Chapter 829 I Will Rebel Against Anyone Who Doesn’t Let Me Celebrate the La Festival! To Revive and Destroy a Nation, to Continue the Unrivaled Ambition!
Four days later.
Ying Zheng stood in the southern suburbs of Xianyang City and personally presided over the sacrifices to heaven and earth, officially opening the curtain of Qin Wangzheng's fifteen years.
Then Ying Zheng rushed to the four fields without stopping, and sacrificed to the four emperors in turn to pray for good weather and good harvests.
What was unexpected but reasonable was that the people who offered sacrifices to heaven and earth this time were not only the ancestors of the Qin Dynasty, but also the fourteen ministers and gods such as the sun, moon, Taibai, and Jupiter, the gods of the four seas and the twenty-eight constellations. The gods of heaven and earth were also promoted to the order of ministers, and Zhurong, who was not originally offered sacrifices in the Qin Dynasty, was directly listed as a minister!
What was unexpected and even more unreasonable was that when Ying Zheng stepped into the sacrifice field, not only did Ying Chengjiao follow him and the Queen Mother Huayang stood in the shade of the altar to watch, but the Queen Mother of the Qin Dynasty and the Queen Mother Huayang stood side by side in the shade of the altar, looking at Ying Zheng with kind eyes!
After offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, Ying Zheng personally cut a piece of beef brisket from the roasted red calf used for the sacrifice and gave it to the Queen Mother!
A La Festival that should have been ordinary, but it hit the world like a boulder, causing ripples!
A month later.
November 1, the 15th year of Qin Wangzheng.
Zou County.
More than 20 men, women, old and young, carrying large and small bags, walked out of the market happily, and talked loudly:
"After a year of hard work, we can finally have the La Festival!"
"Yes, yes, although our child did not get the title in this battle, he also returned victoriously, so we should celebrate it well!"
"Mother, I want to eat honey Changchu cake!"
"Hahaha~ Today's La Festival must be a happy occasion, your mother will buy it for you!"
Looking at the composition of the personnel, it can be known that these are five families in the same group, or even five small families separated from a large family.
Everyone's face is filled with the joy of the New Year, and the joy of the La Festival is in their conversations.
However, a passing law officer frowned slightly and shouted in a deep voice: "Stop!"
Stopping, the law officer looked at the twenty people with unfriendly eyes: "What do you want to do today?"
The joy on the faces of the twenty people disappeared immediately, and the old man in the lead bowed carefully and said: "Sir, we entered the city this time to buy cloth and fat meat, thinking of having a good La Festival."
The law officer's voice was a little higher: "La Festival?"
"La Festival has been over for a month!"
"My Great Qin just celebrated La Festival on October 1st, and now it is November 1st. How can you celebrate La Festival today?!"
The old man was stunned and said: "But we have celebrated La Festival on November 1st for so many years!"
The law officer He said seriously: "In the past, you were ministers of other countries, so you should follow the calendar of other countries."
"However, now you are the people of our Great Qin, and the calendar of our Great Qin is October 1st!"
"As early as the 13th year of Qin Wang Zheng, when Zoucheng was first attached to the Great Qin, the county government sent many officials to the villages to inform all the people in Zou County that they should offer sacrifices on October 1st."
"Last year, considering that Zou County was newly attached, the county only admonished but did not punish the improper sacrifices. That was the magnanimity of our Great Qin!"
"However, not only did you not appreciate the kindness of the Great Qin, you still did not follow the calendar of our Great Qin, and even openly made a noise in the market."
"Follow me back to the county government and listen to the county magistrate's judgment!"
The beginning of the year is the beginning of the month, and the king's power is the beginning of the month. It means that the king has taken power and it starts with me!
The calendar and the calendar have never been used only to calculate dates and judge farming time. They also represent the orthodox ruling status of the king at that time!
When a country rules a territory, it can ignore the customs of the people in this territory, and it can also ignore the language and writing of the people in this territory.
During the implementation of the interim law of the new district, even some illegal and criminal acts can be turned a blind eye.
But the calendar and the calendar must be unified!
To put it simply, if all localities continue to use their own new year, then October 1st of the 15th year of Qin Wangzheng in Xianyang City will become January 1st of the 15th year of Qin Wangzheng in Shouchun City, and October 1st of the 14th year of Qin Wangzheng in Zou County.
Does Ying Zheng have to convert dates according to more than a hundred calendars while reviewing memorials?
Even if Ying Zheng and his court officials are not driven crazy by various calendar conversions, the date data in the royal decree may be distorted by those who are interested in taking advantage of the differences between calendars, creating extremely ample space for local officials to deceive their superiors and subordinates and forge edicts to rebel!
To put it in a broader sense, not recognizing the legitimacy of the Qin Dynasty means not recognizing that Ying Zheng is their king, and not recognizing the ruling status of the Qin Dynasty!
So let alone the Qin Dynasty, which was pursuing unification, even Liu Bang, who had three rules, required all places to follow the legitimacy he established!
After the reprimand, the law officer's voice slowed down a bit: "Fortunately, Zou County is still implementing the New District Provisional Law."
"Although your crime is serious, you should not be sentenced to corporal punishment, so don't worry too much."
"But after the punishment, you must remember it and never commit it again in the future!"
More than 20 people were all panicked, and the old man knelt down with a plop, crying sadly: "Shangguan!"
"Today is the La Festival!"
"Please let me take my children and grandchildren to celebrate the La Festival together, and then talk about the punishment!"
"In the world, there are only cases of prisoners being released during the La Festival, but there has never been a case of arresting criminals during the La Festival!"
The law officer taught for a long time, but the old man said "Today is the La Festival".
Suddenly, the law officer's face darkened.
Raising his voice, the law officer shouted loudly: "Stubborn!"
"Quickly take them down!"
Five anti-thief officials immediately stepped forward to arrest these people!
The dispute here has already attracted many people to watch. Someone suddenly spoke loudly: "Since the eighth year of Duke Xi (651 BC) till now, Zou County has always celebrated the La Festival on November 1st!"
"It is so for the people of Lu and it is so for the people of Qi."
"Why is it wrong for the people of Qin to celebrate the La Festival?!"
This person's words are very inflammatory.
Whether Zou County belonged to Lu or Qi, the people of Zou County always regarded November 1st as the beginning of the year.
The habit of more than 400 years has long been engraved in their bones.
No matter what the law officer says, in the eyes of the people of Zou County, today is the New Year!
The law officer was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and shouted angrily: "Qi got Zou County, but did not change the calendar."
"It is because Qi and Lu both use the Zhou calendar!"
"Qi and Lu already use the same calendar and take the same day as the calendar. Why change it again!"
"Who is making a fuss!"
Unfortunately, no one paid attention to the law officer's words.
Under the instigation of those with ulterior motives, the crowd was excited!
"Why did Qin force us to hold the La Festival on October 1st, but not on November 1st? On October 1st, the crops in the fields have not been harvested yet, how can I have time to hold the La Festival!"
"How can Qin be so cruel! The King of Qin casually decided the date and asked us to choose another day to hold the La Festival? When Qi destroyed Lu, why didn't Qi do the same? It shows that Qi is benevolent! Qin is cruel!"
"Heh~ It's just a La Festival, but it makes you so angry? Look at the harsh laws of Qin! Look at your relatives, friends and neighbors who were subjected to corporal punishment and forced to do corvee labor. You are still surprised by the cruelty of the Qin Dynasty, which makes me feel even more surprised!"
A large number of people who came to the city to purchase New Year's goods gathered, making the law officer and several anti-thief officers seem particularly weak.
In fact, even those anti-thief officers were a little shaken.
After all, the law enforcers were sent by the Qin Dynasty, and the anti-thief officials were recruited locally.
As locals of Zou County, they also felt that November 1st was the New Year, and October 1st was the time of autumn harvest, so they had no time to think about the La Festival!
At this time, a Confucian scholar climbed up and shouted: "November 1st was set as the beginning of the year by the Zhou emperor. The Qin State is not the emperor, so why does it set its own beginning of the year!"
"This is rude!"
"Qin is rude and unrighteous, and the King of Qin is cruel and ruthless, but Qi follows the etiquette and the king is benevolent!"
"We do not accept the rule of Qin! I want to return to Qi! We want to celebrate the La Festival!"
The Confucian scholar's voice was like a drop of water dripping into a boiling oil pan, which suddenly intensified the shouts on the scene.
"We want to celebrate the La Festival today! I will rebel against anyone who doesn't let me celebrate the La Festival!"
"I don't want to be ruled by such a brutal Qin! Rebel against him!"
"Yes! Rebel against him! Go to Qi!"
On the road not far away, Song Ya and Zhu Chang sat in a small cart pulled by a single horse, watching all this with a smile on their faces.
Zhu Chang bowed to Song Ya and praised: "Brother Zhu, this plan is really a stroke of genius!"
Song Ya smiled softly: "Qin State thought that changing the beginning of the year was an easy matter."
"For most places, changing the beginning of the year is indeed not difficult."
"But Zou County has not only used November 1 as the beginning of the year for more than 400 years, but has also been deeply influenced by the ritual system and flourished in culture and education. Even the common people who cannot read and write know etiquette and observe righteousness."
"The little things that Qin Wang Zheng doesn't care about are enough to cause Zou County to rebel with a little guidance!"
"But this plan can be successful, after all, it still depends on Brother Zhu's means."
The La Festival is an important festival that combines many elements such as ancestor worship, worship of gods, celebration, and rest.
The Qin Dynasty strongly requires the whole world to live according to the Qin calendar and celebrate the La Festival according to the beginning of the year. Those areas that often change the beginning of the year may not care, but the people of Zou County cannot be without resentment!
Zhu Chang also smiled and said, "After all, my clan has been operating in Zou County for hundreds of years, so this is just a trivial matter."
"Zhu Mou has long had the intention to start a rebellion, but it is difficult to accomplish anything with only Zoucheng!"
Zou County was originally named Zhu County! It was the capital of the State of Zhu!
And Zhu Chang is a descendant of the royal family of the State of Zhu!
Song Ya smiled and said, "Brother Zhu is not the only one who wants to accomplish this."
"The city where the troops are raised this time is not just Zoucheng."
"When the riot breaks out in Zou County, we will use it as a point to lead the whole area and cause chaos in Xue County!"
"Not only can you and I greatly weaken the power of Qin, but we can also let the world know that Qin can't unify the world, and create another opportunity for you and me to restore our country!"
Zhu Chang's eyes showed some longing: "You and I can lead the entire Xue County to return to Qi in the east, and be valued by the King of Qi!"
"It is said that the King of Qi is a gentleman who is well-read in poetry and books."
"I don't know if the King of Qi can emulate Wu Ding of Shang, revive and destroy the country, and continue the extinct world."
"Help you and me revive our homeland!"