From Chief to Ball

More people have a slightly different way of thinking. They agree or disagree with Chen Jian's theory, but the living standards of the city have indeed improved in recent years.The reason for the increase is due to the spread of ridge farming, cattle plowing, and composting fermentation technology. The living standards of the descendants of the ancestors have improved, there is enough food to eat, and they are no longer hungry... This in turn confirms what Jixia said, the ancestors wanted their descendants to live better, otherwise why would it be better?

Only when they are full can they be qualified to think about the spiritual world that is beyond reality, and Yucheng’s new tool gives them the qualification to think, and also gives them a realistic reason to believe in it—thinking about someone’s interpretation of something. Right and wrong is easier than directly thinking about how to explain the matter itself.

Chen Jian is also very satisfied with this answer. At least there are no people who openly oppose his system, and even if there are, it is already a minority.

The remaining objections can only be within this system, and the rules within the system can only be used to judge what Chen Jian did right or wrong. Explain that this is a simple mercenary plan that transcends the shackles of religion.

If you regard this as a primitive "religion", there is no "hereticism" here, and the definition of "heretical" is no longer a dispute over theological concepts, but an entanglement of secular rights, secular life, and secular interests.

Ancestors or gods take a backseat. For the time being, no one will hate each other because of issues such as what the ancestors and gods are and how they came about; Dispute over which is better, and the final judgment of right and wrong is only the facts.

This is a sophistry, what is right is true and what is wrong is false.This is a strange circle, what is good for me is true, and what is harmful to me is false.And what is profit?What is harm?what is goodwhat is badWe can distinguish objectively and materially, but we can guide them in terms of values ​​at the spiritual level.

This is a good start, of course, only in this era.This kind of beginning may be due to the fact that the secular power of this ethnic group has been suppressing the priests of theocracy, or most of the leaders are also priests. The simple priests do not have much power, so they cannot oppose this kind of nonsense that restricts theocracy.

Chen Jian asked everyone a few more questions, and finally withdrew his previous modesty, saying: "Since everyone trusts me, I can only accept it. I hope that I won't bring trouble to my relatives because of misinterpreting the intentions of my ancestors and being deceived." come disaster."

After completing the previous rhetoric, there were not many people who opposed Chen Jian's becoming the high priest, so he became the high priest of the Dahe Tribes as a matter of course.

Originally, this was an event that had been planned long ago, and the preparations for various sacrifices had been completed long ago. Now the slaves and tools that Suyue has mastered are not comparable to those a few years ago, so the preparations were completed very early.

There are no ceremonies to become a high priest, and there are not too many cumbersome ceremonies. The ceremonies are only selected by the leaders and are still determined by secular rights.

But after becoming a high priest, there will be more ceremonies. This is not a sacrifice in a single city. Chen Jian needs to preside over the sacrifice as the high priest, and inform the ancestors of the development, wars, victories, etc. over the years, and offer sacrifices Take the lead in praying for the ancestors to continue to protect the development and growth of the ethnic group.

These are the rules that have existed many years ago, and you can do whatever you want. Chen Jian has learned a lot in these years, especially the etiquette is not so cumbersome that someone needs to learn it all his life.

If it's just to be such a high priest, even if it's a pet or a mascot, that's fine.

But Chen Jian understood that the priests and leaders below were probably already sharpening their knives, not to kill him, but to kill his whole set of fallacies and heresies in Xiacheng Yucheng.

It is the best way to let the person who proposed it admit that he was wrong, especially when the person who proposed it has to explain the various rules of the entire ethnic group and various cities.There is no better way to convince others that you are really wrong than to say you are wrong.

Under Su Yue's instruction, the priests and leaders who had been preparing for a long time looked at Chen Jian who was making the final worship on the altar, recalling that they had already thought of the question that could force Chen Jian to express their views, and waited for the smoke to clear. The moment to go.

It's just that when that moment came, everyone was stunned by an unexpected move.

Chen Jian left the jade vessel that symbolized the high priest on the altar. It was a symbol of the status of the high priest, and it was something that many people dreamed of.

But Chen Jian put the thing down, retreated under the altar, prostrated himself on the ground, and let out a long sigh.

"I'm afraid I'm not qualified to be this high priest!"

Chapter 1 Hot Hands

"Why did Ji Xia discard the high priest's jade?"

Some people didn't hear Chen Jian's sigh, only saw Chen Jian's movement, and asked in surprise.

Chen Jian sighed, "It's not that I threw away the high priest's jade, it's that the high priest's jade is too heavy for me to hold."

"When I was worshiping just now, I was thinking that if I just need to worship, offer sacrifices, and pray to the ancestors, then of course I can do it. If I can make my relatives more prosperous, this is my glory, and who wouldn't want it? Can you offer sacrifices to ancestors on behalf of the various tribes of the ethnic group?"

"It was only when I saw the blue smoke on the altar and the vastness of the sky and the vastness of the earth that I realized that I was so stupid. What is the sky? Can it have an end? What is the earth? Can there be length? Why does the sun and the moon rise in the east West set? Why do the stars change seasons? Where did we come from? Where are we going?"

"All this, my ancestors did not tell me, nor did they guide me."

"What my ancestors guided me was only things like tools, ironware, and farming. These are the things of the living, but I can't even fully understand these, so how dare I talk about heaven, earth, ghosts and gods?"

"The living return to the living. I only got guidance about the living, but what the high priest wants to control is the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth. This is not something I can do."

"That's why I left the jade on the altar. If someone can explain it, it must be because of the favor of the ancestors in the matter of heaven, earth, ghosts and gods, and he is more suitable to be a high priest than me."

"Just as the ancestors guided a person's ability to harvest crops, but let him build a house, isn't this against the guidance of the ancestors?"

"It is precisely because of this that I am afraid. Before I have figured out what the sky and the earth are, why the sun and the moon rise from east to west, and the four seasons and stars change, I cannot become a high priest."

Chen Jian paid homage again, and said: "If someone can solve these doubts in my heart, then he is the most suitable person to be the high priest. Even though everyone elected me as the high priest, I still have doubts in my heart." , I really can’t take on the important task of the high priest.”

"The position of the high priest that you elected, but I can't take this position for the time being. If someone can explain all this, he is the one who can really take on the heavy responsibility of the high priest."

"I'm too stupid to do such a thing now. I may not even be as good as some priests in some cities now. How can I take on the heavy responsibility of the high priest?"

Everyone looked at the jade artifacts left by Chen Jian on the altar, and then listened to Chen Jian's words, they were all stunned.

There has never been a leader who can say in front of everyone that he is unqualified, stupid, and incompetent, especially when it comes to theocracy.

But Chen Jian can, because the consciousness of theocracy in Xia Kingdom is extremely weak, and the living return to the living, and the Chinese only need a leader who can lead them forward in the world of the living.

Now the position of the high priest seems to be at your fingertips, Su Yue wants to trap Chen Jian, but for those city chiefs or priests who don't know it, the position of the high priest is their dream.

But Chen Jian's words cut off the dreams of these people. It seemed to be humility, but these people knew that when it came to reasoning and lip service, who could be sure that Chen Jian could be persuaded?Since he cannot be persuaded, how can he be qualified to become a high priest?

Besides, as a full-time priest, I can't figure out things like the rising of the sun and the moon, the heaven and the earth, ghosts and gods, where they come and go, and who can come up with a self-consistent theory?Even though there are people who are passionate, but at this time in front of so many people in the whole group, especially with someone who can reason with his mouth, the only possibility of being ridiculed is what he says.

Some people can't help but curse in their hearts, you can't answer it, so can we answer it?According to what you say, if there is no one who can explain these problems, will the position of the high priest be vacant all the time?

This is very obvious... I can't answer these questions, why do you have to be the high priest?Even Jixia, who has meritorious service in battle and hard work, dare not be a person, who would dare to be?And why?

Su Yue also did not expect that Chen Jian would do this. The position of high priest is a great honor. In his opinion, it is a temptation that people cannot refuse, especially when Chen Jian compromised with the position of high priest as a bargaining chip. Why? It seems that Chen Jian is bound to win, but how could he suddenly give up?

It would be unexpected if he insisted on declining from the beginning, but at least the position of High Priest is not vacant, Au Yue thinks that he can serve concurrently or choose someone he trusts to take the position.

But before, it was just a refusal. After becoming the high priest and presiding over the sacrifice, he voluntarily gave up and said such a thing. Now who can have the cheek to be the high priest?

Now the seat of the High Priest is available, and it is vacant. Standing up to pick up that piece of jade, there will be supreme glory, but now this piece of jade is so heavy that people can't lift it!

What's more, if you put it this way, you can't ask Su Yue the questions that he asked people to prepare before... I don't understand this, but there is no need to ask it.

Su Yue never expected that someone would be so shameless that he could say in public that he didn't understand and was not qualified, but the person who said he was not qualified also wiped out other people's qualifications with one sentence!

Chen Jian looked around at those people who were either dazed, pondering, or helpless, and said to him that you should think about it slowly, just a question about the sun and the moon rising in the east and setting in the west is enough for you to think about it for a while.What I don't want, you can't get either!

Now the secular rights and divine rights are separated, but the divine rights are now vacant. Su Yue originally wanted to throw Chen Jianfu's tall body to the ground, but he did not hesitate to give up the divine rights.

But now the theocracy has been given up, but before Chen Jian fell down, he climbed down in a shameless way, and by the way burned the jade of theocracy so hot that it would burn to death the next person who wanted to take over...

Su Yue really didn't expect such a situation. He couldn't possibly retake the position of high priest with a shy face at this time, but the position of high priest is still there, but it no longer belongs to him or anyone else when it is vacant. Lost some rights and gained nothing.

Originally, Chen Jian had a very ideal idea. He became the high priest himself, stipulated laws and regulations, and used violence to maintain the centripetal force and cultural unity of this ethnic group.

However, the high priest is only the high priest after all, it is a weapon of criticism, and it is impossible to implement it without a strong force as a guarantee, especially when it is separated from the leader who nominally holds secular power.

At the beginning, he expected to start repairing small areas first, complete some superficial unification of ceremonies in the name of the high priest, and then gradually go deeper from the outside to the inside: such as funerals and weddings.

These will not touch the direct interests of the relatives and noble leaders of the various clans and cities, and there will be no major obstacles in implementing them, and they can be carried out slowly.Start with these small rituals, gradually unify them, and finally give a reasonable explanation, and finally solve the reason why these rituals are done.

He also knew that doing so would greatly increase the power of the leaders of Dahe's tribes, giving them more reasons to interfere with other cities, but it would not threaten Xia, because the right to interpret whether it is reasonable or not rests with Dahe. in the hands of the priest.