Chapter 369: Giving Back to the People
After hearing what Cao Cao said, all the officials realized one thing.
Why, he can be the prime minister of a country.
He was also entrusted with important tasks by His Majesty the Emperor.
It’s because people can understand the Holy Mind!
Compared with Prime Minister Cao, my own skills are not even a little bit inferior!
All of a sudden, all the officials understood and began to whisper to each other:
"I should have thought of this earlier. Given Your Majesty's character, how could he possibly do something that would ruin the country?"
"The ancients were right in saying that the sage's heart is unfathomable."
"Prime Minister Cao was able to guess Your Majesty's thoughts so accurately. This is truly worth learning from."
“…”
Although Ying Yuan was not in the temple, legends about him were circulated everywhere in the temple.
soon.
The abolition of the system of burying people alive with the dead.
First, it was known to many people in Xianyang City.
They expressed their views on this policy.
In the streets and alleys, people kept talking about:
"Your Majesty is truly a benevolent ruler. Throughout history, you are the only one who has abolished the practice of burying people alive with the dead!"
"Your Majesty is willing to use terracotta figurines instead of the practice of burying people alive with the dead. Should I say so? This is definitely for the benefit of the common people."
"Using terracotta figurines instead of human sacrifice has great benefits!"
"I'd like to hear more..."
"First, terracotta figurines can be preserved for a long time. Unlike living people, after being buried alive, they will die soon and eventually become a pile of bones."
"Secondly, it's difficult for a living person to keep their body upright when buried, but terracotta warriors can."
"In this way, those terracotta warriors buried with the dead will stand and guard your majesty's mausoleum!"
“…”
More and more people expressed admiration and appreciation for Ying Yuan's decision.
In fact, abolishing the practice of burying people alive with the dead really requires great courage.
Because this is not only against the practice of human sacrifice itself.
It also challenges the rules that have become old customs for thousands of years.
But even so, this decision will be implemented smoothly.
Because those so-called nobles would not be stupid enough to break with the court because of such a thing.
In Tongzhou City, Shannan Road.
There was a wealthy family named Li Youcai.
He is a local rich man.
One day, he died.
His son Li Wuqiong wanted to let his father pass away in peace.
He wanted to select a few servants from his family to be buried with him.
When I get to the underworld, I can continue to serve Li Youcai.
Those servants were basically of humble origins.
The contract they signed with the Li family was not just a contract of selling one's body, but a contract of death.
In other words, if one day the Li family needs them to die, or even kill them, they can produce the contract and the government will not be able to pursue it.
Of course, this kind of contract became invalid after the first year of Taichu, and the imperial court strictly prohibited it.
But those servants didn't know that under Li Wuqiong's coercion and inducement, they had to be buried with him.
After all, this is also the tradition of wealthy families and has been the same since ancient times.
Even if the government knew about it, they couldn't catch them.
However, this is extremely unfair to the servants and their families.
Especially their families, who have been heartbroken in recent days.
On the day of Old Master Li's burial, the servants who were to be buried alive jumped into a big pit together.
After eating and drinking, wait to be buried alive.
Their families were standing outside the pit, crying inconsolably.
Suddenly, officials arrived on fast horses.
"Your Majesty has decreed that from today onwards, the practice of burying people alive with the dead will be abolished!"
"Anyone who disobeys will be killed without mercy!"
"Young Master Li, hurry up and pull those people out of the pit!"
"Otherwise, your Li family will have committed a capital crime!"
As soon as the official finished speaking.
Li Wuqiong was completely stunned.
Your Majesty, why do you want to abolish the practice of burying people alive with the dead for no reason?
Isn’t this a rule that has existed since ancient times?
Even when the late emperor was alive, it was said that the emperor could have ten thousand people buried with him, and a thousand to a hundred princes and ministers.
As for the nobles, aristocratic families, and merchants, they had to use common people of low status as burial companions, and the number of people buried alive could not exceed five fingers.
Why has the practice of burying people alive been abolished now?
When Li Wuqiong was at a loss.
The servants' families went from sorrow to joy, and then wept for joy, saying as they wept:
"Thank goodness, Boss, you don't have to die!"
"God, please open your eyes!"
"This humble woman thanks His Majesty the Emperor!"
“…”
When the servants in the pit heard the voices of their wives or family members, they all stared in disbelief.
"We don't have to die?"
"It seems so."
"I just heard that it was His Majesty who personally issued an order abolishing the practice of burying people alive with the dead!"
"So, we are saved? Or is it His Majesty the Emperor who saved us?"
“…”
They were all confused.
For a moment, I didn't know whether to be happy or sad.
The good news is that I can continue to live.
What worries them is that they don’t know whether the generous conditions and gold and silver that the Li family promised them will be fulfilled.
In any case, the court retained their right as human beings to decide their own life and death.
In other words, even if they wanted to die, the court would find ways to prevent them from dying.
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