Cultured people have their own methods.
He feigned a moment of contemplation, then quoted the founding emperor: "In the early years of our dynasty, we suffered from prolonged war and a depleted population. To encourage marriage, the founding emperor personally issued an edict stating, 'After the mourning period for a wife has ended, widows who have completed their mourning period must be introduced to a matchmaker and be allowed to remarry.' I have always thought of the great achievements of the founding emperor and dare not forget his teachings. The founding emperor urged local authorities to facilitate marriages, reduce widowhood and widowhood, and encouraged widows to remarry immediately after their mourning period. This was for the sake of the country, for the sake of future generations, and for the sake of lasting achievements! People today blindly praise chaste women, which is a betrayal of our ancestors. If this continues, it will cause endless harm. I, Xie Zhihong, must never do such a thing that will cause harm for ten thousand years just for my own official career!"
(This edict was issued by Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin.)
These words were spoken with righteous indignation, which intimidated the clerk and made his blood boil.
"Your Excellency is truly a rare and excellent official!"
Therefore, in the end, only an imperial decree was requested to recognize the righteous act.
In his memorial to the throne, Xie Zhihong deliberately downplayed his status as a widow.
The two characters “恩荣” (Enrong) are engraved on the high arched bracket above the archway plaque.
Imperial-bestowed memorial archways are divided into several grades.
The first-class archway is called the "Imperial Gift" archway, with the words "Imperial Gift" inscribed on the top of the main building. This type of archway was built by imperial decree with funds directly from the national treasury, and it was the highest-ranking archway.
The second-class archway is the "Enrong" archway. It was built by imperial decree with funds allocated by the local government.
In addition, there are "Imperial Edict" archways and "Bestowed" archways.
With the prefect himself coming, the county-level officials, local village chiefs, and elders naturally dared not neglect him and all came to receive him.
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