Chapter 351: Guilty Edict
In the winter of last year, Kang slaughtered the city and killed countless people in vain. This is too serious to be overlooked, and it must not be investigated.
The king is in chaos, the courtiers are in chaos, the generals are in chaos, the soldiers are in chaos, why are there still Kaifeng tragedy!
The reason for this is that he worships the emperor too much, knows whether it is possible but does not deny it, and knows that he cannot do it.
The tragedy of Kaifeng is too much to be safe, and the rest are not guilty. If Kang has such a chaotic act again, he should abdicate and make way for Xian, and the whole world will see him. However, from now on, if the king has a disorderly life, and the subordinates do not deny it, the generals have a disorderly life, and the soldiers do not deny it, they should all be held accountable!
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Wan Yankang rushed back to Kaifeng Mansion from the foot of Shaomu Mountain, went to the original palace of Kaifeng Mansion, wrote an edict of guilt by himself, ordered the assembly of heavy generals, and prepared to copy this Zhao and spread it to the world.
Kaifeng Mansion was originally the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, and after being captured by the Jin State, the original palace was still there, as the Nanjing Road Administration, and once served as the accompanying capital. After Yan Hongyan became emperor in Kaifeng, he spent a huge amount of money to renovate the original palace, and the scene of the Kaifeng palace at this time was not weaker than that of Zhongdu.
"Your Majesty, a few people died on the march, there is no need to issue an edict of guilt, right......" Wu Shiman and other important generals gathered in the hall, and after listening to this edict, most of them were embarrassed.
In Wu Shiman, such a fighting Han wanted to come, and the slaughter of the city during the war was not uncommon in all dynasties.
The king was angry, ambushed millions of corpses, and the number of people who died in Kaifeng Mansion was not more than 10,000, which was really nothing in terms of the dispute between a country.
In the past few months, the families of the deceased have received high pensions, and there is very little resentment among the people.
At this time, Wan Yankang will make another edict of sin, which will damage the face of the heavenly family, and secondly, it will easily cause the resentment of the people.
The people are forgetful, so why bother!
Wan Yankang shook his head: "Everyone, a mistake is a mistake. ”
Luo Hanhuai, who tried his best to dissuade Yan Kang from slaughtering the city that day, also knelt on one knee at this moment and touched the ground with his head: "Your Majesty, think twice!" ”
"Your Majesty, think twice!" Everyone knelt on one knee and begged Wan Yankang to take back his life.
Wan Yankang patted his forehead, stood up and walked to the hall, and helped everyone up one by one: "Everyone, I am not issuing this edict to appease the people's grievances, but to remind you to abide by the law and not engage in personality cults." ”
In his previous life, when the emperor Taizu was such a romantic figure, he was an unborn genius in military, politics, and literature, and he had an incredible optimistic attitude, which repeatedly turned the tide in the crisis of the country, and finally created a great achievement. But in his later years, Taizu was confused, and everyone echoed it, and no one could control it, resulting in the withering of the people's livelihood across the country, the national strength regressed for more than ten years, and countless people died in vain.
The story of the previous life, Wan Yan Kang can't tell it, but the gains and losses of the kings of the past dynasties are credible and easy to come by. Everyone advised him not to issue an edict against himself, all out of good intentions, and they did not want to see the emperor's prestige damaged.
But for Wan Yankang, a little prestige is damaged, and it is nothing.
Wan Yankang patiently told the story of the previous dynasty, and finally summarized it into one sentence, absolute power will inevitably produce absolute corruption, and it is more likely to produce huge disasters. Since the new dynasty established the country according to law, the emperor did not need the so-called absolute authority, let alone erect absolute authority.
The king, the ministers, and the people rule the world together, which is the way for the dynasty to be immortal.
After Yan Kang's patient explanation, everyone's concerns were gradually dispelled. For Wu Shiman, Luo Hanhuai and other old men in the army, no matter what decision Wan Yankang makes, as long as he finally gives an order, these hardcore henchmen will definitely obey the order.
Some of them were demoted, but they were more convinced.
The ancients said: Who is without fault? After that, it can be changed, and it is very good. Having said that, for those in power, common things are not too much to change, but more often than to be overdone.
can speak up about one's own mistakes, can gladly change them, and can ask his subordinates to supervise, such a king, who does not obey, who does not obey!
In the midst of a cry of "Your Majesty Shengming".
, Wan Yankang's guilty edict was finally accepted by everyone. Hundreds of copies of this edict were printed, and after the emperor's seal was stamped, more than a dozen copies were posted on the four gates of Kaifeng City and the bulletin boards in various places in the city. In addition to this, there were hundreds of sergeants who took the stamped edicts of guilt to all parts of the country and used them to proclaim to the world.
As soon as this edict came out, notices were posted everywhere in Kaifeng Mansion, and crowds of people watched, gradually showing a surging trend. In the streets and alleys, teahouses and restaurants began to discuss.
"Brother Zhang, our little emperor, what are you tossing again!" A few students dressed as Confucian scholars got together, and after reading the edict, they came to a nearby tavern, chose a table facing the street, asked for a few side dishes and two pots of wine, and began to discuss.
The Confucian surnamed Zhang frowned: "Yuwen, keep your mouth clean!" ”
"What are you afraid of, the "Reform Code" doesn't say that you will be punished for not saying anything, and there is no such crime as great disrespect in the new law......"
"There is no new law, but if these Qiu Ba listen to it and beat you, what can you do!" A Confucian in a white robe looked out the window from time to time.
"What Brother Hu said is very true, don't say that beating you is to find your fault and cut off your dog's head, it's a big deal to pay some money to your family......"
"Li Tong, you're looking for a fight!" The person named Yuwen jumped up.
"I'm afraid you won't make it!"
Because of the announcement of the reform of the imperial examination system a few years ago, the Confucian students of the Jin Kingdom, who had not heard anything outside the window and only read the books of the sages, all walked out of their homes and exercised twice in three days. As the physique strengthened, the courage of the Confucian scholars seemed to have become stronger, and once an argument broke out, the proportion of simple quarrels gradually decreased, and the probability of doing something gradually increased.
If you can do it, don't beep.
This mantra from the army is said to be on the lips of today's saints, and now it has become one of the ways of doing things for students in Kaifeng Mansion.
"Sit it all down for me!"
"If you want to fight, you two will perform on the street, and you may be able to get a few pennies in reward!"
Confucianism surnamed Zhang still has a little prestige among these people, and with a loud shout and a retort, he finally controlled the scene.
The student surnamed Hu sighed, as if he felt sorry for the fact that a good show that would be staged was immediately lonely.
The Confucian surnamed Zhang glared at him, and then beckoned everyone to eat and drink, and after a while, everyone's discussion returned to the original topic.
"I don't think this Laoshzi is useless in sin his own edict, but it's just to buy people's hearts!" After drinking a glass of wine, the Confucian surnamed Hu smashed his mouth and said such a sentence.
The two on the side also nodded their heads again and again to show their agreement.
The Confucian surnamed Zhang raised the wine in the cup to his mouth, set a certainty, and then put down the wine glass, and said solemnly: "Everyone, in Zhang's opinion, if this edict is not abolished, at least there will be no more tragedy in Kaifeng." ”
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"What about the next edict of sin, and how can it still resurrect the dead!" Yuwen was still a little indignant, one of his cousins originally served in the Southern Army, but he didn't surrender when the city was broken. His cousin grew up with him since he was a child, and he has always been good friends with him as an adult, and he has always been a little depressed in his heart.
"That's it, I lost a few dollars a while ago, and now this dry edict, what's the use of birds!" The Confucian surnamed Hu also complained.
"Next month's Enko, I don't think there's anything to take the test!" Yuwen then said indignantly.
Confucianism surnamed Zhang had the heart to persuade him, and when the words came to his mouth and he took them back, he shook his head gently, he knew that it was extremely difficult to persuade others, since his own words, they couldn't listen to them, so why bother persuading him.
What's more, in this Kaifeng Mansion, nearly 10,000 people have indeed died in vain!
The Tao is different, and they do not conspire with each other. With the study of the "Reform Code" and the hundred schools of thought, the Confucian surnamed Zhang consciously thinks differently from the past, and his former classmates and friends seem to have some solidified thinking.
"Everyone, I'm full, go back to Wenshu first, and count me as the East today." Listening to the three of them complaining, the Confucian surnamed Zhang suddenly felt a little bored, took out a small piece of broken silver from his arms and put it on the table, and Shi Shiran went downstairs.
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As Luo Hanhuai and others feared, after this edict was issued, at least in Kaifeng Mansion, it did not play a positive role, but instead provoked the scars that gradually healed in the homes of many victims.
But with a supplementary notice posted all over Kaifeng Mansion the next day, the entire Kaifeng Mansion boiled.
The tax in Kaifeng Prefecture will be halved within three years, and the families of the victims will be exempted from all taxes and forced labor for ten years.
The first people to see this notice were overjoyed and rushed back to tell their families about the great news.
Confucian surnamed Zhang was sitting at home, reciting Mozi's non-offensive chapter, when he suddenly heard a sound of footsteps outside the house, and not long after, his father's hearty laughter sounded.
"Father, why are you so happy?" The Confucian surnamed Zhang put down the scroll in his hand and walked to the living room.
"Come on, come on, Cai'er, I'm about to call you to see." His father held a piece of paper the size of two palms and looked at it with the Confucian surnamed Zhang.
The housekeeper went out and saw the notice, for fear that he would not be able to remember it accurately, but when he saw the person selling words on the roadside copying and selling, he bought one and brought it back to the house. The detailed rules of tax reduction and exemption in the notice have not yet been seen, but the scholars who sell words all over the city have made a lot of money and made a small fortune by copying the notice this day.
The notice was only a few words, and after reading it, Confucianism surnamed Zhang clapped his hands and laughed: "I know that Your Majesty made an edict yesterday, and there will be a follow-up." ”
The father surnamed Zhang waited for his son to calm down, and said solemnly: "Such a holy monarch, don't go to Wen Shu yet!" ”
The Confucian surnamed Zhang was suddenly awe-inspiring: "Yes." Then he put down the paper and went back to his study.
"In the afternoon, remember to work hard with the martial artist, and the bow and arrow must not fall!"
"Child-saved!"
Hu surnamed Confucian and Yuwen went out for a stroll in the morning, and after seeing the new notice, he read it several times, and suddenly stretched out his hand and slapped it on the left and right sides of his face, and then hurried home to report the news.
When his family heard the content of the notice, they were all overjoyed, and Hu's father pulled him: "Let's have two drinks and celebrate well!" ”
"No, no, father, I'm going to Wen Shu!" The Confucian surnamed Hu suddenly figured out something.
Yuwen read the notice and seemed to be a little incredulous, he repeated it several times until he was sure that he could remember it, and then ran to his aunt's house nearby.
"Auntie, did you see the notice outside?"
"I just went out to buy groceries, and I'm just coming back to tell your uncle!"
"This is a great thing, Your Majesty is benevolent, and it is really a saint of the ages!"
Yuwen saw that his aunt's family was smiling, and there was no pain in the loss of a child, so he didn't know what to say for a while.
"Child, let's eat at my aunt's house today!"
Yu Wenwen wanted to agree, but suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly waved his hand: "No, aunt, I'll go back to Wenshu to practice arrows." ”
"Okay, good, good, you kid, you've finally grown a little better."
With the posting of the notice of tax reduction and exemption, the people of Kaifeng Mansion no longer have grievances, but look jubilant.
A wasteland covering an area of dozens of acres in the west of Kaifeng Prefecture was encircled by the army, and from time to time there were plate carts full of masonry and stone, and dozens of stonemasons also entered it and began to chisel it down.
A few days later, a prototype of the Martyrs' Garden has been built, and there is a stone tablet erected in the Martyrs' Garden, with the contents of the edict in bright red characters in the middle, and the names of all those who died in vain on that day are engraved on the surrounding stone walls.
After all the names of the deceased were engraved, Wan Yankang entered the Martyrs' Garden alone, sat under the stone tablet, and began to recite the Sutra of the Past Death.
After a day and a night, he stood up, bowed deeply to the stone wall, and floated away.