5. Abolition of human sacrifice
Zheng Wen returned to the bedroom, changed into the emperor's regular clothes, and put on plain clothes.
He said to Huang An again: "Big partner, let's go and see your father again!"
When Huang An heard this, his eyes suddenly turned red and tears came out. It is true that he is a eunuch, but he also has feelings. He has been with the late emperor for decades and almost watched him grow up. The feelings are naturally self-evident. Then he choked up and said, "The Emperor... Please..."
As he said that, he led the way, and Zheng Wen also followed him forward.
After a while, a group of people entered the place where the coffin was located, Jianhe Hall.
As soon as I entered, I saw a group of people standing up. Women led by Empress Dowager Wang and Concubine Xie were preparing to salute.
Zheng Wen took the lead and said, "Mother, Mother, you don't have to be too polite, and you don't have to be polite in front of your father."
After saying that, he walked straight to the front of the royal family line and spoke loudly: "You don't have to salute you, I am just the son of my father today."
After saying that, he ignored it and knelt straight in front, kneeling without saying a word.
To be honest, Zheng Wen did not have much affection for his cheap father, and the same was true for his predecessor. Zheng Wen was just a show, allowing Chinese, civil and military officials and nobles of the royal family to know that Zheng Wen was still filial.
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Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Zheng Wen led the civil and military ministers to bury the coffin of the late emperor into the imperial tomb.
Looking at the huge Zheng family imperial tomb, Zheng Wen was filled with emotion, it was too big.
My father started to repair his tomb during his lifetime, and he consumed one-fifth of the national treasury income every year, up to two million taels. He had not completed it for sixteen years and had to continue to repair it. It was so extravagant. It was a feudal emperor!
Should I do this in the future? Zheng Wen was pondering at this moment.
At this time, a noise came, interrupting Zheng Wen's contemplation.
Zheng Wen walked closer and saw that it was some women who had arguing with some imperial guards, and they were almost fighting.
"What are you doing?" Zheng Wen shouted loudly.
The noisy sides saw Zheng Wen and knelt down together.
An imperial guard general hurriedly stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, these are the concubines who were not born to the late emperor and some palace maids. They want to follow the late emperor!"
When Zheng Wen heard this, although the imperial guard general said it tactfully, Zheng Wen still understood that he was buried with him!
Zheng Wen was shocked. The fresh life was about to pass away in front of him. Zheng Wen felt that he was trembling. Life was so worthless!
Zheng Wen decided to do something to change these poor women.
We must also change the entire Daqian!
This idea is deeply rooted in his heart at this moment, and he has fought for it all his life, fighting against the sky, the earth, and people!
Zheng Wen then spoke loudly, "No need to be buried with you, let's release these poor women! From now on, Daqian will give up burial with you, so let's start!"
After Zheng Wen finished speaking, he saluted the woman and said, "It was the Daqian royal family who is sorry for you, I am sorry for you. It was only at this moment that I realized that there was such an inhumane burial. On behalf of the royal family, I am humble to you, I am sorry."
"But, you were the father's women, and I am afraid you will never leave the palace again. I will tell you humble again."
The woman kneeling beneath heard these words and suddenly cried. She survived, finally survived, and shouted "Long live Your Majesty."
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Zheng Wen asked the imperial guards to escort them back.
Seeing them disappear into their eyes, they knelt down to the tomb of the late emperor in front of the civil and military ministers.
He said with a firm look: "Father! I am unfilial. I am sorry for you. I have no face to see you in this life! I don't ask for your forgiveness, but I just can't see so many living lives disappearing."
After pausing, he whispered loudly: "I will not be buried in the imperial tomb in this life."
When the ministers below heard these words, they knelt down in unison.
A minister knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, no! How can you not be buried in your imperial tomb?"
In ancient times, the emperor's tomb was an important etiquette. Ministers would never dare to let this kind of violation of etiquette happen when they were officials. They might leave their names in history books and leave them infamous for thousands of years!
The other ministers also opposed it.
Zheng Wentou didn't reply, "I'm sorry to the Emperor. After my death, I found a place to bury him. It's considered a plea to my father."
When the kneeling ministers heard this, the voices of opposition became even more intense.
Even Prime Minister Liu Jian said: "Your Majesty must not think of this. If you do this, all the people in the world will not dare to be buried! We ministers will leave their names in history books and leave them infamous for thousands of years."
When Zheng Wen heard this, he immediately realized that he was still too simple!
I just look too extravagant, and I am not practical to hide so many good things, and I don’t know if someone will rob the tomb in the future, so I can’t be at peace after my death. That’s why I said this with righteousness. It seems that I am still too anxious.
Then he spoke, "I am really sorry for my father. I have no face to see him, so I will choose another place to build it!"
The kneeling ministers immediately breathed a sigh of relief!
If you don’t bury it, you won’t bury it! In addition, it’s okay to choose a place, and the Daqian royal family doesn’t have to bury it. As long as the idea of the new emperor being buried is dispelled, their reputation will be preserved!
Besides, they still have some of this new emperor!
Judging from this incident, although their new emperor was a lame, he was indeed a benevolent emperor because they saw the new emperor's respect for human life. Since they could respect those women, they could respect themselves as well. Therefore, when Zheng Wen abolished the burial of his sacrificial burial, they did not stop him!
Zheng Wen also won a large number of people's hearts because of this incident!
There is a record in the later generations of "History of Daqian": On the third day of the 16th year of Jianqi of Daqian, Emperor Darenwu abolished human sacrifice in Qianling, and no one sacrificed himself since then. This is a benevolent and righteous act!
At this time, Zheng Wen did not know what future generations evaluated him.
Then he said loudly: "The emperor ordered the world to abolish human sacrifice. From then on, Daqian will not allow anyone to die. He can only replace him with figurines. Those who violate him will be punished severely."
Since then, Daqian has never had human deaths again, but since then, Daqian has become popular with figurine culture, such as wood figurines, pottery figurines, porcelain figurines, bronze figurines, silver figurines, and gold figurines... Since then, it has become popular, even the notes and letters of literati. The archaeological culture of later generations has discovered various types, materials, and various workmanship, thus forming the Daqian archaeological figurine culture. Of course, this is a later story.
Zheng Wen didn't know at this time that he just wanted to change the lives of these poor women. As a person in later generations, he could not ignore life!
Chapter completed!