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The Wind Rises in Chang'an Chapter 309: The funeral of all living beings

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    The long road finally reached the end. The funeral procession slowly stopped outside the Baling Mausoleum. The princes and kings of the Liu family slowly climbed up to the high platform of the mausoleum holding the coffin. The regulations of the imperial mausoleum are somewhat similar to a multi-level pyramid, with one layer  The rammed earth platform on the first floor is a complex of buildings on the surface of the imperial mausoleum. Inside, gold and silver jewelry sent by the royal family for the deceased are enshrined. The living use the treasures of the world to express their grief for the deceased.  ~ The witches danced traditional dances to pray for the late Empress Dowager. Witch dances are divided into many sub-categories. There are the famous Nuo rituals to drive away diseases and evil spirits, the Yayi dance to worship gods, and the birthday wishes for people.  In the witch dance that prays for the sick and the dead, Wu Xian does not wear a mask and strange feather costumes, holds a bell, and steps on the steps of Yu to chant. Instead, he wears a red robe and a curtain and recites the names of gods and scriptures.  pray.  Such scenes have become less and less common. With the popularity of Taiyinism and the standardization of teachings, witch dances are more and more used in religious ceremonies. For example, the witch dance to pray for the dead has been adapted several times to drive away traces of witchcraft.  , turned into a more pure prayer for the deceased to ascend to heaven.  The ancestors in the early days of ignorance worshiped nature and believed that all things use spirits. Human beings are the spirits of all things, and of course they also have spirits. They firmly believed that life is just a process of death, and that being able to live in another world after death is a basic value of human society. Using  In layman's terms, during the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties and even earlier ancient times, people firmly believed in the existence of something similar to the underworld. They enjoyed as much glory and wealth as they could during their lifetime, but they would take it all away after their death.  The terracotta warriors and horses in Qin Shi Huang¡¯s Mausoleum in Lishan Mountain, as well as the legendary structure of Qin Shi Huang¡¯s Mausoleum with gold as the mountain and mercury as the sea, are the embodiment of this spirit.  This trend changed significantly with the founding of the People's Republic of China in the early Han Dynasty. In the early days of the People's Republic of China, the country was poor.  Even the emperor's carriage could not muster four pure-colored royal horses. The Changling Mausoleum of Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang was ten times shabbier than the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang.  Emperor Taizongwen Liu Heng advocated a light burial ceremony.  By the time Emperor Gaozongjing, Liu Qi, insisted on a thin burial, the custom of thin burials advocated by three generations of emperors who went to the Taimiao Temple had greatly improved the thick burial habits that had been passed down from ancient times. The Empress Dowager Dou Yifang, who was being buried, was also buried lightly, except for two ancient boxes carrying  Dou Yifang's favorite cosmetics when she was young, as well as the gold and silver jewelry and phoenix robes and clothes that she wore and loved during her lifetime, besides the melons, fruits, pears, oxen, sheep, chickens and ducks and other worthless burial objects, they are not worth anything at all.  carry. ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? off, there is nothing left, and the frugality is far better than that of her late son Gaozongjing Emperor Liu Qi.  After all, Liu Qi was buried with one billion yuan in burial objects. All the funeral objects that the old lady was buried with, including the clothes and accessories she wore with her and the clothes she loved to wear in daily life, totaled only more than 100 million yuan. It was just that the materials for the accessories and clothing were carefully selected by the Shaofu.  Carefully selected products.  Strictly speaking, these items cannot be regarded as special burial utensils. They are just utensils used by the Empress Dowager during her lifetime. The reason for being so frugal was partly because Dou Yifang took the initiative to make a will when she was seriously ill. Her husband  Emperor Taizong Hanwen was frugal throughout his life. Except for a few mistakes made by his favorite minister Deng Tong in his later years, he was almost a perfect person in terms of personal morality. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? It is not an exaggeration to call him the most virtuous monarch in the history. At least excluding the unconvinced clan princes and the meritorious princes who are quite resentful, he should receive such an evaluation. The personal moral character of the old lady of the Dou family is certainly not as high as that of her husband.  He committed countless sins when he was young, and his hands were so stained with blood that he became blind in middle age. It may be said that it was the will of God.  It didn't matter that she had to pay back the evil she had done. In short, she had been trying hard to be a qualified queen mother and queen mother for the rest of her life.  ¡°Her expectations unfortunately did not come true.  When she was the Queen Mother, she was too partial to her youngest son, King Xiao of Liang and Liu Wu, which caused the mother-son relationship between her and Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty to be very tense for a time.  After finally becoming the empress dowager, her relationship with her grandson was not very pleasant. In the end, she was forced to go away to Linguang Palace in Ganquan Mountain to live in her old age. It was really a precarious situation.  The life of the old lady of the Dou family was really full of ups and downs. The last will and testament she left before her death was also full of complex emotions. In the tone of an elder, she finally told the emperor to be cautious and patient, and never to destroy the ancestral foundation of the Han family established by Taizu in the founding of the country.  Otherwise, she, an old woman, would have no face to face the ancestors of the Han family and explain many details. At the end, she would not forget to distribute her property in Changxin Palace to her daughter, Princess Tao, Liu Piao.  This money is worth about three billion yuan. It comes from the gifts given by the princes and kings to visit the Queen Mother over the years. Many precious gifts were given back to the princes and kings, and some were sent to the emperor's inner treasury in Weiyang Palace.  , there is only a mere three billion yuan left in Changxin Palace, which is nothing compared to the hundreds of billions in the Shaofu's inner treasury.  Princess Guantao was also very miserable. The death of her son brought a great impact to her. Not only did she have to face the desperate situation of having no successor, but she also had to face the crisis of the complete loss of the Tangyi Hou Mansion.  Princess Tao has become very old. She used to hate Chen Wu, the Marquis of Tangyi, looking for women to keep concubines, but now she urges her husband to take concubines and have children as soon as possible, but an accident suddenly happened.?The head of this little family.  Perhaps it was a trick of fate. In the past, when he gave birth to a son with another woman, his wife Liu Piao would catch her and drink medicine to induce an abortion. As a result, Chen Wu, the Marquis of Tangyi, lost several concubines in vain. Now Liu Piao encourages and supports her husband to take concubines, and Chen Wu  It happened that he couldn't give birth to a child again in the afternoon. He developed a very serious case of immobility. He tried every means to seek medical advice but couldn't solve it. This made the old couple anxious.  Chen Wu is over sixty years old. In theory, it is not easy to have a child when he is in good health. After all, not everyone can do what Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, did. He was hit by the execution of his eldest son and second son one after another. Tangyi  Hou Chenwu's hair has turned gray in a month, and he looks as if he is a dying old man. He and Liu Piao look like a seventy-year-old couple walking on the road.  After the death of Empress Dowager Dou Yifang, the towering tree that Princess Guantao could rely on fell down. The only daughter she could rely on, Queen Chen Ajiao, lived in Changmen Palace for a long time. Seeing that the newly renovated Jiaofang Palace of Weiyang Palace was  Princess Liu Piao was in a very painful mood when it came to changing hands. She complained that her stupidity and arrogance had ruined her children and family, and at the same time she resented the emperor's harshness, kindness and ruthlessness. Of course, she could not escape Cao Shi's viciousness and cruelty.  Queen Chen Ajiao was the leader of the female concubines. She was dressed in plain clothes, had white cream on her face, and her eyes were red. She had not rested for a long time. She, the granddaughter, was busy organizing the funeral for several days. Her mother, Princess Tao, collapsed early.  After crying for half a day, I passed out. The imperial doctor told me that it was due to a deficiency of Qi and blood and several diseases. In short, I should pay attention to rest every day, not to hurt my spirit, and to avoid being overjoyed or sad.  She held up the position of the Empress of the Han Dynasty very strongly. Although the emperor did not even look at her several times during the funeral, although the officials and ministers had a very cold attitude towards her, and although there were rumors in the market that she was going to be deposed, as long as she became the  A queen who has always respected the world will never give up her dignity.  The top platform of the Baling Mausoleum is the passage leading to the inside of the mausoleum. The team of ministers neatly salute the coffin as it goes away, watching the coffin disappear from people's sight little by little. The coffin will be delivered directly to the mausoleum.  In the main tomb at the bottom, Emperor Taizongwen's coffin has been quietly parked there for more than 20 years.  There were only a few noble ministers standing in the small space on the top floor. The emperor put his hands behind his back and stared at the funeral procession disappearing into the deep mausoleum. The burial in the coffin represented the completion of another concentration of the emperor's power, and the sweep of the main forces opposing the imperial power.  Got one.  "Your Majesty, it is good to be simple, but according to etiquette, the coffin should be suspended for five months" "Huh?" Taichang Zhao Zhou swallowed his saliva, took a few steps back and bowed his head in silence.  The young emperor rolled his sleeves and snorted coldly: "In my opinion, keeping the coffin is an old system and should be changed. Keeping the coffin for so long is disrespectful to the deceased. You yourself know what happened when my father's coffin was kept for seven months. It suddenly occurred to me  I will be very angry if I have to stay like this one day. Even if I have ascended to heaven to reunite with my father, grandfather and Taizu, do you understand? " "Yes! I understand that there are some things in "Zhou Rites".  The rules are out of date, and I will immediately start making changes." Zhao Zhou responded hurriedly, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead. In a country where imperial power is supreme, the emperor is the biggest rule, and etiquette can only restrain those who follow the rules. For those who are good at creating greatness.  To the emperor, etiquette was just a blackboard that could be altered at any time.  The emperor is becoming more and more domineering.  Zhang Ou, the imperial censor, was full of worries. When an emperor could ignore the constraints of "Zhou Rites", what could stop the emperor's progress was a question worth pondering.  The nobles and nobles were murmuring that the emperor's sudden act of trespassing against etiquette caught people off guard. Many people regarded this as the emperor's bold challenge to the old system, and the officials and nobles retreated.  , maybe the emperor will further boldly break the rules until he reaches the ideal system in his mind.  "It is against the etiquette and law to bury the Empress Dowager in advance. What do you think of this matter, Marquis Pingyang?" "Your Majesty has gone too far. How can you ignore the etiquette and law system of the Han family? This is an unprecedented transgression. Marquis Pingyang, please stand up and say  In a few words, we all support you." "This trend must not rise. We must unite and never tolerate it. There are things in His Majesty's system that are wrong in themselves. As a minister, you must adhere to the etiquette system." "Yes!  If we let things go on like this, sooner or later the Han family's system will be changed beyond recognition. How can we face our ancestors?  Most of the upright ministers believed that the emperor's behavior was against the law, while a few did not say a word and bowed their heads.  Tian Fan, the Marquis of Wu'an, stood at the end of the queue. He was the most unpopular among the marquises. He pulled the sleeves of the equally unpopular Marquis of Gai, Wang Xin, and lowered his voice.?? said: "Brother, please listen to what they said, let's go and file a complaint before His Majesty!" (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
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