Zhang Zhaohua sighed and shook his head, and asked, "His Royal Highness King Qin, what kind of illness do you have?"

"It is said that overnight, the blood fever went up," Gao Chi said: "pricked the end of his ten fingers, the blood flowed like an injection, and the pain was relieved at night, but on the second day, the mouth and nose bleed, and the whole body was paralyzed and swollen, and he couldn't even wait for the medical officer to arrive, so he died." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Before Zhang Zhaohua could say anything, he heard Gao Chi say: "The palace has given an altar and ordered the Shaanxi political envoy to treat the funeral. ”

Zhang Zhaohua was excited and said, "Martyrdom, what does it mean to be martyred?"

"Princess Qin," Gao Chi rubbed his temples and said, "The emperor specially decreed that she should be buried." ”

Wang is the sister of the most courageous general of the Yuan Dynasty, Kuangkuo Timur, who was defeated and captured in the fourth year of Hongwu, and was married to the king of Qin, regardless of filial piety. National hatred and family feud made the Wang family never take the initiative to welcome her husband, and even added bad words, so the husband and wife were cold and had no heirs. If it was just that there were no heirs, it would have been fine, but four years later, the emperor married the second concubine Deng for the king of Qin.

Deng married and had several sons, including Zhu Shangbing, the son of King Qin. But Deng died a long time ago, and I don't know what the reason is, in short, there is a hidden secret, and the official statement is that he died of illness.

Now the emperor let the princess Wang be martyred-Zhang Zhaohua suddenly felt cold and trembling from these two harsh words, and she said: "It was the emperor's decree to let the princess of Qin be martyred, not the princess herself-"

"Isn't martyrdom a martyrdom," Gao Chi said: "Whoever is a festival, chastity is also." Isn't it martyrdom to keep his chastity and die to his chastity, the husband dies and his wife is martyred, the king is martyred, the lord is martyred, the slave is martyred, and he is committed to righteousness and uses moderation. Princess Qin was martyred for the king of Qin, that is, her husband died and his wife were martyred, which has been practiced since ancient times. ”

Zhang Zhaohua lowered his head and thought for a long time, and suddenly felt that he and Gao Chi seemed to have deviated.

Therefore, Gao Chi thinks that martyrdom is martyrdom, there are too many such examples throughout the ages, the husband dies and the wife is martyred, the king dies and the courtier is martyred, the master dies and the slave is martyred, this seems to be natural - but Zhang Zhaohua believes that martyrdom is martyrdom, martyrdom is martyrdom, and the biggest difference between the two is whether it is voluntary.

Zhang Zhaohua can also give examples, for example, in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Chu State, the King of Chu traveled with Cai Ji and Yue Ji, and when he was happy, he made an appointment to live and die together, Cai Ji agreed on the spot, and Yue Ji did not speak. Later, when the king of Chu died, Yue Ji asked for a burial for the king of Chu, and the new king of Chu even stopped her. But Yue Ji thought that although she didn't speak at the beginning, "her heart has promised it", and she thought that a trustworthy person would never deceive her heart, so she committed suicide and was buried.

Another example is the time of Tang Wuzong, Wuzong was reluctant to give up on Wang Cairen before he died, Wang Cairen said, you go first, I will come later, and sure enough, he hanged himself.

Martyrdom is voluntary, whether it is for faith or affection, it is willing to follow the deceased, and martyrdom is to force you to commit suicide or simply kill you whether you want to or not, such a barbaric custom, the Yuan Dynasty did not enter the Central Plains, that is, when it was still called "Mongolia", it was indeed popular to be martyred, and the Mongolian nobles were also the firm executors of the human martyrdom system. But after Yuan Shizu, he never heard of the burial of people - but he still encouraged virgins and martyrs among the people, vigorously commended the martyrdom of wives and concubines, and repaired books and set up memorial arches for such people. The Ming Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty no longer have it, and those women who are so-called commending the festival are all willing to die, and I have not heard that they are holding a rope and insisting on putting it on people's heads.

However, the Qin family doesn't care if you are willing or not, Zhang Zhaohua thinks she is unwilling, but she is still forced to be buried, although this is just a marriage that is not worthy of the name, such a loose relationship was just to protect the king, after all, this person is a person who the emperor regrets for life. Since everyone will not think that there is any good result, of course, it actually proves everyone's inference, then after the death of King Qin, such a unique existence of the Wang family is meaningless.

"Are you sure," Zhang Zhaohua asked again and again, "The emperor let the Wang family be martyred, is it the only example of the dynasty?"

"Yes," Gao Chi said: "In the twenty-second year of Hongwu, Uncle Lu passed away, and Princess Tang raised her son until today. ”

Zhang Zhaohua breathed a sigh of relief, so that the Wang family was required to be martyred, which should be a special case. Thinking about it like this, she couldn't forgive her past life more and more, she only watched TV series such as the secret history of the Qing Palace on TV, and saw that there were several concubines who were martyred in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, but she didn't know if there were also martyrs in the early years of the Ming Dynasty.

In this life, she knows the importance of studying history, as long as she has free time, she will continue to read history books. She read books and knew that the custom of martyrdom was ancient, and in the Spring and Autumn Period, which great nobleman did not die with a human martyr? However, during the Warring States Period, the number of human martyrs had gradually decreased, and even began to be replaced by wooden figurines. In the Han Dynasty, this custom was basically extinct, and in contrast, the Xiongnu were prevalent in human martyrdom, so the resurgence of the human martyrdom system was precisely brought about by the entry of foreign races into the Central Plains. For example, when the Five Hu Rebellion was in China, martyrdom prevailed. For example, when the Liao Dynasty was founded, more than 100 ministers were martyred to bury Taizu; before the founding of the Mengyuan Dynasty, it was most popular to bury horses and beauties.

Therefore, Zhang Zhaohua thought that the Ming Dynasty should be the same as the orthodox dynasty of the Han people such as the Han, Jin, Tang and Song dynasties, and this custom should be absolute, and the princess of Qin should be a special case, and the emperor felt that there was no need to leave a Mongolian princess as the so-called "stain" of the Qin king, so he ordered the Wang family to be martyred.

Thinking about it like this, Zhang Zhaohua felt a lot relieved.

"You're writing," Gao Chi's voice woke up the contemplative Zhang Zhaohua: "Are you happy?"

"Yes," Zhang Zhaohua also walked to the side of the desk and said, "I wrote one for Yongan and one for Yongping, but I think I can't write well in large characters, and I want to ask someone to write it on my behalf." ”

The wedding curtain is inscribed on the large red satin of silk cloth or cut-and-paste gold paper as a wedding gift, and the wedding curtain is short, with one word, such as the word "Xi", and four words, such as "Qin Se and Ming". Usually four characters are many, and vertical writing is more common, congratulatory in the upper right, and the payment is in the lower left, which is the banner.

Zhang Zhaohua chose the four words "Luanfeng and Ming", and before Gao Chi came back, luck condensed and wrote a few big characters on the desk, but none of them made her feel satisfied.

Gao Chi picked up the ribbon and looked at it carefully, nodded and said: "The pen is incoherent, and it is a little sluggish." ”

"It's just that now I can't give it away," Gao Chi sighed: "King Qin has passed away, Yongping Yong'an is the county king, and he has to serve for nine months, and I am afraid that he will not marry until the end of the year." ”

"This happy banner hasn't been sent out yet," Zhang Zhaohua also sighed: "I have to send out the banner first." ”

She said and asked, "Did the envoy of the Qin Wangfu send the obituary, or did the pedestrian send it?"

"Neither," Gao Chi said, "It's the prisoner of the country." ”