Chapter 368: It turns out that His Majesty wants to abolish the practice of burying people alive with the dead!
Ying Yuan was speechless.
How come I became wise again?
Don’t they understand what I’m saying?
Make millions of terracotta warriors!
Do you know what this concept is?
What kind of financial and human resources does the Qin Dynasty need to spend to complete it?
Ying Yuan firmly believed that the Terracotta Warriors would definitely undermine the national strength of the Qin Dynasty.
Otherwise it would be really unfair!
"They say I am wise now, but if it really comes to that, I'm afraid they won't say that anymore."
"After all, this is a huge and expensive project!"
"Then they will regret it!"
Ying Yuan thought about it and felt a little better.
Seeing the flattering expressions of the officials, he lost all his good mood.
He was also unwilling to listen to reports from other ministers.
So he waved his hand and said, "You can leave now. You can discuss the rest with Prime Minister Cao."
After saying this, he returned to the Zhaixing Tower.
Only the officials were left kneeling there in a daze.
A moment later.
Daji said to the ministers, "Your Majesty has gone back to rest. You should all go back to your own affairs."
"If there is nothing important, please do not come to disturb His Majesty."
Then she left.
Today's incident has reached this level.
I wonder how this will spread among the people.
All the officials had no choice but to leave.
The next day, there will be a court meeting.
After a night, Cao Cao summarized what Ying Yuan wanted to say, and then he turned to the ministers and said slowly:
"Your Majesty said yesterday that the previous regulations should be revised. The meaning of these words is self-evident."
"Your Majesty wishes to completely abolish the practice of burying people alive with the dead. I believe that while this violates the will of Heaven and the rituals, it is a heroic act that benefits both the country and the people."
"From today on, in the name of Your Majesty, I inform all the people of the Great Qin that from now on, human sacrifice is prohibited. Anyone who violates this order will be executed!"
Fundamentally speaking, abolishing such a system would infringe upon the interests of the aristocracy.
Because only the children of nobles would bury living people with them when they died.
For ordinary people, it is good enough to buy a paper figurine.
In order to make their families live better, some poor people had to bow to the powerful aristocracy.
Even in his prime, he became a burial object.
What a pity.
The officials had no objection to this matter.
First, in their opinion, this was Ying Yuan’s intention and no objection was allowed.
Second, abolishing the system of burying people alive will be more conducive to protecting the human rights of ordinary people.
This is a sign of a country's progress.
But they also thought that once this matter was thoroughly implemented and made public.
It will inevitably lead to a strong reaction from the people of Daqin.
Before this, if a nobleman killed someone, even if it violated the law, the court would turn a blind eye.
Later, Ying Yuan changed this rule, and Wei Yang even told all the nobles in the entire Qin territory that if they broke the law, they would be punished the same as the common people.
This opened a new chapter in the Qin Dynasty's rule of law.
Today, even the system where common people voluntarily died alive with the nobles no longer exists.
It will definitely provide great help to Daqin in maintaining a social environment of rule of law and human rights.
Moreover, the impact of this matter goes far beyond this.
This is the first time in history that this has happened.
The nobles...can no longer take human life lightly.
Moreover, it was in the name of Ying Yuan that Cao Cao issued a decree abolishing the system of burying living people with the dead.
It can be predicted that in the eyes of the people, Ying Yuan's status will be greatly elevated.
"Since this is your majesty's wish, I have no objection!"
"No objection!"
“…”
At this moment, more and more officials in the court hall spoke up.
Hearing this, Cao Cao nodded contentedly and talked about another matter.
"If you have nothing else to do during this period, please do not bother His Majesty."
Hearing this, Yu Qian could not help but stand out from the ranks of officials and said:
"Your Majesty has asked me to discuss matters of state with you, the Prime Minister."
"But if something serious and urgent happens, and we can't come to a conclusion, is there any other solution besides meeting with His Majesty?"
Cao Cao smiled and said, "I understand what Lord Yu means, but do you understand what Your Majesty means?"
What does your Majesty mean?
Yu Qian was confused and asked, "What are you referring to, Prime Minister?"
Cao Cao addressed the officials, "You all heard the poem Your Majesty recited yesterday, didn't you?"
Many officials nodded.
Some of them not only memorized the poem, but also copied it many times overnight:
[I have practiced until my body resembles a crane, and beneath a thousand pine trees I have two boxes of scriptures.]
I came to ask Dao Wuyu, and he said, "The clouds are in the blue sky, and the water is in the bottle."
What confused them was that Prime Minister Cao suddenly brought up this matter. What was his intention?
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, please speak frankly." Someone bowed and said.
Cao Cao nodded and said frankly, "Last night I was thinking about it over and over again, and finally I figured out the meaning behind your Majesty's poem."
"Your Majesty's point is that some of us are like water, some are like clouds, each with their own role and value. Stop arguing about it and just do what needs to be done."
"Your Majesty clearly intended to use this poem to remind us, and today, I would like to use this poem to answer Lord Yu's confusion."
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