also failed to guess the purpose of the sake brewery.

But they believed that the wise king was not a pleasure seeker, and went to the wine pool at night, and saw it at a glance.

It seems that Yang Ren and other ministers also have the same idea, if the wine pool is really just for personal desires, they will fill the wine pool on the spot.

That night, Zishou drove and hundreds of officials to the wine pool in the palace.

In order to prevent being pitted by the history books, he investigated long before he ordered the digging of the wine pool.

As early as the tribal period, people lived in groups, gathered together to eat and drink, after the appearance of wine, there was a group of drinking wind, and at that time, drinking water was to dig a pit in the ground, looking for a natural water source and directly holding it with his hand to drink.

Therefore, it gradually evolved into a custom of serving wine in the ground and drinking it in groups.

That is to say, using wine as a pool is actually just because of the large number of people who drink in groups, and the small pit of "respecting and drinking" cannot meet the needs of the number of people.

However, Zishou still decided to build a wine pond.

The pool is operating normally, but what about the wine?

It is already difficult to make wine from grain, let alone wine that fills an entire pool?

It definitely doesn't work with water, that's a bully!

Such a precious wine, poured into the pool, can not be drunk at one feast, the rest will not be wasted!

This reputation spreads, and he is a proper faint king.

Maybe there will be a few radical ministers who will attack on the spot, refuse the banquet and leave in a huff!

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