Add Bookmark | Recommend this book | Back to the book page | My bookshelf | Mobile Reading

Free Web Novel,Novel online - All in oicq.net -> Historic -> Han Liehou

The Wind Rises in Chang'an Chapter 181 Carrying the coffin into Yangling

Previous page        Return to Catalog        Next page

    ps: The burial of Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty marked the complete end of an era, and the next was Liu Che's era.  &{}{} 3 updates today, please subscribe!  Asking for a monthly ticket!  "Long drought brings rain, and old friends meet in a foreign land."  Dong Zhongshu met Yuan Gusheng when he was in trouble. The two of them traveled arm in arm and had great fun. Under Yuan Gusheng's invitation, Dong Zhongshu came to Wei Qihou's mansion. Wei Qihou was overjoyed by the sudden good news and was so happy that he almost walked backwards to greet him.  .  Dou Ying treated him so hospitably. He sent people to dress him up, put on the best silk clothes, and held a banquet in honor of him. He listened to the sound of silk and bamboo and admired the beautiful beauties. Dong Zhongshu was so moved that he said, "I am the one who has to meet you."  Great luck! There is no need to be too modest, Mr. Dong. I had heard of Mr. Dong¡¯s name a long time ago. Unfortunately, Mr. Dong had no intention of becoming an official and refused many invitations. Today, the two of them have fulfilled their wishes at the first meeting.  It feels a bit like weeping over each other.  Dou Ying felt very emotional in his heart. Dong Zhongshu was also a famous Confucian in Guandong. It was a bit miserable for him to be tortured so much that he almost ended up living on the street.  "If the servant hadn't found out that there was a Confucian scholar in the Wu'an Hou Mansion, and he quickly asked Yuan Gusheng to come to the rescue, Dong Zhongshu would have faced the tragic situation of being homeless.  Counting the junior Kong Wu who was sitting with him, the four Confucian students chatted happily over wine and talked about their life aspirations like close friends. Out of a sense of mission for Confucianism, Dong Zhongshu proposed a plan to revitalize Confucianism.  "Revitalize Confucianism? What can you say?" "Poverty leads to change, and change leads to generalization. The Tang-Wu revolution lies in one change. It's time for Confucianism to change." Yuan Gusheng was surprised: "Another change?" "What? Someone  "Did you mention reform?" "Yes, it's Kong Wu, the eldest son of the Kong family." Dong Zhongshu was slightly surprised.  Looking at the excessively clean young man, there was a faint smile on his face, exuding strong self-confidence: "Kong Wu of the State of Lu pays homage to Dong Sheng. I have heard for a long time that Dong Sheng is a scholar of heaven and man, and I would like to become your disciple to study "The Public"  "Yang Chunqiu" "What a rare young talent! He will be a great hero in the future." Dong Zhongshu nodded and said.  Kong Wu felt that he had performed well, so he spoke eloquently: "I advocate that the change lies in the mixing of Confucianism and Legalism, absorbing the governance strategies of the Legalist criminal theory, and combining benevolence and filial piety to summarize new learning to resist the impact of Huang Lao's new learning.  "Do you have a clue?" Kong Wu shook his head and smiled bitterly. At his age, he was just starting out in studying.  There is still a long way to go before we can fully understand the Six Classics, and it will only be even more difficult to sort out new learning.  Yuan Gusheng and Dong Zhongshu looked at each other and smiled. It is good for young people to dare to think, dare to do, and be hardworking and bloody.  The ability to solve difficult situations is slightly off.  Dou Ying didn't want to keep the situation cold, so he said instead: "Yesterday I sent someone to send a greeting note to Pingyang Marquis Mansion. I think there will be a reply in a few days." "When is the specific timetable? I can prepare it.  ." Dou Ying said helplessly: "It may have to wait, because the late emperor's coffin is about to enter Yangling." The Confucian scholars were stunned.  "The Rites of Zhou" stipulates that the emperor will be buried in seven days.  He was buried in July. The late emperor passed away on September 26 last year, which is exactly seven months to the end of April today.  On April 26, the first year of Jianyuan, outside the six towers in the south of Chang'an City.  Liu Che was wearing a pure white robe and was walking on foot holding the late emperor's coffin. On both sides of the coffin were several sons of the late emperor, namely Hejian King Liu De, Lu King Liu Yu, Jiangdu King Liu Fei, Changsha King Liu Fa, Zhao King Liu Pengzu,  King Liu Duan of Jiaoxi, King Liu Sheng of Zhongshan, King Liu Yue of Guangchuan, King Liu Ji of Jiaodong, King Liu Cheng of Qinghe, and King Liu Shun of Changshan.  The etiquette of the Han Dynasty has always emphasized filial piety as the first priority. It is an ancient ritual for a filial son to carry the coffin to send his deceased father to the burial.  The Nine-Fifth Emperor of the Emperor can be exempted, but no emperor is willing to make exceptions.  Liu Che is a filial child.  In the past few days, he missed every bit of the late emperor's life day and night. Seven days before his burial, he entered a state of isolation, fasted and bathed to keep his pious heart free of distracting thoughts. He wanted to send the late emperor to Yangling with a pure and filial heart.  The Queen Mother sat motionless in the carriage, her cloudy eyes could no longer see the light, she was as quiet as if she were dead.  Princess Liu Piao, the chief princess of the palace, was sitting opposite her. Her hair was already gray. Her legitimate son, Longluhou Chen Xiu, had died. Princess Longlu Liu Shu, who had not yet given birth, had become a young widow. According to the Han family's etiquette, the widow had to return to her natal family to live, and then her natal family would rehabilitate her.  To arrange a marriage, anyone under the age of thirty must remarry. If they do not remarry, the tax will be several times that of an unmarried woman.  Princess Longlu returned home. She was no longer called Princess Longlu. Her new name was Princess Quni. She lived at home for less than half a month before she hurriedly married Qunihou Chen He and became another daughter-in-law of the Chen family.  .  Liu Prostitute was very sad. She had always been very kind to Princess Longli Liu Shu, and she had hoped that her son Chen Xi would give birth to a legitimate son as soon as possible.??Let her be able to hold a grandchild and enjoy the happiness of family at a long age, but Chen Xiang is too disappointed. He leaves his wife who is like a flower at home and spends all day looking for flowers and asking for help.  It¡¯s the true nature of a man.  He died because of his true nature as a man.  After the man died, his wife remarried, and the one she married was Chen He, the Qunihou who had defeated Chen Xi. This boy was not a good guy either. He kicked off the marriage arrangement of a lineage's legitimate daughter. At that time,  He was just a little kid, and he almost made his father Chen Kui angry to death, so no one among the princes wanted to marry the Qu Nihou family. His father Chen Kui had just died, and Chen He  Running around like a rabbit on a loose leash.  Now, the most despised Qu Nihou Chen He has ushered in the dawn of life. The 23-year-old gangster not only entered the Yulin and prospered, but also married Liu Shu, the former Quni princess.  ??But Chen Xi, the Marquis of Longliu who was praised by everyone at that time, came to the end of his life amidst praise and applause. Marquis Longliu died and his country was wiped out, and his wife became the daughter-in-law of his enemy.  Princess Guantao is a little confused.  Things in the world are unpredictable, and the poor child will suffer inhuman humiliation and pain, while her enemy is living a comfortable life.  Queen Mother Wang Na was sitting in another carriage. This was the first time that she rode in a carriage alone, instead of serving beside her mother as usual.  Pick off the white cloth curtains to see the opposite compartment. The mother -in -law Dou Yifang and the aunt Liu Xie were full of sadness and put down the curtain.  Wang Quan suddenly smiled.  After decades of hard work and humiliation, she finally reached the moment when she felt proud and proud. She made countless efforts for this day.  Wang Quan suddenly turned his head.  He calmly ordered: "From now on, except for the morning and dusk adjustment in Changxin Palace, all other arrangements should be eliminated. My prince is living a hard life. For the sake of my mother, I must think more about the prince and serve the Empress Dowager."  Give it to Princess Guantao." The convoy carrying the coffin left the south gate and circled the city half way. Millions of people watching spontaneously stood on both sides of the road.  Many people shed tears as they bid farewell to the late emperor who had been in charge of the world for sixteen years. Perhaps they still remembered their contribution to the construction of Chang'an City.  As long as the city of Chang'an lasts, that contribution will always be remembered in the hearts of every Chang'an resident.  The long funeral convoy passed through Weiqiao and slowly arrived at its destination, Yangling.  Yangling is adjacent to Changling of Emperor Taizu Gao, and the scale and height of its construction are comparable to Changling.  Carloads of funerary objects have to be entered first.  The visitors continued to call out their voices.  The ministers heard more and more that Yue was not a good person. The burial objects were much less than expected. This did not seem to be in line with the late emperor's thoughts when he was still alive.  "Your Majesty" Bai Zhihou Xuchang stopped talking in the middle of his words. All the funerary objects were loaded into the mausoleum so quickly. This was dozens of times different from the prediction beforehand. There were all kinds of funerary objects.  Taking everything into account, the investment cost will never exceed one billion yuan.  One billion yuan was a very huge number in the early Han Dynasty. The burial objects of Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang were less than 100 million yuan.  The funeral objects of Emperor Taizongwen Liu Heng were only tens of millions of dollars, and the burial objects of Emperor Xiaohui were only tens of millions of dollars.  In the early Han Dynasty, living conditions were poor and many people were poor and had no food to eat, so it was normal for the emperor to lower the standards for burials.  But in the increasingly affluent era sixty years later, when Liang Xiaowang Liu Wu died of illness, the burial items were as much as 2 billion yuan. You must know that he was just a vassal king. Facing an emperor who was dozens of times richer than himself, the burial items were  Turning over 20 billion is considered a great saving.  Why is it only a mere 1 billion dollars?  Liu Che knelt and sat in front of the coffin, indifferent.  "the late emperor reigned for sixteen years, quelled the chaos of the seven kingdoms of Wu and Chu, punished the country and the people, and punished the slanderous ministers. He worked diligently for sixteen winters and summers, created a peaceful and prosperous era under the rule of Wen and Jing, built the city of Chang'an to benefit the people, built temples and erected statues of Taiyi.  In the past 16 years, the people have been prosperous and prosperous, and the country and the people have been peaceful and peaceful. In the more than 60 years since the rise of the Han Dynasty, the population has doubled and the national power has increased tenfold. He has made great contributions to the Imperial Ancestral Temple and is honored by the incense of admiration for all generations. "  Holding the memorial in his hands, his voice was high-pitched and loud: "The late emperor left a legacy before his death: It has not been easy for the Han family to govern the country for more than sixty years. Up to now, the people have worked hard to cultivate the fields and have enough food and clothing. However, the widespread trend of heavy burials has in vain destroyed the thrifty tradition.  According to folk customs, people spend a lot of money to collect funeral objects to bury their parents. They use up their last remaining wealth and owe mountains of loan sharks. They work hard for twenty years to pay off foreign debts. They are already gray-haired old people. One day, they become terminally ill and there is no cure.  The children have to repeat the old way of sending all the family property to the ground. The living are in pain and the dead are uneasy. Future generations should use me as a standard. The emperor¡¯s burial items should not exceed one billion yuan. If the country¡¯s power declines, it will be reduced as appropriate. The princes and kings will be buried with them.  The goods cannot exceed 100 million yuan, the princes cannot exceed 50 million yuan, the princes of Guannei cannot exceed 20 million yuan, and so on until the common people cannot exceed 5,000 yuan" "No!  This is an edict!    Almost everyone present raised their heads and looked at the young emperor. Even if the tone was very similar, everyone who was familiar with the late emperor knew that this edict did not exist at all.  The smart man immediately thought of something. Liu Che was using the late emperor's mouth to say what he wanted to say. He wanted to abolish the practice of lavish burials.  Prime Minister Xuchang grabbed Cao Shi's arm and said, "Young Master, do you know the whole story?" Cao Shi wanted to break free, but was surrounded by officials on both sides, so he helplessly said, "I don't know much about it either!" "I don't believe it.  "Just tell me what's going on!" Cao Shi raised his eyebrows: "If you ask me about this kind of thing, you might as well ask yourselves what the late emperor's edict means."  Looking at each other, this kid is as shrewd as a monkey. He just doesn't jump into the hole he dug, and keeps talking about the late emperor's decree.  The late emperor¡¯s coffin was slowly sent into the depths of the mausoleum. Liu Che stood outside the door of the tomb and watched quietly. It was his last farewell to his late father.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report